Eerdmans Publishing Co : 435 books
Approaching the End
Eschatological Reflections on Church, Politics, and Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2013
In this book Stanley Hauerwas explores the significance of eschatological reflection for helping the church negotiate the contemporary world.
In Part One, "Theological Matters," Hauerwas directly addresses his understanding of the eschatological character of the Christian faith. In...
Adopted
The Sacrament of Belonging in a Fractured World
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2017
***Christianity Today: ***2018 Award of Merit Christian Living/Dicipleship
In this compellingly readable book Kelley Nikondeha—adoptive mother and adopted child herself—thoughtfully explores the Christian concept of adoption. Her story and her biblically grounded reflections will give...
by Peter Harris, Rod J.K. Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2016
Fundraising has always been an essential element of the Christian life: churches, schools, and many other organizations rely on it to function. But it is a risky enterprise, fraught with questions and challenges. How can Christians raise funds with integrity?
In this book Peter Harris and Rod...
by R. T. France
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2007
"It is a special pleasure to introduce R T (Dick) France's commentary to the pastoral and scholarly community, who should find it a truly exceptional - and helpful - volume." So says Gordon Fee in his preface to this work. France's masterful commentary on Matthew focuses on exegesis of Matthew's...
by John N. Oswalt
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 1986
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 1986
The first of John N. Oswalt's two-part study of the book of Isaiah for the NICOT series, this commentary on chapters 1û39 combines theological acumen, literary sensitivity, philological expertise, and historical knowledge to present a faithful and accurate reading of one of the Old Testament's...
by Theo Hobson
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2013
In this provocative book Theo Hobson addresses the current crisis of liberal Christianity. In past years liberal Christianity challenged centuries of authoritarian tradition and had great political influence. It played a major role in the founding of the United States and gave rise to the secular...
The Kuyper Center Review, volume 4
Calvinism and Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2014
Explores the influence of Calvinism on democratic theory and practice
Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) -- pastor, theologian, journalist, and politician -- is highly regarded as exemplifying how a Christian worldview can be confidently expressed in both theory and practice. Honoring the spirit of...
John, His Gospel, and Jesus
In Pursuit of the Johannine Voice
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
Captures John's unique perspective and voice in the wider field of Jesus studies
In this volume Stanley Porter tackles a variety of important and often highly contentious topics within the Gospel of John as a means of defining and capturing the distinctive Johannine voice. Subjects discussed...
Paul and the Trinity
Persons, Relations, and the Pauline Letters
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
Paul’s ways of speaking about God, Jesus, and the Spirit are intricately intertwined: talking about any one of the three, for Paul, implies reference to all of them together. However, much current Pauline scholarship discusses Paul’s God-, Christ-, and Spirit-language without reference to trinitarian...
by Thomas Kaufmann
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
Accessible yet authoritative biography of the colorful character who instigated the Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther, the Augustinian friar who set the Protestant Reformation in motion with his famous Ninety-Five Theses, was a man of extremes on many fronts. He was both hated and honored, both...
Discovering Romans
Content, Interpretation, Reception
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2016
Concise, student-friendly introduction to Romans
This third volume in the Discovering Biblical Texts series offers readers a compact, up-to-date, and student-friendly introduction to Paul's letter to the Romans, focusing on its structure, content, theological concerns, key interpretive debates,...
The Stories We Live
Finding God's Calling All around Us
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
"Christian vocation," says Kathleen Cahalan, "is about connecting our stories with God's story." In The Stories We Live Cahalan rejuvenates and transforms vocation from a static concept to a living, dynamic reality.
Incorporating biblical texts, her own experience, and...
The Rest of Life
Rest, Play, Eating, Studying, Sex from a Kingdom Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
When was the last time you heard a sermon on the theological importance of play? What do rest, eating, studying -- and sex -- have to do with the Kingdom of God? Strangely, although these activities together take up much of our time, they seldom receive much discussion from a biblical point of view.
In...
Holy Spokes
The Search for Urban Spirituality on Two Wheels
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
After Laura Everett's car died on the highway one rainy night, she made the utterly practical decision to start riding her bicycle to work through the streets of Boston. Seven years later, she's never looked back.
Holy Spokes tells the story of Everett's unlikely conversion to urban cycling....