Baker Publishing Group: 4943 books
Christless Christianity
The Alternative Gospel of the American Church
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Is it possible that we have left Christ out of Christianity? Is the faith and practice of American Christians today more American than Christian? These are the provocative questions Michael Horton addresses in this thoughtful, insightful book. He argues that while we invoke the name of Christ, too...
Worship Architect, The
A Blueprint for Designing Culturally Relevant and Biblically Faithful Services
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
There are many books available on the topic of worship today, but few provide a comprehensive, practical method for worship design. Constance M. Cherry, a worship professor and practitioner, provides worship leaders with credible blueprint plans for successfully designing worship services that foster...
Preaching as Worship
An Integrative Approach to Formation in Your Church
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Much current literature on church worship rarely mentions preaching, and vice versa. Worship is often seen as restricted to music and liturgy while preaching is assumed to operate on different principles for different purposes. But veteran preacher Michael Quicke argues that preaching should be viewed...
Seven Deadly Spirits
The Message of Revelation's Letters for Today's Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
T. Scott Daniels, pastor of a Los Angeles megachurch, contends that corporate bodies like churches form an individual spiritual personality of sorts. Cultural influences can impact the collective spirit or attitude of a congregation, either hindering it from becoming all God intends it to be or setting...
Better Way, A
Rediscovering the Drama of God-Centered Worship
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2003
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"There is a distinct weariness with market-driven, showbiz worship. The pendulum has swung to the longing for transcendence, substance, challenge, and biblically driven worship. Michael Horton shows us the way." --Robert Webber, president, Institute for Worship Studies;...
Narrative Reading, Narrative Preaching
Reuniting New Testament Interpretation and Proclamation
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2003
There is often an unfortunate division between the technical work of biblical scholars and the practical work of preachers who construct sermons each week. These two fields of study, which ought to be mutually informed and supportive, are more often practically divided by divergent methods, interests,...
Sent and Gathered (Engaging Worship)
A Worship Manual for the Missional Church
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Historic changes are occurring in the convergence of worship styles throughout the Christian church. Christians across the theological spectrum are seeking to learn from their own tradition's roots and from the liturgical expressions of believers in other times and places.
Here worship expert...
Preaching to a Shifting Culture
12 Perspectives on Communicating that Connects
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2004
The church in America is part of a changing culture, and today's preachers must be prepared to engage the unique issues of our postmodern age.
Editor Scott M. Gibson has skillfully combined the works of many well-known preachers, including Haddon Robinson and Bryan Chapell, into one practical...
Rethinking Holiness
A Theological Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Holiness is experiencing a renaissance both within and beyond the church today. Based on years of conversations with students, this approachable theological introduction to the Christian doctrine of holiness challenges the commonly held idea that holiness is primarily a moral category. The author...
by Millard J. Erickson
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Leading evangelical scholar Millard Erickson offers a new edition of his bestselling textbook, now substantially updated and revised throughout. This edition takes into account feedback from professors and students and reflects current theological conversations, with added material on the atonement,...
7 Truths That Changed the World (Reasons to Believe)
Discovering Christianity's Most Dangerous Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Ideas have consequences, sometimes far-reaching and world-changing. The Christian faith contains many volatile truths that challenged--and continue to challenge--the cultural and religious status quo of the world. This biblical, historical, and philosophical exploration of some of Christianity's most...
Created for Community
Connecting Christian Belief with Christian Living
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
This revised edition of a classic college-level introduction to theology presents the core doctrines of the Christian faith, encouraging readers to connect belief with everyday life. Stanley Grenz, one of the leading evangelical scholars of his era, and Jay Smith, an expert on Grenz's theological...
God's Word in Human Words
An Evangelical Appropriation of Critical Biblical Scholarship
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
The conclusions of critical biblical scholarship often pose a disconcerting challenge to traditional Christian faith. Between the two poles of uncritical embrace and outright rejection of these conclusions, is there a third way? Can evangelical believers incorporate the insights of biblical criticism...
Practicing Theological Interpretation (Theological Explorations for the Church Catholic)
Engaging Biblical Texts for Faith and Formation
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Much is written about the theory of theological interpretation, but how does it apply to actually working with biblical texts? This volume shows that theological interpretation is not so much an exegetical method as it is a practice concerned with Scripture's role in the faith and formation of persons...