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  • New Testament Theology: Many Witnesses, One Gospel, By I. Howard Marshall
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    New Testament Theology

    Many Witnesses, One Gospel

    by I. Howard Marshall

    An ECPA Gold Medallion winner

    "New Testament theology is essentially missionary theology," writes I. Howard Marshall. Founded on a sure-footed mastery of the data and constructed with clear thinking lucidly expressed, this long-anticipated New Testament theology offers the insights born of a distinguished career of study, reflection, teaching and writing on the New Testament.

    Marshall's ...

  • Majority World Theology: Christian Doctrine in Global Context, Edited by Gene L. Green and Stephen T. Pardue and K. K. Yeo
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    Majority World Theology

    Christian Doctrine in Global Context

    Edited by Gene L. Green, Stephen T Pardue, and K K Yeo

    More Christians now live in the Majority World than in Europe and North America. Yet most theological literature does not reflect the rising tide of Christian reflection coming from these regions. If we take seriously the Spirit'smovement around the world, we must consider how the rich textures of Christianity in the Majority World can enliven, inform, and challenge all who are ...

  • Contemplation and Counseling: An Integrative Model for Practitioners, By P. Gregg Blanton
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    Contemplation and Counseling

    An Integrative Model for Practitioners

    Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books

    by P. Gregg Blanton

    Interest in mindfulness and contemplative thought is growing among Christians, and it's time to consider the place of contemplative prayer within the field of counseling. Can contemplative prayer be integrated into therapeutic work? Can it in fact serve as a foundation on which to build a new approach to counseling?In Contemplation and Counseling Gregg Blanton presents ...

  • The Softer Side of Leadership: Essential Soft Skills That Transform Leaders and the People They Lead, By Eugene B. Habecker
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    The Softer Side of Leadership

    Essential Soft Skills That Transform Leaders and the People They Lead

    by Gene Habecker
    With Marylou Habecker

    Many who lead or who aspire to lead rightly champion the importance of hard skills. These are skills that are informed by quantitative measurement and analytical thinking, among others. Knowing the numbers, embracing leadership tasks, and implementing the right strategies are important but no longer enough to be an effective leader. Indeed, the best of the leadership literature consistently emphasizes ...

  • The Right Questions: Truth, Meaning  Public Debate, By Phillip E. Johnson
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    The Right Questions

    Truth, Meaning Public Debate

    by Phillip E. Johnson
    Foreword by Nancy Pearcey

    Phillip E. Johnson pries the lid off public debate about questions of ultimate concern--questions often suppressed by our society's intellectual elite. Moving far beyond matters of creation and evolution, Johnson outlines the questions we all ought to be asking about the meaning of human history, the limits of scientific inquiry, religion and education in a pluralistic society, truth, liberty and ...

  • Hear, My Son: Teaching  Learning in Proverbs 1-9, By Daniel J. Estes
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    Hear, My Son

    Teaching Learning in Proverbs 1-9

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Daniel J. Estes
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    Even a cursory reading of the book of Proverbs reveals that it is dominated by the subject of education, or personal formation. The voice of the teacher addressing his pupils resounds from its pages. A wide array of topics is presented, and frequent exhortations challenge the learner to hear and heed the teacher's instruction. This material, however, comes for the most part without recognizable ...

  • The First Christian Centuries: Perspectives on the Early Church, By Paul McKechnie
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    The First Christian Centuries

    Perspectives on the Early Church

    by Paul McKechnie

    The first three centuries of the early church were a period of struggle, transition and growth. Recent attempts by historians and social scientists to understand this era have produced various and conflicting accounts. Indeed, some have sought tooverturn the former consensus regarding which texts provide reliable evidence and how they should be interpreted. In The First Christian Centuries, ...

  • The Jesus Quest: The Third Search for the Jew of Nazareth, By Ben Witherington III
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    The Jesus Quest

    The Third Search for the Jew of Nazareth

    by Ben Witherington III

    • Voted one of Christianity Today's 1996 Books of the Year

    In recent years Jesus' time, place and social setting have received renewed scholarly attention. New research on the Dead Sea Scrolls and other Jewish and Hellenistic texts has resulted in a surge of new images of Jesus and new ideas about his ministry. Dubbed the Third Quest for the historical Jesus, this recent ...

  • Gender Identity and Faith: Clinical Postures, Tools, and Case Studies for Client-Centered Care, By Mark A. Yarhouse and Julia A. Sadusky
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    Gender Identity and Faith

    Clinical Postures, Tools, and Case Studies for Client-Centered Care

    Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books

    by Mark A. Yarhouse and Julia Anne Sadusky

    Helping people navigate gender identity questions today is complex and often polarized work.

    For clients and families who are also informed by their faith, some mental health approaches raise more questions than answers. Clinicians need a client-centered, open-ended approach that makes room for gender exploration while respecting religious identity.

    Gender Identity ...