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Not every Christian needs to go to seminary, but there are certain teachings of the Bible that every Christian should know. Whether you're a relatively new believer in Jesus or a mature Christian looking for a better understanding of basics of the faith, Christian Beliefs is for you.
This readable guide to twenty basic Christian beliefs condenses Wayne Grudem's award-winning book Systematic Theology, prized by pastors and teachers everywhere. He and his son, pastor Elliot Grudem, have boiled down the essentials of theology for everyday Christians and made them both clear and applicable to life. Each brief chapter concludes with questions for personal review or group discussion.
In this revised and updated edition of Christian Beliefs, you will learn about:
- The Bible and its authority for our lives
- The characteristics of God
- The importance of prayer
- Angels and the reality of spiritual warfare
- What it means that we are created in the image of God
- What God has done for us in Christ
- The purpose of the church
- What will happen when Christ returns
- The biblical understanding of heaven
- And much more
Christian Beliefs is the ideal book for every Christian who wants a solid foundation for understanding the most basic and essential teachings of the Bible.
Rene Girard holds up the gospels as mirrors that reveal our broken
humanity, and shows that they also reflect a new reality that can
make us whole. Like Simone Weil, Girard looks at the Bible as a map
of human behavior, and sees Jesus Christ as the turning point
leading to new life.
The title echoes Jesus' words: "I saw Satan falling like
lightning from heaven". Girard persuades us that even as our world
grows increasingly violent the power of the Christ-event is so
great that the evils of scapegoating and sacrifice are being
defeated even now. A new community, God's nonviolent kingdom, is
being realized -- even now.
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The Trinity
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Samuel M Powell
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"Concrete, accessible, actionable help in the most important
challenge of human living."--JOHN ORTBERG, founder, BecomeNew.Me
Having spent years of his life studying the Holy Spirit, renowned
theologian and acclaimed author Jack Levison shares the seven
secrets to a fuller, deeper and more powerful relationship with the
Spirit. Packed with biblical insights, practical strategies,
focused prayers, Scripture meditations and rich reflections, each
short, energizing chapter will fuel your spiritual growth,
empowering you to · break out of the familiar · experience your
own personal Pentecost · cultivate healthy habits that strengthen
the Spirit-filled life · connect with the heart of the Spirit A
season of breakthrough awaits you. Here is your guide to
embracing the Spirit-filled life--and discovering the Helper
who fills you up, pours you out and transforms the world through
you. "Jack Levison opens secrets of the Spirit-filled life from
across the pages of Scripture and gives us seven pathways for
living the Spirit-filled life. What a gift!"--AMOS YONG, professor,
theology and mission, Fuller Seminary "What a terrific guide for
living the Spirit-filled life! I highly recommend this book."--ADAM
HAMILTON, senior pastor, United Methodist Church of the
Resurrection, Leawood, Kansas; author, Luke: Jesus and the
Outsiders, Outcasts, and Outlaws
Although our planet faces numerous ecological crises, including
climate change, many Christians continue to view their faith as
primarily a "spiritual" matter that has little relationship to the
world in which we live. But Steven Bouma-Prediger contends that
protecting and restoring our planet is part and parcel of what it
means to be a Christian. Making his case from Scripture, theology,
and ethics and including insights from the global church,
Bouma-Prediger explains why Christians must acknowledge their
identity as earthkeepers and therefore embrace their calling to
serve and protect their home planet and fellow creatures. To help
readers put an "earthkeeping faith" into practice, he also suggests
numerous practical steps that concerned believers can take to care
for the planet. Bouma-Prediger unfolds a biblical vision of
earthkeeping and challenges Christians to view care for the earth
as an integral part of Christian discipleship.
This is an introduction to African Christian ethics for Christian
colleges and Bible schools. The book is divided into two parts. The
first part deals with the theory of ethics, while the second
discusses practical issues. The issues are grouped into the
following six sections: Socio-Political Issues, Financial Issues,
Marriage Issues, Sexual Issues, Medical Issues, and Religious
Issues. Each section begins with a brief general introduction,
followed by the chapters dealing with specific issues in that area.
Each chapter begins with an introduction, discusses traditional
African thinking on the issue, presents an analysis of relevant
biblical material, and concludes with some recommendations. There
are questions at the end of each chapter for discussion or personal
reflection, often asking students to reflect on how the discussion
in the chapter applies to their ministry situation.
When the New Atheists famously coined the phrase 'There's probably
no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life,' they implicitly
suggested that it was no longer reasonable to believe in God. Brian
Harris tackles three of the most common accusations made against
the Christian faith, namely that Christianity is intellectually
vacuous, morally suspect and experientially empty. He looks at each
accusation in turn, outlining the issue in the first chapter of
each section, then looking at evidence against the claim before
evaluating the argument as a whole. He is clear that he is not
trying to 'prove' that Christianity is true as he acknowledges that
absolute proof is impossible in this life, and in reality there are
many tough and challenging questions to be faced - whether you are
a Christian believer, a believer in another faith, an agnostic or
an atheist. This book explores these questions in a rigorous but
accessible way. It doesn't offer easy, solve everything answers,
but it does build a cumulative case based on reason, history and
experience to suggest that God probably exists, and that the
Christian understanding of God could well be valid.
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Jonah
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Phillip Cary; Edited by (general) R. Reno; Series edited by Robert Jenson, Robert Wilken, Ephraim Radner, …
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Pastors and leaders of the classical church--such as Augustine,
Calvin, Luther, and Wesley--interpreted the Bible theologically,
believing Scripture as a whole witnessed to the gospel of Jesus
Christ. Modern interpreters of the Bible questioned this premise.
But in recent decades, a critical mass of theologians and biblical
scholars has begun to reassert the priority of a theological
reading of Scripture. The Brazos Theological Commentary on the
Bible enlists leading theologians to read and interpret Scripture
for the twenty-first century, just as the church fathers, the
Reformers, and other orthodox Christians did for their times and
places. In the sixth volume in the series, Phillip Cary presents a
theological exegesis of Jonah.
Delve deeply into God’s Word—and God’s heart—alongside wisdom from Matthew Henry, one of the most trusted Bible teachers in the history of the church.
For more than three centuries, Matthew Henry’s work has been consulted and quoted by teachers and students the world over. Now you can have his insights available alongside the trusted New King James version of the Bible in the Matthew Henry Daily Devotional Bible.
Featuring 366 devotions, the NKJV Matthew Henry Daily Devotional Bible will help you gain greater understanding and appreciation of Scripture and encounter God’s heart every day. Drawn from Henry’s enormously popular commentary, his insights paired with Scripture will guide you into a deeper relationship with the Father as you find comfort, knowledge, and wisdom from God’s Word.
Features include:
- The complete Bible text in the New King James translation
- 366 daily devotions, adapted from The Matthew Henry Commentary, one of the most popular commentaries ever written
- Line-matched 2-column paragraph format
- Complete index of devotions
- 8 pages of full-color maps
- 2-color interior design
- Words of Christ in red
- Clear and readable NKJV Comfort Print typeface in a 10-point print size
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