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HardbackSeeds of Racial Healing
Fifty-Two Devotions for Navigating Through Trauma
by Sheila Wise Rowe
A Spiritual Journey Toward Healing and Justice for Christians of Color
You are born from a seed that cannot die.
In a world filled with discrimination, racially motivated violence, and miscarriages of justice, hope and joy can feel unattainable, and lies denying your personhood try to dim the truth that you are created in the image of God.
In Seeds ...
PaperbackIn the Beginning
by Henri Blocher
"Curiosity about our beginning continues to haunt the human race. It will not call off the Quest for its origins." The opening chapters of Genesis -- important at any time -- have been the focal point of controversy for more than a century. Few topics have been so hotly debated by theologians, philosophers and scientists alike.Henri Blocher argues that our primary task is to discover what these ...
PaperbackA Clear and Present Word
The Clarity of Scripture
New Studies in Biblical Theology
by Mark D. Thompson
Series edited by D. A. CarsonBy almost any measure, a bold and confident use of the Bible is a hallmark of Christianity. Underlying such use are a number of assumptions about the origin, nature and form of the biblical literature, concerning its authority, diversity and message.
However, a lack of confidence in the clarity or perspicuity of Scripture is apparent in Western Christianity. Despite recent, sophisticated analyses, ...
PaperbackMotherhood
Being Grounded in Christ
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Patty Pell
Motherhood is complicated. It can bring about feelings of deep love and joy, frustration, helplessness, tenderness, guilt, contentment and longing—all in an hour! In these ten-session LifeGuide® Bible Study on biblical motherhood, student minister and mother Patty Pell helps you discover the truth about who you are, who God is and how he sees you. As you learn to rest in your identity as his beloved, ...
Number of Studies: 10
PaperbackThe Face of Forgiveness
A Pastoral Theology of Shame and Redemption
by Philip D. Jamieson
Jesus tells Peter to forgive "not seven times, but seventy-seven times" (Matt 18:22), and the atoning work of Christ is at the center of Christian thought. Yet many followers of Christ often struggle with offering or receiving forgiveness.The Face of Forgiveness seeks to address this dilemma and present a way forward. Utilizing contemporary distinctions between shame and guilt, Philip Jamieson ...
PaperbackSin and Grace in Christian Counseling
An Integrative Paradigm
Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books
by Mark R. McMinn
Sin. Grace. Christian Counseling.How do these fit together?In Christian theology sin and grace are intrinsically interconnected. Teacher and counselor Mark McMinn believes that Christian counseling, then, must also take account of both human sin and God's grace. For both sin and grace are distorted whenever one is emphasized without the other.McMinn, noting his own tendencies and the temptation ...
HardbackOn Getting Out of Bed
The Burden and Gift of Living
by Alan Noble
Christianity Today Award of Merit
Meditations on Why Life is Worth Living
We aren't always honest about how difficult normal human life is.
For the majority of people, sorrow, despair, anxiety, and mental illness are everyday experiences. While we have made tremendous advancements in therapy and psychiatry, the burden of living still comes ...
PaperbackApproaching the Study of Theology
An Introduction to Key Thinkers, Concepts, Methods & Debates
by Anthony C. Thiselton
From the opening pages of the Bible, we learn of God as one who communicates with humankind—offering us first steps toward knowledge of the divine, the very foothold of theology. On this basis, Approaching the Study of Theology presents an engaging introduction to the breadth and depth of the study of theology, mapping the significant landmarks as well as the main areas of debate.The book ...
PaperbackIn All the Scriptures
The Three Contexts of Biblical Hermeneutics
by Nicholas G. Piotrowski
Foreword by Graeme GoldsworthyBiblical Foundations Book Awards Finalist
No one reads the Bible without some interpretive principles, or hermeneutics, in place. The question every student of Scripture needs to ask, then, is this: Are yourinterpretive principles and methods legitimate and ethical?
In this accessible introduction to biblical hermeneutics, Nicholas G. Piotrowski presents ...
HardbackIsaiah 40-66
Volume 11
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Mark W. Elliott
General Editor Thomas C. OdenNo book of the Old Testament is more frequently quoted in the New than Isaiah, and no portion of Isaiah is more frequently quoted in the New than the typologically fertile soil of Isaiah 40–66. Still, as interpreted by the fathers, Isaiah presents a message that is far more soteriological than christological, leading readers to a deeper understanding of God's judgment and salvation. ...
