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Ethics in the Age of the Spirit

Howard N. Kenyon

Ethics in the Age of the Spirit

What causes us as a people of faith to think and act the way we think and act? Are we motivated by whatever is most practical, by a particular understanding of Scripture, by the influence of the culture around us, or by something more profound? On the premise that Pentecostalism does have much to contribute to the study of ethics, this book explores how one group, the American Assemblies of God, has wrestled with issues of racism, women in ministry, and Christian involvement in war. In the...

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Howard N. Kenyon

Rereading Galatians from the Perspe...

Yung Suk Kim

Rereading Galatians from the Perspective of Paul’s Gospel

Galatians has often been read from a rhetorical perspective, with an emphasis on justification by faith, Paul's autobiographical experience, proofs of the gospel, and exhortations to the Galatians. However, it can be read as a «letter» of which the main theme is the gospel–an umbrella term that covers many other topics, including faith, righteousness, freedom, and new creation. Paul writes Galatians not to argue for an individual justification by faith (understood from a forensic salvation...

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Yung Suk Kim

Gods of this World

Shandon L. Guthrie

Gods of this World

Philosophers of religion have focused almost exclusively on the existence and nature of God and the nature and destiny of human beings. But these philosophers have been remiss in engaging discussions about the possibility of there being adverse gods of this world (demonic beings) despite being a doctrine that comprises a significant part of the Christian confession. This drought in the literature has left a number of questions unaddressed, including: Hasn't science buried the demonic? ...

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Shandon L. Guthrie

Other Voices in Old Testament Inter...

W. Creighton Marlowe

Other Voices in Old Testament Interpretation

The main goal of this book is to provide a collection of essays (formerly only available separately in various academic journals) that offer untraditional and original exegetical insights into, or solutions to, popular or problematic Old Testament texts and topics. It illustrates the science and art of exegesis by an author within a broad evangelical context and demonstrates the interpretive value of reading biblical texts without prejudice to tradition and with careful attention to their...

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W. Creighton Marlowe

Action in Waiting

Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt

Action in Waiting

Given the number of people who’ve been “saved,” you’d think the world was becoming a brighter place. It could be, too, if more people would grasp the joy of losing themselves in service to God and each other. People like Christoph Blumhardt, who, in his quest to get to the essentials of faith, burns away the religious trappings of modern piety like so much chaff. Blumhardt writes with unabashed fervor, but his passion encourages rather than intimidates. His witness influenced theological...

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Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt

Faithful Witness in a Fractured Wor...

Michael T. Snarr

Faithful Witness in a Fractured World

Christians have always looked to models within the Christian faith to guide their lives. At a time when the church is more identifiable by ugly partisan politics–what we call «crappy Christianity»–than by compassionate neighbor love, this book highlights the lives and work of seven individuals who are pursuing their Christian calling in humility and profound love for and service to others, this book highlights the lives and work of seven individuals who are pursuing their Christian calling in...

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Michael T. Snarr

The Impact of Church Consultancy

Ian G. Duncum

The Impact of Church Consultancy

This book follows the journey of ten churches who underwent church consultancies, and explores in depth both the consultancy and its outcomes. Pre-consultancy and post-consultancy «snapshots,» four to five years apart, of vitality indicators and attendance figures (using National Church Life Survey and other data) are used to compare these with churches that have not undertaken church consultancies. Theologies of church consultancy, church health, and church growth are also developed and...

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Ian G. Duncum

Mary Gave God a Body

Paul O. Bischoff

Mary Gave God a Body

God came to earth as an illegitimate child. Mary, his mother, was a human being, not a porcelain figure in a nativity scene with a halo. She was a young teenage Mediterranean woman who wanted to save herself for marriage. Then an angel told her she'd become pregnant by the Holy Spirit. This book intends to dismantle the fictitious Mary made in the image of religion. Rather, the human Mary of the Scriptures who gave God a body is the subject of this book. Mary was the mother of God, not the...

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Paul O. Bischoff

With Bible in One Hand and Newspape...

Charles R. Peterson

With Bible in One Hand and Newspaper in the Other

The famous theologian Karl Barth is known for his admonition that Christians should evaluate major news events in the light of the Bible rather than vice versa. This book reviews attempts at implementing Barth's principle in more than a hundred responses to newspaper editorial opinions over a decades-spanning period. In this exercise, five major theological themes frame the moral engagement of ten newsworthy subject categories. The analysis demonstrates how a biblically-based moral framing...

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Charles R. Peterson

Theology of The Womb

Christy Angelle Bauman

Theology of The Womb

If it is true that God is a male, then His Divinity or Deity is expressed in His masculinity. Yet I am a woman, and there are parts of my body; such as my breasts, my vagina, and my womb that are telling a story about God that I have never learned or understood. This is an exploration of the significance of a womb that must shed and bleed before it can create. How will we engage our body which cyclically bleeds most of our life and can build and birth a human soul? How will we honor the living...

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Christy Angelle Bauman

The Interface of Science, Theology,...

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The Interface of Science, Theology, and Religion

In celebration of Alister E. McGrath's sixty-fifth birthday in 2018, this Festschrift aims to highlight him as a lauded scholar, who exemplifies an interface of science, theology, and religion. It comprises works by McGrath's theological allies and colleagues from diverse ecclesial homes including Graham Ward, Oliver Crisp, Tony Lane, Sung Wook Chung, Randall Zachman, Veli-Matti Karkkainen, Jonathan Wilson, Jeffrey P. Greenman, Robert Kolb, Sister Benedicta Ward, Michael Lloyd, Bethany...

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And On and On the Ages Roll

J. H. Bavinck

And On and On the Ages Roll

Scripture testifies that in the work of Jesus Christ the power of Satan, sin, and death has been broken. Yet on and on the ages roll, and wars rage, humans destroy one another and themselves, and natural evils such as earthquakes and tsunamis occur. We seem to suffer what J. H. Bavinck calls «the great delay,» still awaiting Christ's final victory. In this illuminating survey of the book of Revelation, Bavinck examines the status of the church and the world in the times of the end but...

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J. H. Bavinck

Shalom Yesterday, Today, and Foreve...

Mark DeVine

Shalom Yesterday, Today, and Forever

When we hear the word shalom we think first of the common Jewish greeting. Then, perhaps, we consider the promise Jesus, the Prince of Peace, gave to his followers to grant them a peace the world cannot provide. In the Bible, the word shalom means much more than the absence of hostility–it means harmony and prosperity. Shalom refers to life as it was meant to be, as it should be, where sin is gone and love reigns. In this book, theologian Mark DeVine employs the well-known but little-studied...

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Mark DeVine

End of Story?

Andrew Perriman

End of Story?

This book is an exercise in a thoroughgoing narrative theology. The social and legal validation of same-sex relationships in the West over the last two decades has presented an immense challenge to the church insofar as it seeks to remain faithful to Scripture. But it is not an isolated ethical problem. It is just one element–albeit a very important one–in the much broader, long-term overhaul and reorientation of Western culture after the collapse of the Christian consensus. The forces of...

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Andrew Perriman

Now Concerning Spiritual Things

Fitzroy John Willis

Now Concerning Spiritual Things

In a pluralistic world of competing truth claims, how can one discern what is truly representative of God? How can we live and communicate what is authentically «spiritual?» How do we bridge the religious impasse between believers and a post-Christendom and pluralistic context where individuals may consider themselves to be spiritual, yet are offended by the person of Jesus? Can relativism be an effective means of evaluating truth from falsehood? What role should race, gender, and socioeconomic...

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Fitzroy John Willis

Honest To Goodness

Martin Prozesky

Honest To Goodness

Honest to Goodness proposes a new Christian presence that is free of dogmatism, exclusivism, and biblicism. It charts a way back to the spiritual and ethical revolution begun by Jesus of Nazareth, one that can make a vital difference to needless evils such as bigotry, environmental destruction, poverty, and violence. The book reveals the author's experience of living under, against, and after apartheid, insisting that a faith that does not confront this world's evils is no faith at...

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Martin Prozesky

The Emerging Christian Minority

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The Emerging Christian Minority

An increase in secularization throughout the Western world has resulted in Christian communities finding themselves in a new context: emerging as a minority group. What does this changing landscape mean for existing Christian communities? Are there biblical or historical precedents for this situation? What should we expect in the future? These were the issues taken up by the speakers at the 2016 conference, «The Emerging Christian Minority,» sponsored by the Center for Catholic and Evangelical...

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Preaching the New Testament Again

Yung Suk Kim

Preaching the New Testament Again

This book combines critical New Testament scholarship with homiletic concerns. Kim unravels complexities of the most prominent themes in the New Testament such as faith, freedom, and transformation, and brings them into dialogue with modern preaching contexts, ranging from personal identity to social justice to global issues. This book invites readers to reinterpret the most familiar themes that have not been thoroughly explored in scholarship and to make an informed choice about what to preach...

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Yung Suk Kim

Neo-Pentecostalism

Nelson Kalombo Ngoy

Neo-Pentecostalism

For centuries, Pentecostalism has played a significant role in oppressively shaping the life of formerly colonized people of Africa. Moreover, its theologies have perpetuated neocolonial policies developed through the lens of colonial legacies rooted in la mission civilizatrice (mission to civilize). However, since the 1980s, Neo-Pentecostalism is increasingly reshaping the Congolese Christendom. It sanctions the theologies of a prosperity gospel rooted in an uncritical reading of the Bible and...

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Nelson Kalombo Ngoy

Whoopin’ Up on Stinkin’ Thinkin’

J. Matthew Nance

Whoopin’ Up on Stinkin’ Thinkin’

–Do you seem to lack an adequate framework for interpreting life in today's world? –Have you grown tired of attempts at finding meaning in free, experimental living? –Though you can't quite identify what the smell is, do you sense that something about our culture's way of thinking stinks? –Do you search for mental values on which you can build a solid life? –Are you ready to challenge cultural norms and rethink everything for yourself? If you answered yes to most of...

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J. Matthew Nance

Rebaptism Calmly Considered

Sharon J. Grant

Rebaptism Calmly Considered

This book describes the sociocultural context that shaped Christian initiation for many early Jamaican congregants within the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. Christian initiation in early-twentieth-century Jamaican AME churches included the practice of two water rituals for children within most of its congregations–first, the christening or sprinkling of water on infants, and second, immersion when the child reached the age of consent and made a public confession of faith. The...

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Sharon J. Grant

Everyone Belongs to God

Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt

Everyone Belongs to God

A pastor’s frank advice for Christians who want to bring the gospel to their neighbors. Gold Medal Winner, 2016 Illumination Book Award in ministry/mission, Independent PublishersHow can Christians represent the love of Christ to their neighbors (let alone people in foreign countries) in an age when Christianity has earned a bad name from centuries of intolerance and cultural imperialism? Is it enough to love and serve them? Can you win their trust without becoming one of them? Can you be a...

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Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt

Midwifing—A Womanist Approach to Pa...

Myrna Thurmond-Malone

Midwifing—A Womanist Approach to Pastoral Counseling

Midwifing–A Womanist Approach to Pastoral Counseling: Investigating the Fractured Self, Slavery, Violence, and the Black Woman, is an investigation of intergenerational trauma. Exploring the impact of slavery, violence, racism, sexism, classism, and other isms on the self of the Black woman. This examination of the complexity of pain speaks to the multidimensional reality of some Black women and the necessity for a therapeutic technique that invites the fullness of the Black woman's...

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Myrna Thurmond-Malone

Narrativizing Theories

Benjamin John Peters

Narrativizing Theories

Ours is an age of offense, a time of reactionary shock–always received, never given. Ours is an age that has forgone cultural narratives, a time of individualism–wherein personal identities trump the collective spirit. Ours is an age of failing earth, a time of ecological collapse–yet the consumption of global capitalism continues to run amok. But don't fear. You have the correct worldview, the best solutions. It's not your fault these things are happening. It's the...

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Benjamin John Peters

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