A Basic Guide to Interpreting the Bible By Robert H. Stein No one can read the Bible for long before wondering what the Bible means and who or what determines that meaning. Robert H. Stein helps you identify various types of biblical genre, including proverbs, parables, and prophecy.
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A Believer with Authority: The Life and Message of John A. MacMillan By Dr. Paul King "Who was this man, John MacMillan?" Dr. Paul King asks in A Believer with Authority. Many Christians, King admits, are familiar with the concept of the "authority of the believer," yet few have heard the story of the incredible missionary who wrote the original commentary on this scriptural principle. Well, now is your chance.
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A History of Christian Thought By Justo L. Gonzalez The acclaimed, three-volume set has been completely revised to provide a readable, definitive, and completely updated treatment of the evolution of Christian thought from the early church to the great flowering of Christianity in the Middle Ages, through the Reformation and the Enlightenment, to the twentieth century. Justo L. Gonzalez has added a major new chapter on the twentieth century, has eliminated all sexist language, and - in light of recent scholarship - has completely revised the text and updated the bibliographies.
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A History of Israel: From the Bronze Age through the Jewish Wars By Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. A History of Israel refutes many of today's common misconceptions about Israel and sets down an accurate account of its history, from the Patriaichal Age to the birth of Christ, based on the Holy Scriptures. With customary thoroughness and attention to detail, Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., has carefully researched his subject, assembled facts, and conveyed his findings in a convincing narrative style. Kaiser not only claims with ancient Eastern documents and compelling archaeolocial evidence. This complete chronological history of Israel presents and explains: Current approaches to the study of the history of Israel, common fallacies found in modern secular historical study and the most convincing proofs for the historical authenticity of the Bible. Bold and uncompromising, a History of Israel scrapes away the layers of time to reveal the truth about the land and the people of God's choice.
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A Simplified Guide to BHS By William R. Scott This is the newest edition of a very popular manual which is used in classrooms around the world to assist students learning to read the Hebrew Bible. It contains a simple and straightforward discussion of the masoretes, the masoretic tradition, the critical apparatus of BHS, the Masora, the accents, unusual letters and other markings. The third edition contains an index. Also bound in this volume is Dr. H. P. Rüger's An English Key to the Latin Words and Abbreviations and the Symbols of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia.
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An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry By David R. Bauer Biblical interpretation involves direct study of the primary text and the use of reliable secondary sources. Bauer's compilation of these collateral titles covers all of Scripture and early Judaic documents. Featuring 2,200 entries with comments on 600 designated as highly recommended, it's an ideal introduction to major works, significant publishers, and prominent scholars for pastors and students.
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An Introduction to the Old Testament By Tremper Longman III Several distinctives set this volume apart from other introductions to the Old Testament: - It is thoroughly evangelical in its perspective. - It emphasizes "special introduction" -- the study of individual books. -It interacts in an irenic spirit with the historical-critical method. - It features high points of research history and representative scholars rather than an exhaustive treatment of past scholarship. - It deals with the meaning of each book, not in isolation but in a canonical context. - It probes the meaning of each book in the setting of its culture. With an eye on understanding the nature of the Old Testament historiography, An Introduction to the Old Testament offers the reader a solid understanding of three key issues: historical background, literary analysis, and theological message.
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Anthropology for Christian Witness By Charles H.Kraft This book is a thorough, basic introduction to the study of anthropology for those who plan careers in mission or cross-cultural ministry. This new work of Charles H. Kraft, represents the synthesis of a lifetime of teaching and study. Kraft treats the very basics, including theories of culture and society; an assessment of the various anthropological schools; kinship and family structure, and communication of culture, and discusses these things in relation to Christian values.
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Basic Christianity By John R.W. Stott Who is Jesus Christ? If he is not who he said he was, and if he did not do what he said he had come to do, the whole superstructure of Christianity crumbles in ruins to the ground. Is it plausible that Jesus was truly divine? And what might this mean for us? John Stott's clear, classic statement examines the historical facts on which Christianity stands. Here is a sound, sensible guide for all who seek an intellectually satisfying explanation of the Christian faith.
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Basics of Biblical Greek By William D. Mounce The best-selling and most widely accepted New Testament Greek textbook has just gotten better. The author has made the book more user-friendly and offers options to professors, particularly enabling them to introduce Greek verbs earlier as well as offering some made-up sentences to challenge the students.
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Between Two Worlds: The Challenge of Preaching Today By John Stott Where are the powerful preachers today? Stott responds to what may be a generation of preachers who have lost confidence in the Word of God. He reaffirms the relevance of the gift of preaching by exploring its history and theological foundations, the contemporary objections to preaching, and how it can bridge the gap between the biblical and the modern worlds.
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Biblical Preaching: The Development and Delivery of Expository Messages By Haddon W. Robinson Learn to preach from an expert! In this revised best-selling classic, Robinson takes you step by step through the process of preparing and delivering an expository sermon, including how to derive its structure from the biblical text. This new edition features updated illustrations and gender-inclusive language, plus expanded discussions of narrative and inductive preaching.
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Binding and Loosing: Exercising Authority over the Dark Powers By K. Neill Foster with Dr. Paul L. King What do believers do when faced with "impossible" situations? What if their arsenal of spiritual weapons contained both an offensive and defensive weapon effective in combating the powers that war against Christ and His Church? The good news is that there is indeed such a powerful weapon. It is the biblical duo of binding and loosing.
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Called to Teach: An Introduction to the Ministry of Teaching By William R. Yount Students, parents, and homeschoolers alike now have a trusty textbook on the many facets of teaching. Motivator, communicator, manager . . . as a teacher you're all these things, and Yount shows you how to be the best in every category! He shares new ideas and skills that will help you accomplish your mission as a devoted educator
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Care for Souls By David G. Benner When troubled people seek guidance from the church, should they hear the same advice they'd receive from a secular counselor? A practicing psychologist and director of a center for psychospiritual health, Benner explores the role of the church in "soul care," advocating a method of counseling that anchors modern therapy in timeless biblical principles.
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Change: Principles of Problem Formation and Problem Resolution By Paul Watzlawick Change: Principles of Problem Formation and Problem Resolution deals with the age-old questions of persistence and change in human affairs. More particularly, it is concerned with how problems arise, and how they are perpetuated in some instances and resolved in others.
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Christian Counseling Ethics:A Handbook for Therapists, Pastors and Counselors By Randolph K. Sanders The ethical questions of competence, confidentiality, multiple relationships, public statements, third parties and documentation are explored in the light of state and federal codes with attention being paid to professional association statements and denominational guidelines. The contributions of professional counselors and academic instructors ensure a balance of opinions and a breadth of coverage.
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Christianity in Culture: A Study in Biblical Theologizing in Cross-Cultural Perspective By Charles H. Kraft This new edition includes reflections on themes that have emerged since the book's initial publication in 1979. It takes on squarely the task of helping both outsiders and insiders understand the hidden language of culture and learning how culture affects a people's appropriation of the person and message of Jesus Christ.
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Christology A Global Introduction By Veli-Matti Karkkainen This is an ecumenical, International, and contextual introduction to the person of Christ in contemporary theology, both in Western academy and in two-thirds world theologies. It offers three main perspectives on Christology (biblical, historical, and contemporary) and combines classical and contextual work done in Christology over the course of church history.
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Church Aflame By Trevor Grizzle Church Aflame, a verse-by-verse exposition of the first half of the Book of Acts, challenges today's Christians to follow the example of the first-century church, whose world had much in common with the 21st century. Gripping incidents and vivid characterization portray the power of the gospel among people hostile to God’s revelation, unfriendly to God’s people and yet hungry for meaning and truth. The stirring accounts of Acts depict faithfulness in the face of persecution and amazing church growth from 120 believers to thousands in a matter of months. Dr. Trevor Grizzle, faculty member at the Graduate School of Theology and Missions at Oral Roberts University, helps us rejoice with the church at it reaps a bountiful harvest against impossible odds. His writings challenge the church to learn from and follow example of the first Christ-followers.
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Church for the Unchurched By George G. Hunter III Hunter discusses the rebirth of the apostolic congregation, Christianity's vision of what people can become, how small groups shape an apostolic people, how lay ministry advances the Christian movement, and how apostolic churches reach secular people.
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Conspiracy of Kindness By Steve Sjogren Does your congregation start to squirm every time you mention the "E" word? Introduce them to this refreshing approach to sharing the gospel! From giving popsicles to thirsty joggers to running a free car wash, Sjogren shows you how to reach unbelievers through thoughtfulness and generosity. Includes project ideas and suggestions for further reading.
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Contextualization in the New Testament: Patterns for Theology and Missions By Dean Flemming From Cairo to Calcutta, from Cochabamba to Columbus, Christians are engaged in a conversation about how to speak and live the gospel in today's traditional, modern and emergent cultures. The technical term for their efforts is contextualization. Missionary theorists have pondered and written on it at length. More and more, those who do theology in the West are also trying to discover new ways of communicating and embodying the gospel for an emerging postmodern culture. But few have considered in depth how the early church contextualized the gospel. And yet the New Testament provides numerous examples. As both a crosscultural missionary and a New Testament scholar, Dean Flemming is well equipped to examine how the early church contextualized the gospel and to draw out lessons for today. By carefully sifting the New Testament evidence, Flemming uncovers the patterns and parameters of a Paul or Mark or John as they spoke the Word on target, and he brings these to bear on our contemporary missiological task. Rich in insights and conversant with frontline thinking, this is a book that will revitalize the conversation and refresh our speaking and living the gospel in today's cultures, whether in traditional, modern or emergent contexts.
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Continuing Education Seminar: From Membership to Discipleship By Drs. Mathew, Goldsmith, Barber and Smith From Membership to Discipleship focuses on five key elements of spiritual growth and discipleship in ministry. This seminar is presented in five 90-minute sessions.
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Continuing Education Seminar: Leadership in Ministry By Drs. Mathew, Mayton and Snow This dynamic and highly relevant seminar is broken up into five 90-minute
sessions focusing on five essential elements of leadership in ministry.
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Pastoring for Effective Worship discusses the biblical principles and practical challenges of preparing a church body for worship. This seminar consists of five 90 minute sessions.
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Courageous Leadership By Bill Hybels In the most important book he has ever written, Bill Hybels shares what he has learned about Christian leadership in the nearly thirty years he has pastured Willow Creek. Courageous Leadership is his gift to you, a leader in your local church. Because, as Bill says, the local church is the hope of the world-and its future rests primarily in your hands. In this passionate, powerful book, he unpacks the tools, tasks, and challenges of your calling. You’ll discover the power of vision and how to turn it into action. You’ll gain frontline insights for developing a kingdom dream team, discovering your leadership style, developing other leaders, making decisions, walking with God, embracing change, staying your God-given course, and much, much more.
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Creative Bible Teaching By Lawrence O. Richards Many of us teach the Bible in small groups, Sunday school, or home school classes. We study, prepare, and present material. But is our best good enough? Are we just sharing knowledge, or are we leading students into a growing relationship with God and His Word. In this newly revised edition, authors Lawrence Richards and Bary Bredfeldt focus on how to better understand the Bible we teach and how to unleash the transforming power of Scripture.
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Creative Teaching Methods: Be An Effective Christian Teacher By Marlene D. Lefever Shake up that stagnant classroom! Christian education needs to be more than a room of quiet faces staring at a teacher, and LeFever's ideas will make "creative teaching" a reality in your classroom. As team leader, you'll work with your students to help them grow in their understanding of God's Word.
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Digital Storytellers By Len Wilson The authors of this book challenge you to become a digital storyteller. They will take you beyond simply flashing words on a screen, or using story to communicate the truth, or even using a screen. They will take you beyond these pieces of technology to the "interface" of worship and technology so that the mechanics of the production of worship disappear and, like reading a book, we reach the point where we no longer see the technology, for it has become a part of our life. To become digital storytellers means that some of you must allow God to totally rewire the way we feel, think, and communicate. Assists church leaders in moving past a dated multimedia or audio-visual mentality when producing media for worship. The digital culture values story and experience, which means that producers of eWorship in congregations will learn how to represent the Word as image and art in the production of digital eWorship media. New models for worship are offered, and tactics for change are proposed so that timid congregations, as well as small and medium sized congregations can become digial storytellers
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Emerging Hope: A Strategy for Reaching Postmodern Generations By Jimmy Long Is there hope in this era of cynicism? Jimmy Long, a campus minister for more that twenty-five years, is convinced that we are in the middle of a societal hurricane. As our culture moves further into postmodernity, now is the time of enormous and rapid change. How do we "do church" in such an era? How do we reach the lost? How do we communicate hope?
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Evangelism in the Early Church By Michael Green "This fascinating book will be read with profit all around the world. It should be on every preacher's desk and go abroad with every missionary. It will furnish abundant illustrations for sermons ad give biblical and theoretical depth to the greatly needed and currently spreading stress on evangelism and church growth."-CHRISTIANITY TODAY
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Exploring Worship: A Practical Guide to Praise and Worship By Bob Sorge A must-read for everybody involved in congregational worship---from the senior pastor to the sound technician! One of the foremost texts used by Bible schools, universities, and churches, Sorge's guide lays a scriptural foundation for understanding praise and provides a practical framework for implementing worship on a local church level. Includes updated appendixes and bibliography.
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Eyes Wide Open: Looking for God in Popular Culture By William D. Romanowski Grounded in Christian principles, this accessible and engaging book offers an informed and fascinating approach to popular culture. William D. Romanowski provides affectionate yet astute analysis of familiar, well-loved movies and television characters from Cinderella Man to Homer Simpson. He speaks with expertise on films from The Chronicles of Narnia to Crash and music from Mozart to U2, bringing sources as diverse as Shakespeare and Allan Bloom into the discussion. Romanowski's confessional approach affirms a role for popular culture in faithful living. Practical, analytical approaches to content, meaning, and artistic style offer the tools to participate responsibly and imaginatively in popular cultural activities. An engaging read, this new edition introduces students and thoughtful readers to popular culture--one of the most influential forces in contemporary society.
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Family Based Youth Ministry By Mark DeVries Have you tried all the new youth programs? Have you planned one too many wacky activities? Are you frustrated about the size of the youth group? Here's an approach to ministry that takes youth work seriously. Family-based youth ministry is about adults discipling teens one-on-one and in groups.
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Four Portraits, One Jesus: An Introduction to Jesus and the Gospels By Mark L. Strauss Jesus of Nazareth has been the topic of more books, movies, and debates than anybody in history. But who was he? Strauss's accessible introduction examines the primary source documents for understanding the life and ministry of Jesus---the four Gospels. Explore the nature and background of these books and the overall Christological picture they present.
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How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth By Gordon D. Fee Understanding the Bible isn't for the few, the gifted, the scholarly. The Bible is accessible. It's meant to be read and comprehended by everyone from armchair readers to seminary students. A few essential insights into the Bible can clear up a lot of misconceptions and help you grasp the meaning of Scripture and its application to your 21st-century life.
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Inside the Mind of the Unchurched Harry and Mary By Lee Strobel Lee Strobel, with a Master of Studies in Law degree from Yale, was an award-winning journalist for 13 years at the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers. He was a spiritual skeptic until 1981. Today he serves as teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church in suburban Chicago. He is the best-selling author of Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry and Mary, What Jesus Would Say, and The Case for Christ
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Introducing Christian Doctrine Second Edition By Millard J. Erickson This abridgment of Erickson's classic Christian Theology gives an overview of the doctrines of revelation, God, creation, providence, humanity, sin, Jesus Christ, atonement and salvation, the church, and eschatology. Erickson's careful theological reflection is here made accessible to any serious reader.
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Jesus and His Jewish Parables By Dr. Brad H. Young Jesus was the ultimate storyteller, and the parable was the vehicle of choice He used to tell His tales. Many people are unaware, however, that the genre of the parable is unique to Jewish literature and the Gospel writings. In Jesus and His Jewish Parables, Dr. Brad H. Young addresses the long-ignored Jewish roots of Jesus' teachings and offers historical and hermeneutical insight on the meaning of His often-paradoxical parables.
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Jesus for a New Generation: Putting the Gospel in the Language of Xers By Kevin Graham Ford Why do the young men and women of "Generation X" seem so cynical? Ford puts names and feelings to the faces and hearts of this generation to reveal how so many have grown up in broken homes and fear random violence in the streets and the prospect of no meaningful jobs after college. But with the practical, relevant advice in this book, you can offer them the hope of Jesus Christ in language they truly understand!
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Jesus the Jewish Theologian By Dr. Brad H. Young His followers referred to Him as "Rabbi" and His Jewish roots are plainly referred to in Scripture. So, why are so many Christians today so hesitant to embrace Jesus' "Jewishness"? Dr. Brad Young offers the Christian community a rich historical perspective on the true heritage of Jesus.
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Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus in Contemporary Context By Glen H. Stassen One of Christianity Today's 2003 Books of the Year!In this masterful and innovative book Glen H. Stassen and David P. Gushee join profound ethical reflection with faith in Jesus Christ, a life of discipleship and the hope of the present and coming kingdom of God. The result is a challenging, comprehensive treatment of Christian ethics centered on the life and teachings of Jesus.Drawing on detailed studies of the Sermon on the Mount, Stassen and Gushee shed light on the whole of biblical ethical teaching as it relates to a wide range of issues, including peacemaking, just war, nonviolence, sexuality and gender roles, marriage and divorce, race, economics, care of creation, prayer and politics.Their work yields neither an impossible idealism, nor an abstract ethical system, nor a generic religious legalism. Rather Stassen and Gushee set forth a holistic ethic that motivates us and provides us with a practical basis for living under the lordship of Jesus Christ
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Leadership Next: Changing Leaders in a Changing Culture By Eddie Gibbs Our culture is constantly changing, often faster than we can adapt to it. Christian leaders struggle not only to acquire new skills and insights but also to unlearn what they already know. As both the church and the world change, so too must Christian leaders and their very notions of leadership.
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Meet the Rabbis By Dr. Brad H. Young What does Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount have in common with the ancient literature of the Jewish rabbis? Much more than most Jewish and Christian people often realize! Jesus was addressed as rabbi, as were the most devout teachers in the synagogues of his day. Despite the common values and Scriptures shared by these two great religions, many Christians have little knowledge of the great Jewish rabbis who wrote from the time of Jesus and the writing of the New Testament in the first century to the completion of the Talmud in the seventh century. Young believes this ignorance of the important literature and religious leaders of that period has caused an unnecessary division between adherents of both religions.
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Messy Spirituality: God's Annoying Love for Imperfect People By Michael Yaconelli Often our inconsistent prayer lives and inability to keep up with Bible reading plans have left us feeling like failures. However, in Messy Spirituality Mike Yaconelli reminds us that admitting such failure and receiving God's mercy is the first step of true Christian spirituality. Through engaging biblical teaching as well as vivid personal stories Mike will point you towards the Savior who meets and transforms us in the midst of all our messiness.
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Ministry Between Miracles: Caring for Hurting People in the Power of the Holy Spirit By Dr. Thomson K. Mathew Preacher. Theologian. Therapist. As a pastor, you wear many hats,
and it's important to "sport" each the very best you can.
If you're looking to sharpen your skills in pastoral care,
Ministry Between Miracles will give you the prolific insight and "how-to"
knowledge you need to effectively minister in the area of care giving.
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Moving Mountains: Lessons in Bold Faith from Great Evangelical Leaders By Dr. Paul King When we're going through hard times, often the last thing we want to hear about is someone else's success. But, what if we knew the real story behind all those victories? That they didn't simply happen overnight or without a hitch? What if we knew just how much those people had to overcome and just how much their faith was strengthened through those hard times? Maybe then we would listen to their stories and find some inspiration when we're facing our own trials . . .
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New Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors By Gordon D. Fee A favorite among pastors and seminary students for 20 years, Fee's trusted handbook offers a clear, step-by-step process for interpreting the Greek text even if you only know English. This revised, indispensable manual provides seasoned guidance for accurate reading and practical help for sermon preparation. This work includes an extensive annotated bibliography explaining the best resources and an appendix directly addressing reader-response criticism. A must have for any scholarly library.
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Old Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors By Douglas Stuart For 20 years pastors and students have found Dr. Stuart's primer for writing exegetical papers to be indispensable for interpreting, teaching, and preaching Old Testament texts. Now he provides a substantial revision for a new generation of exegetes. He offers a step-by-step handbook for faithfully handling God's Word, that includes thorough updates that reflect the latest advances in methodology and research.
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Old Testament Theology, Volume Two: Israel's Faith By John Goldingay Old Testment Theology, Volume 2: Israel's Faith is the second of John Goldingay's magisterial three-volume Old Testament Theology. The award-winning Old Testament Theology, Volume 1: Israel's Gospel followed the story line of the First Testament, developing its narrative theology. This volume finds its point of departure in the Prophets, Psalms and Wisdom literature, where we encounter a more discursive thinking. Whereas the first volume followed the epochal divine acts of Israel's "gospel" narrative, here Goldingay sets out the faith of Israel under the major rubrics of God, Israel, The Nightmare, The Vision, The World, The Nations, Humanity. In a style that cleaves closely to the text, Goldingay offers up a masterful exposition of the faith of the First Testament, one born of living long with the text and refining his skill of asking interesting questions and listening with trained attention. Never one to sacrifice a close hearing of a text for an easy generality, or to mute a discordant note for the sake of reassuring harmony, Goldingay gives us an Old Testament theology shot through the edge-of-the-seat vitality of discovery. The first volume of Old Testament Theology has triggered lively discussion in the academy. This volume too will be welcomed and discussed by scholars.But its fresh presentations of theological motifs, as well as its engagement with contemporary contexts, will also greatly enrich the treasury of insights this series makes available to preachers and other communicators of the Old Testament.
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Paul In a Fresh Perspective By N. T. Wright From the author of The New Testament and the People of God comes a fresh look at Paul's roots, his attitude toward the Roman Empire, and his unique reframing of Jewish symbols after encountering the risen Christ. Includes discussion of Pauline theology in its first-century context as well as its pertinence for today's church.
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Paul the Jewish Theologian By Dr. Brad H. Young If that title piqued your curiosity, you're not alone. It's a common misconception to see Paul's Hellenistic identity
and fail to recognize the influence of his strong Jewish roots. Paul the Jewish Theologian is a revealing picture
of the true "Jewishness" of the great apostle, and the subsequent influence of Judaism upon Christianity.
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Paul: A Very Short Introduction By E. P. Sanders Paul is the most powerful human personality in the history of the Church. A missionary, theologian, and religious genius, in his epistles he laid the foundations on which later Christian theology was built. In his highly original introduction to Paul's life and thought, E. P. Sanders, whose research on Paul has substantially influenced recent scholarship, pays equal attention to Paul's fundamental convictions and the sometimes convoluted ways in which they were worked out.
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Paul’s Idea of Community By Robert Banks Robert Bank's widely read Paul's Idea of Community: The Early House Churches in their Cultural Setting is once again available to laypeople, pastors and scholars alike. In this extensively revised edition Banks has rewritten chapters for clarity, taken into account recent scholarship on Paul's writings, updated and expanded the bibliography, and added an index. This new edition retains, however, all the freshness and vitality of the original.
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Perspectives on Spirit Baptism - Five Views By Dr. Larry Hart Life is rarely black and white. Society tends to highlight the extremes as the perspectives of
choice, when, in reality, most people tend toward the middle. Theology is no different.
Perspectives on Spirit Baptism goes beyond the "either/or" view and offers
numerous perspectives on the role of the Holy Spirit today. In his contributing chapter,
Dr. Larry Hart provides a balanced Charismatic view that fuses together the best of both the Pentecostal and Evangelical traditions.
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Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age By Ed Stetzer Are you thinking about planting a church? Do you have questions? Doubts? Reach for this book! Combining examples from his own experience with keen biblical insights, Stetzer examines emerging trends in postmodern culture, explores the theological basis for planting, offers fresh ideas for reaching unchurched people, provides step-by-step instruction on starting new churches, and more.
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Postmodern Youth Ministry By Tony Jones Opens the door for youth workers, pastors, and the church at large to contemplate the church today and how post-modernism is affecting their youth ministry.
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Preaching and Teaching with Imagination By Warren W. Wiersbe No need to pay tuition for a preaching course! After presenting an overview of the need for imaginative preaching and the role of imagination in the Bible, Wiersbe gives helpful insights on how you can use imagery in various kinds of sermons. Thoroughly researched, well-documented, and highly recommended for beginning preachers, this text is also packed with bibliographic material.
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Preaching for Special Services gives you practical guidance on how to develop and deliver clear, listener-sensitive sermons for special occasions.
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Preaching with Passion By Alex Montoya An interactive guide to passionate preaching through spiritual power, conviction, compassion, authority, urgency, brokenness, your whole being, and imagination.
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Purpose Driven Youth Ministry By Doug Fields From the church that brought you Purpose Driven Life and Purpose Driven Church is this book that gives you a plan to build a healthy youth ministry. There are nine components to the Purpose Driven Youth ministry model: perseverance, participating leaders, parents, planned values, process, programs, potential audience, purpose, and the power of God. This model for ministry is not based on one great youth leader and is not destroyed if that leader leaves the church.
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Radical Outreach: The Recovery of Apostolic Ministry and Evangelism By George G. Hunter III This book tells how the contemporary church can reclaim its ancient witness through hands-on ministries with the unchurched. When it comes to transforming people's lives and leading them into active Christian discipleship, why does there seem to be such a difference between the church we read about in the New Testament and our own churches today? What was it about those earliest Christians that empowered them to spread the gospel with such startling results? One core reason, says George G. Hunter III, is that they reached out into the communities in which they lived. Instead of building fortress churches and inviting others to come join them inside the walls, the earliest Christians spread out, engaging in hands-on ministries to meet the needs of people where they were. The churches today that have reclaimed this apostolic ministry are the ones that do not rely on worship - or even preaching - to woo the unchurched into visiting them. Rather, they use outreach ministries - everything from recovery groups to English-as-a-second-language classes - to reach those most in need of the healing word of the gospel. "
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Readings from the Ancient Near East By Bill T. Arnold Essential to a proper understanding of the Old Testament is a knowledge of the political, historical, and theological environment of the ancient Near East. While there is an abundance of material explaining this environment, primary source texts are often unavailable or inaccessible to the beginning Old Testament student. This volume in the Encountering Biblical Studies series fills that void. Readings from the Ancient Near East takes the student through a wide variety of primary source texts from the ancient Near East that illuminate every book of the Old Testament. It is the companion volume to Encountering the Old Testament, coauthored by Bill Arnold and Bryan Beyer. The editors have compiled this volume with the beginning Old Testament student in mind. The selections are intended to move a learner with little or no knowledge of the ancient Near East to a basic understanding of its significant texts and authors. Texts spanning more than two thousand years include Sumerian creation accounts, epic literature from Mesopotamia, cultic ritual texts from Egypt, and prophetic references from Syria. Readings from the Ancient Near East will surely become a standard text for professors, students, pastors, Sunday school teachers, and serious lay readers.
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Rethinking the Church: a Challenge to Creative Redesign in an Age of Transition By James E. White Your church has a unique mission. Have you taken time to understand exactly what it is? White helps pastors and lay leaders break "old molds," check assumptions, and answer vital questions about how their ministry can best foster evangelism, discipleship, worship, and more. This revised edition emphasizes how to move from rethinking to transition.
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Searching for God Knows What By Donald Miller Brokenness. We deny it, but our innumerable doubts and fears reveal its constant presence. We try and hide from it, but it's lurking behind every concealed corner. In Searching for God Knows What Donald Miller explores the countless ways that we try to fix our brokenness, which work about as well as the attempts of the king's men to put Humpty back together again, and clearly guides us to the fix we've been frantically looking for: redemption. Through clear biblical teaching and witty, engaging stories, Don Miller will help us to confess our brokenness and find the fix we've been searching for.
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Spirit-Led Ministry in the 21st Century By Dr. Thomson K. Mathew Caught up amongst cultural wars, social problems, and politics, you may be wondering where the church is headed in the coming years
--and where it should be. Spirit-Led Ministry in the 21st Century provides a balanced, charismatic response to help you navigate today's
most pressing cultural and theological issues.
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Spirit-filled Christology: Merging Theology and Power By Dr. David W. Dorries Will the real Jesus please stand up? Truth may be truth, but it can be far too easy to slip into false doctrine
without an accurate understanding of the person of Christ. Spirit-filled Christology exposes common heresies
and offers an eye-opening revelation about the dual nature of Jesus and what it means for Christians striving to follow His example.
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Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence for Every Believer By J. Oswald Sanders Charles Colson called it "the best book on Christian leadership I've read." Discover why this timeless classic continues to equip tomorrow's ministers---and challenges today's shepherds---toward greater effectiveness! Revised and updated, Sanders's hard-hitting study explores the essential qualities of a godly leader---and offers sterling examples from Scripture and Christian history. Includes study guide.
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Starting Right: Thinking Theologically about Youth Ministry By Kenda Creasy Dean This is among the very few academic textbooks on youth ministry that blends solid research with real-life experience. It is an excellent resource for undergraduate or graduate courses in youth ministry or for youth workers who want to ground their ministry in solid theology.
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Synopsis of the Four Gospels By Kurt Aland This synopsis features the four Gospels (not just the three synoptics) with each text ultimately occuring in consecutive order with constant reference to previous and later citations to provide continuity. Important listings of sematic parallels are in small type as well as an extensive system of cross references covering quotations, allusions, and topical correspondence. The text is based on the 26th edition of Nestle-Aland, has the RSV translation in four parallel columns, and is the English only version of the Greek Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum. This is a standard resource for Bible colleges, translators and seminaries around the world.
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Teaching Cross-Culturally: An Incarnational Model for Learning and Teaching By Judith and Sherwood Lingenfelter "Teaching Cross-Culturally" is a challenging consideration of what it means to be a Christian educator in a culture other than your own. Chapters include discussions about how to uncover cultural biases, how to address intelligence and learning styles, and teaching for biblical transformation. "Teaching Cross-Culturally" is ideal for the western-trained educator or missionary who plans to work in a non-western setting, as well as for those who teach in an increasingly multicultural North America.
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The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus By Lee Strobel Using the dramatic scenario of an investigative journalist pursuing his story and leads, Lee Strobel uses his experience as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune to interview experts about the evidence for Christ from the fields of science, philosophy, and history. Winner of the Gold Medallion Book Award and twice nominated for the Christian Book of the Year Award.
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