Christianity Today Book Award Winner in Popular Theology (2024) We know what the gospel is--but do we know why it is?? ? As Christians, we often ask what the gospel is, when we should be asking why it is. Matthew W. Bates has previously demonstrated that the "good news" of the gospel is that Jesus is King. But in his latest book, he explores ......
The art of listening lies at the heart of pastoral ministry. Listeningestablishes a genuine relationship between persons and creates anenvironment for authentic dialogue. This book provides a comprehensivestudy of the art of listening for those currently practicingor studying for vocations in pastoral care and counseling.Neil Pembroke constructs a ......
The poetry of Charles Peguy (1873- 1914) emerges from a world deeply embedded in supernatural realities and the hidden activities of grace. Nevertheless, it lacks any trace of the "other-worldliness" that frequently characterizes religious poetry. For, though he enters unabashedly into the mysteries of providence and the longings of God's own ......
Any pastor who needs and wants to get back to basics will do well to absorb this book. Eugene Peterson, who has been gaining a growing reputation as "a pastor's pastor", here speaks words of wisdom and refreshment for pastors caught in the busyness of preaching, teaching, and "running the church." The Contemplative Pastor highlights the ......
This classic defense of orthodox Christianity, written to counter the liberalism that arose in the early 1900s, establishes the importance of scriptural doctrine and contrasts the teachings of liberalism and orthodoxy on God and man, the Bible, Christ, salvation, and the church. J. Gresham Machen's Christianity and Liberalism has remained relevant ......
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A New York Public Library (NYPL) Best Book for Kids A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of the Year Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Most Notable Book "A book to be read and remembered: a tribute to children whose lives were lost to forces not of their own creation." -- Kirkus ......
Believing that Scripture cannot be understood theologically unless it has first been understood grammatically, Harris provides a careful, thoroughgoing reading of the text of 2 Corinthians.
To follow Christ means to journey along a way that is distinctively Christian. That journey involves making many personal, sometimes difficult choices. In this acclaimed book Bruce Waltke distills from Scripture a handy six-point prioritized program to help guide Jesus followers on their step-by-step life journey. This second edition of Waltke's ......
Has something indeed happened to evangelical theology and to evangelical churches? According to David Wells, the evidence indicates that evangelical pastors have abandoned their traditional role as ministers of the Word to become therapists and "managers of the small enterprises we call churches." Along with their parishioners, they have abandoned ......
