America's schools are flunking the test. Students can't read. They can't write. Basic math, science, history, and geography are almost lost causes. Many schools aren't even safe havens from crime and drugs. Douglas Wilson lays much of the blame for this on the idea that schools can be neutral about morality. He says education is essentially religious. Education deals with the basic questions of…
"~This sympathetic analysis of the family today offers new insights to those beset by the pressures of the lonely crowd and organization man. The security and sense of identification we formerly drew from community and neighborhood ties now depend on the family. This greater dependence on the family has created serious new stresses. ""Our society,"" the author points out, ""has narrowed the sph…
The most fundamental fact about the New Testament is that its secrets are available only to those who are willing to obey what they find. "Believe that you may know" (John 10:25-28) is a basic teaching of the New Testament itself. A second, balancing truth, is that although the Bible was inspired by God in its original language, we do not regard any translation of the Bible as perfect. All sch…
All too often, argues Ben Witherington, the theology of the New Testament has been divorced from its ethics, leaving as isolated abstractions what are fully integrated, dynamic elements within the New Testament itself. As Witherington stresses, "behavior affects and reinforces or undoes belief."
All too often, argues Ben Witherington, the theology of the New Testament has been divorced from its ethics, leaving as isolated abstractions what are fully integrated, dynamic elements within the New Testament itself. As Witherington stresses, "Behavior affects and reinforces or undoes belief."
Writing with his usual flair and reader-friendly style, renowned scholar, author, and lecturer Ben Witherington III offers a balanced approach to the New Testament in this faith-friendly introductory text. An ideal textbook for college survey courses, this volume is also captivating reading for seminary students and general readers.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our cont…
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1924. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our cont…
This one-volume history of Christian ethics is the only comprehensive resource currently available to survey major thinkers, movements, and issues from the early church to the present. Topics discussed are: the legacies of Christian ethics, the ethics of early Christianity, the Reformation and Enlightenment, eighteenth and nineteenth-century rationalism and evangelism, Christian ethics in the t…
The five books of the Pentateuch are filled with color and adventure, noise and upheaval. They are books of promise, hope, love, and redemption for those who trust their lives to God. The Christian cannot neglect an understanding of this portion of God's Word. Herbert Wolf has provided an opportunity to meet that challenge. As he highlights God's personal relationship with His creation and the…