Theology (Exegetical Historical Practical etc.)
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Making Disciples : Faith Formation In The Wesleyan Tradition
$24.99Matthaei examines the elements of John Wesley’s theology and ministry that contributed to a Wesleyan ecology of faith formation, an interconnecting network of the relationships, structures and practices that created an environment for nuturing and sustaining a holy life in communion with God and others. Insights gained from this research into John Wesley’s total educational enterprise can then provide the impetus for faithful and imaginative approaches to Christian faith formation today. This is a practical and lively book that will be informative for academics and Christian educators in local churches alike.
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Beyond Foundationalism : Shaping Theology In A Postmodern Context
$56.001. Beyond Fragmentation: Theology And The Contemporary Setting
2. Beyond Foundationalism: Theology After Modernity
3. Scripture: Theology’s “Norming Norm”
4. Tradition: Theology’s Hermeneutical Trajectory
5. Culture: Theology’s Embedding Context
6. The Trinity: Theology’s Structural Motif
7. Community: Theology’s Integrative Motif
8. Eschatology: Theology’s Orienting MotifAdditional Info
What role does scripture play in the task of the church? What value do past theological constructs offer today? How does culture affect theological reflection? For that matter, of all the diverse ways Christian belief is expressed, what makes any of them “Christian”?In Beyond Foundationalism, Stanley Grenz and John Franke move past the foundationalism of the Enlightenment period to offer a revolutionary method for doing theology in a postmodern age. Writing to both mainline and evangelical traditions, they propose a new method that views theology as arising out of the interplay of the Spirit, which speaks authoritatively through the biblical text; tradition, which provides a historical interpretive framework; and culture, which gives context for constructive theological reflection. This method, they argue, fosters a Christian theology that embodies a Trinitarian structure, utilizes the faith community as the organizing principle or integrative motif, and features an eschatological orientation.
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From Hebrews To Revelation
$31.001. Hebrews
2. James
3. 1 Peter
4. Jude And 2 Peter
5. The Letters Of John
6. RevelationAdditional Info
In this clearly written volume about the latter half of the New Testament, Donelson begins by asking, “If we read this text in this way, what voices do we hear?” Such a reading strategy requires “historical imagination” because the documents are seperated from us by time, space, language, and culture. It also requires making these texts conversation partners in our understanding about God and ourselves.Designed as an introduction, From Hebrews to Revelation offers insights that will benefit both students and scholars.
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Social Visions Of The Hebrew Bible
$65.00Plein’s full-scale study of the Hebrew Bible uncovers the social vision of the Hebrew Bible. He examines the biblical statements about social ethics within a framework provided by Israel’s social institutions, the social locations of its actors, and the historical struggles for power and survival that are reflected in the transmission of the texts. Each major section of the Hebrew Bible is investigated through the lens of a representative scripture passage. This clear and comprehensive introduction reveals the rich mosaic of social visions in ancient Israel.
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Child In Christian Thought
$47.99This seminal book opens windows into the history of Christian thinking on neglected but important topis: the child, the care of children, the education of children, the responsibility of parents, and the many theological, spiritual, and practical repercussions connected with these concerns. In rich and subtle way this book provides both orientation and new contemporary perspectives on child rearing and its consequences for religious communities, culture, society, and the common good.
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Psychological Biblical Criticism
$36.66This volume provides an introduction to psychological interpretations of the Hebrew Bible_with the Garden of Eden story as a test case. It approaches the text from Freudian, Jungian, and Developmental psychologies, comparing and contrasting the different methods while taking on the hermeneutical issues. Ricoeur’s work is used to establish criteria for adequate interpretation.
Genesis 3 presents a fruitful text for psychological interpretation given its importance in Western culture. Its themes of sexuality, guilt, consciousness, and alienation are issues of great concern for everyone in our society. Kille’s aim is to locate psychological criticism within the field of biblical studies and to propose a hermeneutical framework for describing and evaluating psychological approaches. The second part is devoted to analysis of different evaluations of Genesis 3 from the three chosen psychological perspectives.
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Reframing Paul : Conversations In Grace And Community
$35.99This book unveils Paul in his original context and invites us to engage him in new terms. Courageously it draws Paul into vital conversation with contemporary evangelicalism. This is a book for those who wonder why people leave churches for alternative spiritual paths–and who may even be tempted to do so themselves. More than anything, it’s for those who wonder what’s gone wrong and want to learn from Paul how the church can be an attractive community of transfroming grace and conversation.
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Social Gospel Of Jesus
$33.331. Why Proclaim The Kingdom Of God?
2. Mediterranean Violence And The Kingdom
3. Hidden Social Dimensions Of The Kingdom
4. The Kingdom And Political Economy
5. The Kingdom And Jesus’ Self-Denying Followers
6. The Social Gospel Of Jesus And Its OutcomesAdditional Info
Scholars are agreed that the central metaphor in Jesus’ proclamation was the kingdom of God. But what did that phrase mean in the first-century Palestinian world of Jesus? Since it is a political metaphor, what did Jesus envision as the political import of his message? Since this is tied to the political economy, how was that structured in Jesus’ day? How is the violence of Jesus’ Mediterranean world addressed in the kingdom? And how does “self-denial” fit into Jesus’ agenda?Malina tackles these questions in a very accessible way, providing a social-scientific analysis, meaning that he brings to bear explicit models and a comparative approach toward an exciting interpretation of what Jesus was up to, and how his first-century audience would have heard him.
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Trinity
$17.00This short, readable book discusses the importance of the doctrine of the Trinity for contemporary faith. In clear, understandable language, it explores the development of the doctrine of the Trinity in church history, discusses modern issues and developments, and speaks practically about the significance of this doctrine for the Christian life.
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Letters To The Seven Churches Of Asia In Their Local Setting A Print On Dem
$35.99This modern classic by Colin Hemer explores the seven letters in the book of Revelation against the historical background of the churches to which they were addressed. Based on literary, epigraphical, and archaeological sources and informed by Hemer’s firsthand knowledge of the biblical sites, this superb study presents in the clearest way possible a picture of the New Testament world in the later part of the first century and its significance for broader questions of church history.
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Depth Of The Riches
$33.99Religious pluralism is today the most challenging issue facing traditional Christianity. This constructive work by a leading voice on the subjects of religious pluralism and interfaith relations probes the Christian understanding of God and salvation and offers a new perspective on religious pluralism that affirms unique salvation in Christ while also recognizing the religious ends of other faiths.
The questions explored here are both difficult and enlightening. What is the distinctive nature of salvation? Is there a place in Christian theology for recognizing other religious ends in addition to salvation? In pursuit of meaningful answers, S. Mark Heim uses the classical doctrine of the Trinity to develop a theology that allows Christians to respect the possibility that alternative relations with God exist in other religions.
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Now Choose Life
$28.99Series Preface
Author’s Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction: Old Testament Ethics And Deuteronomy
1. Ethics And Covenant
2. Ethics And Journey
3. Ethics And Law
4. Ethics And The Nations
5. Ethics And Human Nature
Conclusion:Theology And Ethics In Deuteronomy
Bibliography
Index Of Authors
Index Of Scripture ReferencesAdditional Info
Though written thousands of years ago, the book of Deuteronomy is unmatched in its relevance for the affluent Western church of today. Moses’ words were meant to equip God’s people for living godly lives in a prosperous, pluralistic world. The cultural changes now taking place in our own social setting make the parallel between Israel and the church-and what Deuteronomy has to say-both pertinent and instructive.This New Studies in Biblical Theology volume offers a significant study of Deuteronomy that recovers this Scripture’s vibrant message for the contemporary Christian community. Showing the major contribution that Deuteronomy makes to our understanding of the Bible as a whole, J. Gary Millar explores Deuteronomy’s ethical teaching in the light of its most important theological themes: covenant, journey, law, the nations and human nature. His perceptive analysis reveals the power with which Deuteronomy calls God’s covenant people, from ancient Israelites to modern-day Christians, to hear God’s voice and do his will.
Whether read for its critical study of Scripture or for its practical insights into living faithfully today, this book will be a valuable resource for school, church and home.
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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God Who Creates A Print On Demand Title
$31.99This engaging volume traces the development of creation themes through the Pentateuch, the psalms, Job, the prophets, and the New Testament, discussing their implications for Christian faith and ministry.
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Body Soul And Life Everlasting
$27.50This widely acclaimed study of biblical anthropology is available once more along with a substantial new preface by the author. Fully engaged with theological, philosophical, and scientific discussions on the nature of human persons and their destiny beyond the grave, John Cooper’s defense of “holistic dualism” remains the most satisfying and biblical response to come from the monism-dualism debate.
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Sleuthing The Divine
$28.33Curious about the religious relevance of contemporary science? Sharpe provides insight into how the latest developments in physics, cosmology, biology, and neuroscience expand our concept of reality; then explores divine action, immanence and transcendence, human freedom, morality, the presence of evil, and the origins of the universe.
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Unfolding The Deuteronomistic History
$81.66The Deuteronomistic History is the label used by scholars for the Old Testament books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings, as identified by Martin Noth. Campbell and O’Brien provide the biblical text with detailed notations on how this work came together, was modified, and was passed down to us in its present form, accounting for the shifts in Israel’s and Judah’s histories, their storytelling practices, and their ideological interests.
Identifying and explaining what accounts for these literary and social processes makes this volume a major step forward for the study of this major block of biblical texts.
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Original Sin : Illuminating The Riddle
$25.99Series Preface
Preface
Introduction1. Original Sin As Taught In Holy Scripture
2. Original Sin As Adamic Event
3. Discerning Paul’s Mind On Adam’s Role
4. Original Sin As A Key To Human Experience
5. Original Sin As Propagated And BrokenBibliography
Index Of Authors
Index Of Scripture References
Index Of References To Apocryphal And Other Ancient Sources
Index Of SubjectsAdditional Info
We live in a world shot through with evil. The twentieth century has witnessed suffering and human cruelty on a scale never before imagined. Yet, paradoxically, in recent years the doctrine of original sin has suffered neglect and ridicule.In this philosophically sophisticated treatment of the biblical evidence for original sin, Henri Blocher offers a robust response. Interacting with the best theological thinking on the subject, this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume shows that while the nature of original sin is a mystery-even a riddle-only belief in it makes sense of evil and wrongdoing.
After a general survey of the biblical evidence, Blocher moves on to discuss the two key texts. First, he considers the relation of the Eden story of Genesis 2 and 3 to modern scientific, literary and theological thinking. Then, he offers a new and groundbreaking interpretation of Romans 5, where Paul discusses Christ and Adam. From this exegetical foundation, he goes on to show how the doctrine of original sin makes sense of the paradoxes of human existence. In the final chapter, he discusses the intellectual difficulties that some feel remain with the doctrine itself.
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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Life Abundant : Rethinking Theology And Economy For A Planet In Peril
$48.331. A Brief Credo
2. Theology Matters
3. The Matter Of Theology
4. The Contemporary Economic Model And Worldview
5. The Ecological Economic Model And Worldview
6. God And The World
7. Christ And Salvation
8. Life In The SpiritAdditional Info
In this splendidly crafted work, McFague argues for theology as an ethical imperative for all thinking Christians: Responsible discipleship today entails disciplined religious reflection. Moreover, theology matters: Without serious reflection on their worldview, ultimate commitments, and lifestyle, North American Christians cannot hope to contribute to ensuring the “good life” for people or the planet. To live differently we must think differently.McFague has therefore written this primer in theology. It helps Christians assess their own religious story in light of the larger Christian tradition and the felt needs of the planet. At once an apology for an ecologically driven theology and a model for how theology itself might be expressed, her work is expressly crafted to bring people into the practice of religious reflection as a form of responsible Christian practice in the world. McFague shows the reader how articulating one’s personal religious story and credo can lead directly into contextual analysis, unfolding of theological concepts, and forms of Christian practice.
In lucid prose she offers creative discussions of revelation, the reigning economic worldview (and its ecological alternative), and how a planetary theology might approach classical areas of God and the world, Christ and salvation, and life in the Spirit. Enticing readers into serious self-assessment and creative commitment, McFague’s new work encourages and models a theological practice that “gives glory to God by loving the world.”
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Apocalipsis Sin Velo – (Spanish)
$19.99There has long been a need for a practical approach to the book of Revelation that everyone can understand. This book includes an artist’s concept of each symbol in the book, together with charts and diagrams of the thrilling events being prophesied. With Dr. La Haye’s gift of clarity, the book is a very readable commentary for the layperson, Bible teacher, and pastor. Even new Christians with no prophetic background will benefit by reading it. One veteran pastor and teacher of prophecy who had used the book in its original edition said, “I have over fifty commentaries on the book of Revelation and I can say without hesitation this is the best.”
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Christian Worship : Glorifying And Enjoying God
$18.001. What’s The Point?
2. The Shape Of Christian Worship
3. What God Has United, One Must Not Divide!
4. Baptism – The Church’s Front Door
5. Heavenly Food: The Lord’s Supper
6. Sacrament: Am I Missing Something?
7. Where Are We Headed?Additional Info
Christian Worship deals with the importance of the Word and sacrament in a time when congregations are questioning the form and relevance of worship. Does it matter what happens in worship? What is the motivation for worship? Can more than one generation worship together? Commissioned by the Office of Theology and Worship of the Presbyterian Church (USA), this volume suggests that the answers to these and other questions have always been available in the rich treasury of the Church’s theology. That treasury need only be reexamined in light of contemporary faith to provide renewal and a sense of vitality to worship.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Local Church In A Global Era A Print On Demand Book
$25.99How is the church being affected by globalization? What does wider and more direct contact between the world religions mean for Christians? What is God doing in the midst of such change? This important volume explores the implications of today’s emerging global society for local churches and Christian mission. Prominent scholars, missionaries, and analysts of world trends relate Christian theology and ethics to five clusters of issues—stewardship, prosperity, and justice; faith, learning, and family; the Spirit, wholeness, and health; Christ, the church, and other religions; and conflict, violence, and mission—issues that pastors and congregations will find critical as they think through the mission of the church in our time.
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Gateways To Dogmatics
$31.50A fascinating look at how dogmatics affect the church in terms of creeds, prayers of confession, pastoral care, liturgy, preaching, mission, and education. Sections on arriving at consensus, the principle of faithfulness to Scripture, how heresy is defined, and the role of dogmatics in interfaith dialogue.
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Short Systematic Theology A Print On Demand Title
$17.99This short systematic theology is a refreshing alternative to works on Christian doctrine that are too large or demanding for personal or group study. Paul Zahl offers a concentrated summary of the whole Christian faith in three concise, biblically correct chapters at once serious and popular, scholarly and contemporary.
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Hear My Son
$25.99Series Preface
Preface
Chief Abbreviations
Introduction
Description Of The Study
Rationale For The Study1. The Worldview Of Proverbs 1-9
2. Values For Education
3. Goals For Education
4. Curriculum For Education
5. Process Of Instruction
6. Role Of The Teacher
7. Role Of The LearnerConclusion
Retrospect
Prospect
Bibliography
Index Of Scripture References
Index Of AuthorsAdditional Info
Even a cursory reading of the book of Proverbs reveals that it is dominated by the subject of education, or personal formation. The voice of the teacher addressing his pupils resounds from its pages. A wide array of topics is presented, and frequent exhortations challenge the learner to hear and heed the teacher’s instruction. This material, however, comes for the most part without recognizable order or sequence. Much of Proverbs consists of apparently random collections of maxims. As readers, we see many individual pieces, but the puzzle as a whole remains unclear.In this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, Daniel J. Estes synthesizes the teachings of the first nine chapters of Proverbs into a systematic statement of the theory of education and personal formation that lies behind the text. Working from the Hebrew text and building upon an extensive analysis of exegetical works, Estes organizes his study of Proverbs 1-9 into seven categories typical of pedagogical discussion: worldview, values for education, goals for education, curriculum for education, the process of instruction, the role of the teacher and the role of the learner.
His work agrees with but also transcends the original purpose of the text by revealing the foundational theory of intellectual and moral formation embedded in this important section of Scripure. It also has valuable things to say about constructing a bibilically informed philosophy of education today.
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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Hacia Una Teologia Del Antiguo – (Spanish)
$17.99Discover a new the panorama of the Old Testament as Walter Kaiser explores the theology that grew and developed from Genesis to Malachi. Kaiser bares the bedrock of our faith by examining what the texts themselves say without the superimposition of philosophies, pre-suppositions, or theological systems. Instead he shows the actual theological world that each writer inhabited and how they combined their theological inheritance from earlier writers and prophets with the new and sometimes surprising revelation they received for application to the circumstances and needs of their own epoch. This is a book with theological meat that should have a place in the library of every serious Bible student, seminarian and pastor. This book is the cornerstone for developing an exegesis, an exposition, a proclamation and a systematic theology. Here are the issues, the conflicts and the possibility of a real beginning for a genuine biblical theology. Dr. Kaiser tests his approach by chronologically discussing the texts from each of the Old Testament eras from creation to the postexilic period. A special section examines the connections between the Old and New Testament theology.
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Can Evangelicals Learn From World Religions
$30.99Christianity has always faced the scandal of particularity. What does it mean to claim that God has revealed himself uniquely through the history of Israel and the person of Jesus? One thing it does not mean, argues Gerald McDermott, is that God has not revealed himself at all through other religions. But then what is the nature of revelation in other world religions? And what can evangelicals learn from it?
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Eschatology
$38.99Lutheran theologian Schwarz magnificently surveys the entire spectrum of Christian beliefs on the last days: the coming of the Messiah, the last judgment, and final human destiny. He interacts with leading modern theologians and meets the objections posed by science, philosophy, and New Age beliefs.
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Evocations Of Grace A Print On Demand Title
$28.99This book introduces a new generation of readers to the thought of Joseph Sittler. Gathering ten of Sittler’s seminal works–works foundational to the field yet inaccessible until now–this volume conveys Sittler’s powerful argument for the vital connection between Christian theology, ethics, and the natural world.
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Problem Of God In Modern Thought
$48.99It is widely believed that modern philosophers have dismissed the idea of God and opted instead for a secular humanism. Challenging these stereotypes through a careful study of major philosophical texts written since the Enlightenment, Philip Clayton shows how the main thinkers of the modern period have continued to wrestle with the problem of God and to make proposals for understanding the divine.
Following up on his award-winning book God and Contemporary Science, Clayton here explores the constructive resources that modern thought offers to those struggling with the notion of God as “infinite” and “perfect.” He finds in the narrative of modern thought about God strong support for panentheism, the new theological movement that maintains the transcendence of God while denying the separation of God and the world.
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Fingerprints Of God A Print On Demand Title
$21.99Irascible and irreverent, Father Capon tracks down that most elusive of suspects, God, by the trail he’s left in history and Scripture, then critiques images drawn of him by Irenaeus, Athanasius, Anselm, Aquinas, Julian of Norwich, Luther, Calvin, and others, discarding the flimsier ones.
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When Jesus Became God
$19.99A thoroughly researched and vivid re-creation of one of the most critical periods in the history of Western religion
The life of Jesus, and the subsequent persecution of Christians during the Roman Empire, have come to define what many of us know about early Christianity. The fervent debate, civil strife, and bloody riots within the Christian community as it was forming, however, is a story that is rarely told. Richard E. Rubenstein takes readers to the streets of the Roman Empire during the fourth century, where a divisive argument over the divinity of Jesus Christ was underway. Ruled by a Christian emperor, followers of Jesus no longer feared for the survival of their monotheistic faith, but they found themselves in different camps-led by two charismatic men-on the topic of Christian theology. Arius, an Alexandrian priest and poet, preached that Jesus, though holy, is less than God, while Athanasius, a brilliant and violent bishop, saw any diminution of Jesus’ godhead as the work of the devil. Between them stood Alexander, the powerful Bishop of Alexandria, in search of a solution that would keep the empire united and the Christian faith alive.
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Excavating Q : The History And Setting Of The Sayings Gospel
$65.00In this tour de force, the author offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of Q. Part I deals with the methods for studying Q, their presuppositions, and a survey of current research. Part II addresses more theological and theoretical issues relevant to the Synoptic Problem Q as a document, its redaction, and its social setting.
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Pneumatology Christ And The Spirit 1
$39.50This volume contains twenty-three of James D.G. Dunn’s best shorter essays- produced over a span of twenty-five years and grouped here according to theme- on different aspects of NT pnematology. Drawn from a host of periodicals, books and other scholarly publications, these essays- like those found in the companion volume on Christology will provide stimulating and challenging reading for teachers and students of theology and New Testament studies.
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Joy At The End Of The Tether
$16.66Joy at the End of the Tether: The Inscrutable Wisdom of Ecclesiastes
In this lively reading of Ecclesiastes, Doug Wilson reveals its powerful lessons of vanity, joy, celebration, and the sovereignty of God. This is a great book, so we can’t figure out why it hasn’t sold better-especially since it was Doug’s favorite to write.
“Most Christians view the book of Ecclesiastes as an enigma, a puzzle from which we might draw a few aphorisms but little else. Douglas Wilson’s fresh, lucid treatment of this wonderful book enables us to see that its message is not a confused riddle but an incisive indictment of the wisdom of this world.”
-Steve Wilkins, pastor of Auburn Avenue Presbyterian Church, LouisianaAdd to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Worlds Within A Congregation
$30.99In Worlds Within a Congregation, W. Paul Jones follows up on his previous work, Theological Worlds, in a most practical way. He argues that many congregations are composed of sub- congregations, not in a divisive way, but simply as a congregant’s preferred way of worshiping, interacting, being engaged in service projects, and so forth. Jones suggests that this struggle with theological diversity in congregations is something to be understood and embraced, rather than fled from as a grounds of division, and show how, by understanding the different variations in a congregation, one can better minister with and to the congregation.
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Spirit And Power
$19.991. History: Understanding The New Context
2. Hermeneutics: The Quiet Revolution
3. Hermeneutics: Luke’s Distinctive Contribution
4. Hermeneutics: Jumping Off The Postmodern Bandwagon
5. Exegesis: A Reply To James Dunn
6. Exegesis: A Reply To Max Turner
7. The Issue Of Subsequence
8. Evidential Tongues
9. Tongues: Available To All
10. Signs And Wonders
11. Healing In The Atonement
12. The Providence Of God
13. Spiritual Gifts: Essential Principles
14. Baptism In The Spirit And Spiritual Gifts
15. Baptism In The Spirit And The Fruit Of The Spirit
240 PagesAdditional Info
1. History: Understanding the New Context
2. Hermeneutics: The Quiet Revolution
3. Hermeneutics: Luke’s Distinctive Contribution
4. Hermeneutics: Jumping Off The Postmodern Bandwagon
5. Exegesis: A Reply To James Dunn
6. Exegesis: A Reply To Max Turner
7. The Issue Of Subsequence
8. Evidential Tongues
9. Tongues: Available To All
10. Signs And Wonders
11. Healing In The Atonement
12. The Providence Of God
13. Spiritual Gifts: Essential Principles
14. Baptism In The Spirit And Spiritual Gifts
15. Baptism In The Spirit And The Fruit Of The Spirit
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Religion In The Dead Sea Scrolls
$25.99The Dead Sea Scrolls have profoundly changed the way we think about the Bible. But what is the religion found in the Scrolls themselves? This book provides a much-needed assessment of several major aspects of the religion of the Dead Sea Scrolls in light of recent publications. Eight leading experts explore the concept of divinity in the Scrolls, the Scrolls’ relation to important halakic issues, the question of Hellenistic influence in the Scrolls, and the apocalypticism and messianism specific to the Scrolls.
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Deep Memory Exuberant Hope
$36.661. Preaching As Sub-Version
2. Life-Or-Death, De-Privileged Communication
3. Together In The Spirit-Beyond Seductive Quarrels
4. Reading As Wounded And As Haunted
5. Four Indispensable Conversations Among Exiles
6. The Liturgy Of Abundance, The Myth Of Scarcity
7. Texts That Linger, Not Yet Overcome
8. Crisis-Evoked, Crisis-Resolving Speech
9. The Role Of Old Testament Theology In Old Testament InterpretationAdditional Info
1. Preaching As Sub-Version
2. Life-Or-Death, De-Privileged Communication
3. Together In The Spirit-Beyond Seductive Quarrels
4. Reading As Wounded And As Haunted
5. Four Indispensable Conversations Among Exiles
6. The Liturgy Of Abundance, The Myth Of Scarcity
7. Texts That Linger, Not Yet Overcome
8. Crisis-Evoked, Crisis-Resolving Speech
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Taboo Or Not Taboo
$48.33In a changing society, Christians and Jews have looked to the Bible for values and models. But the Hebrew Bible does not offer one single model of family behavior and relationships. This volume explores positive and negative aspects of family life in ancient Israel as portrayed in the Bible. Rashkow examines the relationships between husbands and wives, parents and children, and siblings, looking at the variety of conflicts that inevitably emerge: incest, rape, abuse, mureder, and hatred.
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Catholicism Contending With Modernity
$180.00This book is a case study in the ongoing struggle of Christianity to define its relationship to modernity, examining representative Roman Catholic Modernists and anti-Modernists, exploring their relationship to their own historical context. Its aim is to counteract the tendency to lift the proposals made by the Modernists out of their setting and define them as a coherent, timeless philosophical/theological outlook, which should be avoided. The book seeks to correct the proclivity of some contemporary proponents of Modernist ideas to de-contextualize those ideas and recommend their endorsement without a critical reconsideration of historical changes. It sketches the nineteenth-century background of the Modernist crisis, identifying the problems that the church was facing at the beginning of the twentieth century; and offers a fresh perspective on the Modernist crisis, a perspective arising from the pioneering work undertaken by the Roman Catholic Modernism Working Group of the American Academy of Religion.
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Other Six Days
$33.99A provocative look at ministry! Arguing that all Christians are called to do God’s work in the church and the world, Stevens draws on the New Testament to show that the traditional clergy-laity division has no scriptural basis. His theological, structural, and cultural analysis will challenge you to rethink clericalism—and equip every believer for ministry.
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Feminist Theory And Christian Theology
$53.33This long-awaited text clearly and comprehensively charts the enormously important area of feminist theory and brings it into fruitful conversation with Christian theology. Jones examines such topics as women’s nature, sanctification and justification, oppression, sin, community, and church. In doing so, she maps various feminist responses to and positions on the issues elucidated, providing a helpful introduction for students.
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Paul And The Stoics
$55.001. An Essay In Interpretation
2. The Model
3. The Stoics
4. Philippians I The Problem And The Beginning Of The Solution
5. Philippians II The Solution Developed
6. Galatians I The Problem And The Beginning Of The Solution
7. Galatians II The Solution Developed
8. Romans I The Problem
9. Romans II The Solution
10. Romans III The Solution DevelopedAdditional Info
Dr Engberg-Pedersen shows how a range of problems encountered in twentieth-century interpretation of three major Pauline letters (Philippians, Galatians, Romans) may be overcome by reading the epistles in the light of ancient Stoic ethics.
He discusses literary, conceptual and theological issues: for example, the unity and purpose of the letters; the relationship in the letters between theology and ethics; the logical character and shape of Pauline exhortation; the relationship in Paul between cognition and participation; the meaning of righteousness from faith; Paul’s handling of the Jewish law. The author illuminates the central core of Paul’s thought by applying the Stoic perspective and argues that scholars must move beyond the traditional Judaism/Hellenism divide to read a comprehensive and accurate reading of Paul’s lettrs.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Gods Plan Of The Ages
$19.50God’s Plan of the Ages is a classic statement of the dispensational understanding of God’s design for human history. Talbot clearly and reliably outlines a comprehensive view of the plan of God from the beginning of Genesis to the close of Revelation. This book is a Christian classic that has value not only to students of prophecy but to all Christians who desire a comprehensive view of God’s grand design for eternity.
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Old Testament Theology (Revised)
$29.99Newly revised, updated, and enlarged, this edition of a standard survey clearly sets forth and analyzes the major trends in contemporary Old Testament scholarship. In the revision, Hasel has incorporated significant scholarship since 1982 and has expanded his remarkable bibliography.
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Redeeming Memories : A Theology Of Healing And Transformation
$30.99Redeeming Memories seeks to develop remembering as a theme and construct for understanding the work of salvation. It begins with the conviction that if Christian faith is to be effective in responding to contemporary challenges, particularly from those who suffer the consequences of evil, abuse, and oppression, it must take such challenges seriously and develop a fully historical understanding of memory and salvation which seems to empower those who suffer. In doing so, Christianity will find not only challenge, but resources for understanding the dynamics of remembering, transformation, and salvation.
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Searching For An Adequate God A Print On Demand Title
$30.99In this book advocates of both process and free-will theism come together for the first time to describe their respective theological perspectives and enter into constructive dialogue with each other. Featuring two of today’s best philosophers, David R. Griffin representing process theology and William Hasker representing free-will theism, as well as theologians interested in both views, this volume provides a fully orbed discussion of these two vital theological positions.
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Faith And Understanding
$27.50The Reason and Religion series was created to introduce students and educated general readers to the different rational approaches used by believers both in the past and in the contemporary world. This book explores some of faith’s most challenging philosophical questions.
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God Reason And Theistic Proofs
$27.50Attempting to prove the existence of God is an ancient and venerable tradition within the discipline known as the philosophy of religion. But can we truly prove the existence of God using human reason alone? Just how do we prove the existence of God? Why Try? Ehich, if any, of the various theistic proofs are persuasive? God, Reason and Theistic Proofs tackles these fundamental questions head-on.
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Survivors Of Israel A Print On Demand Title
$58.99This study challenges the conventional view by scholars like E. P. Sanders that Late Second Temple Judaism was theologically nationalistic, offering it its place a theory that the intertestamental writings did not anticipate the salvation of ALL Jews but only of a FAITHFUL REMNANT within Israel. Working carefully with the major books of the pseudepigrapha and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Mark Elliott not only confronts accepted perspectives on Late Second Temple Judaism but also suggests important implications for our reading of the New Testament.
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Fabric Of Hope A Print On Demand Title
$27.99This superb new volume in the EUSLR series is addressed to everyone interested in hope, regardless of their religious or philosophical beliefs. Glenn Tinder, one of our most astute and creative thinkers, probes the failure of modern, secular hope and shows, with great sensitivity and openness, why the tenets of Christian faith offer a true and meaningful source for hope amid the widespread distress, confusion, and despondency of contemporary life.
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Ancient Love Song
$21.99203 pages
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This book is an extremely helpful aid to the pastor who wants to avoid the moralizing of much older preaching and the psychologizing of much modern preaching. This shows the way to preach the gospel of Christ from every part of the Bible.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Power In Weakness Second Letter Of Paul To The Corinthians
$63.25This most recent addition to the popular Trinity in Context (NTC) commentary series, edited by J. Andrew Oeverman and Howard Clark Kee, foucses on the apostle Paul’s refusal to match strength for strength with his detractors. Instead, Paul stresses that authentic Christian ministry is characterized by weakness and suffering, specifically the weakness and paradigmatic sufferings endured by the crucified Jesus.
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Preaching The Whole Bible As Christian Scripture
$41.23While strong, gospel-centered preaching abounds, many Christian pastors and lay preachers find it difficult to preach meaningfully from the Old Testament. This practical handbook offers help. Graeme Goldsworthy teaches the basics of preaching the whole Bible in a consistently Christ-centered way.
Goldsworthy first examines the Bible, biblical theology, and preaching and shows how they relate in the preparation of Christ-centered sermons. He then applies the biblical-theological method to the various types of literature found in the Bible, drawing out their contributions to expository preaching focused on the person and work of Christ.
Clear, complete, and immediately applicable, this volume will become a fundamental text for teachers, pastors, and students preparing for ministry.
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Stepping Stones Of The Steward A Print On Demand Title (Reprinted)
$21.99Taking the images of “journey” and “steward” as metaphors for the Christian’s life, and using parables of Jesus found in Matthew and Luke, Ronald Vallet helps focus a truly biblical understanding of the term steward and the role of believers as earthly caretakers, neighbors, and responsible servants of God.
Written to inform and encourage pastors and laypersons who seek to explore new dimensions in their Christian journey, Vallet’s inspirational study teaches Christians how to gain a sense of purpose, how to properly use their resources, talents, and money, and how to reach out with compassion for the welfare of others and for the planet.
This revised and enlarged edition includes important new discussions in the areas of faith and money and environmental issues. M. Douglas Meeks has written the foreword, and a new epilogue by Vallet explores the mission funding crisis of the church in North America, the changing views on both the church and its mission, and the important role played by theological education. Thought-provoking questions and suggestions for further reflection follow each chapter, and a study guide outlines ways to adapt this volume to adult and youth church and school classes, planning groups, conferences, and small-group settings.
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Praying Twice : The Music And Words Of Congregational Song
$52.001. “Through All The Changing Scenes Of Life”: Glimpses Of Congregational Song
2. “Rescue The Holy Pleasure”: Why Congregational Song Is Indispensable
3. “A More Profound Alleluia”: Encouraging The People’s Song
4. “Some Demand A Driving Beat”: Contemporary Worship Music
5. “And Speak Some Boundless Thing”: Assessing The Lyrics Of Congregational Song
6. “Sing Them Over Again To Me”: Refrains, Choruses, And Other People’s Songs
7. “Captured By Gender”: Chant And Ritual Song
8. “Such A Feast As Mends In Length”: Hymns As Poems Of Faith
9. “To Me, To All, Thy Bowels Move”: Why Do They Keep Changing The Good Old Hymns?
10. “Echoes Of The Gospel”: How Hymns Do TheologyAdditional Info
Renowned theologian and hymn writer Brian Wren explores here the theological significance of congregational singing, analyzes the importance of contemporary worship music, and explains the power of tune and text in the life and nurture of a congregation. Wren studies the lyrics of choruses, hymns, chants, and ritual songs, and identifies their importance as both poetry and communal utterances of theology. This is a valuable resource for church musicians, pastors, and other worship leaders.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Symbols Of The Sacred A Print On Demand Book
$23.99Four elegant essays on interpreting the sacred: the nature of religious symbols; how language conveys the divine; art that reveals the invisible; the relationship between symbol and myth. Thought-provoking pieces gathered from this outstanding philosopher of religion.
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Augustine
$158.33Description
This book is the first systematic attempt to consider the social and cultural context that shaped the life and thought of Augustine. Carol Harrison shows how his beliefs in both Christian truth and human fallenness effected a decisive break with classical ideals of perfection and shaped the distinctive theology of Western Christiandom.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Between Eden And Armageddon
$358.33Table Of Contents
I. Introduction
1. Alternative Global Futures In The Balance
2. Between Religion And Conflict Resolution: Mapping A New Field Of Study
II. A Critique Of Current Secular Ad Religious Approaches To Conflict And Peace
3. Why Modern Culture Fails To Understand Religiously Motivated Violence
4. What Id Midding From Religious Approaches To War And Peace: Judaism An Islam As Paradigms
5. Modern Jewish Orthodox Theologies Of Interreligious Coexistence: Strengths And Weaknesses
III. Paradigms Of Religious Peacemaking In A Multicultural And Secular Context
6. Healing/Secular Conflict: The Case Of Contemporary Israel
7. Conflict Resolution As A Religious Experience: Contemporary Mennonite Peacemaking . 8. New Paradigms Of Religion And Conflict Resolution: A Case Study Of Judaism
IV Conclusion
9. Systematic Recommendations For Intervention In Contemporary Conflicts
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
IndexAdditional Info
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Recent years have seen a meteoric rise in the power and importance of organized religion in many parts of the world. Although violence is often perpetrated in the name of religion, history shows that religious people have played a critical role in peacemaking within numerous cultures. In the next century, will religion provide human civilization with methods of care, healing, and the creation of peaceful societies?
In this groundbreaking book, Marc Gopin attempts to integrate the study of religion with the study of conflict resolution. He argues that religion can play a critical role in constructing a global community of shared moral commitments and vision–a community that can limit conflict to its nonviolent, constructive variety. If we examine religious myths and moral traditions, Gopin argues, we can understand why and when religious people come to violence, and why and when they become staunch peacemakers. This innovative and carefully argued study also offers a broad set of recommendations for policy planners both inside and outside of government. Features
Unmasks the deeply embedded social, cultural, and psychological causes of conflictAdd to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Soul Freedom : Baptist Battle Cry
$19.11The Baptist tradition stands in great peril of losing the cherished principles of the free exercise of religion, the freedom from political interference with faith, and the right of self-determination in all matters related to religion.
The authors discuss the importance of the Bible in the Baptist faith and the responsibility of people for their actions regarding church, family, and beliefs. Our relationship with God is an individual responsibility. It is God to whom we are ultimately responsible. Soul freedom, all freedom, and responsibility is God’s supreme gift to humanity. The dignity and respect afforded to persons comes from God as revealed in Scripture.
Soul Freedom is composed of a series of essays that examine considerably controversial issues. This book comes at a time when the Baptist commitment to soul freedom feeds the deeper hunger of the hearts of millions of persons seeking authenticity in religion
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Puritan Papers 1
$24.99J. I. Packer, D. M. Lloyd-Jones, lain Murray, and Ernest Kevan are among the distinguished contributors to this compilation of papers on a wide range of topics pertaining to Puritan and Reformed teaching, piety, and life. This volume, the first in a series, captures the principles and passion of Puritan belief as presented in the Puritan and Reformed Studies Conferences of 1956-1959.
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Faith Beyond Reason
$27.50Why do people believe in their chosen faith? What rational justifications do they use to understand their faith? The Reason and Religion series was created to introduce students and educated general readers to the different rational approaches used by believers both in the past and in the contemporary world. Dealing with complicated issues in practical and accessible ways, these volumes explore some of faith’s most challenging philosophical questions.
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Moral Interpretation Of Religion
$27.50Provides a critical examination of the traditional attempt to interpret religion in moral terms alone. Respected philosopher Peter Byrne discusses the general character of moral interpretation, probes the relation of religion to morality, and assesses historical attempts to reason directly from the basis of morality to the existence of a person God.
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What Happens In Holy Communion
$23.50All the large churches in the world agree on this: communion is the highest expression of the church unity. Yet it is exactly the act of communion that historically has given rise to vehement controversies among the churches. Michael Welker’s new book not only explores themeaning of holy communion but also the turning point on the way to common understanding.
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Pentecostalism And The Future Of The Christian Churches A Print On Demand T
$29.99An important study of Pentecostalism as a religious movement among the poor.
In a world marked by suffering and poverty, traditional forms of Christianity have been unable to speak effectively to the experiences and needs of the poor. In the midst of this reality, Pentecostal movements have sprung up in Third World countries and are growing at a remarkable pace. This book by an American theologian and a Brazilian sociologist attempts to understand Pentecostalism as a religious movement among the poor.
Bringing theological reflection in dialogue with well-documented social analysis, Shaull and Cesar show why Pentecostal movements represent the emergence of a new form of Christian faith and life in response to impoverishment and marginalization. They also explore the potential these movements hold for transforming unjust economic, social, and political structures, and they discuss what the church at large can learn from the Pentecostal experience.
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Dirty Hands : Christian Ethics In A Morally Ambiguous World
$28.33How can one make the ethical and “right” decision in a deeply ambiguous moral world? This basic introduction to Christian ethics–with attitude–examines the fundamental ethical problematic of moral decision-making in which knowledge will always be unsure, time short, decisions ambiguous, and consequences multiple and unforseeable. Pluralism and complexity today make personal, sexual, social, medical, business, and political choices “dirty”, and ethics needs to be rethought accordingly.
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Promise Of The Father
$38.001. Joachim Jeremias And The Debate About Abba
2. God As Father In The Old Testament And Second Temple Judaism
3. Jesus And The Father
4. Jesus And The Father In The Synoptic Gospels
5. “Heirs Of God, Heirs With Christ”
6. “The Living Father”Additional Info
What does it mean to confess that God is “The Father of our Lord Jesus Chrst”? The Promise of the Father begins by showing that Judaism’s claim of God as “Father” never attached an ontological gender or “masculine” essence to God. Instead of setting the standard for the conduct for human personal fathers or men in general as some argue, God’s identity as “Father” served as an example for the entire community of faith as one who promotes mercy, justice, and humility. Jesus’ address to God as “Father” thus did not introduce a new private experience of intimacy with the divine, rather, it evoked Israel’s ancient and corporate hope of God’s saving power and covenant faithfulness. Above all then, to speak of God as “Father” signifies the redemptive and life-giving work of God and then only subsequently to human experience of that work. Christians can confess God as “Father of Jesus Christ” because God was first “Father” to the people of Israel and to Israel’s Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth and to the followers of Jesus.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Jesus The Sage
$53.33In the early Jesus movement, wisdom in the person of Jesus was believed to have returned to heaven, exalted to the right hand of God, and to reign from there. But Jesus as wisdom had left both his legacy and his influence behind. The sayings of Jesus recorded in the Gospels reflect not only the influence of the Israelite wisdom traditions, but also the tradition of the personification of wisdom.
In this provocative volume newly available in paperback, Ben Witherington provides both an introduction to Israel’s wisdom traditions and insight into how Jesus and his sayings fit in that tradition. Beyond this, he demonstrates the on-going significance and influence of these traditions on other New Testament writings. He concludes that Jesus may be viewed primarily as a prophetic sage emphasizing instruction, insight, and humor in a vein counter to the dominant culture.
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Providence And Prayer
$48.99If God has already decided how things will turn out, what use is it to pray? On the other hand, if our freedom limits God’s ability to achieve his wishes all the time, how much could he do even if we asked for help? How much does God know about the future, and how does this factor into the way our prayers affect the outcome? And how does God’s relationship to time enter into the whole question? With such questions in mind, Terrance Tiessen presents ten views of providence and prayer and then wraps things up with his own proposal. The result is a book that puts us at the intersection between theological reflection and our life and conversation with God. It prods and sharpens our understanding, making us better theologians and better prayers.
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Being Presbyterian In The Bible Belt
$18.001. Are You Saved, Or Are You Presbyterian?
2. Is The Bible The Literal Word Of God, Or Just A Long, Boring Book?
3. Are You Going To Heaven, Or To Tulsa
4. Is Jesus “Lord,” Or Just A Good Guy?
5. Are Only 144,000 Saved?
6. When Will The World End, Or Did It End In The 1960’s?
7. Do Presbyterians Have Spirit, Or Do They Just Drink Them ?
8. Why Don’t You Repent In Dust And Ashes?
9. Who’s In Charge?Additional Info
Being Presbyterian in the Bible Belt
A Theological survival guide for youth, parents, and other confused Presbyterians.Addressing such questions as “Is the Bible the Literal Word of God or Just a Long, Boring Book? this is an easy-to-understand, slightly irreverent approach to theology and the kind of theological musings that many youth and others have today.
Being Presbyterian in the Bible Belt acknowledges that though the views expressed in questions like “Are you saved?” “Do you have a personal relationship with Jesus?” and “Are you going to heave?” are popular in this culture, those are not the only ways to understand being a Christian. Foote and Thornburg help Presbyterian young people articulate their faith and respond to these questions forma mainline point of view.
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2 Views Of Hell
$30.99“Hell” is a much-debated topic among evangelicals. Will the condemned experience perpetual, conscious torture; or will theirs be a limited suffering followed by an end to their existence? Theologians Peterson and Fudge debate these traditional/conditionalist perspectives, each making a case that his viewpoint is more consistent with Scripture and God’s nature. Includes rebuttals.
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Nature Reborn : The Ecological And Cosmic Promise Of Christian Theology
$28.33Santmire’s much-acclaimed Travail of Nature documented the unfortunate legacy of many Christian theological notions in the use, abuse and destruction of the natural world, along with its positive aspects. His new work returns to the fray, this time to reclaim classic, mostly premodern Christian themes and reenvision them in light of the global environmental and cultural crisis. This revisionist work – “To revise the classical Christian story in order to identify and to celebrate its ecological and cosmic promise”- mines Christian cosmology, Christology, Creation, Eucharist, so that the Christian “story” can be then rediscovered (history), reshaped (theology), reexperienced (spirituality), and reenacted (ritual).
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Thessalonians Debate A Print On Demand Title
$37.99The renewed interest in 1 Thessalonians over the past two decades has been extraordinary. While exegetical labors have been immense, little consensus has been reached with regard to the purpose and intention of this, Paul’s first letter and the earliest extant Christian document. This new volume is meant to introduce readers to the scope and nature of the current debate on 1 Thessalonians. Written by several of today’s top scholars of 1 Thessalonians, these important essays explore the difficult exegetical challenges that 1 Thessalonians presents to contemporary readers and illustrate the diverse methodological approaches presently being used to interpret this important New Testament letter.
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God Of The Possible (Reprinted)
$22.351. The Classical View Of Divine Foreknowledge
2. The God Who Faces A Partially Open Future
3. What Difference Does It Make?
4. Questions And Objections
176 PagesAdditional Info
Perhaps no theological topic is more hotly debated within evangelical Christianity these days than God’s foreknowledge. Is the future exhaustively settled, or does it include possibilities (maybes)? In encountering such questions, a growing number of evangelicals are becoming dissatisfied with the classical view of foreknowledge and have accepted an alternative, open view of God. In God of the Possible theologian Greg Boyd offers an accessible introduction to the freewill theism position.Boyd begins by laying out and critiquing the “motif of future determinism,” which forms the basis of the classical view of foreknowledge. He goes on to explicate several scripture passages that depict the future as partially open and that God therefore knows it as such. He then discusses some practical areas in which he thinks the open view can make a positive difference. Finally, Boyd addresses the most frequently asked questions and typical objections raised against the open view. An appendix explores other passages supporting the open view of God and the future.
Exploring issues of foreknowledge, freedom, and the future, Boyd presents biblical, theological, and philosophical insights into the openness issue in this introductory, yet provocative, book. While geared particularly for a lay readership, more advanced students of theology will also benefit from his presentation.
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Ordinary Ministry Extraordinary Challenge
$25.99In Ordinary Calling Extraordinary Challenge, Norma Cook Everist brings together several women clergy to demonstrate what parish ministry is like in women’s experience. Drawing on years of parish experience, they examine such a wide range of topics as the ministry of preaching, the ministry of stewardship, the ministry of justice, the ministry of outreach, and many more. Written for women and men, this volume will provide support, encouragement, and guidence for performing the many tasks and assuming the many roles of parish minister.
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New Creation : A Liturgical Worldview
$30.00Frank Senn, one of today’s most knowledgeable liturgical theologians and historians, contemplates the furture shape of liturgy. He believes that ritual systems-liturgy- express and inculcate a worldview, and implicit theology; and fears that “lest the community of faith gain the whole world and lose its soul.” New Creation proposes the lines of a “Christian culture” or worldview or way of life that can inform liturgical renewal.
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Changing Face Of God
$17.95“Who is God?” Renowned authors and scholars Karen Armstrong, Marcuh Borg, James Cone, Jack Miles and Andrew Sung Park take up this question and open our eyes to a God who can be seen as liberator or lover, as wounded and vulnerable.
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Introducing Redemption In Chrisitan Feminism
$27.43SKU (ISBN): 9780829813821ISBN10: 0829813829Rosemary RuetherBinding: Trade PaperPublished: April 2000Introductions In Feminist TheologyPublisher: Pilgrim Press/ United Church Press Print On Demand Product
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Baptism And The Unity Of The Church
$23.50What does a common baptism mean for the unity of churches? Do the churches in fact share a common baptism? Baptism and the Unity of the Church is the first comprehensive study of the meaning of baptism for church unity to be written by an ecumenical group of theologians—Orthodox, Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, and Baptist. These essays explore such themes as how baptism relates to the communion shared by the churches and the relationship of baptism and church unity as found in the New Testament, in the ecumenical dialogues, and in the liturgies of the churches.
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For Our Salvation
$22.50The work of Christ as savior of the world is central to Chrisitanity. In this book respected scholar and churchman Geoffrey Wainwright presents the classical confession of Christ’s incarnation and atoning work in ways that allow the gospel message to engage with contemporary culture.
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1 Corinthians : Problems And Solutions In A Growing Church (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Paul spent 18 months discipling the young church in Corinth, and when he moved on, the group kept growing. But fast growth brings its own problems. Concerned about divided loyalties, immorality, and pagan lifestyles, Paul’s letter highlights principles for balanced church life and growth. As you study this timely book, the Holy Spirit can activate these principles in your church community.
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Past As Legacy
$38.33This study addresses the genre and interpretation of Luke-Acts in the light of tis contemporary social, literary, and ideological milieu, particularly as these elements are reflected in the Latin epics contemporary with Luke-Acts and in their famous Augustan prototype, Virgil’s Aeneid. Literary evidence indicating that Virgil’s works had been translated into Greek prose by the middle of the first century makes this line of inquiry especially promising. Interpreting Luke-Acts as a prose adaptation of heroic or historical epic provides a hermeneutical model that is both universal in its theological message and essentially popular in its narrative presentation.
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Prophets A Liberation Critical Reading
$38.33This is the third volume of a four-volume set of readings of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament from the perspective of liberation Theology and feminist criticism. Dempsey provides both overviews and discussions of specific passages. This approach allow her to provide critique as well as plumb the depths of the texts’ potential for liberation.
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Speaking Parables : A Homiletic Guide
$36.001. The Parables Of Jesus
2. The Mysterious Kingdom Of God
3. Preaching Parables
4. Parables In Mark
5. Parables In Matthew
6. Parables In Thomas
7. Parables From Q In Matthew And Luke
8. Parables In LukeAdditional Info
From beginning to end these pages ask preachers to broaden and revise their understandings of parables and to abandon the ways they have proclaimed the parables. The preacher and congregation together can expect to find a mysterious God that will not be domesticated and a vision of a changed world that will both indict and inspire. Buttrick had developed a way of helping a preacher move from parable scenario to sermon.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Texts That Linger Words That Explode
$36.66These studies on the prophetic texts from the Hebrew Bible cover a wide range of topics, challenging the reader to confront the issues of faithfulness, responsibility, and justice in an ever-changing world. Brueggemann explores how these prophetic traditions have the potential to continually resonate in our contemporary communities and individual lives. Rather than A”dead wordsA” to kingdoms no longer in existence, the Israelite and Judean prophets have an enduring impact on how God challenges our values, our perspectives — and our very lives. Brueggemann has become well known for providing fresh perspective on ancient texts, always in conversation with great thinkers and people of faith.
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Suffering Divine Things
$31.50Using “pathos”-“suffering” God’s saving activity-as a powerful theological motif, Hutter offers fresh insight into the relationship between the Holy Spirit and the church, between doctrine and theology, and between beliefs and practices. In addition, Hutter shows how reclaiming “pathos” as a central motif for theology challenges modern and postmodern views focused on human identity, agency, and creativity as definitive of theology’s character and task. Throughout, Hutter remains acutely aware of recent trends in theological discourse and develops his argument in conversation not only with the Christian tradition but with leading contemporary theologians from North America and Europe. The result is a pioneering work that promises to reclaim theology’s crucial role in the life and mission of the church.
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Jesus Story : The Most Remarkable Life Of All Time
$22.00The Jesus Story is a fresh presentation of the teachings and life of Jesus, in an open and inviting manner, Johnson and Baker bid us to come and see what Jesus has done and continues to do in our world. Daily readings are offered that paraphrase different episodes of Jesus’ life from the Bible.
Accompanying the readings are comments to help in personal reflection and interpretation. The final section answers commonly asked questions about Jesus, faith, and Christianity and offers suggestions for those who wish to pursue further exploration.
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Jesus And The Heritage Of Israel 1
$40.00In the first volume of this long-anticipated collection by Moessner and Tiede, seventeen leading scholars of antiquity present an amazing “sea change” of opinion that Luke is indeed the interpreter of Israel. The book represents an unprecedented international consensus that the Hellenistic author Luke composed a carefully crafted narrative in two parts to claim Jesus of Nazareth as Israel’s true heritage and enduring legacy to the world.
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Survey Of Bible Doctrine
$15.99In his survey of Bible doctrine, Ryrie covers such topics as what is doctrine and why is it important, what is the nature of God, what inspired the Bible, who is Jesus Christ, what does the Holy Spirit do, what is the nature of the angelic world, what is the true nature of man, how does salvation work, and what is the biblical model for the church. An excellent tool for developing a more complete understanding of the Bible.
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Discovering Jesus
$19.001. Preparation
2. Conflict
3. Recognition
4. Tragedy
5. Triumph
6. His Body The ChurchAdditional Info
In straightforward language, Barclay takes us through the key events in the life of Jesus. Using maps, charts, tables, and lists, Barclay illumiates the historical background, making it clear, lively, and exciting for readers of all ages. He includes numerous inspirational anecdotes as well, allowing readers to see the story of Jesus not only as history but also as having immediate relevance to their lives today.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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5 Views On Apologetics
$24.99The goal of apologetics is to persuasively answer honest objections that keep people from faith in Jesus Christ. But of several apologetic approaches, which is most effective? Five Views on Apologetics examines the “how-to” of apologetics, putting five prominent views under the microscope: Classical, Evidential, Presuppositional, Reformed, Epistemology, and Cumulative Case. Offering a forum for presentation, critique, and defense, this book allows the contributors for the different viewpoints to interact. Like no other book, Five Views on Apologetics lets you compare and contrast different ways of “doing” apologetics. Your own informed conclusions can then guide you as you meet the questions of a needy world with the claims of the Gospel.
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Stewards In The Kingdom
$32.99Too often we think stewardship concerns only the money we give to the church. But in the image of the steward the Bible offers a perspective on our entire relationship with God. Here we have ful a full and fresh picture of what it means to be Jesus’ disciple and to live the abundant life.
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Foundations For A Practical Theology Of Ministry
$25.99The pastoral ministry is in danger of losing its focus, say the authors of this perceptive and timely study. Specialization in preaching, counseling, evangelism, administration, and education has diffused the impact of practical theology. And because of competing ideas as to what now is central, the very image of ministry may be breaking down. Foundations for a Practical Theology of Ministry responds to the problem by introducing a specific method for doing practical theology which will be welcomed by concerned church leaders everywhere.
Presenting a realistic, workable answer to those who call for a revival of this vital discipline, Drs. James N. Poling and Donald E. Miller propose that the unifying image for ministry becomes the formation of the community of faith. After developing this as the most appropriate base for the practice of theology, they carefully outline their method and show how it will work by demonstrating its success in the actual experiences of typical congregations.
For Christian leaders who seek to renew the integrity of ministry and restore the character of pastoral leadership, this significant book will provide a solid foundation. And for individuals interested or involved in education for the future of the church, this important resource will prove invaluable.
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Loyal Opposition : Struggling With The Church On Homosexuality
$22.99No issue more polarizes American Protestants today than the church’s stance on homosexuality. In recent years, a number of denominations have engaged in prolonged and divisive debates on the subject, and it appears that these debates will continue to occupy their attention. The contributors to this volume call for the formation of a “loyal opposition” that is serious in its commitment to the difficult process of reconciliation and forgiveness. Faithfulness to the gospel, they remind readers, requires nothing less than that Christians will be committed to the full inclusion of all persons in the body of Christ-not least of all those who disagree theologically and ethically.
The book offers readers a multifaceted argument that the gospel requires a commitment to the full inclusion of all persons in the body of Christ. It focuses on how members of mainline denominations can respond to official denominational positions with which they disagree. Readers are offered an alternative response besides staying in the denomination and remaining silent or leaving the denomination because one disagrees with its official position on this issue.
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