Baker Publishing Group: 4943 books
Encountering Missionary Life and Work (Encountering Mission)
Preparing for Intercultural Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
This new volume in the award-winning Encountering Mission series is for current and future missionaries. It provides practical guidance regarding getting ready for the mission field and the realities of life on the field. The authors are well qualified to write such a manual, each having served as...
Effective Intercultural Communication (Encountering Mission)
A Christian Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
With the development of instantaneous global communication, it is vital to communicate effectively across cultural boundaries. This addition to the acclaimed Encountering Mission series is designed to offer contemporary intercultural communication insights to mission students and practitioners. Authored...
by David Clyde Jones
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1994
After examining what Scripture teaches about the goal and motive of the Christian life, the author addresses moral dilemmas, human-life issues, sexuality, economic justice, and truthfulness.
Between Wittenberg and Geneva
Lutheran and Reformed Theology in Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
At the 500th anniversary of the Wittenberg Reformation, two highly regarded scholars compare and contrast the history and theological positions of the Reformed and Lutheran traditions. The authors tackle nine theological topics significant for the life of the church that remain a source of division...
The Christian Faith
A Creedal Account
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
This reader-friendly primer offers a concise yet thorough overview of the Christian faith. Hans Schwarz, one of the major Lutheran theologians of the last half-century, covers the Christian faith from creation to the final fulfillment of life. He gives his account of the major points of Christian...
The Stage Is Set
Israel, the End Times, and Christ's Ultimate Victory
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
Even a cursory glance at the news is enough to convince us that the world is falling into chaos. But we haven't seen anything that compares to what will happen in the final events leading to the second coming of Jesus Christ.
For anyone who longs to know what the future holds--and especially...
360-Degree Leadership
Preaching to Transform Congregations
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
Leadership books and seminars notwithstanding, many pastors remain unclear on how to effectively lead their congregations. Some even believe that preaching needs to take a backseat to leadership. Dismissing such comparisons as artificial, pastor and professor Michael Quicke notes how the Scriptures...
Church in an Age of Crisis, The
25 New Realities Facing Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Knowing the signs of the times, and how then to live as people of faith, has never been more pressing for the church. Though many of the signs are disturbing, we ignore them at our great peril. Combining the very best attributes of a biblical prophet and a modern-day reporter, James Emery White offers...
The Gospel Commission
Recovering God's Strategy for Making Disciples
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Many churches in America today want to be powerful, relevant, and influential in personal and social transformation. But whose kingdom are we building? God's? Or our own? A plethora of programs for outreach, discipleship, and spiritual disciplines are available at any bookstore and on countless websites....
by Brad H. Young
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1993
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1993
Jesus the Jewish Theologian establishes Jesus firmly within the context of first-century Judaism and shows how understanding Jesus' Jewishness is crucial for interpreting the New Testament and for understanding the nature of Christian faith. Insights from Jewish literature, archeology, and tradition...
Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus : Volume 4
New Testament Objections
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2006
A Jewish person has different objections to Jesus than an atheist, yet most apologetics books are geared toward conversing with non-religious people about the gospel. Michael L. Brown, a Jewish believer in Jesus, has been writing popular books on talking with Jews about the Messiah for years. Now...
Paul the Jewish Theologian
A Pharisee among Christians, Jews, and Gentiles
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1995
Paul the Jewish Theologian reveals Saul of Tarsus as a man who, though rejected in the synagogue, never truly left Judaism. Author Young disagrees with long held notions that Hellenism was the context which most influenced Paul's communication of the Gospel. This skewed notion has led to widely divergent...
Loving the Poor, Saving the Rich
Wealth, Poverty, and Early Christian Formation
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
The issue of wealth and poverty and its relationship to Christian faith is as ancient as the New Testament and reaches even further back to the Hebrew Scriptures. From the beginnings of the Christian movement, the issue of how to deal with riches and care for the poor formed an important aspect of...
Ordinary Hero
Becoming a Disciple Who Makes a Difference
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Christians today are on a rescue mission. Each of us is called to get involved in God's plan to make disciples. A former California lifeguard, Neil Cole weaves together his personal experiences of saving lives with biblical principles for how to make and multiply disciples. Cole shows how to create...