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  • 'Return To Me': A Biblical Theology of Repentance, By Mark J. Boda
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    'Return To Me'

    A Biblical Theology of Repentance

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Mark J Boda
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    "Return to me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will return to you," (Zech 1:3 ESV).Repentance concerns the repair of a relationship with God disrupted by human sin. All the major phases of church history have seen diversity and controversy over the doctrine. The first of Luther?s famous ninety-five theses nailed to the church door in Wittenburg in 1517 stated that 'the entire life of believers should ...

  • Integrating Faith and Psychology: Twelve Psychologists Tell Their Stories, Edited by Glendon L. Moriarty
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    Integrating Faith and Psychology

    Twelve Psychologists Tell Their Stories

    Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books

    Foreword by Gary R. Collins
    Edited by Glendon L. Moriarty

    The tensions often cited between psychology and Christianity are well known. Much worthwhile work has been done to construct theories and frameworks for integrating the two. But how do Christians in psychology actually weave together these strandsof their lives and their work. What are their stories?Here Glendon Moriarty brings together twelve of the foremost clinicians and academics in the field ...

  • Intercultural Theology, Volume One: Intercultural Hermeneutics, By Henning Wrogemann
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    Intercultural Theology, Volume One

    Intercultural Hermeneutics

    Missiological Engagements

    by Henning Wrogemann
    Translated by Karl E. Böhmer

    Christianity is not only a global but also an intercultural phenomenon. The diversity of world Christianity is evident not merely outside our borders but even within our own neighborhoods.

    Over the past half century theologians andmissiologists have addressed this reality by developing local and contextual theologies and by exploring issues like contextualization, inculturation, and ...

  • Bloody, Brutal, and Barbaric?: Wrestling with Troubling War Texts, By William J. Webb and Gordon K. Oeste
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    Bloody, Brutal, and Barbaric?

    Wrestling with Troubling War Texts

    by William J. Webb and Gordon K. Oeste

    Word Guild Award Shortlist — Biblical Studies
    Word Guild Best Book Cover Award
    Association of University Presses Design Show — Book, Jacket, and Covers

    Christians cannot ignore the intersection of religionand violence, whether contemporary or ancient. In our own Scriptures, war texts that appear to approve of genocidal killings and war rape—forcibly ...

  • Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News, By Jeffrey Bilbro
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    Reading the Times

    A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News

    by Jeffrey Lyle Bilbro

    Christianity Today Book Award
    The Gospel Coalition Book Awards Honorable Mention
    Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist
    ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award

    "Reading the morning newspaper is the realist's morning prayer."—G. W. F. Hegel

    Whenever we reach for our phones or scan a newspaper to get "caught up," we are ...

  • Changed into His Likeness: A Biblical Theology of Personal Transformation, By J. Gary Millar
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    Changed into His Likeness

    A Biblical Theology of Personal Transformation

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by J Gary Millar
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    The Gospel Coalition Book Awards Honorable Mention

    Biblical Foundations Book Awards Runner Up and Finalist

    When it comes to the Christian life, what exactly can we expect with regard to personal transformation?

    Gary Millar addresses this most basic question in this NSBT volume. After surveying some contemporary psychological approaches ...

  • An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods & Ministry Formation, By David A. deSilva
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    An Introduction to the New Testament

    Contexts, Methods & Ministry Formation

    by David A. deSilva

    Raising the Bar for New Testament Study

    David A. deSilva’s foundational work An Introduction to the New Testament offers a richly layered exploration of the New Testament, bridging rigorous scholarship with ministry application. This volume guides readers toward a deeper, more meaningful understanding of the Scriptures.

    While many New Testament introductions ...

  • Seeking Church: Emerging Witnesses to the Kingdom, By Darren T. Duerksen and William A. Dyrness
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    Seeking Church

    Emerging Witnesses to the Kingdom

    Missiological Engagements

    by Darren T. Duerksen and William A. Dyrness

    New expressions of church that are proliferating among Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and other non-Christian religious communities, including so-called insider movements, have raised intense discussion in missiological circles. In Seeking Church, Darren Duerksen and William Dyrness address these issues by exploring how all Christian movements have been and are engaged ...

  • Discovering the Mission of God: Best Missional Practices for the 21st Century, Edited by Mike Barnett
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    Discovering the Mission of God

    Best Missional Practices for the 21st Century

    Edited by Mike Barnett
    Associate Editor Robin Martin

    Biblical Foundations Book Award

    "God cannot lead you on the basis of information you do not have." --Ralph WinterWhat is God's mission in the world? For anyone passionate about discovering God's heart for the nations, Discovering the Mission of God will reveal his plans for you. Written by 21st-century field workers, scholars and church leaders, this book weaves together ...

  • 6 Modern Myths About Christianity & Western Civilization, By Philip J. Sampson
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    6 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, ...