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paperbackCalvinism for a Secular Age
A Twenty-First-Century Reading of Abraham Kuyper's Stone Lectures
Edited by Jessica R. Joustra and Robert J. Joustra
Abraham Kuyper, the Dutch Neo-Calvinist theologian, pastor, and politician, was well-known for having declared that there is "not a square inch" of human existence over which Jesus Christ is not its sovereign Lord. This principle is perhaps best reflected in Kuyper's writings on Calvinism originally delivered as the Stone Lectures in 1898 at Princeton Theological Seminary. These ...
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paperbackEvolution and Holiness
Sociobiology, Altruism and the Quest for Wesleyan Perfection
Strategic Initiatives in Evangelical Theology
by Matthew Nelson Hill
Foreword by Darrel R. FalkTheology needs to engage what recent developments in the study of evolution mean for how we understand moral behavior. How does the theological concept of holiness connect to contemporary understandings of evolution? If genetic explanations of altruism fall short, what role should we give to environmental explanations and free will? Likewise, how do genetic explanations relate to theological accounts ...
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paperbackThe Eternal Generation of the Son
Maintaining Orthodoxy in Trinitarian Theology
by Kevin Giles
Should all Christians, especially evangelicals, hold on to the doctrine of the eternal generation of the Son? What is lost if we don't? Theologian Kevin Giles defends the historically orthodox and ecumenical doctrine of the eternal generation of the Son of God. He argues on biblical, historical and theological bases that, given its fundamental meaning, this formulation is indispensable, irreplaceable ...
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InterVarsity Press was pleased to have four titles and one book cover selected for the 2020 Word Awards Shortlist. These honors are given out by the Word Guild each year to encourage the pursuit of excellence in writing and to help to raise the profile of Canadian writers who are Christian.
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paperbackThe Providence of God
Contours of Christian Theology
by Paul Helm
In this concise and accessible introduction, Paul Helm outlines for students and interested readers the doctrine of divine providence. Unlike many doctrinal treatments, his approach is not historically oriented. Instead Helm focuses on the underlying metaphysical and moral aspects of God's providence, paying particular attention to the ideas of divine control, providence and evil, and the role of ...
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paperbackThe Pastoral Epistles
An Introduction and Commentary
Tyndale New Testament Commentaries
by Osvaldo Padilla
Series edited by Eckhard J. Schnabel
Consulting Editor Nicholas PerrinIn his New Testament letters to Timothy and Titus, the apostle Paul is concerned with church order, defending correct doctrine, and passing on the faith.
In this introduction and commentary to both letters, Osvaldo Padilla sets them in their distinct context of Paul's later ministry and draws out their pastoral wisdom. With thoughtful exposition he shows how the lessons Paul ...
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paperbackDawn
A Proton's Tale of All That Came to Be
BioLogos Books on Science and Christianity
by Cees Dekker, Corien Oranje, and Gijsbert van den Brink
Translated by Harry Cook
Afterword by Deborah HaarsmaThis is an adventure that began almost fourteen billion years ago, one that so often threatened to fail. It's truly a miracle I'm still here. Despite everything, I wouldn't have wanted to miss one second of it. And the best is yet to come.
With the help of an extraordinary narrator, you're invited to discover the wonder and drama of the history of the cosmos. In this ...
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paperbackThe New Christian Zionism
Fresh Perspectives on Israel and the Land
Edited by Gerald R. McDermott
Can a theological case be made from Scripture that Israel still has a claim to the Promised Land? Christian Zionism is often seen as the offspring of premillennial dispensationalism. But the historical roots of Christian Zionism came long before the rise of the Plymouth Brethren and John Nelson Darby. In fact, the authors of The New Christian Zionism contend that the biblical and theological ...
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paperbackEvery Leaf, Line, and Letter
Evangelicals and the Bible from the 1730s to the Present
Edited by Timothy Larsen
"I was filled with a pining desire to see Christ's own words in the Bible. . . . I got along to the window where my Bible was and I opened it and . . . every leaf, line, and letter smiled in my face." —The Spiritual Travels of Nathan Cole, 1765
From its earliest days, Christians in the movement known as evangelicalism have had "a particular regard for the Bible," ...
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ebookThe Story of Christian Theology
Twenty Centuries of Tradition and Reform
by Roger E. Olson
Christianity Today Book of the Year Award
ECPA Gold Medallion AwardHistory is made up of stories--narratives that recount the events, movements, ideas and lives that have shaped religions and nations. Theologian Roger Olson believes that the history of Christian theology should be told as such a story, one replete with thick plots, exciting twists, interesting ...
