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    Contours of Christian Theology

    Edited by Gerald L. Bray

    Contours of Christian Theology is a series of concise introductory texts focused on the main themes of Christian theology. The authors introduce perennial questions and time-tested solutions while moving forward to explore contemporary issues and rework evangelical formulations of the faith.

    Series editor Gerald Bray is joined by a select group of respected teachers and theologians, each committed ...

  • Straight & Narrow?: Compassion  Clarity in the Homosexuality Debate, By Thomas E. Schmidt
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    Straight & Narrow?

    Compassion Clarity in the Homosexuality Debate

    by Thomas E. Schmidt

    • Voted one of Christianity Today's 1996 Books of the Year

    Too often, Thomas Schmidt writes, the charged battle over homosexuality generates slogans and accusations--obscuring the struggling persons at the center of the argument. In this book Schmidt brings the discussion back into empathetic contact with the circumstances and the choices of individuals. ...

  • Know the Truth: A Handbook of Christian Belief, By Bruce Milne
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    Know the Truth

    A Handbook of Christian Belief

    by Bruce Milne

    'You will know the truth,' said Jesus, 'and the truth will set you free.' Christians have already begun to know God and his truth. This handbook assists in that liberating knowledge, as it opens up the great themes of God's Word and shows how they fit together. Each chapter deals with one aspect of biblical truth and encourages further study with Scripture references to look up, questions for ...

  • Grand Central Question: Answering the Critical Concerns of the Major Worldviews, By Abdu H. Murray
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    Grand Central Question

    Answering the Critical Concerns of the Major Worldviews

    by Abdu H. Murray

    All religions and worldviews seek to answer the fundamental questions of human existence: Why am I here? What does it mean to be human? Why is there evil in the world and how do we deal with it? But not every worldview places equal emphasis on each issue. The main worldviews each tend to stress a different central question. Secular humanism focuses on: What is the inherent value of human beings? ...

  • Approaching Philosophy of Religion: An Introduction to Key Thinkers, Concepts, Methods and Debates, By Anthony C. Thiselton
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    Approaching Philosophy of Religion

    An Introduction to Key Thinkers, Concepts, Methods and Debates

    by Anthony C. Thiselton

    Encountering philosophy of religion for the first time, we are like explorers arriving on an uncharted coastline. There are inviting bays and beaches, but rocky reefs and pounding surf as well. And what tribes may inhabit the land is anyone’s guess. But our cautious intrigue turns to confidence as Anthony Thiselton greets us as a native informant. Cheerfully imparting insider knowledge, mapping ...

  • Two Testaments, One Bible: The Theological Relationship Between the Old and New Testaments, By David L. Baker
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    Two Testaments, One Bible

    The Theological Relationship Between the Old and New Testaments

    by David L. Baker

    Do we need the Old Testament today? Is this collection of ancient writings still relevant in our postmodern and increasingly post-literary world? Isn't the New Testament a sufficient basis for the Christian faith? What does the Old Testament God of power and glory have to do with the New Testament God of love whom Jesus calls 'Father'? Are these two very different Testaments really one Bible?

    In ...

  • Preaching the New Testament, Edited by Ian Paul and David Wenham
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    Preaching the New Testament

    Edited by Ian Paul and David Wenham

    The New Testament writers proclaimed their message passionately and persuasively. This volume explores how we can preach faithfully from those texts. The chapters cover the main texts and genres of the New Testament, and offer particular insights into the infancy narratives, parables, miracles, the Sermon on the Mount, ethics, future hope and judgment, archaeology and history, hermeneutics and the ...

  • Approaching the Study of Theology: An Introduction to Key Thinkers, Concepts, Methods & Debates, By Anthony C. Thiselton
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    Approaching the Study of Theology

    An Introduction to Key Thinkers, Concepts, Methods & Debates

    by Anthony C. Thiselton

    From the opening pages of the Bible, we learn of God as one who communicates with humankind—offering us first steps toward knowledge of the divine, the very foothold of theology. On this basis, Approaching the Study of Theology presents an engaging introduction to the breadth and depth of the study of theology, mapping the significant landmarks as well as the main areas of debate. The ...

  • Jesus, Paul and the People of God: A Theological Dialogue with N. T. Wright, Edited by Nicholas Perrin and Richard B. Hays
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    Jesus, Paul and the People of God

    A Theological Dialogue with N. T. Wright

    Wheaton Theology Conference Series

    Edited by Nicholas Perrin and Richard B. Hays

    At the 2010 Wheaton Theology Conference, leading New Testament scholar N. T. Wright and nine other prominent biblical scholars and theologians gathered to consider Wright's prolific body of work. Compiled from their presentations, this volume includes Tom Wright's two main addresses, one on the state of scholarship regarding Jesus and the other on the state of scholarship regarding the apostle Paul. ...