Category: Book Collection
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Living Simply Through The Day
Revised and updated after its first appearance 20 years ago, this book reflects insights that the author has gleaned and experiences that he has accumulated through the years while honoring the significance of simplicity, particularly in the midst of so much complexity in modern life.
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All Shall Be Well
This practical and thought-provoking guide to Christian contemplative prayer combines exposition and interpretation of two great spiritual classics with reflections on particular insights and their development. It relates these insights to those found in teachings as far apart as Jung and Zen Buddhism, while not losing sight of the great tradition of prayer and contemplation…
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Biblical Exegesis: A Beginner’s Handbook
This introductory tool for students doing Old and New Testament exegesis has been updated to included: an improved bibliography, additional illustrations, additional sections on structuralist/rhetorical/’new’ criticism and canonical criticism, plus new material on the use of concordances and on current developments including the influence of liberation and feminist perspectives on exegetical work. The new edition…
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Introduction To The Reformed Tradition
From the Preface: ‘This study of the Reformed tradition is motivated by gratitude for a heritage that has nurtured and shaped the writer’s own life and by the conviction that the tradition provides resources, clues, and inspiration for life in the last quarter of the twentieth century… The Reformed tradition has been one of the…
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Our Presbyterian Belief
Everything you always wanted to know about Presbyterians. In one compact volume Felix Gear provides the history, theology, and the philosophy of Presbyterians in the reformed tradition complete with thought-provoking questions and readily understandable answers. This impressive outline examines fundamental doctrines and the basic beliefs of the reformed tradition.
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Theological Turning Points
In a single vlume Donald K. McKim traces the historical and systematic development of eight major Christian doctrines from the early centuries to the present. Clearly written and amply documented, his introductory handbook features primary sourves and extensive endnotes. He covers: the Trinity, Christology, Ecclesiology, Anthropology, Soteriology, Authority, the Sacraments, and Eschatology; concentrating on the…
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Presbyterians
This highly popular account of the chief events and doctrines of the Presbyterian Church continues to have great appeal to everyone – laypersons, youth, and ministers, students of religion, history, and sociology – in fact, anyone who is interested in the development of a major body of Christians. Clearly written, [it] gives new understanding and appreciation of…
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Embodiment
Embodiment is a splendid book. There is, in my opinion, nothing better in print which addresses the theological implications of human sexuality, and as a feminist Christian social-ethicist, I particularly celebrate a work by a male theologian that sensitively and appreciatively attends to the best feminist insights. This book sets a standard for Christian discussion…
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Antagonists In The Church
Antagonism exists in the church. It leaves in its wake broken lives: people who are hurt, discouraged, and apathetic. Although only a very few persons are antagonists, these individuals have the potential to disrupt and even destroy a congregation’s mission and ministry. In this balanced and practical book, Kenneth Haugk shows how congregational leaders can…
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God’s Gifted People
The Bible talks about many kinds of gifts. One gift so obvious it is often overlooked is the gift of our own personhood, our own unique personality. God intends that each of us be a gift to others. What are the different kinds of peronality gifts that God gives? How can we better understand the…
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Stepping Stones Of The Steward
Taking the images of journey and steward as metaphors of the Chursitan’s life, and using several of Jesus’ parables as a springboard, Ronald Vallet explores various dimensions of Christian stewardship – which involves a lot more than pledge drives and fins-raisers. The journey of the Christian steward, as described here, encompasses fourteen stepping stones, corresponding…
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An Evangelism Primer
Here are fresh, enlightening, practical, and logical strategies for ‘doing’ evangelism in the local church. Johnson’s ‘Organismic Evangelism’ is a new approach that is based on the utilization of the entire ‘organism’ of the church. Johnson shows how to use these human resources to capture the spirit of Christian love, encouragement, and acceptance. More than…