Baker Publishing Group: 4943 books
by Herman Bavinck
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
Herman Bavinck, the premier theologian of the Kuyper-inspired, neo-Calvinistic revival in the late-nineteenth-century Netherlands, is an important voice in the development of Protestant theology. Essays on Religion, Science, and Society is the capstone of his distinguished career. These seminal essays...
Christ and the Decree
Christology and Predestination in Reformed Theology from Calvin to Perkins
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
In Christ and the Decree, one of the foremost scholars of Calvinism today expounds the doctrines of Christ and predestination as they were developed by Calvin, Bullinger, Musculus, Vermigli, Beza, Ursinus, Zanchi, Polanus, and Perkins. Muller analyzes the relationship of these two doctrines to each...
Introducing Medieval Biblical Interpretation
The Senses of Scripture in Premodern Exegesis
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
This introductory guide, written by a leading expert in medieval theology
and church history, offers a thorough overview of medieval biblical interpretation. After an opening chapter sketching the necessary background in patristic exegesis (especially the hermeneutical teaching of Augustine), the...
Calvin and the Reformed Tradition
On the Work of Christ and the Order of Salvation
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Richard Muller, a world-class scholar of the Reformation era, examines the relationship of Calvin's theology to the Reformed tradition, indicating Calvin's place in the tradition as one of several significant second-generation formulators. Muller argues that the Reformed tradition is a diverse and...
Christian Women in the Patristic World
Their Influence, Authority, and Legacy in the Second through Fifth Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
From facing wild beasts in the arena to governing the Roman Empire, Christian women--as preachers and philosophers, martyrs and empresses, virgins and mothers--influenced the shape of the church in its formative centuries. This book provides in a single volume a nearly complete compendium of extant...
Proofs of God
Classical Arguments from Tertullian to Barth
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Leading theologian Matthew Levering presents a thoroughgoing critical survey of the proofs of God's existence for readers interested in traditional Christian responses to the problem of atheism. Beginning with Tertullian and ending with Karl Barth, Levering covers twenty-one theologians and philosophers...
by Peter Vardy
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
An Introduction to Kierkegaard is an accessible introduction to one of the most influential philosophers of the nineteenth century. Peter Vardy is an internationally known scholar with several bestselling titles.
Søren Kierkegaard died in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the age of forty-two in 1855....
Beginning with the Word (Cultural Exegesis)
Modern Literature and the Question of Belief
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
In this addition to the critically acclaimed Cultural Exegesis series, a nationally recognized scholar and award-winning author offers a sophisticated theological engagement with the nature of language and literature. Roger Lundin conducts a sustained theological dialogue with imaginative literature...
A Light to the Nations
The Missional Church and the Biblical Story
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
There is a growing body of literature about the missional church, but the word missional is often defined in competing ways with little attempt to ground it deeply in Scripture. Michael Goheen, a dynamic speaker and the coauthor of two popular texts on the biblical narrative, unpacks the missional...
Good News and Good Works
A Theology for the Whole Gospel
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1999
Concerned to promote an authentic, biblical faith, this book suggests ways to combine evangelism with social action for effective witness in today's world.
Ancient-Future Evangelism (Ancient-Future)
Making Your Church a Faith-Forming Community
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2003
Following his well-received Ancient-Future Faith, Robert Webber presents a new model for evangelism and discipleship, the first in a series of four books applying his theoretical ideas to practical situations.
Part 1 of Ancient-Future Evangelism surveys evangelism and Christian formation throughout...
by Robert B. Jr. Chisholm, Mark Strauss, John Walton
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
The Teach the Text Commentary Series utilizes the best of biblical scholarship to provide the information a pastor needs to communicate the text effectively. The carefully selected preaching units and focused commentary allow pastors to quickly grasp the big idea and key themes of each passage of...
Bonhoeffer the Assassin?
Challenging the Myth, Recovering His Call to Peacemaking
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Most of us think we know the moving story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's life--a pacifist pastor turns anti-Hitler conspirator due to horrors encountered during World War II--but does the evidence really support this prevailing view? This pioneering work carefully examines the biographical and textual evidence...
When God Goes to Starbucks
A Guide to Everyday Apologetics
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
More than ever, Christians are bombarded with tough faith questions from their pluralistic friends and neighbors. Many of these emerge as "anti-truth claims" and slogans we are all familiar with:
• Why not just look out for yourself?
• Do what you want--just as long as you don't hurt...