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God does not suggest, he commands that we do justice. Social
justice is not optional for the Christian. All injustice affects
others, so talking about justice that isn't social is like talking
about water that isn't wet or a square with no right angles. But
the Bible's call to seek justice is not a call to superficial,
kneejerk activism. We are not merely commanded to execute justice,
but to "truly execute justice." The God who commands us to seek
justice is the same God who commands us to "test everything" and
"hold fast to what is good." Drawing from a diverse range of
theologians, sociologists, artists, and activists, Confronting
Injustice without Compromising Truth, by Thaddeus Williams, makes
the case that we must be discerning if we are to "truly execute
justice" as Scripture commands. Not everything called "social
justice" today is compatible with a biblical vision of a better
world. The Bible offers hopeful and distinctive answers to deep
questions of worship, community, salvation, and knowledge that
ought to mark a uniquely Christian pursuit of justice. Topics
addressed include: Racism Sexuality Socialism Culture War Abortion
Tribalism Critical Theory Identity Politics Confronting Injustice
without Compromising Truth also brings in unique voices to talk
about their experiences with these various social justice issues,
including: Michelle-Lee Barnwall Suresh Budhaprithi Eddie Byun
Freddie Cardoza Becket Cook Bella Danusiar Monique Duson Ojo Okeye
Edwin Ramirez Samuel Sey Neil Shenvi Walt Sobchak In Confronting
Injustice without Compromising Truth, Thaddeus Williams transcends
our religious and political tribalism and challenges readers to
discover what the Bible and the example of Jesus have to teach us
about justice. He presents a compelling vision of justice for all
God's image-bearers that offers hopeful answers to life's biggest
questions.
Although Jesus was born in the western part of Asia it was not
until 1500 later that Asia experienced the full impact of Jesus?
person and teaching. Western missionaries, the primary transmitters
of Christianity, left behind a Western understanding of Jesus.
Today, Asians are seeking the face of the original Jesus?his Asian
face. For them, all understandings of Jesus arise out of particular
contextual needs. Enriching the Western understanding of Jesus they
employ new interpretive resources and their own cultural symbols
and thought patterns as they meet Jesus anew and make sense of his
message for their own time and place. Contributors include: Ovey N.
Mohammed, Seiichi Yagi, Aloysius Pieris, Stanley J. Samartha,
Michael Amaladoss, C.S. Song, Kosuke Koyama, Michael Rodrigo, Chung
Hyun Kyung, and Sebastian Kappen. R.S. Sugirtharajah, a Sri Lankan
theologian and lecturer, is Professor of Biblical Hermeneutics at
the University of Birmingham, England. Prior to his current
appointment, he was Senior Lecturer in Third World Theologies at
Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham. His other books include The
Post-Colonial Biblical Reader and Voices from the Margin:
Interpreting the Bible in the Third World.
In this incisive and important volume, Jacques Dupuis offers new
insights on the most important issue facing Christian theology
today -- giving an account of Christian faith as Christians go more
deeply along the road of dialogue and collaboration with the
followers of other religious traditions. His task is to square a
dogmatic circle. How does one do justice to the Gospel claim that
Jesus the Christ is the final and universal savior of all humankind
in every age, while also doing justice to the experience that
truth, grace, holiness, and power are experienced in other
religious traditions? In the first six chapters Dupuis reviews the
history of the Western Christian tradition's teaching on other
religious Ways through the breakthrough at Vatican Council II. In
chapters 7 and 8 he reviews the critical issues of uniqueness of
Christ and Christian proposals to account for the mediation of
salvation in other religious Ways. He discusses also the
relationship between the Reign of God, the Church, and the
Religions. In chapter 9 he explores the nature and role of dialogue
in a pluralistic society. In chapter 10 offers sage reflections on
interreligious prayer.
How can we know if God is real? Does God truly cares about us? Why
does God create people he knows will reject him? Why did God allow
my friend to become a rape victim? Should I switch jobs? Is this
person the one I should marry? If you have pondered these doubts,
you are not alone. Sometimes we have intellectual questions about
the plausibility of God. Other times we go through difficult life
experiences that cause us to question our faith. Sometimes we
simply struggle feeling confident with day-to-day decisions.
Christina Powell knows what it's like to grapple seriously with
challenges to faith. A trained scientist and cancer researcher, she
struggled with the mysterious claims of a God who exists beyond
what the scientific method could detect. Using personal stories
from her own life, she explores how faith can be rooted in
rationality, knowledge and facts, while coming to recognize the
limits of science in evaluating matters of faith. Asking good
questions can help us clarify and refine our faith. We can think
critically about our doubts and learn to discern the true and the
good. Powell probes the hidden factors that fuel our doubts to help
us move beyond skepticism, disillusionment or painful life
circumstances. We can live deeper into our questions in the context
of Christian community. Ultimately we can work through challenges
to faith and find a renewed confidence in our beliefs. It's okay to
question your faith. But don't stop there. Question your doubts as
well.
A multicultural conference has convened. Everything is in place,
and the participants arrive brimming with goodwill and even better
intentions. Surely this time...! But, no. Halfway through the
meetings, communication grinds to a halt, and people retreat to the
safety of their own groups. What happened? And how can we keep it
from happening again? Those are the questions this book proposes to
answer.
With one foot in the world of Scripture and another in the
contemporary world, Karl Barth was both a modern and a confessional
theologian. The intersection of these two worlds makes him a
fruitful dialogue partner for thinking creatively about what it
means to be faithful to Jesus Christ today. In this collection of
essays both old and new, Kimlyn Bender explores Barth's
understanding of Christ, church and world in conversation with
American evangelicalism, Roman Catholicism, Reinhard H?tter, Adolf
von Harnack, Bart Ehrman and Baptists, among others. Along the way
he also engages the theology of Friedrich Schleiermacher. Bender's
penetrating analysis of modern theology sheds light on both the
task of theology and the witness of the church.
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'The central miracle asserted by Christians is the Incarnation.
They say that God became Man. Every other miracle prepares the way
for this, or results from this.' This is the key statement of
'Miracles', in which C. S. Lewis shows that a Christian must not
only accept but rejoice in miracles as a testimony of the unique
personal involvement of God in his creation. Using his
characteristic lucidity and wit to develop his argument, Lewis
challenges the rationalists, agnostics and deists on their own
grounds and provides a poetic and joyous affirmation that miracles
really do occur in our everyday lives.
Of the different controversies that preoccupied Augustine during
his lifetime, Pelagianism was indisputably the most important for
the subsequent history and theology of the western Church. It
touched on any number of issues central to Christianity, most
notably grace, predestination, original sin and baptism, all of
which in turn could be reduced to the fundamental question of the
exact nature of the relationship between God and his human
creation. The six major treatises presented in this volume amply
illustrate Augustine's struggle with the theological problems that
Pelagianism raised. They begin with the Miscellany of Questions in
Response to Simplician. Although written in 396, before Pelagianism
even appeared on the scene, this work shows in a few pages the
remarkable evolution of Augustine's thought on the matter of grace
and the position at which he arrived and to which he clung for the
rest of his life. The two final treatises, The Predestination of
the Saints and The Gift of Perseverance, written in 428/429 shortly
before Augustine's death, indicate where the position that he had
elaborated more than thirty years before was fatefully destined to
take him. The three middle treatises show Augustine in the process
of refining - but not altering - his thinking in the face of what
he rightly saw as Pelagianism's terrible threat to orthodox
Christianity's central tenets.
Find hope that lasts beyond earthly pain and spiritual
encouragement to lead you into a deep relationship with the Healer
himself. Our hearts, our bodies, and our world are desperate for
healing. Whether we are experiencing physical, emotional, or
financial brokenness, we rightfully look to Jesus to perform a
masterful restoration. But how does healing fit into God's will,
especially when God doesn't heal? And how do we catch ourselves
from slipping into the trap of seeking God for what he can do for
us, and not for who he really is? Author, pastor, and frequently
sought speaker Costi Hinn provides clarity through thoughtful
answers and biblical truths about Jesus and his healing ministry.
Growing up immersed in one of the world's leading faith-healing
dynasties, Costi witnessed the tragedy of people chasing after
healing more than the Healer. And now he shares with others the
true power and hope that comes from a genuine relationship with
God. With captivating stories--beginning with the vivid memory of
the night he discovered his son's cancer diagnosis--Costi
empathetically unpacks the layered feelings and questions we have
about God and his healing power and provides practical principles
for growing close to Jesus. With gentle clarity and biblical
wisdom, Costi explains how to pray for healing while submitting to
God's sovereignty, navigate tough conversations about the topic,
and hold on to faith even in the most painful trials. More than
chasing after the Jesus we want, this hopeful and encouraging book
will guide us to discovering the Jesus we truly need.
C. S. Lewis' Little Book of Wisdom offers more than 300 bite-size
nuggets of inspiration and wisdom from the much-loved author,
philosopher, and Christian theologist. Novelist, poet, critic,
scholar, Christian theologist, and best-selling author of the
Narnia series, C.S. Lewis was a deep thinker and a beautiful
writer. His works have become timeless classics for adults and
children around the world. Here, in one concise and inspirational
volume, is the essence of Lewis' thought. This distillation of his
feelings on subjects ranging from love and faith, to ethics and
morality, to myth and literature will throw open the windows of the
soul and provide readers with bite-size nuggets of wisdom and
inspiration from one of the best-loved writers of the 20th century.
This lovely little gift book will provide sustenance, wisdom, and
hope for believers, seekers, artists and thinkers. It will provide
an entry point for those unfamiliar with Lewis' thought; an entry
point that will make them want to further explore his works of
fiction and non-fiction.
Jim Wallis' major new book is a scathing indictment of the way that
conservative evangelicals in the US have self-righteously attempted
to co-opt any discussion of religion and politics. And, while the
Right argues that God's way is their way, the Left pursues an
unrealistic separation of religious values from morally grounded
political leadership. God's Politics offers a clarion call to make
America's religious communities and its government more accountable
to key values of the prophetic religious tradition - pro-justice,
pro-peace, pro-environment, pro-equality, pro-consistent ethic of
life and pro-family. These are the values of love and justice,
reconciliation, and community at the core of what many people
believe, whether Christian or not.
Imagine investigating a murder in which there was no crime scene,
no physical evidence, and no victim's body. How would you identify
a person of interest in such a case? Designed to be used alongside
Person of Interest and the Person of Interest Video Study, this
study guide will teach you the same investigative strategies used
by detective J. Warner Wallace to examine the claims of history.
Dateline featured cold-case detective and bestselling author, J.
Warner Wallace, has investigated a number of these "no body missing
person" cases and has successfully identified and convicted the
killers, even without the victim's body or evidence from the crime
scene. Can the historicity of Jesus be investigated in the same
way? Can the truth about Jesus be uncovered even without a body or
a crime scene? In Person of Interest, Wallace describes his own
personal investigative journey from atheism to Christianity, as he
employs a unique investigative strategy to confirm the historicity
and deity of Jesus--without relying on the New Testament
manuscripts. Imagine a scenario in which every New Testament
document has been destroyed, Wallace carefully sifts through the
evidence from history alone to reconstruct the identity of Jesus as
the world's most important person of interest. Person of Interest
will: Invite readers into the life of a cold-case detective as he
uncovers the truth about Jesus, using the same approach he also
employs to solve a real murder case Teach readers how to become
good detectives, using an innovative and unique "'fuse' and
'fallout'" investigative strategy they can also use to examine
other claims of history Help readers to explore common objections
to Christianity Concrete, compelling, and unique in its approach,
Person of Interest will strengthen the faith of believers, while
engaging those who are skeptical and distrusting of the New
Testament.
An honest discussion regarding how devout Christians should react
to the academic evidence and genuine personal experience that other
religious ways result in engaged, loving and moral lives. Does
being "saved," by the Christian definition, require a faith in
Jesus Christ - meaning the historical person - or rather is it only
important that human beings life their lives in accordance to His
teachings. This books argues that one can be committed to a savior
of "some other name," and simultaneously be aligned with Christian
theologically and commitment.
American Evangelicalism is ablaze. This is an inevitable result of
divisions along ethnic and cultural lines, which have long
tarnished the movement's witness. Doctrinal identity unites black
and white evangelicals, but rifts afflict the camp, so the movement
is waning. In A Burning House, Brandon Washington contends that
deliberate and sacrificial integration is the sole solution to
bolster evangelicalism's foundation. In the 1950s and '60s, with
desegregation on the horizon, Martin Luther King Jr. said, "I've
come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house." As
with the country, if we hope to move toward integrating the
American Evangelical church, we must do so as firefighters.
Washington is not calling American Evangelicalism to become
something new. Rather, he challenges the movement to realize what
it has always been in Christ. The selfless integration of
Evangelicalism will result in a holy witness to humanity and a
greater understanding of Shalom--peace, justice, wholeness--in the
world. These are the inevitable fruits of espousing and preaching a
comprehensive gospel message.
Raise Them to Value God's Design Starting at a young age, kids are
being fed damaging misinformation about sexuality, gender identity,
and human biology. As a parent, it's up to you to help your
children understand God's truth about these integral concepts in
the face of the candy-coated lies that saturate today's world. In
the footsteps of the bestselling Mama Bear Apologetics comes this
invaluable guide to training your kids to know and respect God's
design in a world that has rejected it. This book will equip you
to... understand God's design for gender, sex, marriage, and family
as a beautiful portrait that reveals the nature of God Himself
identify the tactics being used to trick children into adopting an
unbiblical view of sexuality under the guise of Christian-sounding
words like love, identity, tolerance, and justice teach your kids
to treat those who hold different beliefs with gentle, Christlike
compassion without compromising biblical values As society
continues to blur the lines of what is good, true, and acceptable,
God's standards remain clear and unchanging. This book will give
you the wisdom to confidently raise your children to understand sex
and gender through a biblical lens.
In a world indifferent or even opposed to Christian truth,
followers of Christ must be better equipped to communicate the
timeless of the Christian faith. But how do you have a conversation
with someone who is intent on proving you wrong and won't accept
the Bible as a source of authority? In Tactics, Gregory Koukl
demonstrates how to artfully regain control of conversations,
keeping them moving forward in constructive ways through thoughtful
diplomacy. You'll learn how to maneuver comfortably and graciously
through the minefields of a challenging discussion, how to stop
challengers in their tracks, and how to turn the tables on question
or provocative statement. Most importantly, you'll learn how to get
people thinking about Jesus. Drawing on extensive experience
defending Christianity in the public square, Koukl shows you how
to: Initiate conversations effortlessly Present the truth clearly,
cleverly, and persuasively Graciously and effectively expose faulty
thinking Skillfully manage the details of dialogue Maintain an
engaging, disarming style even under attack Tactics provides the
game plan for communicating the compelling truth about Christianity
with confidence and grace.
Part spiritual autobiography, part apologetics, Orthodoxy is G.K.
Chesterton's account of his own journey to faith. Chesterton didn't
set out to write a defense of Christian thought, instead he hoped
to recount how he personally came to faith. However, in doing so,
he penned one of the great classics of Christian writing, a book
that has influenced countless people and continues to speak
compellingly to our modern day. Chesterton writes about his journey
of faith with wit, charm, and a razor-sharp intellect, undermining
casual assumptions and lazy speculations in a relentless search for
truth and meaning. Orthodoxy is the latest title in the Essential
Wisdom Library, a series of books that seeks to bring spiritual
wisdom - both modern and ancient - to today's readers. Featuring a
foreword by Jon Sweeney, this new edition of the classic text is a
must read for seekers and believers alike.
Ethics is approached as a study of a way of life that conforms to
the will of God. Jones examines principles and casuistry in such
matters as the sanctity of life, sexuality, economic justice, and
truthfulness.
A WORKBOOK to Help You Explore and Reflect on Life's Most Important
Theological Questions. How do we know the Bible is God's Word? What
is sin and where did it come from? How is Jesus fully God and fully
man? What are spiritual gifts? When and how will Christ return? If
you've asked questions like these, then systematic theology is no
abstract term. It's an approach to finding answers every Christian
needs to know. The Bible Doctrine WORKBOOK accompanies Wayne
Grudem's highly regarded Bible Doctrine. Following the textbook's
structure, the WORKBOOK features review material and exercises for
every chapter, and all major areas of Christian doctrine are
covered, including: The Word of God God Humanity Christ and the
Holy Spirit The Application of Redemption The Church The Future The
WORKBOOK maintains the clear writing, friendly tone, and frequent
applications to life found in the textbook. Students will benefit
from this hands-on engagement with the important teachings in Bible
Doctrine.
Those who wish to interpret and understand the Bible face a
fundamental question: How do I interpret Scripture faithfully?
Theological interpretation is an approach that has received much
attention in recent years, and R. R. Reno is a leading practitioner
and proponent of this approach. In The End of Interpretation,
Reno's first full statement on the topic, he argues that Scripture
is interpreted correctly only when it is read through the lens of
creedal orthodoxy--that is, through the apostolic faith. The
principle of accordance between doctrine and Scripture is of first
importance for solid Christian interpretation. Reno provides a
simple explanation of this multifaceted approach. He wrestles with
what makes interpretation "theological" and provides two historical
case studies, discussing Origen and the Reformation debate over
justification. He then demonstrates what theological interpretation
looks like in practice, reflecting on Genesis 1, John 17, and 1
Corinthians. Reno's insights will benefit serious readers who seek
to interpret Scripture faithfully.
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