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  • The Cross in Context: Reconsidering Biblical Metaphors for Atonement, By Brad Vaughn
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    The Cross in Context

    Reconsidering Biblical Metaphors for Atonement

    by Brad Vaughn
    Foreword by Joshua McNall

    How can a doctrine about reconciliation with God create so much controversy among God's people?

    Theologian Brad Vaughn believes Christians can gain clarity and unity on the doctrine of the atonement through a renewed attention to the biblical evidence. While theological theories are necessary and useful, they can obscure reality as much as clarify it. And we're often ignorant ...

  • Evangelical Postcolonial Conversations: Global Awakenings in Theology and Praxis, Edited by Kay Higuera Smith and Jayachitra Lalitha and L. Daniel Hawk
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    Evangelical Postcolonial Conversations

    Global Awakenings in Theology and Praxis

    Edited by Kay Higuera Smith, Jayachitra Lalitha, and L. Daniel Hawk

    Colonialism involves more than just territorial domination. It also creates cultural space that silences and disenfranchises those who do not hold power. This process of subjugation continues today in various forms of neocolonialism, such as globalization. Postcolonialism arose in the latter half of the twentieth century to challenge the problem of coloniality at the level of our language and our ...

  • Dominion and Dynasty: A Theology of the Hebrew Bible, By Stephen G. Dempster
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    Dominion and Dynasty

    A Theology of the Hebrew Bible

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Stephen G. Dempster
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    Christian theologians rarely study the Old Testament in its final Hebrew canonical form, even though this was very likely the Bible used by Jesus and the early church. However, once read as a whole, the larger structure of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) provides a "wide-angle lens" through which its contents can be viewed.In this stimulating New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, Stephen G. ...

  • Pocket Guide to World Religions, By Winfried Corduan
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    Pocket Guide to World Religions

    The IVP Pocket Reference Series

    by Winfried Corduan

    Have you ever wondered . . .

    • what the red dot on an Indian woman's forehead means?
    • whether all Buddhist monks practice martial arts?
    • if the Emperor of Japan is still considered a god?

    Here is a concise, informative guide for anyone looking for answers to basic questions about the world's varied religions. In short, incisive chapters, Winfried Corduan introduces ...

  • Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith, By Douglas Groothuis
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    Christian Apologetics

    A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith

    by Douglas Groothuis

    "This revised second edition is over the top. Encyclopedic in its range, careful and precise in its argumentation, and readily accessible to a wide audience, this is the go-to book in Christian apologetics." — J. P. Moreland, distinguished professor of philosophy, Talbot School of Theology

    A Landmark Apologetics Work, Now Updated

    How can we know that Christianity ...

  • A Prophet in the Darkness: Exploring Theology in the Art of Georges Rouault, Edited by Wesley Vander Lugt
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    A Prophet in the Darkness

    Exploring Theology in the Art of Georges Rouault

    Studies in Theology and the Arts Series

    Edited by Wesley Vander Lugt

    Many consider Georges Rouault (1871–1958) to be one of the most important religious painters of the last few centuries. Yet both the secular art world and the church have struggled to engage with his work, which is profoundly shaped by his Christian faith and also starkly explores the pain and darkness of human experience.

    In this volume, a group of theologians, artists, and ...

  • Paul, Apostle of God's Glory in Christ: A Pauline Theology, By Thomas R. Schreiner
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    Paul, Apostle of God's Glory in Christ

    A Pauline Theology

    by Thomas R. Schreiner

    The theology of the apostle Paul is complex, set forth in numerous occasional letters, and subject to a seemingly endless variety of interpretations. How should students of Scripture engage the challenging task of discerning the shape of Paul's thought? In Paul, Apostle of God's Glory in Christ, Thomas R. Schreiner seeks to unearth Paul's worldview by observing what Paul ...

  • Paul, Apostle of God's Glory in Christ: A Pauline Theology, By Thomas R. Schreiner
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    Paul, Apostle of God's Glory in Christ

    A Pauline Theology

    by Thomas R. Schreiner

    The theology of the apostle Paul is complex, set forth in numerous occasional letters, and subject to a seemingly endless variety of interpretations. How should students of Scripture engage the challenging task of discerning the shape of Paul's thought? In Paul, Apostle of God's Glory in Christ, Thomas R. Schreiner seeks to unearth Paul's worldview by observing what Paul ...

  • The Biology of Sin: Grace, Hope and Healing for Those Who Feel Trapped, By Matthew S. Stanford
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    The Biology of Sin

    Grace, Hope and Healing for Those Who Feel Trapped

    by Matthew S. Stanford

    There are heated discussions happening on the conflict between science and faith. This disagreement tends to focus around three main issues, one of them being what causes our sinful behavior. The intense conflict has to do with biblically definedsinful behaviors and if there just might be a biological predisposition for these behaviors. The Biology of Sin speaks to this debate and hopefully ...

  • Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit: Growing in Christlikeness, By Christopher J. H. Wright
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    Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit

    Growing in Christlikeness

    by Christopher J. H. Wright

    How should Christians live?On the one hand, some very legalistic Christians stress the importance of keeping all the rules—that you must do this and never do that if you want to prove you are really a Christian. On the other hand,there are those who reject the whole idea of rules or traditions in the church and see the point of the Christian faith as setting us free from the institutionalized ...

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