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  • - Interpretation
    von James Luther Mays
    52,00 €

    Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching is a distinctive resource for those who interpret the Bible in the church. Planned and written specifically for teaching and preaching needs, this critically acclaimed biblical commentary is a major contribution to scholarship and...

  • - Interpretation
    von Fred B. Craddock
    44,00 €

    Using Luke's own prologue as the guideline for his commentary, Fred B. Craddock calls attention to the continuities between Jesus and his heritage in Judaism and the church after him. Like Luke, Craddock assumes the reader is not only a believer but also a leader in the community of faith.Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and...

  • von William Stacy Johnson
    22,00 €

    Many would argue that a true understanding of contemporary Christian thought is impossible without a basic understanding of Calvin's contributions. William Stacy Johnson, a leading Presbyterian theologian, offers this clear and fundamental study of Calvin's insights as a primer for those with little or no knowledge of his work.This volume...

  • - A Theology of Incarnation
    von Wendy Farley
    38,00 €

    This book is a powerful expression of Jesus Christ given in the midst of the brokenness and hostilities of this world, as experienced by those who are marginalized and persecuted in contemporary society. Drawing on broader sources in the Christian tradition, Farley maintains the power of Jesus of Nazareth as the expression of the Divine Eros in...

  • - An Introduction
    von New York, Bard College, USA) Neusner, usw.
    46,00 €

  • - Answering the Hard Questions
    von James C. Howell
    22,00 €

    How are we to know the will of God? In this honest discussion, veteran pastor and theologian James C. Howell considers a number of issues relating to God's will, how it is known, how it is done, and how we respond when bad things happen and we feel God is absent or has turned away from us. In this sensitive presentation, Howell explores these...

  • - Crafting Sermons That Capture and Convince
    von Sondra B. Willobee
    31,00 €

    With clarity and wit, preacher and writer Sondra Willobee explores the joyful process of crafting effective sermons. Gathering the strategies of good writers, Willobee shows how to capture and keep listeners' attention, how to generate suspense through structure, and how to increase impact with vivid language. In addition, Willobee offers...

  • von Robert McAfee Brown
    31,00 €

  • von Norman K. Gottwald
    53,00 €

    In this volume, Norman Gottwald reconstructs the politics of ancient Israel within the larger political environment of the ancient Near East. He questions the prevailing view that the Hebrew Bible, supported by archeological evidence when necessary, should be the primary source to diagram the evolution of Israel's political history. Along with...

  • - A Commentary
    von James Luther Mays
    44,00 €

    This much-needed commentary provides an authoritative guide to a better understanding of the often-neglected book of Micah. It gives insight into the individual sayings of Micah, to the way they were understood and used as they were gathered into the growing collection, and to their role in the final form of the document.

  • - Letters of Spiritual Counsel
     
    51,00 €

    Martin Luther is often thought of as a world-shaking figure who defied papacy and empire to introduce a reformation in the teaching, worship, organization, and life of the church. Sometimes it is forgotten that he was also a pastor and shepherd of souls. Collected in this volume are Luther's letters of spiritual counsel, which he offered to his...

  • - A Sociohistorical Account of Christian Origins (26-50 CE)
    von James G. Crossley
    43,00 €

    Looking beyond theological narratives and offering a sociological, economic, and historical examination of the spread of earliest Christianity, James Crossley presents a thoroughly secular and causal explanation for why the once law-observant movement within Judaism became the beginnings of a new religion. First analyzing the historiography of...

  • - A Covenant Ecclesiology
    von Michael S. Horton
    57,00 €

    In this final volume of a four-volume series, Michael Horton explores the origin, mission, and destiny of the church through the lens of covenantal theology. Arguing that the history of Israel and the covenant of grace provide the proper context for New Testament ecclesiology, Horton then shows how the church is constituted through the...

  • - Biblical Meditations for Daily Living
    von J. Ellsworth Kalas
    22,98 €

    Author J. Ellsworth Kalas believes there is much we can learn about our own walk with God from the people in the Bible. In this inspiring book he gives us meditations about sixteen men from Scripture, some of them well known, others not even named. Each of them, he tells us, can teach us something about ourselves and our relationship with God...

  • - When Racism and Women's Lives Matter
    von Traci C. West
    42,00 €

    This book brings to the fore the difficult realities of racism and the sexual violation of women. Traci West argues for a liberative method of Christian social ethics in which the discussion begins not with generic philosophical concepts but in the concrete realities of the lives of the socially and economically...

  • - Prophetic Witness for the Church
    von Harold J. Recinos
    30,00 €

    In a world divided by race, ethnicity, gender, violence, and hate, Harold Recinos's Good News from the Barrio explores the ways in which the good news of the gospel is at work in Latino barrios. He challenges Christians to listen to the gospel in these contexts and offer a prophetic witness to the nation and the...

  • von Walter J. Harrelson
    21,00 €

    In this brief and highly accessible volume in the For Today series, distinguished biblical scholar and churchman Walter Harrelson explores the meaning and continuing importance of the Ten Commandments for Christians today. Harrelson writes in his preface: "The premise of this book is that the Ten Commandments are still an inadequately mined...

  • von Russell
    52,00 €

    "Daniel," writes D. S. Russell, "is a fascinatiing book which speaks as profoundly to our day as it did to the day it was first written. Its message declared unequivocally that the sovereign Lord God was in control not only of history but also of the end of history." An exciting demonstration of trust and devotion, Daniel offers a positive...

  • - A Theological History
    von Leo G. Perdue
    54,00 €

    The Old Testament's wisdom literature offers one of the most intriguing collections of biblical books (Proverbs, Job, the Psalms about Torah and wisdom, Ecclesiastes, Qoheleth, Ben Sira, and the Wisdom of Solomon). In this magisterial textbook, preeminent wisdom scholar Leo G. Perdue sets each book of wisdom in its historical context, examining...

  • - Supreme Court Decisions on Church-State Relationships
    von Ronald B. Flowers
    37,00 €

    The religion clauses of the First Amendment, which seem simple and clear, have been and continue to be controversial in their application. Church-state issues have never been more complex, controversial, and divisive than they are today. In this helpful and instructive book, Ronald B. Flowers explains clearly and concisely the intricacies and...

  • - An Invitation to Preaching
    von Lucy Lind Hogan
    37,00 €

    In this introductory text, Lucy Lind Hogan helps the reader understand the theological task of becoming a preacher, the craft of writing the sermon, and the importance of communicating the gospel in the present world. In doing so, she creates a book that is more holistic than any other homiletics text currently on the market.Hogan begins with a...

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    63,00 €

    The Westminter Dictionary of Christian Theology is an important reference for any pastor, scholar, or student of theology. The articles are clearly written, historically informative, and conceptually clarifying. The entries are arranged alphabetically for ease of...

  • von William Barclay
    30,00 €

    Some of William Barclay's most beloved prayers and meditations, originally appearing in his Prayers for the Christian Year and Epilogues and Prayers, have been brought together in this collection. While some of the prayers were written for private use, and others for use in public, so personal was the stamp that Barclay put on them that it is...

  • - Women's Encounters with Jesus in the Gospels
    von Frances Taylor Gench
    29,00 €

    Exploring six Gospel texts in which women encounter Jesus, Frances Taylor Gench encourages us to view these stories anew through the eyes of contemporary biblical scholarship. Summarizing and making accessible the work of a diversity of feminist scholars while also engaging many of the more traditional voices of the past, she examines each...

  • - Adam and Eve in Jewish and Christian Imagination
    von Gary A. Anderson
    48,00 €

    In a book that will appeal to both Jews and Christians, Gary Anderson explores the story of Adam and Eve and its perspectives on the problem of evil, the nature of sexuality, and the question of sin and...

  • - A Feminist Social History of Early Christianity
    von Luise Schottroff
    53,00 €

    Lydia's Impatient Sisters offers a social history of the everyday life of women, setting common experiences of labor, money, illness, and resistance in the context of the Roman imperial society.Luise Schottroff relates this history to important theological topics in New Testament, such as the revelation of God and the daily life of the church...

  • - Praying the Psalms in Times of Depression
    von Thomas Lewis
    27,00 €

    In this small yet immensely helpful guide, pastor Thomas Lewis offers spiritual resources for the many persons today suffering from depression. By turning his readers toward praying the Psalms, as he did in his own battle with depression, Lewis assists those seeking hope and a healing touch to find, in his words, "a cup of cold water in parched...

  • - Heart-Felt and Hope-Filled Prayers of Children
    von R. Wayne Willis
    22,00 €

    A longtime chaplain at a children's hospital, R. Wayne Willis has collected prayers and cards left by children in the hospital chapel. In P.S. God, Can You Fly? he offers reflections on some of these prayers and what they mean for believers and for the children who wrote them. These hope-filled and heartfelt prayers are sure to touch anyone who...

  • - Last-Minute Preparations for Postcollege Life
    von Bruce Main
    23,00 €

    The final years of college can be a difficult time for students committed to a life of Christian discipleship. How does a student begin to prepare for the "real world," so that it will not end in a collapse of faith or a slow series of compromises? Noted youth leader Bruce Main suggests that students should imagine how Jesus might have lived...

  • von J. Barrie Shepherd
    22,00 €

    Pastor and author J. Barrie Shepherd carries forward a rich tradition of Christian prayer and devotion in this outstanding book. The book contains sixty-two theme-based prayers: thirty for morning, thirty for evening, and one each for Sunday morning and Sunday evening. Opposite each prayer is a blank page for journaling, recording Bible verses...

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