Outline: "A remarkable achievement that breaks new ground" In a culture that so often seems to shrink and flatten our vision, reducing the world to mere atoms and us to mere things, the arts can break our imaginations open. In conversation with multiple art forms, theologian Jeremy Begbie helps us see the world and ourselves as infinitely richer than we would ever imagine: as created and redeem…
Outline : Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing shares simple yet profound spiritual truths from the Bible in a conversational tone - drawing insights from creation, history, science, the writings of great thinkers and preachers and writers, and more - to turn the reader's eyes toward the God who loves them with a Never Stopping, Never Giving Up, Unbreaking, Always and Forever Love. Perfect for fami…
Outline : Everyone is a theologian―even your little one. Each board book in the For the Bible Tells Me So series offers kids ages 0–4 an introduction to key facets of the gospel and a glimpse at the joy found when children embrace Christ as their Lord and Savior.
Outline : The New Testament is complicated. Have you ever wanted an expert who understand it thoroughly to lay it out for you in a clear, easy-to-comprehend way? In The Visual Word, Bible scholar Patrick Schreiner depicts the contours of the New Testament in a visual format alongside clear summaries of each book. This approach brings Scripture to life because you can see it pictured before your…
Outline : Living amid a modern-day crisis of authority, Christians need to be able to point to God's revelation in the natural world even as they defend God's unique revelation in the Bible and in the person of Jesus Christ. In The Knowledge of God in the World and the Word Workbook, authors Douglas Groothuis and Andrew I. Shepardson provide questions in various formats - multiple choice, essa…
Outline : The need for talented, vigorous leaders in the church today cannot be overemphasized. The world situation demands a strong voice from the church, and this can come only from leaders guided by God and devoted to Jesus Christ. Sanders writes that spiritual leadership is the blending of natural and spiritual qualities. He adds that even natural qualities are God-given, and their true eff…
Outline : Warren W. Wiersbe explains what to do - and how to evaluate what you're doing - when you pursue the service of God, a service he calls "the greatest work in the world." This is for all God's servants, lay and professional. Within the structure of thirty "conversations," Wiersbe makes profoundly simple the basic principles of serving others in God's name. And he nourishes within the re…
Outline : In the late 1800s, Charles Spurgeon warned that the Church was drifting away from the purity of the Gospel. Instead of boldly proclaiming the truths of Scripture, Christians were candy-coating the Word, being careful not to offend anyone. As a result, Christianity's influence in nineteenth-century England was severely weakened. Now, 100 years later, John MacArthur is sounding the same…
Outline : This popular introduction to church history isolates fourteen key moments that provide a framework for understanding the history of Christianity. The fourth edition more thoroughly highlights the importance of women in Christian history and the impact of world Christianity. It also includes a new preface, updates throughout the book, revised "further readings" for each chapter, new si…
Outline: A comprehensive guide to practical evangelism : its biblical basis, theological backbone, and current practice. Michael Green draws from a lifetime's experience in this seminal work on the theory and practice of evangelism. Green shows how the good news of Christ is communicated most effectively through the local church. This comprehensive resource includes a primer on Christian apolog…
Outline : G. K. Beale’s monumental New International Greek Testament Commentary volume on Revelation has been highly praised since its publication in 1999. This shorter commentary distills the superb grammatical analysis and exegesis from that tome (over 1,300 pages) into a book more accessible and pertinent to preachers, students, and general Christian readers. As in the original commentary,…
Outline : Studying the New Testament can be an exciting--and intimidating--experience. This readable survey is designed to make the adventure less daunting and more rewarding. Now in its fourth edition, this award-winning textbook takes into account the dramatic shift in the global Christian population. An accompanying website offers resources for students and professors. This fourth edition…
Outline : With clarity and pastoral sensitivity, Invitation to Christian Ethics offers readers a guide for considering today's difficult moral questions. Author Ken Magnuson provides a biblical perspective on contemporary theories of moral reasoning. He helps readers learn to apply these concepts to many of the challenging issues Christians face, including: • Homosexuality, sexual identity,…
Outline : In this richly illustrated volume--formerly titled In the Fullness of Time--Paul Maier visits the origins of Christianity, taking the reader back to the first Christmas, the first Easter, and the first Christians. His impressive research and brilliant insights correlate history, archaeology, and the New Testament to bring alive the true drama of earliest Christianity. This skillful na…
Outline: This fascinating story of the early Christians by the Church's first historian. Eusebius of Caesarea (c. A.D. 260 - 339) wrote ten books that preserve the early history of the brave martyrs, the dauntless defenders of the faith, and even those who renounced their faith in the face of persecution. For decades, however, his crucial work has been shackled to stilted and outdated translati…
Outline : Paul is known as a theologian, and indeed his writings yield rich theological insights. But Paul was foremost a missionary and a pastor who wrote to real people and churches. In this fresh approach to Pauline theology, respected scholar Joshua Jipp brings Paul's pastoral concerns to the fore, specifically his concern for human flourishing in his congregations. Jipp argues that Paul's …
Outline : Will Jesus's return be preceded by a single world government? Will every person have a government-issued ID or mark? Does Christ return once or twice? Will believers go through a Great Tribulation? Will there be a literal battle of Armageddon? Does it even matter what we believe about future events? Biblical prophecies about the end times have confused, confounded, and even divided Go…
Outline : For many today, history holds little application to modern existence, and so we are both biblically and historically uninformed. Biblical Archaeology―the systematic study of the material remains of human behavior in biblical history - provides a helpful corrective on those two fronts. In this full-color handbook, archaeologist and professor John Currid shows how his field of study p…
Outline : Carl Trueman analyses the theology of the great Puritan theologian, John Owen, paying particular attention to his vigorous trinitarianism. To understand Owen, we need to see him as a seventeenth-century representative of the Western trinitarian and anti-Pelagian tradition. Trueman demonstrates how Owen used the theological insights of patristic, medieval, and Reformation theologians t…
Outline : Too often scholars impose on the past modern terms and theories. This is particularly evident concerning discussions of divine sovereignty and human responsibility, where libertarian and compatibilist notions of freedom obscure older understandings of concurrence. Providence, Freedom, and the Will is one historian’s attempt to help us interpret early modern documents in context with…
Outline : In this volume of the Handbooks for New Testament Exegesis series, David Turner provides a comprehensive guide for interpreting and conveying the Gospels and the book of Acts. Key background information such as literary genres, historical setting, and theological themes lay the groundwork for properly reading these five books. This is followed by practical guidance on textual issues o…
Outline : Drawing on the best of biblical scholarship as well as the Christian tradition, J. Gordon McConville offers a substantive and useful commentary on Isaiah and explores the contemporary significance of this prophetic book.
Outline: This new edition of Karen Jobes's acclaimed commentary on 1 Peter takes recent scholarship into account and has been updated and revised throughout.
Outline : In Historical Theology for the Church, editors Jason Duesing and Nathan Finn bring together top contributors to survey key doctrinal developments in every era of church history. They not only trace the development of various doctrines within historical congregations; they also provide a resource for contemporary congregations. Steered by the conviction that historical theology serves …
Outline : Little Lessons in being thankful, making good choices, and asking honest questions. Tiny Truths proudly presents Tiny Truths Wonder and Wisdom, daily reminders taken from Psalms and Proverbs. Featuring the vibrant, eye-catching art and engaging storytelling that has made the Tiny Truths brand an instant favorite with children and adults, each bite-sized reading draws on the timeless w…
Outline : In Biblical Critical Theory, Christopher Watkin shows how the Bible and its unfolding story help us make sense of modern life and culture. Critical theories exist to critique what we think we know about reality and the social, political, and cultural structures in which we live. In doing so, they make visible the values and beliefs of a culture in order to scrutinize and change them. …
Outline : Church History is a fascinating guide that shows young readers (and even not-so-young readers) how God has preserved His church from AD 30 to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Travel through time and all over the world as you meet the people, learn about the ideas, and understand the challenges that have shaped the history of the church. Maps, time lines, and colorful picture…
Outline : Grandma smiled. "Little Lee, I'm going away soon, going home." Home? I thought. Grandma is already home. Lee is not sure what his grandma means when she tells him she's going home." Isn't she happy in her house, where he can always visit her? As everyone prepares for Grandma to pass away, Lee finds himself feeling more scared and confused. But Lee soon learns that walking someone home…
Outline : Foxes can run fast, rabbits can jump high ... but what talent do turtles like Tanner have? Little ones can interact with Tanner as he discovers his special, God-given fit, using the special pull tab to help the shy turtle show his amazing talent to the world.
Outline: Farmer Dan loved all the animas at the sanctuary. They were all special, and together made one big happy family. And this family fathered around Farmer Dan, waiting to hear about an exciting new arrival to the farm. All the animals at Barn Sanctuary are excited when Farmer Dan tells them a new cow named Buttercup is coming to the farm. Little Dude the pig wonders if she likes mud parti…
Outline: Mama Chipmunk needs your child's help to locate food and the animals in the forest around her - including her adventurous baby! Each detailed page contains fun items for little ones to seek and find, as well as interesting facts that teach children more about the wonderful creatures God made.
Outline: God made you spectacular one of a kind - Creatively crafted, Divinely designed. Celebrate in the grandest and most spectacular way all the love between a parent and child and all the dreams in your heart, with this heartwarming picture book by New York Times bestselling author Ainsley Earhardt. Snuggle up with your little love as you read - and share all the reasons you are so glad the…
Outline: The European reformations meant major changes in theology, religion, and everyday life. Some changes were immediate and visible in a number of countries : monasteries were dissolved, new liturgies were introduced, and married pastors were ordained, other were hidden. Theologically, as well as practically the position of the church in the society changed dramatically, but differently ac…
Outline: The formula simul iustus et peccator is a shorthand for the nucleus and heart of the Reformation. The concept of simul takes readers directly to the heart of Lutheran theology, justification by faith alone; at the same time it constitutes a thought pattern which is a characteristic feature of much of Lutheran theology. The concept, which implies a tension or even a paradox, appears to …
Outline : The fourth edition of this classic text brings with it a renewed focus on purpose, theology, and message of the Old Testament in a more succinct and more inviting size for students. It provides,
Outline: Modeled after the bestselling Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem, Historical Theology gives students of theology of the opportunity to study the rich development of Christian doctrine according to a topical-chronological arrangement, setting out the history of theology one element at a time. This approach allows readers to concentrate on a specific tenet of faith and its formulation b…
Outline: The goal of this book is to secure our knowledge of the triune God by rightly ordering the theological language with which we praise him. Its reaches its conclusions about how the doctrine should be handled on the basis of the way the Trinity was revealed. As such, it is a study that offers dogmatic principles for Trinitarian exegesis. Half of the volume establishes the biblical exposi…
Outline: STEPnotes provides the structured format for progress notes, which indicates to both mental health professionals and those outside of the counseling field, the value in the work that counselors, therapists, social workers, and other mental health practitioners undertake.
Outline: This book provides step-by-step guidelines, tips, and instruction on how to create and write psychotherapy treatment notes. Information and guidance are provided on how to write a treatment intake report, treatment progress notes, and termination summary. A number of sample notes, reports, and templates are provided. The book also includes hundreds of representative statements for ther…
Outline : The Confession of Faith stands as one of the three major doctrinal standards produced by the Westminster Assembly. It has become one of the most recognizable and influential confessions of the Reformed tradition. In his historical introduction, John Bower provides an extensive survey of the Confession's creation, a formative process spanning the Assembly's most active years of 1643-16…
Outline: This book is a sweeping transatlantic history of Puritanism from its emergence out of the religious tumult of Elizabethan England to its founding role in the story of America. Shedding critical new light on the diverse forms of Puritan belief and practice in England, Scotland, and New England, David Hall provides a multifaceted account of a cultural movement that judged the Protestant …
Outline : Some Pastors and Teachers is a volume for every minister's study and indeed for the bookshelves and bedside tables of everyone who has a concern for the ministry of the gospel and the well-being of the church in the twenty-first century. In many ways, it reflects the biblical vision of what every minister is called to be: pastor, teacher, counsellor, and example - but also a man who i…
Outline : Jeon’s Biblical Eschatology explores the pattern of covenant eschatology, demonstrated and revealed in the Bible throughout redemptive history. In a sense, it is a revolutionary method to freshly examine and look at the entire redemptive history from the perspective of covenant eschatology because the Bible itself is the covenantal canon. Readers will marvel at how the author unpack…
Outline : Biblical Eschatology provides what is not found in any other single volume on eschatology: it analyzes all the major eschatological passages (including the Olivet Discourse and the book of Revelation), issues (including the second coming of Christ, the millennium, the rapture, and Antichrist), and positions (including all the major views of the millennium) in a clear, but not superfic…