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Biblical Sermons
How Twelve Preachers Apply the Principles of Biblical Preaching
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1997
Haddon Robinson's method as presented in Biblical Preaching is employed in twelve expository messages, offering concrete examples of how experienced preachers have made Robinson's homiletical principles work for them. Robinson comments on each expository message, interviews each preacher, and contributes...
Martin Luther and the Enduring Word of God
The Wittenberg School and Its Scripture-Centered Proclamation
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
A World-Class Scholar on Luther's Use of Scripture
The Reformation revolutionized church life through its new appreciation for God's presence working through the Bible. Coinciding with the five hundredth anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation, this volume explains how Luther's approach...
The Mission of the Church
Five Views in Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
Leading Voices from across Christian Traditions Discuss the Mission of the Church
What is the mission of the church? Every seminarian and church leader must wrestle with that question. No matter what designation a church uses to describe itself, it must also think critically about why it exists...
The Patient Ferment of the Early Church
The Improbable Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
How and why did the early church grow in the first four hundred years despite disincentives, harassment, and occasional persecution? In this unique historical study, veteran scholar Alan Kreider delivers the fruit of a lifetime of study as he tells the amazing story of the spread of Christianity in...
The Original Bishops
Office and Order in the First Christian Communities
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
This work provides a new starting point for studying the origins of church offices. Alistair Stewart, a leading authority on early Christianity and a meticulous scholar, provides essential groundwork for historical and theological discussions. Stewart refutes a long-held consensus that church offices...
Reading the Gospels Wisely
A Narrative and Theological Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
This textbook on how to read the Gospels well can stand on its own as a guide to reading this New Testament genre as Scripture. It is also ideally suited to serve as a supplemental text to more conventional textbooks that discuss each Gospel systematically. Most textbooks tend to introduce students...
by Scot McKnight
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1990
This volume discusses various hermeneutical methods used in understanding the New Testament such as word studies, grammatical analysis, New Testament background, theological synthesis, textual criticism, and use of the Old Testament in the New.
Studying the Historical Jesus
A Guide to Sources and Methods
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2002
Interest in the historical Jesus continues to occupy much of today's discussion of the Bible. The vexing question is how the Jesus presented in the Gospels relates to the Jesus that actually walked this earth.
Studying the Historical Jesus is an introductory guide to how one might go about...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1992
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1992
From a biblical, historical, or theological perspective each essay examines a challenge to belief in the integrity and reliability of Scripture. What emerges from these essays is a full-orbed restatement of this evangelical doctrine.
Protestant Biblical Interpretation
A Textbook of Hermeneutics
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1999
Since its publication in 1950, Protestant Biblical Interpretation has been a standard introduction to hermeneutics in evangelical colleges and seminaries. Twice revised, this textbook has sold well over 100,000 copies. Now this venerable resource is available in a paperback edition.
"Hermeneutics,"...
Justification and the Gospel
Understanding the Contexts and Controversies
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Seeking to move beyond current heated debates on justification, this accessible introduction offers a fresh, alternative approach to a central theological topic. Michael Allen locates justification within the wider context of the gospel, allowing for more thoughtful engagement with the Bible, historical...
by Karl Barth
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Karl Barth is widely acknowledged as one of the great theologians of the church. This masterful example of theological interpretation of the biblical text presents Barth's insights on an important Pauline epistle.
In 1921-22, Barth taught a course on the exposition of Ephesians at the University...
Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics
A Comprehensive Framework for Hearing God in Scripture
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
Renowned scholar Craig Bartholomew, coauthor of the bestselling textbook The Drama of Scripture (75,000 copies sold), writes in his main area of expertise--hermeneutics--to help seminarians pursue a lifetime of biblical interpretation. Integrating the latest research in theology, philosophy, and biblical...
Mapping Modern Theology
A Thematic and Historical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
This textbook offers a fresh approach to modern theology by approaching the field thematically, covering classic topics in Christian theology over the last two hundred years. The editors, leading authorities on the history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century theology, have assembled a respected team...