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Joyful Pilgrimage : My Life In Community
$10.00Add to cartIn the tumultuous aftermath of the First World War, thousands of young Germans defied the social mores of their parents and the constricting influence of the established churches in search of freedom, social equality, nature, and community. Hiking clubs were formed and work camps organized, and hundreds of rural folk schools and communes sprang up across the country. In the 1930s, Nazism swallowed this so-called Youth Movement virtually whole.
A Joyful Pilgrimage is the engaging story of a remnant that survived: the Bruderhof, a 75-year-old community that began when the author and her husband, a well-known writer and lecturer, abandoned their affluent Berlin suburb to start a new life and venture of faith.”
At first glance a memoir, A Joyful Pilgrimage is a radical call to faith and commitment against great odds. It is also a remarkable testimony to the leading of the Spirit, which, as Emmy Arnold writes, can hold together those who believe in the daily miracle of community through thick and thin. “
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Virtues Of Aging
$15.00Add to cart“We are not alone in our worry about both the physical aspect of aging and the prejudice that exists toward the elderly, which is similar to racism or sexism. What makes it different is that the prejudice also exists among those of us who are either within this group or rapidly approaching it. When I have mentioned the title of this book to a few people, most of them responded, ‘Virtues? What could possibly be good about growing old?’ The most obvious answer, of course, is to consider the alternative to aging. But there are plenty of other good answers–many based on our personal experiences and observations. “
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Mission Possible : The Wonderful Story Of God And A Wycliffe Translator In
$15.99Add to cartTyndale House Print On Demand Title
The dynamic true story of Bible translator Marilyn Laszlo. Journey through the jungles of Papua New Guinea as she shares her adventures bringing the Word of God to the Sepik Iwam tribe.
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According To The Scriptures A Print On Demand Title
$21.99Add to cartThis challenging work by a notable theologian explores the origins of the Christian gospel in Israel’s scriptures and calls for a reevaluation of the Old Testament and its role in the church. Paul van Buren defends the view that the early gospel arose when the disciples discovered in the story of the binding of Isaac words and images that allowed them to turn the crucifixion of Jesus and following events into the realities of Good Friday and Easter. The final statement of van Buren’s respected career, According to the Scriptures offers hope that Jewish and Christian communities can be drawn closer through mutual respect for each other’s intepretive traditions.
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Make The Old Testament Live A Print On Demand Title
$26.99Add to cartThe Old Testament makes up three-quarters of the Bible and has had an incalculable influence on Western civilization and culture. Yet it is often neglected by the church, problematic for teachers, and inaccessible to students. Written by experienced scholars and educators from five continents, Make the Old Testament Live offers fresh perspectives on teaching the Old Testament today. Addressing problems of curriculum, context, and communication, these essays discuss such topics as which parts of the Old Testament should be taught, what approaches work best with each level of students, and what modern educational methods are best for teaching the Bible. Practical, insightful, and based on years of classroom experience in institutions ranging from seminaries to secular universities, this volume will enable all teachers of the Bible or theology to make the Old Testament more vital for their students.
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Transforming Culture : A Challenge For Christian Mission (Reprinted)
$26.00Add to cartIn this finely crafted book the author lays solid theoretical foundations for analyzing many of the intercultural misunderstandings that emerge in the everyday lives of those in global ministries. By careful analysis of case studies the author helps us apply these insights to your ministries, and guides us to biblically based and culturally sensitive responses to the difficult issues raised by cultural differences.
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Remaking Of Evangelical Theology
$50.00Add to cartIn this in-depth historical analysis of evangelical theology, Dorrien describes how evanelicalism has developed and matured. Beginning at the turn of the twentieth century and the start of the fundamentalist-modernist controversies, he notes the key figures and institutions of the evangelical movement. He also shows how evangelicalism has both diversified and entered into the broader theological discussions of today.
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Remembered Voices : Reclaiming The Legacy Of Neo Orthodoxy
$33.00Add to cartHall demonstrates the continuing relevance of several of this century’s greatest theologians–Karl Barth, Paul Tillich, Reinhold Niebuhr, H. Richard Niebuhr, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Emil Brunner, and Suzanne de Dietrich – suggesting that their neo-orthodox roots have much more in common than is traditionally acknowledged. Suitable for classroom use and individual study, Remembered Voices is a highly accessible introduction to twentieth century theologians.
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Reflections For Ragamuffins
$16.99Add to cartBrennan Manning shares his joyful message in a powerful new way with his first-ever collection of daily devotions. For every day of the year the beloved author of Ragamuffin Gospel and The Boy Who Cried Abba offers a verse of scripture, and each day’s mediation is completed with a complementary reading from his own writings.
Whether your life has already changed by Brennan Manning’s dynamic version of the good news or you are meeting him here for the first time, Reflections for Ragamuffins will open your mind and heart to a profound new experience of God’s unconditional love.
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Reaching Out
$18.99Add to cartHenri Nouwen, who died in 1996, was one of the most significant writers on spirituality of the late twentieth century. Reaching Out combines two of his most popular books in one volume. With a foreword of personal appreciation by the ever popular Father Gerard Hughes, this special edition will be treasured by the many admirers of Henri Nouwen. The main part of the book is Reaching Out which answers the question “What does it mean to live a life in the Spirit of Jesus Christ?” The second part is Glimpse Beyond the Mirror which is a very personal account of the author’s spiritual life in the aftermath of a terrible accident.
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Who Moved My Cheese
$25.00Add to cartParts Of All Of Us
The Story Behind The Story
by Kenneth Blanchard, Ph.D.
A Gathering: Chicago
The Story Of Who Moved My Cheese?
Four Characters
Finding Cheese
No Cheese!
The Mice: Sniff & Scurry
The Littlepeople: Hem & Haw
Meanwhile, Back In The Maze
Getting Beyond Fear
Enjoying The Adventure
Moving With The Cheese
The Handwriting On The Wall
Tasting New Cheese
Enjoying Change!
A Discussion: Later That Same Day
Share It With Others
About The AuthorAdditional Info
With Who Moved My Cheese? Dr. Spencer Johnson realizes the need for finding the language and tools to deal with change–an issue that makes all of us nervous and uncomfortable.
Most people are fearful of change because they don’t believe they have any control over how or when it happens to them. Since change happens either to the individual or by the individual, Spencer Johnson shows us that what matters most is the attitude we have about change.When the Y2K panic gripped the corporate realm before the new millenium, most work environments finally recognized the urgent need to get their computers and other business systems up to speed and able to deal with unprecedented change. And businesses realized that this was not enough: they needed to help people get ready, too.
Spencer Johnson has created his new book to do just that. The coauthor of the multimillion bestseller The One Minute Manager has written a deceptively simple story with a dramatically important message that can radically alter the way we cope with change. Who Moved My Cheese? allows for common themes to become topics for discussion and individual interpretation.
Who Moved My Cheese? takes the fear and anxiety out of managing the future and shows people a simple way to successfully deal with the changing times, providing them with a method for moving ahead with their work and lives safely and effectively.
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Southern Gospel Music Cookbook
$16.95Add to cartSouthern gospel music and delicious home-cooked food have gone hand in hand since the first all-day sings and week-long brush arbor meetings in the 1800s. THE SOUTHERN GOSPEL MUSIC COOKBOOK is a collection of more than 200 recipes from those who know the music best–the groups and artists themselves. Woven throughout are photos, short stories, trivia and facts, and fun-filled quizzes.
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Why Are We Here
$40.95Add to cartTaken together, these essays bear a unity of conviction that arises from a clear and genuine spirit of inquiry. Non Christians will find this a helpful introduction to christian beliefs in everyday practice, and thoughtful christans will read it with the recognition that simple answers don’t suffice.
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Stones That The Builders Rejected
$36.95Add to cartSix eminent black scholars, women and men, build on the hypothesis that, because of its distinctive socio-cultural location and long history of producing quality leadership despite inadequate material and social resources, the black church tradition is a prime candidate for offering direction for the development of leaders for today’s national and global communities.
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Evangelism In Everyday Life (Student/Study Guide)
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Does the thought of witnessing about your faith cause your hair to stand on end, your palms to sweat, your heart-beat to increase, your tongue to stammer?Lyle Pointer and coauthor Jim Dorsey not only reassure the nervous witness but also offer practical help in confronting the many common objections of pre-Christians, such as the perennial question “There are lots of different ways to God: who says that yours is the only one?”
Once a person comes to Christ, how do we guide him or her in getting firmly established in the life of a local church? How can we become effective spiritual advisers to help the new believer grow? Down-to-earth answers to these and many other such questions make this book an invaluable witnessing tool.
Lyle Pointer has served as pastor, church growth consultant, and author. He presently serves as professor of practics and coordinator of the master of ministry degree program at Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma. He is also an associate minister and coordinates Personal Evangelism Ministries for his denomination.
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Science And Theology
$29.00Add to cartIn the burgeoning interaction between science and religion Polkinghorne is a leading light. A classy overview of all pertinent issues (e.g., creation, the nature of knowledge, human identity, and divine agency), this book features well-crafted summaries of the latest scientific thinking.
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Exploring The New Testament World
$26.99Add to cartThe timeless message of the New Testament applies to people of every culture and generation. Yet there is great value in understanding the world in which that message was first revealed – its social manners, politics, religious customs, and culture. Exploring the New Testament World, written by classics and Bible scholar Dr. Albert A. Bell, Jr., illuminates the living context of the New Testament, immersing its readers in the intriguing world of Jesus and the early church. An authority on ancient Greek and Roman language, culture, and history, Dr. Bell writes in a readable style that is accessible and enjoyable to any reader – an uncommon accomplishment among New Testament scholars today. Surveying Jewish factions of the era, the social and political structure of the Roman Empire, and the philosophies and religions that surrounded the early church, Dr. Bell helps his readers learn to think like first-century Jews, Greeks, and Romans, illuminating puzzling New Testament passages for clear understanding. Comprehensive Scripture and Subject Indexes make this volume even more useful as a “manners and customs” Bible companion. This authoritative guide receives high praise from college professors and Sunday school teachers alike, proving its appeal to both popular and academic audiences. A “must-have” reference for every pastor and an indispensable resource to any Bible reader.
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Performing The Word
$22.99Add to cartWhether they like it or not, actors and preachers have a great deal in common. Many churchgoers see the truth in the old saying that links preachers and frustrated actors, though few preachers seem anxious to acknowledge the family resemblance. Performing the Word destigmatizes the performance-based approach to preaching and shows how the experience, skills, and modi operandi of actors and performance artists may be applied to preaching. This volume is ideal for seminary students and preachers who wish to enrich their delivery and creativity skills.
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Both Feet Firmly Planted In Midair
$35.00Add to cartIn this deeply personal and moving autobiography, McNeill speaks candidly about the early steps and frequent perils he encountered along his spiritual journey. He writes about his childhood in Buffalo and the loss of his mother, the awakenings of his identity as a gay man, the lessons learned and horrors witnessed during his capture by German soldiers in WWII, the beginnings of his life partnership, and the odyssey that commenced with the publication of “The Church and the Homosexual” and culminated in McNeill’s expulsion from the Society of Jesus. Poignant, frequently astonishing, and always hopeful, this testament to an extraordinary life will inspire all who read it.
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Spectacle Of Worship In A Wired World
$23.99Add to cartExamining the three central elements of electronic culture the author demonstrates that for those steeped in this culture, meaning arises from the convergence of these elements rather than from any one of them individually. He goes on to discuss how these are already present in Christian worship and how they might be made more evident. In adition, he explains that worship can serve as a corrective to electronic culture and concludes the book with suggestions on how to build worship around an awareness of this new kind of human perception.
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Church Communications Handbook
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An experienced speaker and author on communication issues, Wanda Vassallo provides a comprehensive look at structuring all forms of communication in the local church. She stresses the importance of and shows how to develop an overall communications plan. She discusses issues such as how to advertise, how to talk with the media to get out your message, how to communicate effectively with church members, and how best to utilize technology.
This new resource incorporates the developments of recent technology into a practical reference tool for pastors, parachurch ministry heads, church secrectaries, and other church staff members. Helpful forms, checklists for planning and tracking progress, and examples of materials from cutting-edge churches make this an invaluable addition to your library. -
Pentateuch : A Liberation Critical Reading
$21.00Add to cartProviding new insights into the major themes of the Pentateuch, Laffey challenges contemporary readers with her probing questions about power, liberation, justice, and connectedness. Her interpretation provides a unique feminist-critical perspective of these biblical texts as she emphasizes respectful interdependence and concern for all humans, animals, plants, and elements.
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History And The Christian Historian A Print On Demand Title
$28.99Add to cartThirteen noted evangelical thinkers incisively comment on the relationship of faith to historical investigation and discuss how one’s personal worldview affects one’s understanding of the past. Foundational issues, as well as unusual themes, are taken up by Marsden, Noll, Leonard, Wells, and others.
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Shadow Of Doubt
$17.99Add to cartDetective Stan Sheperd lies comatose in the hospital, a victim of arsenic poisoning. The Newpointe police have a suspect: Celia Shepherd, Stan’s wife. Celia is no stranger to such charges. When her first husband died of poisoning, a technicality scuttled the case against her, and Celia got off scot-free. Now it looks like the same old story — only this time, the motive appears to be plain. An old flame has moved into town under circumstances bound to raise suspicion. And that’s just for starters. More evidence is gathering that can put Celia away for good. But attorney Jill Clark thinks the pieces of the puzzle fit together a bit too neatly. Either her client’s Christian faith is a sham, or she’s the victim of a deadly frame up — and the real killer is still afoot . . . Shadow of Doubt is book two in the Newpointe 911 suspense series by award-winning novelist Terri Blackstock. Newpointe 911 offers taut, superbly crafted novels of fear, faith, and close-knit, small-town relationships, seasoned with romance and tempered by insights into the nature of relationships, redemption, and the human heart. Look for book one, the best-selling Private Justice, and the upcoming False Witness at your favorite Christian bookstore.
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Shepherding A Childs Heart (Anniversary)
$16.99Add to cartMany parenting books are based on hit-or-miss theories steeped in secular thinking. This one draws from Pastor Tripp’s seasoned experience as a father-and from God’s Holy Word. Grounded in the Bible’s divine plan for parenting, this guide defines your goals as a parent and provides the Scriptural methods for accomplishing them.
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Reading Scriptures With The Church Fathers
$28.99Add to cartWho were the church fathers? Why should we read their works? In this fascinating introduction to patristic commentary, Hall examines the writings of Augustine, Athanasius, Chrysostom, and others to show how they interpreted the Bible in the centuries after it was first written. His analysis will help you understand and apply ancient insights from the early church.
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Study Of Anglicanism (Revised)
$49.00Add to cartIn this authoritative volume, thirty-one of the world’s leading Anglican scholars presents the first sustained and thorough account of the history and ethos of the Churches of the Anglican Communion from the Anglican reform of the sixteenth century to its global witness today.
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Revolution In Leadership
$25.99Add to cartEquipping God’s people for the ministry to which they are called can no longer be the responsibility solely of professional clergy. Increasingly we see that a new team of leaders, drawn from the membership of each congregation or its community, is arising to meet the challenges that ministry in the third millenium will present. Yet where, and how, will these leaders be trained?
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Studying Congregations : A New Handbook (Revised)
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A revised and updated edition of Handbook for Congregational Studies—the leading textbook in the field. Using a comprehensive systems approach, this volume helps you analyze the ministries, stories, and processes at work in congregations. Examine the sociological, anthropological, and demographic aspects of church bodies, and be better equipped for church planning and cultivating leadership skills. -
But Why Shoot The Magistrate
$17.99Add to cartWhen a popular youth pastor is accused of a grisly crime, MacLaren Yarbrough won’t rest until she finds the truth. Her gut instinct tells her Luke Blessed is innocent. Still, how could the dream he had on the night a young woman was murdered depict the crime with such chilling accuracy? As MacLaren tracks down clues from all corners of Hopewell, GA, four like suspects emerge. But the police aren’t buying her theories. Even her husband, local magistrate Joe Riddley, resists her amateur sleuthing. This case, he feels, is too dangerous. Just how dangerous, both of them are about to discover. The assailant strikes again, leaving Joe comatose from a gunshot wound to the head. And suddenly, a new question stares MacLaren in the face. It’s the most perplexing question of all — and the most personal: Why shoot the magistrate?
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Jesus Crisis : The Inroads Of Historical Criticism Into Evangelical Scholar
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Examines the inroads of historical criticism into evangelical scholarship. Though evangelicals reject many extreme conclusions of liberal scholars, some have adopted their same methodology in the interpretation of the Synoptic Gospels, creating a crisis in evangelical scholarship. The authors show how adopting such methodologies are affecting the next generation of pastors, teachers, and scholars.
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Crisis Preaching : Personal And Public
$23.99Add to cartIt’s 6:30 Sunday morning and you’re feeling good about today’s sermon . . . until you learn a tornado has ravaged two neighborhoods overnight, leaving a quarter of your congregation homeless. With little preparation time, how do you revise your message to offer desperately needed encouragement? Jeter, a professor of homiletics, offers six practical strategies for effective “crisis preaching.”
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Speaking The Truth In Love
$36.00Add to cartPhilip Wogaman challenges preachers not to retreat from the world and to reconsider what they leave out of their sermons. In this helpful guide, he discusses the biblical and theological grounding of prophetic preaching, the pastoral and liturgical setting, Christian moral decision making, and appropriate issues for discussion from the pulpit. He also includes his most compelling sermons, identifying the setting and goals of each.
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Why Scripture Matters
$39.00Add to cartThis book is about how the church reads scripture – and how, in a time of theological and ethical uncertainty, the church can maintain different readings of scripture without degernating further into ideological warfare. In a stirring final chapter, John Burgess explores the possibility of resolving concrete differences in the current hotbutton issues of the church. He contends that adopting the attitude of the “piety of the Word” has the power to help unify disparate voices – despite the current hostilities found in every denomination.
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Its Always Darkest Before The Fun Comes Up
$12.99Add to cartThere are two kinds of laughter. One is a hollow hilarity that masks pain too deep for words. The other is a full, joyous laugh that sounds triumphantly on the far side of life’s dark passages.
Comedian Chonda Pierce knows about both kinds. In It’s Always Darkest Before the Fun Comes Up, this spunky preacher’s daughter will do more than tickle your ribs. She’ll touch the place in you where laughter and tears dwell side by side. She’ll show you the deep wisdom of a merry heart. And with humor and honesty, she’ll reveal the God who knows how to turn life’s worst punches into its most glorious punch lines – in his perfect time.
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Thurgood Marshall : Young Justice
$7.99Add to cartWhenever Thurgood Marshall got into trouble at school, the principal would make him sit in the basement and read the U.S. Constitution. By the time he was 12, he had most of it memorized and his interest in law had begun to take seed. In 1967 he was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court–the first African American to serve in that position.
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Favorite Bible Passages 1 Student (Student/Study Guide)
$8.99Add to cart: This Bible study is a 26 lesson study of Bible texts that gives participants in Bible study groups refreshing insights into popular, well-loved Scripture passages. Each lesson offers a biblical basis for facing life’s decisions and encourages a deeper personal faith. Each volume contains 26 lessons that may be studied in any order. Use with school classes of Bible study groups. Written by Brady Whitehead Jr., Howard M. Ham
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Favorite Bible Passages 1 Leader (Teacher’s Guide)
$8.99Add to cartThis book provides enough lessons for a twenty-six-week study, following the biblical order from Genesis through Revelation. However, each lesson stands on its own. It is not necessary to study the lessons in sequence. For each session, teachers are provided with the session’s stated purpose, Bible background, a step-by-step teaching plan, and a closing prayer.
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Favorite Bible Passages 2 Student (Student/Study Guide)
$8.99Add to cartThis Bible study is a 26 lesson study of Bible texts that gives participants in Bible study groups refreshing insights into popular, well-loved Scripture passages. Each lesson offers a biblical basis for facing life’s decisions and encourages a deeper personal faith. Each volume contains 26 lessons that may be studied in any order. Use with school classes of Bible study groups. Written by Brenda Stobbe, Jerry L. Mercer
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Favorite Bible Passages 2 Leader (Teacher’s Guide)
$8.99Add to cartThis Bible study is a 26 lesson study of Bible texts that gives participants in Bible study groups refreshing insights into popular, well-loved Scripture passages. Each lesson offers a biblical basis for facing life’s decisions and encourages a deeper personal faith. Each volume contains 26 lessons that may be studied in any order. Use with school classes of Bible study groups. Written by Brenda Stobbe, Jerry L. Mercer.
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Promise Of Lutheran Ethics
$29.00Add to cartHere ten Lutheran theologians explore Lutheran emphases, themes, and approaches to offer their account of Christian ethics as a way of life in today’s world. Writing in dialogue, they raise foundational concerns of biblical and theological sources and norms, of Christian freedom and responisbility, of call and social witness, of justice and formation in prayer. Then in a lively “TableTalk” the participants discuss and debate the tradition’s insights and oversights and show how it might illumine today’s burning ethical issues, such as homosexuality.
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Being Human : The Nature Of Spiritual Experience
$28.99Add to cartTo be human is to be in the image of God. Guided by this truth, the authors discuss the nature of the spiritual experience. As the pursuit of true spirituality takes us away from sinfulness, it moves us closer to what God intended us to be. When we are truly spiritual, we are fully human.
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Luke : Historian And Theologian
$30.99Add to cartApart from the apostle Paul, Luke is arguably the most influential force in the canon of the New Testament. His Gospel and Acts occupy almost a third of the New Testament. Marshall provides us with a lucid guide to Luke’s theology of salvation as it is unfurled in Gospel narrative, but always with an eye on its ongoing development in his companion work, the Acts of the Apostles.
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May I Quote You General Grant
$7.95Add to cartAmazingly, Ulysses S. Grant seemingly failed at everything he did before the war, yet he became a successful leader of men in wartime and later president in a crucial period of American history. The quotations in this book provide insight into the strength and character that he showed throughout his life.
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May I Quote You General Lee Vol 2
$7.95Add to cartThis second volume of words and statements of Robert E. Lee speak of duty and principle, faith and doubt, bravery in the face of certain defeat, hard choices, and the qualities of leadership that made him great. Lee’s command was characterized by gallantry and chivalry in the face of overwhelming odds.
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Expect A Miracle
$22.98Add to cartFrom humble beginnings as a small-town pastor’s son to worldwide fame, Oral Roberts’ life will inspire and encourage. Readers will come to know the heart and mind of a man who has touched the lives of thousands by encouraging them to expect a miracle through his speaking and healing ministry.
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Old Testament History
$19.99Add to cartWhen busy people want to know more about the Bible and the Christian faith, the Zondervan Quick-Reference Library offers an instant information alternative. Covering the basics of the faith and Bible knowledge in an easy-to-use format, this series helps new Christians and seasoned believers find answers to their questions about Christianity and the Bible.
The information is presented in units of one or two pages, so that each section can be read in a few minutes. The Zondervan Quick-Reference Library makes important knowledge affordable, accessible, and easy to understand for busy people who don’t have a lot of time to read or study.
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Help Im A Small Group Leader
$19.99Add to cartSo you’re leading a small group? Your small group can accomplish big things in the lives of your teenagers. And in Help! I’m a Small-Group Leader! you’ll find methods and approaches you can use. Foibles and minefields to avoid. Solutions and tips that will help you nurture your small group into a growing community, whatever you goals. Inside you’ll discover — How to put small groups together – How NOT to lead a small group – How to start a discussion — and KEEP IT GOING – How to ASK QUESTIONS that get responses – Three kinds of BIBLE STUDY questions to ask – How to work with DIFFERENT personalities in a small group – How to help you kids LEARN TO PRAY – 10 ideas for BUILDING COMMUNITY in your small group . . . and to top it off are 20 pages of questions (100 questions, to be exact) that you can use in your small group Bible study, on the most common subjects discussed in junior and senior high small groups. All this in a no-frills, straight-to-the-point style — perfect for volunteer small-group leaders, or for youth pastors or youth directors to lead their staffs through.
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Life Of Christ
$19.99Add to cartWhen busy people want to know more about the Bible and the Christian faith, the Zondervan Quick-Reference Library offers an instant information alternative. Covering the basics of the faith and Bible knowledge in an easy-to-use format, this series helps new Christians and seasoned believers find answers to their questions about Christianity and the Bible.
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It Takes Respect
$12.99Add to cartSubmission and humility—not popular concepts in today’s life and times. But, says football star Aeneas Williams, respect for godly authority would help cure many problems plaguing today’s youth: crime, drug abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancies. Williams candidly shares his personal testimony and includes questions for reflection and discussion.
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Christian Theology
$18.99Add to cartWhen busy people want to know more about the Bible and the Christian faith, the Zondervan Quick-Reference Library offers an instant information alternative. Covering the basics of the faith and Bible knowledge in an easy-to-use format, this series helps new Christians and seasoned believers find answers to their questions about Christianity and the Bible. The information is presented in units of one or two pages, so that each section can be read in a few minutes. The Zondervan Quick-Reference Library makes important knowledge affordable, accessible, and easy to understand for busy people who don’t have a lot of time to read or study.
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Books Of The Bible
$19.99Add to cartThe Books of the Bible gives you an introduction to the Bible and essential grasp of – The 39 Old Testament Books – The 27 New Testament Books — Turn here for exactly the kind of informative, easy-to-read overviews you’re looking for. From theology, to biblical archaeology, to the life of Christ and more, each volume covers a topic of vital interest to Christians in handy, one-page bits of information. The Zondervan Quick-Reference Library is knowledgeable, fascinating, and helpful. It cuts time and hassle by taking you straight to the heart of the things you most want to know about Christianity — one minute at a time.
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How We Got The Bible
$19.99Add to cartWhen busy people want to know more about the Bible and the Christian faith, the Zondervan Quick-Reference Library offers an instant information alternative. Covering the basics of the faith and Bible knowledge in an easy-to-use format, this series helps new Christians and seasoned believers find answers to their questions about Christianity and the Bible.
The information is presented in units of one or two pages, so that each section can be read in a few minutes. The Zondervan Quick-Reference Library makes important knowledge affordable, accessible, and easy to understand for busy people who don’t have a lot of time to read or study.
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Israel And The Nations (Revised)
$28.99Add to cartNow completely revised and updated! This outstanding work has long been hailed as an excellent introduction to Israel’s history. With sparkling clarity, Bruce renders the years from the Exodus to Jerusalem’s destruction in A.D. 70—giving special attention to the intertestamental years which form the backdrop to the New Testament. Includes a revised bibliography.
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I Believe : Exploring The Apostles Creed
$18.99Add to cartA solid, trusted resource for teaching the foundations of Christian doctrine. Dividing the Apostles’ Creed into six sections, McGrath provides a brief history of the Christian faith and explores the essential truths about God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. Discussion questions and helps for leaders make this ideal for group study.
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My Souls Been Anchored
$19.99Add to cartRev. Beecher Hicks Jr. knows that great preaching and great storytelling go hand in hand. He believes in the power of imagination to teach us about God and about life, and he knows that nothing can spark the imagination like a story well told. In My Soul’s Been Anchored, he presents vivid portrayals of the biblical truth shining through people he has known and experiences he has had.
Family, friends, church members, neighbors. . .well-loved faces peer from these pages. In their warm humanity they illustrate simple, profound lessons that touch us all. You’ll meet “Uncle Mugga,” a woman poor in money but rich in love for neighborhood children. Reverend Jones, whose dentures flew out over the pupil in mid-prayer. Mother Jackson, everybody’s mother at Second Baptist Church. Wilson McCray, who ran his shoes off praising God. Each person is a unique, creative snapshot — sometimes funny, sometimes poignant — of a living faith that helps us overcome obstacles, love God and each other more effectively, and make this world a better place.
Dr. Hicks’ stories read the way his sermons preach — full of life, feeling, and beauty. My Soul’s Been Anchored captures in print the oral tradition of the great African-American preachers — the cadences, the rhythms, the passion, the urgency. And the vision. Dr. Hicks says, “This is a time to rise above our limitations and set our sights on those things that the world believes are beyond us.” He encourages us to reach for purpose, to put our faith in motion, to never give up on our potential or God’s promises. Here is storytelling at its finest from a gifted writer and preacher, with universal truths that speak to every culture.
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Fortress Introduction To Contemporary Theologies
$29.00Add to cartSometimes we’re too close to our own century to make sense of it, but Miller and Grenz have done an outstanding job of highlighting the contributions and central ideas of Barth, Niebuhr, Bultmann, Tillich, Bonhoeffer, Altizer, Cobb, Moltmann, Pannenberg, Gutierrez, Ruether, Hick, and Lindbeck.
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Way Of Life A Print On Demand Title
$19.99Add to cartBeginning with the Bible and drawing on a range of theological sources, Gary Badcock develops a constructive theology of Christian vocation, rescuing it from both secular and sacred distortions. Badcock demonstrates that the concept of vocation is more intimately tied to “personhood” than to “occupation.” Even though work itself is of great significance and is one vital sphere within which vocation can be expressed, Badcock shows that the fullest meaning of vocation is less about what one does than about what one is. Anyone struggling to discover a “vocation” will find this book to be a revelation.
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Analytic Theist
$36.50Add to cartThe Analytic Theist is a book of essays written by Alvin Plantinga. The Topic are as follows: Natural Theology and Atheology God and Analogy The Free Will Defense The Ontonlogical Argument Is Naturalism Irrational? Reformed Epistemology Reason and Belief in God o Justification and Theism A Defense of Religious Exclusivism Divine Nature and Attributes Necessary Being Does God Have a Nature? On Ockham’s Way Out Christian Phgilosophy Advise to Christian Philosophers Sheehan’s Shenanigans: How Theology Becomes Tomfoolery Christian Philosophy at the End of the Twentieth Century This book is academic, has 369 pages, and is published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Alvin Plantinga is the John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy and director of the Center for Philosophy of Religion, University of Notre Dame. He also has a book called God, Freedom, and Evil. James F. Sennett is assistant professor of philosophy at McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA and has writen Modality, Probility, and Rationality: A Critical Examination of Alvin Plantinga’s Philophy.
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Lexical Aids For Students Of New Testament Greek (Reprinted)
$18.00Add to cartThe beginning Greek student soon faces a vexing dilemma: a myriad of vocabulary words to learn and little time to learn them. One of the century’s leading Greek scholars offers a solid solution by organizing Greek words according to their frequency of appearance in the New Testament. Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek helps students maximize their study by concentrating on the words that appear most often in the Greek New Testament.
This venerable resource, which has served beginning language students for over fifty years, is divided into two parts. Part one lists New Testament words according to their frequency of occurrence. The usefulness of such lists is obvious, writes Metzger. By consulting them the beginner will not, so to speak, waste his time memorizing words that occur only rarely in the New Testament. He can be assured that when he has learned, say, the first 513 words in the lists he then knows all of the words (other than proper names) that occur at least 25 times in the New Testament.
The second part of Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek features another helpful list, grouping Greek words according to their root. Also included are appendixes that provide tools for learning Greek prepositions and the principal parts of verbs. -
Wisdom Literature
$27.99Add to cartThis volume explores the similarities between ancient and modern “wisdom literature” and on the comparable literature from ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Canaan, then devotes a chapter to each book (Prover, Job, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Sirach, and Wisdom of Solomon), examining rhetoric as well as content.
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Biblical Prophecy
$19.99Add to cartIn seven brief sections, Biblical Prophecy gives you an introduction to Bible Prophecy and an essential grasp of – Hermeneutics of Bible Prophecy – Biblical Theological Foundations of Bible Prophecy – Prophecy in Old Testament – Prophecy in New Testament – Central Themes in Bible Prophecy – Theological Systems and Bible Prophecy — Turn here for exactly the kind of informative, easy-to-read overviews you’re looking for. From theology, to biblical archaeology, to the life of Christ and more, each volume covers a topic of vital interest to Christians in handy, one-page bits of information. The Zondervan Quick-Reference Library is knowledgeable, fascinating, and helpful. It cuts time and hassle by taking you straight to the heart of the things you most want to know about Christianity — one minute at a time.
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Boundaries With Kids Workbook (Workbook)
$16.99Add to cart1. The Future Is Now
2. What Does Character Look Like?
3. Kids Need Parents With Boundaries
4. What Will Happen If I Do This?
5. Pulling My Own Wagon
6. I Can’t Do It All, But I’m Not Helpless, Either
7. I’m Not The Only One Who Matters
8. Life Beyond Because I’m The Mommy
9. Pain Can Be A Gift
10. Tantrums Needn’t Be Forever
11. I Am Happier When I Am Thankful
12. Jump-Starting My Engine
13. Honesty Is The Best Policy
14. Roll Up Your Sleeves160 Pages
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1. The Future Is Now
2. What Does Character Look Like?
3. Kids Need Parents With Boundaries
4. What Will Happen If I Do This?
5. Pulling My Own Wagon
6. I Can’t Do It All, But I’m Not Helpless, Either
7. I’m Not the Only One Who Matters
8. Life Beyond Because I’m The Mommy
9. Pain Can Be A Gift
10. Tantrums Needn’t Be Forever
11. I Am Happier When I Am Thankful
12. Jump-Starting My Engine
13. Honesty Is The Best Policy
14. Roll Up Your Sleeves160 Pages
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Early Church History
$19.99Add to cartWhen busy people want to know more about the Bible and the Christian faith, the Zondervan Quick-Reference Library offers an instant information alternative. Covering the basics of the faith and Bible knowledge in an easy-to-use format, this series helps new Christians and seasoned believers find answers to their questions about Christianity and the Bible.
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Biblical Archaeology
$19.99Add to cartWhen busy people want to know more about the Bible and the Christian faith, the Zondervan Quick-Reference Library offers an instant information alternative. Covering the basics of the faith and Bible knowledge in an easy-to-use format, this series helps new Christians and seasoned believers find answers to their questions about Christianity and the Bible.
The information is presented in units of one or two pages, so that each section can be read in a few minutes. The Zondervan Quick-Reference Library makes important knowledge affordable, accessible, and easy to understand for busy people who don’t have a lot of time to read or study.
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365 WWJD : Daily Answers To What Would Jesus Do
$12.99Add to cartWhat Would Jesus Do? Ask the questions and live the answers, every day of the year
This one-of-a-kind collection of devotional readings will help you nourish and deepen your faith through the simple yet powerful daily practice of answering the question, “What would Jesus do?”
A jewel of wisdom for every day of the year, each entry is drawn from Scripture with practical reflections on how we can live the WWJD? life as well as inspiring words from notable Christian writers, such as Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Richard J. Foster, Charles H. Spurgeon, Billy Graham, Elisabeth Elliott, Martin Luther King Jr.,C.S. Lewis, Eugene Peterson, and many others.
Here, author Nick Harrison invites us to accept this same challenge. It is “a pledge that the Apostle John says is a surefire test of our Christian faith….One year from now, may our lives be richer for having taken the time to learn the lessons gained by answering ‘What would Jesus do?'”
365 WWJD? offers people of all ages daily food for thought, warmly reminding us of the many ways we can model our everyday actions after the life of Jesus.
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Prayer Mountain : Exploring The High Places Of Prayer
$17.99Add to cartPrayer Mountain is a practical handbook to the mountain ranges of the spiritual life. It takes us on a climbing tour of ten Biblical mountains and, with the companionship of those who have climbed them before, encourages us in our own ascent towards the presence of God. aaBrother Ramon ssf is an Anglican Franciscan friar and one of today’s most popular writers on spirituality. For almost ten years, he has lived the hermit life, latterly in the grounds of Glasshampton monastery near Worcester His many other books include Franciscan Spirituality, The Wisdom of St Francis, The Listening Heart and The Heart of Prayer.
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Living Faithfully In A Fragmented World
$22.95Add to cartThis book describes several aspects of contemporary culture that create both opportunities and threats to Christian mission. It offers insights and practices that the church today must embrace in order to live faithfully and witness effectively to the gospel.
Following a presentation of the church’s history in relation to Western culture, several chapters draw upon specific suggestions in Alasdair MacIntyre’s After Virtue–that we live in a fragmented rather than a pluralistic world; how the church has compromised its faithfulness by accommodating the mainstream of morality; implications stemming from the collapse of “the Enlightenment project”; and the need for a “new monasticism” together with forms the life of the church must take to sustain a faithful witness in contemporary culture.
Jonathan R. Wilson is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA, and the author of Theology as Cultural Critique.
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Speaking The Truth In Love
$29.95Add to cartHow can the Christian faith be translated into new languages and into new cultural forms? How much of Christian faith is culturally conditioned and how much is universal? What role should the Bible play in encouraging or in limiting diverse expressions of Christian faith? What does it mean to speak of the gospel as truth in a world that declares that religious speech can never be true, but only “true-for-me”?
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Coffee Shop Theology
$15.99Add to cartMoore abandons the big words and scholarly jargon for a casual, comfortable discussion of theology—as if you were having coffee with him at the local cafe. Without “dumbing it down,” he clearly explains tough doctrinal concepts like providence, the Trinity, systemic evil, and original sin to bring theology into focus for everyday living.
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Basic Questions On Suicide And Euthanasia
$7.99Add to cart1. Foundational Considerations
2. Theological Issues
3. Legal Questions
4. Moral Concerns
5. Relational Matters
74 PagesAdditional Info
Many in our society champion suicide, assisted suicide, and euthanasia as acceptable answers to intractable physical and emotional problems. There are alternatives to this contemporary “culture of death,” however, that uphold the sanctity of human life and seek to meet the problems of fear, pain, and despair with compassion and dignity. Some of the questions answered in this work include
-“How do active and passive euthanasia differ?”
-“Do I have a ‘right to die’?”
-“Is suicide the unpardonable sin?”
-“Why hasn’t Dr. Kevorkian been convicted of a crime?”
-“What should I do if I feel suicidal?”Advances in medical technology have blessed many with longer and healthier lives, but they have also provided us with interventions and procedures that call for serious ethical evaluation. The BioBasics Series is committed to an uncompromising respect for human life that will serve as a compass through a maze of challenging questions.
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Basic Questions On The End Of Life Decisions
$7.99Add to cart1. Foundational Issues
2. Decision-Making Issues
3. Termination Of Life Support
4. Suffering
82 PagesAdditional Info
The choices that we make throughout life are products of what we value. And the value we place on human life will determine the way we treat ourselvfes and others throughout the end-of-life process. Now, more than ever, Christians need to address the crucial questions pertaining to the end of life. Some of the questions answered in this work include
-“How do I adequately prepare for the dying process?
-“Should I consider organ donation?”
-“How can I cope with suffering that God doesn’t relieve”
-“Do I hve a right to determine my medical treatment?”
-“If I remove life support, am I responsibke for the death?”Advances in medical technology have blessed many with longer and healthier lives, but they have also provided us with interventions and procedures that call for serious ethical evaluation. The BioBasics Series is committed to an uncompromising respect for human life that will serve as a compass through a maze of challenging questions.
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Depression And Hope
$24.00Add to cartPeople have long been familiar with the debilitating, sometimes even fatal, effects of depression, and chronic depression can strike even the most fortunate of persons. For centuries spiritual writers have probed melancholia, as it has been traditionally termed, to articulate the problem of meaning and the trustworthiness of existence. Yet today depression is the next most frequent occasion for visits to clergy.
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Matthew
$37.99Add to cartThe Abingdon New Testament Commentaries series provides compact, critical commentaries on the writings of the New Testament. These commentaries are written with special attention to the needs and interests of theological students, but they will also be useful for students in upper-level college or university settings, as well as for pastors and other religious leaders. In addition to providing basic information about the New Testament texts and insights into their meanings, these commentaries are intended to exemplify the tasks and procedures of careful, critical biblical exegesis.
In this volume, Donald Senior unfolds the meaning of Matthew’s Gospel in its original context. The Gospel was written for an early Christian community caught in a moment of profound transition, striving to remain faithful to its Jewish heritage and facing a new and uncertain future in the Gentile world. Building on a lifetime of scholarship on this Gospel, Senior uses an array of methodologies to explore the literary, historical, and theological perspectives of Matthew in context. At the same time, he provides leads for the contemporary reader to note the interplay between Matthew’s Gospel and our own time and place. In the nexus between these two worlds of experiences, the message of the Gospel comes alive and takes on new meaning.
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Special Days And Seasons Of The Christian Year
$6.99Add to cartThis resource offers a concise survey of the special days and seasons of the Christian year. In addition to a brief explanation of the lectionary, it also includes the key symbols, customs, Scriptures, and hymns most associated with each season.
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We Are United Methodists (Revised)
$7.99Add to cartThis book will help you understand the unique place and purpose of the denomination. Learn about the celebrate who United Methodists are, what they do, and what they believe by looking at where they have been, where they are now, and where they are going. Discover some of the creative tensions that make the denomination vibrant, alive, and about the business of being the church of Jesus Christ.
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Biblical Greek Exegesis
$24.99Add to cartBiblical Greek Exegesis presents a proven, highly practical approach to the study of intermediate and advanced Greek grammar. Most textbooks focus on learning syntactical categories, illustrated by sentences taken from the Greek New Testament, and place little emphasis on how to apply Greek grammar to the Greek text in preparing sermons and lectures. In contrast, Biblical Greek Exegesis stresses “real-life” application. Beginning with selections from the Greek New Testament, students learn intermediate and advanced Greek grammar inductively by analyzing the text. The process closely resembles the approach used in sermon and lecture preparation. In Part 1 (SYNTAX), students work through nine selections from the New Testament, taken from the Gospels, Paul’s letters (including Romans), and the General Letters. The selections are arranged in order of increasing difficulty. The student becomes familiar with syntactical categories through translation, grammatical analysis, and grammatical diagramming, supplemented by class discussion. Equally important, the length of these selections allows for semantic diagramming and analysis. This provides a tool for analyzing larger units of meaning, which is not possible when working only with sentences that illustrate specific points of grammar. In Part 2 (EXGESIS), the student takes the sections from the Greek New Testament through a twelve-step method of exegesis and exposition. The students work through one section of approximately fifteen verses every two weeks, beginning with the first step — spiritual preparation — and ending with application and a preaching / teaching outline. This approach has two benefits. Advanced Greek students learn to use the Greek text and grammar as they will in the “real world.” They also learn to integrate other significant areas such as literary form and textual criticism, as well as use the exegetical tools. in short, they become better expositors of the Word of God. Bibliographies are provided for each of the twelve steps in the exegetical process. Also included in a summary of syntactical categories based on Wallace’s Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics. This successfully field-tested approach to intermediate and advanced Greek will help students bridge the gap between understanding the categories of Greek grammar and the demand to communicate the meaning and significance of the New Testament message to the twenty-first century.
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Gospel And Letters Of John
$34.99Add to cartCulpepper begins with a close examination of the relationship between John and the Synoptics and a summary of John’s distinctive thought and language. He then looks at the origins of the Gospel and the letters, the history of the Johannine community. After a brief orientation to narrative criticism, readers move to the traditional concerns of John’s theology. The student is then led through the texts of the Gospel and the letters. The final chapter examines the challenges and potential of these writings as documents of faith.
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Cambridge Companion To Biblical Interpretation
$39.99Add to cartThis book is the first complete guide to the present state of biblical studies. Intended for students and non specialist readers, i t covers all the methods and approaches currently practised in the academic study of the Bible, as well as examining the major categories of books in the Bible from the perspective of recent scholarship. The twenty-one specially commissioned chapters are written by established scholars from North America and Britain, and represent both traditional and contemporary points of view.
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Judaism And Christianity In First Century Rome
$33.50Add to cartA collection of the most important papers from a 5-year project of the Seminar on New Testament Texts in Their Cultural Environment sponsored by Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas. Archaeological, epigraphic, sociocultural, historical, and literary findings are lucidly, accurately presented.
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Priorities And Christian Ethics
$124.00Add to cartChristians have agreed, as have others, that preference should go to some extent to one’s nearest, and also to some extent to the neediest. However, to what extent should we give preference to which group? And suppose these two preferences come into conflict, as they frequently do? This book provides the fullest contemporary treatment of these issues. The author brings to bear all the resources of theological and philosophical reflection on a single representative case, and from the single example, sheds light on a wide range of comparable cases, both private and public.
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Reason In The Balance
$30.99Add to cartNow available in softcover! In this hard-hitting best-seller, Johnson dares to challenge naturalistic thought—today’s prevailing philosphy that the material world is all there was, is, or will be. His penetrating assessment of naturalism’s pervasive influence on science, law, and education helps you form a clear, biblical response to this intellectual and moral threat.
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Mystery Of Baptism
$30.95Add to cartAs the Church continues to try to clarify the meaning of baptism, well-known liturgical scholar Kenneth Stevenson provides important insights into the historical issues with which we still wrestle. Is baptism a private or a public act? Is the symbolism of the rite still appropriate? Does the language of the baptismal service remain meaningful in a secular age? In order to answer these and other pressing questions, we must understand the thinking of those who have come before us. Stevenson does just that by looking at the writings of the 17th century Anglican divines such as Lancelot Andrewes, George Herbert, Richard Hooker, Richard Baxter, Jeremy Taylor and others, all of whom have a vital and prophetic significance for our understanding and practice of baptism today. Dr. Kenneth Stevenson is the Bishop of Portsmouth and a leading Anglican scholar. A member of the Doctrine Commission of the Church of England, he is the author of numerous books, including Covenant of Grace Renewed and The Mystery of the Eucharist in the Anglican Tradition, which is available from Morehouse Publishing, and Abba, Father.
