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  • Theology Questions Everyone Asks: Christian Faith in Plain Language, Edited by Gary M. Burge and David Lauber
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    Theology Questions Everyone Asks

    Christian Faith in Plain Language

    Edited by Gary M. Burge and David Lauber

    Everyone has questions about God and what matters most in life. When we ask those questions, we are asking about theology.

    • Isn't talk about God really a guessing game?
    • What good is the Old Testament?
    • How can we have freewill if God controls everything?
    • The virgin birth. Really?
    • What does an earthquake say about God?
    • Is the Holy Spirit still at work ...
  • Beginning with God: A Basic Introduction to the Christian Faith, By James W. Sire
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    Beginning with God

    A Basic Introduction to the Christian Faith

    by James W. Sire

    Christianity begins with God and ends with God. It is a story for all to know and understand.In this personal and easy-to-read book, James Sire offers a basic introduction to the foundational truths held by Christians at all times and in all places. The chapters are organized around a simple scheme: creation, fall, redemption, new life in Christ, and glorification. In this expanded edition, Sire ...

  • The Question of Canon: Challenging the Status Quo in the New Testament Debate, By Michael J. Kruger
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    The Question of Canon

    Challenging the Status Quo in the New Testament Debate

    by Michael J. Kruger

    Preaching Survey of the Year's Best Books for Preachers
    Preaching's Preacher's Guide to the Best Bible Reference

    Did the New Testament canon arise naturally from within the early Christian faith?

    Were the books written as Scripture, or did they become Scripture by a decision of the second-century church?

    Why ...

  • Themes in Old Testament Theology, By William A. Dyrness
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    Themes in Old Testament Theology

    by William A. Dyrness

    Studying the New Testament without a background in the Old is like listening to only the last movement of a great symphony. Unless we begin at the beginning, we miss the sense of developing themes and their subtle variations. To fully appreciatethe music of the Bible, we need to listen to its early movements.William Dyrness helps us by providing a set of program notes to important Old Testament ...

  • The Message of Numbers: Journey to the Promised Land, By Raymond Brown
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    The Message of Numbers

    Journey to the Promised Land

    The Bible Speaks Today Series

    by Raymond Brown

    What does it mean to be pilgrims in a confusing world? What vision of the good life drives us?In this Bible Speaks Today volume, Raymond Brown explores how the book of Numbers offers a picture of a better life. He shows how its message is eminently suited to our world today, a world without firm spiritual and moral foundations. Numbers pictures life as an accompanied journey, and ...

  • Christianity Today selects books that are most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture. Award winners are selected from a variety of categories including: apologetics/evangelism, Biblical studies, Bible and Devotional, Children, Christian Living/Spiritual Formation, the Church/pastoral leadership, culture and the arts, fiction, history/biography, marriage and family, and missions/the global Church.

  • The Message of 2 Timothy, By John Stott
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    The Message of 2 Timothy

    The Bible Speaks Today Series

    by John Stott

    After teaching many times from the book of 2 Timothy, John Stott writes, "I have been impressed afresh by the timeliness for today of what the apostle writes, especially for young Christian leaders. For our era too is one of theological and moral confusion, even of apostasy. And the apostle summons us, as he summoned Timothy, to be strong, brave and steadfast."

    In this revised ...

  • The Message of Hebrews, By Raymond Brown
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    The Message of Hebrews

    The Bible Speaks Today Series

    by Raymond Brown

    The first-century readers of Hebrews were at a critical point. Many had been exposed to public ridicule, persecution, and imprisonment. Some had already abandoned their commitment to Christ, and others were in danger of compromising or giving up. The letter to the Hebrews brought a profound encouragement and appeal: they must keep their eyes on Christ and remain anchored in the ...

  • The Reality of God and Historical Method: Apocalyptic Theology in Conversation with N. T. Wright, By Samuel V. Adams
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    The Reality of God and Historical Method

    Apocalyptic Theology in Conversation with N. T. Wright

    New Explorations in Theology

    by Samuel V. Adams

    After a flurry of heated debates in the mid-twentieth century over the relationship between faith and history, the dust seems to have settled. The parties have long since dispersed into their separate camps. The positions are entrenched and loyalties are staked out.

    This New Explorations in Theology volume is a deliberate attempt to kick up the dust again, but this time as ...