The subject of "leadership" has been exploding in literature--both academic and popular--for decades. This is in part because leadership (both good and poor) has a significant impact on peoples lives. The explosion of literature on leadership is also because effective leadership is a complex and difficult task that requires understanding the ......
The World of the New Testament is a concise, up-to-date textbook on the historical, literary, social, and religious world(s) in which the New Testament writings were produced. A study tool for students of biblical studies, theology, and religious studies, the volume gives an overview of pertinent information needed to understand the various ......
The Missional Benefits of Church-Based Economic Enterprises
Brendan Barnicle explores what happens when congregations risk reimagining their missional and financial models, living into the work of the Holy Spirit as they focus on mission and finance together. What he's found demonstrates how new ways of being can advance social justice, address economic inequality, enhance personal agency, increase ......
The Theological Gifts of Exploring Biblical Languages
Hebrew scholar and pastor Doreen M. McFarlane probes beneath the surface of familiar Bible passages, exploring how the original Hebrew allows us to recognize deeper truths about the nature of God and our relationships with God and each other. Far from the vengeful God of wrath often superimposed on the Hebrew Bible, the God we learn about in God ......
Ngien probes the depths of Luther's writing on the primary texts of the Small and Large Catechisms, uncovering a Trinitarian grammar of faith grounded in the Creed and further explicated in the Ten Commandments and the Lord's Prayer. "God's most earnest purpose is to be our God," Luther writes in his commentary on the first commandment. From these ......
The Bible contains hundreds of stories. They depict how God walks with people through times of war and peace, hardship and well-being, and they testify to how the people of Israel act toward each other. These stories evoke strong emotions in us: We feel with the people when they go through trials and temptations, and we rejoice with them in times ......
In the revised edition of Love in a Time of Climate Change, Sharon Delgado offers hope amid the urgency and magnitude of the rapidly advancing climate emergency. Delgado guides readers on a faith journey inspired by love of God and neighbor, equipping them to respond to the climate emergency that wreaks havoc on humanity, especially the poor; ......
Field Notes on Self-Discovery and Reclaiming Your Narrative
A guide to understanding the stories we tell ourselves and the actions needed to reclaim power over our narrative. We absorb the world around us through stories. It's how we make sense of our surroundings, our communities, and ourselves. There's often truth and validity in these stories. But the stories we tell ourselves are not an end-all, ......
The Apostle, His Readers, and the Fate of the Jews
In this book, Sarah Emanuel, a Jewish scholar of the New Testament, argues that Paul was not a universalist. Instead, Emanuel shows that, stemming from his Hellenistic Jewish worldview, Paul understood Jews as needing to maintain the law in Christ and gentiles as needing to abstain from the law in Christ. Both groups, in other words, needed to ......
