Christianity Books

At some point in our lives, we start to explore what our true identity is. Often, when we don’t know who we are, it creates unhealthy relationship cycles. So, how do we get past the lies that were once spoken over us, break unhealthy patterns, and...

This book, (Book 1 in Trauma to Recovery™ series) paints a raw picturesque story of a young Nigerian, American born Prince, the multiple traumatic assaults on his sexuality, his struggles with "tabooed" mental illness, his impactful responses to the...

Ever wonder what it means to be born again? Spoiler: It's not about church denominations.Born again are two words that instill political images during elections and spark debate among theologians. Neither matters. The true meaning of born again is higher...

This study guide is written for the Christian who desires to know more about the heart of the revelation of the one body of Christ as it is set forth in the book of Ephesians. The essays included in the book are the results of studies of the comparison...

Our Walk in Christ is an inspiring book on exploring practical keys about the journey of life. The author delves into exciting aspects of the Christian walk with thought-provoking chapters such as "Walk--How?" and "Where is the Path?"  She leads the...

The Divine Symphony begins with this one presupposition; that all that God has revealed about Himself, and all that He yearns for His People to be, is offered through the Catholic Mass.    The exposition of that presupposition...

Most Christians have self-directed their lives for so long that they have relegated the Holy Spirit into irrelevance. Although He is our leader and guide, we mostly have no clue what He does, or how He does it. How, in fact do visions and dreams come?...

"It's time to soar into your next position mentally, emotionally, professionally, and spiritually..."Positioned to Prevail: A Woman's Guide to Achieve Resilience One Power Move at a Time is a 52-week devotional designed to position...

Discipling Nations (A Workbook on Principles of Discipleship) is written to create an awareness of the necessity for discipleship in the body of Christ. Jesus Christ spent three years to disciple twelve people that changed the world. It is therefore...

Daniel-the Controversial Prophet with Disputes Supplement is the third book in a prophecy trilogy that includes John's Revelation: From a Literalist-Futurist-Premillennialst Point of View and Prophecy and Current Events in the Middle East: Framing...

This book was written with a high level of transparency to help you better connect your own experiences to the author's story. Sex and pornography are taboo subjects that need to be discussed more often, especially in religious and social groups. The aim...

Sometimes, the beliefs about God we take for granted need to be left behind. As a young adult, a conflict with her parents forced Eunice Lee to confront and choose between two incompatible beliefs. On the one hand, obedience to God had always been...

The chief object of the pages that follow is to show how the great Christian presuppositions - God, Freedom, Immortality - in their specifically Christian character (including the reality of the Divine Incarnation in Christ and of Grace) can be...

Most congregations and faith communities are eager to help people transform their relationships for the better--especially in these controversial and divisive times. This book targets six topics to create healthier relationships and repair relationship...

This book is a study on the life and mystical thought of George Matheson. In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, Matheson was a Church of Scotland minister at Innellan on the west coast of Scotland. Matheson was of Highland descent and blind...

This book was written with all possible simplicity. It tells the story of Israel and of Israel's writings: the two run naturally together. That story expands and deepens as it flows on, and perhaps the account of it here given changes stye in like...

The incursion of evil has always caused people to turn to the divine, to gods or to a god, in order to reorientate their life. Ingolf U. Dalferth studies the complexity of this procedure in three thought processes that deal with the central concepts in...

If you feel you've lost your bearings, you aren't alone! Global pandemic . . . Economic crisis . . . Racial tensions . . . Political polarization . . . Climate change. The converging crises expose our timeless need for an internal compass to guide us...

How can we reconcile belief in a loving God with the suffering of innocent human beings and earthly creatures in the natural world? This question, as old as the Old Testament's book of Job, has been mainly grappled with over the centuries by learned...

Can our students learn something positive for themselves in spite of traumatic and toxic situations? Can they thrive in their cognitive, emotional, and social capacities to transform their painful and challenging current COVID-19 environment? What do...

This is a selection of writings on themes of trauma and transformation, hope and anguish, in a time of reckoning. The first section offers biographical fragments about life after the "bulldozer" runs you over. How do you get up? How do you live with...

The gap between the New Testament and the Imprecatory Psalms is less than we think. When faced with prayers against enemies in the Psalms, we are too quick to assume that these Old Testament authors were ignorant of some basic New Testament ethics. They...

The Western Humanism originating in classical Greek philosophy--where the capacity of human reason became the dominant means for perceiving a worldview based in reality--reigned in Western philosophy until the onset of Postmodern Existentialism in the...

We are living in a rapidly changing culture. Since the 1960s, the changes in our sexual ethics have become increasingly problematic. How are people--especially Evangelicals and other conservative Christians--supposed to respond? Does the Bible address...

Second Peter is full of christological language. Scholars have often overlooked the christological richness as they have focused heavily on the issues of eschatology and authorship. The uniqueness of the Son from the Father as well as the divinity of...

Ecclesiastes is the translation in the Greek Bible called the Septuagint of a Hebrew word, Koheleth, whose meaning it is hopeless to fix with accuracy. All that we can say is that the word has something to do with a congregation or and assembly, hence...

A guide to evil from a Christian point of view. In this wide-ranging and concise study, philosopher Charles Taliaferro explores: -the idea that evil is the destruction or privation of what is good -sin-divine commands -redemption from evil-hell and...

I believe the Apocalypse to be a complete and intelligible whole embodying a progressive revelation deliberately given by our Lord through the agency of angelic beings in a series of visions impressed on the inner consciousness of the seer. I am...

Most people agree that Jesus' parables are about the kingdom of God. But what is that? They seem to have a lot about hell and judgment, but how is that consistent with the Parable of the Prodigal Son and Jesus' search for ""lost sheep""? They speak of...

First Corinthians is one of the most relevant NT documents for both younger churches seeking maturity in the majority world and older churches seeking renewal in the Western world in the twenty-first century. The reason this epistle is so relevant is...

Contemporary Christian theology continues to struggle with the tragedy of inexplicable human suffering and the endurance of evil. The pressing issue of ""Where is God?"" in seemingly godless situations provides the focus of Were You There?...

This work explores issues of forgiveness and reconciliation in countries that had experienced political conflicts, civil war, and even genocide. It attempts to move beyond mere discussion by examining case studies and the initiatives taken in dialogue...

Give Us This Day is a unique daily devotional commentary for the entire New Testament based on the ancient method called lectio divina. Lectio divina, or ""divine reading,"" is the method used by the early church and countless Christians through the...

Jesus is the most attractive person in human history. Professional fishermen dropped everything to follow him. Social outcasts were transformed into outspoken ambassadors; sinners, repulsed by their religious leaders, were drawn to Jesus by the scores...

In the spirit of Cyril Barber's classic work from the 1970s, The Minister's Library, and the author's 2017 book, The Pastor's Library, Robert Yost provides the same expert guidance now for a lay audience. Finally, laypersons who desire to study the Bible...

Can anything good come out of suffering? Is there anything purposeful in the grief or pain you may be feeling right now? There are no easy answers to these questions and any attempt at an answer runs the risk of seeming trite or inappropriate to our...

It is true that some people are very damaged. It is not true that they are all unsalvageable. The Lifer and the Lawyer raises questions about childhood trauma, religion, race, the purpose of punishment, and a criminal justice system that requires...

Hospital and hospice chaplains are expected to assist individuals and families face the reality of their mortality via a gentle, calming presence. To the greatest extent possible, chaplains help people die with an awareness of being loved, of loving and...

When times of threat and uncertainty come, it can be challenging to know what to do or how to help. Through Dangerous Terrain provides a guide and map for how to understand the human threat-response system, how we connect in times of safety, and how to...

Tom desperately tries to battle his doubts and fears about death, abandonment, and loneliness while struggling with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, acute anxiety, and crippling depression. He writes prose and poetry in his journal as an attempt to cope...

Queering the Text: Biblical, Medieval, and Modern Jewish Stories grapples with traditional midrashim, plays with homoerotic love poems from medieval Spain, and envisions alternate versions of the present. Inspired by the pioneering work of Jewish...

Alluring yet frustrating. Charming yet maddening. Such is our reaction to the literary wonder called Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth), a ""wisdom"" book that has captured the fascination of readers everywhere for over two millennia with its mix of poetry and...

The Crosscurrents series highlights emerging theologies and biblical interpretations from Majority World and minoritized communities. The first volume in the series elaborates theologies of land, a theme often missing or ignored by churches and...

A theory of human origins that is one-half Charles Darwin and one-half Cain and Abel is bound to entail a lot of rethinking of traditional themes. Rene Girard's thesis of original human violence and the Bible's power to reveal it has been around for more...

The gospel of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth has healed countless lives over the centuries, but the gospel itself has been wounded through neglect of one of its main components. The books of Luke and Acts reveal that the death and...

Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial/ethnic population in the United States. Especially since the 1990s, readings by Asian American biblical scholars have been increasing to meet the particular theological and pastoral concerns of their...