Baker Publishing Group: 4943 books
Witchcraft
Exploring the World of Wicca
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1996
This introduction to contemporary witchcraft and neopaganism shows you what witches themselves say they believe, what the Bible says about witchcraft, and philosophical holes in the worldview of witches.
Early Christianity in Contexts
An Exploration across Cultures and Continents
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
This major work draws on current archaeological and textual research to trace the spread of Christianity in the first millennium. William Tabbernee, an internationally renowned scholar of the history of Christianity, has assembled a team of expert historians to survey the diverse forms of early Christianity...
From Good to Grace
Letting Go of the Goodness Gospel
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
Many women feel as if they do not do enough and are not enough. They're always trying hard to be good: a good friend, mom, wife, Christian, employee, or ministry leader, hoping for that "atta-girl" from God. With compelling illustrations from her own life, Christine Hoover leads readers...
Gracious Christianity
Living the Love We Profess
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
What does our culture think of when the word Christian is mentioned? Unfortunately, stereotypes and misconceptions abound, and those who follow Christ are sometimes considered mean-spirited, narrow-minded, and uncharitable.
Douglas Jacobsen and Rodney Sawatsky provide a blueprint for recovering...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1997
This is what pastors reach for when planning worship services, including baptisms, weddings, funerals, and the Lord's Supper. Over 200 articles by well-known ministry leaders.
Faith Formation in a Secular Age : Volume 1 (Ministry in a Secular Age)
Responding to the Church's Obsession with Youthfulness
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
The loss or disaffiliation of young adults is a much-discussed topic in churches today. Many faith-formation programs focus on keeping the young, believing the youthful spirit will save the church. But do these programs have more to do with an obsession with youthfulness than with helping young people...
The Pastor in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age Book #2)
Ministry to People Who No Longer Need a God
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2019
In Faith Formation in a Secular Age, the first book in his Ministry in a Secular Age trilogy, Andrew Root offered an alternative take on the issue of youth drifting away from the church and articulated how faith can be formed in our secular age. In The Pastor in a Secular Age, Root explores how this...
With the Grain of the Universe
The Church's Witness and Natural Theology
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2013
This major work by one of the world's top theologians offers a provocative and closely argued perspective on natural theology. Stanley Hauerwas shows how natural theology, divorced from a confessional doctrine of God, inevitably distorts our understanding of God's character and the world in which...
The Passionate Intellect
Incarnational Humanism and the Future of University Education
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
Too often Christian college students feel they must either downplay their faith or stick to a small circle of like-minded friends and organizations. Somewhere along the way assumptions have taken root that intellectual university life and Christian faith cannot be synthesized.
Klassen and Zimmermann...
Useless Beauty
Ecclesiastes through the Lens of Contemporary Film
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2004
How should Christians relate to the difficult and contradictory messages of modern movies? In Useless Beauty, Robert K. Johnston presents the bold position that films can be our "eyeglasses and hearing aids" in understanding the Book of Ecclesiastes. Taking up movies such as American Beauty,...
The Meaning of Sex
Christian Ethics and the Moral Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Our culture is not only sex-crazed but also deeply confused about sex and sexual ethics. Unfortunately, Christians seem equally confused, and the church has tended to respond with simplistic answers. The reason for this confusion is that the meaning of sex has been largely lost.
Dennis Hollinger...
A New Kind of Big
How Churches of Any Size Can Partner to Transform Communities
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
There's a growing desire among believers to reach beyond the walls of their churches to impact communities for God. But when the average church size hovers around 150 members and the problems of even midsized cities seem insurmountable, how can we hope to make a difference?
A New Kind of Big...
Watching TV Religiously (Engaging Culture)
Television and Theology in Dialogue
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Helping Christians Understand the Power and Meaning of TV
Since its inception, television has captured the cultural imagination. Outside of work and sleep, it is now the primary preoccupation of most Americans. Individuals consume upward of five hours of TV daily, even more when taking into...
The Shape of Preaching
Theory and Practice in Sermon Design
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2007
Many pastors are just too busy to fellow the latest theories on preaching and sermon form. In The Shape of Preaching, Dennis M. Cahill seeks both to educate the working pastor on the current issues of sermon design and enable them to use this design in a way that can change their preaching.
After...