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Fruits of the Spirit and Church Choice
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Our known world, the world of twenty-first century Americans, is shaped and defined by consumer choice. The premise of consumer choice is that somewhere the perfect fit between product and purchaser exists. In the books on changing traditions the consumerist tone prevails--fundamentalists looking...
by Jeffrey P. Greenman, Read Mercer Schuchardt
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
Jacques Ellul (1912-1994) was one of the world's last great polymaths and one of the most important Christian thinkers of his time, engaging the world with a simplicity, sincerity, courage, and passion that few have matched. However, Ellul is an often misunderstood thinker. As more than fifty books...
by Dwight N. Hopkins
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Since its start in 1966, black liberation theology in the United States has continually engaged international developments with Africa and the entire world. But after Nelson Mandela was released from prison in February 1990, there has been an almost twenty-year break in books on black theology and...
UnCorinthian Leadership
Thematic Reflections on 1 Corinthians
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Amid the torrent of books on leadership that flood the marketplace of contemporary Christianity, UnCorinthian Leadership takes a fresh, challenging, and biblical approach. David Starling examines the teaching and leadership practices of Paul in 1 Corinthians, and finds both a sharp critique of the...
The Resourceful Self
And a Little Child Shall Lead Them
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2014
Erik Erikson, best known for his life-cycle theory and concept of the identity crisis, proposed that we are comprised of a number of selves. In several earlier books, including At Home in the World, Donald Capps has suggested that the emotional separation of young children--especially boys--from their...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
THE OTHER JOURNAL: EVIL Description This world is a fallen place rife with suffering, oppression, and violence, a land of tsunamis and earthquakes, genocide and crime sprees. We are surrounded on all sides by brokenness, yet we have difficulty spotting its source. We see the effects of evil, yet we...
Presence in the Modern World
A New Translation
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
Presence in the Modern World is Jacques Ellul's most foundational book, combining his social analysis with his theological orientation. Appearing first in French in 1948, it has reached the status of a classic that retains all of its relevance today in the face of the challenges that beset us. How...
The Beloved Apostle?
The Transformation of the Apostle John into the Fourth Evangelist
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2017
Second-century Christians had a significant role in shaping the import of the literary sources that they inherited from the first century through their editorial revisions and the church traditions that they appended to them. Michael J. Kok critically investigates the supposed clues that encouraged...
To Teach the Truth
Selected Courses and Seminars
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
But will it teach? The only good answer to this question often asked about a Christian theology is to teach it, which is to say, to teach according to it, to what it indicates, reflectively and critically, valid Christian teaching ought to be. This volume of selected courses and seminars documents...
To Preach the Truth
Selected Sermons and Homilies
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2015
But will it preach? The only good answer to this question often asked about a Christian theology is to preach it, which is to say, to preach according to it, to what it indicates, reflectively and critically, valid Christian preaching ought to be. This volume of selected sermons and homilies documents...
by Marty E. Stevens
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2010
The Old Testament is an ancient collection of theological reflections on life with God that the church has claimed as authoritative Scripture. Whereas most introductory books march from Genesis to Malachi, this book engages four prominent themes across the breadth of the Old Testament canon: creation,...
The New Pentecostal Message?
An Introduction to the Prosperity Movement
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
The prosperity movement has influenced millions of people in North America, Asia, Europe, South America, and Africa through Pentecostal, Charismatic and nondenominational preachers in some of the largest churches in the world. CNN, ABC, and Time magazine have examined the preachers and churches in...
Doors In
The Fairy Tale World of George MacDonald
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2018
George MacDonald wrote fairy tales for both children and adults to demonstrate the essential role of the imagination in apprehending spiritual truths. He explained: ". . . undefined, yet vivid visions of something beyond, something which eye has not seen nor ear heard, have far more influence...
A Riff of Love
Notes on Community and Belonging
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2018
Surprising teachers. Tragic losses. Unexpected gifts. Every neighborhood has stories, and ways of singing the stories of their place. Start digging in, and you find all sorts of music. In a neighborhood skilled in improvisation, like Enderly Park, you also discover new ways to sing those songs, and...