Volume 10 of 12 - Reign (continued) to Squinting. A complete work of reference to the theological writings of Emanuel Swedenborg based on the original Latin writings of the author, the purpose of which is to make Swedenborg's theological writings more accessible in all their fullness to every student of them, whether learned or unlearned. The Concordance is the result of thirteen to fourteen years of labor and claims to be exhaustive and complete.

Volume 9 of 12 - Oak to Reign. A complete work of reference to the theological writings of Emanuel Swedenborg based on the original Latin writings of the author, the purpose of which is to make Swedenborg's theological writings more accessible in all their fullness to every student of them, whether learned or unlearned. The Concordance is the result of thirteen to fourteen years of labor and claims to be exhaustive and complete.

Volume 11 of 12 - Stability to Understanding. A complete work of reference to the theological writings of Emanuel Swedenborg based on the original Latin writings of the author, the purpose of which is to make Swedenborg's theological writings more accessible in all their fullness to every student of them, whether learned or unlearned. The Concordance is the result of thirteen to fourteen years of labor and claims to be exhaustive and complete.

Volume 6 of 12 - Horse (continued) to Juvenile. A complete work of reference to the theological writings of Emanuel Swedenborg based on the original Latin writings of the author, the purpose of which is to make Swedenborg's theological writings more accessible in all their fullness to every student of them, whether learned or unlearned. The Concordance is the result of thirteen to fourteen years of labor and claims to be exhaustive and complete.

Volume 5 of 12 - Gabriel to Horse. A complete work of reference to the theological writings of Emanuel Swedenborg based on the original Latin writings of the author, the purpose of which is to make Swedenborg's theological writings more accessible in all their fullness to every student of them, whether learned or unlearned. The Concordance is the result of thirteen to fourteen years of labor and claims to be exhaustive and complete.

Volume 3 of 12 - Dagger to End. A complete work of reference to the theological writings of Emanuel Swedenborg based on the original Latin writings of the author, the purpose of which is to make Swedenborg's theological writings more accessible in all their fullness to every student of them, whether learned or unlearned. The Concordance is the result of thirteen to fourteen years of labor and claims to be exhaustive and complete.

Volume 7 of 12 - Kadesh to Machiavellians. A complete work of reference to the theological writings of Emanuel Swedenborg based on the original Latin writings of the author, the purpose of which is to make Swedenborg's theological writings more accessible in all their fullness to every student of them, whether learned or unlearned. The Concordance is the result of thirteen to fourteen years of labor and claims to be exhaustive and complete.

Volume 2 of 12 - Breathing, Respiration (continued) to Czar. A complete work of reference to the theological writings of Emanuel Swedenborg based on the original Latin writings of the author, the purpose of which is to make Swedenborg's theological writings more accessible in all their fullness to every student of them, whether learned or unlearned. The Concordance is the result of thirteen to fourteen years of labor and claims to be exhaustive and complete.

Volume 1 of 12 - Aaron to Breathing, Respiration. A complete work of reference to the theological writings of Emanuel Swedenborg based on the original Latin writings of the author, the purpose of which is to make Swedenborg's theological writings more accessible in all their fullness to every student of them, whether learned or unlearned. The Concordance is the result of thirteen to fourteen years of labor and claims to be exhaustive and complete.

Genesis 12-50 recounts the history of the patriarchs--Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph. From their mentors Paul, Peter, Stephen and the author of the letter to the Hebrews, the early fathers learned to draw out the spritual significance of the patriarchal narrative for Christian believers. The Alexandrian school especially followed Paul's allegorical use of the story of Sarah and Hagar as they interpreted the Genesis accounts. The Antiochene school eschewed allegorical interpretation but still set about to find moral lessons in the ancient narrative. For all of them the events pointed toward the promises of the age to come, the new age revealed in the resurrection of Jesus. Among the principal Greek-speaking commentators included within this volume, readers will find Origen, Didymus the Blind, John Chrysostom and Cyril of Alexandria. Among the Latin-speaking interpreters they will find Ambrose of Milan, Augustine of Hippo, Caesarius of Arles and Bede the Venerable. Ephrem the Syrian is the most commonly cited Syriac-speaking interpreter, while the fifth-century Catena on Genesis provides access to such fathers as Eusebius of Caesarea, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa, Didymus of Alexandria, Epiphanius of Salamis, Irenaeus of Lyons, Eusebius of Emesa, Severian of Gabala and Theodore of Mopsuestia among others. Varied in texture and nuance, the interpreters cited provide a wealth of ancient wisdom, some appearing here in English translation for the first time, to stimulate the mind and nourish the soul of the church today.

As is true of the entire Bible, the Psalms reflect on our relationship with the Creator and what He has done to save us. Here Martyn Lloyd-Jones takes an in-depth look at two specific Psalms that are sure to cause readers to pause and think about their own lives. In these expository sermons on Psalms 1 and 107, this renowned preacher unveils the secrets of happiness and praise, and once again faithfully brings forth God's Word while speaking directly to the hearts of readers.

"Christology and the New Testament" offers an up-to-date, comprehensive and critical survey of the whole question of the Christology of the New Testament writers. It covers recent discoveries in the area of Judaism and critiques older approaches to the subject. It looks at not only the Christological emphases of the individual writers, but offers suggestions about Jesus' own self-understanding. It concludes with hermeneutical questions concerning the place of New Testament Christology within the contemporary theological debate.

A 2001 Christianity Today Book of the Year While patristic commentary on St. Paul's shorter letters--Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, the Pastorals and Philemon--was not so extensive as that on his longer letters, certain passages in these letters proved particularly important in doctrinal disputes and practical church matters. Pivotal in controversies with the Arians and the Gnostics, the most commented-upon christological text amid these letters was Colossians 1:15-20, where Jesus is declared "the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation." In other texts scattered throughout the Pastorals, the fathers found ample support for the divinity of the Son and the Spirit and for the full union of humanity and divinity in the one redeemer, the "one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus" (1 Timothy 2:5). These early Christian commentators also looked to the Pastorals, where Pauline authorship was assumed, for important ethical and moral teaching, as well as explicit qualifications for choosing church leaders and guidelines for overseeing the work and behavior of widows. Chief among the Eastern commentators and widely excerpted throughout this volume is John Chrysostom, praised for his pastoral insight and shrewd, generous empathy with the apostle Paul. Other Greek commentators whose works are cited include Theodoret of Cyr, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Severian of Gabala, Ignatius of Antioch, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, Athanasius, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nazianzus and Gregory of Nyssa. Among Western commentators Augustine dominates. His work is joined by that of Ambrosiaster, Pelagius, Jerome, Hippolytus, Tertullian, Novatian, Cyprian of Carthage, Hilary of Poitiers and Ambrose, among others. Of particular interest for their ascetical and devotional insight are works from Syrian and Egyptian churches, including Aphrahat, Ephrem the Syrian, Isaac of Nineveh and Philoxenus of Mabbug. This volume opens up a treasure house of ancient wisdom that allows these faithful witnesses, some appearing here in English translation for the first time, to speak with eloquence and intellectual acumen to the church today.

The church's mission, argues Reggie McNeal, engages every aspect of life. The front lines of the collision between the kingdom of light and the kingdom of darkness are homes, schools, offices, health clubs, civic organizations, and neighborhoods - wherever God's people find themselves. Equipping the church for this mission can no longer be the responsibility solely of professional clergy. A new team of leaders, drawn from the membership of each congregation, must arise to meet the challenges that ministry in the third millennium will present. Yet where and how will these leaders be trained?

For the answer to this question, McNeal looks to the first generation of leaders - the disciples gathered around Jesus in a unique learning community. Like that earliest group of Christian learners, our churches must become centers of continual and ongoing learning; they must see the training of a local lay leadership as the starting point for all their ministries.

Drawing on the New Testament picture of the learning community that gathered around Jesus as his explicit model, McNeal offers useful and practical guidance on how churches can recruit, train, and commission leaders from within their own ranks.

This volume contains twenty-four of James D. G. Dunn's best shorter essays--written over a span of nearly 28 years and grouped here according to theme--on different aspects of New Testament Christology.

Revelation is the study of how, when, and where God reveals himself and of what is disclosed. This book is an excellent introduction to revelation that brings its subject into the theological inquiry of the next century. In discussing the major themes of the narrative of revelation, Gabriel Fackre provides an overview of the traditional models of revelation, introducing readers to the work of such twentieth-century giants as Barth, Tillich, Rahner, and Henry. He also provides dialogue with other formative figures, such as Pannenberg, Dulles, Berkouwer, Torrance, and Lindbeck. By focusing on Scripture, while also making reference to the core secondary literature, Fackre leads readers through the key concepts involved in the construction of a biblically centered doctrine of revelation.

This text is a group Bible study course developed over a number of years at one of London's leading churches, St Helen's Bishopsgate.;It covers key questions and themes of Christian belief, but doing so by studying a whole book of the Bible: teaching those who study the courses to know God's word and purpose for their lives. This course covers 30 studies from "John's Gospel": potential material for a year. Each study provides: the context of the passage, its aim, structure and any "Old Testament" background needed. It looks at the meaning of each section, highlighting key issues and practical application.;It also gives suggested questions to enable group leaders to lead a complete study.

A perennial question throughout the history of the Christian faith has centered on the character of the Old Testament and its relationship to Jesus Christ. It is in this area that Christians and Jews have parted ways, creating a deep and enduring chasm between the two faith communities. With this new volume, Fredrick Holmgren aids in closing this hurtful breach by engaging with views on both sides of this important conversation. Holmgren dialogues with Christians from every point on the theological spectrum, urging the church to a new respect for the Jewish Bible, the enduring role of the Old Testament as "Christian scripture," and the valuable contributions of Judaism to the Christian faith. Warning the church against either caricaturing the Old Testament and Judaism or romanticizing Christianity, Holmgren sensitively shows that the New Testament proclamation of newness in Christ carries forward the witness of the Old Testament without making obsolete its Jewish interpretation.

This book provides a theological history of the Christian doctrine of creation and explores the implications of the doctrine for our modern scientific age. Colin Gunton begins by looking at the origins of the doctrine of creation in the Bible and relating the biblical view to Greek cosmology. He then examines the history of the doctrine, showing how theologians from Irenaeus to Barth have spoken of creation. Gunton argues that early in the development of the doctrine serious mistakes were made that have led to highly problematic outcomes, such as the divorce of theology from science. In the closing chapters Gunton focuses on related themes, such as providence, eschatology, and the ethics of creation.

This commentary by Frank Gorman shows how Leviticus, though focusing largely on matters associated with the Levitical priesthood, is also important to laypeople. Gorman addressed the question of Israelite identity and what it means to be the people of God. Through a careful application of exegesis and exposition, he shows that Leviticus is, foremost, a call to holiness, a weaving together of ritual and ethical issues to provide the community with a means for enacting and actualizing the covenant relationship.

These essays address the crisis of biblical authority and interpretation in the church, focusing in particular on the inadequacy of the historical-critical method of hermeneutics, addressing from various perspectives the notorious gap between the historical-critical approach to the study of the Bible and the church's liturgical and dogmatic transmission of biblical faith. The authors, following Childs' "canonical method" of biblical interpretation, argue that the historical-critical method should not of itself set the agenda for biblical reading. Contributors: Robert W. Jenson, Carl E. Braaten, Elizabeth Achtemeier, Brevard S. Childs, Karl P. Donfried, Roy A. Harrisville, Thomas Hopko, Aidan J. Kavanaugh, Alister E. McGrath.

Baptism and the Unity of the Church is the first comprehensive study of the meaning of baptism for church unity to be written by an ecumenical group of theologians-Orthodox, Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, and Baptist. These essays explore such themes as how baptism relates to the communion shared by the churches and the relationship of baptism and church unity as found in the New Testament, in the ecumenical dialogues, and in the liturgies of the churches. "A significant challenge to all Christians who care about the ecumenical movement.... Michael Root and Risto Saarinen's book is easy to digest. Indeed, it is one of the best collections of this sort I have ever read." - Christian Century

It is widely believed that contemporary science has ruled out divine action in the world. Arguing that theology can and must respond to this challenge, Philip Clayton surveys the available biblical and philosophical resources. Recent work in cosmology, quantum physics, and the brain sciences offers exciting new openings for a theology of divine action. If Christian theism is to make use of these opportunities, says Clayton, it must place a greater stress on divine immanence. In response to this challenge, Clayton defends the doctrine of panentheism, the view that the world is in some sense "within" God although God also transcends the world. God and Contemporary Science offers the first book-length defense of panentheism as a viable option within traditional Christian theology. Clayton first defends a "postfoundationalist" model of theology that is concerned more with the coherence of Christian belief than with rational obligation or proof. He makes the case that the Old and New Testament theologies do not stand opposed to panentheism but actually support it at a number of points. He then outlines the philosophical strengths of a panentheistic view of God's relation to the world and God's activity in the world. The remainder of the book applies this theological position to recent scientific developments: theories of the origin of the universe; quantum mechanics, or the physics of the very small; the debate about miracles; and neuroscientific theories of human thought.

Anderson's study of the Book of Daniel is a contribution to the International Theological Commentary whose goal is to bring the Old Testament alive in the worldwide church. In moving beyond the usual critical-historical approach to th Bible, the ITC offers a distinctive theological interpretation of the Hebrew text.