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    The Body of Compassion

    In 'The Body of Compassion', Joel Shuman presents an important new theological treatment of contemporary bioethics, weaving together personal experience, a critical treatise on bioethics, and an exploration of a Christian theological alternative.The...
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    The Presence and The Power

    We cannot escape the truth, writes Gerald Hawthorne, that Jesus was completely ""one of us."" Yet Jesus taught with amazing authority, spoke God's word with extraordinary power, healed people who were sick, raised people who were dead, opened the eyes of...
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    Being a First Church

    'Being A First Church' is a book for laypersons. It is addressed to the congregation whose pastor is new to ministry. Such a congregation has a unique opportunity to nurture, guide and support the novice minister as he or she becomes accustomed to...
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    Revolutionary Patience

    Dorothee Soelle enjoyed a solidly-established reputation as theologian in both Europe and the United States. Works such as 'Christ, the Representative', 'Political Theology', and 'Suffering' have shown her to be a writer who combined scholarship with...
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    Your Best Years

    Wanted: Christians with wisdom, spiritual maturity, proven character. Compassion and enthusiasm required. Must be willing to influence others. Hours varied. Grey hair a plus.Dreaming of retirement? Already retired? Why not consider an exciting career...
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    Biblical Approaches to Pastoral Counseling

    What role should the Bible play in pastoral counseling? Donald Capps here explores the use of the Bible in counseling and shows how the methods and objectives of counseling can be defined and shaped by three biblical forms: psalms, proverbs, and parables...
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    Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism

    This study by the great Belgian historian Franz Cumont describes one aspect of the cultural meeting of east and west in the early Roman empire. It describes the great pagan religions of the orient, and tells how their religious thought and ceremonies...
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    Rape Within Marriage

    The Holy Father's teaching seeks to make clear that, without a fundamental mutual respect and devotion, any sexual act between a husband and wife is a counterfeit of the real thing. Such an evil act is not what the Lord of Life wants human beings to...
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    Foes From the Northern Frontier

    Are there any biblical references to territories in what is today the country of Russia? The author's answer is yes, but Ezekiel's reference to Rosh and Meshech is not one of them.In a thoroughly documented discussion, the author describes the Uratrians,...
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    Paul's Use of the Old Testament

    The use of the Old Testament in the New has long been recognized as an important field of research,"" writes the author. Too often, however, the emphasis placed upon rabbinic and Hellenistic influences has tended to subordinate and obscure the unique...
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    Protestant Worship and Church Architecture

    Each year a billion dollars is spent on church buildings in the United States. Yet there is no authoritative book available to guide building committees, ministers, and others responsible for new churches in the theological implications of their work.Dr...
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    What Augustine Says

    Augustine has been called the greatest man possessed by the Christian church between Paul and Luther. His writings continue to be read and studied, and they continue to influence the church.But where does one turn to discover what Augustine wrote...
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    Ethics and the Gulf War

    Kenneth Vaux elucidates the great just war traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, evaluating the key events of the Gulf War in light of the religious rhetoric used by both sides. Religious and ethical appeals played a major role in winning...
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    Plain Words about Biblical Images

    ""Did Jesus just misunderstand when he prayed that the kingdom was close at hand?""""Why would God make the price of redemption the sacrifice of his own Son?""""If Adam and Eve are not historical people does that mean that original sin does not...
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    A Christian Guide to Sexual Counseling

    Sexual counseling is not a task that pastors and general Christian counselors usually consider theirs. If one is to venture into the field, he or she must have a solid foundation of reliable information - both physiological and psychological - and...
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    A Kierkegaard Handbook

    Fredrick Sontag has created a remarkable work on Soren Kierkegaard. He combines a brief biography, an introduction to Kierkegaard's writings plus interpretations of the writings. This overview offers a framework in which the entire life and work of...
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    Understanding the Psalms

    Many of the Psalms use such vivid and timeless imagery that they express as clearly today as they did centuries ago the feelings of the person seeking God. But other psalms are more difficult to understand -- either the terms no longer relate to life or...
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    Knowing the Truth About Creation

    Are human beings a mere product of the cosmos with no future in eternity? Or are we infinitely more valuable than any other creatures on earth? Can we put a price tag on human life? How should we treat marginal members of society: those whiling away...
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    What on Earth are We Doing?

    A splendid piece of work, charting a new direction for the evangelical church...written with a dazzling combination of intelligence and passion. At the close of the 20th century Fischer's work will be hailed as a linchpin of evangelical reform and...
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    An Introduction to the New Testament, Volume 1

    Volume One: The Gospels and ActsWith typical thoroughness, Dr. Hiebert has produced this volume of his New Testament introductions. Though not a commentary on the gospels and Acts, the book presents their message along with a discussion of such questions...
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    Magisterium

    A striking series of events of the past two decades have tended to raise questions about the exercise of teaching authority in the Catholic Church. The Second Vatican Council, the Encyclical Humanae Vitae, the controversy over Hans Kung's book on...
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    Preaching Jesus Christ

    This book focuses on the life, message, death, and resurrection of Christ, as well as the problems of preaching Christology to the mind of our age, the homiletic shape of Christology, and the presence of Christ. Buttrick urges that preachers declare the...
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    Moral Memoranda from John Howard Yoder

    'Moral Memoranda from John Howard Yoder: Conversations on Law, Ethics and the Church between a Mennonite Theologian and a Hoosier Lawyer' compiles fifteen years of advice and comment on law and government in the United States from a leading theologian...
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    Radical Christian Communities

    Throughout the centuries certain Christians chose to live out the challenges of the Gospel in communities that withdrew from the common and conventional in the world. This book studies this phenomenon and focuses on a number of contemporary Christian...
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    John Calvin's Perspectival Anthropology

    This work makes three important contributions to Calvin studies and, more generally, adds to the growing literature on anthropology in the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation. First it challenges the prevalent bias toward focusing on Calvin's...
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    Life Cycle Theory and Pastoral Care

    This unique book uses life cycle theory to focus on the person who ministers, providing a pastoral model consisting of three important dimensions. Instead of concentrating solely on the role of the pastor as personal comforter, Donald Capps also...
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    Demonic Possession in the New Testament

    Demon possession in New Testament times was real, contends the author in the face of rationalistic denials. A study of the Gospels reveals that genuine demon possession had two distinctive elements: (1) insanity or idiocy of some sort, forming the...
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    The Forms of Hebrew Poetry

    Gray refined the classifications offered up by Lowth in his 'Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews'. Gray developed ingenious readings of texts which had been previously been seen as corrupt and readable only with major emendations. Gray deduced...
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    Whole and Holy Sexuality

    Two exaggerations threaten a wholesome understanding of human sexuality today. The first is represented by the ceaseless, value-free quest for pleasure; the second focuses on rules and spiritual cliches that offer little practical counsel or support...
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