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Accomplished evangelical preachers and teachers help students and pastors understand the worlds--biblical, cultural, and personal--that influence and impact their preaching.

Introduces the individuals and groups who, through their opposition to Calvin's theology and politics, helped shape Calvin, his theology, and his historical and religious legacy.

This informed theology of communication and media analyzes how we consume new media and technologies and discusses the impact on our social and religious lives.

Malls, stadiums, and universities are actually liturgical structures that influence and shape our thoughts and affections. Humans--as Augustine noted--are "desiring agents," full of longings and pass

This classic text, written by a father-and-son team, looks at the nuclear family as a social institution and provides guidance for interaction and adjustment during dating, engagement, and early marr

The connection between theology and film is a hot topic in the academy and the church. But research and writing on methodology and hermeneutics is lacking. This comprehensive collection identifies th

Inspires and instructs students and pastors to use the Hebrew Bible appropriately in their preaching and teaching. Includes sample sermons and lessons.

"Utterly fresh and innovative. . . . Thiessen summons his reader to nothing less than a radical reimagining of Christian origins."--Paula Fredriksen, Review of Biblical LiteratureAlthough most people acknowledge that Jesus was a first-century Jew, interpreters of the Gospels often present him as opposed to Jewish law and customs--especially when considering his numerous encounters with the ritually impure. Matthew Thiessen corrects this popular misconception by placing Jesus within the Judaism of his day. Thiessen demonstrates that the Gospel writers depict Jesus opposing ritual impurity itself, not the Jewish ritual purity system or the Jewish law. This fresh interpretation of significant passages from the Gospels shows that throughout his life, Jesus destroys forces of death and impurity while upholding the Jewish law.

Three experienced biblical language professors inspire readers to learn, retain, and use Hebrew for ministry, setting them on a lifelong journey of reading and loving the Hebrew Bible. This companion

Addressing a topic of growing and vital concern, this book asks us to reconsider how we think about the natural world and our place in it. Steven Bouma-Prediger brings ecotheology into conversation wi

This magisterial statement by one of the world's most significant systematic theologians shows why theology matters and why its pursuit is a demanding but exhilarating venture.

A leading scholar moves through the entire Bible in canonical order and puts the biblical text in conversation with twenty-first-century questions, offering the church a fresh understanding of its mis

Based on an integrated and robust vision of preaching, this clearly written book moves preachers from the biblical text to an effective sermon.

An author on the cutting edge of contemporary homiletics and theology offers a fresh approach to preaching that helps listeners see themselves as actors in God's grand drama.

Argues that God's mission is broad and that all of us can live intentionally into this mission by understanding its many facets and focusing on a particular calling.

Presents Matthew as a scribe who wrote about Jesus's life in a rich, multilayered way and shows the unique contribution the First Gospel makes to understanding the connection between the Old and New T

Leading Experts Introduce the People and Contexts of the Old TestamentWhat people groups interacted with ancient Israel? Who were the Hurrians and why do they matter? What do we know about the Philistines, the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, and others?In this up-to-date volume, leading experts introduce the peoples and places of the world around the Old Testament, providing students with a fresh exploration of the ancient Near East. The contributors offer comprehensive orientations to the main cultures and people groups that surrounded ancient Israel in the wider ancient Near East, including not only Mesopotamia and the northern Levant but also Egypt, Arabia, and Greece. They also explore the contributions of each people group or culture to our understanding of the Hebrew Scriptures.This supplementary text is organized by geographic region, making it especially suitable for the classroom and useful in a variety of Old Testament courses. Approximately eighty-fi

Noted theologian and bestselling author Ron Sider provides a career capstone biblical-theological case for the view that Jesus calls his disciples to love, and never kill, their enemies.

A leading psychologist, seminary professor, and pastor offers a comprehensive textbook on twelve areas of pastoral ministry, articulating a biblical model for shepherding God's people.

A world-renowned scholar examines the important Pauline theme of participation in Christ and explores its contemporary significance for Christian life and ministry.

A leading Pentecostal theologian offers an introduction to ecclesiology that demonstrates how Pentecostals can contribute to and learn from the church catholic.

A veteran missionary-scholar offers the global church biblical foundations, historical pathways, theoretical frameworks, and effective practices for communicating Christ through the arts.

A veteran Old Testament teacher shows the theological instincts that are necessary for reading, understanding, and communicating Scripture faithfully.

A leading Barth interpreter provides an introduction to the essence of Barth's theology, emphasizing themes that speak to the concerns of the church, the pastorate, and Christian ministry.

Through an abundance of examples, this book explores how pastors have both perpetuated and responded to our secular age, and provides a new vision for pastoral ministry today.

This book brings the best of leadership theory and research together with biblical reflection and examples of leadership in action, making it an important resource for Christian students of leadership

This introductory cultural anthropology textbook, now revised and updated throughout, helps readers understand and discern the role of culture in human experience.

An expert on American culture explores how Christians can most profitably and critically hear, read, and view popular culture through the lens of film.

Helps Christian communities understand the benefits and challenges of new media, including social media, and enables them to address its use in constructive, pastoral ways.

Drawing extensively on Scripture, a senior missiologist clarifies the nature of the mission of the church and considers its practical implications for ministry.

A leading New Testament scholar explores an important but generally neglected area of Pauline theology, Paul's teaching about the mind and its implications for contemporary Christian life.

A leading New Testament scholar offers a substantive evangelical commentary on Colossians and Philemon in the award-winning BECNT series.

This accessible overview shows how the Bible provides an overarching story about God the King and explains how the Christian gospel and mission address the totality of human life.

This Catholic commentary on Galatians interprets Scripture from within the living tradition of the Church for pastoral ministers, lay readers, and students.

Three media experts guide the serious Christian moviegoer into a theological conversation with movies in this up-to-date, readable introduction to Christian theology and film.

A veteran teacher shows how Luther departed from the Augustinian tradition and inaugurated distinctively Protestant theology.

This up-to-date introduction to Christian philosophy covers the four major areas of philosophical thought: epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and ethics.

A theologian and a biblical scholar work out the four Nicene marks of the church (one, holy, catholic, apostolic) as marks of Scripture, offering a new way of thinking about the Bible.

Top-tier scholars offer critical engagements with Barth's exegesis and explore its implications for contemporary hermeneutics and biblical interpretation.

Helps pastoral leaders increase their effectiveness by applying the Bowen Family Systems Theory to congregational life and ministry.