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  • The New Parish: How Neighborhood Churches Are Transforming Mission, Discipleship and Community, By Paul Sparks and Tim Soerens and Dwight J. Friesen
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    The New Parish

    How Neighborhood Churches Are Transforming Mission, Discipleship and Community

    by Paul Sparks, Tim Soerens, and Dwight J. Friesen

    Christianity Today Award of Merit

    Readers' Choice Awards Honorable Mention

    Best Books About the Church from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore

    "When . . . faith communities begin connecting together, in and for the neighborhood, they learn to depend on God for strength to love, forgive and show grace like never before. ...

  • A Concise New Testament Theology, By I. Howard Marshall
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    A Concise New Testament Theology

    by I. Howard Marshall

    A Concise New Testament Theology is an abridgment of I. Howard Marshall's celebrated and award-winning New Testament Theology: Many Witnesses, One Gospel. This condensed version packages for students and laypeople the luminous considered conclusions and insights of one of the most respected evangelical New Testament scholars of our day. It is the perfect entrance into New Testament ...

  • New Testament Theology and Ethics, By Ben Witherington III
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    New Testament Theology and Ethics

    New Testament Theology and Ethics

    by Ben Witherington III

    All too often, argues Ben Witherington, the theology of the New Testament has been divorced from its ethics, leaving as isolated abstractions what are fully integrated, dynamic elements within the New Testament itself. As Witherington stresses, "behavior affects and reinforces or undoes belief."Previously published as The Indelible Image, Volume 1, Witherington offers the first of a two-volume ...

  • An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods & Ministry Formation, By David A. deSilva
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    An Introduction to the New Testament

    Contexts, Methods & Ministry Formation

    by David A. deSilva

    Raising the Bar for New Testament Study

    David A. deSilva’s foundational work An Introduction to the New Testament offers a richly layered exploration of the New Testament, bridging rigorous scholarship with ministry application. This volume guides readers toward a deeper, more meaningful understanding of the Scriptures.

    While many New Testament introductions ...

  • The New Testament in Seven Sentences: A Small Introduction to a Vast Topic, By Gary M. Burge
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    The New Testament in Seven Sentences

    A Small Introduction to a Vast Topic

    Introductions in Seven Sentences

    by Gary M. Burge

    We often explore individual passages of Scripture without seeing the whole. A verse may be inspiring and easy to grasp, but the sweeping context is often difficult and requires persistence. To understand the breadth of the gospel's message, we need to perceive the full tapestry of Scripture with its theological themes woven together. Otherwise, we miss the scope of what Jesus is ...

  • The Holy Spirit in the New Testament: A Pentecostal Guide, By William A. Simmons
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    The Holy Spirit in the New Testament

    A Pentecostal Guide

    by William A Simmons

    In the early church, miraculous workings of the Holy Spirit were normal and normative. Today an ever-increasing number of Christians worldwide self-identify as Pentecostal or charismatic. William A. Simmons argues that this meansthe church needs a Spirit-centered interpretation of Scripture informed by a Pentecostal lens.

    In The Holy Spirit in the New Testament, Simmons ...

  • New Testament Christological Hymns: Exploring Texts, Contexts, and Significance, By Matthew E. Gordley
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    New Testament Christological Hymns

    Exploring Texts, Contexts, and Significance

    by Matthew E. Gordley

    We know that the earliest Christians sang hymns. Paul encourages believers to sing "psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs." And at the dawn of the second century the Roman official Pliny names a feature of Christian worship as "singing alternately a hymn to Christ as to God." But are some of these early Christian hymns preserved for us in the New Testament? Are they right before our eyes?New Testament ...

  • New Testament Theology: Many Witnesses, One Gospel, By I. Howard Marshall
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    New Testament Theology

    Many Witnesses, One Gospel

    by I. Howard Marshall

    An ECPA Gold Medallion winner

    "New Testament theology is essentially missionary theology," writes I. Howard Marshall. Founded on a sure-footed mastery of the data and constructed with clear thinking lucidly expressed, this long-anticipated New Testament theology offers the insights born of a distinguished career of study, reflection, teaching and writing on the New Testament.

    Marshall's ...