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Jeremy Begbie
Jeremy Begbie (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is Thomas A. Langford Distinguished Research Professor of Theology at Duke Divinity School, where he serves as the director of Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts (DITA). He is also a Senior Memberof Wolfson College, Cambridge. He is author of a number of books, including Music, Modernity, and God; A Peculiar Orthodoxy; Redeeming Transcendence in the Arts; Resounding Truth: Christian Wisdom in the World of Music; Theology, Music and Time; Voicing Creation's Praise: Towards a Theology of the Arts. He is also a professionally trained musician and an ordained minister of the Church of England.
PaperbackThe Lost World of the Torah
Law as Covenant and Wisdom in Ancient Context
The Lost World Series
by John H. Walton and J. Harvey Walton
Our handling of what we call biblical law veers between controversy and neglect.
On the one hand, controversy arises when Old Testament laws seem either odd beyond comprehension (not eating lobster) or positively reprehensible (executing children). On the other, neglect results when we consider the law obsolete, no longer carrying any normative power (tassels on clothing, ...
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David K. Naugle
David K. Naugle (1952–2021) (ThD, Dallas Theological Seminary; PhD, University of Texas at Arlington) was distinguished professor of philosophy at Dallas Baptist University, where he established, chaired, and taught in the philosophy department for nearly three decades. He is the author of Worldview: The History of a Concept, Reordered Love, Reordered Lives: Learning the Deep Meaning of Happiness, and Philosophy: A Student's Guide, a volume in the series Reclaimingthe Christian Intellectual Tradition. Naugle served as a Colson Fellow for the Wilberforce Forum, the Christian worldview think tank sponsored by Prison Fellowship near Washington, DC. He was also on the advisory boards of the International Instituteof Christian Studies and the Bryan Center for Critical Thought Practice and on the editorial board of the journal Intégrité.
PaperbackChristian Ethics
Four Views
Spectrum Multiview Book Series
Edited by Steve Wilkens
The field of Christian ethics is the subject of frequent conversation as Christians seek to understand how to live faithfully within a pluralistic society. The range of ethical systems and moral philosophies available can be confusing to people seeking clarity about what the different theories mean for everyday life.
This Spectrum Multiview volume presents a dialogue between ...
HardbackLent
The Season of Repentance and Renewal
Fullness of Time
by Esau McCaulley
Christianity Today Book Award Finalist—Bible and Devotional
"Lent is inescapably about repenting." Every year, the church invites us into a season of repentance and fasting in preparation for Holy Week. It's an invitation to turn away from our sins and toward the mercy and grace of Christ.
Often, though, we experience the Lenten fast as either ...
Hardback1-2 Thessalonians, 1-2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon
New Testament Volume 12
Reformation Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Lee Gatiss and Bradley G. Green
"Since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep." (1 Thess 4:14).
The epistles of the New Testament provide unparalleled insight into the realities of the life of the early church, guidance for those called to lead the church, and comfort in the face of pressing theological questions. Among those ...
PaperbackMeditation and Communion with God
Contemplating Scripture in an Age of Distraction
by John Jefferson Davis
As culture has become at once more secular and more religiously pluralistic, a renaissance of interest in the spiritual disciplines has been sparked in evangelical Protestant circles. Mounting levels of stress, burnout and spiritual dryness amongthose in ministry has only stoked this desire for spiritual nourishment and renewal.John Jefferson Davis helps us recover the practice of meditation on ...
PaperbackRemissioning Church
A Field Guide to Bringing a Congregation Back to Life
by Joshua Ryan Hayden
Outreach Resource of the Year
Englewood Review of Books Readers' Best Award Winner
Rediscover Your Church's Mission!
Many churches are struggling to connect with theircommunities and are facing a decline. But there's hope! God is inviting His church to be reborn from the inside out, transforming into a new missional ...
PaperbackThe Church
Contours of Christian Theology
by Edmund P. Clowney
At a time in which the very word church sounds a tone of dull irrelevance, the doctrine of the church has suffered the studied neglect of many Christian leaders. The persistent demands to market, manage and grow the church and to meet thefelt needs of churched and unchurched all threaten to quench theological reflection on the abiding nature and mission of the church. But few activities ...
PaperbackBreaking Old Rhythms
Answering the Call of a Creative God
by Amena Brown
Foreword by Dan Kimball"When two fighters of equal ability and speed are matched . . . there is a greater advantage to the one who knows how to break the rhythm."-Bruce LeeRhythm is a blessing. By rhythm we dance, sing, clap, walk and breathe.Beyond the blessing is the Giver of Rhythm, who sometimes calls us past the patterns and habits we have established for ourselves into new understanding, new risk, new faith, hope ...
