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Seeing Beauty and Saying Beautifully: The Power of Poetic Effort in the Work of George Herbert, George Whitefield, and C. S. Lewis

Seeing Beauty and Saying Beautifully: The Power of Poetic Effort in the Work of George Herbert, George Whitefield, and C. S. Lewis

Herbert - Whitefield - LewisHerbert - Whitefield - LewisIn the sixth volume of the Swans Are Not Silent series, John Piper celebrates the importance of poetic...

tags: theology, writing, christian living, faith, christianity, language, church, religion, biography, church history, nonfiction, poetry, christian

The Defendant

by G.K. Chesterton

G.K. Chesterton's collected essays on subjects ranging from detective stories and penny dreadfuls to heraldry and patriotism. The essays originally appeared in...

tags: 20th century, humor, writing, philosophy, european literature, essays, christianity, language, religion, nonfiction, literature, british literature, christian

Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament

Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament

by Daniel B. Wallace

For seminary students, the goal of studying Greek grammar is the accurate exegesis of biblical texts. Sound exegesis requires that the exegete consider grammar...

tags: theology, nonfiction, reference, academic, school, linguistics, christianity, language, humanities, religion, textbooks, new testament, christian

Studies in Words

Studies in Words

Language - in its communicative and playful functions, its literary formations and its shifting meanings - is a perennially fascinating topic. C. S. Lewis's...

tags: writing, unfinished, christian, linguistics, philosophy, essays, language, humanities, nonfiction, literature, criticism, literary criticism

Saying It Well: Touching Others with Your Words

Saying It Well: Touching Others with Your Words

by Charles Swindoll

Bestselling author and master communicator Charles Swindoll has been effectively speaking to others for over fifty years. In SAYING IT WELL: Touching Others...

tags: self help, theology, how to, communication, language, religion, inspirational, leadership, biography, nonfiction, christian living, christian

Conflict Free Living: How to Build Healthy Relationships for Life

Conflict Free Living: How to Build Healthy Relationships for Life

Every person in the world should experience the joy of a peaceful life. But we don’t! We are full of emotional bruises, grudges, stress, and unresolved issues...

tags: self help, spirituality, relationships, communication, personal development, language, religion, inspirational, nonfiction, christian living, christian

A Writer's Diary

A Writer's Diary

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The essential entries from Dostoevsky's complete DiaryDiary, called his boldest experiment in literary form, are now available in this abridged edition; it is...

tags: nonfiction, history, cultural, biography, diary, classics, language, literature, essays, writing, russia, russian literature

The King James Version Debate: A Plea for Realism

The King James Version Debate: A Plea for Realism

The author addresses laypeople and pastors with a concise explanation of the science of textual criticism and refutes the proposition that the King James...

tags: theology, scripture, christianity, language, religion, humanities, history, christian

Speak What We Feel: Not What We Ought to Say

Speak What We Feel: Not What We Ought to Say

by Frederick Buechner

Four Unexpected Prophets Who Shine Light into the Darkness

tags: spirituality, writing, poetry, faith, christianity, language, religion, biography, nonfiction, literature, christian

The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 1: Family Letters, 1905-1931

The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 1: Family Letters, 1905-1931

The life and mind of C. S. Lewis have fascinated those who have read his works. This collection of his personal letters reveals a unique intellectual journey....

tags: reference, writing, criticism, european literature, christianity, language, religion, biography, nonfiction, history, literary criticism, british literature, christian

The Personal Heresy: A Controversy

The Personal Heresy: A Controversy

A repackaged edition of the revered author’s set of dueling critical essays with fellow scholar E. M. W. Tillyard in which they debate the role of an author’s...

tags: writing, adult, literature, philosophy, essays, language, classics, nonfiction, poetry, criticism, literary criticism

The Victorian Age in Literature

The Victorian Age in Literature

by G.K. Chesterton

‘I was born a Victorian; and sympathise not a little with the serious Victorian Spirit.’ In this engaging and extremely personal account G K Chesterton...

tags: victorian, historical, writing, british literature, european literature, essays, language, classics, books about books, nonfiction, literature, history, criticism, literary criticism

Socratic Logic

by Peter Kreeft

A complete system of classical Aristotelian logic intended for honors high school and college.

tags: logic, philosophy, education, language, humanities, textbooks, nonfiction

English Literature in the Sixteenth Century: Excluding Drama

English Literature in the Sixteenth Century: Excluding Drama

This book is intended for students of English literature at `A' level and above; general readers interested in a complete history of literature from Middle...

tags: reference, writing, poetry, language, classics, books about books, nonfiction, literature, history, criticism, literary criticism

Image and Imagination: Essays and Reviews

Image and Imagination: Essays and Reviews

This selection from the writings of C. S. Lewis gathers together forty book reviews, never before reprinted, as well as four major essays which have been...

tags: theology, writing, christian, philosophy, essays, language, classics, religion, nonfiction, literature, art, criticism, literary criticism

The Power of Words and the Wonder of God

The Power of Words and the Wonder of God

Words carry immeasurable significance: The universe was created with a word; Jesus healed and cast out demons with a word; rulers have risen and fallen by...

tags: theology, writing, faith, christianity, language, christian non fiction, religion, humanities, words, nonfiction, christian living, christian

Echoing Silence: Thomas Merton on the Vocation of Writing

Echoing Silence: Thomas Merton on the Vocation of Writing

by Thomas Merton

When Thomas Merton entered a Trappist monastery in December 1941, he turned his back on secular life?including a very promising literary career. He sent his...

tags: philosophy, religion, spirituality, poetry, catholic, christianity, theology, christian, writing, memoir, autobiography, nonfiction, language

New Testament Greek for Beginners

New Testament Greek for Beginners

by J. Gresham Machen

This book is intended primarily for learners who are beginning the study of the Greek Testament either without any previous acquaintance with the Greek...

tags: theology, reference, new testament, ancient history, linguistics, christianity, language, humanities, religion, nonfiction, history, christian

Of This and Other Worlds

Of This and Other Worlds

Lewis, famous for his "Chronicles of Narnia" and other fantasy writings, discusses the theme of "story" - particularly in regard to fairy tales and science...

tags: theology, writing, philosophy, essays, language, religion, nonfiction, criticism, literary criticism

The Basics of New Testament Syntax: An Intermediate Greek Grammar

The Basics of New Testament Syntax: An Intermediate Greek Grammar

by Daniel B. Wallace

The Basics of New Testament Syntax provides concise, up-to-date guidance for intermediate Greek students to do accurate exegesis of biblical texts. Abridged...

tags: reference, linguistics, christianity, language, humanities, new testament

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