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paperbackConversations with C. S. Lewis
Imaginative Discussions About Life, Christianity and God
by Robert Velarde
"C. S. Lewis died in 1963, but I met him last week." Robert Velarde tells of an imaginative journey in which the literature professor mysteriously appears in Thomas Clerk's hospital room. "Call me Jack," the writer says as he invites Clerk to step into a wardrobe. From there the two embark on a remarkable journey through Lewis's life. They experience pivotal events from Lewis's childhood and ...
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paperbackTruth Is Stranger Than It Used to Be
Biblical Faith in a Postmodern Age
by J. Richard Middleton and Brian J. Walsh
- Voted one of Christianity Today's 1996 Books of the Year
The carnivalesque, pluralistic culture in hich we live can be seen as a consequence of the breakdown of modernity (which touted itself as the "greatest show on earth"), combined with a recognition of the socially constructed character of reality.
Since the old construction has ...
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paperbackDefending Constantine
The Twilight of an Empire and the Dawn of Christendom
by Peter J. Leithart
We know that Constantine
- issued the Edict of Milan in 313
- outlawed paganism and made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire
- manipulated the Council of Nicea in 325
- exercised absolute authority over the church, co-opting it for the aims of empire
And if Constantine the emperor were not problem enough, we all know that Constantinianism ...
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paperbackActs
Volume 5
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Francis Martin
General Editor Thomas C. OdenThe Acts of the Apostles—or more in keeping with the author's intent, the Acts of the Ascended Lord—is part two of Luke's story of "all that Jesus began to do and teach." In it he recounts the expansion of the church as its witness spread from Jerusalem to all of Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth. While at least forty early church authors commented on Acts, the works ...
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paperbackCalled to Be Saints
An Invitation to Christian Maturity
by Gordon T. Smith
Christianity Today Award of Merit
Best Book of Spirituality—Academic, from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore
Evangelicals are known for their emphasis on conversion. But what about life after conversion and beyond justification?
Desperately needed is a comprehensive theology of the Christian life from beginning ...
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paperbackScience and the Doctrine of Creation
The Approaches of Ten Modern Theologians
Edited by Geoffrey H. Fulkerson and Joel Thomas Chopp
Afterword by Alister E. McGrathCan Christians take seriously the claims of modern science without compromising their theological integrity? Can theology contribute to our understanding of the natural world without reducing the doctrine of creation to a few flashpoint issues? While there is no shortage of works that treat the intersection between science and religion, little attention has been paid to the theological ...
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paperbackPriscilla
The Life of an Early Christian
by Ben Witherington III
Who was Priscilla? Readers of the Bible may know her as the wife of Aquila, Paul's coworker, or someone who explained baptism to Apollos. Biblical references to Priscilla spark questions: Why is she mentioned before her husband? Does the mention of her instruction of Apollos mean that women taught in the church? What is her story? Ben Witherington addresses these questions and ...
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paperbackSerious Times
Making Your Life Matter in an Urgent Day
by James Emery White
- A 2005 Evangelical Christian Publishing Association Gold Medallion finalist.
How can we make our lives matter?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson lived in serious times. And, because they chose to live serious lives, they turned the course of history.
As the modern era transitions into postmodern turbulence, we, too, find ourselves in serious times. How ...
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J. I. Packer's classic, Knowing God, turned forty this year, revealing to more than a million readers the wonder, glory and joy of knowing God.
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paperbackEvangelism and the Sovereignty of God
by J. I. Packer
Foreword by Mark DeverJ. I. Packer's Classic Resource on Evangelism
If God is in control of everything, can Christians sit back and not bother to evangelize? Or does active evangelism imply that God is not really sovereign at all?
J. I. Packer shows in this new edition to the popular IVP Classics how both of these attitudes are false. In Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God, readers ...
