Edwin Walhout: 34 books

What would old Abraham tell us if he could talk to us today from his tent in southern Canaan? What would he say about sacrificing his son Isaac? about Sodom and his fickle nephew Lot? about Lot’s wife turning to a pillar of salt? about his wife Sarah taken into Pharaoh’s harem? Read here, in first-person style, what Hebrew Patriarch Abraham has to say about his life’s adventures.

Historical settings, occasions, content summaries, perspectives, memorable moments – lots of background information to help you understand the Bible’s message.

A scathing critique of traditional eschatology, whether a-millennial or pre-millennial, featuring analyses of most of the usual prooftexts for these doctrines. The Biblical teachings are much simpler and down-to-earth than the complicated scenarios often presented as the gospel’s view of the future.

If you are interested in theology and have a bit of philosophical interest, this is for you. Four historical mindsets and how they shaped the doctrines of Christian faith. See also the basic companion volume, Theology 101.

A pastoral and theological critique of a much-loved document from the Reformation era. In short: it is dated.

A pastoral and theological critique of an important document from the Reformation era. Reformed theology, valuable as it has been, needs some revision and updating.

The human Jesus. How he got along with his disciples and the Jewish authorities.

Short devotionals, concentrating on passages that deal with time and major events in Biblical history, sampling the entire span of the Bible. The Theism of the Bible not only sees God as the Creator of time but also as the Sovereign Guide of history.

If you don’t receive pastoral help from reading the Bible book of Revelation you aren’t reading it correctly. Here is one of the best pastoral commentaries on the Apocalypse of John in the English language. This book, together with its companion volume, Revelation Faith Formers, will help you if you are serious about understanding the mysterious visions that John records.

A pastoral and theological critique of a controversial document from the post-Reformation era.

Forty short meditations on the variety of ways God speaks.

A simplified pastoral commentary on this sometimes-confusing letter. This is a good place to begin if you want to master this classic piece of literature.

Examining how Paul incorporates Jesus in his gospel message. Christology does not stand alone but depends on Theology as its source and on Soteriology as its effect. Paul is thoroughly theocentric in all his letters, and always down to earth.

What might Christian theology look like if we take seriously the fifteen billion years that it took God to develop the earth as a suitable habitat for the human race, and that humans themselves have common ancestors with chimpanzees? Here is a bold new exploratory look at Christianity, using a developmental paradigm.