Eerdmans Publishing: 438 books
by N. T. Wright
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
Did the historical person Jesus really regard himself as the Son of God? What did Jesus actually stand for? And what are we to make of the early Christian conviction that Jesus physically rose from the dead?
In this book N. T. Wright considers these and many other questions raised by three...
Reading for Preaching
The Preacher in Conversation with Storytellers, Biographers, Poets, and Journalists
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2013
In Reading for Preaching Cornelius Plantinga makes a striking claim: preachers who read widely will most likely become better preachers.
Plantinga -- himself a master preacher -- shows how a wide reading program can benefit preachers. First, he says, good reading generates delight, and the...
The Story That Chooses Us
A Tapestry of Missional Vision
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
Over the course of several decades, missiologist George Hunsberger has written numerous essays on crucial themes for the church’s recovery of its missional identity and practice. The Story That Chooses Us brings these essays together for the first time.
The book as a whole presents a composite...
Worship and Culture
Foreign Country or Homeland?
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2014
How are we to proclaim Christ in different cultures? This question was central to a landmark study on worship and culture conducted by the Lutheran World Federation between 1992 and 1999. Much has changed in the years since then: the world today more than ever is a multicultural global village. Worship...
Resurrection City
A Theology of Improvisation
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2012
In Resurrection City Peter Heltzel paints a prophetic picture of an evangelical Christianity that eschews a majority mentality and instead fights against racism, inequality, and injustice, embracing the concerns of the poor and marginalized, just as Jesus did. Placing society's needs front and center,...
Karl Barth
An Introductory Biography for Evangelicals
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
This refreshingly accessible introduction to Karl Barth by Mark Galli takes readers on a whirlwind tour of the life and writings of this giant of twentieth-century theology. Galli pays special attention to themes and topics of concern for contemporary evangelicals, who may need Barth’s...
Dignity and Destiny
Humanity in the Image of God
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2015
Misunderstandings about what it means for humans to be created in God's image have wreaked devastation throughout history -- for example, slavery in the U. S., genocide in Nazi Germany, and the demeaning of women everywhere.
In Dignity and Destiny John Kilner explores what the Bible itself...
Spirit Hermeneutics
Reading Scripture in Light of Pentecost
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
Biblical-theological reflection supporting a dynamic, experiential, Spirit-guided reading of Scripture
How do we hear the Spirit's voice in Scripture? Once we have done responsible exegesis, how may we expect the Spirit to apply the text to our lives and communities? In Spirit Hermeneutics biblical...
by Michel Cool
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
After Pope Benedict XVI's historic resignation of the papal office in February 2013, the College of Cardinals elected Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires -- now Pope Francis -- as the new leader of the world's estimated 1.2 billion Roman Catholics.
But who is this new Pope --...
Vainglory
The Forgotten Vice
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2014
Julia Roberts on the red carpet at the Oscars. Lady Gaga singing “Applause” to worshipful fans at one of her sold-out concerts. And you and me in our Sunday best in the front row at church. What do we have in common?
Chances are, says Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung, that we all suffer from vainglory...
Faith Seeking Understanding
An Introduction to Christian Theology, third ed.
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2014
A superb, standard Christian theology text for nearly a quarter century, Daniel Migliore's Faith Seeking Understanding explores all of the major Christian doctrines in freshly contemporary ways. This third edition offers new FOR FURTHER READING suggestions at the end of each chapter, a substantial...
Secret Scriptures Revealed
A New Introduction to the Christian Apocrypha
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
The Christian Apocrypha burst into the public consciousness in 2003, following the publication of The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Interest in the wide assortment of texts not included in the Bible has remained strong ever since. Although much has been written and said on the subject, misunderstandings...
Straining at the Oars
Case Studies in Pastoral Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
A common complaint of recent seminary graduates is their lack of preparation in practical theology, especially in the tasks of leadership. New pastors encounter a host of challenges that can seem overwhelming.
Biblically oriented, wise, and reassuring, Dana Fearon presents twenty-one difficult...
Introducing the New Testament
Its Literature and Theology
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2001
Introducing the New Testament is an outstanding guide to the writings of the New Testament for readers ranging from Bible students to those approaching the Christian Scriptures for the first time. Written by three leading Bible specialists, this book discusses in a clear and balanced way the New Testament's...