Search Results
Showing 1551 - 1560 of 3339 results
-
paperbackGlobal Mission Handbook
A Guide for Crosscultural Service
by Steve Hoke and Bill Taylor
Considering a career in crosscultural ministry? Veteran mission professionals Steve Hoke and Bill Taylor offer a practical guide for preparing for intercultural missions. They provide resources for personal spiritual preparation as well as crosscultural skills and hands-on missionary training. They outline the process for finding actual placement with a sending church, mission agency or organization, ...
-
ebookExploring Christian Doctrine
A Guide to What Christians Believe
Exploring Topics in Christianity Series
by Tony Lane
This reliable and highly readable textbook provides comprehensive coverage of core Christian beliefs. Based on the author's introductory Christian doctrine course, the book rests firmly on biblical foundations while providing a balanced discussion of areas where evangelicals disagree. The text includes essay topics and further reading suggestions.
-
ebookCalled by Triune Grace
Divine Rhetoric and the Effectual Call
Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture
by Jonathan Hoglund
Christians confess that God calls people to salvation. Reformed Christians, in particular, believe this is an effectual calling, meaning that God sovereignly brings about salvation apart from human works. But in what sense does God actually 'call' us? Does a doctrine of effectual calling turn people into machines that lack any personal agency?
In this lucidly ...
-
ebookTheology 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 ...
-
paperbackThe God Who Trusts
A Relational Theology of Divine Faith, Hope, and Love
by Wm. Curtis Holtzen
Foreword by John SandersThe Bible resounds with affirmations of the faithfulness and trustworthiness of God. But might God also exhibit faith and trust?
Standing in the tradition of theologians such as John Sanders, who argued that God is one who risks, Wm. Curtis Holtzen contends that God is not merely trustworthy or faithful, but that God is also one who trusts and has faith. According ...
-
pamphletBecoming a Christian
IVP Booklets
by John Stott
Written by John R. W. Stott, a Christian leader known worldwide for addressing the hearts and minds of contemporary men and women, this updated booklet describes the fundamental human problem, outlines the Christian answer to it and shows readers how to respond to God's truth.
-
paperbackWhy I Am a Christian
by John Stott
Why Jesus? Perhaps you have had the funny feeling that God wants to get your attention. Or maybe you're intrigued with what you've heard about Jesus. Or maybe you're simply looking for meaning and direction in your life. John Stott spent a lifetime wrestling with questions about Jesus both personally and in dialogue with skeptics and seekers around the globe. Now in Why I Am a Christian ...
-
paperbackIn Search of a Confident Faith
Overcoming Barriers to Trusting in God
by J. P. Moreland and Klaus Issler
Many obstacles can get in the way of having a healthy Christian faith. Some of those obstacles are intellectual, but there are emotional, relational and experiential ones as well. Even theological problems can get in the way when the very nature of faith itself is misunderstood. J. P. Moreland and Klaus Issler team up in this book to clear away the barriers to faith by helping you gain a clear ...
-
paperbackThe Doctrine of God
Contours of Christian Theology
by Gerald L. Bray
What is theology? What is the nature of God? How should we think about the relationships among the persons of the Trinity? In a carefully reasoned style Gerald Bray distills the essence of these questions and introduces readers to a theological understanding of the personal, trinitarian existence of God. Engaging classical and contemporary theology along the way, Bray also leads ...
-
paperbackDoubting
Growing Through the Uncertainties of Faith
by Alister McGrath
Foreword by Ravi ZachariasWe live in a culture that doubts everything as a matter of principle. In such an environment, how can even faith be immune to doubt? Can I really trust in the gospel? Does God really love me? Can I really be of any use to God? We are taught to doubt but commanded to believe. Somehow we think that admitting to doubt is tantamount to insulting God. But doubt is not a sign of spiritual weakness--rather ...
