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EbookThe Mosaic of Christian Belief
Twenty Centuries of Unity and Diversity
by Roger E. Olson
- An ECPA 2003 Gold Medallion Finalist
The story of Christian theology has often been divisive and disjointed. Providing this companion volume to his earlier work The Story of Christian Theology, Roger E.Olson thematically traces the contours of Christian belief down through the ages, revealing a pattern of both unity and diversity. He finds a consensus ...
PaperbackLeadership and the Liberal Arts
An Education to Last a Lifetime
Edited by Gayle D. Beebe
How Christian Liberal Arts Education Shapes Effective Leaders
A flourishing society depends on effective leadership, and a quality education is the key to forming leaders. Yet our modern understanding of what it means to beeducated often lacks unifying values and purpose. This is where the rich, centuries-old tradition of Christian liberal arts education remains more crucial ...
LeatherFirst Nations Version, Bonded Leather
An Indigenous Bible Translation of the New Testament
by Terry Wildman
Consulting Editor First Nations Version Translation CouncilOVER 100,000 COPIES SOLD
Academy of Parish Clergy Reference Book of the Year
"This remarkable retelling offers plenty of rewards and will especially pique those open to a novel interpretation of the religious text." —Publishers Weekly Starred Review
A New Testament in English by Native North Americans for Native ...
PaperbackThe Spirit of Methodism
From the Wesleys to a Global Communion
by Jeffrey W. Barbeau
"I felt my heart strangely warmed."That was how John Wesley described his transformational experience of God's grace at Aldersgate Street on May 24, 1738, an event that some mark as the beginning of the Methodist Church.Yet the story of Methodism, while clearly shaped by John Wesley's sermons and Charles Wesley's hymns, is much richer and more expansive. In this book, Methodist ...
PaperbackThe Integrative Mindset
Pathways to Practicing as a Christian Clinician
Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books
by Brad D. Strawn and Earl D. Bland
Discover the profound impact of integrating faith and psychology with The Integrative Mindset. Guided by the wisdom of veteran integrative clinicians Brad Strawn and Earl Bland, readers will learn how to cultivate an integrative mindset that harmonizes personal experiences and innate talents with therapeutic practice. Using their combined 60+ years of experience, Strawn and Bland present ...
PaperbackTranscending Mission
The Eclipse of a Modern Tradition
by Michael W. Stroope
IVP Readers' Choice Award
Mission, missions, missional, and all its linguistic variations are part of the expanding vocabulary and rhetoric of the contemporary Christian missionary enterprise. Its language and assumptions are deeply ingrained in the thought and speech of the church today. Christianity is a missionary religion and faithful churches are mission-minded. What's ...
HardbackThe Story of Christian Theology
Twenty Centuries of Tradition and Reform
by Roger E. Olson
Christianity Today Book of the Year Award
ECPA Gold Medallion AwardHistory is made up of stories--narratives that recount the events, movements, ideas and lives that have shaped religions and nations. Theologian Roger Olson believes that the history of Christian theology should be told as such a story, one replete with thick plots, exciting twists, interesting ...
PaperbackBetween Pacifism and Jihad
Just War and Christian Tradition
by J. Daryl Charles
Pacifism. Jihad. Militarism. Are these our only alternatives for dealing with global injustice today? J. Daryl Charles leads us to reconsider a Christian view of the use of force to maintain or reestablish justice. He shows how love for a neighborcan warrant the just use of force. Reviewing and updating the widely recognized but not necessarily well-understood just-war teaching of the church through ...
PaperbackEvangelicals & Scripture
Tradition, Authority and Hermeneutics
Wheaton Theology Conference Series
Edited by Vincent E. Bacote, Laura Miguelez Quay, and Dennis L. Okholm
By definition, a high view of Scripture inheres in evangelicalism. However, there does not seem to be a uniform way to articulate an evangelical doctrine of Scripture. Taking up the challenge, Vincent Bacote, Laura Miguélez and Dennis Okholm present twelve essays that explore in depth the meaning of an evangelical doctrine of Scripture that takes seriously both the human and divine dimensions of ...
PaperbackFamilies at the Crossroads
Beyond Tradition Modern Options
by Rodney R. Clapp
"Scant decades ago most Westerners agreed that . . . Lifelong monogamy was ideal . . . Mothers should stay home with children . . . premarital sex was to be discouraged . . . Heterosexuality was the unquestioned norm . . . popular culture should not corrupt children. Today not a single one of these expectations is uncontroversial." So writes Rodney Clapp in assessing the status of the family in ...
