Baker Publishing Group: 4943 books
Justification and the Gospel
Understanding the Contexts and Controversies
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Seeking to move beyond current heated debates on justification, this accessible introduction offers a fresh, alternative approach to a central theological topic. Michael Allen locates justification within the wider context of the gospel, allowing for more thoughtful engagement with the Bible, historical...
by Karl Barth
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Karl Barth is widely acknowledged as one of the great theologians of the church. This masterful example of theological interpretation of the biblical text presents Barth's insights on an important Pauline epistle.
In 1921-22, Barth taught a course on the exposition of Ephesians at the University...
Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics
A Comprehensive Framework for Hearing God in Scripture
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
Renowned scholar Craig Bartholomew, coauthor of the bestselling textbook The Drama of Scripture (75,000 copies sold), writes in his main area of expertise--hermeneutics--to help seminarians pursue a lifetime of biblical interpretation. Integrating the latest research in theology, philosophy, and biblical...
Mapping Modern Theology
A Thematic and Historical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
This textbook offers a fresh approach to modern theology by approaching the field thematically, covering classic topics in Christian theology over the last two hundred years. The editors, leading authorities on the history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century theology, have assembled a respected team...
Militant Grace
The Apocalyptic Turn and the Future of Christian Theology
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
This clear and comprehensive introduction to apocalyptic theology demonstrates the significance of apocalyptic readings of the New Testament for systematic theology and highlights the ethical implications of the apocalyptic turn in biblical and theological studies. Written by a leading theologian...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Recent decades have witnessed a renaissance of theological interpretation. Craig Bartholomew, coauthor of the bestselling The Drama of Scripture, and Heath Thomas bring together a team of specialists to articulate a multifaceted vision for returning rigorous biblical interpretation to the context...
Using New Testament Greek in Ministry
A Practical Guide for Students and Pastors
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1993
Graceful Evangelism
Christian Witness in a Complex World
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
The word evangelism evokes strong reactions among Christians. Conflict about what it is, whether to do it, how to go about it, and the desired results divides churches, demonstrating the need for new theologies and methods that address today's religiously pluralistic and secular contexts. This book...
Linking Arms, Linking Lives
How Urban-Suburban Partnerships Can Transform Communities
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Among the various lines drawn between people in the church--male and female, young and old, black and white, rich and poor, Republican and Democrat--there is the line between the urban and the suburban. The stereotypes of the edgy, socially active, multicultural urban Christian and the middle-class,...
Punk Monk
New Monasticism and the Ancient Art of Breathing
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2007
Fleeing the compromises of the 4th century church, the Desert Fathers founded monasticism. In reaction to a Christianity they scarcely recognized, these radicals fled to the Egyptian desert to model a different, radical style of discipleship, filled with sacrifice and continual prayer. Who are the...
Love Thy Body
Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Why the call to *Love Thy Body? *To counter a pervasive hostility toward the body and biology that drives today's headline stories:
Transgenderism: Activists detach gender from biology. Kids down to kindergarten are being taught their bodies are irrelevant. Is this affirming--or does it demean...
by Jonathan Strom, Mark Granquist, Timothy J. Wengert
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
In the five hundred years since the publication of Martin Luther's Ninety-
Five Theses, a rich set of traditions have grown up around that action and the subsequent events of the Reformation. This up-to-date dictionary by leading theologians and church historians covers Luther's life and thought,...
Martin Luther
A Late Medieval Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
This brief, insightful biography of Martin Luther strips away the myths surrounding the Reformer to offer a more nuanced account of his life and ministry. Coinciding with the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, this accessible yet robustly historical and theological work highlights the medieval...
Trusting God through Tears
A Story to Encourage
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2000
Amid gripping pain, can God be trusted? This story of a father's loss of his son encourages readers to depend upon the Lord in their greatest suffering.