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PaperbackThe Transforming Vision
Shaping a Christian World View
by Brian J. Walsh and J. Richard Middleton
Science, technology and economic growth motivate our society. Each is carried on with little regard for Christian concerns.
Brian Walsh and Richard Middleton yearn for change. They long to see Christianity penetrate the structures of society, reforming and remolding our culture. From scholarship in the universities to politics, business and family life, the Christian vision can transform our ...
PaperbackSocrates Meets Jesus
History's Greatest Questioner Confronts the Claims of Christ
by Peter Kreeft
What would happen if Socrates--yes, the Socrates of ancient Athens--suddenly showed up on the campus of a major university and enrolled in its divinity school?What would he think of human progress since his day?How would he react to our values? Toour culture?And what would he think of Jesus?Peter Kreeft, Christian philosopher and longtime admirer of the historic Socrates, imagines the result. In ...
PaperbackThe Unaborted Socrates
A Dramatic Debate on the Issues Surrounding Abortion
by Peter Kreeft
Is abortion a woman's right?
When does human life begin?
Should we legislate morality?What would happen if the Socrates of old suddenly appeared in modern Athens? Peter Kreeft imagines the dialog that might ensue with three worthyopponents--a doctor, a philosopher and a psychologist--about the arguments surrounding abortion. Kreeft uses Socratic technique to strip away the emotional ...
PaperbackMind Your Faith
A Student's Guide to Thinking and Living Well
by David A. Horner
The university world can be a confusing place, filled with many competing worldviews and perspectives. Beliefs and values are challenged at every turn. But Christians need not slip into the morass of easy relativism. David Horner restores sanity to the collegiate experience with this guide to thinking and flourishing as a Christian. Carefully exploring how ideas work, he gives you essential tools ...
PaperbackThinking About Christian Apologetics
What It Is and Why We Do It
by James K. Beilby
Most introductions to apologetics begin with the "how to" of defending the faith, diving right into the major apologetic arguments and the body of evidence. For those who want a more foundational look at this contested theological discipline, thisbook examines Christian apologetics in its nature, history, approaches, objections and practice.What is apologetics?How has apologetics developed?What ...
PaperbackDarwin on Trial
by Phillip E. Johnson
- In 2006, Christianity Today voted this title to be one of the top 50 books that have shaped evangelicals
- A Christianity Today 1992 Book of the Year Runner-up
- Recipient of a Christianity Today 1992 Readers' Choice Award
Here's the book that has rocked the scientific--and Christian--establishment.
Phillip Johnson's critique of Darwinian ...
PaperbackScripture Twisting
20 Ways the Cults Misread the Bible
by James W. Sire
How often have you encountered some bizarre doctrine only to be stunned to hear a Bible verse quoted to support it? With new religious cults springing up almost daily and old ones growing rapidly, this is more and more common. How are they seemingly able to twist Scripture to mean something orthodox Christians have never believed it to mean in two thousand years?
James Sire, author of The ...
PaperbackMapping the Origins Debate
Six Models of the Beginning of Everything
by Gerald Rau
Midwest Publishing Awards Show Honorable Mention
The debate over evolution and creation has raged for decades and shows no signs of letting up. Many promote one view as the only reasonable solution. But what are themain viewpoints, and just why do they disagree? In the midst of an increasingly intense dispute, Gerald Rau answers the important questions with level-headed ...
Paperback6 Modern Myths About Christianity & Western Civilization
by Philip J. Sampson
When did you last encounter a myth? Maybe watching a movie, touring a museum or browsing the sci-fi section of your local bookstore? To contemporary men and women, myths seem mere relics of a premodern era--legendary stories of capricious gods, heroic deeds and lost cities. The physical and social anxieties that gave rise to myths have been dealt with more productively in our century by science, ...
PaperbackPolitical Church
The Local Assembly as Embassy of Christ's Rule
Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture
by Jonathan Leeman
Series edited by Kevin J. Vanhoozer and Daniel J. TreierThe church is political.
Theologians have been debating this claim for years. Liberationists, Anabaptists, Augustinians, neo-Calvinists, Radical Orthodox, and others continue to discuss the matter. What do we mean by politics and the political? What are the limits of the church's political reach? What is the nature of the church as an institution? How do we establish these ...
