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  • Baptism and Fullness: The Work of the Holy Spirit Today, By John Stott
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    Baptism and Fullness

    The Work of the Holy Spirit Today

    by John Stott

    "The Christian life is life in the Spirit," writes John Stott. "It would be impossible to be a Christian, let alone to live and grow as a Christian, without the ministry of the gracious Spirit of God. All we have and are as Christians we owe to him."

    The Holy Spirit continues to be at work around the world, as numerous renewal movements attest. Yet much confusion and controversy remain regarding ...

  • The Historical Jesus: Five Views, Edited by James K. Beilby and Paul R. Eddy
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    The Historical Jesus

    Five Views

    Spectrum Multiview Book Series

    Edited by James K. Beilby and Paul R. Eddy
    Contributions by Robert M. Price, John Dominic Crossan, Luke Timothy Johnson, James D. G. Dunn, and Darrell L. Bock

    Christianity Today Book Award winner

    The scholarly quest for the historical Jesus has a distinguished pedigree in modern Western religious and historical scholarship, with names such as Strauss, Schweitzer and Bultmann highlighting the story. Since the early 1990s, when the Jesus quest was reawakened for a third run, numerous significant books have ...

  • Paul's Missionary Methods: In His Time and Ours, Edited by Robert L. Plummer and John Mark Terry
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    Paul's Missionary Methods

    In His Time and Ours

    Edited by Robert L. Plummer and John Mark Terry

    What does Paul's missions strategy mean for today? A century ago Roland Allen published Missionary Methods: Saint Paul's or Ours?, a missiological classic which tackled many important issues, including what biblically rooted missions looks like in light of the apostle Paul's evangelistic efforts. Although Allen's work is still valuable, new understandings have been gained regarding Paul's ...

  • Thriving with Stone Age Minds: Evolutionary Psychology, Christian Faith, and the Quest for Human Flourishing, By Justin L. Barrett
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    Thriving with Stone Age Minds

    Evolutionary Psychology, Christian Faith, and the Quest for Human Flourishing

    BioLogos Books on Science and Christianity

    by Justin L. Barrett
    With Pamela Ebstyne King

    What does God's creation of humanity through the process of evolution mean for human flourishing? The emerging field of evolutionary psychology remains controversial, perhaps especially among Christians. Yet according to Justin Barrett and Pamela Ebstyne King it can be a powerful tool for understanding human nature and our distinctively human purpose.

    Thriving with Stone ...

  • The Lost World of the Israelite Conquest: Covenant, Retribution, and the Fate of the Canaanites, By John H. Walton and J. Harvey Walton
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    The Lost World of the Israelite Conquest

    Covenant, Retribution, and the Fate of the Canaanites

    The Lost World Series

    by John H. Walton and J. Harvey Walton

    Biblical Foundations Award Winner

    Holy warfare is the festering wound on the conscience of Bible-believing Christians. Of all the problems the Old Testament poses for our modern age, this is the one we want to avoid in mixed company.

    But do the so-called holy war texts of the Old Testament portray a divinely inspired genocide? Did Israel slaughter Canaanites at God's ...

  • The Question of Canon: Challenging the Status Quo in the New Testament Debate, By Michael J. Kruger
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    The Question of Canon

    Challenging the Status Quo in the New Testament Debate

    by Michael J. Kruger

    Preaching Survey of the Year's Best Books for Preachers
    Preaching's Preacher's Guide to the Best Bible Reference

    Did the New Testament canon arise naturally from within the early Christian faith?

    Were the books written as Scripture, or did they become Scripture by a decision of the second-century church?

    Why ...

  • The Lost World of the Flood: Mythology, Theology, and the Deluge Debate, By John H. Walton and Tremper Longman III
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    The Lost World of the Flood

    Mythology, Theology, and the Deluge Debate

    The Lost World Series

    by John H. Walton and Tremper Longman III
    Contributions by Stephen O. Moshier

    "The flood continued forty days on the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth . . . and the ark floated on the face of the waters" (Gen 6:17-18 NRSV).

    In modern times the Genesis flood account has been probed and analyzed for answers to scientific, apologetic, and historical questions. It is a text that has called forth "flood geology," fueled ...

  • La misión cristiana en el mundo moderno, By John R. W. Stott and Christopher J. H. Wright
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    La misión cristiana en el mundo moderno

    by John R. W. Stott and Christopher J. H. Wright
    Foreword by Ruth Padilla DeBorst

    Jesús nos envía al mundo de la misma manera que el Padre lo envió a él. Sin embargo, aun miles de años después, muchos cristianos todavía no se ponen de acuerdo que incluye esto. Algunos creen que el enfoque de la misión cristiana es evangelizar y «salvar almas». Otros enfatizan asuntos de justicia global o la labor de alivio y desarrollo. ¿Acaso solo una de estas dos opiniones ...

  • Foundations: How We Got Our Bible, By Bill Donahue
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    Foundations

    How We Got Our Bible

    by Bill Donahue

    How did the Bible come into existence? Why and how were these books chosen? How do we know that the Bible we hold today is reliable? This guide gives you the foundational information you need to read the Bible as a trustworthy source for your life.