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PaperbackA Prophet in the Darkness
Exploring Theology in the Art of Georges Rouault
Studies in Theology and the Arts Series
Edited by Wesley Vander Lugt
Many consider Georges Rouault (1871–1958) to be one of the most important religious painters of the last few centuries. Yet both the secular art world and the church have struggled to engage with his work, which is profoundly shaped by his Christian faith and also starkly explores the pain and darkness of human experience.
In this volume, a group of theologians, artists, and ...
HardbackThe Doctrine of Creation
A Constructive Kuyperian Approach
by Bruce Riley Ashford and Craig G. Bartholomew
Christianity Today Book Award
ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover AwardApart from the doctrine of God, no doctrine is as comprehensive as that of creation. It is woven throughout the entire fabric of Christian theology. It goes to the deepest roots of reality and leaves no area of life untouched. Across the centuries, however, the doctrine of creation ...
PaperbackThe Blessing of Africa
The Bible and African Christianity
by Keith A Burton
According to some estimates, Africa will soon have the highest concentration of Christians in the world. But African Christianity has had a long and conflicted history. Even today, modern misinterpretations of Scripture argue for God's curse uponthe dark-skinned peoples of Africa.In this comprehensive study, Keith Burton traces the story of biblical Africa and the place of the Bible in the land ...
PaperbackGod at War
The Bible and Spiritual Conflict
by Gregory A. Boyd
In this bold and compelling work, Gregory Boyd undertakes to reframe the central issues of Christian theodicy. By Boyd's estimate, theologians still draw too heavily on Augustine's response to the problem of evil, attributing pain and suffering to the mysterious "good" purposes of God.Accordingly, modern Christians are inclined not to expect evil and so are baffled but resigned when it occurs. New ...
PaperbackCan a Scientist Believe in Miracles?
An MIT Professor Answers Questions on God and Science
Veritas Books
by Ian Hutchinson
Plasma physicist Ian Hutchinson has been asked hundreds of questions about faith and science:
- What is faith and what is science? Are they compatible?
- Are there realities science cannot explain?
- Is God's existence a scientific question?
- Is the Bible consistent with the modern scientific understanding of the universe?
- Are there scientific reasons to believe ...
PaperbackMoral Darwinism
How We Became Hedonists
by Benjamin Wiker
Foreword by William A. DembskiAbortion. Euthanasia. Infanticide. Sexual promiscuity.Ideas and actions once unthinkable have become commonplace. We seem to live in a different moral universe than we occupied just a few decades ago. Consent and noncoercion seem to be the last vestiges of a morality long left behind. Christian moral tenets are now easily dismissed and have been replaced with what is curiously presented as a superior, ...
PaperbackOld Testament Ethics: A Guided Tour
by John Goldingay
What is ethics?Ethics is not merely about tricky situations or hot topics. Instead, ethics asks questions about what sort of people we are, how we think, what sort of things we do and don't do, and how we ought to live our everyday lives.How might we learn ethics from the Old Testament? Instead of searching for support for our positions or pointing out problems with certain passages, ...
HardbackUnderstanding Scientific Theories of Origins
Cosmology, Geology, and Biology in Christian Perspective
BioLogos Books on Science and Christianity
by Robert C. Bishop, Larry L. Funck, Stephen O. Moshier, John H. Walton, and Raymond J. Lewis
The question of origins remains a stumbling block for many. But just as the Psalmist gained insight into God's character through the observation of nature, modern scientific study can deepen and enrich our vision of the Creator and our place in his creation. In this often contentious field Bishop, Funck, Lewis, Moshier, and Walton serve as our able guides. Based on over two decades of teaching origins ...
PaperbackLiturgical Mission
The Work of the People for the Life of the World
by Winfield Bevins
Foreword by Justo L. GonzálezModern missional movements have often viewed the historic Christian traditions with suspicion. The old traditions may be beautiful, the thinking goes, but they’re too insular, focused primarily on worship and on the interior lifeof the church, and not looking outward to evangelism and good works.
In Liturgical Mission, Winfield Bevins argues that the church's liturgy ...
PaperbackCarpe Diem Redeemed
Seizing the Day, Discerning the Times
by Os Guinness
You only live once—if then. Life is short, and it can be as easily wasted as lived to the full. In our harried modern world, how do we make the most of the time we have?
In these fast and superficial times, Os Guinness calls us to consequential living. As a contrast to both Eastern and secularist views of time, he restructures our very notion of history as linear ...
