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All Things New
Revelation as Canonical Capstone
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
For many readers of the Bible, the book of Revelation is a riddle that fascinates and frustrates. Scholars and teachers have proposed different keys to its interpretation, including the "futurist" and historical-critical approaches. However, none of these adequately demonstrates the continuing,...
The Temple and the Church's Mission
A Biblical Theology of the Dwelling Place of God
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. . . . And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem. . . . And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ?Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man." (Revelation 21:1-3, ESV). In this comprehensive study, a New Studies in Biblical Theology volume,...
Scripture and Cosmology
Reading the Bible Between the Ancient World and Modern Science
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2015
Christians often claim to hold a biblical worldview. But what about a biblical cosmos view? From the beginning of Genesis we encounter a vaulted dome above the earth, a "firmament," like the ceiling of a planetarium. Elsewhere we read of the earth sitting on pillars. What does the dome of...
Proverbs
An Introduction and Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
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Pictures at a Theological Exhibition
Scenes of the Church's Worship, Witness and Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
Many Christians are held captive by a picture of the imagination as a purveyor of false images, prone to idolatry. We live in a society fixated on images that have little or no significance. We are surrounded by models of the world that are not in touch with any truth outside of themselves. But we...
Happy Church
Pursuing Radical Joy as the People of God
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2016
Happy Church
by John Stott
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
"John evidently loves the people committed to his care," says John Stott in the preface to this commentary on 1, 2 and 3 John. "They are his 'dear children,' his 'dear friends.' He longs to protect them from both error and evil and to see them firmly established in faith, love and holiness....
Cross-Cultural Connections
Stepping Out and Fitting In Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2009
With the new realities of global interconnectedness comes a greater awareness of cultural diversity from place to place. Besides differences in food and fashion, we face significant contrasts of cultural orientation and patterns of thinking. As we travel across cultures, what should we expect? How...
Evangelical, Sacramental, and Pentecostal
Why the Church Should Be All Three
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
can**must
by Barry G. Webb
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2016
Ever since Jesus read from the scroll of Isaiah in the synagogue of Nazareth, Christians have gravitated to this great prophecy as the interpretive center of the Old Testament. Here the story of Israel, scourged by judgment and exile and hopeful of restoration, is framed by its witnesses, heaven and...
Theology as Retrieval
Receiving the Past, Renewing the Church
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Theology as Retrieval
Sensible Shoes
A Story about the Spiritual Journey
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
A 2013 Midwest Publishing Awards Show Honorable Mention Sharon Garlough Brown tells the moving story of four strangers as they embark together on a journey of spiritual formation: Hannah, a pastor who doesn't realize how exhausted she is. Meg, a widow and recent empty-nester who is haunted by her...
by Francis A. Schaeffer
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
"It is possible to be a Christian without showing the mark, but if we expect non-Christians to know that we are Christians, we must show the mark." Christians have not always presented an inviting picture to the world. Too often we have failed to show the beauty of authentic Christian love....
by N. T. Wright
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
Many people today regard Revelation as the hardest book in the New Testament. It is full of strange, lurid and sometimes bizarre and violent imagery. As a result, many people who are quite at home in the Gospels, Acts and Paul find themselves tiptoeing around Revelation with a sense that they don't...