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PaperbackArminian Theology
Myths and Realities
by Roger E. Olson
In this book, Roger Olson sets forth classical Arminian theology and addresses the myriad misunderstandings and misrepresentations of it through the ages. Irenic yet incisive, Olson argues that classical Arminian theology has a rightful place in the evangelical church because it maintains deep roots within Reformational theology, even though it maintains important differences from Calvinism.
Myths ...
PaperbackProverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon
Volume 9
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by J. Robert Wright
General Editor Thomas C. OdenAmong the Wisdom literature of the Old Testament, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon were all thought by the early church fathers to have derived from the hand of Solomon. To their minds the finest wisdom about the deeper issues of life prior to the time of God's taking human form in Jesus Christ was to be found in these books. As in all the Old Testament, they were ...
PaperbackStewards of Eden
What Scripture Says About the Environment and Why It Matters
by Sandra L. Richter
ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award
Biblical Foundations Book Award Winner
Sandra L. Richter cares about the Bible. She also cares about creation.
An expert in ancient Israelite society and economy as well as biblical theology, she walks readers through passages familiar and not-so-familiar, showing how significant environmental theology ...
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Kenneth E. Bailey
Kenneth E. Bailey (1930–2016) was an acclaimed author and lecturer in Middle Eastern New Testament studies. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he served as Canon Theologian of the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh. The author of more than 150 articles in English and in Arabic, his writings include Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes, The Good Shepherd, Open Hearts in Bethlehem: A Christmas Drama, and The Cross and the Prodigal.
Bailey spent forty years living and teaching in seminaries and institutes in Egypt, Lebanon, Jerusalem and Cyprus. For twenty of those years he was professor of New Testament and head of the Biblical Department of the Near East School of Theology in Beirut where he also founded and directed the Institute for Middle Eastern New Testament Studies. Bailey was also on the faculty of The Ecumenical Institute for Theological Research in Jerusalem.Traveling around the globe to lecture and teach, Bailey spoke in theological colleges and seminaries in England (Oxford, Cambridge, Bristol) Ireland, Canada, Egypt, Finland, Latvia, Denmark, New Zealand, Australia, and Jerusalem. He was active as a Bible teacher for conferences and continuing education events in the Middle East, Europe, and North America, and he taught at Columbia, Princeton, and Fuller Seminary.
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Calvin Miller, pastor, professor and beloved storyteller, best known for The Singer Trilogy, a mythic retelling of the New Testament story in the spirit of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, passed away on the afternoon of August 19, 2012, due to complications after heart surgery. He was seventy-five.
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Kenneth J. Stewart
Kenneth J. Stewart (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is professor emeritus of theological studies at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. His books include Ten Myths About Calvinism, Restoring the Reformation, and TheEmergence of Evangelicalism.
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Which authors and works brought new insights into wider discussion during 2023's academic fall conferences? See curated book lists from editors Jon Boyd, Rachel Hastings, Rebecca Carhart, Zachary Gordon, and Colton Bernasol as they look forward to ETS, AAR, and SBL.
PaperbackProverbs
Kidner Classic Commentaries
by Derek Kidner
Proverbs—a book full of wisdom, and yet a book demanding all one's wisdom to understand. Derek Kidner has not only provided a running commentary on the whole of Proverbs, but has also included two helpful study aids: a set of subject guides that bring together teaching scattered throughout the book, and a short concordance that helps locate lost sayings (in territory notoriously hard to search) ...
PaperbackThe Messiah Comes to Middle-Earth
Images of Christ's Threefold Office in The Lord of the Rings
Hansen Series
by Philip G Ryken
"... Ryken shows how profoundly Tolkien's imagination was shaped by Jesus Christ himself, revealing the rich theological insights we can receive from the great tales if we are attentive to them. This book is a treat, filled with surprises." – Tim Keller
How can we grasp the significance of what Jesus Christ did for us? Might literature help us as we seek to understand ...
PaperbackThe Adventure
Putting Energy into Your Walk with God
by Gerald L. Sittser
"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered."--G.K. ChestertonAs even a brief exposure to the New Testament will show, the Christian life is a life of adventure. Every aspect is full of energy and light. Yet too often we stop at one point of interest--evangelism, spiritual disciplines, social justice--and go no further. Interweaving stories from a summer vacation, Jerry Sittser shows ...
