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  • 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 ...

  • Intergenerational Christian Formation: Bringing the Whole Church Together in Ministry, Community, and Worship, By Holly Catterton Allen and Christine Lawton and Cory L. Seibel
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    Intergenerational Christian Formation

    Bringing the Whole Church Together in Ministry, Community, and Worship

    by Holly Catterton Allen, Christine Lawton, and Cory Lane Seibel
    Foreword by Jason Brian Santos

    "One generation commends your works to another; they tell of your mighty acts." —Psalm 145:4

    Most churches and faith communities segment their ministries by age and generation. In some congregations, people may never interact with those of other ages. But it was not always so. Throughout biblical tradition and the majority of history, communities of faith included people ...

  • Fool's Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion, By Os Guinness
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    Fool's Talk

    Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion

    by Os Guinness

    • 2016 Christianity Today Book of the Year in Apologetics/Evangelism
    • One of Desiring God's Top 15 Books of 2015
    • Hearts Minds Bookstore's Best Books of 2015, Social Criticism and Cultural Engagement

    In our post-Christian context, public life has become markedly more secular and private life infinitely more diverse. Yet many Christians still rely on cookie-cutter ...

  • Justification: God's Plan  Paul's Vision, By N. T. Wright
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    Justification

    God's Plan Paul's Vision

    by N. T. Wright

    Biblical Foundations Book Award

    Few issues are more central to the Christian faith than the nature, scope and means of salvation. Many have thought it to be largely a transaction that gets one to heaven. In this riveting book, N. T. Wright explains that God's salvation is radically more than this.At the heart of much vigorous debate on this topic is the term the apostle Paul ...

  • Genesis 1-11, Edited by John L. Thompson
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    Genesis 1-11

    Old Testament Volume 1

    Reformation Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by John L. Thompson

    The first chapters of Genesis are the bedrock of the Jewish and Christian traditions. In these inaugural pages of the canon, the creation of the world, the fall of the human creature, the promise of redemption and the beginning of salvation history are found. Interwoven in the text are memorable stories of the ancient biblical patriarchs and matriarchs.Throughout the history of commentary, interpreters ...

  • Luke, Edited by Arthur Just Jr.
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    Luke

    Volume 3

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Arthur Just
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    For the church fathers the Gospels did not serve as resources for individual analysis and academic study. They were read and heard and interpreted within the worshiping community. They served as sources for pastoral counsel and admonition for those who were committed to the Way. Although Matthew and John were generally the preferred Gospels, Luke, because of his particular interests and unique contributions, ...

  • Luke, Edited by Arthur Just Jr
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    Luke

    Volume 3

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Arthur Just
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    For the church fathers the Gospels did not serve as resources for individual analysis and academic study. They were read and heard and interpreted within the worshiping community. They served as sources for pastoral counsel and admonition for those who were committed to the Way. Although Matthew and John were generally the preferred Gospels, Luke, because of his particular interests ...

  • John 11-21: Volume 4B, Edited by Joel C. Elowsky
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    John 11-21

    Volume 4B

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Joel C. Elowsky
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    The Gospel of John was beloved by the early church, much as it is today, for its spiritual insight and clear declaration of Jesus' divinity. Clement of Alexandria indeed declared it the "spiritual Gospel." Early disputers with heretics such as Cerinthus and the Ebionites drew upon the Gospel of John to refute their heretical notions and uphold the full deity of Christ. This Gospel more than any ...

  • Pocket Dictionary of Biblical Studies: Over 300 Terms Clearly  Concisely Defined, By Arthur G. Patzia and Anthony J. Petrotta
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    Pocket Dictionary of Biblical Studies

    Over 300 Terms Clearly Concisely Defined

    The IVP Pocket Reference Series

    by Arthur G. Patzia and Anthony J. Petrotta

    So many words about the Word. The study of anything seems to generate its own special vocabulary, and biblical studies is no different. What's more, it's got nearly a two-thousand-year lead on you! How can you catch up? Here is the answer!

    If you are puzzled by parataxis or rankled by recensions, the Pocket Dictionary of Biblical Studies is the companion you need. Whether you are ...

  • Commentaries on Genesis 1-3, By Severian of Gabala and Bede the Venerable
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    Commentaries on Genesis 1-3

    Ancient Christian Texts

    by Bede the Venerable and Severian of Gabala
    Edited by Michael Glerup
    Translated by Carmen S. Hardin and Robert C. Hill

    The church fathers displayed considerable interest in the early chapters of Genesis, and often wrote detailed commentaries or preached series of homilies on the Hexameron--the Six Days of Creation--among them Eustathius of Antioch, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Ambrose, John Chrysostom and Augustine.

    This volume of Ancient Christian Texts offers a first-time English ...