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This Black History Month, let your theology, ministry, and spiritual life be formed by Black voices. With voices that come from the church, academy, and beyond, these authors have insight for every Christian. Start or deepen your learning journey here.
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paperbackCan Evangelicals Learn from World Religions?
Jesus, Revelation Religious Traditions
by Gerald R. McDermott
- A 2001 Christianity Today Award of Merit winner
"Arguably, the church's greatest challenge in the next century will be the problem of the scandal of particularity. More than ever before, Christians will need to explain why they follow Jesus and not the Buddha or Confucius or Krishna or Muhammed. But if, while relating their faith to the faiths, Christians ...
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paperbackPhoebe
A Story
by Paula Gooder
Sometime around 56 AD, the apostle Paul wrote to the church in Rome. He entrusted this letter to Phoebe, whom he describes as the deacon of the church at Cenchreae and a patron of many. But who was this remarkable woman? Biblical scholar and popular author and speaker Paula Gooder imagines Phoebe's story—who she was, the life she lived, and her first-century faith—and in doing so opens up Paul's ...
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paperbackThe Doctrine of Humanity
Contours of Christian Theology
by Charles Sherlock
At the end of the twentieth century the forces of race, gender, ethnicity, culture, social status, life-style and sexual preference threaten to disassemble any notion of universal "human nature" or "human condition." In light of this historical moment, the Christian doctrine of human nature is ripe for rethinking and reformulation. Charles Sherlock sees this theological task as demanding a "double ...
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paperbackReimagining Apologetics
The Beauty of Faith in a Secular Age
by Justin Ariel Bailey
How should one proclaim of the gospel of Jesus Christ in a secular age?
For many Christians, the traditional approach of apologetics has grown stale. In light of the current secular climate, as described by Charles Taylor and others, rhetorical strategies that previously served the church and apologists well are no longer effective.
Justin Bailey seeks to address this ...
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caseboundSent to Flourish
A Guide to Planting and Multiplying Churches
Edited by Len Tang and Charles E. Cotherman
Church planting is hard work. Planters face a thousand pressures related to leadership, finances, identity, and more. Quick fixes don't produce sustainability. How can church planters and their congregations flourish for the long haul?
Sent to Flourish is a unique guide to accompany current and prospective church planters as they respond to this essential but sometimes ...
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ebookImitating God in Christ
Recapturing a Biblical Pattern
by Jason B. Hood
Should we imitate Jesus? Some Christians answer with a cheerful "Yes," seeing it as the sum of the Christian life. Others believe we should rely on the work of Christ alone, throwing off any hint of the moralism or "works righteousness" they associate with imitating Jesus. Jason Hood takes us on a tour of what the Bible has to say about imitating Jesus. He draws our attention to what Paul told ...
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ebookExploring Christology and Atonement
Conversations with John McLeod Campbell, H. R. Mackintosh and T. F. Torrance
by Andrew Purves
Andrew Purves, the author of many works in pastoral theology, has spent his life exploring the significance of Jesus Christ for the life of the church. As a professor of historical theology, he has also investigated the significance of patristic and Reformed theology for understanding Christ. In Exploring Christology and Atonement, Purves brings these concerns together. If pastoral theology ...
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ebookDelivered from the Elements of the World
Atonement, Justification, Mission
by Peter J. Leithart
In Delivered from the Elements of the World Peter Leithart reframes Anselm's question, "Why the God Man?" Instead he asks, "How can the death and resurrection of a Jewish rabbi of the first century . . . be the decisive event in the history of humanity, the hinge and crux and crossroads for everything?" With the question reframed for the wide screen, Leithart pursues ...
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ebookFoundations of the Christian Faith
A Comprehensive & Readable Theology
by James Montgomery Boice
Foreword by Philip RykenIn one systematic volume, James Montgomery Boice provides a readable overview of Christian theology. Both students and pastors will benefit from this rich source that covers all the major doctrines of Christianity. With scholarly rigor and a pastor's heart, Boice carefully opens the topics of the nature of God, the character of his natural and special revelation, the fall, and the person and work ...
