Theological Studies
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paperbackEmbodying Our Faith
Becoming a Living, Sharing, Practicing Church
by Tim Morey
Foreword by Eddie Gibbs"Your Christians are so unlike your Christ." Mohandas Gandhi famously critiqued the contemporary church with this pithy phrase. The challenge ever since has been for the church to look more like Christ. Tim Morey had this challenge in mind as he oversaw the planting of Life Covenant Church in Torrance, California, and he keeps it in mind as he coaches other church planters in the Evangelical ...
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paperbackThe Passionate Intellect
Christian Faith and the Discipleship of the Mind
by Alister McGrath
- 2011 Christianity Today Book Award winner
Alister McGrath, one of the most prominent theologians and public intellectuals of our day, explains how Christian thinking can and must have a positive role in shaping, nourishing and safeguarding the Christian vision of reality. With this in our grasp, we have the capacity for robust intellectual and cultural ...
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paperbackGod, Freedom and Human Dignity
Embracing a God-Centered Identity in a Me-Centered Culture
by Ron Highfield
Does God's all-encompassing will restrict our freedom? Does God's ownership and mastery over us diminish our dignity? The fear that God is a threat to our freedom and dignity goes far back in Western thought. Such suspicion remains with us today in our so-called secular society. In such a context any talk of God tends to provoke responses that range from defiance to subservience to indifference. ...
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paperbackKnow What You Believe
by Paul E. Little
Foreword by James F. NyquistWhat does Christianity have to do with anything? What does the Christian faith teach about God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit? What do I need to know about angels, Satan and demons? What place should the Bible or a church have in my life? By exploring these and other core questions, bestselling author Paul E. Little leads you into a greater appreciation of a God who has done great things to bring ...
Number of Studies: 10
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paperbackThe 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, ...
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hardcoverSubverting Global Myths
Theology and the Public Issues Shaping Our World
by Vinoth Ramachandra
It is a myth that only the uninformed masses believe in myths and that power brokers, media moguls, leading scientists, financial tycoons, political luminaries and intellectual elites don't. The myths that the ruling classes believe may be more sophisticated, but they are myths nonetheless. These public, large-scale narratives engage our imaginations and shape the way we experience the world. They ...
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hardcoverTheology of Mission
A Believers Church Perspective
by John Howard Yoder
Edited by Gayle Gerber Koontz and Andy Alexis-Baker- 2014 Best Texts of Missiology, from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore
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hardcoverNew Dictionary of Christian Ethics & Pastoral Theology
Edited by David J. Atkinson, David F. Field, Arthur F. Holmes, and Oliver O'Donovan
- Voted one of Christianity Today's 1996 Books of the Year
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hardcoverGlobal Dictionary of Theology
A Resource for the Worldwide Church
Edited by William A. Dyrness and Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
Associate Editor Juan F. Martinez and Simon ChanTheological dictionaries are foundational to any theological library. But until now there has been no Global Dictionary of Theology, a theological dictionary that presumes the contribution of the Western tradition but moves beyond it to embrace and explore a full range of global expressions of theology. The Global Dictionary of Theology is inspired by the shift of the center of ...
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hardcoverGalatians, Ephesians
New Testament Volume 10
Reformation Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Gerald L. Bray
The gospel of justification by faith alone was discovered afresh by the Reformers in the epistolary turrets of the New Testament: the letters to the Galatians and the Ephesians. At the epicenter of the exegetical revolution that rocked the Reformation era was Paul's letter to the Galatians. There Luther, Calvin, Bullinger and scores of others perceived the true gospel of Paul enlightening a situation ...
