Wm B Eerdmans Publishing Co : 425 books
To Begin at the Beginning
An Introduction to the Christian Faith
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2017
Christian faith, says Martin Copenhaver, is not a subject to be mastered like calculus or Shakespeare; it is a story to be told and a life to be lived. No matter how much or how little you know, To Begin at the Beginning tells the story of Christian faith and invites you to take part in it.
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Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2017
What does it mean for the Christian doctrine of the Fall if there was no historical Adam? If humanity emerged from nonhuman primates—as genetic, biological, and archaeological evidence seems to suggest—then what are the implications for a Christian understanding of human origins, including the...
by George B. Connell
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) famously critiqued Christendom — especially the religious monoculture of his native Denmark. But what would he make of the dizzying diversity of religious life today? In this book George Connell uses Kierkegaard’s thought to explore pressing questions that contemporary...
Mentoring
Biblical, Theological, and Practical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Positive mentoring relationships are held to be essential to the formation of strong Christian leaders—but why? How can theological and biblical insights inform mentoring relationships? And what do these vital relationships look like across a range of Christian experience?
Opening multiple...
by John N. Oswalt
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 1986
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 1986
The first of John N. Oswalt's two-part study of the book of Isaiah for the NICOT series, this commentary on chapters 1û39 combines theological acumen, literary sensitivity, philological expertise, and historical knowledge to present a faithful and accurate reading of one of the Old Testament's...
The Kuyper Center Review, volume 4
Calvinism and Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2014
Explores the influence of Calvinism on democratic theory and practice
Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) -- pastor, theologian, journalist, and politician -- is highly regarded as exemplifying how a Christian worldview can be confidently expressed in both theory and practice. Honoring the spirit of...
Christian Practical Wisdom
What It Is, Why It Matters
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
In this richly collaborative work, five distinguished scholars examine the oft-neglected embodied practical wisdom that is essential for true theological understanding and faithful Christian living. After first showing what Christian practical wisdom is and does in several real-life situations, the...
1 Samuel as Christian Scripture
A Theological Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
This work by Stephen Chapman offers a robustly theological and explicitly Christian reading of 1 Samuel. Chapman’s commentary reveals the theological drama at the heart of that biblical book as it probes the tension between civil religion and vital religious faith through the characters of Saul and David.
by Robert W. Wall, Richard B. Steele
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
This theological commentary on 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus by Robert Wall powerfully demonstrates the ongoing relevance and authority of the Pastoral Epistles for the church today. Wall uniquely employs an apostolic "Rule of Faith" methodology for interpreting these texts as sacred Scripture....
Called to Lead
Paul's Letters to Timothy for a New Day
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Following up on their previous volume, Called to Be Church: The Book of Acts for a New Day, biblical scholar Robert Wall and pastoral leader Anthony Robinson here join forces again.
Featuring both exegetical study and dynamic contemporary exposition, each chapter of Called to Lead first interprets...
With All Our Prayers
Walking with God through the Christian Year
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2015
A resource for both corporate worship and personal devotion, With All Our Prayers invites readers to pray, think, and live into God’s purpose for the world and for their own lives. Written by a longtime Presbyterian pastor, the beautiful prayers in this book are theologically grounded in God’s...
Christians in South Indian Villages, 1959-2009
Decline and Revival in Telangana
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2014
A discerning study of a slice of modern Indian Christianity and Christian-Hindu encounter
This book revisits South Indian Christian communities that were studied in 1959 and written about in Village Christians and Hindu Culture (1968). In 1959 the future of these village congregations was uncertain....
Acceptable Words
Prayers for the Writer
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Acceptable Words offers prayers that correspond with each stage of the writer's work -- from finding inspiration to penning the first words to "offering it to God" at completion. Gary Schmidt and Elizabeth Stickney, experienced writers themselves, introduce each chapter of prayers with pithy...
Katharine Drexel
The Riches-to-Rags Life Story of an American Catholic Saint
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2014
On October 1, 2000, Pope John Paul II proclaimed Katharine Drexel (1858–1955) to be a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. Only the second American-born Catholic saint in history, Drexel founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in 1891 and established more than sixty Blessed Sacrament missions...