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  • Movements That Change the World: Five Keys to Spreading the Gospel, By Steve Addison
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    Movements That Change the World

    Five Keys to Spreading the Gospel

    by Steve Addison
    Foreword by Alan Hirsch and Bob Roberts Jr.

    When Jesus commissioned his followers, he was not just inaugurating the historical church, he was founding a missionary movement.Originally released by Missional Press and now revised and expanded to include a multi-session discussion guide, Steve Addison's Movements That Change the World draws from biblical, historical and contemporary case studies to isolate the essential elements of ...

  • Coming to Peace with Science: Bridging the Worlds Between Faith and Biology, By Darrel R. Falk
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    Coming to Peace with Science

    Bridging the Worlds Between Faith and Biology

    by Darrel R. Falk
    Foreword by Francis S. Collins

    Is a thoroughly Christian and biblically informed doctrine of creation compatible with widely held conclusions of modern science, especially biology? For Darrel R. Falk, this is not just an abstract question but one with which he has personally wrestled. A professor of biology, Falk brings together his biblically based understanding of creation and the most current research in biology. The result ...

  • The Holy Spirit: Works  Gifts, By Donald G. Bloesch
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    The Holy Spirit

    Works Gifts

    Christian Foundations

    by Donald G. Bloesch

    In The Holy Spirit: Works Gifts Donald Bloesch aptly brings together his grasp of historical and systematic theology as well as his deep concern for spirituality. The fruit of a lifetime of study and devotion, this book masterfully interweaves biblical study, historical overviews and reflection on contemporary developments and issues to shed light on faith in God, the Holy Spirit. On a ...

  • Martin Luther: Righteous Faith, By Drew Blankman
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    Martin Luther

    Righteous Faith

    Christian Classics Bible Studies

    by Drew Blankman

    Martin Luther taught that a Christian is simultaneously saint and sinner. Thus Luther would be the first to admit that he was not a perfect man. Luther handled most issues with an attitude of "my way or the highway." But Christians the world over are greatly indebted to Martin Luther. Besides championing justification by faith and reforming the church, he feverishly worked to get the Bible into ...

    Number of Studies: 6

  • The Prophets and the Apostolic Witness: Reading Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel as Christian Scripture, Edited by Andrew T. Abernethy and William R. Osborne and Paul D. Wegner
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    The Prophets and the Apostolic Witness

    Reading Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel as Christian Scripture

    Edited by Andrew T. Abernethy, William R. Osborne, and Paul D. Wegner
    Contributions by Nicholas G. Piotrowski, Mark S. Gignilliat, John N. Oswalt, Dana M. Harris, Gary E. Yates, Lissa M. Wray Beal, Andrew G. Shead, Philip Graham Ryken, Alicia R. Jackson, John W. Hilber, Iain M. Duguid, and Daniel I. Block

    How should Christians read prophetic literature? Questions abound both in the academy and the church as to how to engage the prophets, particularly in light of the New Testament. The Gospel writers and the church fathers all read and appealed to the Old Testament, but are we as modern-day readers supposed to take the same approach? The Prophets and the Apostolic Witness ...

  • Who Needs Theology?: An Invitation to the Study of God, By Stanley J. Grenz and Roger E. Olson
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    Who Needs Theology?

    An Invitation to the Study of God

    by Stanley J. Grenz and Roger E. Olson

    To many Christians theology is something alien, overly intellectual and wholly unappealing. Even seminary students are known to balk at the prospect of a course on theology. Yet theology—most simply, the knowledge of God—is essential to the life and health of the church.

    In this short introduction, Stanley Grenz and Roger Olson, two theologians who care deeply about the witness of ordinary ...

  • The Last Things: Resurrection, Judgment, Glory, By Donald G. Bloesch
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    The Last Things

    Resurrection, Judgment, Glory

    Christian Foundations

    by Donald G. Bloesch

    In The Last Things Donald G. Bloesch takes up difficult and sometimes controversial themes such as the coming of the kingdom of God, the return of Jesus Christ, the life hereafter, the millennial hope, the final judgment, hell, heaven, purgatory and paradise. Wrestling with biblical texts that often take metaphorical form, Bloesch avoids rationalistic reductionism as well as timid agnosticism. ...

  • Life in the Spirit: Spiritual Formation in Theological Perspective, Edited by Jeffrey P. Greenman and George Kalantzis
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    Life in the Spirit

    Spiritual Formation in Theological Perspective

    Wheaton Theology Conference Series

    Edited by Jeffrey P. Greenman and George Kalantzis

    This volume, edited by Jeffrey P. Greenman and George Kalantzis, marks another compilation from the Wheaton Theology Conference. 2009's event produced the wealth of work represented here exploring the theological foundations for a faithful approach to the church practices that contribute to spiritual formation, that is, to our sanctification in the power of the Holy Spirit. Including essays from ...