Baker Publishing Group: 4943 books
Follow Me to Freedom
Leading and Following As an Ordinary Radical
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Re-imagine Leading and Following in a World Longing for True Justice, Compassion and Freedom
Followers of Christ yearn to see the world changed in compassionate, positive, effective ways. As prophetic voices, Shane Claiborne and John Perkins lead the way in this move to be the hands, feet,...
Who Is My Neighbor?
Lessons Learned From a Man Left for Dead
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2010
An "expert in the law" once asked Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life--and his question initiated a very interesting conversation. The Law says to "love your neighbor as yourself," Jesus pointed out, so the next logical question is, "Who is my neighbor?" Rather...
Leadership Revolution
Developing the Vision & Practice of Freedom & Justice
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2012
The next generation hungers for strong, visionary, ethical, and passionate leaders. Where do we start in this day where we lack leadership at all levels? The authors of this breakout book contend that leaders of tomorrow are among us, but they need to be identified, trained, and empowered. John M....
The God Impulse
The Power of Mercy in an Unmerciful World
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
For Jesus, truth and mercy went hand in hand. Where he preached he also healed. He didn't outsource one or the other to biblical scholars or nonprofit ministries. He presented the truth of the gospel through his words and his actions, and he did it all in a hands-on, relational way. And the reaction...
Grace Is Greater
God's Plan to Overcome Your Past, Redeem Your Pain, and Rewrite Your Story
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
The writer of the letter to the Hebrews said, "See to it that no one misses the grace of God." Over the centuries much ink has been spilled on the subject of grace. Yet perhaps nothing is as hard to explain as God's grace. It doesn't make sense. It's not fair. It can't possibly cover over...
Your God Is Too Glorious
Finding God in the Most Unexpected Places
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Most of us are regular people who have good days and bad days. Our lives are radically ordinary and unexciting. That means they're the kind of lives God gets excited about. While the world worships beauty and power and wealth, God hides his glory in the simple, the mundane, the foolish, working in...
A Place Called Heaven
10 Surprising Truths about Your Eternal Home
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
If any of us learned we were going to move to a foreign country, we'd do everything we could to learn about that place so that we'd be prepared when moving day arrived. As Christians, we know some day we will leave our familiar country and be united with God in heaven. And yet many of us know very...
Hidden Treasures in the Book of Job (Reasons to Believe)
How the Oldest Book of the Bible Answers Today's Scientific Questions
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Arguably the oldest book in the Bible, the book of Job has a surprising amount to say about some of the newest scientific discoveries and controversies. Far from a book that is just about suffering, Job is filled with rich insight into both ancient and modern questions about
the formation of...
by David Snoke
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
The present creation-evolution debate is often cast as a choice between two positions: naturalistic evolution over millions of years or miraculous creation six thousand years ago. When simplified, this choice is often presented as one between science and the Bible, a choice that leaves much ground...
Where Mortals Dwell
A Christian View of Place for Today
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Place is fundamental to human existence. However, we have lost the very human sense of place in today's postmodern and globalized world. Craig Bartholomew, a noted Old Testament scholar and the coauthor of two popular texts on the biblical narrative, provides a biblical, theological, and philosophical...
Reading the Bible with Martin Luther
An Introductory Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Prominent Reformation historian Timothy Wengert introduces the basic components of Martin Luther's theology of the Bible and examines Luther's contributions to present-day biblical interpretation. Wengert addresses key points of debate regarding Luther's approach to the Bible that have often been...
Reading Barth with Charity
A Hermeneutical Proposal
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
Karl Barth and his legacy have dominated theology circles for over a decade. In this volume George Hunsinger, a world-renowned expert on Barth's theology, makes an authoritative contribution to the debate concerning Barth's trinitarian theology and doctrine of election. Hunsinger challenges a popular...
A Desperate Faith
Lessons of Hope from the Resurrection
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Why did Jesus spend forty days on earth after his death when he could have returned home to the majesty of heaven? And out of all the people on the planet at that time who could have helped him get a major religious movement off the ground, why did he seek out those who had run the other way when...
Rebirth of the Church, The
Applying Paul's Vision for Ministry in Our Post-Christian World
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Churches across the Western world have become increasingly fragmented and marginalized, often struggling to survive. Here Eddie Gibbs, a bestselling author and veteran church and culture expert, addresses the challenges of re-imagining the church in a post-Christian world. He gleans critical biblical...