Theology (Exegetical Historical Practical etc.)
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2 Kinds Of Knowledge
$7.50Add to cartAll the knowledge that is taught in our schools, colleges and universities has been gained through our five senses. It is what we call “Sense Knowledge”. Man has never been able to know God through the five senses of his physical body. Sense Knowledge cannot give us the Reason for Creation, the source of Light, of Life, of Motion, of Gravitation, has been unable to explain the obvious design of Creation. When man reaches the limits of this Sense Knowledge, he turns philosopher or guesser. Natural man cannot understand spiritual things. Sense Knowledge cannot find God, can never know Him, but there stands by the side of everyone a Guide to lead him into the new kind of knowledge, the new kind of life. This book shows the contrast between Sense Knowledge and The Revelation Knowledge which we receive only from the Word of God. Sense Knowledge faith is in what man is, and can do, and has done. Revelation faith is in the Word of God, “That liveth and abideth forever.”
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Ordinary Ministry Extraordinary Challenge
$25.99Add to cartIn Ordinary Calling Extraordinary Challenge, Norma Cook Everist brings together several women clergy to demonstrate what parish ministry is like in women’s experience. Drawing on years of parish experience, they examine such a wide range of topics as the ministry of preaching, the ministry of stewardship, the ministry of justice, the ministry of outreach, and many more. Written for women and men, this volume will provide support, encouragement, and guidence for performing the many tasks and assuming the many roles of parish minister.
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New Creation : A Liturgical Worldview
$18.00Add to cartFrank Senn, one of today’s most knowledgeable liturgical theologians and historians, contemplates the furture shape of liturgy. He believes that ritual systems-liturgy- express and inculcate a worldview, and implicit theology; and fears that “lest the community of faith gain the whole world and lose its soul.” New Creation proposes the lines of a “Christian culture” or worldview or way of life that can inform liturgical renewal.
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1 Corinthians : Problems And Solutions In A Growing Church (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Add to cartPaul spent 18 months discipling the young church in Corinth, and when he moved on, the group kept growing. But fast growth brings its own problems. Concerned about divided loyalties, immorality, and pagan lifestyles, Paul’s letter highlights principles for balanced church life and growth. As you study this timely book, the Holy Spirit can activate these principles in your church community.
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Past As Legacy
$23.00Add to cartThis study addresses the genre and interpretation of Luke-Acts in the light of tis contemporary social, literary, and ideological milieu, particularly as these elements are reflected in the Latin epics contemporary with Luke-Acts and in their famous Augustan prototype, Virgil’s Aeneid. Literary evidence indicating that Virgil’s works had been translated into Greek prose by the middle of the first century makes this line of inquiry especially promising. Interpreting Luke-Acts as a prose adaptation of heroic or historical epic provides a hermeneutical model that is both universal in its theological message and essentially popular in its narrative presentation.
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Prophets A Liberation Critical Reading
$23.00Add to cartThis is the third volume of a four-volume set of readings of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament from the perspective of liberation Theology and feminist criticism. Dempsey provides both overviews and discussions of specific passages. This approach allow her to provide critique as well as plumb the depths of the texts’ potential for liberation.
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Speaking Parables : A Homiletic Guide
$36.00Add to cart1. The Parables Of Jesus
2. The Mysterious Kingdom Of God
3. Preaching Parables
4. Parables In Mark
5. Parables In Matthew
6. Parables In Thomas
7. Parables From Q In Matthew And Luke
8. Parables In LukeAdditional Info
From beginning to end these pages ask preachers to broaden and revise their understandings of parables and to abandon the ways they have proclaimed the parables. The preacher and congregation together can expect to find a mysterious God that will not be domesticated and a vision of a changed world that will both indict and inspire. Buttrick had developed a way of helping a preacher move from parable scenario to sermon. -
Suffering Divine Things
$31.50Add to cartUsing “pathos”-“suffering” God’s saving activity-as a powerful theological motif, Hutter offers fresh insight into the relationship between the Holy Spirit and the church, between doctrine and theology, and between beliefs and practices. In addition, Hutter shows how reclaiming “pathos” as a central motif for theology challenges modern and postmodern views focused on human identity, agency, and creativity as definitive of theology’s character and task. Throughout, Hutter remains acutely aware of recent trends in theological discourse and develops his argument in conversation not only with the Christian tradition but with leading contemporary theologians from North America and Europe. The result is a pioneering work that promises to reclaim theology’s crucial role in the life and mission of the church.
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Texts That Linger Words That Explode
$22.00Add to cartThese studies on the prophetic texts from the Hebrew Bible cover a wide range of topics, challenging the reader to confront the issues of faithfulness, responsibility, and justice in an ever-changing world. Brueggemann explores how these prophetic traditions have the potential to continually resonate in our contemporary communities and individual lives. Rather than A”dead wordsA” to kingdoms no longer in existence, the Israelite and Judean prophets have an enduring impact on how God challenges our values, our perspectives — and our very lives. Brueggemann has become well known for providing fresh perspective on ancient texts, always in conversation with great thinkers and people of faith.
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Jesus Story : The Most Remarkable Life Of All Time
$22.00Add to cartThe Jesus Story is a fresh presentation of the teachings and life of Jesus, in an open and inviting manner, Johnson and Baker bid us to come and see what Jesus has done and continues to do in our world. Daily readings are offered that paraphrase different episodes of Jesus’ life from the Bible.
Accompanying the readings are comments to help in personal reflection and interpretation. The final section answers commonly asked questions about Jesus, faith, and Christianity and offers suggestions for those who wish to pursue further exploration.
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Discovering Jesus
$19.00Add to cart1. Preparation
2. Conflict
3. Recognition
4. Tragedy
5. Triumph
6. His Body The ChurchAdditional Info
In straightforward language, Barclay takes us through the key events in the life of Jesus. Using maps, charts, tables, and lists, Barclay illumiates the historical background, making it clear, lively, and exciting for readers of all ages. He includes numerous inspirational anecdotes as well, allowing readers to see the story of Jesus not only as history but also as having immediate relevance to their lives today. -
5 Views On Apologetics
$24.99Add to cartThe goal of apologetics is to persuasively answer honest objections that keep people from faith in Jesus Christ. But of several apologetic approaches, which is most effective? Five Views on Apologetics examines the “how-to” of apologetics, putting five prominent views under the microscope: Classical, Evidential, Presuppositional, Reformed, Epistemology, and Cumulative Case. Offering a forum for presentation, critique, and defense, this book allows the contributors for the different viewpoints to interact. Like no other book, Five Views on Apologetics lets you compare and contrast different ways of “doing” apologetics. Your own informed conclusions can then guide you as you meet the questions of a needy world with the claims of the Gospel.
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Stewards In The Kingdom
$32.99Add to cartToo often we think stewardship concerns only the money we give to the church. But in the image of the steward the Bible offers a perspective on our entire relationship with God. Here we have ful a full and fresh picture of what it means to be Jesus’ disciple and to live the abundant life.
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Foundations For A Practical Theology Of Ministry
$25.99Add to cartThe pastoral ministry is in danger of losing its focus, say the authors of this perceptive and timely study. Specialization in preaching, counseling, evangelism, administration, and education has diffused the impact of practical theology. And because of competing ideas as to what now is central, the very image of ministry may be breaking down. Foundations for a Practical Theology of Ministry responds to the problem by introducing a specific method for doing practical theology which will be welcomed by concerned church leaders everywhere.
Presenting a realistic, workable answer to those who call for a revival of this vital discipline, Drs. James N. Poling and Donald E. Miller propose that the unifying image for ministry becomes the formation of the community of faith. After developing this as the most appropriate base for the practice of theology, they carefully outline their method and show how it will work by demonstrating its success in the actual experiences of typical congregations.
For Christian leaders who seek to renew the integrity of ministry and restore the character of pastoral leadership, this significant book will provide a solid foundation. And for individuals interested or involved in education for the future of the church, this important resource will prove invaluable.
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Loyal Opposition : Struggling With The Church On Homosexuality
$22.99Add to cartNo issue more polarizes American Protestants today than the church’s stance on homosexuality. In recent years, a number of denominations have engaged in prolonged and divisive debates on the subject, and it appears that these debates will continue to occupy their attention. The contributors to this volume call for the formation of a “loyal opposition” that is serious in its commitment to the difficult process of reconciliation and forgiveness. Faithfulness to the gospel, they remind readers, requires nothing less than that Christians will be committed to the full inclusion of all persons in the body of Christ-not least of all those who disagree theologically and ethically.
The book offers readers a multifaceted argument that the gospel requires a commitment to the full inclusion of all persons in the body of Christ. It focuses on how members of mainline denominations can respond to official denominational positions with which they disagree. Readers are offered an alternative response besides staying in the denomination and remaining silent or leaving the denomination because one disagrees with its official position on this issue.
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River Of Life
$14.99Add to cartContents
Introduction
THE CHURCH
1. The Son’s Great Prayer
2. A Prophecy: The Prayer Of Christ Answered
3. The Surrender Of The Vision Keeper
4. Current Questions, Timely AnswersTHE CITIES
5. When David Captured Jerusalem
6. The Deliverers
7. America’s Future: Christ Or Chaos
8. The Timeless Wisdom Of Martin Luther King, Jr.THE COVENANT
9. Those Who Make A Covenant With God.
10. “Ask Of Me! P. 128Additional Info
A river is rising from the throne of God. In its waves are healing for the church and renewal for our society. Some of the vital topics Francis Frangipane discusses include…The Father’s unchanging purpose
Christ’s commitment to His church
The Holy Spirit’s transforming work in us
Surrendering to the lordship of Jesus
Achieving unity in the body of Christ
Creating harmony within the family, the church, and society
Experiencing the flow of God’s healing powerDiscover the source of the abundant supply of God’s grace that transforms our lives so that we can impact our world for Jesus Christ.
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Sin Death And The Devil A Print On Demand Title
$20.99Add to cartSin, death, and the devil, called the “unholy trinity” by Martin Luther, are the classic biblical tyrants, portrayed in Scripture as the enemies of God and the oppressors of humanity. This engaging book, which takes its cue from John Paul II’s description of Western society as a “culture of death,” unveils the many faces of sin, death, and the devil manifest in today’s world. Eight recognized Christian thinkers show that while the forms taken by these diabolical forces may have changed under the conditions of modern life, the underlying realities remain the same. Thus politics can become demonic, power can promote death, and sin can be disguised as virtue. Far from being pessimistic, however, the authors affirm God’s victory over these enslaving powers through the proclamation of the gospel and the sacraments of the church.
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Preaching Justice
$34.95Add to cartThe principal concerns of this book is not complex theoretical discussions of justice so common to the discipline of ethics, but how working for justice fits into the church’s mission and especially into its preaching. An opening chapter sets forth a biblical and theological basis for the conviction that justice is at the heart of the church’s mission and witness. Then follows a chapter on preaching that distinguishes between merely moralizing about justice and genuinely preaching it.
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Formation Of Q
$51.95Add to cartIn this groundbreaking study, Kloppenborg uses genre criticism and redaction criticism to examine the composition and developement of the sayings source Q. He argues that Q is composed of three compositional layers, or strata, each of which reflects certain stages of developement in the Q community.
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Reason To Believe
$25.95Add to cartIn this book noted Oxford theologian Wiles (What is Theology?) provides a clear and accessible introduction to Christian belief. Rather than simply stating and explaining the doctrinal tenets of Christian faith, however, Wiles sets forth what seem to him appropriate responses to basic questions about Christian belief that perplex Chrsitian and non-Christions alike. Instead of providing a technical overview of Christian doctrine, he offers a short section with each chapter-printed in bold type-that discuss some of the issues that are important for reasonably assissing the truth claims of Christianity. Wiles’ free-flowing argument is not broken up with footnotes, although a bibliography at the end of the book provides suggestions for further reading for anyone interested in pursuing in more detail any of the book’s topics. An index of biblical references is also included.
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Can A Bishop Be Wrong
$23.95Add to cartTen prominent scholars dispute the conclusions of controversial Episcopal bishop John Spong on Scripture, sin, the virgin birth, resurrection, sexuality, and the numerous theological and ethical topics discussed in such bestsellers as Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism.
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Spirit Ethics : Scripture And The Moral Life
$19.00Add to cartJersild’s book deals with the challenge of postmodernity, understanding pluralism, the nature of biblical criticism and attacks upon it, and the role of the believing community and the Spirit in appropriating Scripture. “Absolutely essential,” says Jersild, “to any discussion of scriptural authority for the moral life is the ongoing engagement of the church with the moral environment of society and the issues that this raises for the church.” This means that Christians and Christian churches cannot simply adopt a once-for-all set of rules, nor can they simply cite Bible verses against the latest sins.
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Theology Hermeneutics And Imagination
$120.00Add to cartThis book explores the contemporary crisis of biblical interpretation by examining modern and postmodern forms of the ‘hermeneutics of suspicion’. Garrett Green looks at several thinkers who played key roles in creating a radically suspicious reading of the Bible. After Kant, Hamann and Feuerbach comes Nietzsche, who marked the turn from modern to postmodern suspicion. Green argues that similarities between Derrida’s deconstruction and Barth’s theology of signs show that postmodern suspicion ought not to be viewed simply as a threat to theology but as a secular counterpart to its own hermeneutical insights. When theology attends to its proper task of describing the grammar of scriptural imagination, it discovers a source of suspicion more radical than the secular, the hermeneutical expression of God’s gracious judgement. Green concludes that Christians are committed to the hermeneutical imperative, the never-ending struggle for the meaning of scripture in the hopeful insecurity of the faithful imagination.
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Graceful Life : Lutheran Spirituality For Today
$24.00Add to cartThe author says, “I understand spirituality as the attitudes, convictions, and practices that give a definite shape to religious faith. Spirituality is experiential and practical, for it concerns the specfic forms by which faith is expressed and nutured.” The book describes the special emphases of Lutheran spirituality and reccommends practices that nuture a vital spirituality. After an introductory chapter on the contemporary context, each of the seven chapters explores a major theme of Lutheran spiritualilty. A final chapter speculates on the future of Lutheran spirituality. Each chapter includes questions for reflection and group and individual practices. An Appendix gives suggestions for group use.
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What Is Mission
$29.00Add to cartThis book fills the need for a single volume introduction to the complex theological and practical issues constellating around the concept of Christian mission. The text is divided into three parts: part one tends to foundational an methodogical questions; part two presents the seven major missiological themes; part three address the nature of the relationship between the organized church and the missio dei.
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Revisioning Evangelical Theology
$28.99Add to cart1. Revisioning Evangelical Identity
2. Revisioning Evangelical Spirituality
3. Revisioning The Theological Task
4. Revisioning The Sources For Theology
5. Revisioning Biblical Authority
6. Revisioning Theologys Integrative Motif
7. Revisioning The ChurchAdditional Info
IVP Print On Demand TitleRecent decades have witnessed new gains in respectability and influence for evangelical theology. To strengthen that influence evangelicals can no longer simply maintain a defensive posture. The postmodern era calls for a fresh articulation, a renewed vision for theology that will address the gospel to new concerns.
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Why Should Anyone Believe Anything At All
$30.99Add to cartWith insight and humor, James Sire takes a look at the actual reasons people give for believing what they do. He then probes further to suggest more satisfying and compelling reasons for belief. Having explored the issue of belief in general, he turns to the question of believing that the Christian faith is true. Central to Christianity’s truth claims, he argues, is the person of Jesus Christ. What can we know about him? Why should we believe what we read about him is true?
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Doctrine Of God
$35.99Add to cartWhat 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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Major Bible Prophecies
$16.99Add to cart* The Prophetic Chart of Human Destiny * The Future of Israel as a Nation * The Rapture and The Great Tribulation * Signs of the Second Coming * The New Heaven and the New Earth * And Much, Much More!
Behind the clutter and confusion of world events, a grand pattern is unfolding. And in the midst of a planet that’s unraveling at the seams, you have more reason than ever for hope as a Christian, as you look for the imminent return of the King of kings.
Now, John F. Walvoord, one of the world’s most widely recognized experts on Bible prophecy, examines thirty-seven of the most important biblical prophecies. From earthquakes to events in the Middle East, from the advent of world government to the rise of the Antichrist, Walvoord makes these prophecies easily understandable and shows you how to interpret them in light of today’s changing world.
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Themes In Old Testament Theology
$30.99Add to cartStudying the New Testament without a background in the Old is like listening to only the last movement of a great symphony. Unless we begin at the beginning, we miss the sense of developing themes and their subtle variations. To fully appreciate the must of the Bible, we need to listen to its early movements.
William Dyrness helps us by providing a set of program notes to important Old Testament themes: the self-revelation of God, the nature of God, creation and providence, man and woman, sin, covenant, law, worship, piety, ethics, wisdom, the Spirit of God, prophecy, and the hope of Israel. By attuning our ears to these themes, Dyrness sets us on a course of enriching study and and increased understanding. -
Scripture Twisting : 20 Ways The Cults Misread The Bible
$22.99Add to cartScripture Twisting: 20 Ways the Cults Misread the Bible – How often have you encountered some bizarre doctrine only to be stunned to hear a Bible verse quoted to support it? With new religious cults springing up almost daily and old ones growing rapidly, this is more and more common. How are they seemingly able to twist Scripture to mean something orthodox Christians have never believed it to mean in 2000 years? James Sire has isolated twenty separate kinds of reading errors which are characteristically made by cultists as they interpret the Bible. He covers the full range from simple misquotation to complex argumentation which links one slightly eccentric interpretation to another, mixes in a few orthodox readings and ends with a conclusion totally foreign to the biblical world view. Sire also handles twisted trans- lation, overspecification, virtue by association, ignoring the context and others. A book to help us all become better readers of the Scriptures. Dr. James W. Sire , formerly associate professor of English at Northern Illinois University, is senior editor of InterVarsity Press and a frequent guest lecturer at colleges and universities. He is also the author of “Shirley MacLaine and the New Age Movement”, “How to Read Slowly”, and “Scripture Twisting”.
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Genesis In Space And Time
$20.99Add to cartGenesis is a book of origins – the origin of the universe, the origin of life and the origin of man. Many today, however, view this book as a collection of myths, useful for understanding the Hebrew mind, perhaps, but certainly not a record of what really happened. Dr. Francis A. Schaeffer challenges that view and shows how the first eleven chapters of Genesis stand as a solid, space-time basis for for answering the tough questions posed by modern man.
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Paul And The Law
$38.99Add to cartNo issue in contemporary Pauline studies is more contested than Paul’s view of the law. “Paul & The Law” is a careful attempt to assault this crucial interpretive problem with a new strategy. Rather than taking a systematic, topical approach, Thielman examines Paul’s view of the law in context; the context of Judaism, the context that gave birth to each letter, and the context of each letter’s language and argument.
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Inclusion : Making Room For Grace
$19.99Add to cart1. Now That Faith Has Come: Resisting The Impulse To Exclude
2. This Fellow Welcomes Sinners And Eats With Them
3. Crumbs, Leftovers, And Grace
4. Making Room For Grace
5. He Bent Down And Wrote With His Finger On The Ground
6. Thou Shalt And Thou Shalt Not
7. You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me
8. The Gatekeeper Opens The Gate For Christ
9. Dancing In The Grace Margin
10. Adoption, Exile, And A New CreationAdditional Info
Inclusion, says the author, is a discipline of consciously extending the boundaries of our communities to embrace and affirm people of diverse backgrounds and experiences. In this resource for ministers and church leaders, Law provides models, theories, and strategies that are both practical and theologically sound for moving faith communities toward greater inclusion. -
Caring For Gods People
$39.00Add to cartAlive to changes in both church and society, Culbertson has built his text around the ideal of Christian wholeness and maturity, a healthy interconnectedness of self-within-community. Failure to achieve this state is seen key to the troubled self and rational difficulties.
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Who Needs Theology
$22.00Add to cartTheology 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!
