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  • Paul's Theology of Preaching: The Apostle's Challenge to the Art of Persuasion in Ancient Corinth, By Duane Litfin
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    Paul's Theology of Preaching

    The Apostle's Challenge to the Art of Persuasion in Ancient Corinth

    by Duane Litfin

    "We preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God." When Paul preached about the crucified and risen Jesus Christ to the church at Corinth and elsewhere, did he follow the well-established rhetorical strategy of his day or did he pursue a different path? And what ...

  • Unceasing Kindness: A Biblical Theology of Ruth, By Peter Lau and Gregory Goswell
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    Unceasing Kindness

    A Biblical Theology of Ruth

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Peter Lau and Gregory Goswell
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    The Old Testament book of Ruth is understandably a firm favorite in the church for small-group study and preaching: a heart-warming story of loyalty and love, a satisfying tale of a journey from famine to fullness. In the academy, the book has been a testing ground for a variety of hermeneutical approaches, and many different ways of interpreting it have been put forward. However, the single interpretative ...

  • The Reality of God and Historical Method: Apocalyptic Theology in Conversation with N. T. Wright, By Samuel V. Adams
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    The Reality of God and Historical Method

    Apocalyptic Theology in Conversation with N. T. Wright

    New Explorations in Theology

    by Samuel V. Adams

    After a flurry of heated debates in the mid-twentieth century over the relationship between faith and history, the dust seems to have settled. The parties have long since dispersed into their separate camps. The positions are entrenched and loyalties are staked out.

    This New Explorations in Theology volume is a deliberate attempt to kick up the dust again, but this time as ...

  • Theology for Better Counseling: Trinitarian Reflections for Healing and Formation, By Virginia Todd Holeman
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    Theology for Better Counseling

    Trinitarian Reflections for Healing and Formation

    Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books

    by Virginia Todd Holeman

    At one time, Virginia Todd Holeman "Toddy" thought being biblically literate was all she needed and had little interest in what real theologians talked about. But in her counseling she found that clients pressed her for more. They didn't just want what she had gained through training in the best theories and practices available for counseling. They asked hard theological questions often related ...

  • Themes in Old Testament Theology, By William A. Dyrness
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    Themes in Old Testament Theology

    by William A. Dyrness

    Studying the New Testament without a background in the Old is like listening to only the last movement of a great symphony. Unless we begin at the beginning, we miss the sense of developing themes and their subtle variations. To fully appreciate the music of the Bible, we need to listen to its early movements. William Dyrness helps us by providing a set of program notes to important Old Testament ...

  • The God Who Risks: A Theology of Divine Providence, By John Sanders
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    The God Who Risks

    A Theology of Divine Providence

    by John Sanders

    If God is all-knowing and all-powerful, can he in any way be vulnerable to his creation? Can God be in control of anything at all if he is not constantly in control of everything? John Sanders says yes to both of these questions. In The God Who Risks, he mounts a careful and challenging argument for positive answers to both of these profound theological questions. In this thoroughly ...

  • Possessed by God: A New Testament theology of sanctification and holiness, By David G. Peterson
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    Possessed by God

    A New Testament theology of sanctification and holiness

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by David G. Peterson
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    In this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, David Peterson challenges the common assumption that the New Testament views sanctification as primarily a process. He argues that its emphasis falls upon sanctification as a definitive event, "God's way of taking possession of us in Christ, setting us apart to belong to him and to fulfill his purpose for us." Simply to identify sanctification ...

  • New Dictionary of Christian Ethics & Pastoral Theology, Edited byDavid J. Atkinson and David F. Field and Arthur F. Holmes and Oliver O'Donovan
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    New Dictionary of Christian Ethics & Pastoral Theology

    Edited by David J. Atkinson, David F. Field, Arthur F. Holmes, and Oliver O'Donovan

    • Voted one of Christianity Today's 1996 Books of the Year

    Especially in today's complicated world, moral practice and decision-making raise many hard questions. Dealing with those questions often requires wide-ranging understanding--in areas such as systematic and practical theology, psychology, economics, sociology and philosophy. For the first time, ...

  • Rebels and Exiles: A Biblical Theology of Sin and Restoration, By Matthew S. Harmon
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    Rebels and Exiles

    A Biblical Theology of Sin and Restoration

    Essential Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Matthew S. Harmon
    Series edited by Benjamin L. Gladd

    Biblical Foundations Book Awards Finalist

    Deep within the human psyche lies a sense that we were made for something more than this broken world. We all share an experience of exile—of longing for our true home.

    In this ESBT volume, Matthew S. Harmon explores how the theme of sin and exile is developed throughout Scripture. He traces a common pattern ...

  • The Return of the Kingdom: A Biblical Theology of God's Reign, By Stephen G. Dempster
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    The Return of the Kingdom

    A Biblical Theology of God's Reign

    Essential Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Stephen G. Dempster

    The biblical story begins and ends with God as king. Human beings rebel, however, rather than fulfilling their royal calling to rule creation on behalf of their Sovereign—and the world became enslaved to the rule of a dark, serpentine lord.

    In this volume of IVP Academic's Essential Studies in Biblical Theology, Stephen Dempster traces the themes of kingship and kingdom throughout ...