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    • Can White People Be Saved

      $40.99

      No one is born white. But while there is no biological basis for a white race, whiteness is real. What’s more, whiteness as a way of being in the world has been parasitically joined to Christianity, and this is the ground of many of our problems today. It is time to redouble the efforts of the church and its institutions to muster well-informed, gospel-based initiatives to fight racialized injustice and overcome the heresy of whiteness.

      Written by a world-class roster of scholars, Can “White” People Be Saved? develops language to describe the current realities of race and racism. It challenges evangelical Christianity in particular to think more critically and constructively about race, ethnicity, migration, and mission in relation to white supremacy.

      Historical and contemporary perspectives from Africa and the African diaspora prompt fresh theological and missiological questions about place and identity. Native American and Latinx experiences of colonialism, migration, and hybridity inspire theologies and practices of shalom. And Asian and Asian American experiences of ethnicity and class generate transnational resources for responding to the challenge of systemic injustice. With their call for practical resistance to the Western whiteness project, the perspectives in this volume can revitalize a vision of racial justice and peace in the body of Christ.

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    • Theological Dictionary Of The Old Testament Volume 16

      $74.99

      Volume XVI concludes the monumental, critically acclaimed Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament with an Aramaic dictionary.

      This latest and last TDOT volume incorporates nearly the complete lexicon of Biblical Aramaic as well as a major portion of the theologically, culturally, and historically relevant terms in other ancient Aramaic writings. Each article provides information on the term’s meaning and usage, is fully annotated, and contains a bibliography with cross-references to the entire TDOT series.

      Further enhancing this volume are an introductory overview of the history of Aramaic and a comparative grammatical outline of ancient Aramaic at the end of the book.

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    • Living In The Kingdom Of God

      $35.00

      This brief, accessible book offers a unique approach to the theme of the kingdom of God and to biblical theology. Sigurd Grindheim explains the whole Bible’s teaching on the kingdom of God, discussing its implications for the Christian, the church, and politics. Grindheim shows what it means that God rules on earth, how his rule is established through the work of Christ, and how this rule is embodied by the church today, offering a new vision for the church’s role in the kingdom: putting God’s gifts to work.

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    • Doctrina Biblica – (Spanish)

      $21.99

      Como sabemos que la Biblia es la Palabra de Dios? Que es el pecado y de donde vino? Como es que Jesus es completamente Dios y completamente hombre? Que son los dones espirituales? Cuando y como volvera Cristo? Si se hace preguntas de este tipo, > no es un termino abstracto, solo es una forma de acercarse a encontrar las respuestas que todo cristiano debe saber. Este libro es un compendio de la sumamente recomendada Teologia Sistematica de Grudem, el cual abarca las mismas cuestiones esenciales de la fe, dandole una firme comprension sobre siete topicos clave: ? La doctrina de la Palabra de Dios ? La doctrina de Dios ? La doctrina del hombre ? Las doctrinas de Cristo y del Espiritu Santo ? La doctrina de la aplicacion de la redencion ? La doctrina de la iglesia ? La doctrina del futuro Al igual que Teologia Sistematica, este libro se caracteriza por su claridad, su fuerte enfasis espiritual, su minuciosidad en cada detalle y su referencia a temas actuales como la guerra espiritual y los dones del Espiritu. Sin embargo, usted no necesita tener varios aos de estudio biblico para obtener el beneficio total que brinda Doctrina Biblica, ya que es facil de comprender y cuenta con solidas respuestas biblicas a sus preguntas mas importantes.

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    • On The Incarnation For Teens (Large Type)

      $17.50

      St Athanasius’ On the Incarnation is arguably one of his most famous writings utilized throughout Orthodox theological discussions worldwide. Yet many find it complex and overwhelming.

      On The Incarnation for Teens is an easy-to-read, instructional book which simplifies the deep theological discussions that are in the original text. This book helps answer many common questions teenagers have today about the incarnation of Christ. The author links back to the original text with reflections and connections to the scripture and the Holy Liturgy, allowing the reader to apply everyday theology to everyday life!

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    • Power Of Pictures In Christian Thought

      $41.99

      Part One considers key philosophical and aesthetic evaluations of literary images and symbols. The power of pictures is widely appreciated, as in the adage ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’. Sometimes Christian discourse can be smothered by endless prose, which demands much inferential reasoning. There is, however, a contrary argument. An isolated visual representation can be misleading if it is improperly interpreted. For example, some mystical visions are interpreted as direct instructions from the Holy Spirit, as happened with the Radical Reformers, who advocated the Peasants’ Revolt. Hence theories of symbol, metaphor, and visual representation must be examined Part Two discusses visual representation in the Old Testament, the teaching of Jesus, pictures and analogies in Paul, and the Book of Revelation. This shows the range of authentic visual representations. In contrast to biblical material, we find throughout Christian history abundant examples of misleading imagery which is often passed off as Christian. A notorious example is found in the visual representation and metaphors used by Gnostic writers. Almost as bad are some visual representations used by the medieval mystics, Radical Reformers, and extreme charismatics – all of which lack valid criteria of interpretation, relying instead on subjective conviction. Similarly, sermons and prayers today can be enriched with pictorial images, but some can be misleading and unhelpful for the life of the Church.

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    • Mere Fundamentalism : The Apostles’ Creed And The Romance Of Orthodoxy

      $23.25

      In this book, Douglas Wilson combines G.K. Chesterton-like prose with the Apostles’ Creed, and explains such doctrines as the Trinity, creation, fall, salvation, Scripture, and the church with clarity and imagination. Rather than seeing fundamentalist doctrines as a narrow and confining straightjacket, Wilson sees them as the only way for people to find true freedom and joy.

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    • Wheres God : Revelations Today

      $25.95

      Great Developments Publishers Title

      Where’s God? Revelations Today details the twelve Revelations received from God by the author Bryan Foster. A collection of another six inspired messages from God, which were received within that same 24-hour revelation period, are shared. The author invites the reader to journey with him through an exploration of who and where God is for them, along with what God’s messages are for today. To assist with an understanding of God in today’s world, the themes of ‘love’, ‘life and death’, ‘Science’, ‘suffering’ and ‘major world changes needed’ are also central. A key focus is on assisting the readers in their appreciation, understanding and searches for God in today’s secular world.

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    • Rebooted : Reclaiming Youth Ministry For The Long Haul A Biblical Framework

      $15.99

      Most youth ministry is simply too small. Or too time- or fad-bound. Or based on a model of some sort but without solid biblical foundations. The author is passionate about growing youth ministry that can outlive the youth worker. He deplores particularly the call for ‘something’ for youth. Something just won’t do.Tim Gough seeks to redress the balance. He takes us on an expositional journey through the Bible as he sees it relating to youth work, pulling out purposeful themes through key stories and passages. He offers guidelines which can be used by any leader as he casts this strong, healthy biblical vision to inspire us.Here is youth leadership training for the long haul.Introduction – Methods and goals1 Passing it on – Youth work through the Pentateuch (Gen-Deut)2 Walking beside them – Youth work through the history books3 Staying relevant – Youth work through wisdom literature4 Cultivating community – Youth work through the Psalms5 Getting involved – Youth work through the Prophets6 Growing up – Youth work through the Gospels7 Going out – Youth work through the Acts8 Displaying devotion – Youth work through the EpistlesConclusion – Bringing it all together as a facilitator model of youth work

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    • Final Destiny 4th Revised Edition (Revised)

      $74.98

      “With outstanding scholarship and thorough attention to exegetical and theological detail, Joseph Dillow has given us a magnificent vision of the final destiny of man. Those who disagree with “Free Grace” soteriology will be uninformed if they have not read this work.” -Earl Radmacher, Th.D. President Emeritus. Western Theological Seminary.

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    • Teologia De La Creacion Del Un – (Spanish)

      $39.99

      rata la cuestion de Dios, pero orientada tan solo a su relacion con el Cosmos; y prescinde explicita y radicalmente de su relacion con el hombre.

      La intencion de esta obra consiste en “determinar” la naturaleza de Dios en su relacion con el universo.

      Concreta y analiza los denominados atributos cosmicos de Dios. Se analiza el problema, o los problemas, del universo a lo largo de la historia humana desde la perspectiva propiamente cientifica.

      Para ello, se ofrece un estudio historico aceptablemente pormenorizado de las conexiones, los acuerdos y los desacuerdos, entre el concepto de Dios y el concepto del Universo, y la de su posible relacion.

      The intention of this book is to determine the nature of God in His relationship to the universe.

      It focuses on and analyzes the so-called “cosmic” attributes of God. It analyzes the problem, or problems, of the universe in all human history, from a properly scientific point of view.

      And offers an acceptably detailed historical study of the connections, agreements, and disagreements of the concept of God and the concept of the universe and their possible relationship.

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    • Introduction To Christian Ethics

      $35.00

      All Christians read the Bible differently, pray differently, value their traditions differently, and give different weight to individual and corporate judgment. These differences are the basis of conflict. The question Christian ethics must answer, then, is, “What does the good life look like in the context of conflict?”

      In this new introductory text, Ellen Ott Marshall uses the inevitable reality of difference to center and organize her exploration of the system of Christian morality.

      What can we learn from Jesus’ creative use of conflict in situations that were especially attuned to questions of power?
      What does the image of God look like when we are trying to recognize the divine image within those with whom we are in conflict?
      How can we better explore and understand the complicated work of reconciliation and justice?

      This innovative approach to Christian ethics will benefit a new generation of students who wish to engage the perennial questions of what constitutes a faithful Christian life and a just society.

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    • Why Study The Past

      $21.99

      The well-worn saying about being condemned to repeat the history we do not know applies to church history as much as to any other area of history. But how can we discern what lessons we need to learn from the many centuries of church history?

      In this small but thoughtful volume, respected theologian and churchman Rowan Williams opens up a theological approach to history, an approach that is both nonpartisan and relevant to the church’s present needs. As he reflects on how we consider the past in general, Williams suggests that church history remains important not so much for winning arguments as for clarifying who we are as time-bound human beings. Williams particularly addresses North American readers in his new preface to this perennially timely invitation to remember who we are.

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    • Obras Escogidas De Tertuliano – (Spanish)

      $15.99

      El presente volumen presenta las cuatro obras que se consideran basicas en su produccion literaria:

      1 Apologia contra los gentiles en la que defiende la fe cristiana contra las calumnias de los paganos que acusaban a los creyentes de la Iglesia Primitiva de rendir culto a un asno.
      2 Exhortacion a los martires, un mensaje de consuelo a los presos destinados a morir en el circo romano, y que contiene una de sus frases mas famosas: La sangre de los martires es la semilla de la Iglesia.
      3 La virtud de la paciencia, una serie de reflexiones intersantes que muestran la paciencia infinita de Dios con los pecadores y nuestra obligacion como cristianos de actuar de la misma manera con nuestros semejantes.
      4 La oracion cristiana, uno de los estudios academicos mas completos sobre la oracion que se hayan escrito a lo largo de la historia de la Iglesia.
      This work contains the four most foundational works by Tertulian.

      This volume brings to you the four works considered basic in his literary production:

      1 Apology against the Gentiles, in which he defends the Christian faith against the pagan slander, who accused the Early Church believers of “worshiping an ass.”
      2 Exhortation of the Martyrs, an encouraging message to the prisoners sentenced to die in the Roman circus, and that contains one of his most famous sayings: “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.”
      3 The Virtue of Patience, a series of interesting reflections, showing the infinite patience of God toward sinners, and our obligation, as Christians, to act in the same way with our neighbors.
      4 The Christian Prayer, one of the most complete scholar studies about prayer, ever written in all of the Church history.

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    • Creation And Doxology

      $26.99

      The doctrine of creation is crucial to the Christian faith, but it has often been maligned, misinterpreted, or ignored.

      Some, such as pagan philosophers and Gnostics, have tended to denigrate the goodness of the material world. More recently, new questions have emerged regarding human origins in light of the Darwinian account of evolution. What does it mean today to both affirm the goodness of God’s creation and anticipate the new creation?

      The Center for Pastor Theologians (CPT) seeks to assist pastors in the study and production of biblical and theological scholarship for the theological renewal of the church and the ecclesial renewal of theology. Based on the third annual CPT conference, this volume brings together the reflections of church leaders, academic theologians, and scientists on the importance-and the many dimensions-of the doctrine of creation.

      Contributors engage with Scripture and scientific theory, draw on examples from church history, and delve into current issues in contemporary culture in order to help Christians understand the beginning and ending of God’s good creation.

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    • Significance Of Singleness

      $25.00

      The church needs to do a better job of speaking theologically to single Christians. Challenging prevailing evangelical assumptions about “the problem” of singleness, this book explains why the church needs single people and offers a contemporary theology of singleness relevant to all members of the church. Drawing on examples of three important single women from the history of Christianity, it helps the church form a vision of life in the kingdom of God that is as theologically significant for single people as it is for those who are married.

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    • Placemaking And The Arts

      $32.99

      We are, each one of us, situated in a particular place.As embodied creatures, as members of local communities and churches, as people who live in a specific location in the world, we all experience the importance of place. But what role does place play in the Christian life and how might our theology of place be cultivated?In this Studies in Theology and the Arts volume, Jennifer Allen Craft argues that the arts are a significant form of placemaking in the Christian life. The arts, she contends, place us in time, space, and community in ways that encourage us to be fully and imaginatively present in a variety of contexts: the natural world, our homes, our worshiping communities, and society. In so doing, the arts call us to pay attention to the world around us and invite us to engage in responsible practices in those places.Through this practical theology of the arts, Craft shows how the arts can help us by cultivating our theological imagination, giving shape to the Christian life, and forming us more and more into the image of Christ.

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    • Disputed Teaching Of Vatican 2

      $43.99

      The Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) radically shook up many centuries of tradition in the Roman Catholic Church. This book by Thomas Guarino, a noted expert on the sources and methods of Catholic doctrine, investigates whether Vatican II’s highly contested teachings on religious freedom, ecumenism, and the Virgin Mary represented a harmonious development of-or a rupture with-Catholic tradition.

      Guarino’s careful explanations of such significant terms as continuity, discontinuity, analogy, reversal, reform, and development greatly enhance and clarify his discussion. No other book on Vatican II so clearly elucidates the essential theological principles for determining whether-and to what extent-a conciliar teaching is in continuity or discontinuity with antecedent tradition.

      Readers from all faith traditions who care about the logic of continuity and change in Christian teaching will benefit from this masterful case study.

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    • Obras Escogidas De Origenes – (Spanish)

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      Origenes es uno de los teologos mas eminentes y originales de la antiguedad cristiana. Defensor, por antonomasia, de la libre voluntad o libertad de eleccion de todas las criaturas, Origenes fue objeto de duras criticas por parte de quienes no estaban de acuerdo con sus conclusiones ni sus metodos de interpretacion biblica. Hoy, con una vision historica mas amplia, entendemos que lo unico que Origenes perseguia era contribuir a un mayor entendimiento de la Sagrada Escritura.

      De su inmensa produccion literaria destacamos su grandioso Tratado de los Principios; las doctrinas principales o fundamentales del cristianismo. Probablemente el primer esbozo conocido de una teologia sistematica. En el es donde mejor se manifiesta la profundidad y la audacia de la escuela alegorica y especulativa de Alejandria.

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    • Justification V2

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      The doctrine of justification stands at the center of our systematic reflection on the meaning of salvation as well as our piety, mission, and life together. In his two-volume work on the doctrine of justification, Michael Horton seeks not simply to repeat noble doctrinal formulas and traditional proof texts, but to encounter the remarkable biblical justification texts in conversation with the provocative proposals that, despite a wide range of differences, have reignited the contemporary debates around justification.

      Building on his historical-theological exploration of justification in volume 1, in this second volume Horton embarks upon a constructive task of investigating the biblical doctrine of justification in light of contemporary exegesis. Here he takes up the topic of justification from biblical-theological, exegetical, and systematic-theological vantage points, engaging significantly with contemporary debates in biblical, especially Pauline, scholarship. Horton shows that the doctrine of justification finds its most ecumenically-significant starting point and proper habitat in union with Christ, where the greatest consensus, past and present, is to be found among Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant theologies. At the same time, he proposes that the union with Christ motif achieves its clearest and most consistent articulation in forensic justification. The final chapter locates justification within the broader framework of union with Christ.

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    • Justification V1

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      The doctrine of justification stands at the center of our systematic reflection on the meaning of salvation as well as our piety, mission, and life together. In his two-volume work on the doctrine of justification, Michael Horton seeks not simply to repeat noble doctrinal formulas and traditional proof texts, but to encounter the remarkable biblical justification texts in conversation with the provocative proposals that, despite a wide range of differences, have reignited the contemporary debates around justification.

      Volume 1 engages in a descriptive task – an exercise in historical theology exploring the doctrine of justification from the patristic era to the Reformation. Broadening the scope, Horton explores patristic discussions of justification under the rubric of the “great exchange.” He provides a map for contemporary discussions of justification, identifying and engaging his principal interlocutors: Origen, Chrysostom, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, Gabriel Biel, and the magisterial reformers. Observing the assimilation of justification to the doctrine of penance in medieval theology, especially via Peter Lombard, the work studies the transformations of the doctrine through Aquinas, Scotus and the nominalists leading up to the era of the Reformation and the Council of Trent. He concludes his first study by examining the hermeneutical and theological significance of the Reformers’ understanding of the law and the gospel and the resultant covenantal scheme that became formative in Reformed theology. This then opens the door to the constructive task of volume 2 – to investigate the biblical doctrine of justification in light of contemporary exegesis.

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    • As It Was In The Beginning So Shall It Be

      $19.99

      Have you ever wondered about life and all its intricacies? Why are we here on planet earth? What’s out there in deep dark space? Since time began, man has tried to explain the known world. Study and research have revealed many truths about the world, but many questions haven’t yet been answered.

      While many Christians enjoy documentaries that ponder the many ways we may have “gotten here”-from the theory that alien transports dropped us off to the idea of a cosmic slime pit which one day came to life-the only authority we have as Born-Again followers of Jesus Christ is the Book of Genesis. Only God’s inspired word, the Holy Bible, can answer the many questions at hand.

      In this book, we will journey into the heart and mind of our incredible Creator to learn the reason and purpose for our existence. Every created being will be considered, from the angels and lucifer to Adam and Eve and their eventual fall into sin. We will also contemplate God’s masterful plan for the salvation of mankind and explore what we should expect from life after death.

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    • Beautiful Feet Of Missions

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      Many of our modern seminaries and pulpits are void of the biblically mandated instruction on missions and global outreach. Because of this, our local churches are ignoring their God-given mandate to reach the nations for the glory of Christ. Missions is not an optional program in the church. It is the church.

      This book attempts to start a conversation about missions in our homes, churches, and seminaries. Consider it a primer, intended to increase your passion for the lost in the world. The book originates from many real-life failures and a few successes in the mission field.

      Whether you are a goer, a sender, or trying to figure out your roll in missions, there are many theological and practical gems awaiting you in this book. If you have never considered missions or you are already a global warrior, there is plenty here to help you better glorify God among the nations.

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    • Majority World Theologies

      $21.16

      As Christianity’s center of gravity has shifted to the Majority World in the 21st century, many younger churches in Africa, Asia, and Latin America are now coming of age. With this maturing comes the ability to theologize for themselves, not simply to mimic what they have been taught from the West. As theology is an attempt to articulate through human language and culture and contexts the timeless truths of the eternal and transcendent God, Majority World churches have much to offer the West and the world, as they contribute to a greater understanding of the Lord.

      Here is a collection of chapters exhibiting local theologizing from around the world, not just from the “big three” non-Western continents but also including the Middle East and indigenous North America. Just like Jesus (a first-century Aramaic-speaking Jew from Roman-occupied Israel) exhibited, the local is applicable to the global. And with Christ’s call to his disciples to take his message to “the ends of the earth,” this volume exemplifies the concrete reality of that today, not just as the message having been received but also as having been incorporated, synthesized, and rebirthed in new and exciting ways.

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    • Raising Adam : Why Jesus Descended Into Hell

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      Oil Lamp Books Title

      What does it mean to affirm that Jesus “descended into hell?” What actually happened to Jesus between Good Friday and Easter? Was this “descent” part of his suffering or part of his triumph? And why does it matter today?With a theologian’s research, a pastor’s heart and a poet’s sensibility, Gerrit Dawson explores the answers given through the centuries to these questions. By using a narrative approach, Dawson achieves a unique synthesis of previously competing views. He shows that the ancient idea of the harrowing of hell, the Reformed view of “hell on the cross” and the 20th century recognition of the darkness of Holy Saturday can all work together. Far from being a discardable doctrine, the descent offers a unique window on the person and work of Christ, one we urgently need to open for the worship and mission of the Church today.

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    • Luthers Outlaw God Volume 1

      $65.00

      In this first of three volumes addressing Luther’s outlaw God, Steven D. Paulson considers the two “monsters” of theology, as Luther calls them: evil and predestination. He explores how these produce fear of God but can also become the great and only comforts of conscience when a preacher arrives.

      Luther’s new distinction between God as he is preached and God without any preacher absolutely frightened all of the schools of theology that preceded it, and for that matter all that followed Luther, as well. That fear coalesced in various opponents like Eck and Latomus, but in a special way in Desiderius Erasmus.

      For Paulson, bad theology begins with bad preaching, and since the church is what preaching does, bad preaching hides the church under such a dark blanket that it can hardly be detected. He argues that the primary distinction of naked/clothed or unpreached/preached radiates out in all directions for Luther’s theology, and shows what difference this makes for current preaching. Specifically, Paulson takes up the central question of all theology (and life): What is God’s relation to the law, and the law’s relation to God? Luther’s answers are surprising and will change the way you preach.

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    • Here In Spirit

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      1. The Greatest Gift
      2. Culture With The Spirit
      3. More Than A Force
      4. Renewing All Things
      5. The Spirit Of Silence
      6. More Than Conviviality
      7. The Great Companion
      8. Discerning Promptings
      9. Praying In The Spirit
      10. Mission With The Wind
      11. Experiencing The Power
      12. The Shape Of Suffering
      13. Bearing Fruit
      14. The Future Of The Spirit
      Acknowledgments
      Further Reading List
      Notes
      Scripture Index

      Additional Info
      Living right here in the Spirit is the source of the most meaningful, creative, satisfying life possible. If we relate to the Spirit primarily regarding the presence or absence of his miraculous gifts in our lives and in the world, we distort and limit our understanding of the third person of the Trinity. He should be known for much more. Who is the Spirit? Is he a person or a spiritual force? How are we meant to relate to him? Can we pray to the Spirit? What does being filled with the Spirit look like?These are some of the questions this book will explore. Instead of relating narrowly to the Holy Spirit, this book will broaden your engagement with him by touring often unexplored aspects of his vast character and mission.

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    • Learning Theology : Tracking The Spirit Of Christian Faith

      $33.00

      Preface
      Introduction: What Is A Theologian

      In.1 Macrina As Lay Theologian

      In.2 Thomas Aquinas As Classical (Professional) Theologian

      In.3 John Wesley As Pastoral And Practical Theologian

      In.4 You And I As Those Who Love God And Want To Know And Serve God

      Part I The Sources Of Theology
      Chapter 1 Scripture: The Word And Breath Of God

      1.1 Behind Of The Text

      1.2 The World Of The Text

      1.3 In Front Of The Text

      1.4 The Spirit Of The Text

      Chapter 2 Tradition: The Living Body Of Christ And The Fellowship Of The Holy Spirit

      2.1 Church And Tradition: Charisma And Institution

      2.2 The Spirit/s Of Protestantism

      2.3 The Church Catholic As The Fellowship Of The Spirit

      2.4 The Spirit Of Tradition In Its Contextuality

      Chapter 3 Reason: Renewing The Mind In The Spirit

      3.1 Rationality As Traditioned

      3.2 Scientific Revolution, The Enlightenment, And Universal Reason

      3.3 Postmodern (Ir)Rationalities(!)

      3.4 The Reasoning Spirit

      Chapter 4 Experience: Life In, By, And Through The Spirit

      4.1 Socialization

      4.2 Intersectionality

      4.3 Encountering The Living God, Experiencing Redemption

      4.4 The Fullness Of The Spirit And The Life Of The Mind

      Part II The Practices Of Theology

      Chapter 5 Theology As Spiritual Practice: What Difference Does It Make In Personal Lives?

      5.1 Knowing And Loving God

      5.2 Loving And Serving Our Neighbors

      5.3 Discerning The Spirit

      5.4 Eschatological Rationality

      Chapter 6 Theology As Ecclesial Practice: By, For, And Through The Church

      6.1 The Church As One: Dogmatic Identity And Ecclesial Unity

      6.2 The Church As Holy: The Social Distinctiveness Of The Ecclesia

      6.3 The Church As Catholic: Global Cultures And Ecclesial Witness

      6.4 The Church As Apostolic: The Many Tongues Of The Spirit’s Mission

      Chapter 7 Starting Out: Researching, Writing, And Studying Theology

      7.1 The Initial Contexts Of (Undergraduate) Theologizing

      7.2 The Theological Research Paper Or Project

      7.3 Theological Integration And The Christian University

      7.4 Theologizing As A Spiritual Discipline

      Chapter 8 Theology By The Spirit, Trinitarian Theologians

      8.1 Starting In The Spirit

      8.2 Theologizing After Easter And After Pentecost

      8.3 Pentecostal Perspective, Trinitarian Theologian

      8.4 The Spirit Has The First, Initiating, Word

      Appendix Becoming A Professional Theologian: Getting There From Here

      Discerning The Call To Graduate/Doctoral Theological Education

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      Theology-the attempt to come to a deeper, more faithful understanding of ones encounter with God-is something to which all Christians are called. In Learning Theology, Amos Yong invites the reader to lay claim to that calling and to see it as yet another opportunity to love God.

      Written for those taking their first course in the subject, this book introduces the foundational sources and tasks of theology. It asks what difference theology makes in our lives, how it can influence the way we write and study, and how we understand other forms of learning as part of the Spirit’s leadership. Yong encourages the reader to see all of life through the lens of faith, and Learning Theology offers tools to more thoughtfully and faithfully perform that task.

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    • Biblical Authority After Babel

      $21.99

      How the Five Solas Can Renew Biblical Interpretation

      In recent years, notable scholars have argued that the Protestant Reformation unleashed interpretive anarchy on the church. Is it time to consider the Reformation to be a 500-year experiment gone wrong?

      World-renowned evangelical theologian Kevin Vanhoozer thinks not. While he sees recent critiques as legitimate, he argues that retrieving the Reformation’s core principles offers an answer to critics of Protestant biblical interpretation. Vanhoozer explores how a proper reappropriation of the five solas–sola gratia (grace alone), sola fide (faith alone), sola scriptura (Scripture alone), solus Christus (in Christ alone), and sola Deo gloria (for the glory of God alone) –offers the tools to constrain biblical interpretation and establish interpretive authority. He offers a positive assessment of the Reformation, showing how a retrieval of “mere Protestant Christianity” has the potential to reform contemporary Christian belief and practice.

      This provocative response and statement from a top theologian is accessibly written for pastors and church leaders.

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    • All Things New

      $19.99

      New York Times bestselling author John Eldredge offers readers a breathtaking look into God’s promise for a new heaven and a new earth.

      This revolutionary book about our future is based on the simple idea that, according to the Bible, heaven is not our eternal home–the New Earth is. As Jesus says in the gospel of Matthew, the next chapter of our story begins with “the renewal of all things,” by which he means the earth we love in all its beauty, our own selves, and the things that make for a rich life: music, art, food, laughter and all that we hold dear. Everything shall be renewed “when the world is made new.”

      More than anything else, how you envision your future shapes your current experience. If you knew that God was going to restore your life and everything you love any day; if you believed a great and glorious goodness was coming to you–not in a vague heaven but right here on this earth–you would have a hope to see you through anything, an anchor for your soul, “an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God” (Hebrews 6:19).

      Most Christians (most people for that matter) fail to look forward to their future because their view of heaven is vague, religious, and frankly boring. Hope begins when we understand that for the believer nothing is lost. Heaven is not a life in the clouds; it is not endless harp-strumming or worship-singing. Rather, the life we long for, the paradise Adam and Eve knew, is precisely the life that is coming to us. And that life is coming soon.

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    • Power In The Blood

      $14.99

      Charles Spurgeon knew that when sinners put their faith and trust in the shed blood of Jesus, they begin a whole new life. Weakness, injuries, sickness, impurities–these are the effects of sin. Through the blood of Christ, the believer experiences cleansing, healing, purifying–mankind’s miracle. This book is a collection of Spurgeon’s teachings on the power of Christ’s blood, which can be applied to the believer’s life in much the same way as the Passover blood protected the Israelites. He teaches how the blood of Christ provides salvation, forgiveness, redemption, healing, power to overcome temptation, and even unity in the church when the evil one tries to divide us.

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    • Finding Favour In The Sight Of God

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      Series Preface
      Author’s Preface
      List Of Abbreviations
      1. The Problem Of Wisdom Literature In Old Testament Theology
      2. The Message Of Proverbs 1-9
      3. The Hermeneutics Of Proverbs
      4. The Theology Of Proverbs
      5. Theological Issues In Job 1-3
      6. Divine Retribution, Suffering And God’s Justice (Job 4-26)
      7. Where Is Wisdom To Be Found? (Job 27-42)
      8. Key Questions Concerning The Book Of Ecclesiastes
      9. The Message Of Qohelet
      10. The Theology Of Ecclesiastes
      11. Jesus And Wisdom
      Bibliography
      Index Of Names
      Index Of Scripture References

      Additional Info
      There has been an explosion of interest in wisdom literature, and many studies are now available. There is every opportunity for people to “get wisdom, get insight” (Prov. 4:5). However, in today’s world it seems the practical sensibilities that come from wisdom are found in very few places. Wisdom literature is needed now more than ever. By walking in the way of wisdom, we will “find favour and good success in the sight of God and man” (Prov. 3:4).

      In this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, Richard Belcher begins with a survey of the problem of wisdom literature in Old Testament theology. Subsequent chapters focus on the message and theology of the books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes. These point forward to the need for Christ and the gospel. Belcher concludes by exploring the relationship of Christ to wisdom in terms of his person, work, and teaching ministry.

      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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    • Mere Humanity : G.K. Chesterton, C.S. Lewis, And J.R.R. Tolkien On The Huma

      $17.48

      “Is Man a Myth?” asks the title of one of Mr. Tumnus’s books. It was apparently an open question in Narnia during the Long Winter, and it has become so again for us. In Mere Humanity, Donald T. Williams plumbs the writings of three beloved Twentieth-Century authors to find answers that still resonate in the Twenty-First. Chesterton, Lewis, and Tolkien explain in their expositions and incarnate in their fiction a robust biblical doctrine of man that gives us a firm place to stand against the various forms of reductionism that dominate our thinking about human nature today.

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    • Battle For Bonhoeffer

      $25.99

      The figure of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) has become a clay puppet in modern American politics. Secular, radical, liberal, and evangelical interpreters variously shape and mold the martyr’s legacy to suit their own pet agendas.

      Stephen Haynes offers an incisive and clarifying perspective. A recognized Bonhoeffer expert, Haynes examines “populist” readings of Bonhoeffer, including the acclaimed biography by Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. In his analysis Haynes treats, among other things, the November 2016 election of Donald Trump and the “Bonhoeffer moment” announced by evangelicals in response to the US Supreme Court’s 2015 decision to legalize same-sex marriage.

      The Battle for Bonhoeffer includes an open letter from Haynes pointedly addressing Christians who still support Trump. Bonhoeffer’s legacy matters. Haynes redeems the life and the man.

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    • Naturaleza De La Doctrina – (Spanish)

      $17.99

      La naturaleza de la doctrina es uno de los trabajos de teologia academica mas influyentes de los ultimos 50 anos. Publicado originalmente en 1984, este libro describe los principios fundamentales de un enfoque postliberal de la teologia, enfatizando una perspectiva cultural-linguistica de la religion y una teoria regulativa de la doctrina.

      Ademas de exponer la naturaleza de la religion, Lindbeck tambien aborda la solucion de los conflictos doctrinales historicos entre las diferentes comunidades cristianas, la relacion entre el cristianismo y otras religiones, y la naturaleza y tarea de la propia teologia.

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    • Old Testament Theology

      $50.99

      Preface
      1. Old Testament Theology: History And Methodology
      2. The God Who Creates – Genesis
      3. The One God Who Delivers Instructs – Exodus
      4. The One God Who Is Holy – Leviticus
      5. The God Who Expects Faithfulness – Numbers
      6. The God Who Renews The Covenant – Deuteronomy
      7. The God Who Gives Rest In The Land – Joshua
      8. The God Who Disciplines Delivers – Judges
      9. The God Who Protects, Blesses And Assesses – Samuel
      10. The God Whose Word Shapes History – 1-2 Kings
      11. The God Who Saves – Isaiah
      12. The God Who Enforces The Covenant – Jeremiah
      13. The God Who Is Present – Ezekiel
      14. The God Who Keeps Promises – The Book Of The Twelve
      15. The God Who Rules – Psalms
      16. The God Who Is Worth Serving – Job
      17. The God Who Reveals Wisdom – Proverbs
      18. The God Who Extends Mercy To The Faithful – Ruth
      19. The God Who Oversees Male-Female Sexuality – Song Of Solomon
      20. The God Who Defines Meaningful Living – Ecclesiastes
      21. The God Who Is Righteous Faithful – Lamentations
      22. The God Who Protects The Exiles – Esther
      23. The God Who Protects, Discloses Rules – Daniel
      24. The God Who Restores Remnants To The Land – Ezra-Nehemiah
      25. The God Who Elects, Chastens Restores – 1-2 Chronicles
      26. The God Of The Old Testament: A Summary
      Appendix: Old Testament Theology Since 1993

      Notes
      Bibliography
      Subject Index
      Author Index
      Scripture Index

      Additional Info
      The discipline of Old Testament theology continues to be in flux as diverse approaches vie for dominance. Paul House serves as our guide-without being partisan or uninformed-exploring each Old Testament book, summarizing its content and showing its theological significance within the whole of the Old Testament canon. Readers with little prior background will find House’s thematic surveys particularly helpful for coming to grips with basic biblical content as well as for probing the theological nuances of individual parts of the canon. The book concludes by forging a set of summary statements concerning God and his character, the people of God, and links between the Old and New Testaments that suggest avenues for the exploration of a full biblical theology.Old Testament Theology offers an overview of the discipline and a fair treatment of differing views while remaining unabashedly evangelical. Readers will welcome the obvious passion of its author for the subject matter. Student friendly and useful to a wide audience, this impressive work has proved a profitable read for many.

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    • Astonished By God

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      This book is a revised, improved version of Doctrine Matters.

      For more than thirty years, John Piper pastored in the rough and tumble realities of downtown Minneapolis, preaching his people through the ups and down of life one Sunday at a time. When it came to capturing a generation of joy in one final sermon series, he turned to ten trademark truths to leave ringing in his peoples’ ears.

      These ten are world-shaking truths-each astonishing in its own way. First they turned Piper’s own world upside down. Then his church’s. And they will continue to turn the whole world upside down as the gospel of Christ advances in distance and depth. These surprising doctrines, as Piper writes, are “wildly untamable, explosively uncontainable, and electrically future-creating.”

      Join a veteran author, pastor, and Christian statesman as he captures the ten astonishing, compassionate, life-giving, joy-awakening, hope-sustaining truths that have held everything together for him.

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    • Theological Institutes Two Volume Set

      $79.99

      Theological Institutes was a critical landmark in the development of Methodist doctrine.Originally published in 1823 in four volumes, Watson’s work was the first attempt to systematize John Wesley’s theology. Influencing and guiding the later systematic theological work for Methodist theology, Watson’s Institutes was the main Methodist textbook for systematic theological studies and remained a primary text for over 50 years after his death.

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    • On Education

      $49.99

      Kuyper on the Divine Purpose for Education

      Among Abraham Kuyper’s many accomplishments was his founding of the Free University of Amsterdam, where he also served as president and professor of theology. This collection of essays and speeches presents Kuyper’s theology and philosophy of education, and his understanding of the divine purpose of scholarship for human culture. Included are convocation addresses given at the Free University, parliamentary speeches, newspaper articles, and other talks and essays on the topic of education. Much of the material deals with issues still being debated today including the roles of the family and state in education, moral instruction, Christian education, and vouchers.

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    • Preparation Of The Coming King

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      Clay Bridges Press
      The Lord says no one knows the day or the hour of His coming. But, once the flame of our life has extinguished, does it mean that our existence is over? We cannot live forever. Or can we? Jesus Christ says we can if we are born again in His Spirit and receive Him as the soon coming King.

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    • Introduction To The Scriptures Of Israel

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      In this textbook for Hebrew Bible courses, Tzvi Novick takes a thematic approach rather than a chronological one. Sorting the books according to their historical context, theological claims, and literary conventions, Novick explores the historical and intellectual development of the Hebrew Bible.

      With attentiveness to historical-critical and traditional-canonical approaches, An Introduction to the Scriptures of Israel focuses on the dichotomy of the particular and the universal. It shows how this dichotomy impacts each book’s style and content and how it informs Jewish and Christian traditions as they develop. This nontraditional textbook is coherent, engaging, and succinct-a perfect resource for any introductory Hebrew Bible course.

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    • Gods Two Words

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      The distinction between God’s law and God’s gospel lies at the core of the Lutheran and Reformed traditions-and has long been a point of controversy between them. God’s Two Words offers new contributions from ten key Lutheran and Reformed scholars on the theological significance of the law-gospel distinction.

      Following introductory chapters that define the concepts of law and gospel from each tradition, contributors explore how the distinction between law and gospel plays out in theology, preaching, the reading of Scripture, and pastoral care. As it traces both the common ground and the areas of disagreement between the two traditions, this book amplifies and clarifies an important conversation that has been ongoing since the sixteenth century.

      CONTRIBUTORS

      Michael Allen
      Charles Arand
      Erik H. Herrmann
      Kelly Kapic
      Peter Malysz
      Mark C. Mattes
      Steven Paulson
      Katherine Sonderegger
      Scott Swain
      Kevin J. Vanhoozer

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    • Christian Doctrine : 50th Anniversary Edition (Anniversary)

      $40.00

      Christian Doctrine has introduced thousands of laity, students, and theologians to the tenets of the Christian faith. This edition reflects changes in the church and society since the publication of the first edition and takes into account new works in Reformed theology, gender references in the Bible, racism, pluralism, ecological developments, and liberation theologies.

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    • Obras Escogidas De Los Padres – (Spanish)

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      Una seleccion de obras destacadas de los mejores autores conocidos como los Padres de la Iglesia o en terminos academicos como Patristica.

      Un compendio o seleccion de las obras mas importantes de diversos autores de renombre en el mundo evangelico, asi como tambien en el mundo catolico y secular. El lector encontrara – Contenido actual, en lenguaje contemporaneo y comprensible. – Breve seleccion de obras escogidas de cada autor, pero las mas sobresalientes. – Autores reconocidos. El autor es una autoridad reconocida universalmente en todas las areas, no solo teologicamente, pero tambien historica, filosofica y socialmente, y en otros campos de la cultura. – Una edicion de estilo con parrafos seleccionados que recogen en forma de sumario las ideas mas importantes de cada pagina de los libros, para una mejor interpretacion.

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    • Approaching The Study Of Theology

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      From the opening pages of the Bible, we learn of God as one who communicates with humankind-offering us first steps toward knowledge of the divine, the very foothold of theology. On this basis, Approaching the Study of Theology presents an engaging introduction to the breadth and depth of the study of theology, mapping the significant landmarks as well as the main areas of debate.The book is divded into three parts:Part I (Approaches) describes the major approaches to theology that have emerged and developed over time.Part II (Concepts and Issues) explains the major concepts and issues, identifying theologians associated with each.Part III (Key Terms) provides a helpful glossary of all the key terms that readers need to understand in order to better understand theology.Written by the eminent theologian Anthony Thiselton, here is an accessible resource for both those in the midst of a theological course or program as well as those contemplating the field.

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    • Sacred Look Becoming Cultural Mystics

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      How should a follower of Christ engage the popular media culture? By becoming a mystic! Sr. Nancy challenges Christians today to delve deep into the rich theological tradition of the church as the root and foundation for recognizing the beauty of God present in all that is truly human. The artists of popular culture sometimes unwittingly seek transcendence while grappling with some of humanity’s most profound existential longings. The cultural mystics of today point out those needs of humanity in the culture’s artifacts in order to enter into dialogue with those who seek something beyond what this world satisfies. The anthropological-sacramental-incarnational paradigm presented gives us this ability to take a sacred look of the culture and offer the joy of the Gospel, Christ who is the answer of all humanity’s yearnings!

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    • Together At The Table

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      Together at the Table is the personal story and public message of Bishop Karen Oliveto, the first openly LGBTQ person to be elected a bishop in The United Methodist Church. Her election was and is controversial, with opponents seeking to have her removed and some even threatening violence against her. The denomination has been debating the inclusion of LGBTQ people for decades and will be gathering in February 2019 to determine whether it can agree to let conferences within the church ordain as they see fit and let congregations decide what weddings to hold or whether conservative and liberal factions will break off from the denominational body.

      Bishop Oliveto believes that the church can stay together-that people of different convictions can remain in communion with one another. Woven together with her own story of coming out and following God’s call to ordained ministry is her guidance for how to live together despite differences-by practicing empathy, living with ambiguity, appreciating the diversity of creation, and embracing unity without uniformity.

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    • Scripture As Real Presence

      $43.52

      This work argues that the heart of patristic exegesis is the attempt to find the sacramental reality (real presence) of Christ in the Old Testament Scriptures. Leading theologian Hans Boersma discusses numerous sermons and commentaries of the church fathers to show how they regarded Christ as the treasure hidden in the field of the Old Testament and explains that the church today can and should retrieve the sacramental reading of the early church. Combining detailed scholarly insight with clear, compelling prose, this book makes a unique contribution to contemporary interest in theological interpretation.

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    • World Christianity : A Historical And Theological Introduction

      $37.99

      Christianity is vibrant and growing in the non-western “majority” world and Christianity is changing as a result. Pachuau surveys the current trending approaches to recognizing and investigating “world Christianity” and explores the salient features of the demographic changes that mark a measurable shift in the center of gravity from the northwest part of the globe to the southern continents. This shift is not just geographical. World Christianity is ultimately about the changing and diversifying character of Christianity and a renewed recognition of the dynamic universality of Christian faith itself: Christianity is a shared religion in that people of different cultures and societies make it their own while being transformed by it. Christanity is translatable and adaptable to all cultures while challenging each with its transformative power. Pachuau also charts the theological reestablishment of the missionary enterprise founded on understandings of God’s mission in the world (mission Dei), a mission of cross-cultural gospel diffusion for missionary advocates in the majority world but one of near neighbor missional engagement for the contagious Charismatic Christianity of the majority world. This book is both a descriptive study and a thoughtful analysis of world Christianity’s demographics, life, representation, and thought. The book an also gives an account of the historical emergence of World Christianity and its theological characteristics using a methodology that stresses the productive tension between the universal and particular in understanding a fundamentally adaptable Christian faith.

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    • Evangelical Theological Method

      $28.99

      Method In Systematic Theology: An Introduction-Stanley E. Porter And Steven M. Studebaker

      Codifying God’s Word: Bible Doctrines/Conservative Theology-Sung Wook Chung
      Living God’s Love: Missional Theology-John R. Franke
      Framers And Painters: Interdisciplinary Theology-Telford C. Work
      God In Human Context: Reflection On Theology’s Contextuality And Contextual Theology-Victor Ifeanyi Ezigbo
      Confessing The Faith: A Trinitarian Method In Dogmatic Theology-Paul Louis Metzger

      Response To Other Contributors-Sung Wook Chung
      Response To Other Contributors-John R. Franke
      Response To Other Contributors-Telford C. Work
      Response To Other Contributors-Victor Ifeanyi Ezigbo
      Response To Other Contributors-Paul Louis Metzger

      What Have We Learned Regarding Theological Method, And Where Do We Go From Here? Tentative Conclusions-Stanley E. Porter And Steven M. Studebaker
      Contributors

      Additional Info
      How should one approach the task of theology?The question of methodology is increasingly one of interest among theologians, who recognize that the very manner in which we approach theology informs both the questions we ask and the conclusions we reach. This volume in IVP’s Spectrum Multiview series brings together five evangelical theologians with distinctly different approaches to the theological task: Sung Wook ChungJohn R. FrankeTelford C. WorkVictor Ifeanyi EzigboPaul Louis MetzgerAfter presenting their own approach-which include appeals to Scripture, context, missions, interdisciplinary studies, and dogmatics-they respond to each of the other views. Emerging from this theological conversation is an awareness of our methodological commitments and the benefits that each can bring to the theological task.

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