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Saying Is Believing
The Necessity of Testimony in Adolescent Spiritual Development
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2015
"I have seen and I testify . . ." (John 1:34) The idea of giving one's testimony often evokes summer church camps, evangelistic revivals, mission trips and baptisms. Like an eyewitness called to testify in a courtroom, sharing a testimony of faith is for specific people at special moments....
Family Therapies
A Comprehensive Christian Appraisal
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
Family Therapies
crisis and trauma
marital conflict
separation, divorce, and blended families
substance abuse and addictions
gender, culture, economic class, and race
sexual identity
Family Therapies
Worship in the Way of the Cross
Leading Worship for the Sake of Others
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Too often worship is seen as just the music, an onstage performance that puts the spotlight on the worship leader. But worship is fundamentally an other-centered, self-giving act of service. Worship properly directed to God for his glory also results in the Christlike formation and transformation...
Old-Earth or Evolutionary Creation?
Discussing Origins with Reasons to Believe and BioLogos
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
Jesus Creed Book of the Year 2017, Science and Faith Christians confess that God created the heavens and the earth. But they are divided over how God created and whether the Bible gives us a scientifically accurate account of the process of creation. Representatives of two prominent positions—old-earth...
by Colin G. Kruse
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2015
Paul's long, complicated history with the Corinthian church culminates in this ardent defense of Christian ministry in general and of his own ministry in particular. In this revised edition, Colin Kruse updates and expands his insightful analysis that illuminates Paul's contrast of the old and new...
Philippians
Jesus Our Joy
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 1999
It's easy to be happy when things go well for you. But what would it be like to have a sense of joy that continued even in times of trouble? Such was the deep joy that the apostle Paul experienced--even in prison. His contentment was neither dependent on circumstances nor changed by difficulty. In...
Paul and the Law
Keeping the Commandments of God
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
Preaching's Preacher's Guide to the Best Bible Reference for 2014 (Pauline Studies) "For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of God" (1 Cor 7:19). The apostle Paul's relationship to the Law of Moses is notoriously complex and much studied. Difficulties...
'Return To Me'
A Biblical Theology of Repentance
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2015
"Return to me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will return to you," (Zech 1:3 ESV). Repentance concerns the repair of a relationship with God disrupted by human sin. All the major phases of church history have seen diversity and controversy over the doctrine. The first of Luther?s famous ninety-five...
God and Soul Care
The Therapeutic Resources of the Christian Faith
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2017
Christianity, at its heart, is a therapeutic faith—a religion of soul care.God and Soul CareFoundations for Soul CareGod and Soul Care
James
Faith That Works
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 1999
We all want a faith that won't let us down in times of trouble or loss, uncertainty or fear. A faith that can pull us through the worst--and best--times in our lives. This is the kind of faith that James writes about. It is a faith that we must practice day by day. These studies by Andrew and Phyllis...
by Colin G. Kruse
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Among the Gospels, John's is unique. It has a structure with long conversations and extended debates, and much of its content is not found elsewhere. Jesus' relationship to the Father and his teaching on the Holy Spirit are given special prominence. Ultimately, faith, believing in Jesus, is at the...
Leviticus
An Introduction and Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
Preaching's
by Dean O. Wenthe
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014
Jeremiah, the weeping prophet, prophesied for four decades under the last five kings of Judah--from 627 to 587 B.C. His mission: a call to repentance. Among the Apostolic Fathers, Jeremiah was rarely cited, but several later authors give prominent attention to him, including Origen, Theodoret of Cyr...
by Martin J. Selman
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2016
The Chronicler wrote as a pastoral theologian. The congregation he addressed was an Israel separated from its former days of blessing by a season of judgment. The books of 1 and 2 Chronicles bring a divine word of healing and reaffirm the hope of restoration to a nation that needed to regain its footing...