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  • The Uncontrolling Love of God: An Open and Relational Account of Providence, By Thomas Jay Oord
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    The Uncontrolling Love of God

    An Open and Relational Account of Providence

    by Thomas Jay Oord

    IVP Readers' Choice Award

    Rarely does a new theological position emerge to account well for life in the world, including not only goodness and beauty but also tragedy and randomness. Drawing from Scripture, science, philosophy and various theological traditions, Thomas Jay Oord offers a novel theology of providence—essential kenosis—that emphasizes God's inherently noncoercive ...

  • Justification: Five Views, Edited by James K. Beilby and Paul Rhodes Eddy
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    Justification

    Five Views

    Spectrum Multiview Book Series

    Contributions by Michael S. Horton, Michael Bird, James D. G. Dunn, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Gerald O'Collins, and Oliver Rafferty
    Edited by James K. Beilby and Paul R. Eddy
    Associate Editor Steven E. Enderlein

    "Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Rom 5:1). When Paul wrote these words he seemed confident he had made himself clear.

    But for centuries the Pauline doctrine of justification has been a classic point of interpretation and debate in Christian exegesis and theology. And while in recent decades there have ...

  • Positive Psychology in Christian Perspective: Foundations, Concepts, and Applications, By Charles Hackney
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    Positive Psychology in Christian Perspective

    Foundations, Concepts, and Applications

    Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books

    by Charles H. Hackney

    "Some theories of [psychology] are based largely on the behavior of sick and anxious people or upon the antics of captive and desperate rats. Fewer theories have been derived from the study of healthy human beings, those who strive not so much to preserve life as to make it worth living. Thus we find . . . many studies of criminals, few of law-abiders; many of fear, few of courage; ...

  • Questions of Context: Reading a Century of German Mission Theology, By John G. Flett and Henning Wrogemann
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    Questions of Context

    Reading a Century of German Mission Theology

    Missiological Engagements

    by John G. Flett and Henning Wrogemann

    The gospel is for every tribe, tongue, and nation (Revelation 7:9), but there is no single biblical or theological model for the relationship between the gospel and these diverse cultures. Indeed, every suggested approach carriesits own range of philosophical and theological commitments that all too often remain unexamined. Contextualization is fraught with challenges—yet wrestling ...

  • Centered-Set Church: Discipleship and Community Without Judgmentalism, By Mark D. Baker
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    Centered-Set Church

    Discipleship and Community Without Judgmentalism

    by Mark D. Baker

    Christians can be adept at drawing lines, determining what it means to be "a good Christian" and judging those who stray out of bounds. Other times they erase all the lines in favor of a vague and inoffensive faith. Both impulses can come from positive intentions, but either can lead to stunted spiritual life and harmful relationships. Is there another option?

    The late missionary ...

  • Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview, By J. P. Moreland and William Lane Craig
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    Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview

    by J. P. Moreland and William Lane Craig

    ECPA Gold Medallion Award

    Chicago Book Clinic Award of Excellence

    What is real? What is truth? What can we know? What should we believe? What should we do and why? Is there a God? Can we know him? Do Christian doctrines make sense? Can we believe in God in the face of evil?

    These are fundamental questions that philosophy answers. And ...

  • Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel, Edited by John R. Franke
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    Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel

    Volume 4

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by John R Franke
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    The history of the entry into the Promised Land followed by the period of the Judges and early monarchy may not appear to readers today as a source for expounding the Christian faith. But the church fathers readily found parallels, or types, in the narrative that illumined the New Testament. An obvious link was the similarity in name between Joshua, Moses' successor, and Jesus—indeed, ...

  • Genesis 1-11, Edited by John L. Thompson
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    Genesis 1-11

    Old Testament Volume 1

    Reformation Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by John L. Thompson

    The first chapters of Genesis are the bedrock of the Jewish and Christian traditions. In these inaugural pages of the canon, the creation of the world, the fall of the human creature, the promise of redemption and the beginning of salvation history are found. Interwoven in the text are memorable stories of the ancient biblical patriarchs and matriarchs.Throughout the history of commentary, interpreters ...

  • Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Edited by Joseph T. Lienhard
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    Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

    Volume 3

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Joseph T. Lienhard
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    From its inception the church has always had a Bible—the Jewish Scriptures. But Christians have not read these Scriptures in the same way the Jews did. They have read them in the light of what God did in Jesus the Christ. Thus theJewish Scriptures became for Christian readers the Old Testament.

    This Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture volume on Exodus through Deuteronomy ...

  • Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Edited by Joseph T. Lienhard
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    Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

    Volume 3

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Joseph T. Lienhard
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    From its inception the church has always had a Bible—the Jewish Scriptures. But Christians have not read these Scriptures in the same way the Jews did. They have read them in the light of what God did in Jesus the Christ. Thus theJewish Scriptures became for Christian readers the Old Testament.

    This Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture volume on Exodus through Deuteronomy ...