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…
Rumusan klasik Albert Wolters tentang wawasan dunia Kristen yang terintegrasi kini telah diperbarui untuk memberikan manfaat bagi generasi masa kini seperti bagi generasi sebelumnya. Secara lugas dan jelas Wolters menjelaskan kepalsuan dikotomi sakral-sekuler dan menyodorkan proposal alkitabiah. Diawali dengan pendefinisian natur dan cakupan sebuah wawasan dunia, yang dibedakan dari filsafat da…
The book is in one sense a narrative account of events--from the numbing telephone call on a sunny Sunday afternoon that tells of 25-year-old Eric's death in a mountain-climbing accident, to a graveside visit a year later. But the book is far more than narrative. Every event is an occasion for remembering, for meditating, for Job-like anguish in the struggle to accept and understand.. A profoun…
Tidak banyak orang yang telah begitu mempengaruhi perkembangan sekolah-sekolah Kristen di dalam tradisi Reformed di Amerika Utara dan bahkan di seluruh dunia seperti Nicholas Wolterstorff. Sebagai penghormatan atas kontribusi-kontribusinya, Gloria Goris Stronks dan Clarence W. Joldersma, yang juga adalah pendidik, telah mengumpulkan pemikiran dan refleksi dari sang filsuf mengenai pendidikan Kr…