Pickwick Publications imprint: 381 books
Did Jesus Teach Salvation by Works?
The Role of Works in Salvation in the Synoptic Gospels
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2006
Jesus teaches that regardless of one's profession, if one does not demonstrate a changed life produced by God, one will not enter into heaven. Such a judgment will be made when Jesus returns and judges every person according to his or her "works." While this may seem contradictory to some...
by Donald E. Gowan
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
What does the Bible say about forgiveness? It is a major subject in Scripture, but it has been strangely overlooked by biblical scholars. Forgiveness is the amazing way that alienation can be healed and guilt assuaged, and there is an extensive literature on the subject, written largely by psychologists,...
What Has Jerusalem to Do with Beijing?
Biblical Interpretation from a Chinese Perspective, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2018
The rise of China as a superpower and of Chinese Christians as vital members of the global church mean that world Christianity would be a dynamic transformation and bountiful blessing to the world by engaging with Chinese biblical interpretations among global theologies. This book, a twentieth-anniversary...
On the Road to Siangyang
Covenant Mission in Mainland China 1890–1949
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
On the Road to Siangyang tells the story of a Swedish immigrant church in America undertaking, soon after its organization, a mission to central China that would last nearly sixty years, from 1890 to 1949, when Christian missionaries had to leave the Chinese Mainland upon the establishment of the...
Living Waters from Ancient Springs
Essays in Honor of Cornelis Van Dam
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Is the Old Testament still relevant for Christians today? Which fountains of wisdom, which never-failing streams, which wells of joy-filled salvation are we missing out on, if we neglect the Old Testament (Prov 18:4; Amos 5:24; Isa 12:3)? In this celebratory volume, fifteen scholars collaborate to...
Mission and Evangelism in a Secularizing World
Academy, Agency, and Assembly Perspectives from Canada
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2019
Secularization, as a movement away from a religious orientation to life, is strong in Canada and has influence worldwide. In this volume, missiologists and practitioners across Canada consider how an agenda of Christian mission and evangelism can be advanced in a secularizing environment. How can...
Isaiah and Imperial Context
The Book of Isaiah in the Times of Empire
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
Interpreting Isaiah requires attention to empire. The matrix of the book of Isaiah was the imperial contexts of Assyria, Babylon, and Persia. The community of faith in these eras needed a prophetic vision for life. Not only is the book of Isaiah crafted in light of empire, but current readers cannot...
Builders of the Chinese Church
Pioneer Protestant Missionaries and Chinese Church Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
From 1807, when the first Protestant missionary arrived in China, to the 1920s, when a new phase of growth began, thousands of missionaries and Chinese Christians labored, often under very adverse conditions, to lay the groundwork for a solid, healthy, and self-sustaining Chinese church. Following...
Carl Henry—Theologian for All Seasons
An Introduction and Guide to Carl Henry's God, Revelation, and Authority
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Carl F. H. Henry has been called the Dean of evangelical theologians, and the premier theological representative of the evangelical movement in the last half of the twentieth century. When his magnum opus, God, Revelation, and Authority, first appeared, it was hailed as the most important work of...
Tamar’s Tears
Evangelical Engagements with Feminist Old Testament Hermeneutics
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2011
Evangelical and feminist approaches to Old Testament interpretation often seem to be at odds with each other. The authors of this volume argue to the contrary: feminist and evangelical interpreters of the Old Testament can enter into a constructive dialogue that will be fruitful to both parties. They...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
The nature of Kierkegaard's political legacy is complicated by the religious character of his writings. Exploring Kierkegaard's relevancy for this political-theological moment, this volume offers trans-disciplinary and multi-religious perspectives on Kierkegaard studies and political theology. Privileging...
Embracing Vulnerability
Human and Divine
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
Arguments in favor of divine impassibility take many forms, one of which is moral. This argument views emotional risk, vulnerability, suffering, and self-love as obstacles to moral perfection. In Embracing Vulnerability: Human and Divine, Roberto Sirvent challenges these mistaken assumptions about...
Martin Luther on Reading the Bible as Christian Scripture
The Messiah in Luther’s Biblical Hermeneutic and Theology
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2017
Above all else that the sixteenth-century German Reformer was known for, Martin Luther was a Doctor of the Holy Scriptures. One of the most characteristic features of Luther's approach to Scripture was his resolved christological interpretation of the Bible. Many of the Reformer's interpreters have...
Arm in Arm with Adolescent Girls
Educating into the New Creation
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
Adolescent girls are filled with passion, excitement, joy, critique, wit, and energy, even as they face and overcome a wide variety of difficult challenges. Some challenges are spirit- and even life-threatening. The stories of more than twenty adolescent girls are put into dialogue with the Apostle...