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  • - Theology through the Lens of Incarnation
    von Anna Case-Winters
    37,00 €

    In this volume, Anna Case-Winters demonstrates that the doctrine of the incarnation of God in Christ is not simply one belief among others; it is the cornerstone on which all other Christian convictions are built.

  • - Theology of an Embodied God
    von Charles Halton
    43,00 €

    A Human-Shaped God approaches the humanlike accounts of God in the Old Testament as the starting places for theology and uses them to build a picture of the divine.

  • - Finding a Faith That Makes Us Better Humans
    von John Pavlovitz
    24,00 €

    John Pavlovitz examines the bedrock ideas of our religion: the existence of hell, the utility of prayer, the way we treat LGBTQ people, the value of anger, and other doctrines to help us take an honest look at how the beliefs we hold can shape our relationships with God and our fellow humans-and to make sure that love has the last, loudest word.

  • - Belief
    von Amos Yong
    52,00 €

    In this volume of the Belief series, Amos Yong analyzes the message of Revelation to its earliest readers and speaks to its ongoing meaning for believers today.

  • - Revised and Updated
     
    62,00 €

    The Women's Bible Commentary is a trusted, classic resource for biblical scholarship, written by some of the best feminist scholars in the field today. This twentieth anniversary edition features brand new or thoroughly revised essays to reflect newer thinking in feminist interpretation and hermeneutics. It comprises commentaries on every book...

  • - Interpretation
    von Jerome F. D. Creach
    44,00 €

    The Bible frequently depicts God as angry and violent, and also sometimes depicts human violence as positive or even as commanded by God. This forms one of the most vexing problems in approaching Scripture and in interpreting the Bible for preaching and teaching today. In this volume, Creach first examines the theological problems of violence...

  • - Advent to Pentecost Sunday
    von David Gambrell
    34,00 €

    Part of the Connections commentary series, these worship resources help congregations illuminate the connections between Scripture and liturgical rhythms. A "Making Connections" essay precedes each liturgical season's resources, providing context for worship within the themes and purpose of the season.

  • - A Devotion through Ten Objects
    von Jill J. Duffield
    20,00 €

    In this daily devotional for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany, Jill J. Duffield draws readers' attention to ten ordinary objects that appear in the biblical narratives of messianic prophesy and incarnation. Through objects such as gates, trees, cloth, light, and water, readers will find new meaning in the biblical account of Jesus' coming.

  • - Lessons from Advertising for the Pulpit
    von Carrie La Ferle
    31,00 €

    Believing that preaching can benefit from advertising's laser focus on how to make its message stick, O. Wesley Allen, Jr. (a preaching professor) and Carrie La Ferle (a professor of advertising) have written this first-of-its-kind book on what preachers can learn from advertising.

  • - A Feasting on the Word Commentary
     
    46,00 €

    Feasting on the Gospels is a new seven-volume series that follows up on the success of the Feasting on the Word series to provide another unique preaching resource, this time on the most prominent and preached upon New Testament books, the four Gospels. With contributions from a diverse and respected group of scholars and pastors, Feasting on...

  • - Preaching the Women of the Bible Throughout the Year
    von Ashley M. Wilcox
    49,00 €

    Focusing on passages about women in the Bible and feminine imagery of God, The Women's Lectionary reimagines the liturgical calendar of preaching for one year.

  • - Advent Devotions for an Uncertain Time
    von Thomas G. Long & Donyelle C. McCray
    20,00 €

    The world is slowly emerging from the worst global emergency in a century, and the myriad struggles of the contemporary moment-division, isolation, illness, and uncertainty-make living our faith a challenge. For Christians, a number of questions have gained new urgency: Where do we find hope when it seems in such short supply? Where are the signs of God's peace in this divided world? Where do we find a deeper sense of joy?Thomas G. Long and Donyelle C. McCray remind us that these are the questions of Advent in their new daily devotional, A Surprising God. Mindful of the stresses of life today in a world torn apart by conflict, marked by political division, and in the midst of a global health crisis, these devotions for Advent and Christmas invite readers to honest reflection on the challenges of being people of faith in this moment. Long and McCray explore what it means to wait for our salvation, to be open to the surprising thing that God is about to do, and to find hope in God's choice of the small and the insignificant.

  • - Season after Pentecost
     
    51,00 €

    Designed to empower preachers as they lead their congregations to connect their lives to Scripture, Connections features a broad set of interpretive tools that provide commentary and worship aids on the Revised Common Lectionary.

  • von Reinhold Niebuhr
    33,00 €

    Renowned theologian Reinhold Niebuhr began his career as pastor of Bethel Evangelical Church in Detroit, Michigan, where he served from 1915-1928. Leaves From the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic is Niebuhr's account of the frustrations and joys he experienced during his years at Bethel. Addressed to young ministers, this book provides reflections and...

  • - Empowering Communities of Color to Find Meaning and Thrive
    von Patrick B. Reyes
    30,00 €

    Intended for pastors, organizational leaders, and educators, The Purpose Gap offers inspiration and guidance on creating safe space for failure, nurturing networks that support young people of color, and professional guidance for how to implement these strategies in one's congregation, school, or community organization.

  • - Women's Stories from the New Testament
    von Lynn Japinga
    23,00 €

    In this second of two volumes, Lynn Japinga acquaints readers with the women of the Bible. This Bible study introduces and retells every female character who contributes to one or more New Testament stories, diving deeply into what each woman's story means for us today with questions for reflection and discussion.

  • von Ruth C. Duck
    53,00 €

    This revised edition by Ruth C. Duck provides theological foundations for worship and explores the ways Christians have adapted worship to various cultures to help them live faithfully and to communicate the gospel to others. It celebrates the many languages and cultural settings in which the gospel has been, and is, preached, sung, and prayed.

  • - A Conversation about the Atonement
    von Simon Gathercole, N.T. Wright & Robert B. Stewart
    31,00 €

    N.T. Wright and Simon Gathercole discuss in clear and understandable language the meanings of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Their discussion explores various theories of atonement and looks closely at the Old Testament to discover Paul's meaning of his words that "Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures."

  • - An Honest Look at the Old Testament
    von Brent A. Strawn
    21,00 €

    In this concise volume, Brent Strawn addresses ten common "lies" or mistruths about the Old Testament, from perceptions of God's personality (the "angry Old Testament God") to the relevance of the Old Testament for Christians. Designed for easy reading and group discussion, this book will expand your thinking about the Bible's First Testament.

  • - Pivotal Moments in the Book of Exodus, Part One
    von Walter Brueggemann
    22,00 €

    Walter Brueggemann offers a guide to the first half of Exodus, drawing out "pivotal moments" in the text to help readers untangle it. Throughout, Brueggemann shows how Exodus consistently reveals a God in radical solidarity with the powerless.

  • - Lent through Pentecost
     
    51,00 €

    Designed to empower preachers as they lead their congregations to connect their lives to Scripture, Connections features a broad set of interpretive tools that provide commentary and worship aids on the Revised Common Lectionary.

  • - Discovering Howard Thurman as Educator, Activist, Guide, and Prophet
    von Gregory C. Ellison II
    36,00 €

    In this volume, internationally known leaders like Marian Wright Edelman, Parker Palmer, and Barbara Brown Taylor invite the reader into creative engagement with Thurman's writings.

  • - Cultivating a Life of Contemplation and Compassion
    von Wendy Farley
    37,00 €

    Spiritual practices awaken and attune us to the beauty both of the created order and of human relationships. Farley helps readers discover being made for both kinds of beauty, with contemplative disciplines immersing us in it. Tying these disciplines with contemplation allows us to engage with the struggle for justice in an unjust society.

  • - Reflections for a Blue Christmas
    von Kathy Escobar
    19,00 €

    In A Weary World, Escobar provides twenty-eight daily reflections paired with Scripture and prayer to tackle this difficult season. Weekly resources make this Advent devotional suitable for group study as well.

  • - The Path to a New Christianity
    von David P. Gushee
    27,00 €

    David Gushee analyzes what went wrong with U.S. white evangelicalism in areas such as evangelical identity, biblical interpretation, church life, sexuality, politics, and race, and offers a new way forward for disillusioned post-evangelicals.

  • - A Christian Struggle with Suffering, Grief, and Hope
    von Christian M. M. Brady
    25,00 €

    With deep faith, knowledge of Scripture, and the wisdom that comes only from experience, Brady guides readers grieving losses and setbacks of all kinds in voicing their lament to God, reflecting on the nature of human existence, and persevering in hope.

  • - Women's Stories from the Old Testament
    von Lynn Japinga
    23,00 €

    This Bible study introduces and retells every female character who contributes to one or more Old Testament stories, diving deeply into what each woman's story means for us today with questions for reflection and discussion.

  • - New Developments in Canon Controversy
    von Craig A. Evans, Lee Martin Mcdonald & John J. Collins
    42,00 €

    Ancient Jewish and Christian Scriptures examines the writings included in and excluded from the Jewish and Christian canons of Scripture and explores the social settings in which some of this literature was viewed as authoritative and some was viewed either as uninspired or as heretical.

  • von Walter Brueggemann
    47,00 €

    This collection features sixty sermons by Walter Brueggemann, preached mostly in the last five years. For his final public appearances, he preached at various churches and the Festival of Homiletics, including his last address there in 2018. Most of these are based on lectionary texts, with numerous sermons on Advent-Christmas and Lent-Easter...

  • - The Historic Address to Congress of Henry Highland Garnet
    von Henry Highland Garnet
    14,00 €

    In February 1865, just days after the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment banning slavery, Presbyterian pastor and abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet spoke before the U.S. Congress, becoming the first African American to do so. "Let the Monster Perish" reproduces his address before Congress.

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