Outline : " A Must-Read for scholars and students of philosophy and theology" This book brings together top scholars in the fields of theology and Christian philosophy to introduce five prevailing views on the topic of natural theology. John C. McDowell, Alister E. McGrath, Paul K. Moser, Fr. Andrew Pinsent, and Charles Taliaferro offer constructive approaches from major perspectives--contempor…
Outline : It's Little Lamb's first Easter, and she wonders what makes the day so special. Is it the baby bunnies? The tulips? The fluffy new chicks? Join Little Lamb as she discovers that Easter is special because Jesus is alive! With plenty of baby-animal sweetness, a glittery cover, and a bumblebee to find on each spread, this board book is a delightful way to celebrate Easter with your favo…
Outline : The Christian claim that the triune God is the creator of the universe is both exegetically grounded and theologically rich. Yet discussions about God's work of creation are often overwhelmed by questions such as the age of the earth and the relationship between divine creation and evolution. Without completely ignoring such issues, Peter Leithart offers a decidedly theological interp…
Outline : Reason is subordinate to Scripture but never at odds with it. Natural Law is everywhere. It impacts every aspect of daily life, from moral choices, such as obeying road signs, to maintaining fidelity to one's spouse. In Faithful Reason, Andrew T. Walker argues that developing a Christian ethic is not only a matter of appealing to biblical authority but also of understanding how God h…
Outline : Follow Elton the Old English Sheepdog as he rests in green pastures, walks through a dark valley, and enjoys the love of the Shepherd. Along the way, children will connect with the beloved words of Psalm 23 and know that they too are cared for and protected by their good God.
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 : Believe it or not, the book of Genesis might have been the most Darwinian text in the ancient world. And throughout the opening books of Scripture, we find ideas that would also become prominent insights of the biologist Charles Darwin interlaced with the Bible's one-of-a-kind origin story. Key plot markers come to the surface again and again, driving the history of Israel and the Jes…
Outline : Most people believe that hell is the final state of the condemned following the final judgment. At the same time, many people cannot comprehend why God created hell for the unsaved. Respected church fathers held a variety of views dating back to the early centuries of the church. This book explains views on why hell exists: unending suffering, the annihilation of the unrepentant, and …
Outline : "A gift from one of the most creative theologians writing today" What is our calling as Christians regarding the good life and engagement in the public sphere? In Mortal Goods, Ephraim Radner examines how we might more faithfully and realistically imagine our political vocation.
Outline : Mark Awabdy offers a substantive and useful commentary on the book of Numbers that is both critically engaged and sensitive to the theological contributions of the text. This volume is the second in the Baker Commentary on the Old Testament (BCOT) : Pentateuch series, which complements the popular BCOT : Wisdom and Psalms series. Each series volume covers one book of the Pentateuch, a…
Outline : Drawing on years of teaching experience, James F. White provides a unique, comprehensive overview of Protestant worship. He examines the origins, development, and present characteristics of nine traditions: Lutheran, Reformed Anabaptist, Anglican, Separatist and Puritan, Quaker, Methodist, Frontier, and Pentecostal. To capture the "reality of worship," White looks beyond the printed …
Outline : The Trinity is one of the most essential doctrines of the Christian faith. The eternal God existing as three distinct persons―Father, Son, and Spirit―can be difficult to comprehend. While Christians often struggle to find the right words to describe this union, the Bible gives clarity concerning the triune God’s being and activity in nature (creation), grace (redemption), and g…
Outline : Today is the day the world gets to see the beautiful person God made you to be. Wherever you go, it's God's love you're expressing. So God sends you out with this special blessing. Introduce children to the blessing found in Numbers 6:22-27 ("The LORD bless you and keep you ...") with this poetic book that helps them understand how much God loves and cares for them, how special God m…
Outline : Gather up your confidence. Walk up and say hello. Smile and wave and share your name. Let your big heart show! Whether you're the new kid walking into the lunchroom or you're sitting alone in your bedroom, that lonely feeling won't last forever - especially when you know just what to do! This reassuring and empowering book helps kids realize that they can always have a place, offering…
Outline : Learning about God is an adventure! Preschoolers will grow in faith with hands-on, sensory experiences and projects in this activity devotional that encourages creativity and curiosity. Each entry focuses on a letter of the alphabet and includes ... - A "God Made Me" affirmation - A short scripture and bite-size devotional - A focus activity that sparks little kids' wonder - Id…
Outline : Herman Bavinck taught that the "Trinity is wholly unlike anything else, but everything in the world is like the Trinity." In this book, Vern Poythress uses a theological exploration of beauty to show how everything in the world reflects our Trinitarian God - from oak trees to image-bearers. Because our world is a Trinitarian world, to understand it properly requires using multiple per…
Outline : Why do we have bodies? When it comes to thinking about our bodies, confusion reigns. In our secular age, there has been a loss of the body's goodness, purpose, and end. Many people, driven by shame and idolatry, abuse their body through self-harm or self-improvement. How can we renew our understanding and see our bodies the way God does? In Wonderfully Made, John Kleinig forms a prop…
Outline : Revised, adapted, and condensed for a broader audience, this companion edition to Scott Christensen’s lauded What about Evil? shows how sin, evil, corruption, and death fit into redemptive history. Exploring the storyline of Scripture and addressing practical concerns, Christensen shows that God’s ultimate end in creation is to maximize his glory before his image-bearers by defeat…
Outline : For the First Time in English, a Foundational Work of One of the Church's Most Important Theologians As some point in life, we all wonder: Who am I? What is the world, and what is my place within it? Only Christianity offers answers to these questions in a way that meets our truest needs and satisfies our deepest longings. In this important book, translated into English for the first…
Outline : Caring for our aging parents - whether we take them into our homes or support them from a distance - is a beautiful opportunity for us to honor them. It can also be an intensely demanding process in which we discover things about them, about ourselves, and about the difficulties of old age that stretch and challenge us. Addressing the endeavor with grace and clarity, Kathleen Nielson …
Outline : Experience the Easter story in a whole new way! The happiness on Palm Sunday, the surprise at the Last Supper, the sadness at the cross, the joy at the tomb - the week of Jesus' death and resurrection was filled with emotion. In 10 Days of the Easter Story, your family will journey through the key moments of Holy Week by encountering the emotions people felt during the week that chang…
Outline : Jesus saved the world! Then he told His followers to go tell everyone about Him. In this book, learn how people called missionaries used their talents to take the good news all over the world!. Their names are Lottie Moon, Adoniram Judson, Lough Ah Fook, William Carey, Marie Buhlmaier, Betty Greene, George Leile, Lilias Trotter, Betsey Stockton.
Outline : We have many reasons to be excited about prayer - and to pray with urgency! Guy Richard shows us that as we pour out our hearts to the Lord, we and the world around us will be changed. Informative, encouraging, and practical, this brief book will serve as helpful primer for pastors, elders, study groups, and Christians who seek encouragement and instruction on prayer and its blessings…
Outline : "Every interpreter of the Bible, whether a professional or a serious student, will benefit from Brown's work." Jeannine Brown introduces embedded genres in the New Testament and explores how these genres within genres contribute to the messages of the New Testament authors.
Outline : "Exemplifies what Christian Instruction at its best can be" This informed and accessible introduction to the Nicene Creed explains how the Creed is anchored in the Bible and how it came to be written and confessed in the early history of the church.
Outline : When you encounter God's amazing creation, you experience the wonder and magnificence of God! Join Pastor Louie Giglio in discovering why snow is white, what causes the glow of the mysterious milky seas, and what it means for a planet to go rogue. Just as Psalm 104:24 says, each wonder we explore reveals God's brilliance and power: What a wildly wonderful world, GOD! You made it all…
Outline : Leading scholar Tremper Longman III explores the language and literature of the Old Testament as keys to understanding the biblical texts. Tremper Longman has studied and taught the Old Testament and its interpretation for more than four decades. In this book, he presents his mature thoughts on the importance of reading the Old Testament as literature. According to Longman, each cultu…
Outline : Embrace the greatness of our God in the expanse of His creation. Have you ever thought about why the Earth needs the Moon? Do you know how whirlpools form or what makes something glow in the dark? Have you ever wondered how bords learn to sing? Dig you know that there is Someone who knows the answers to these questions and to every question you could ever ask? Psalm 147: 5 says, "Our …
Outline: A lasting marriage is built one defining moment at a time. When your spouse suffers. When dreams disappoint. When you're tempted to point fingers. When the kids leave the nest. It's how we think and behave toward one another in moments like these that determines whether our marriage endures or falters. Dave Harvey, author of the bestselling When Sinners Say "I Do," helps you recognize …
Outline : Anne Bradstreet was the first published poet in America. She arrived in the American colonies in 1630 and lived an often difficult pioneering life. Despite the disapproval of people who thought that only men should write and study, Anne expressed her thoughts in beautiful poetry. Today's students of Anne's poetry appreciate her descriptions of early American colonial life and her hon…
Outline : Naomi asks Ruth a question : "Why should you come with me?" Ruth's answer will change the future of the entire world. The little town of Bethlehem buzzes with excitement when Naomi and Ruth arrive! While Ruth works in the barley fields gathering grain to eat, Naomi has an idea ... Will God turn her bitterness to song? Who will be her true kinsman-redeemer? Learn from the story of Ruth…
Outline : World religions are not merely abstract sets of doctrinal beliefs. They are embodied worldviews and practices lived out by people around us. Encounters with these neighboring faiths often challenge our own beliefs and traditions, making us think more deeply about our faith commitments. For all who want to understand the beliefs of their neighbors, Winfried Corduan offers an introducti…
Outline : A Reformed view of worship is shaped by God's Word and has the gospel as its context: God desires to meet with his people, and that meeting comes only in and through Christ, by the Holy Spirit. Writing with winsome enthusiasm, Jonty Rhodes celebrates the simplicity and freedom of Reformed worship and show readers the joys and meeting with God in the means and manner he promises to ble…
Outline : This concise guide to writing in Christian academic settings offers twelve practices and principles for becoming a successful writer.
Outline : God's faithfulness never ends! From Bible days to modern day, kids have always needed to know that God is standing by their side. In this 52-week devotional, more than twenty children's ministry leaders share thoughts and encouragement and offer readers: - Stories of God's faithfulness from the Bible - Stories of His faithfulness today - Prayer prompts - Reflection questions Eac…
This book explores the variety of ways John contextually uses the Old Testament in the Apocalypse. The introduction surveys and evaluates recent studies, which have been divided over the issue of whether or not John uses the Old Testament with sensitivity to its original literary context (Beale, Fekkes and Bauckham argue in the affirmative, while Ruiz and Moyise contend that this was not John's…
Revelation: A Handbook on the Greek Text "offers teachers and students a comprehensive guide to the grammar and vocabulary of Revelation. A perfect supplement to any commentary, this volume s lexical, analytical, and syntactical analysis is a helpful tool in navigating New Testament literature. But more than just providing an analytic key, David Mathewson leads students toward both a greater un…
The Book of Revelation contains some of the most difficult passages in Scripture. Grant Osborne's commentary on Revelation aims to interpret the text while also introducing readers to the perspectives of contemporary scholarship in a clear and accessible manner. Osborne begins with a thorough introduction to Revelation and the many difficulties involved in its interpretation. He discusses autho…
A leading biblical scholar offers a substantive evangelical commentary on Revelation in the award-winning BECNT series"-- Provided by publisher
Outline : Share the best talk your child has all day. In 365 Talks with Jesus, you’ll find prayers to share with your preschooler at any time of day, with helpful sections for different needs and emotions, such as “When I Am AFRAID” and “When I Have to Do HARD THINGS.” Each short prayer can be read aloud by the parent and includes a final line for the child to repeat before saying…
Outline : Did you know that the preaching of the Word of God has unique sin-killing, life-giving power - and brings great blessing to those who hear and receive it? In this helpful primer for congregations, Pastor David Strain establishes the basic biblical and theological foundations of preaching, highlights historical examples, and responds to questions, fears, and objections about exposition…
Outline : Explores the interconnection between body, mind, soul, and culture. While our current culture often places a divide between religion and medicine, in some cultures, the healer and the religious leader have been the same. The phrase "physician of souls" is a connective term that links those who primarily tend the physical bodies of the suffering to those who primarily tend the emotions…
Outlines : In Work Out Your Salvation, D. Glenn Butner Jr. demonstrates that participation in markets forms our moral character, perceptions, actions, and ideas. Drawing on experimental economics and moral theology, he argues that the nature of such formation varies based on the design of the market and our interactions within it. How, he asks, does formation of the market relate to the formati…
Outline : Your Church needs help. What now? What if the solution for the decline of today's church isn't more money, people, programs, innovation, or busyness? What if the answer is to stop and wait on God? When Church Stops Working shows how actively watching and listening for God can bring life out of death for churches in crisis today.
Outline : You are allow to experience deep joy in following Jesus. God has given humans freedom and permission to play--to fully enjoy life's moments as he intended, with no ulterior motive. The Christian life without play becomes malformed, and believers can miss aspects of the abundant life Jesus came to give. In A Theology of Play, Kevin Gushiken builds a case for getting serious about pla…
Outline: Political and cultural wars are tearing communities apart. Issues such as immigration, racism, and guns are driving wedges between people and hampering Christians' impact in the world. In Empowered to Repair, acclaimed author, speaker, and reconciliation scholar Brenda Salter McNeil looks to the biblical story of Nehemiah for answers. There, she finds an action-based model for repairin…
Outline : Knowing how to approach children and teens in counseling can be a challenge, but this practical workbook of expressive exercises will help counselors and other caring adults to build meaningful connections. Building Bridges allows counselors to enter a young person's world by engaging them in biblically wise and creative activities and includes reproducible resources.
Outline : Grandma was right. You've got to get the weeds by the roots, or they'll just grow back. So too with deep-rooted anger. You must uproot it from your heart, or it'll resurface. Uprooting Anger reveals how the Bible generates hope and help for all who struggle with this sin.
Outline : New scholarship on the development of Luther's four solas. Volker Leppin explores the four "solas" of the Reformation - Christ, grace, faith, and scripture - as both anchored in the culture of late-medieval devotion and representing new, firmly demarcated formulae. Leppin helps readers understand that in the journey toward new theological understandings, continuity and discoutinuity…