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  • What They Don't Always Teach You at a Christian College, By Keith R. Anderson
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    What They Don't Always Teach You at a Christian College

    Short Reflections on Priorities, Roommates, Dating, Family, Friendships, Discipleship and more

    by Keith R. Anderson

    Students and parents often have high expectations of the Christian college experience. They imagine professors who are spiritual mentors, roommates who are spiritual kin, and a host of other ideal relationships and environments which will combineto boost their growth to maturity.The truth is that a Christian college, like any other college or university, is an exciting, unpredictable and scary place. ...

  • In the Shadow of the Temple: Jewish Influences on Early Christianity, By Oskar Skarsaune
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    In the Shadow of the Temple

    Jewish Influences on Early Christianity

    by Oskar Skarsaune

    Oskar Skarsaune makes a fresh contribution to our understanding of the development of the early church in its practice (e.g., worship, baptism and Eucharist) and doctrine (e.g., Scripture, Christology, pneumatology). This book offers the new perspective that Christians were in ongoing and deep conversation with Jews during the early centuries leading up to Constantine. .

    The common perception ...

  • Coming to Peace with Science: Bridging the Worlds Between Faith and Biology, By Darrel R. Falk
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    Coming to Peace with Science

    Bridging the Worlds Between Faith and Biology

    by Darrel R. Falk
    Foreword by Francis S. Collins

    Is a thoroughly Christian and biblically informed doctrine of creation compatible with widely held conclusions of modern science, especially biology?For Darrel R. Falk, this is not just an abstract question but one with which he has personally wrestled. A professor of biology, Falk brings together his biblically based understanding of creation and the most current research in biology. The result ...

  • The Millennial Maze, By Stanley J. Grenz
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    The Millennial Maze

    Sorting Out Evangelical Options

    by Stanley J. Grenz

    Jesus is coming back! On this issue Evangelicals are united.But ask, "When will he return? Before or after the millennium? What will the millennium be like? What exactly is our hope?" and you enter a bewildering maze of options all claiming tobe the right one.In this book Stanley J. Grenz provides historical and biblical, as well as theological, perspective on the four major positions held by evangelicals--postmillennialism, ...

  • Killing a Messiah: A Novel, By Adam Winn
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    Killing a Messiah

    A Novel

    by Adam Winn

    As Passover approaches, the city of Jerusalem is a political tinderbox. Judah, a resistance leader, plots to overthrow the Roman occupation. Eleazar and his father, the high priest Caiaphas, seek peace in the city at all costs. Pilate, the Roman governor, maneuvers to keep order (and his own hold on power). Caleb, a shopkeeper, is reluctantly caught up in the intrigue. When rumors ...

  • Biblical Theology: Retrospect  Prospect, Edited by Scott J. Hafemann
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    Biblical Theology

    Retrospect Prospect

    Wheaton Theology Conference Series

    Edited by Scott Hafemann

    Ever since Brevard Childs's 1970 declaration of the crisis in biblical theology, the discipline has faced rumors of its imminent demise. But the patient refuses to die. The doctors continue to argue over how to proceed with treatment and even overwhether treatment is worth pursuing, but the patient hangs on.The turn of the millennium appears to be a good time for a fresh assessment of the discipline, ...

  • The Book of Isaiah and God's Kingdom: A Thematic-Theological Approach, By Andrew Abernethy
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    The Book of Isaiah and God's Kingdom

    A Thematic-Theological Approach

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Andrew Abernethy
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    The book of Isaiah has nourished the church throughout the centuries. However, its massive size can be intimidating; its historical setting can seem distant, opaque, varied; its organization and composition can seem disjointed and fragmented; itsabundance of terse, poetic language can make its message seem veiled—and where are those explicit prophecies about Christ? These are typical experiences ...

  • Markus Barth: His Life and Legacy, By Mark R. Lindsay
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    Markus Barth

    His Life and Legacy

    by Mark R. Lindsay

    A Definitive Biography of the Twentieth-Century Thinker

    "Certainly, in all my work my dependence upon my father will be visible, and, so I hope, a testimony to his life's work will be given. But on the whole, I have never attempted simply to represent or promote his work, but rather within the narrow frame of my competence in exegetical matters, to contribute to it." ...

  • Mid-Faith Crisis: Finding a Path Through Doubt, Disillusionment, and Dead Ends, By Catherine McNiel and Jason Hague
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    Mid-Faith Crisis

    Finding a Path Through Doubt, Disillusionment, and Dead Ends

    by Catherine Lynn McNiel and Jason Lester Hague

    Navigating the Storm: Understanding the Crisis of Faith

    Many of us embarked on our spiritual journeys filled with hope and certainty, only to find ourselves questioning the very foundation of our beliefs as life unfolded. The faith that once seemed unshakeable may falter in the face of broken trust, unanswered prayers, and the harsh realities of worldly suffering. But you're ...