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The debate between those who hold to the theorems and models of science and those who hold that the Bible is the Word of God and must be true influences greatly how we think about things. Does your belief in God and His Word mean you need to reject all of science? Is there a faithful way to integrate science and faith? This volume will equip you to:Take a Christian worldview out into the world of scientific studyKnow how to live with a Christian worldview in our mental environmentUnderstand how a Christian worldview shapes our interpretation of factsKnow how to interpret scientific facts in light of ScriptureHave an informed Christian worldview that anticipates being challengedAbout The SeriesThe You Can Do It Series encourages and equips believers to live out life as a disciple of Jesus Christ, being formed and shaped by God's Word. Written in a clear and encouraging style, each of these topical books gives Christians achievable goals for strengthening their faith and relationships. Each book features a consistent presentation of a topic in five parts with each part consisting of a presentation, summary, discussion questions, and several action steps.

About The SeriesThe You Can Do It Series encourages and equips believers to live out life as a disciple of Jesus Christ, being formed and shaped by God's Word. Written in a clear and encouraging style, each of these topical books gives Christians achievable goals for strengthening their faith and relationships. Each book features a consistent presentation of a topic in five parts with each part consisting of a presentation, summary, discussion questions, and several action steps.About This VolumeThere are no perfect families, and we all want to have stronger, faithful families. Even while the pressures of real-life issues press on every side, there are opportunities to support your spouse, your children, even your extended family. God has mercifully surrounded us with the means to support as we strive to have a stronger family and Christian household.This volume will equip you to:Develop the skills and motivation to strengthen your familyRecognize and accept the variety and differences found in individual family membersEstablish the family as a safe place for repentance and forgivenessUnderstand vocation and use it to give your family purpose and directionCreate times of rest as a family and as individualsBooks In The SeriesUnderstand the Bible BetterWitness ChristMake Your Marriage StrongerRead the Bible PrayerfullyHave a Faithful Prayer LifeAppreciate Science and Love the BibleHave a Stronger FamilyLive a Jesus-Centered LifeMake Your Congregation a Caring Church

About the VolumeThe Bible may be the best-selling book of all time, but for all its sales, its content remains widely unknown. According to polls only about half of adults in the United States can name one of the fourGospels, or knew that Genesis was the first book of the Bible. Many people feel intimidated by the idea of reading the Bible with understanding that feeds and strengthens faith. Zach McIntosh provides basic knowledge of the purposes and themes of the Bible, and reminds us that the easiest way to understand the Bible better is to read it. This volume will equip you to:See Jesus as the star of ScriptureExplore the structure and message of the Old TestamentAppreciate the revelation of Christ and the Church in the New TestamentReceive the power of God in His WordIntersect with those who can help you grow in your Bible studyAbout the SeriesThe You Can Do It Series encourages and equips believers to live out life as a disciple of Jesus Christ, being formed and shaped by God's Word. Written in a clear and encouraging style, each of these topical books gives Christians achievable goals for strengthening their faith and relationships. Each book features a consistent presentation of a topic in five parts with each part consisting of a presentation, summary, discussion questions, and several action steps.

About The SeriesThe You Can Do It Series encourages and equips believers to live out life as a disciple of Jesus Christ, being formed and shaped by God's Word. Written in a clear and encouraging style, each of these topical books gives Christians achievable goals for strengthening their faith and relationships. Each book features a consistent presentation of a topic in five parts with each part consisting of a presentation, summary, discussion questions, and several action steps.About This VolumeFor all the baptized, witnessing Christ is supposed to be part of our way of life. We are given to share our greatest gift, Jesus Christ, with anyone God allows us to meet. Yes, it can be intimidating. Surprisingly, it gets easier as you do it more often.This volume will equip you to:Witness Christ where He speaks and worksWitness Christ using Law and GospelWitness Christ's justification in Word and SacramentsWitness Christ in words and deedsWitness Christ on the front linesBooks In The SeriesUnderstand the Bible BetterWitness ChristMake Your Marriage StrongerRead the Bible PrayerfullyHave a Faithful Prayer LifeAppreciate Science and Love the BibleHave a Stronger FamilyLive a Jesus-Centered LifeMake Your Congregation a Caring Church

About The SeriesThe You Can Do It Series encourages and equips believers to live out life as a disciple of Jesus Christ, being formed and shaped by God's Word. Written in a clear and encouraging style, each of these topical books gives Christians achievable goals for strengthening their faith and relationships. Each book features a consistent presentation of a topic in five parts with each part consisting of a presentation, summary, discussion questions, and several action steps.About This VolumeMany think that doing what comes naturally is certainly the best way to go about being married. But since we are sinners by nature, having a good and strong marriage does not come naturally. We need to give our marriage good and constant attention and receive guidance for it from our Savior God.This volume will equip you to:Remember God's will for you in His institution of marriageBe in prayerCommunicate with each otherLove one anotherForgive one anotherBooks In The SeriesUnderstand the Bible BetterWitness ChristMake Your Marriage StrongerRead the Bible PrayerfullyHave a Faithful Prayer LifeAppreciate Science and Love the BibleHave a Stronger FamilyLive a Jesus-Centered LifeMake Your Congregation a Caring Church

Walther's sermons reflect not only the importance of Walther as leading theologian of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in the first decades of its existence but also his extraordinary gifts as a preacher. Now in English, Walther's sermons will give readers today a peek into the powerful preaching of the first president of the LCMS. The sermons are printed unchanged as to content and form. They originate from the author's almost 30-year activity as pastor of the first German Ev. Lutheran (Joint) congregation of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession in this country, which for some time past consists of four areas with four churches: Trinity, Immanuel, Zion, and Cross Churches.Gospel Sermons 1 covers the Time of Christmas (Advent Season, Christmas Season, and Epiphany Season) and the Time of Easter (Pre-Lent Season, Lenten Season, and Easter Season).People who read these sermons will experience the explanation of God's Word by C. F. W. Walther and lead people to the insight that they are as Christians "a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His [God's] own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light" (1 Peter 2:9). This was the bible verse Walther put on one of the first pages of the German edition of his Gospel sermons.

Rev. Dr. Matthew Harrison's new edition of this seminal writing by the first president of the LCMS restores Walther's precise language on the doctrines of church and ministry. As the subtitle of the original German edition states, The Church and The Office of The Ministry is "a collection of testimonies . . . from the Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church and from the private writings of orthodox teachers of the same." Professional church workers and interested lay members will find a wealth of insights from the Bible, the Confessions, ancient church fathers, Luther, the orthodox Lutheran fathers, and more on the key questions of what or who is the Church, what is and who holds the Office of the Ministry, and what are the powers and duties of each.During the 20th century, the ecumenical movement made the doctrine of the church one of the most discussed issues of its day. Today, this controversy still exists with congregations exploring the boundaries of what it means to define the church. C.F.W. Walther's classic study of The Church and The Office of The Ministry provides biblically-based answers to these questions facing congregations today. This new study edition includes:New reader-friendly updated translationFootnotes explaining terms and historySide notes highlighting texts from the Bible, Lutheran Confessions and Martin LutherMarginal references to Johann GerhardGlossary of key German and Latin termsAppendices including supporting documentsScriptural indexTopical index

This book explores the intended meaning, as well as the implications and applications, of the three parables in Luke 15 (The Good Shepherd and the Lost Sheep, The Good Woman and the Lost Coin, and The Good Father and His Two Lost Sons). It reflects the author's immersion in the language, religion, and culture of the Middle East, demonstrating how meaningful the biblical text becomes when a broad background of study and analysis is permitted to illuminate the text.Western readers will gain an array of new insights from this volume and will be fascinated by the author's nuances of interpretation. The author's analysis shows how the cultural background of Arabic and Muslim theology affects the interpretation of these parables.

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The Problem of Suffering is a superb resource to share and to use with anyone suffering any form of loss. It is honest, straightforward, expressive, evocative of much reflection and insight, and linked closely to the suffering Savior. Author Gregory Schulz speaks as a Christian father, sharing the very personal, difficult struggle of dealing with years of pain, suffering, and questions. As he shares his struggle, he bares his soul with a jarring honesty seldom heard in the church. His protest is against "God's abusive actions," and it rings true to anyone who's suffering of body or spirit. Also included is an epilogue of prayers and poems written by sufferers. From the ForewordWarning: After you've read this book you'll never be the same again. You will be challenged by its intellectual depth, encouraged by its spiritual consolation, and blown away by its honesty. Like a roller-coaster, it will lift you to dizzying heights of insight, plunge you down into the deepest imaginable human pain, then lift you out again into hope.Pain and suffering come in different sizes and intensities for different people, but they come inevitably to us all. A lot of ink has been spilled over the centuries on the so-called "problem of evil," but there's not much help in that. Anyone who has personally experienced the mind-numbing and gut-wrenching impact of suffering, pain, or loss can tell you the last thing anyone needs in the midst of that mess is intellectual reflection and explanation. What you need is the honest truth. And such honesty is rarely pleasant.

Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal presents engaging essays from contemporary Lutheran scholars, teachers, and pastors, each offering a fresh reappraisal of natural law within the context of historic Lutheran teaching and practice. Thought-provoking questions following each essay will help readers apply key Bible texts associated with natural law to their daily lives. Why the Natural Law Is NecessaryNo contemporary thinker is interested in a wooden representation of the natural law that is tied necessarily to the particular metaphysical foundations in the Thomistic-Aristotelian synthesis. The history of natural law shows a wide variety of interpretations and applications. But they all have some elements in common. They all oppose cultural relativism, the notion that laws are mere moral conventions that vary among societies, with no transcendent ontological claim to being universally valid and binding. To the contrary; those who hold to the natural law believe that for a law to be just, it must conform to the structure of reality itself and not depend on the oscillating opinions and preferences of human beings. The law must be the same for all human beings and at all times, so that if murder is morally wrong in America, it is equally so in Asia and Africa. If torture is to be condemned as evil in Jerusalem, it must be equally so in London and Tehran. The United Nations' Declaration of Human Rights formulates rules with respect to freedom and equality that are binding on all nations and peoples, not because of any majority vote, but because of an inherent correspondence between reason and nature. That is what is meant by saying that the Law is "written on the hearts" (Romans 2:25) of all human beings.- Carl Braaten -

Religion and Resistance in Early Judaism prepares intermediate and advanced students of Greek to read and translate selections from 1 Maccabees and Josephus, with an emphasis on building knowledge of grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. The book also describes the religious and cultural clash between the classical world and early Judaism. It includes:Historical context from Alexander the Great to JosephusGreek text of 1 Maccabees 1:1-4:61Selections of Greek from Josephus's life, Jewish War, and Antiquities of the JewsNotes on the grammar and syntax of each selection of Greek text, including numerous cross references to Greek and biblical literatureA comprehensive glossary of Greek terms and a select bibliographyForeword written by Dr. Paul Maier

The latest and best biography of a father of confessional Lutheranism in North America. Loehe, who never visited the United States, sent missionaries, founded seminaries, established deaconess training, studied doctrine and liturgy, and fought with church officials. Geiger sets forth Loehe's life, and the divided opinions about him, in a compelling and authoritative narrative. This first, full length biography of a key player in Lutheran history is accessible to lay audiences and appreciated by scholars.Prof. John T. Pless MDivAssistant Professor of Pastoral Ministry & MissionsConcordia Theological Seminary, Fort WayneCo-President of the International Loehe Society Those looking for a model for pastoral ministry with integrity do well to emulate Loehe. Few pastors have mobilized their congregations for mission as he.Prof. Mark Mattes, PhDProfessor of Religion and PhilosophyGrand View UniversityDes Moines, IowaThrough a splendid use of original source material the reader is immersed in the challenges and affairs confronting Loehe in his time.Prof. Craig L. Nessan, ThDAcademic Dean and Professor of Contextual TheologyWartburg Theological Seminary We have so much to learn from this visionary and yet practical pastor.John W. Kleinig, MDiv, PhDEmeritus lecturer and former head of the Biblical Department,The Australian Lutheran College, North Adelaide, South Australia

Occult practices are clearly condemned by God throughout Scripture. We must constantly guard against the sinister temptations to power and glory that Satan offers.As a topic, Satanism may easily be either sensationalized or ignored. Between these extremes is offered a realistic and biblical Christian approach to the occult and Satanism. This book clearly outlines the dangers of both from a biblical perspective and provides suggestions for a positive Christian response to these temptations.Be informed and respond. Topics include:the origins of formal satanic activitywarning signs in people under the influence of Satanwhat Scripture says about Satanhow to confidentially share your faith and guard against temptationsMost important, you will get the knowledge and insight to clearly communicate the hope that all people can live a victorious life over Satan through faith in Jesus Christ.This insightful series equips Christians with detailed information on contemporary non-Christian religious movements. Each book compares the teachings of these movements with Scripture and shows how to respond with the Gospel.

Witnessing starts simply: with one person, broken by sin, speaking to another broken person. Together, they follow the Holy Spirit's guidance to find the ultimate Healer: Christ. It doesn't require your life to be perfect, nor does it require a vast knowledge of Christianity. The Spirit will work through you to plant the seeds of Christ's love in the person's heart.Rev. Dr. Mark A. Wood invites you and your church members to walk together and find a new definition of witnessing. Using a gardening metaphor of plowing, planting, watering, waiting, and harvesting, you can see how the seeds your congregation plants now, with the help of the Holy Spirit, can be harvested by future generations of Christians to bring those broken by sin to the Savior.

For use with the comprehensive Bible overview, Concordia's Bible History and its accompanying student workbook, this teacher book includes answers to the student workbook questions, reproducible tests, and answers for each unit's discussion questions.