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Postcolonial Public Theology is a tour de force, a study in
theological reflection in conversation with the most compelling
intellectual discourses of our time that offers prophetic challenge
to the hegemony of economic globalisation. While evolutionary
science searches for an ethically responsible practice of
rationality, and inter-religious engagement forces Christians to
grapple with the realities of cultural hybridity, Postcolonial
Public Theology makes the case for public theology to turn toward
postcolonial imagination, demonstrating a fresh rethinking of the
public and global issues that continue to emerge in the aftermath
of colonialism. Paul S. Chung provides students and scholars with a
fascinating framework for imagining a polycentric Christianity as
well as for discussing the continuing importance of Christian
theology in the public arena.
Of all the teachings of Christianity, the doctrine of hell is
easily the most troubling, so much so that in recent years the
church has been quietly tucking it away. Rarely mentioned anymore
in the pulpit, it has faded through disuse among evangelicals and
been attacked by liberal theologians. Hell is no longer only the
target of those outside the church. Today, a disturbing number of
professing Christians question it as well. Perhaps more than at any
other time in history, hell is under fire. The implications of the
historic view of hell make the popular alternatives,
annihilationism and universalism, seem extremely appealing. But the
bottom line is still God s Word. What does the Old Testament reveal
about hell? What does Paul the apostle have to say, or the book of
Revelation? Most important, what does Jesus, the ultimate
expression of God s love, teach us about God s wrath? Upholding the
authority of Scripture, the different authors in Hell Under Fire
explore a complex topic from various angles. R. Albert Mohler Jr.
provides a historical, theological, and cultural overview of The
Disappearance of Hell. Christopher Morgan draws on the New
Testament to offer three pictures of hell as punishment,
destruction, and banishment. J. I. Packer compares universalism
with the traditional understanding of hell, Morgan does the same
with annihilationism, and Sinclair Ferguson considers how the
reality of hell ought to influence preaching. These examples offer
some idea of this volume s scope and thoroughness. Hell may be
under fire, but its own flames cannot be quenched by popular
opinion. This book helps us gain a biblical perspective on what
hell is and why we cannot afford to ignore it. And it offers us a
better understanding of the One who longs for all people to escape
judgment and obtain eternal life through Jesus Christ."
Heaven or hell?Over a period of forty days, God gave Mary K. Baxter
visions of hell and commissioned her to tell all to choose life.
Here is an account of the place and beings of hell contrasted with
the glories of heaven. It is a reminder of the need each of us has
for the miracle of salvation.
Luther's theology has inspired many since 1517 when he nailed his
ninety-five theses to the door of the Castle Church. It was the
trigger for the Reformation, a change in the very fabric of
Christianity that is still studied extensively to this day. Much of
this work however has been conducted from either a European or
North American perspective. With Lutheranism becoming more and more
common in the southern hemisphere, new interpretations of Luther's
theology are needed for these emergent and different contexts. In
Transfiguring Luther, Vitor Westhelle offers a reading of Luther
and his legacy that goes beyond the traditional geopolitics of
Luther research, exploring realities where the Reformer's reception
and the latent promise of his theology receive unsuspected
appraisal. Westhelle provides both a revisitation of the past and
an invitation to a new orientation. By establishing a texture
rather than a rigid actuality, Westhelle allows the reader to reach
their own conclusions about these seldom examined aspects of
Luther's theology.
Beginning with an account of how Christian theology is called upon
to read the signs of the time, "Cities of God" traces the shift in
urban culture in North America and Western Europe that took place
in the 1970s. The modern sites of eternal aspiration and hope
became the post modern cities of eternal desires. The old, modern
theological responses to the city become unbelievable and
inadequate, necessitating a new theological approach to urban
living. Such an approach would have to engage with and respond to
the insurgent social atomism and the celebration of virtual
realities evident in the late capitalist, post modern civic living.
The book seeks to develop that approach, emphasizing the analogical
relations which exist between physical, ecclesial, sacramental,
social and political bodies. It argues for a profound participation
of all these bodies in the Body of Christ. Working through analyses
of contemporary film, architecture and literature, and drawing upon
traditional theological resources in Augustine and Gregory of
Nyssa, the book lays out a systematic theology which has the
preparation and building of cities of God as its focus.
"For three decades, he flashed like a meteor across the theological
horizon, and then vanished." So writes Alan P.F. Sell of Nels F.S.
Ferre (1908-1971), a mid-twentieth-century theologian whose work is
little remembered, despite his constructive and often provocative
contributions to theological debates that endure today. While
Professor Sell speculates upon the reasons for this inattention,
his primary concern is to show that Ferre's works raise timeless
questions about the relations between content and method in
theology. How far do the personal convictions of theologians
influence their theological method? May methodological decisions
yield attenuated accounts of Christian doctrine? This in-depth
analysis of Ferre's thought is a cautionary tale concerning the
importance of the choice of starting-points for theological
reflection that will prove an invaluable resource for theologians
and historians of Christian thought, whilst also remaining an
approachable text for those with a general interest in theology.
David Murray introduces readers to the StoryChanger, Jesus
Christ-the only one who can rewrite human stories with his better
Story-directing them to the stories of individuals in Scripture to
see how their own messy stories can be transformed into stories
worth telling.
Romanticism, Marxism, pre and post war German theology, non-realism
and the nineteen sixties death of God movement, and now many
contemporary writers around the world- they have all reshaped our
ideas about God, giving it the rich diversity of experience and
expression it comprises today. Tracing the history of the key idea
in Western thought from its origins through to the present day,
this is the story of the intellectual journey that remade God in
the image of man, so that he might become one of us.
A way of sacrifice. A way of failure. A way on the margins. A way
of holiness. In The Jesus Way Eugene Peterson shows how the ways of
those who came before Christ - Abraham, Moses, David, Elijah, and
Isaiah - revealed and prepared the way of the Lord that became
incarnate and complete in Jesus. Further, Peterson calls into
question common ways followed by the contemporary American church,
showing in stark relief how what we have chosen to focus on -
consumerism, celebrity, charisma, and so forth - obliterates what
is unique in the Jesus way.
What is the truth about the universe and its inhabitants? Helen
Oppenheimer has carried out a balanced and rational inquiry into
the existence of God to bring us closer to answering this question.
Here she uses her findings to construct and argue her case for a
responsible Christian faith, rooted firmly in the facts. 'Christian
Faith for Handing On' offers readers a progress report on the live
possibility of faith in an era of human suffering that can, at
times, seem to render it futile. The author deftly tackles
difficult questions and deconstructs objections to Christianity to
equip and reassure believers, showing how they can learn from the
sceptics in order to eschew comfortable complacency in favour of
reason. This engaging and thought-provoking work will grip and
challenge thinking Christians and atheist enquirers alike with its
current and comprehensive apologia of Humanist Christian faith.
Oppenheimer's scholarly approach ensures that the book will also
prove an invaluable resource for academics and students of theology
and philosophy.
This is a lovely introduction for little ones to some of the most
popular and well-loved Saints. The colorful illustrations
throughout will capture their attention as simple language tells
the stories of these special friends of God. With golden padded
cover and gilded edges.
Between Heaven and Earth grew out one of Thielicke's visits to the
United States in 1963, during which he travelled across the country
preaching and lecturing. The conversations recorded here are the
fruit of his more informal discussions with small groups of clergy,
students and lay people. "You have disturbed our peace and upset
our doubts," said one pastor. "You have freed the fettered and
bound the wandering spirits," said another. The questions that
American Christians asked of Thielicke are direct and wide-ranging,
concerned not only with the fundamental problems of faith but with
its bearing on issues of social and political morality. Thielicke's
answers, though equally direct, are neither simplistic nor
dogmatic. His approach is refreshingly open and his conclusions
emerge from a reasoned consideration of the evidence and
alternative possibilities. Above all, Thielicke's answers reveal
the warmth and deep concern for humanity's spiritual welfare that
is at the root of his teaching and writing.
A radical vision for a society transformed by the teachings and
spirit of Jesus. Do you feel powerless to change the injustice at
every level of society? Are you tired of answers that ignore the
root causes of human suffering? This selection of writings by
Eberhard Arnold, who left a career and the established church in
order to live out the gospel, calls us to a completely different
way. Be warned: Arnold doesn't approach discipleship as the route
to some benign religious fulfillment, but as a revolution-a
transformation that begins within and spreads outward to encompass
every aspect of life. Arnold writes in the same tradition of
radical obedience to the gospel as his contemporaries Karl Barth
and Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
The essential argument of this new work by Andrew Robinson is that
we live, move and have our being within a sea of signs, but that we
are largely unaware of this for most of the time. When the
structure of these signs is analysed it turns out to rest on three
recurring 'elemental grounds', which the author calls Quality,
Otherness and Mediation. The kaleidoscopic, ramifying patterns of
Quality, Otherness and Meditation which underpin representations
and interpretations at every level and dimension of the processes
of signification offer a model of the dynamic mutual indwelling of
the Father, Son and Spirit within the eternal life of the Trinity.
This 'semiotic model' of the Trinity would be of rather limited
interest in itself unless it can also illuminate other areas of
Christian theology. Robinson suggests that the model leads to a
helpful way of understanding how the entirely human person Jesus of
Nazareth may be understood to have been the full and perfect
embodiment (representation) of the quality of God's being. This in
turn helps us to understand how the processes of representation and
interpretation enable us to be drawn into the very life of God.
This has practical implications for the church and for the
individual lives of Christian believers. It also offers, via a
re-articulation of the neglected concept of vestiges of the Trinity
in creation, a form of 'spirituality of the everyday'.
'Waiting on the Spirit of Promise' is a study of the life and
ministry of Abraham Cheare (1626-1668), containing selections from
Cheare's works, and rescuing an important seventeenth-century
English Baptist from obscurity. Cheare has been overshadowed by
other more celebrated Baptist contemporaries, but as the pastor of
the Particular Baptist work in Plymouth, Devon, Cheare played a key
role in the advance of the Baptist cause in the West Country in the
1650s. His 'Sighs for Sion' is an excellent illustration of early
Baptist piety. With the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660,
Cheare, like many other Dissenters, suffered arrest for his refusal
to give up preaching. Cheare's prison writings reveal both a sturdy
faith in God and a deep-seated piety. Despite the fact that he was
incarcerated in a series of "nasty prisons", Cheare used this time
of suffering to deepen his walk with God and so provide a model for
his congregation of Christian integrity and joy in the midst of
trial. To the very end of his life, Cheare eagerly awaited further
outpourings of the Spirit of Promise upon the Church and looked
forward to that day when his Lord Jesus would make all things
right.
A compelling and urgent case for Jesus Christ as the one and only
way to salvation. Today, professing that Jesus Christ is the only
way to approach God and receive his salvation may seem to some like
a form of intolerance or arrogance. A growing number of Christian
intellectuals, pastors, and leaders are favoring a more inclusive
view of a person's path to salvation. But what does this mean in
practice? Are there biblical or theological means of defending
inclusivism or pluralism, or do these views simply pay tribute to
modern ethical standards? The fact is that unity among Christians
on this fundamental issue has disappeared. Many people of faith
choose among three fundamentally different answers to the question,
"Is Jesus the only Savior?" Stated succinctly, these answers are:
No! (Pluralism) Yes, but... (Inclusivism) Yes, period!
(Exclusivism) In Is Jesus the Only Savior?, Ronald Nash explores
the divergent views of pluralism and inclusivism in depth, laying
out the reasoning, history, and major supporters behind them; and
making a resounding case for exclusivism based on firm theological
standards. Christians of all walks of life will find their faith in
Christ affirmed and strengthened by this vital treatise, written in
accessible terms and a readable style.
Have you ever had a moment when you were certain angels were
protecting you? Or perhaps in a time of need, you've longed for a
reminder that God's angels are nearby. Experience amazing stories
of the angels among us in Entertaining Angels, alongside
breathtaking art that will remind you clearly of the words of
Scripture: "Don't forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some
who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it!"
Popular fine artist and writer Anne Neilson has personally
experienced the presence of God's angels. In her newest book,
Entertaining Angels, Anne and several guest contributors share
thought-provoking, moving, and inspiring stories of their own angel
encounters. Each entry recounts a story of an angel among
us-accompanied by Scripture, reminders of God's love in the promise
of the angels around us, and gorgeous original angel paintings by
Anne. Inside, read personal stories from notable guest contributors
including: Kathie Lee Gifford, actress, author, and singer New York
Times bestselling author Ron Hall Singer-songwriter Sheila Walsh
Award-winning country music artist Jimmy Wayne Cheryl Scruggs,
author and host of Thriving Beyond Belief podcast And many more
Known for painting with both passion and purpose, Anne is committed
to donating to those experiencing homelessness and poverty in our
world, ensuring that Entertaining Angels will continue to give back
for years to come. Let the compelling heartfelt stories and the
beauty of Entertaining Angels inspire you to become more present to
the divine encounters in your own life. Look for more, beautiful,
inspirational books from the gifted Anne Neilson. Anne Neilson's
Angels Anne Neilson's Angels Guided Journal
In the past, scholars and others have asked whether Mormons are
Christian. This work reverses the question by asking, "are
Christians Mormon?" By identifying Mormon doctrines formerly
considered heretical and documenting how these doctrines have
gained increasing acceptance within mainstream Christian
theologies, the work presents some surprising insights. In chapters
focusing on subjects such as deification, the divine feminine, and
the reopening of the scriptural canon, among others, the book sets
out Joseph Smith's teachings on these ideas, summarizes the
criticisms of those positions, and examines trends in contemporary
Christian theology that significantly converge in Joseph's
direction. Exploring the convergence of contemporary Christian
theology with Mormon doctrines, this book will appeal to a broad
range of students and readers exploring Christian theology and the
Latter-day Saint tradition.
In Glimmers of Grace, Christian physician Kathryn Butler draws from
her experience as a trauma surgeon and a Bible teacher to reflect
upon how God's word remains living, active, and trustworthy in the
midst of illness.
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This volume is a collection of selected readings that are of
continuing significance for Christian apologetics. Dr. Bush has
written a general introduction to the field of apologetics and an
introduction to each apologist cited and the work or works from
which selections have been drawn. A brief bibliography is also
given for each writer.
Christians have always been called on to defend their
beliefs--certainly no less today than at any other time in history.
In this book the outstanding apologists of previous centuries
become models, both in the content of their writing and their
methodology, for Christians today. All those who love the Lord and
His church and are concerned that many be made aware of the
reasonableness of the Christian faith will find this book
enlightening and exciting.
Leaning into the Future seeks to explore what it may mean to
believe in the "Kingship" of God and wait for his "Kingdom" by
considering the fundamental role the Kingdom of God plays in the
theology of Jurgen Moltmann and in the book of Revelation. Part one
is devoted to how Moltmann understands "The Kingdom of God" as the
fundamental symbol of hope for humanity, and how he sees the
presence of God's reign and kingdom in history as hidden and
paradoxical. Part two turns to the way the Book of Revelation uses
royal and other political language in its portrait of the future
and God's presence in history. In this second part, the book also
seeks to explore how Moltmann and the Apocalypse may mutually
inform each other, how Moltmann may help us read this biblical book
today, and how it in turn may overcome some of the weaknesses in
Moltmann's proposal.
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