Wipf And Stock imprint: 424 books
The Eagle Returns
A Fresh Look at the Gospel of John
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
The Gospel of John was long assumed to be the work of an eyewitness, usually identified as John, son of Zebedee. More recently, many have judged it the unhistorical product of a "Johannine community." Reconsideration by Richard Bauckham has suggested that the author was a Jerusalem disciple...
Hands of Faith
A Historical and Theological Study of the Two Kinds of Righteousness in Lutheran Thought
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
It is a common misconception that Lutheran theology is inherently antinomian, or unconcerned with Christian ethics. This unfortunate caricature of the doctrine of the Reformation has been furthered by certain strands of Lutheran theology, which reject the third use of the law and the necessity of...
The “Disciple Investing” Life
Helping Others Grow in Their Relationship with Christ
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
Have you ever wondered if you could help another person become a stronger, more consistent Christian? At some point in your own Christian walk, you probably received help, guidance, instruction, and encouragement from another believer in order to seek Christ and become more like him. How grateful...
Subversive Christianity, Second Edition
Imaging God in a Dangerous Time
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Where is Western culture going? What should Christians think about it? Those who already ask these questions often come up with confused answers. Those who do not are, arguably, living in a fool's paradise (or a fool's hell.) In this second edition of Subversive Christianity, Brian Walsh returns to...
Our Bishops, Heroes for the New Evangelization
Faithful Shepherds and the Promotion of Lay Doctrinal Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017
These are challenging times when it comes to the need for lay Catholics to understand the Church's position on any number of doctrinal issues. Likewise, we need bishops who will lead warmly and amicably, yet likewise accurately and as dutiful spiritual fathers. The goal of this book is to invite the...
Proclamation!
A Christian Guide to Public Speaking
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007
At long last here is a textbook for the basic public speaking course--one that integrates a Christian worldview with up-to-date scholarship in the field of communication. Proclamation! covers the standard speech types: informative speech, persuasive speech, and ceremonial speech. In addition, Blake...
Meditate Like Jesus
Uncover the Meditative Practices of Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
If you want to arrive at a new destination, you must be willing to travel on a new road. Meditate Like Jesus is that new road, leading individuals and spiritual communities to new places of hope and renewal. Drawn from decades of experience as a meditation leader, instructor, and pastor, K. D. Weaver...
Becoming Native to Win the Natives
Cross-Culturally Becoming All Things to All Men
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
In the author's ten years living in China, Chinese friends and foreign friends alike have told him that in many ways he is more like a Chinese person than an American. He sees himself as an "egg," which is white on the outside and yellow (Chinese) inside. For cross-cultural ministry, we...
by Dan Lioy
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
In this study of John 1-12, the author develops the thesis that Jesus is the divine, incarnate Torah, and that Jesus as Torah is the conceptual center of the Fourth Gospel. An overarching goal of the treatise is to explore the Evangelist's portrait of Jesus as the fulfillment of the Mosaic law. Connected...
Spirituality with Clothes On
Examining What Makes Us Who We Are
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
There is no such thing as a naked spirituality. Our spirituality is always shaped by the clothes of our experience. The quest of Spirituality with Clothes On is to acknowledge that we do wear clothes; and, by examining them, we begin to understand ourselves and accept others who are wearing different...
Empowering English Language Learners
Successful Strategies of Christian Educators
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2018
Empowering English Language Learners showcases strategies of those who teach English as a second language in pre-schools, graduate schools, secular public schools, and private Christian schools. What makes this book unique is the way each teacher evaluates teaching strategy through personal experience....
The Truth about Mary
A Theological and Philosophical Evaluation of the Proposed Fifth Marian Dogma
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
In recent years a powerful grassroots movement has emerged calling for the papal definition of a fifth Marian dogma declaring the Blessed Virgin Mary to be Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix of all graces, and Advocate. There has also been strong opposition to any such definition for various reasons. In The...
Relational Theology
A Contemporary Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
A growing number of Christians feel drawn to relational theology. The God of the Bible seems thoroughly relational, and we are increasingly aware of our own interrelatedness with others. Contributors to this volume tease out some implications of relational theology in light of a host of issues, doctrines,...
From Faith to Fun
The Secularization of Humor
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2008
Abraham and Sarah were presented with a paradox when God told them they would have a son in their old age. Paradox in the Old Testament plays an important part in the dialogue between God and the Jews.