The Glory of Kings: A Festschrift for James B. Jordan

Fyodor Dostoevsky
(Christian Encounters Series)

Athanasius
(Foundations of Theological Exegesis and Christian Spirituality)

The Four: A Survey of the Gospels

Defending Constantine: The Twilight of an Empire and the Dawn of Christendom

From Behind the Veil: The Epistles of John

Deep Exegesis:The Mystery of Reading Scripture

Jane Austen
(A Biography)

Solomon Among the Postmoderns

The Baptized Body

1 & 2 Kings
Brazos Theological Commentary

The Promise Of His Appearing: An Exposition Of Second Peter

A Great Mystery: Fourteen Wedding Sermons

Deep Comedy: Trinity, Tragedy, And Hope In Western Literature

Miniatures & Morals: The Christian Novels of Jane Austen

The Priesthood of the Plebs: A Theology of Baptism

A Son To Me: An Exposition of 1 & 2 Samuel

Against Christianity

From Silence to Song: The Davidic Liturgical Revolution

Ascent to Love: A Guide to Dante's Divine Comedy

Blessed Are the Hungry: Meditations on the Lord's Supper

A House For My Name: A Survey of the Old Testament

Heroes of the City of Man: A Christian Guide to Select Ancient Literature

Brightest Heaven of Invention: A Christian Guide To Six Shakespeare Plays

Wise Words: Family Stories That Bring the Proverbs to Life

The Kingdom and the Power: Rediscovering the Centrality of the Church

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Theology - Liturgical: Lent in Protestant England

Bryan Spinks summarizes some of the debates concerning the Book of Common Prayer in his essay in The Oxford History of Christian Worship.  During 1549, Parliament considered the adoption of a uniform liturgy for the church of England, and this event was recorded by Charles Wriothesley: “at this session of Parliamente one uniforme booke was sett fourth of one sort of service with the ministration of the holie communion and other sacraments to be used in this realme of Englande and other the Kinges dominions whatsoeaver.  To be observed after the feast of Pentecost next coming, as by an Act of Parliament against the transgresors of the same doeth appeare.  Howbeit Poules quire, with divers parishes in London and other places in England, begane the use after the said booke in the beginning of Lent, and putt downe the private masses as by the acte of ordayned.”