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  • Creating the Canon: Composition, Controversy, and the Authority of the New Testament, By Benjamin P. Laird
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    Creating the Canon

    Composition, Controversy, and the Authority of the New Testament

    by Benjamin Paul Laird

    ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award

    Unraveling the Origins of the New Testament Canon

    Despite the profound influence of the New Testament, a variety of questions related to its background and history remain common. Contemporary readers often find the subject of the canon’s origin and formation to be complicated and confusing, while scholars continue ...

  • The Trinity in the Book of Revelation: Seeing Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in John's Apocalypse, By Brandon D. Smith
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    The Trinity in the Book of Revelation

    Seeing Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in John's Apocalypse

    Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture

    by Brandon Dean Smith
    Foreword by Lewis Ayres
    Series edited by Kevin J. Vanhoozer and Daniel J. Treier

    How should we read the book of Revelation?

    Interpreting Scripture faithfully is a challenge with regard to any text and for any reader of the Bible. But perhaps no text confronts and confuses readers as much as the book ofRevelation. With its vivid imagery and rich prophetic language, John's Apocalypse provokes and stirs our imaginations. Some have viewed it primarily as ...

  • Singles at the Crossroads: A Fresh Perspective on Christian Singleness, By Albert Y. Hsu
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    Singles at the Crossroads

    A Fresh Perspective on Christian Singleness

    by Albert Y. Hsu

    • One of the 1998 Academy of Parish Clergy Top Ten Books of the Year

    Nearly half of adults today are unmarried. But most churches emphasize marriage and family, leaving many Christian singles feeling marginalized or alienated. Though they look to Jesus and Paul as role models, many suspect they would be more acceptable to the church--and God--if they settled down and got married.Albert ...

  • Commentaries on Galatians--Philemon, By Ambrosiaster
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    Commentaries on Galatians--Philemon

    Ancient Christian Texts

    by Ambrosiaster
    Edited and Translated by Gerald Bray

    Ambrosiaster ("Star of Ambrose") is the name given to the anonymous author of the earliest complete Latin commentary on the thirteen epistles of Paul. The commentaries were thought to have been written by Ambrose throughout the Middle Ages, but their authorship was challenged by Erasmus, whose arguments have proved decisive.

    The commentaries, which serve as important witnesses to pre-Vulgate ...

  • The Journey of God: Christianity in Six Movements, By Jonathan D. Lyonhart
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    The Journey of God

    Christianity in Six Movements

    by Jonathan David Lyonhart

    The Journey of God is an exploration into the rich tapestry of Christianity, designed to captivate both mind and soul. The Journey of God transcends traditional theology writing, weaving a compelling narrative that journeys throughthe six pivotal acts of the Christian story—Creation, Fall, Nation, Redemption, Church, and End. Each chapter unfurls as part novel, part sermon, and part ...

  • The Person of Christ, By Donald Macleod
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    The Person of Christ

    Contours of Christian Theology

    by Donald Macleod

    Throughout the history of the church the doctrine of the person of Christ has been a centerpiece of theological reflection. In The Person of Christ Donald Macleod rearticulates this multifaceted doctrine. He begins with the New Testamentand recent attempts to understand its Christology. Macleod then turns his attention to Christ in the history of Christian theology, examining the principal ...

  • Bringing Home the Prodigals, By Rob Parsons
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    Bringing Home the Prodigals

    by Rob Parsons

    Rob Parsons' message is for anyone who cares about prodigals. He urges us to be released from false guilt, to stop judging each other, and to remember that God, the perfect parent, has trouble with his children, too.He challenges the church to recognize the part it has played in creating prodigals and says, when our prodigals do come home, pray that they meet the father first and not the elder brother! ...

  • Blessed Are the Nones: Mixed-Faith Marriage and My Search for Spiritual Community, By Stina Kielsmeier-Cook
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    Blessed Are the Nones

    Mixed-Faith Marriage and My Search for Spiritual Community

    by Stina Kielsmeier-Cook

    Can the Christian life be lived alone?

    When her husband left Christianity several years into their marriage, Stina Kielsmeier-Cook was left "spiritually single"—struggling to live the Christian life on her own, taking her kids to church by herself, and wrestling with her own questions and doubts.

    In this memoir, Kielsmeier-Cook tells the story of her mixed-faith marriage ...