Evangelical Theology has long sought to provide people with solid ground on which to base their understanding of God, the world and themselves. For many years the theological journal 'Themelios' (which means 'solid ground' in Greek) has played an important part in that endeavour with its articles written for non-experts by world-renowned evangelical theologians on topics of perennial interest. …
Christians throughout history have been strengthened by their confidence that God knows everything about the future. But consider this: What if it simply is not true? What if God can only rely on His best guess about tomorrow—just as you and I do? Would it not affect your trust in Him, your confidence in facing the future, your worship, and your motivation to leave everything in His hands? An…
Buku-buku laris menantang kita untuk memikirkan kembali ide-ide kita tentang Yesus. "Jesus Seminar" membuat berita utama dengan usaha-usahanya yang sistematis untuk merusak ketepatan laporan-laporan Injil. Ajaran-ajaran Zaman Baru tentang Yesus telah masuk ke dalam banyak mimbar gereja. Menanggapi kebingungan ini, "Yesus di Zaman Kontroversi" memberikan kita pelajaran yang jujur dan mudah dipah…
SPEAKING OF FAITH presents some of the most articulate, even passionate, new voices of women in religion in individual testimony, in dialogue, and in debate. Twenty-six author/ activists from five continents and representing all major religions–including Carol Gilligan, Sissela Bhatt, Judith Plaskow, Beverly Harrison, and Jean Zaru–speak from experience, challenge traditional institutions, …
When Turnabout was first published in 1978, to discuss the woman alcoholic separately and to see that her needs in recovery differed significantly from those of the male alcoholic were totally new concepts. Even more startling was the suggestion that the woman alcoholic should have a self-help program just for her. Prior this, most professionals believed that the program of Alcoholics Anonymous…
Beginning late in the Old Testament period and continuing for the next six hundred years, the Jewish high priests were often the most important members of Jewish society. They not only possessed religious authority but also exercised political control. This book gathers and assesses the surviving evidence about each of the fifty-one men who served as high priest from about 515 BCE until approxi…
We are pleased to launch this series of books to help Christian leaders, missionaries, international student ministers, seminarians, and mission-minded Christians understand the complex relationship between the Christian gospel and Chinese culture. Chang offers succinct summaries of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Zen, Hinduism, and Islam, and critiques them from a biblical base.
In 1943 Great Britain, when hope and the moral fabric of society were threatened by the relentless inhumanity of global war, an Oxford don was invited to give a series of radio lectures addressing the central issues of Christianity. Over seventy years after the original lectures, the topic retains it urgency. Expanded into book form, Mere Christianity never flinches as it sets out a rational ba…
In 1943, when all hope was threatened by the inhumanity of war, C.S. Lewis was invited to give a series of BBC lectures addressing the central issues of modern life. More than half a century after the original lectures, they continue to retain their poignancy. First heard as informal radio broadcasts, the lectures were then published as three books and subsequently combined as Mere Christianity…
How does the church reach the unreached? We live in an increasingly post-Christian culture. More and more we find ourselves on the margins as less and less people have any intention of ever attending church. What used to work doesn't work anymore and we need to adapt. Helping us to see the way forward, this book offers practical ideas and personal stories for engaging with Western society…