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paperbackReclaiming the Old Testament for Christian Preaching
Edited by Grenville J. R. Kent, Paul J. Kissling, and Laurence A. Turner
- 2011 Preaching Today Magazine Book Award winner
The Old Testament is filled with intriguing characters, stories and themes. But preaching from its remote historical context wrapped in sometimes unfamiliar literary genres and narrative devices can be daunting. Based on the conviction that the Old Testament texts are a vital and dynamic part of the Christian canon ...
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paperbackContagious Holiness
Jesus' Meals with Sinners
New Studies in Biblical Theology
by Craig L. Blomberg
Series edited by D. A. CarsonPreaching magazine Year's Best Book for Preachers
One of humanity's most basic and common practices—eating meals—was transformed by Jesus into an occasion of divine encounter. In sharing food and drink with his companions, he invited them to share in the grace of God. He revealed his redemptive mission while eating with sinners, repentant and unrepentant alike.
Jesus' ...
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paperbackIntroducing Paul
The Man, His Mission and His Message
by Michael F. Bird
Many Christians who know and love the Bible think they know the apostle Paul. He's a theological master, a pastoral mentor, a spiritual adviser and a missionary hero. Yet just when we think we have him in our grasp, he slips through our fingers. At the point where we suppose we have finally understood him, Paul again confounds us. But he also beckons us to explore God's ways more deeply. Michael ...
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paperbackThe Problem of the Old Testament
Hermeneutical, Schematic, and Theological Approaches
by Duane A. Garrett
Biblical Foundations Book Awards Finalist
For Christians, the Old Testament often presents a conundrum. We revere it as God's Word, but we don't always comprehend it. It has great truths beautifully expressed, but it also has lengthy lists of names that we cannot pronounce, detailed rules for religious rites that we never observe, and grim stories that we ...
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hardcoverThe Pietist Option
Hope for the Renewal of Christianity
by Christopher Gehrz and Mark Pattie III
Historian Mark Noll has written that historic Pietism "breathed a badly needed vitality" into post-Reformation Europe. Now the time has come for Pietism to revitalize Christianity in post-Christendom America. In The Pietist Option, Christopher Gehrz, a historian of Pietism, and Mark Pattie, a pastor in the Pietist tradition, show how Pietism holds great promise for the church—and the world—today. ...
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paperbackThe Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor
Seeing Others Through the Eyes of Jesus
by Mark Labberton
- 2011 Christianity Today Book Award winner
Jesus didn't see a sick woman, he saw a daughter of God. He didn't see an outcast from society, he saw a child of Israel. He didn't see a sinner, he saw a person in the image of the Creator. Are we able to see others with the eyes of Jesus? Seeing rightly is the beginning of renewal, forgiveness, healing and ...
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paperbackJoin the Resistance
Step into the Good Work of Kingdom Justice
by Michelle Ferrigno Warren
Foreword by Latasha Morrison
Afterword by Dominique DuBois GilliardAn awakening has been happening across our society. People increasingly recognize how long-standing, systemic issues have prevented many from flourishing. But often Christians are not sure how best to engage. Does it help to march and hold signs? What can we do to contribute and not further complicate things?
Faith-rooted justice advocate and activist Michelle Ferrigno Warren ...
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paperbackDeath Before the Fall
Biblical Literalism and the Problem of Animal Suffering
by Ronald E. Osborn
Foreword by John H. WaltonECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award
Did animals have predatory natures before the fall? Did God punish innocent animals with a curse because of human sin? Is it possible for theistic evolution to be compatible with the Bible, even though animal death before the fall would contradict the teaching that death began after the first sin?
In this eloquent and provocative "open ...
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paperbackGospel-Centered Hermeneutics
Foundations and Principles of Evangelical Biblical Interpretation
by Graeme Goldsworthy
While there are many books on hermeneutics, Graeme Goldsworthy's perception is that evangelical contributions often do not give sufficient attention to the vital relationship between hermeneutics and theology, both systematic and biblical. In this new paperback edition of Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics, Goldsworthy moves beyond a reiteration of the usual arguments to concentrate on the theological ...
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paperbackCan "White" People Be Saved?
Triangulating Race, Theology, and Mission
Missiological Engagements
Edited by Love L. Sechrest, Johnny Ramírez-Johnson, and Amos Yong
Contributions by Willie James Jennings, Andrea Smith, Hak Joon Lee, Akintunde E. Akinade, Elizabeth Conde-Frazier, Angel D. Santiago-Vendrell, Andrew T. Draper, Erin Dufault-Hunter, Clifton Clarke, Daniel Jeyaraj, and Jonathan TranYes, White people can be saved. In God's redemptive plan, that goes without saying. But what about the reality of white normativity? This idea and way of being in the world has been parasitically joined to Christianity, and this is the ground of many of our problems today. It is time to redouble the efforts of the church and its institutions to muster well-informed, gospel-based initiatives ...
