Wipf And Stock Publishers: 1811 books
Learning to Speak a New Tongue
Imagining a Way that Holds People Together—An Asian American Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2011
Learning to Speak a New Tongue attempts to respond to a timely question facing America today: What holds people together in a fragmented world? The response comes from a religious community that has not been very visible: Asian Americans. The author employs the threefold epistemological scaffold familiar...
WealthWatch
A Study of Socioeconomic Conflict in the Bible
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2011
The purpose of this book is to help postmodern Westerners understand what the Bible has to say about wealth and possessions, basing itself on the presumption that (a) nobody can understand themselves apart from some recognition of their spiritual roots, and (b) that these roots sink deeper into the...
Rethinking Genesis 1–11
Gateway to the Bible
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2015
Genesis 1-11 contains some of the best-known stories in the world. To modern Westerners they may look like no more than entertaining tales that children can enjoy, but modern adults cannot take seriously. However, when read in the context of the ancient Orient, Genesis 1-11 looks very different. It...
The Miracle of Man
Evidence for God from Human Nature
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
What Is a Man? Biologically, we are animals--homo sapiens. But men are different, born with consciousness, reason, free will, notions of morality, and other characteristics of what we call "human nature." Why are we different? Were we created by God or are we just accidents of nature? Are...
Reading Augustine
A Guide to the Confessions
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2006
The Confessions of St. Augustine is one of the few Christian classics that is still widely read in the secular academy. Yet, oddly enough, it is not often read in the manner Augustine appears to have intended and in which the church read it for centuries: as a model of conversion, devotion, friendship,...
Praying Psalms
A Personal Journey through the Psalter
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
In Praying Psalms Ian Stackhouse offers daily reflections on all 150 psalms. In so doing, he seeks to alert the reader to the sheer emotional range of the Psalter in the hope that this will give courage to pray bold, honest prayers. Indeed, Praying Psalms is best used not as a commentary but a basic...
Letters to a Young Pastor
Reflections on Leadership, Community, and the Gospel of Grace
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
Speaking out of twenty-seven years of pastoral ministry, Ian Stackhouse writes a series of letters to a young pastor just starting out. Responding to the various challenges his young charge faces in the first few years of congregational leadership, Letters to a Young Pastor is something of a spiritual...
Man Maker Project
Boys are Born. Men are Made.
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
"Father" is a verb, and fathering is the highest calling of God on men. Man Maker Project is a guide for fathers to intentionally usher their sons into godly manhood. Now more than ever, the reality of unfinished men confronts us at every turn. Without intentional fathering, a boy's core...
Genesis as Torah
Reading Narrative as Legal Instruction
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2018
Should Genesis rightly be identified as law--that is, as torah or legal instruction for Israel? Peterson argues in the affirmative, concluding that Genesis serves a greater function than merely offering a prehistory or backstory for the people of Israel. As the introductory book to the Torah, Genesis...
What was the Sin of Sodom: Homosexuality, Inhospitality, or Something Else?
Reading Genesis 19 as Torah
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2016
Virtually every scholar on both sides of the same-sex discussion eventually addresses the account of Sodom found in Genesis 19. However, in recent years, scholars have tended to downplay the importance of this chapter in relation to this debate. This book challenges this trend and seeks to demonstrate...
by Walter Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2007
In this book, Walter Friedman exposes internal contradictions that nullify the theory of evolution. He also reveals the ways Charles Darwin falsified observation data to promote his pseudoscientific discovery. In a variety of ways, Friedman aims to undercut the logical assumptions of evolutionary...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2012
The challenges and changes that take place when religions move from one cultural context to another present unique opportunities for interreligious dialogue. In new cultural environments religions are not only propelled to enter into dialogue with the traditional or dominant religion of a particular...
Conflict, Community, and Honor
1 Peter in Social-Scientific Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
The Cappadocian Mothers
Deification Exemplified in the Writings of Basil, Gregory, and Gregory
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
The Cappadocian Fathers had great influence on the church of the fourth century, having brought their passion for Christ and theological expertise to life in their ministry. Their work was not devoid of influence, including that of their immediate family members. Within their writings we uncover the...