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Praying with Paul
A Call to Spiritual Reformation
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
God doesn't demand hectic church programs and frenetic schedules; he only wants his people to know him more intimately, says top-selling author D. A. Carson. The apostle Paul found that spiritual closeness in his own fellowship with the Father. By following Paul's example, we can do the same. This...
From Paradise to the Promised Land
An Introduction to the Pentateuch
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
This text has been a popular introduction to the Pentateuch for over fifteen years, offering a unique alternative to the critical approaches that focus on the composition of these books rather than the actual content. With this new edition, T. Desmond Alexander keeps the book fresh and relevant for...
Galatians and Christian Theology
Justification, the Gospel, and Ethics in Paul's Letter
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
The letter to the Galatians is a key source for Pauline theology as it presents Paul's understanding of justification, the gospel, and many topics of keen contemporary interest. In this volume, some of the world's top Christian scholars offer cutting-edge scholarship on how Galatians relates to theology...
Globalizing Theology
Belief and Practice in an Era of World Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2006
One of the most powerful forces in the twenty-first century is the increasing phenomenon of globalization. In nearly every realm of human activity, traditional boundaries are disappearing and people worldwide are more interconnected than ever. Christianity has also become more aware of global realities...
A Many Colored Kingdom
Multicultural Dynamics for Spiritual Formation
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
How do ethnic and cultural diversity affect spiritual formation? The authors of A Many Colored Kingdom explore Christian formation and teaching in the church, with a particular focus on intercultural and interethnic relationships.
Well-qualified to speak on issues of diversity, the authors describe...
by Mary Healy, Peter Williamson, Scott W. Hahn
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
In this addition to the successful Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture (CCSS) series, Scott Hahn, a bestselling author and a leading Catholic interpreter of Scripture, examines Romans from within the living tradition of the Church for pastoral ministers, lay readers, and students alike. The CCSS...
Joining Children on the Spiritual Journey
Nurturing a Life of Faith
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1998
Understanding how a child's faith forms is crucial to knowing how adults can most significantly enhance the child's spiritual development. This book provides parents, teachers, and Christian education leaders with valuable insights into spiritual formation during childhood.
With a biblical...
Listening to Children on the Spiritual Journey
Guidance for Those Who Teach and Nurture
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
How do children experience and understand God? How can adults help children grow their life of faith? Throughout more than a decade of field research, children's spirituality experts Catherine Stonehouse and Scottie May listened to children talk about their relationships with God, observed children...
Introducing Christian Education
Foundations for the Twenty-first Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2001
Building on the success of his 1992 collection Foundations of Ministry (over 17,000 sold), Michael Anthony offers Introducing Christian Education to fill the need in the C.E. curriculum for an introductory foundations textbook--one that provides an overview and understanding of the broad range of...
Worship Architect, The
A Blueprint for Designing Culturally Relevant and Biblically Faithful Services
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
There are many books available on the topic of worship today, but few provide a comprehensive, practical method for worship design. Constance M. Cherry, a worship professor and practitioner, provides worship leaders with credible blueprint plans for successfully designing worship services that foster...
Seven Deadly Spirits
The Message of Revelation's Letters for Today's Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
T. Scott Daniels, pastor of a Los Angeles megachurch, contends that corporate bodies like churches form an individual spiritual personality of sorts. Cultural influences can impact the collective spirit or attitude of a congregation, either hindering it from becoming all God intends it to be or setting...
Narrative Reading, Narrative Preaching
Reuniting New Testament Interpretation and Proclamation
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2003
There is often an unfortunate division between the technical work of biblical scholars and the practical work of preachers who construct sermons each week. These two fields of study, which ought to be mutually informed and supportive, are more often practically divided by divergent methods, interests,...
Sent and Gathered (Engaging Worship)
A Worship Manual for the Missional Church
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Historic changes are occurring in the convergence of worship styles throughout the Christian church. Christians across the theological spectrum are seeking to learn from their own tradition's roots and from the liturgical expressions of believers in other times and places.
Here worship expert...
Rethinking Holiness
A Theological Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Holiness is experiencing a renaissance both within and beyond the church today. Based on years of conversations with students, this approachable theological introduction to the Christian doctrine of holiness challenges the commonly held idea that holiness is primarily a moral category. The author...