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Faith Worth Believing
$14.95How can we have an authentic faith when we no longer have well-defined, codified beliefs? Where do we turn to better understand our relationship with God when the messages of the Church seem simplistic? This book is for all those who are asking the tough questions and are not satisfied with the answers they are receiving.
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Beyond The Shadowlands
$20.00C. S. Lewis’s fiction is rich with reflections on the afterlife. Lewis scholar Wayne Martindale discusses the vivid images of Heaven and Hell Lewis uses in his fiction, using them as a complement to a scholarly but accessible discussion on eternity.
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Finding God In The Singing River
$48.33Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
1.God Is Green
The Earth Crisis Is A Spiritual Crisis / Ecocidal Addiction
The Historic Agon Of Spirit And Flesh
Earth, Air, Water, Fire
2.The Mother Bird God
God On The Wing / The Trinity And Paganism / Is God Female?
Biblical Imagery Of The Earthen Mother Spirit
3.Green Spirituality, Brownfields, And Wilderness Recovery
The Current Environmental Debate
Toxic Sacrifice Zones And The Quest For Justice
Deep Ecology And Wilderness Activism
Mediating The Debate, Green Spirituality, And Market Values
4.Green Spirituality And The Problem Of Humanism
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax / The Priority Of Human Being
The Problem Of Universal Reason In Humanist Thought
The Problem Of Species Chauvinism In Humanist Thought
Extending The Horizon Of Morality To Include All Life-forms
5.Green Spirituality And The Invitation Of Postmodernism
The Challenge Of Deconstructionism
Is Nature Real? / Riding The Cusp
Green Theology In A Postmodern, Constructionist Context
Kenneth Gergen’s Social Constructionism
6.Earth God As The Wounded Spirit
In The Vatican Museums / The Cruciform Spirit
Spirit And Earth, Union Of Heart / The Wounded God
Eating The Body And Drinking The Blood Of God
7.The World Is Alive With Spirit
A Council Of All Beings Ritual
Sojourning In The Crum Woods
The Crum Woods Under Siege
The Crum Woods As The Wounded Sacred
Is The Crum Woods An Idol? / My Return To The River
Notes
IndexAdditional Info
We live in an age of vast and rapid destruction of habitats and species. Yet Christianity holds great potential for healing this situation. Indeed, the Bible and Christian tradition are a treasure trove of rich images and stories about God as an “earthen” being who sustains the natural world with compassion and thereby models for humankind environmentally healthy ways of being.Mark Wallace’s stimulating book retrieves a central but often neglected biblical theme – the idea of God as carnal Spirit who indwells all things – as the basis for constructing a “green spirituality” responsive to the environmental needs of our time.
In the biblical tradition, he writes, God as Spirit is an ecological presence that shows itself to us daily by living in and through the earth. One message of Christianity, therefore, is celebration of the bodily, material world – ancient redwoods, vernal springs, broad-winged hawks, everyday pigweed – as the place that God indwells and cares for in order to maintain the well-being of our common planetary home.
Alongside his green reading of the Bible and tradition, Wallace employs the resources of deep ecology, Neopagan spirituality, and the environmental justice movement to rethink Christianity as an earth-based, body-loving religion. He also analyzes color images reproduced in the book. Wallace’s bold yet careful work reawakens our sense of the sacrality of the earth and the life that the trinitarian God creates there. It also grounds the impulses of New Age spirituality in a profoundly biblical notion of God’s being and activity.
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Divine Redemption And The Refuge Of Faith
$22.50Print on demand title
Time-honored Reformation theology is being discounted today as new perspectives challenge old verities. The need to return to biblical foundations is urgent. In Divine Redemption and the Refuge of Faith, Douglas Vickers addresses the pressing questions: Who is Jesus Christ? What is the human condition? And in what respect is that human condition addressed by the presence of Jesus Christ in the world? In lucid and arresting terms, answers are developed from the basic theses that structured Reformation thought:- the claim of Athanasius that it was the self-existing Second person of the Godhead who came as Jesus Christ;- the claim of Augustine that the human will was bound in sin as a result of Adam’s fall; and- the claim of Anselm that Christ’s atonement provided a necessary and complete satisfaction for sin.Divine Redemption and the Refuge of Faith provides a biblical-theological corrective to contemporary doctrinal deviations. If you are looking for a clear-headed, sure-footed, and warm-hearted guide on the most basic, cardinal issues of Christianity in every age, read this book repeatedly. It will enable you to think through a host of doctrines, issues, and positions in a world that is groping in the dark for truth.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Brief Guide To Philo
$34.00This is a compact introduction to the work of Philo (c. 20 BCE-50 CE), the important Jewish thinker and scriptural interpreter. Kenneth Schenck provides a guide for understanding Philo’s complex works, a roadmap for topics and contents of Philo’s writings, and a description of contemporary research so students can easily find their ways into Philo study.
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Postcolonial Imagination And Feminist Theology
$38.00Part One: Postcolonial Imagination And Feminist Interpretation
Part Two: Postcolonial Feminist Theological VisionAdditional Info
The burgeoning field of postcolonial studies argues that most theology has been formed in dominant cultures, laden intrinsically with imperializing structures. An essential task facing theology is thus to “decolonize” the mind and free Christianity from colonizing bias and structures. Here, in this truly groundbreaking study, highly respected feminist theologian Kwok Pui-lan offers the first full-length theological treatment of what it means to do postcolonial feminist theology. She explains her methodological basis and explores several specific topics, including Christology, pluralism, and creation.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Evangelical Truth : A Personal Plea For Unity Integrity And Faithfulness (Revise
$23.99SKU (ISBN): 9780830833030ISBN10: 083083303XJohn StottBinding: Trade PaperPublished: February 2005Christian Doctrine In Global PerspectivePublisher: InterVarsity Press Print On Demand Product
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Future : What The Bible Teaches About The Future
$25.61Great attention is now being given to the subject of prophecy. Some studies on the subject are statements of opinion; however, it is important to give careful attention to what the Bible has to say about prophetical matters. An attempt was made in this material to survey what the Scriptures have to say. It is helpful for Christians to be informed concerning what the Bible has to say about all things, but the study of prophecy has been neglected in the church. To help fill this gap and to increase knowledge about the future of the earth, this work was produced.
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Leprosy In The Church
$19.36Blatant truth! This book is not for the squeamish as it exposes the aggressive plague that has hit and spread across the Body of Christ. This contagion has no respect of persons, position, or title and has infiltrated the church at large from the pulpit to the pews. When was the last time you had a spiritual check up? How do you know how spiritually healthy you are? Leprosy In The Church takes a candid look at the condition of today’s church, offers riveting insight and shines the light of the Word on eight prevailing Biblical symptoms of spiritual leprosy that pervade the Body of Christ. This book provides a diagnostic for individuals, churches, and ministries to examine ourselves based on the Word of God and to determine whether we have a clean bill of spiritual health or whether this plague has gripped our spirit. Leprosy In The Church offers masterful teaching to reignite and help jumpstart the heart of the church back on a course to holiness, crucifying the flesh in pursuit of purification that will lead to a power-based relationship with the Almighty. Moreover, this text is a unique and powerful tool that provides a scripturally based means by which you can examine your own heart using a Spiritual Wellness Check strategically developed by the author. No matter what your title or position is or where you are in your walk with God, Leprosy In The Church is an absolute must read for those of us who are tired of the infirmed condition of the church, weary of where we are in God and desperately seek another dimension and a deeper level. As you ingest the words of this book and allow the Spirit of the Lord to uncover and cleanse you from the hidden things that have hindered you from pursuing that next dimension, you are destined to embark upon a divine journey into the supernatural that will manifest and demonstrate the power of the Holy Spirit in your life, your church, and your ministry. Embrace yourself for transfiguration!
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Appropriate Christianity
$64.69Appropriate Christianity examines contextualization in three crucial dimensions: truth, allegiance and spiritual power. With eighteen contributing authors including Sherwood Lingenfelter, Paul E. Pierson, Paul H. DeNeui, and Paul G. Hiebert, this compilation is a must-read for the student of contextualization.
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Richness Of Augustine
$42.00In an inclusive reading of Augustine, Mark Ellingsen reveals a patterned conceptual richness in Augustine’s thought. The Richness of Augustine is a wonderful introduction and a rich ecumenical and historical resource. It is the first introduction that places in focus the significance of Augustine’s African cultural and ethnic roots.
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Lord And Servant
$55.00Building on Covenant and Eschatology: The Divine Drama, this volume is part two of a three-part project surveying essential topics of Christian theology through the lens of covenant. In Lord and Servant: A Covenant Christology, Michael Horton explores the topics that are generally grouped under the doctrines of God, humanity, and Christology. Rather than attempt a general systematic theology, Horton revisits these topics at the places where covenant and eschatology offer the most promising insight and where there is the most contemporary interest and debate.
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Christ Present In Faith
$48.331.The Basis For Justifying Faith
2.Faith Formed By Christ
3.The Law And Participation In The “divine Life”
4.Christ And The Believer As One Person
5.”Through Faith One Becomes God”
6.The Presence Of Christ And Sanctification
7.”Simultaneously Righteous And A Sinner”
8.The Christian Struggle
9.The Sighing Of The Spirit
10.Realistic Symbolism And The Union With Christ
11.The Present Christ And The Objective Basis For HolinessAdditional Info
Mannermaa’s revisionist work on justification in Luther’s theology – a notable contribution from one of the most influential Finnish scholars of Luther studies – is now available in English. His book opens up new interpretive questions for historical theology with striking implications for ecumenism, ethics, and spirituality.He writes, “the idea of the divine life in Christ which is present in faith lies at the very center of the theology of the Reformer.” He argues that later Lutheran interpretation of this teaching has portrayed justification as more mechanical and forensic than Luther did, underestimated the extent to which God’s righteousness is also ours, and obscured the radical personal transformation that Luther attributed to justification.
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Hell Under Fire
$28.55What is the final destiny of those who don’t believe in Christ? Combatting resurgent universalism and annihilationism, these esteemed contributors (e.g., Daniel Block, Gregory Beale, Sinclair Ferguson, J.I. Packer) insist that the biblical position remains clear and unambiguous.
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Why Left Behind Should Be Left Behind
$19.36The Left Behind books have swept across the Christian world. But is the message they contain about the end of the world true to the teaching of the Bible? Many Christians believe that it is not. Why Left Behind Should Be Left Behind puts Left Behind beliefs under the biblical microscope and discovers that they distort the true Christian message. It also presents an alternative theology of the End Times that is biblical and rational, in a simple but not simplistic style. It will help you understand this important subject. Comments about the earlier edition: “It is extremely readable and lucid, making sense of a very difficult subject” (Carolyn Owen, Editor). “There is no sensationalism here, just careful exegesis of relevant Bible passages” (New Life). “It is an excellent introduction to the whole subject of the end times” (Evangelical Action).
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Eternity : To Be Or Not To Be
$26.23This essay is addressed to both children and adults, for neither heaven nor hell discriminates against either. From childhood to old age, one is held accountable for one’s actions. The TEN COMMANDMENTS herein displayed were further amplified (adjutants featured) to score the extreme importance of GOD’S desire for US, HIS CHILDREN, to walk in HIS ways. A burden hereby rests on parents to align their children right while they are still malleable. Our imminent desire is to empty hell and delight to see heaven overflowing with GOD’S children. Only then shall we have the last laugh at our enemy, the devil.
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Disruptive Grace
$38.99Among the studies of Karl Barth’s thought, no other work covers, as this one does, the areas of political, doctrinal, and ecumenical theology in single compass. Written by a leading Barth scholar, Disruptive Grace is unique not only for its range of study, depth of insight, and accuracy of presentation, but also for the way it displays the heart as well as the mind of the great Swiss pastor and theologian.
Each of the book’s three main sections consists of five major essays. Part 1 relates Barth to contemporary issues of social justice, war, and peace. Part 2 covers christology, pneumatology, the Trinity, scriptural interpretation, and the question of universal salvation. Part 3 discusses the Reformed tradition as Barth understood it in relation to Roman Catholicism, Lutheranism, modern liberalism, evangelical conservatism, and the postliberal theology of the contemporary Yale school. The book concludes with a meditation on the saving significance of Christ’s death, a theme that runs throughout the book.
The result of more than twenty-five years of intensive Barth research, this volume provides scholars, teachers, and students with a thorough discussion of the twentieth century’s most significant Christian thinker.
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Holy Spirit
$17.00In this brief volume, Mateen Elass provides a lucid explanation of the identity and work of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit’s relationship to the living and written Word, and the Spirit’s role in the church and the world. This engaging study will help open new windows of understanding about the Holy Spirit and illustrate how true spirituality is the work of the Holy Spirit. Ideal for individual or group study, this volume provides insights that will allow readers to discover the Holy Spirit’s importance to our Christian experience.
The Foundations of Christian Faith series was established to enable readers to learn about theology in ways that are clear, enjoyable, and meaningful. Each volume examines the doctrines of Christian faith and stimulates readers not only to think more deeply about their faith but also to lead them to understand their faith in relationship to contemporary challenges and questions
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Cross From A Distance
$29.99Series Preface
Author’s Preface
AbbreviationsIntroduction
Why Address The Topic?
Approach And Method
The Cross At A Distance: God Up Close1. The Cross And The Abolition Of Religion
2. The Necessity Of The Cross
3. The Cross As “The End Of The World”
4. The Cross: Where God Comes Chose
5. The Cross, Resurrection And The Hope Of HumanityBibliography
Index Of Modern Authors
Index Of Scripture References
Index Of Ancient SourcesAdditional Info
“They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha. . . . And they crucified him. . . . Some women were watching from a distance.” (Mark 15:22, 24, 40).At the climax of Mark’s Gospel, Jesus of Nazareth is put to death on a Roman cross. The text tells us that, in that lonely hour, a group of women were watching the crucifixion “from a distance.” In a sense, they are given a stance toward the cross that we can share.
In this exploration of Mark’s Gospel, Peter G. Bolt looks at why the cross is so prominent in the narrative, asks what contribution Mark’s teaching can make to our understanding of the atonement, and shows how this teaching can inform, correct and enrich our own preaching of the gospel in the contemporary world. This New Studies in Biblical Theogy volume helps us to stand in wonder before the God who has come close to us in the cross of Jesus Christ and to live in hope for the better things to come.
Addressing key issues in biblical theology, the works comprising New Studies in Biblical Theology are creative attempts to help Christians better understand their Bibles. The NSBT series is edited by D. A. Carson, aiming to simultaneously instruct and to edify, to interact with current scholarship and to point the way ahead.
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Christology Of John Owen
$50.00Print on demand title
The Puritans are often accused of being weak on Christology. In this revision of his doctoral dissertation for Westminster Theological Seminary, Richard Daniels shows how wrong that assessment is. He plumbs the depths of John Owen’s views on Christ, covering His person, natures, offices, and states. Dr. Daniels also relates how Owen taught that believers can have personal communion with Christ. This is a masterful work that will be deeply appreciated by readers who love both the Puritans and their theology.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Bonhoeffer And King
$32.00A study of two of the most significant prophetic leaders in the twentieth century, J. Deotis Roberts’s “Bonhoeffer and King” is an instructive work in theological ethics. This book considers and compares the theological reflections that guided Bonhoeffer’s courageous stand against Nazism and King’s quest for civil rights in America.
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Blow The Trumpet In Zion
$43.331.The Continuing Legacy Of Samuel DeWitt Proctor
2.The Sheep And The Goats: Black And Christian In A Global Context
3.From Vision To Action: Principles Of Organizing A Theologically Grounded And Vision-driven Church To Effectively Implement Ministries At The Local, National, And Global Levels
4.Piety And Liberation: A Historical Exploration Of African American Religion And Social Justice
5.Loving God With Our Heart, Soul, And Mind
6.Liberating The Ancient Utterances Of African People
7.The Prophetic Imperative: Reclaiming The Gospel By Speaking Truth To Power
8.Freeing The Captives: The Imperative Of Womanist Theology
9.The Biblical Basis For A Political Theology Of Liberation
10.And The Bible Says: Methodological Tyranny Of Biblical Fundamentalism And Historical Criticism
11.The Priestly Faithful And Prophetically Courageous
12.Running The Race For Future Generations: Can You Handle The Faith Without The Fulfillment?
13.Keep The Pressure On: When You Are The Only One In The Watchtower
14.Communion: An Act Of Revolution And A Call To Solidarity
15.A Prophetic Witness In An Anti-prophetic Age
16.Born To Be A Witness
17.Just Load The Wagon
18.Black Church Leadership In The Age Of AIDS: What Must We Do To Be Saved?
19.At The Table: The Next Generation
20.The Black Church In The Age Of False ProphetsAdditional Info
This volume’s contributors – dynamic and progressive African American church leaders – advocate the prophetic powers of black theology, preaching, and evangelism in support of community and economic development, ministerial and lay leadership, and enhancement of church life.Among the writers are Charles G. Adams, Randall C. Bailey, James H. Cone, James A. Forbes, Jacquelyn Grant, Obery Hendricks, Asa G. Hilliard, Dwight N. Hopkins, Cecil Murray, and Gayraud Wilmore. All were presenters in 2004 at the first Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, established to reinvigorate the social justice agenda of America’s black churches.
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Discovering The New Testament
$49.99Discovering the New Testament combines all the elements you’re looking for in a survey of the New Testament – thorough, sound biblical scholarship, combined with an eye-catching format and a writing style that’s easy to understand.
IN DISCOVERING THE NEW TESTAMENT, YOU’LL FIND:
Objectives defined for each lesson
Personal questions to help you relate the Bible to your life
Sidebars to explain theological points
Keywords identified and defined on each page
Study questions for review of the material
Summary statements at the end of each chapter
Listing of resources for further study at the end of each chapter
An eye-catching format that’s attractive to the eye;
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Gift Of Grace
$53.33This landmark volume assesses the prospects and promise of Lutheran theology at the opening of a new millennium. From four continents thirty noted and respected contributors not only gauge how such classic themes as grace, the cross, and justification wear today. They also look to key issues of ecumenism, social justice, global religious life, and the impact of contemporary science on Christian belief.
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God Power And Evil
$48.00The baffling age-old question, if there is a good God, why is there evil in the world? has troubled ordinary people and great thinkers for centuries. God, Power, and Evil illuminates the issues by providing both a critical historical survey of theodicy as presented in the works of major Western philosophers and theologians–Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, Augustine, Aquinas, Spinoza, Luther, Calvin, Leibniz, Barth, John Hick, James Ross, Fackenheim, Brunner, Berkeley, Albert Knudson, E. S. Brighton, and others–and a brilliant constructive statement of an understanding of theodicy written from the perspective of the process philosophical and theological thought inspired primarily by Alfred North Whitehead and Charles Hartshorne.
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3 Views On Eastern Orthodoxy And Evangelicalism
$22.99To some Western evangelicals, the practices of Eastern Orthodoxy seem mysterious and perhaps even unbiblical. Then again, from an Orthodox perspective, evangelicals lack the spiritual roots provided by centuries-old church traditions. Are the differences between these two branches of Christianity so sharp that to shake hands is to compromise the gospel itself? Or is there room for agreement? Are Eastern Orthodoxy and evangelicalism at all compatible?
Yes, no, maybe-this book allows five leading authorities to present their different views, have them critiqued by their fellow authors, and respond to the critiques. Writing from an Orthodox perspective with a strong appreciation for evangelicalism, Bradley Nassif makes a case for compatibility. Michael Horton and Vladimir Berzonsky take the opposite stance from their respective evangelical and Orthodox backgrounds. And George Hancock-Stefan (evangelical) and Edward Rommen (Orthodox) each offer a qualified “perhaps.”The interactive Counterpoints forum is ideal for comparing and contrasting the different positions to understand the strengths and weaknesses of these two important branches of Christianity and to form a personal conclusion regarding their compatibility.
The Counterpoints series provides a forum for comparison and critique of different views on issues important to Christians. Counterpoints books address two categories: Church Life and Exploring Theology. Complete your library with other books in the Counterpoints
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Out Of Egypt
$39.99The importance of biblical theology to the process of biblical interpretation Biblical theology is crucial in order to grasp the meaning of the Bible_and to do so on its own terms. In this fifth volume of the Scripture and Hermeneutics series, the contributors (Craig Bartholomew, Mary Healy, Karl Moller, and Robin Parry) turn their attention to biblical theology and its importance for sound biblical interpretation. An important feature of this volume is its engagement with the current thinking on biblical theology in Catholic circles.
Topics addressed include: The current state of biblical theology Approaches to biblical theology Major themes of the Bible and biblical theology Parts of the Bible and biblical theology Biblical theology and theological interpretation Preaching and biblical theologyAdd to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Images Of The Church In The New Testament
$56.00First published in 1960, Paul Minear’s classic work identifies and explicates ninety-six images for the church found in the New Testament. Comprehensive and accessibly written, it has been used in seminary classes for over thirty years. Its range of reach and incredibly rich discussions of the many images and metaphors make this book a splendid resource for students and pastors.
The New Testament Library offers authoritative commentary on every book and major aspect of the New Testament, as well as classic volumes of scholarship. The commentaries in this series provide fresh translations based on the best available ancient manuscripts, offer critical portrayals of the historical world in which the books were created, pay careful attention to their literary design, and present a theologically perceptive exposition of the text.
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Dear Diotrephes : Whats Our Position
$27.48These letters were written to various friends, critics, and inquisitors who were trying to learn our position on the prevailing issues in the Church of Christ. Asking for help was enough to uncover other issues. Everyone felt compelled to “take a stand” on every issue. I was searching for help due to my failing eyesight and a concern for my wife and six children. When I asked whether James 5:14 had really “passed away,” as they said, where could I go for help? I learned that hardly any of them believed the Bible. They just said they did. I was told that there were 27 branches of us. The introduction of the healing question doubled the number, so we had 54. The Holy Spirit question caused further division, so we had 108 sects. Speaking in tongues, professional clergy, and fellowship issues made 216 socioreligious sects. Voila! How is that for growth?
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Reclaiming The Center
$25.00In Reclaiming the Center Millard J. Erickson, Paul Kjoss Helseth, and Justin Taylor have assembled a team of theologians and philosophers to examine the theological, philosophical, and historiographic assumptions of postconservatism evangelicalism. They argue that postconservatism is an innovative project fueled by an accommodation to postmodernism, and that there is a more theologically sound, philosophically informed, and historically accurate way to proceed.
Reclaiming the Center is a valuable contribution to any pastor or student’s study of where contemporary evangelicalism stands today, but also a guide for how we can move forward with wisdom and discernment while not succumbing to the spirit of this age.
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Presence And Work Of The Holy Spirit
$20.00Within these pages, you will discover the importance of the presence of the Holy Spirit in the believer’s life. R. A. Torrey also reveals the work of the Holy Spirit in helping to bring unbelievers into the kingdom of God. He also shows how to receive God’s favor and blessings, the way the Holy Spirit imparts life to the spiritually dead, and our need to follow the Holy Spirit’s guidance. These eternal issues–and many more–are covered in this in-depth examination of who the Holy Spirit is and His work in our lives. Followers of Christ, as well as those searching, will be permanently transformed as God’s divine power flows through their hearts.
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Israel And The Church
$33.99Modern Israel and its relations with its Arab neighbors has been conspicuously in the daily news ever since World War II. Until that time, the concept of Israel and a continuing Jewish people had been hovering in the distant background of Christian thought and doctrine since the post-apostolic era. In this important work, Dr. Diprose demonstrates the uniqueness of Israel and its special place in the divine plan.
By carefully reviewing relevant New Testament and post-apostolic writings, the author traces the origin and development of Replacement Theology-the concept that the Church has completely and permanently replaced ethnic Israel in the outworking of God’s plan throughout history-challenging its origin and role in the development of Christian thought on the future of ethnic Israel.
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Truth In All Its Glory
$29.99This guided tour of the Reformed faith highlights the glory of God’s truth and grace. William Edgar takes us first to the historical roots of the Reformed tradition and then leads us through its major doctrines, including God, the trinity, revelation, creation, the fall, redemption, and the church. He gives special attention to the doctrines of salvation and makes suggestions for further understanding and application of a Reformed worldview to our age. An introduction to Reformed theology, Truth in All Its Glory can be used formally, for example, in a study group or membership class, or less formally, by friends who hope to introduce friends to the Reformed faith.
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Memoirs Of God
$48.33This insightful work examines the variety of ways that collective memory, oral tradition, history, and history writing intersect. Integral to all this are the ways in which ancient Israel was shaped by the monarchy, the Babylonian exile, and the dispersions of Judeans and the ways in which Israel conceptualized and interacted with the divine–Yahweh as well as other deities.
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Christian Faith And The Problem Of Evil Print On Demand Title
$38.99A Print on Demand Title
The problem of evil has challenged religious minds and hearts throughout the ages. Just how can the presence of suffering, tragedy, and wrongdoing be squared with the all-powerful, all-loving God of faith? This book gathers some of the best, most meaningful recent reflections on the problem of evil, with contributions by shrewd thinkers in the areas of philosophy, theology, literature, linguistics, and sociology.
In addition to bringing new insights to the old problem of evil, Christian Faith and the Problem of Evil is set apart from similar volumes by the often-novel approaches its authors take to the subject. Many of the essays pursue classic lines in speculative philosophy, but others address the problem of evil through biblical criticism, the thought of Simone Weil, and the faith of battered women and African American slaves. As a result, this book will interest a wide range of readers.
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Teaching As Believing
$58.31The public university classroom is a place where socialization still occurs: it’s where students learn to be citizens of the world. Having attended to political correctness and multi-culturalism, universities are now facing the issue of spirituality in their quest to educate the whole person. In this book, Chris Anderson takes up this task by carefully exploring how a professor of faith can help a public university accomplish its pluralistic mission. Anderson illustrates how the study of secular literature throws fresh light on the ways in which the Bible can be read. He also deftly shows how a sympathetic study of the Bible trains secular readers for understanding the abiding significance of the Western literary canon as a kind of scripture. Anderson thus gives readers a book that is as much about the experience of a faithful teacher and the proper ends of education as it is about discovering the right ways to read texts-be they sacred or secular.
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Surprise Of The Sacred
$16.99Author and former warden of Iona Abbey, Peter Millar reflects on where the sacred may be found in the modern world. This book shows how to recognise and celebrate the authentic presence and work of the Holy Spirit. The Iona connection gives it wide appeal throughout the Christian market. Peter Millar is a Church of Scotland minister and was formerly Warden of Iona Abbey. He is the author of a number of popular titles. He lives in Perthshire but spends much time in Australia working with the Iona community there.
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Kingdom Of Christ
$25.00Never before has there been a thorough examination of the new “Kingdom” consensus among evangelicals on many former theological points of contention and its effects. In The Kingdom of Christ: The New Evangelical Perspective, Russell D. Moore relates the history leading up to this consensus from the time theologian Carl F. H. Henry called for it fifty years ago. He then examines how this consensus offers a renewed theological foundation for evangelical engagement in the social and political realms.
While evangelical scholars and pastors will be interested in this sharp, insightful book, evangelicals involved in public policy will also find it useful in discovering how this new evangelical Kingdom perspective will play out in the public square.
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Church Secrets : Reform Restoration Revival For The 21st Century
$20.61Why all the competing Christian Denominations? Where’s the unity in the Body of Christ? Why are there so many opinions on Scripture? Why do the Catholics do that? Why do the Protestants do that? The “Church” Secrets answers these nagging questions and many more by examining “Church” traditions compared to God’s Word. The root of the confusion begins with the word “Church” itself. The prideful secrets of men are exposed to identify the gradual drift Christianity has taken away from God’s Word. This book offers an interactive, in-depth study of God’s Word that is geared toward both the young and old in Christ. Traditions run deep and are powerful. Questioning one’s traditions can expose one’s pride; humility, however, is found in Christ dying on the Cross for us. With that realized, our own pride should mean nothing. If you desire a deeper understanding of God’s plans for His Body, and want to live by His Spirit in truth, this is the book for you.
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Exploring And Proclaiming The Apostles Creed
$31.99Foreword by Geoffrey Wainwright
Doctrinal preaching has fallen on hard times in recent years. Exploring and Proclaiming the Apostles’ Creed seeks to stimulate renewed interest in – and provide useful models of – Christian proclamation that is truly rooted in the central tenets of the faith. Using the Apostles’ Creed as a template for doctrinal, confessional preaching, this book draws together an ecumenical cast of respected biblical scholars and preachers who explain the creed and demonstrate its preaching possibilities. Each of the book’s fifteen chapters consists of an essay that explores and illuminates one of the creed’s articles of faith, followed by a scintillating sermon that models how that article can be preached as good news today.
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Abrahams Promise : Judaism And Jewish Christian Relations
$33.99Abraham’s Promise presents a selection of important writings by noted Jewish philosopher-theologian Michael Wyschogrod, who is widely admired for his singular contributions to Jewish-Christian relations. Including several pieces never published before, this reader aptly captures the broad scope of Wyschogrod’s work on Judaism and the Jewish-Christian encounter, collecting seminal essays, articles, and reviews that address such topics as the God of Abraham and the God of philosophy, sin and atonement, Judaism and the land, the Six Day War, Paul on Jews and Gentiles, and the theology of Karl Barth. An introductory essay by editor R. Kendall Soulen sets Wyschogrod’s career and writings in context.
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Spirit And Resistance
$36.66Writing from a Native American perspective, theologian George Tinker probes American Indian culture, its vast religious and cultural legacy, and its ambiguous relationship to the tradition–historic Christianity–that colonized and converted it. After five hundred years of conquest and social destruction, he says, any useful reflection must come to terms with the political state of Indian affairs and the political hopes and visions for recovering the health and well-being of Indian communities. Does Christian theology have a positive role to play? Tinker’s work offers an overview of contemporary native American culture and its perilous state. Critical of recent liberal and New Age co-opting of Native spiritual practices, Tinker also offers a critical corrective to liberation theology. He shows how Native insights into the Sacred Other and sacred space helpfully reconfigure traditional ideas of God, Jesus’ notion of the reign of God, and our relation to the earth. From this basis he offers novel proposals about cultural survival and identity, sustainability, and the endangered health of Native Americans.
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Outward Sign And Inward Grace
$29.99An exploration of Wesleyan theology and the sacraments. The author addresses this issue of balance between structure and freedom in worship and symbolism’s vital role. Infant baptism and the Eucharist’s relation to evangelism is also discussed.
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For All The Saints
$16.95“We have been drifting into a muddle and a mess, putting together bits and pieces of traditions, ideas and practices in the hope that they will make sense. They don’t. There may be times when a typical Anglican fudge is a pleasant, chewy sort of thing, but this isn’t one of them. It’s time to think and speak clearly and act decisively.”
With these robust words Tom Wright, Bishop of Durham, throws down a challenge to current liturgy and practice surrounding All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days, and sets out to clarify our thinking about what happens to people after they die. Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory, what it means to pray for the dead, what (and who) are the saints, are all addressed in this invigorating and rigorously argued book.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Paul In Roman Custody
$57.99In this book, Rapske uses ancient literary sources and archaeological evidence to uncover important background on the custodial system of the Graeco-Roman world in order to better view Paul’s persona and Christian mission. This study shows Luke to be keenly aware of the practical and theological threat that imprisonment posed for Paul and argues that this understanding motivated one of Luke’s primary objectives in his writing of Luke-Acts to defend or justify the prisoner missionary Paul to the reader.
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Beyond The Passion
$40.00For most Christian believers, what is truly remarkable and important about Jesus is not his life, but his resurrection from the dead. They may believe that Jesus’ death is significant not as the end of Jesus’ life, but as the first half of the saving event that comprises the Christian gospel: the death and resurrection of Jesus. For Christians, this great divine cosmic event, around which all of human history pivots, is what saves us from our sins. Apart from this, the death of Jesus would simply be the meaningless end to an interesting but insignificant life. In this lively and provocative work, Patterson reconstructs early Christian assessments of Jesus’ significance and also questions basic assumptions about modern interpretations of Jesus’ death. He emphasizes the importance of Jesus’ life in relation to his death and resurrection. And he challenges individualistic notions of how Jesus’ death relates to Christian ethics.
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Repentance 1 : The Doctrine Of God And The Knowledge Of Salvation
$34.98This work is written with a law enforcement officer’s investigative mindset and from the perspective of a prisoner. I discovered through a survey of Christian bookstores that no books were exclusively on or about repentance, but most only touched on the topic. The only author who had anything to say about repentance beyond a mere mention was Charles G. Finney in Finney’s Systematic Theology. This 600-page work transformed my thinking and influenced my investigation. This book discusses spiritual leadership without bashing any spiritual leader. It points out carnality without castigating any particular ministry or denomination. Hundreds of illustrations will familiarize the reader with revelations about repentance and carnality. These illustrations, like parables, contain revolutionary truths that are true to Scripture, reason, and life, so that Repentance: The Doctrine of God may become one harmonious revelation! Warning: As you read this book, you will encounter deep-seated carnality residing within the blackened depths of your soul, and it will not want to be exposed! But take heart-Almighty God will accompany you on this journey for the complete regeneration of your soul.
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God Entranced Vision Of All Things
$25.00Commemorating the 300th birthday of Jonathan Edwards, this volume celebrates the philosopher-theologian’s life and legacy. General editors John Piper and Justin Taylor chose ten essays that enlighten different aspects of Edwards. Opening with biographical and historical background, contributors then examine lessons from Edwards still useful today, concluding with an analysis of three of his most influential and demanding works.
Contributors Stephen Nichols, J. I. Packer, Donald Whitney, Mark Dever, Sam Storms, and Mark Talbot – among others – are helpful in guiding today’s readers to understand the man who strived to glorify God in his personal life and public ministry.
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Spirit In The Cities
$30.00In recent decades economic dislocation, immigration, new architecture, and other forces have transformed the physical, social, and even religious landscape of large cities. There gleaming skyscrapers tower over struggling ghettos, abandoned businesses mar upscale shopping areas, and tall-steeple churches sometimes languish where storefront mosques thrive. Exploring the religious significance of this new urban landscape, the Workgroup on Constructive Theology traveled to select cities and found an exciting and vibrant and multivoiced new religious spirit at work there. In these chapters, leading American theologians delve deeply into the contemporary spiritual geographies of five cities, capturing, through a mix of personal narrative, historical narrative, political analysis, and theological rumination, some sense of this new sacred space and the spirit aborning there.
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Postmodern Life Cycle
$24.99“Friedrich Schweitzer is knowledgeable of both European and American cultural shifts into postmodernity. This well-written account of the impacts of media saturation, the relativization of religious authority, and the rapid global emergence of varieties of spiritual orientations and practices, is the first of its kind. Schweitzer’s knowledge of practices of faith and his mastery of the available research literature on posmodern conditions make this work indispensable for religious leaders, students of postmodernity, and a broad reading public. A great achievement!”
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From Hurt To Healing
$24.99At any gathering, you will likely see both abusers and victims. In Christian theology, we have approached these two very different types of people with a single solution. Having drawn a map of salvation for sinners, we ignore the victims, making it their responsibility to find their way back to peace. Park argues it is time for the church and its theology to remedy this situation by using an Asian religious concept called han–the psychic and spiritual pain caused by unjust oppression–as a way of healing the wounds of abuse and violence.
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In The Beginning Creativity
$45.00Gordon Kaufman’s bold and highly regarded works over the last thirty years have pushed theologians to examine honestly, if painfully, their most cherished assumptions about God. Now, in this major contribution to the theology-and-science debate, he argues that our traditional thinking about and worship of God have prepared us badly for perhaps the most important problem we face today–the ecological crisis.
Kaufman begins with a survey of the pluriform development and effects of the notion of God. He then demonstrates how these concepts of God have become out of sync with contemporary understandings of the world and humanity. He offers an alternative concept by distinguishing the different modalities of creativity as they figure in the creation of the universe, the cosmic evolutionary process (especially the emergence of life), and human symbolic creativity. Finally, he sketches their interconnections and demonstrates in what way they stand for the divine. This volume not only develops further than ever before Kaufman’s idea of God as creativity but also shows what it would mean to think of God in this way, to live with faith in this God, and to cooperate with the divine in meeting our most pressing challenges.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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True Sexual Morality
$40.00Daniel Heimbach examines the meaning and structure of the moral standards given by God to govern sexual behavior and celebrates the preciousness and goodness of sexuality governed by God. He also explains and critiques four opposing views on sexual morality that are deceiving so many into thinking that biblical standards are oppressive.
With a look to the future of mankind’s sexual morality, Heimbach examines what Jesus and many New Testament writers say will happen if we continue down our current path. This book will awaken and equip Christian workers, pastors, parents, and young adults to be alert and faithful in a culture that is growing ever more bitterly opposed to biblical sexual standards.
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Yet You Would Not Return To Me
$21.86The Minor Prophets wrote extensively about the role of God in national calamity in regards to chastisement. Little has been written, however, to help pastors struggle with this difficult and unpopular subject in their preaching. This work is a study focused on formulating preaching guidelines to be used when interacting with natural or national crises, using the Minor Prophets as models. The book is concerned with the questions raised by the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the Evangelical response. Prior to 9/11, many Evangelical pastors and spokespersons decried the sins of America and warned of possible and even deserved judgment. When the national crisis of 9/11 occurred, however, which seems to parallel the circumstances that God used to gain the attention of an errant nation in the Bible, many Evangelicals either were silent concerning judgment or vigorously promoted patriotism and “just-war” retaliation against perceived enemies. A primary premise of the work is that there is a misunderstanding or denial of the possible chastising role of God upon the USA on 9/11.
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What About The Soul
$51.99Few people are aware of a groundbreaking scientific innovation currently underway among neurobiologists? This revolution has completely rewritten our understanding of who we are by posing fundamental challenges to traditional Christian theology. Contributors include: Bill T. Amold, Joel B. Green, Charles E. Gutenson, William Hasker, Virginia T. Holeman, Malcoln Jeeves, Gareth D. Jones, Patrick Miller, Stuart L. Palmer, Michael Rynkiewich, and Lawson G. Stone.
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Prisoners Of Hope
$43.73This volume of essays offers a detailed account of the impact of evangelical millennialism in nineteenth century Britain and Ireland and includes a comprehensive bibliography and essay charting recent trends in the study of millennialism.
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Evangelicals And Scripture
$33.99By definition, a high view of Scripture inheres in evangelicalism. However, there does not seem to be a uniform way to articulate an evangelical doctrine of Scripture.
Taking up the challenge, Vincent E. Bacote, Laura C. Miguilez and Dennis L. Okholm present twelve essays that explore in depth the meaning of an evangelical doctrine of Scripture that takes seriously both the human and divine dimensions of the Bible. The essays, selected from the presentations made at the 2002 Wheaton Theology Conference, approach this vital subject from three directions. Stan Grenz, Bruce McCormack and Donald Dayton consider the history of evangelical thinking on the nature of Scripture. John Brogan, Kent Sparks, J. Daniel Hays and Richard Schultz address the nature of biblical authority. Finally, Bruce Benson, John Franke, Daniel Treier and David Alan Williams explore the challenge of hermeneutics, especially as it relates to interpreting Scripture in a postmodern context.
Together these essays provide a window into current evangelical scholarship on the doctrine of Scripture and also advance the dialogue about how best to construe our faith in the Word of God, living and written, that informs not only the belief but also the practice of the church.
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Call To The Soul
$28.31Each major life transition gives us a chance, Bankson proposes, “to name what we are here for.” Using mythical archetypes, biblical and personal stories, she presents a revealing six-stage soulwork cycle to help us find our calling. A valuable resource for people seeking to nurture their spiritual growth, individually, in groups, or with a spiritual director. Includes a format for a soulwork retreat.
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Mary Mother Of God
$21.99Since the Council of Ephesus (A.D. 431), orthodox Christianity has confessed Mary as Theotokos, “Mother of God.” Yet neither this title nor Mary’s significance has fared well in Protestant Christianity. In the wake of new interest in Mary following Vatican II and recent ecumenical dialogues, this volume seeks to makes clear that Mariology is properly related to Christ and his church in ways that can and should be meaningful for all Christians.
Written with insight and sensitivity by Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant scholars, these seven studies inquire into Mary’s place in the story of salvation, in personal devotion, and in public worship.
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Comforter
$43.99Sergius Bulgakov is widely considered to be the twentieth century’s foremost Orthodox theologian, and his book The Comforter is an utterly comprehensive and profound study of the Holy Spirit.
Encyclopedic in scope, The Comforter explores all aspects of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, as they are viewed in the Orthodox tradition and throughout church history. The book has sections on the development of the doctrine of the Spirit in early Christianity and on the development of the doctrine of procession in the patristic and later Byzantine periods. It also touches on the place of the Holy Spirit in the Trinity and explores Old and New Testament notions of the Spirit of God. A concluding chapter deals with the mystical revelation of the Holy Spirit. Made available in English through the work of Boris Jakim, today’s premier translator of Russian theology and philosophy into English, Bulgakov’s Comforter in this edition is a major publishing event.
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Prayers From The East
$26.66Come, celebrate Eastern Christian spirituality by perusing this fine collection of individual intercessions and corporate liturgies drawn from Egyptian Coptic, Armenian, Syrian, Indian Malankara, Ethiopian, and Eritrean sources. Helps revitalize our stale and overly familiar language.
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Many Faces Of Evil
$40.00A scholarly examination of the many ways evil is manifested.
Questions about God and evil can be perplexing. If God exists, why do children die of leukemia and malnutrition? Why does God allow torture and genocide? Why would a fair God condemn people to eternal suffering? Nonbelievers try to use evil to show that God’s goodness and the world’s wickedness can coexist.Beginning with a discussion of the logical problem of evil, theologian John S. Feinberg analyzes how several theologies do, could, or should handle the problem of evil. He then gives his own response to the problems of evil. Of special note in this revised and expanded edition is a chapter on the doctrine of hell and the benevolence of God in relation to unending torment.
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Mere Theology : A Guide To The Thought Of C S Lewis
$36.99IVP Print On Demand Title
While not a professional theologian, Lewis has been called one of the most thoroughly converted men who ever lived. Christian assumptions permeate all of his fiction and nonfiction. Vaus gently, but probingly, draws out what Lewis believed on the great doctrines of the faith.
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Food For Life
$28.33This book draws on L. Shannon Jung’s gifts as theologian, ethicist, pastor, and eater extraordinaire. In this deeply thoughtful but very lively book, he encourages us to see our humdrum habits of eating and drinking as a spiritual practice that can renew and transform us and our world. In a fascinating sequence that takes us from the personal to the global, Jung establishes the religious meaning of eating and shows how it dictates a healthy order of eating. He exposes Christians’ complicity in the face of widespread eating disorders we experience personally, culturally, and globally, and he argues that these disorders can be reversed through faith, Christian practices, attention to habitual activities like cooking and gardening, the church’s ministry, and transforming our cultural policies about food.
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Way Of Life In The World
$21.99In this introduction to the core habits, beliefs, and ways of looking at the world that distinguish the people called Methodist, Carter contends there are six essential practices in the United Methodist tradition: Searching the Scriptures; Generosity with the poor; Testimony; Singing; Holy Communion; Christian conferencing.
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Apocalyptic Rapture Exodus
$23.73The Rapture is the rescue of believers from the earth by the Messiah. Is the Rapture in the book of Revelation? Some believe it isn’t found there. Others believe it is. Examine the evidence for yourself. Also included are the following issues: How does Balaam’s predicted star of David relate to a possible Rapture prophecy? Is the Rapture past, as some say, or still a future event as others claim? Is Daniel’s seventieth week a fulfilled or unfulfilled prophecy? Examine an original pre-trib reason for the Rapture. What is the history of amillenialism and premillenialism? How has the book of Revelation been interpreted over the centuries? Who interprets the book of Revelation as fulfilled? As unfulfilled? As being fulfilled? What “forgotten” original pre-trib reason may actually disprove a pre-trib Rapture? If a Rapture is to occur, when and where will it happen in the book of Revelation?
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Reading Mark : Engaging The Gospel
$48.33A renowned scholar on the Gospel of Mark, Rhoads utilizes a variety of methods to plumb the depths of this earliest story of Jesus. From new forms of literary criticism, social-scientific explorations, and reader-response criticism, Rhoads brings fresh insights to Gospel studies.
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Rediscovering The Triune God
$56.66Theologian Stanley Grenz here tells the story of trinitarian theology in the last century. He analyzes the remarkable ferment in the discipline and discusses key theologians including Karl Barth, Karl Rahner, Jurgen Moltmann, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Robert Jenson, Elizabeth Johnson, Catherine Mowry LaCugna, Leonardo Boff, John Zizioulas, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Thomas F. Torrance. In doing so, Grenz examines a variety of trinitarian issues such as God’s inner life versus God’s relationship to creation (immanent and economic trinity), social versus psychological analogies for the relationships within God, the relationship between trinity and Christology, the feminist critique of classical categories, and how God’s trinitarian life figures in evolution, social justice, and spirituality. Grenz’s engaging introduction places the recent ferment in trinitarian thought within a historical framework, while his conclusion sets a future agenda for the doctrine and theology.
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Naturally Supernatural : Regeneration
$18.73Alone, unloved, and perplexed, I wondered and wandered aimlessly for half a century, stumbling and reeling under a heavy burden of guilt, constantly pondering the enigma of life. At long last, the grand purpose was to be unveiled. Through divine orchestration, my director left for Vienna in response to our government’s request to attend a ten-day meeting comprising computer geniuses from various top nations of the world. Suddenly, with unabated urgency after her departure, I was prompted to record the testimony of the “new birth.” During her absence and with supersonic speed, my manuscript was completed within fifty hours (M.O.L.)! This undertaking was relatively simple since I recorded only the events that actually took place-no superficial additions were necessary in this confession-just pure, unadulterated TRUTH! This divinely inspired book is the product of the leading of the Most Holy Spirit beautifully collaborating with my now regenerated spirit.
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Justification : Whats At Stake In The Current Debates
$36.99IVP Print On Demand Title
It is not just one word among many, but it is a central reality for which Christians are thankful to God. Consequently, a faithful understanding of justification is not merely a concern of academic theologians but of all Christians. Discussion of this crucial matter reached a watershed during the Reformation, but concerns raised since then have not all been resolved throughout the church. In fact, current debates, even controversy, about justification among Protestants and between Protestants and Roman Catholics have been chronicled for general readers in periodicals such as Christianity Today and Books and Culture. In Justification Mark Husbands and Daniel J. Treier bring together notable evangelical scholars and teachers to address from biblical, historical, theological and ecumenical perspectives key questions that prevent complete unity between Roman Catholic and Protestant branches of the church and raise tensions even among Protestant denominations. Witnessing to certain signs of hope, these essays also acknowledge points of caution. But for every reader who is looking for guidance and orientation to this doctrine and current discussion, this book provides a wealth of charitable yet incisive insight. Key questions addressed in the volume include:
*Does the doctrine of imputation of Christ’s righteousness need to be rethought, or does it faithfully reflect biblical teaching?
*How should the faith and transformation of the believer be understood in connection with our justification?
*What is the connection between our union with Christ and justification?
*What can we learn from Lutheran, Wesleyan and Anglican perspectives on justification?
*What does the Lutheran-Catholic Joint Declaration of 1999 contribute to current ecumenical discussions, and what prospects are there for real theological and ecclesiological reconciliation?These and other questions about the vital fact of justification for Christian salvation remain of central importance for the preaching, teaching, believing and unity of the church.
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Glory Of The Atonement
$56.99The Glory of the Atonement offers a wide selection of essays by notable scholars in the Reformed tradition presented in honor of Roger Nicole. Divided into three sections-biblical, historical and practical-the essays include Scriptural exegesis of important atonement passages, studies in historical theology examining particular Christian thinkers and eras, and probing inquiries into the practical implications of the doctrine in the Christian life and in contemporary preaching. This insightful and wide-ranging volume includes contributions from Henri Blocher, D.A. Carson, Timothy George, Bruce McCormack, J.I. Packer, Kevin Vanhoozer, and Bruce Waltke, all of whom, examine the atonement from their respective fields of expertise. Although the doctrine of the atonement has fallen under strong criticism in recent times, this volume offers constructive proposals and exegetical foundations for understanding some of its major facets, applying those insights to Christian living, and recapturing the awe of this wondrous doctrine.
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From The Parish
$29.98Foreword
IntroductionPART ONE: ”You Have Made Public Profession Of Your Faith…”
1.Who In The World Are We? Lutheran Nonnegotiables
2.Christ’s Choice For Life: Law And Gospel Applied
3.True Confession: The Spirit Of Augsburg
4.Rerooting In The Community: A Mission Strategy Grows In Brooklyn
5.A Lutheran Spiritual Face In The Public Arena
6.From Pentecost To Politics: How One Parish Tackled The Pornography ProblemPART TWO: ”Do You Intend To Continue In The Covenant God Made With You In Holy Baptism?”
7.Life By Drowning: The Baptized Christian In The World
8.Children Of A Greater God: Catechesis Of The Confessional Heart
9.A River Runs Through It: Evangelism From The Font
10.Bonhoeffer, Youth, And The Church: The Mundane Communio Sanctorum
11.Walking On Water: Mentoring The Next Generation
12.The Habit Of Ecstasy; The Practice Of Prayer; The Journey Of FaithPART THREE: ”To Live Among God’s Faithful People….’
13.The Community Of Grace
14.The Community Of The Word
15.The Faithful Community
16.The Disciplined Community: Law, Gospel And The Solus Christus
17.Confraternities Of Grace: Small Group Ministry
18.Family ValuesPART FOUR: ”To Hear The Word And Share In His Supper….”
19.Eating And Drinking Among The Tombstones
20.Full Communion On The Way Home
21.Embodied Ecumenism: The Unity Of Christ’s Body At The Local Level
22.Assisting Ministers: Identity And Function
23.To Carry God In The Mouth: Singing The FaithPART FIVE: ”To Proclaim The Good News Of God In Christ….”
24.Bishop And Parish
25.The Triune Shape Of The Church: Episcope And The Trinity
26.Lost And Found: Growth And Evangelism
27.Evangelism, Church Growth And The Swinging Door
28.Hirtabrev. Following Jesus To The Breach
29.Hirtabrev. Come To The Table: Koinonia As Missionary AccountabilityPART SIX: ”To Serve All People, Following The Example Of Our Lord Jesus…”
30.The Diaconate: Consecrated DPs
31.Diakonia: A Mom-and-Pop Theological Store
32.Priests And Deacons: Earthly And Heavenly Partnership
33.Servants Of Jesus: Diaconal People Among UsPART SEVEN: ”And To Strive For Justice And Peace In All The Earth.”
34.Parish Schools: Christ, The City, And The Child
35.To Take Care Of The Body: Social Ministry And Evangelism Through The Parish Social Ministry Committee
36.Requiem
37.A Tale Of Three Houses
38.Give Me That Stranger: The Ministry Of Word And Sacrament CAdditional Info
This is a book about the parish, written from the heart of parish life. Its heart is an edited collection of Lutheran Forum articles, with other published work and new material adding dimension to some of the themes explored in these pages. This collection provides diverse soundings of parish life in the Gospel and suggests a Lutheran theology of the parish, but one that is accessible and relevant across the ecumenical diversity of the One Body of Christ. For pastors and lay readers, this book seeks to support the ministry of congregations, as well as inspiring and provoking dialogue in local parishes.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Grievers Ask : Answers To Questions About Death And Loss
$28.31This book is an invitation to voice and ponder questions about death. How long should it take to get over a death? Where was God when my son died? Is it all right to continue celebrating special days? In his counseling work, Harold Ivan Smith has heard all the questions that occur to grievers as they process their loss. Here he compiles more than 150 common questions, explores the emotions behind them, and provides clear and forthright responses. Whether readers find the answers they seek, new perspectives to ponder, or comfort from knowing that others ask similar questions, this valuable resource will guide both individuals who are in the midst of grief and those who wish to provide comfort.
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New Testament Story Print On Demand Title
$32.99A Print on Demand Title
This informative, clearly written book introduces the New Testament in two main ways: (1) it explains where the New Testament came from, and (2) it examines the New Testament writings themselves.
Ben Witherington first tells how and why the New Testament documents were written and collected and how they came to be known as the New Testament that we have today. He then discusses the main stories and major figures in the New Testament. Witherington looks particularly at the Gospels, examining how and why their stories differ and pointing out what these ancient biographies actually say about Jesus. He also surveys the ways that these stories were told and retold, explaining how this literary development has influenced Christian theology, ethics, and social thought. Each chapter ends with a section called “Exercises and Questions for Reflection and Study” (written by Darlene Hyatt), making this book especially useful for Sunday school classes and group Bible studies.
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Till The Heart Sings
$26.99This new edition of Till the Heart Sings, including a substantial foreword by Phyllis Trible, makes available again Samuel Terrien’s rich, acclaimed study of the biblical witness to personhood. Sweeping yet selective in scope, the book argues that the Bible as a whole advances a theology of manhood and womanhood unique in the ancient world. This theology, which resides in the main thrust of Scripture, turns away from sexism and misogyny to confer upon woman as well as man the full stature of humanity.
Terrien begins his argument where the Bible itself begins, with creation. He describes the first woman as “the crown of creation,” in a mutual relationship with the first man. He then proceeds through Scripture – including the prophets, the Wisdom literature, the Gospels, and the Pauline letters – systematically showing that when the books of the Old and New Testaments are viewed in their historical growth, they reveal a theology of manhood and womanhood that runs counter to both traditional Judaism and Christianity and to modern religious attitudes and practices.
In the course of his thorough analysis of Scripture, Terrien eloquently examines a host of themes bearing on the issues of gender and personhood, from the myth of the Garden and the eros-agape continuum in the Song of Songs to male overreaction to sexual mysticism and the Gnostic personification of wisdom. Terrien also explores matters related to marriage, homosexuality, and male and female priesthood, all with the aim of uncovering a truly biblical understanding of the relationship between the genders and between all people and God.
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Prayer Book For The 21st Century
$21.95For thousands of years men and women found meaning and a deep sense of belonging though faith in God. But today, traditional images of God (as an all-powerful father figure) and much standard prayer and worship language are no longer plausible for many believers. Yet the hunger to know – and communicate with – the Sacred in some form remains strong.
In this unique prayer book John McQuiston, bestselling author of Always We Begin Again, provides morning and evening devotions for two weeks, plus complete Morning and Evening Prayer services, along with a Service of Commemoration for Our Union. All use a language for and about God that reflects contemporary understandings of God and God’s actions in the universe. This pocket-sized devotional is an excellent resource for individuals and congregations who are seeking to worship in a language that acknowledges today’s realities and theology.
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Pauls Letter To The Romans
$48.99Continuing his series of highly regarded and innovative socio-rhetorical commentaries on the New Testament, Ben Witherington now tackles Romans, perhaps the most profound and difficult book of the New Testament.
Interacting with recent treatments of this Pauline letter and with ancient Christian commentators, Witherington shows that the interpretation of Romans since the Reformation has been far too indebted to Augustinian readings of the text as filtered through Luther, Calvin, and others. Instead, Witherington urges a reading of the text in light of early Jewish theology, the historical situation of Rome, and Paul’s own rhetorical concerns.
Offering a new translation of the Greek text and new insights into Paul and his world, this commentary sheds fresh light on the meaning of Romans for its original audience and for Christian readers today.
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How To Unlock The Secret Codes In Bible Prophecy
$43.73Twenty-eight centuries ago, through the prophet Isaiah, God said that all of His prophecies concerning the Great Chastisement of the End Times would be sealed. Nobody can understand these mysterious prophetic messages. Everybody is like a blind and a deaf person. But, one day, a book will appear to open the eyes of the people of the world. Thanks to this book, the deaf will hear and the blind will see. They will understand the secret codes in Bible Prophecy. They will know that the reign of the ruthless Communists will come to an end. In this book, all the secrets of Bible Prophecy will be uncovered. And people of the world will know that at the End Times, there will be a Great Chastisement and all of the prophets of God will announce this terrible punishment. Even Moses, the first prophet of God, announced in clear language that at the End Times, the people of God will be very sinful, thus provoking God’s anger. And He will use Russia as His rod to chastise His people. This ruthless nation will come from afar, “from the ends of the earth” (Deuteronomy 31:29; 28:49.50).
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Who Can Be Saved
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The question of salvation in relation to the world religions has become especially poignant in recent years. For evangelical theology, this query becomes even more pressing in light of the millions throughout history who have never heard the gospel. This group includes: the unborn, those who never reach an age of accountability, those who never achieve the capacity to understand the gospel, those who lived before the time of Christ, and those who live after Christ’s resurrection who are not evangelized. Tiessen offers a constructive approach in his reassessment of salvation in Christ and the world religions in this engaging and accessible volume. Who Can Be Saved? is divided into two sections; the first explores the many possibilities of how and what type of people are saved, while the second views how the world religions relate to God’s purposes in the world. Tiessen provides an important contribution to a Christian theology of religions, which is evangelically grounded and missiologically informed.
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Universal Salvation : The Current Debate
$33.99Foreword by Gabriel Fackre
Will God one day save all people through Christ’s atoning work? That is the question at the heart of the debate in this volume – a debate sure to challenge readers, whatever their current perspective.
Featuring evangelical writers of exceptional insight and sensitivity, Universal Salvation? offers a conversation worth everyone’s attention. The volume opens with a rigorous three-part defense of Christian universalism by philosopher Thomas Talbott, who argues that Scripture teaches the ultimate salvation of all people, including those in hell. Gabriel Fackre in his foreword calls Talbott’s work “the most thoughtfully wrought argument for universalism to date from within the contemporary evangelical community.” The rest of the book gathers incisive responses to Talbott by Christian scholars from different disciplines, who evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of Talbott’s arguments, take his thought in new directions, or explain why they think he is mistaken. Talbott then responds to his critics.
The aim of this volume is not to persuade people that universalism is true but to open up a fairer debate on a controversial subject of continuing importance to theologians and nontheologians alike. By exploring universal salvation from biblical, philosophical, theological, and historical perspectives, the book helps readers think through the issues more carefully than has been possible with resources previously available.
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Debating Calvinism : Five Points Two Views
$27.00A centuries-old belief system is put to the test as two prominent authors examine and debate the subject of Calvinism from opposing viewpoints. James White, author of The Potter’s Freedom, takes the Calvinist position. Dave Hunt, author of What Love Is This, opposes him. The exchange is lively and at times intense as these two articulate men wrestle over what the Scriptures tell us about God’s sovereignty and man’s free will. This thought-provoking, challenging book provides potent responses to the most frequently asked questions about Calvinism.
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Recapturing The Wesleys Vision
$21.99From horseback, pulpit, and choir loft, the Wesleys helped transform the Christian church of their day—and since. Now explore the message that sparked the Methodist revolution. Skillfully gleaning from John’s voluminous writings and Charles’s timeless hymns, Chilcote introduces their innovative synthesis of faith and works; Word and Spirit; individual and community; head and heart.
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Sacred Longings : The Ecological Spirit And Global Culture
$33.33What do we really want? Internationally noted theologian Mary Grey believes we have gotten out of touch with our deepest desires. Trapped by the seductions of the marketplace, addicted to more and more, our culture has acquiesced in global capitalism’s most problematic characteristics, including widespread poverty and global maldistribution of resources. Grey’s hopeful book argues that there is a deeper language of desire that plumbs to what humanity really wants. Emergent in story and myth and symbol, these sacred longings can be seen in the simple yet profound elements–within and beyond Christianity–or water, light, and sacred space. Getting back in touch with our sacred longings entails a spiritual quest–a kind of ecomystical renewal–that can transform our desire, enliven our communities, simplify our lifestyles, and ultimately rekindle our global prospects.
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Dominion And Dynasty
$29.99Series Preface
Author’s Preface
Introduction
1. A Book Or A Ragbag: A Literary Approach To Old Testament Theology
2. The Beginning, Middle And Ending Of The Tanakh: A Preview Of The Storyline (Adam To David)
3. The Narrative Storyline Begins (Genesis)
4. The Narrative Storyline Continues (Exodus To Deuteronomy)
5. The Narrative Storyline Continues: The Former Prophets (Joshua To Kings)
6. Suspension Of The Storyline–Poetic Commentary Begins: The Latter Prophets (Jeremiah To The Twelve)
7. Poetic Commentary Continues: The Writings (Ruth To Lamentations)
8. Ending Of Poetic Commentary And Resumption Of Narrative Storyline (Daniel To Chronicles)
9. Typology And New Testament Reflections
Bibliography
Index Of Ancient Sources
Index Of Modern Authors
Index Of Scripture ReferencesAdditional Info
In this stimulating exposition, Stephen Dempster argues that, despite its undoubted literary diversity, the Hebrew Bible possesses a remarkable structural and conceptual unity. The various genres and books are placed within a comprehensive narrative framework which provides an overarching literary and historical context.The many texts contribute to this larger text, and find their meaning and significance within its story of ‘dominion and dynasty’, which ranges from Adam to the Son of Man to David, and to a coming Davidic king.
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Cradled All The While
$23.31This book is a beautifully crafted memoir in which the author recounts the story of her mother’s death from cancer. In the midst of a career and child-rearing, Corse becomes her mother’s primary caregiver, but her story is a spiritual journey that will nurture the faith of people of many religious backgrounds. The themes encountered throughout this book parallel the issues dealt with in practical grieving resources. Here, however, they are played out in the lives of a real family.
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Christian Assembly : Marks Of The Church In A Pluralistic Age
$40.00What is church? What makes the church one? While these questions may seem innocuous, church has become conflicted territory, with internal factions, external pressures, and ecumenical turmoil all calling for a more positive, sturdy, more resilient notion of Christian community.
Wengert approaches the questions as a Reformation historian. He shows how the New Testament notion of ”marks” of the church was taken up by Martin Luther and developed by Phillip Melanchthon not as a descriptive tag but as a criterion for authenticity in Christian community. Lathrop, a liturgical theologian, shows concretely how those marks can stamp the worship life of a congregation as well as the evaluative work of congregations with their pastors, bishops, superintendents, and conference ministers.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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New Testament Theology
$29.99Recent years have witnessed the publication of a vast amount of material on New Testament theology. Many theologians, unable to agree on the nature, function, method, and scope of this discipline, have offered their own interpretations of the subject. Unfortunately, this increasing variety of approaches has resulted in a tension and confusion among scholars and students.
Gerhard Hasel addresses the situation with an in-depth discussion of the basic issues of the debate. He begins with a comprehensive survey of the emergence and development of New Testament theology over the last two centuries. From this overview he discerns various issues which have led to the present state of crisis in this area of study. Professor Hasel examines the issues related to methodology, to the unity of the New Testament, and to the relationship between the New and the Old Testaments. He concludes with some basic proposals for doing theology with an historical and theological method which seeks to be faithful to the biblical material.
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Triumph Of Grace In Deuteronomy
$49.98This book is a textual and theological analysis of the interaction between the sin and faithlessness of Israel and the grace of Yahweh in response, looking especially at Deuteronomy chapters 1-3, 8-10, and 29-30. The author argues that the grace of Yahweh is determinative for the ongoing relationship between Yahweh and Israel and that Deuteronomy anticipates and fully expects Israel to be faithless. Does the Old Testament have an optimistic outlook for the people of God, ancient Israel or is it pessimistic? The strands of optimism and pessimism seem to be juxtaposed throughout. In this study of Deuteronomy, a lynchpin book within the Old Testament, the so-called tensions between optimism and pessimism are slow to cohere theologically. Despite the faithlessness of Israel, Yahweh’s faithfulness to his promises results in the triumph of grace.
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Story Of Israel
$39.99304 Pages
Additional Info
Like a divine allegory, the history of Israel’s election, sin, exile, and restoration reflects the universal plight of humanity. An intriguing and compelling theological perspective unfolds as the authors probe this unitive theme in each section of Scripture, from the Pentateuch, Psalms, and Prophets to the Gospels, Epistles, and Apocalypse. Includes reading recommendations and study questions.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Mary And The Dead Saints Are Not In Heaven
$22.48The resurrection of the dead made Christianity far above all other religions. According to God’s programme, Jesus was to resurrect first (Acts 26:22-23; 1 Cor. 15:20-23). The saints are to resurrect only at His Second Coming (1 Cor. 15:23; 1 Thess. 4:13-17; Matt. 24:27-31; John 6:39-40, 44, 54). The general resurrection will take place 1,000 years after the first resurrection (Rev. 20:5-6). The resurrection of the saints is yet to come (1 Cor. 15:23). God’s judgment will take place before sentencing to either heaven or hellfire (Rev. 20:11-15). It is yet to come. Reincarnation is the satanic version of the resurrection of the dead. Both the 144,000 sealed of Israel and the 24 elders in the book of Revelation are yet to happen (Rev. 1:1; 4:1). The erection of images in churches is a clear violation of God’s commandment (Ex. 20:4), as is the addition of books such as the Apocrypha in the Bible (Rev. 22:18-19; Deut. 4:2; Josh. 1:7-8). Ecumenism is a serious anti-Christ programme. This book urges every Christian to be truly born again and to stand on Bible truth. All Bible quotations are from the KJV.
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Behind The Text
$39.99The fourth in a series of books from the annual Scripture and Hermeneutics Seminar Each year since 1998 the top evangelical hermeneutical scholars from around the world gather to reassess the discipline of biblical studies from the foundations up and forge creative ways for reopening the Bible in our culture. The topic of this fourth book probes contemporary theories on the philosophy and theology of history and analyzes how those views intersect with the concept of the Bible as history. This volume includes general editors C. Stephen Evans, Mary Healy, and Murray Rae. EDITOR: Rev. Dr. Craig Bartholomew;C. Stephen Evans;Mary Healy;Murray Rae
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Feminist Theology
$20.99Rethinking the Christian faith from a woman’s perspective has been an important advancement in modern theology. This book introduces the methods, ideas, and contributions of recent feminist theology to readers encountering the subject for the first time. Natalie Watson explores the historical background of feminist theology, discusses the value of reading Scripture from a feminist perspective, and shows how this approach can offer a critical, creative, and constructive rereading of the Christian tradition. She also sets forth some fresh ideas encouraging people to see feminism not as a threat to the church but as a challenging perspective that actually enhances its life in today’s world. An extensive annotated bibliography invites readers to further study, presenting a wealth of books on feminist theology by many well-known authors.
Ideal for classroom instruction, discussion groups, and personal study, this volume is an exceptional, user-friendly guide to contemporary feminist thought.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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New Global Missions
$26.99Escobar has produced a highly readable introduction to Christian mission as well as a cogently presented biblical missiology in this important volume. Taking into account the new realities and challenges of globalization in this post-Christian and postmodern world, Escobar utilizes trinitarian theology in order to construct a holistic and relevant theology of mission. An informative and inspiring work, addressing our contemporary situation, yet calling us to participate in the global mission of the triune God.
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Bonds Of Imperfection
$40.99Two of today’s leading experts on the Christian political tradition plumb significant moments in premodern Christian political thought, using them in original and adventurous ways to clarify, criticize, and redirect contemporary political perspectives and discussions.
Drawing on the Bible and the Western history of ideas, Oliver and Joan Lockwood O’Donovan explore key Christian voices on “the political” political action, political institutions, and political society. Covered here are Bonaventure, Thomas, Ockham, Wycliff, Erasmus, Luther, Grotius, Barth, Ramsey, and key modern papal encyclicals. The authors’ discussion takes them across a wide range of political concerns, from economics and personal freedom to liberal democracy and the nature of statehood. Ultimately, these insightful essays point to political judgment as the strength of the past theological tradition and its eclipse as the weakness of present political thought.
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