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Os Guinness
Os Guinness (DPhil, Oxford) is the author or editor of more than thirty-five books, including The Dust of Death, The Call, Fool's Talk, Carpe Diem Redeemed, The Magna Carta of Humanity, Last Call for Liberty, Impossible People, Unspeakable, and Time for Truth. He is the founder of the Trinity Forum, a prominent social critic, and a frequent speaker who has addressed audiences worldwide. Guinness has a lifelong passion to make sense of our extraordinary modern world and stand between the worlds of scholarship and ordinary life, helping each to understand the other—particularly when advanced modern life touches on the profound issues of faith. A passionate advocate of freedom of religion and conscience for people of all faiths and none, he was the lead drafter for both the Williamsburg Charter and the Global Charter of Conscience. He lives with his wife, Jenny, in the Washington, DC, area.
PaperbackContextualization in the New Testament
Patterns for Theology and Mission
by Dean Flemming
Winner of a Christianity Today Book Award
Honored as one of the "Fifteen Outstanding Books for Mission Studies" by International Bulletin of Missionary Research
From Cairo to Calcutta, from Cochabamba to Columbus, Christians are engaged in a conversation about how to speak and live the gospel in today's traditional, modern and emergent ...
PaperbackRestoring Beauty
The Good, the True, and the Beautiful in the Writings of C.S. Lewis
by Louis Markos
More and more in our modern and postmodern culture the twin concepts of beauty and truth have been separated both from each other and from their individual connection to the divine source of Beauty and Truth. Even as our public schools move further and further away from their connection to the universal moral code, the world of art (both high and low) embraces an aesthetic that privileges ugliness ...
PaperbackWhy I Am Protestant
Ecumenical Dialogue Series
by Beth Felker Jones
Exploring the Strengths and Challenges of the Protestant Tradition
What does it mean to be Protestant? How can its strengths shape faith in the modern world, and how should its challenges be addressed? With clarity, warmth,and theological depth, Beth Felker Jones explores these questions in Why I Am Protestant. This book offers a positive, theologically grounded reflection ...
PaperbackKnow the Truth
A Handbook of Christian Belief
by Bruce Milne
'You will know the truth,' said Jesus, 'and the truth will set you free.'Christians have already begun to know God and his truth. This handbook assists in that liberating knowledge, as it opens up the great themes of God's Word and shows how theyfit together.Each chapter deals with one aspect of biblical truth and encourages further study with Scripture references to look up, questions for discussion, ...
PamphletTyranny of the Urgent
IVP Booklets
by Charles E. Hummel
With over one million copies in print, this classic from Charles E. Hummel has transformed the minds and hearts of generations of Christians. Its simplicity and depth is a foundational resource for all who have felt overwhelmed by the responsibilities of each day, week, month and year.Hummel starts with Jesus' own model of work and ministry, a model that is at once unrushed and focused. From there ...
PaperbackAn Emergent Theology for Emerging Churches
by Ray S. Anderson
Foreword by Brian McLarenIf the emerging church movement is looking for a theology, Ray Anderson offers clear and relevant theological guidance for it in this timely book.
Reaching back through time, Anderson roots an emergent theology in what happened at Antioch,where Saul (Paul) and Barnabas were set apart for a mission to establish churches outside of Jerusalem--among Gentiles who had to be reached in their own ...
PaperbackTo Know You More
Cultivating the Heart of the Worship Leader
by Andy Park
- The WorshipMusic.com 2003 Book of the Year
Andy Park writes, "I've learned through the years that becoming a worship leader involves far more than developing a set of skills--it's all about developing a life in God." Here's your opportunity to sit at the feet of one who has for twenty-five years led contemporary worship services in the United States and Canada. In Park's book you'll ...
PaperbackA Bird's-Eye View of Luke and Acts
Context, Story, and Themes
by Michael Bird
What do the books of Luke and Acts teach us about God, Jesus, and the early church? How do these two books relate to each other? And what do they mean for us today?
In this accessible and compelling introduction, Michael Bird draws us into the wide-ranging narrative of Luke-Acts to discover how Luke frames the life of Jesus and of the first disciples who set out from Jerusalem ...
PaperbackJesus' Resurrection: Fact or Figment?
A Debate Between William Lane Craig Gerd Ludemann
Edited by Paul Copan and Ronald K. Tacelli
Was the resurrection of Jesus a fact of history or a figment of imagination? Was it an event that entailed a raised and transformed body and an empty tomb? Or was it a subjective, visionary experience--a collective delusion? In the view of many, the truth of Christianity hangs on the answer to this question.Jesus' Resurrection: Fact or Figment? is a lively and provocative debate between ...
