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paperbackThe Drama of Ephesians
Participating in the Triumph of God
by Timothy G. Gombis
Ephesians has long been a favorite New Testament book among Christians. Its exalted language and soaring metaphors inspire devotion and worship. But too often the expositor's scrutiny has reduced this letter to a string of theological ideas and practical topics. Timothy Gombis has rediscovered Ephesians as a deeply dramatic text that follows the narrative arc of the triumph of God in Christ. Here ...
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paperbackEngaging with God
A Biblical Theology of Worship
by David G. Peterson
Foreword by I. Howard MarshallWorship is of immense concern in the church and ironically the source of controversy and dispute. Can we get behind the question of what style of worship we should engage in to understand the bedrock foundation for God's people--honoring him as he desires? Is the dissatisfaction with worship voiced by so many perhaps a result of our having wandered from biblical teaching on the subject? Through ...
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paperbackCulture
Living in the Places of God
Forge Guides for Missional Conversation
by Scott Nelson
Foreword by Alan HirschThe mission of God has a church. So the church needs to be in sync with the mission of God. This is the guiding philosophy of the Forge Missions Training Network, which has helped church leaders and laypeople alike all over the world to reach their neighbors, their neighborhoods and their communities with the gospel. In these guides you and your friends will be equipped to be missionaries where ...
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paperbackMaking Neighborhoods Whole
A Handbook for Christian Community Development
by Wayne Gordon and John M. Perkins
Foreword by Shane ClaiborneAlready with decades of experience speaking prophetically into the charged racial climate of the American south, John Perkins began to see a need for organized thinking and collaborative imagination about how the church engages urban ministry. And so the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) was born, with Wayne Gordon an immediate and enthusiastic participant. Nearly thirty years ...
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hardcoverReading the Times
A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News
by Jeffrey Bilbro
Christianity Today Book Award
The Gospel Coalition Book Awards Honorable Mention
Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist
ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award"Reading the morning newspaper is the realist's morning prayer."—G. W. F. Hegel
Whenever we reach for our phones or scan a newspaper to get "caught up," we ...
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paperbackBiblical Interpretation: Past & Present
by Gerald L. Bray
Christianity Today Book of the Year
Never before has there been so much scholarly effort devoted to the study of the Bible. And yet, ironically, the church is in perilous danger of forgetting its rich inheritance of biblical interpretation. With this textbook, Gerald Bray sounds the call to draw biblical interpretation back to the heart of the church. Evangelical ...
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paperback1-2 Timothy & Titus
The IVP New Testament Commentary Series
by Philip H. Towner
Questions about the nature of Christian leadership and authority, attitudes toward wealth and materialism, proper responses to cults, the role of women in the church, and even the validity of the institution of marriage are not new. Paul addressed these issues in personal letters to Timothy and Titus as leaders of first-century congregations in Ephesus and Crete. What he had to say to them is as ...
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paperbackTheology Questions Everyone Asks
Christian Faith in Plain Language
Edited by Gary M. Burge and David Lauber
Foreword by Philip RykenEveryone has questions about God and what matters most in life. When we ask those questions, we are asking about theology.
- Isn't talk about God really a guessing game?
- What good is the Old Testament?
- How can we have free will if God controls everything?
- The virgin birth. Really?
- What does an earthquake say about God?
- Is the Holy Spirit still at ...
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paperbackGalatians
An Introduction and Commentary
Tyndale New Testament Commentaries
by R. Alan Cole
In Galatians, the apostle Paul makes his most passionate and direct appeal for a gospel free of ethnic or ritual exclusion. Paul's gospel is that of salvation through Christ alone--in him there is "neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." By placing Paul's discussion firmly within its historical context, R. Alan Cole illuminates the potency and ...
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product setExploring the Bible Series
These clearly written introductions offer a student-friendly approach that is rooted in up-to-date scholarship and actual classroom experience. Particularly aimed at students of theology, the Exploring the Bible Series introduces
- Jewish and Roman background
- literary genres and forms
- conventional as well as new approaches to the study of Scripture
- debated issues ...
