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Character Of God In The Book Of Genesis
$54.00W. Lee Humphreys uses recent developments in literary theory along with the Book of Genesis to show how God functions as a “character” in its narrative. Humphreys discusses the coherence and consistency of God as a character and the way in which God’s character develops throughout the narrative. “The Character of God” brings us fresh insight in our reading of Genesis.
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Trustworthiness Of God
$31.50While few Christian thinkers would question the trustworthiness of God, this topic is key for understanding the divine nature and God’s revelation to the world. The Trustworthiness of God offers a comprehensive look at the theme of God’s faithfulness, exploring the relationship between the doctrines of God and of Scripture from every possible perspective.
Written by a team of international scholars, the book begins by surveying what key biblical texts say about God’s faithfulness. Other chapters look to Jesus as a model of God’s trustworthiness, examine Paul’s writing on the subject, consider the thoughts of the church fathers, and place all of this evidence within the framework of systematic theology. Broad in scope and irenic in design, The Trustworthiness of God will benefit teachers, students, and
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God And The Excluded
$35.001. Theology Of Identity: The Turn To The Self
2. Theology Of Difference: The Turn To The Other
3. Theology And Postmodernity: The Turn To Language And The Text
4. Theology And The Excluded: The Turn To Others
5. Interconnections, Blind Spots, And Unconscious Desires
6. Opening The Floodgates: A New ParadigmAdditional Info
Theology is fracturing along tension lines once hidden by the great modern consensus that reigned from Schleiermacher’s day till our own. Now, all of it is in dispute: its starting point, its self-awareness, its claim to truth, its method and interaction with other disciplines and institutions in church, academy, and society.Rieger offers an enlightening way to understand the chief strands or options in theology today and a valuable proposal for resituating theology around the crucial issue of inclusion. He sees four competing vectors at work in today’s Christian theology: Theology of Identity (liberal theology, represented by Schleiermacher and founded in the self), Theology of Difference (dialectical theology, represented by Barth and founded in the Wholly Other), Theology and the Postmodern (postcritical theology, represented by Lindbeck and founded on the text), and Theology and the Underside (liberation theology, represented by Gutierrez and others and founded in the interests of the other person).
Further, Rieger goes on to propose that each of these is in some way exclusionary and elitist; the mass of humanity and the globe’s most pressing problems do not invade this cathedral, and in some ways the market itself has replaced God. Religious thought can remain viable only when it is grounded in an openness that reaches beyond the global market and postmodern squabbles, critiques its own complicity in the situation, and resituates itself in express commitment to those left out of today’s “gated community.”
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Participating In God
$50.00Seeks to develop an image of God which is appropriate to the demands of experience in the pastor care for others. Explores the way in which pastoral care shapes our doctrine of God, and how faith in the triune God shapes the practice of pastoral care.
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Mighty Acts Of God (Revised)
$32.00This new edition of A.B. Rhodes’s The Mighty Acts Of God is an essential tool for learning more about the Bible. The original volume, which has been well-loved as a guide for Bible study, has been carefully revised by Dr. W. Eugene March of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary to incorporate the most up-to-date historical and theological research. From the beinnings of creation to final consummation and hope, readers will find the same easily readable quality as in the first edition along with helpful quesitons for either group or individual study.
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Holiness Of God (Revised)
$18.99Revised in 1997, The Holiness of God has sold almost 200,000 copies since it was first released in the 1980s. An instant classic on the awesome nature of God, this paperback edition (of the 1997 revision) will keep ministering to people for many years to come.
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God Of Miracles
$21.99Part of the debate over God’s existence centers on questions about the possibility and “provability” of miracles. In this groundbreaking work, Dr. C. John Collins provides a thorough exegetical foundation for discussing God’s action in the world within the framework of biblical Christian theology. He begins by presenting and contrasting the options within traditional Christian theism. He then explores the biblical passages that support a classically theistic foundation and relates these results to the philosophical theological, scientific, and apologetic questions that this rises. In so doing, he effectively takes on the God-of-the-gaps position and answers with a persuasive “yes” the crucial question of whether it is intellectually responsible to embrace the biblical view of God’s action in the world.
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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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Making Sense Of The Trinity
$20.001. Is The Doctrine Of The Trinity Biblical?
2. Does The Doctrine Of The Trinity Make Sense?
3. Does The Doctrine Of The Trinity Make Any Difference?
112 PagesAdditional Info
Despite the common use of the phrase Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, many Christians and plenty of nonbelievers lack an understanding of the doctrine of the Trinity. This often is a barrier to faith or growth, but one that can be overcome when explored openly and thoroughly. The Trinity has much to teach us about the essence of God and our relationships with one another.In Making Sense of the Trinity, Millard J. Erickson demonstrates the biblical foundation, logic, and importance of the Trinity as he answers these three questions:
– Is the doctrine of the Trinity biblical?
– Does the doctrine of the Trinity make sense?
– Does the doctrine of the Trinity make any difference?The book is the latest in Baker’s 3 Crucial Questions series, which seeks to examine the most challenging aspects of Christian theology. Erickson’s down-to-earth language communicates to laity, seminary students, pastors, and scholars alike. All four groups will appreciate the reliable guidance of this respected scholar.
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Prophets : Gods Truth Tellers (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99In the Old Testament alone we have the writings of at least sixteen prophets. What kind of people were they: eccentric doomsayers or faithful truth tellers? And why were their messages so crucial that God appointed them specifically to speak? More importantly, do they have anything to say to God’s people today? From Elijah to John the Baptist this studyguide will help you listen anew to God’s truth as you look at the lives of thirteen prophets and the major themes of their messages.
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Who Is God (Student/Study Guide)
$9.9973 Pages In 12 Chapters
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What is God like? How does he relate to us? Through looking at the many facets of God’s character revealed in the Bible – his power, goodness, holiness, faithfulness, judgment, and wisdom – your view of God will be enlarged and your life will be challenged.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Friendship : Portraits In Gods Family Album (Student/Study Guide)
$9.991. Abraham, God’s Friend – Genesis 12:1-9: Hebrews 11;8-19; Genesis 13
2. Are You A Friend Of God – John 15:5-17; Selected Passages From Genesis
3. Introducing Ruth, Who Risked Commitment – Ruth 1
4. Unfailing Kindness In God And His People – Ruth 2-4
5. Jonathan And David: Faithful Friends – 1 Samuel 18-19
6. Jonathan And David: Covenant Friends – 1 Samuel 20; 2 Samuel 9; Ecclesiastes 5:2-6
7. Introducing Solomon, Son Of David – 2 Samuel 9; Selected Verses From Solomon’s Writings
8. Solomon’s Folly: Failure To Apply Wisdom – Verses From Proverbs; 1 Kings 9: 1-9; 11:1-13
9. Mary And Elizabeth: Sharing Faith In God – Luke 1:5 -80
10. Jesus, Friend Of Sinners – Matthew 26: 36-56; Luke 5:27-32
11. Barnabas, Son Of Encouragement – Acts 4: 32-36; Luke 5:27-32
12. Barnabaas’s Later Ministry – Acts 11:19-30; 15:25-26; 36-39Additional Info
To be rich in friends is true wealth! These 12 studies for group or private use focus on the treasure of good relationships. Here you will find vivid profiles of friends in the Bible like Jonathan and David Ruth and Naomi, Barnabas, Abraham and Jesus-the preeminent Friend and Brother. Steve and Dee Brestin are veteran Bible study authors with six popular titles in the Fisherman line.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Images Of Redemption (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99This unique study examines how images in the Old Testament foreshadow God’s redemptive plan fulfilled in the New Testament. Your faith will be enriched as you look at pictures of God’s faithfulness revealed in images such as the Creation, the sign of the covenant, the Passover Lamb, the temple, and others.
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Exodus : God Our Deliver (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99How often have you said, “God, get me out of this!” The Israelites had plenty of opportunities to cry out for God’s deliverance too. The book of Exodus follows the Israelites from slavery in Egypt through their wanderings in the wilderness. Discover how their story is also ours-a story of God’s deliverance of an imperfect people.
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Gods Grace To You
$16.00Understanding the covenant of grace is at the heart of faith in Christ. In this inspiring book, Charles Spurgeon explores the details of God’s unbreakable contract with you and points out many of its marvelous provisions, including forgiveness of your sins, inner peace, a new nature, freedom from bondage, and entrance into heaven. Often, God’s blessings sit accumulating in His storehouse, just waiting to be claimed, because Christians do not realize they can have their inheritance now. Discover the riches of God’s gracious covenant with you, so you can claim your abundant legacy today!
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Providence Of God
$35.99Providence is the point at which theologians and the broader Christian community find their most intense conversations. Questions about God’s activity in the world today, his guidance of believers, human freedom versus divine will, the place of prayer in the workings of his will, his responsibility for evil-all of these are related to his providence. How we think about these issues is deeply related to our understanding of God and of hwo we should serve and worship him.
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Is God A Delusion
$11.99Has science disproved God?
Does religion do more harm than good?
Is faith irrational?
In this book Nicky Gumbel draws on his experience as a barrister and addresses the biggest issue of the age: does God exist? He sifts through the arguments adopted by some prominent atheists and assesses the evidence.A response to Richard Dawkins bestselling book The God Delusion. Based on talks given by Nicky Gumbel. These closely examine the complex claims made by Dawkins. A useful Christian perspective on this popular book.
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Predestination And Free Will
$28.99If God is in control, are people really free? The Basingers present four views on this thought-provoking question: Bruce Reichenbach on God’s self-limited power, John Feinberg on God’s control through foreordination, Clark Pinnock on God’s self-limited knowledge, and Norman Geisler on God’s control by foreknowledge.
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Doctrine Of God
$35.99What is theology? What is the nature of God? How should we think about the relationships among the persons of the Trinity? In a carefully reasoned style, Gerald Bray distills the essence of these questions and introduces readers to a theological understanding of the personal, trinitarian existence of God. Engaging classical and contemporary theology along the way, Bray also leads us into conversation with the Eastern Orthodox tradition, where he finds valuable insights sadly neglected by evangelical theology. Here is a substantial introduction to the nature and subject of God, and a compelling call for evangelicals to renew their commitment to the solid foundation of a truly trinitarian theology.
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Openness Of God
$25.99THE OPENNESS of GOD presents a careful and full-orbed argument that the God known through Christ desires “responsive relationships” with his creatures. While it rejects process theology, the book asserts that such classical doctrines as God’s immutability, impassibility and foreknowledge demand reconsideration. The authors insist that our understanding of God will be more consistently bibical and more true to the actual devotional lives of Christians if we profess that “God, in grace, grants humans significant freedom” and enters into relationship with a genuine “give and take dymanic.”
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Who Needs Theology
$22.00Theology is just for intellectuals, right? Not at all, say Grenz and Olson. In their fascinating book, they invite you to discover what theology is, why every believer is a theologian, and how studying theology can strengthen your Christian commitment and witness. A great book for study groups!
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Our God Is Wonderful
$14.981. God’s Wonderful Creation
2. God’s Wonderful Providence
3. God’s Wonderful RedemptionAdditional Info
We should take time to revel in all God’s creation. Everything He made is marvelous beyond description. Everyone owes it to himself or herself to be awestruck by the demensions of the universe, the number of stars, and the precision with which they move. No one should miss the mind-boggling world of potential in the living cell. What a tragedy it would be to go through life hugging the commonplace and missing the beautiful, majoring in the mundane and missing the majestic. So let’s stop and smell the roses and also admire God’s works in the universe.In this thrilling book, a companion volume to his popular The Wonders Of God, the author takes us on a journey through creation, providence, and redemption–proving again that Our God Is Wonderful. The more we spend time with Him, the more we know Him. The more we know Him, the more we will become like Him.
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Pulse Of Creation
$38.33Paul Sponheim here articulates the felt need for transformation – personal, social, cultural, even global conversion – and how the Christian doctrine of creation, making “all things new,” might yet prove a vehicle for the rescue and even betterment of our predicament.
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Left Hand Of God
$19.00Adolf Holl’s divine biography examines the life of the Holy Spirit in the context of the history of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Interweaving scholarship with religion, myth, and culture, Holl expertly traces the influence of the Holy Spirit on men and women from all walks of life, over the course of centuries. The result is quite unlike anything written before.
The Holy Spirit inspired a few Galilean fishermen to find the courage to preach a new world religion. The Jews recognized it as the breath of God. Mohammed was inspired by it in the dictation of the Koran. Yet this same spirit has moved individuals to rebel against convention, authority, and even sanity. Through Holl’s freewheeling yet always crystal-clear discourse, we see how the Holy Spirit informs an incredible array of beliefs (including those underlying the rituals of Appalachian snake handlers) and ideas (the works of Freud and James Joyce are among the many discussed).
When the book was published in Germany, Der Spiegel wrote, “Holl has presented a formidable history, linking together the most distant things in a surprising way and leaving the whole as a paradox. He leaves it to the reader to judge the encounter with the Holy Spirit as a manifestation of the divine in the human being–or as a case for the psychiatrist.”
Whatever the reader’s conclusion may be, The Left Hand of God is sure to be hailed as a major religious publishing event.
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What Rough Beast
$30.00A number of texts in the Hebrew Bible consistantly command attention and yet defy easy explanation: Why did God try to kill Moses? Why did God kill the man who touched the ark to keep it from falling? Why did God put a tree in the middle of the Garden? David Penchansky tackles these tough questions and in so doing opens up for readers a new understanding of how the Hebrew Bible portrays God.
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Trinity Pamphlet : What Is The Trinity And What Do Christians Believe
$4.99High Gloss Plastic Coated Sheet
Size: 8.5″ X 5.5″ 12-14 Panels Unfolds To 33″ LongAdditional Info
Understand the Trinity
The Trinity is one of the most important doctrines in Christianity, one of the key doctrines that separates Christianity from other religions. This chart explains that Christians believe in One God in Three Persons not three gods and not one God with three personalities. Available as a wall chart for the classroom and as a pamphlet for your students.Add to cart5 in stock
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In Quest Of Jesus (Revised)
$28.99Within the context of the current debate over the historical Jesus, W. Barmes Tatum focuses on the issue of the relationship between the Christ of faith and the Jesus of history, between the creedal Son of God and Jesus the Jew whose life and message centered around the symbol of “God’s rule.” In contrast to those who belittle historical research into the life of Jesus and in contrast to those who reject the church’s creedal definition of Jesus as the Son of God, Tatum argues for continuity between the church’s traditional claim of Jesus as God’s Son and Jesus as a historical figure who reflected but transcended the social categories of sage, healer, and prophet. W. Barnes Tatum is Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Greensboro College in Greensboro, North Carolina. This is a revised and expanded edition of a book first published in 1982.
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Perfect Love : Intensely Personal Overflowing Never Ending
$16.99Most people fail to grasp the incredibly deep, passionate love God has for them. Yet so many personal problems and needs can be traced to this misunderstanding of God. With clear, biblical insight, Ruth Myers leads readers to a deeper understanding of God’s perfect, intensely personal love for them and helps them make this love a cherished reality in their everyday experience.
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Scaling The Secular City A Defense Of Christianity (Reprinted)
$37.501. The Cosmological Argument
2. The Design Argument
3. God And The Argument From Mind
4. God And The Meaning Of Life
5. The Historicity Of The New Testament
6. The Resurrection Of Jesus
7. Science And Christianity
8. Four Final Issues288 Pages
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C. S. Lewis once wrote: “To be ignorant and simple now-not to be able to meet the enemies on their own ground-would be to throw down our weapons, and to betray our uneducated brethren who have, under God, no defense but us against the intellectual attacks of the heathen. Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.”SCALING THE SECULAR CITY is not just another apologetics book. This is a fresh, up-to-date defense of the Christian faith by a bright mind. J. P. Moreland musters new arguments, tackles new problems, and reveals penetrating insight as he gives reasons for the historic Christian faith. His rich background in philosophy, science, and theology is manifest in the helpful way he operates on the borders of these disciplines. His insights into the contemporary philosophical issues make him one of the ablest young apologists in America. This book not only will help the average Christian, but also will challenge the best scholars. It is another good example of the renaissance of classical apologetics in a day that refuses to either capitulate to the philosophical skeptics or give a reason for our hope.
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End Of Theology And The Task Of Thinking About God
$35.99This book seeks to address the contemporary crisis of theology, asking what future there can be in a sit uation of intellectual pluralism for an academic discipline that is rooted in the life and teaching of the Christian chu rch. ‘
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Person Of Christ
$35.99Throughout the history of the church the doctrine of the person of Christ has been a centerpiece of theological reflection. In the Person of Christ MacLeod rearticulates this multifaceted doctrine. He begins with the New Testament and recent attempts to understand its Christology. He turns his attention to Christ in history of Christian theology, examining the principal issues extending for Arianism in the fourth century to kenotic Christology and the question of the uniqueness of Christ in the 20th century. The Person of Christ is a valuable point of entrance into the full panorama of issues that have shaped orthodox confessions of Christ through the centuries. The pathway of Christian revelation and traditions is clearly charted, with hazards new and old carefully marked.
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Darkness Of God
$66.65For the medieval mystical tradition, the Christian soul meets God in a “cloud of unknowing,” a divine darkness of ignorance. This meeting with God is beyond all knowing and beyond all experiencing. Mysticisms of the modern period, on the contrary, place “mystical experience” at the center, and contemporary readers are inclined to misunderstand the medieval tradition in “experientialist” terms. Denys Turner argues that the distinctiveness and contemporary relevance of medieval mysticism lies precisely in its rejection of “mystical experience,” and locates the mystical firmly within the grasp of the ordinary and the everyday. The argument covers some central authorities in the period from Augustine to John of the Cross.
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God In The Fray
$58.33If there were risks and consequences for the poet-prophet Isaiah, there are certainly also risks and consequences for the writer who today wishes to take the biblical literature seriously. No one – not even his strongest opponents – could accuse Walter Brueggemann of not being capable of a firm persuasion of anything. On the contrary, he has cared not for consequences but has written, boldly and with a passionate conviction that echoes William Blake as well as Isaiah. This book is a tribute to the great writer, Walter Brueggemann.
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Gracia Divina VS Condena Human – (Spanish)
$18.99In 1987, an IRA bomb buried Gordon Wilson and his twenty-year-old daughter beneath five feet of rubble. Godon alone survived. And forgave. He said of the bombers, “I have lost my daughter, but I bear no grudge…I shall pray, tonight and every night, that God will forgive them.” His words caught the media’s ears_and out of one man’s grief, the world got a glimpse of grace. Grace is the church’s great distinction. It’s the one thing the world cannot duplicate, and the one thing it craves above all else_for only grace can bring hope and transformation to a jaded world. In this book award-winning author Philip Yancey explores grace at street level. If grace is God’s love for the undeserving, he asks, then what does it look like in action? And if Christians are its sole dispensers, then how are we doing at lavishing grace on a world that knows far more of cruelty and unforgiveness than it does of mercy? Grace does not excuse sin, say Yancey, but it treasures the sinner. True grace is shocking, scandalous. It shakes our conventions with its insistence on getting close to sinners and touching them with mercy and hope.
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Perfect Love A Study Guide Based On The Book (Student/Study Guide)
$10.9996 Pages
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Most people-even those with a deep faith-fail to really grasp the incredibly passionate and deep love God has for them. And yet so many personal problems and needs can be traced back to this misunderstanding of God. The result, as Ruth Myers points out, is “a lack of true identity-a lack of inner sureness about who we are.” Ultimately, everyone is on the same quest: to find and know the perfect love of God. The Perfect Love opens the Scriptures to reveal one delighful discovery of God’s love after another. With this study Guide, you can explore those same Bible passages and make your own life-changing discoveries about God’s love.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Imagining God A Print On Demand Title
$23.99This is an important, vigorously and eloquently argued book. Garrett Green undertakes to locate theology on a larger intellectual map, specifically that of religious and philosophical studies. His explanation of the concept “imagination” is original and powerful. Drawing on sources as diverse as Ludwig Wittgenstein, Thomas Kuhn, S.T. Coleridge, John Calvin, and John of Damascus, he has put together a tightly knit and powerful case for seeing “paradigmatic imagination” as the clue to the nature of religion and theology.
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1 Purpose Of God A Print On Demand Title
$32.99Throughout the centuries the church has taught that the vast majority of humankind will suffer eternal punishment. But is this teaching truly biblical? In this provocative book Jan Bonda scrutinizes church tradition and Scripture-especially Paul’s letter to the Romans and concludes that neither Paul nor the prophets to whom he appeals show any trace of supporting the doctrine of eternal damnation. On the contrary, they tell us that God wants to save all people and that he will not rest until that goal has been achieved.
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God In Pain
$18.99To speak of God in pain, says Taylor, is not only to address the biblical stories of Christ’s suffering and death but also to proclaim the God who is present in our pain. This volume of teaching sermons on suffering presents different approaches to the problem of God in pain.
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Can God Be Trusted
$76.65Description
In a world riddled with disappointment, malice, and tragedy, what rationale do we have for believing in a benevolent God? If God is all-powerful and all-loving, why is there so much evil in the world? John Stackhouse goes beyond Rabbi Kushner, M. Scott Peck, and others to take a more historically informed approach to this dilemma, examining what philosophers and theologians have said on the subject and offering reassuring answers for thoughtful readers.John Stackhouse explores how great thinkers have grappled with the problem of evil–from the Buddha, Confucius, Augustine, and David Hume to Martin Luther, C. S. Lewis, Alvin Plantinga, and others–and grounds his analysis in everyday examples. Without brushing aside the serious contradictions posed by all-powerful God who allows incurable diseases, natural disasters, birth defects, and senseless crimes to bring misery into our lives, Stackhouse asks if a world completely without evil is what we truly want. Would a life without suffering be a meaningful life? Could free will exist if we were able to choose only good? Stackhouse examines, clearly and concisely, what the best minds have had to say on these questions and boldly affirms that the benefits of evil, in fact, outweigh the costs. Finally, he points to Christian revelation–which promises the transformation of suffering into joy–as the best guide to God’s dealings with the world.
A lucidly written and sweeping consideration of one of the central dilemmas of human existence, Can God Be Trusted? challenges us to take responsibility for our actions, to reexamine the “celestial blueprint” with less despair, and to say yes to a well-informed faith.
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Mystery Of God
$38.00Moving beyond traditional ways of reading Karl Barth, William Stacy Johnson proposes an approach that makes Barth relevant for the postmodern period. Recognizing Barth’s insight that God is mystery, he suggests that theology is best seen not as a restating of old orthodoxies but as an ongoing response to that divine mystery. Johnson’s reassessment of Barth opens exciting possibilities for a new appropriation of Barth’s insights for contemporary theology and the church.
The Columbia Series in Reformed Theology represents a joint commitment by Columbia Theological Seminary and Westminster John Knox Press to provide theological resources from the Reformed tradition for the church today. This series examines theological and ethical issues that confront church and society in our own particular time and place.
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Divine Empathy : A Theology Of God
$45.00From the publisher: A major work from one of today’s leading theologians, Divine Empathy attempts to “think the unthinkable,” how God comes forth actively and redemptively to meet the human situation. Apologetic but not polemical, Farley’s work engages yet moves beyond both the classical tradition as well as contemporary anti-theisms in formulating a concept of God that is strikingly original, intellectually honest, and comprehensive. Farley’s treatise employs the “facticity of redemption,” the actual experience of freedom and empowerment, as the primordial source for our thinking about God (Part 1), God-symbols (Part 2), and God’s activity (Part 3), including the figure of Jesus. Farley’s astute analysis leads inexorably to a view of divine creativity and empathy that is one of the more profound religious visions of our time.
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Pure Kingdom
$21.50Pure Kingdom strives to reveal the historical Jesus. Bruce Chilton is aware of the gulf that lies between an academic understanding of who Jesus is and the popular (but sometimes historically improbable) conception of what he stood for. In Pure Kingdom, Chilton speaks directly of Jesus. Modern theorists on Jesus are appealed to only insofar as they clarify Jesus’ own vision of the Kingdom of God. After exploring the scholarly state of the question, Chilton maps out key background material of Jesus’ understanding of the Kingdom, drawing on the Psalms and Jesus’ appropriation of this tradition. Then, looking at the Gospels themselves, Chilton hammers out Jesus’ theology of the kingdom by examining both Jesus’ teaching and his actions, which also declare God’s kingdom. Finally, Children examines the questions of the preaching of Jesus’ Kingdom message in primitive Christianity. Chilton’s fresh analysis of the Kingdom in Jesus’ ministry will prove to be required reading for all interested in the topic. Pure Kingdom is a masterpiece of scholarship and highly recommended for anyone with an interest studying the historical Jesus within the context of his time and culture.
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