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EbookRomans
Volume 6
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Gerald Bray
General Editor Thomas C. Oden- A Christianity Today 1999 Book of the Year
St. Paul's Letter to the Romans has long been considered the theological high-water mark of the New Testament. It was no less regarded by the ancient church, and patristic interpreters have left us an abundance of valuable comment on Romans.This Ancient Christian Commentary on Romans collects the best and most ...
EbookThanksgiving
An Investigation of a Pauline Theme
New Studies in Biblical Theology
by David W. Pao
Series edited by D. A. Carson"Be thankful" (Colossians 3:15) is a recurring exhortation in the letters of the apostle Paul. No other New Testament writer gives such a sustained emphasis on thanksgiving—and yet, major modern studies of Paul fail to wrestle with it.David Pao aims to rehabilitate this theme in this comprehensive and accessible study, a New Studies in Biblical Theology volume. He shows how, for Paul, thanksgiving ...
EbookBetween Heaven and Hell
A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley
The IVP Signature Collection
by Peter Kreeft
On November 22, 1963, three great men died within a few hours of each other: C. S. Lewis, John F. Kennedy and Aldous Huxley. All three believed, in different ways, that death is not the end of human life. Suppose they were right,and suppose they met after death. How might the conversation go?
Peter Kreeft imagines their discussion as part of the great conversation that has ...
EbookHumility Illuminated
The Biblical Path Back to Christian Character
by Dennis R Edwards
Foreword by Marlena GravesThe modern church is immersed in a competitive, polarized, and status-driven society. It's hard to have conversations about important issues when so many are defensive and unwilling to learn. Too often, Christians fall into thesesame traps. The health and witness of the church urgently depend on recovering an essential biblical virtue: humility.
New Testament scholar Dennis ...
EbookThe Prophets and the Apostolic Witness
Reading Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel as Christian Scripture
Contributions by Nicholas G. Piotrowski, John W Hilber, Iain M. Duguid, Daniel I. Block, Mark Gignilliat, John N. Oswalt, Dana M Harris, Gary E Yates, Lissa M. Wray Beal, Andrew G Shead, Philip G Ryken, and Alicia Jackson
Edited by Andrew Abernethy, William Russell (Rusty) Osborne, and Paul D. WegnerHow should Christians read prophetic literature? Questions abound both in the academy and the church as to how to engage the prophets, particularly in light of the New Testament. The Gospel writers and the church fathers all readand appealed to the Old Testament, but are we as modern-day readers supposed to take the same approach? The Prophets and the Apostolic Witness ...
EbookThe Decline of African American Theology
From Biblical Faith to Cultural Captivity
by Thabiti M. Anyabwile
Foreword by Mark A. NollWho were Jupiter Hammon, Lemuel Haynes and Daniel Alexander Payne? And what do they have in common with Martin Luther King Jr., Howard Thurman and James Cone? All of these were African American Christian theologians, yet their theologies are, in many ways, worlds apart.In this book, Thabiti Anyabwile offers a challenging and provocative assessment of the history of African American Christian theology, ...
EbookOriginal Sin
Illuminating the Riddle
New Studies in Biblical Theology
by Henri Blocher
Series edited by D. A. CarsonWe live in a world shot through with evil. The twentieth century has witnessed suffering and human cruelty on a scale never before imagined. Yet, paradoxically, in recent years the doctrine of original sin has suffered neglect and ridicule. In this philosophically sophisticated treatment of the biblical evidence for original sin, Henri Blocher offers a robust response. Interacting with the best ...
EbookFamily Ministry
A Comprehensive Guide
by Diana R. Garland
- Voted a 2000 Book of the Year by the Academy of Parish Clergy
In today's fragmented and frenetic world, families face all kinds of pressures. Accordingly, those ministering with families need a multifaceted, well-informed sense of both the Christian purpose of family and the complex world our families inhabit. Writing out of years of experience in the church and ...
EbookStewards of Eden
What Scripture Says About the Environment and Why It Matters
by Sandra L. Richter
ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award
Biblical Foundations Book Award Winner
Sandra L. Richter cares about the Bible. She also cares about creation.
An expert in ancient Israelite society and economy as well as biblical theology, she walks readers through passages familiar and not-so-familiar, showing how significant environmental theology ...
EbookEvil and the Justice of God
by N. T. Wright
- Merit Award, 2007 Christianity Today Theology/Ethics Book
With every earthquake and war, understanding the nature of evil and our response to it becomes more urgent. Evil is no longer the concern just of ministers and theologians but also of politicians and the media.
We hear of child abuse, ethnic cleansing, AIDS, torture and terrorism, and rightfully we are shocked. But, ...
