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This book recounts, explains, and treats critically the 20th century American battles on the doctrine of the "third use" of the Law: the Law as a guide, teaching Christians what they should and should not do to lead God-pleasing lives. The author...

This book provides a new interpretation of Luther and mission and serves to "rehabilitate" the reformer in modern missiological studies. Öberg argues that Luther fully embraced the missionary task to the world. Because Luther was foremost a teacher and...

Advancing strong, scholarly discussion on the Holy Spirit and the church in the context of the ecumenical movement, six theologians in five different churches offer new theological and pastoral insights into the work of the Holy Spirit in the churches of...

"My story is not about my past, but about your future," says Marie Roberts Monville. In the startling tragedy of the Amish schoolhouse shooting at Nickel Mines, one story has never been told; Marie Roberts Monville, the wife of the man who created such...

There is a movement that is rumbling throughout the Body of Christ --- a revolutionary army of people ready to take up the mandate to pursue the lost, the forgotten, and the poor to show them a God who is passionately in love with them. Servolution is a...

Four Views on the Spectrum of Evangelicalism compares and contrasts four distinct positions on the current fundamentalist-evangelical spectrum in light of the history of American fundamentalism and evangelicalism: Fundamentalism,...

In less than a year, you can travel through the entire Old Testament from Genesis to Malachi. These daily readings, comments, and questions will deepen your walk with God and heighten your knowledge of his Word. But this book is far more than a simple...

Calvinist theology has been debated and promoted for centuries. But is it a theology that should last? Roger Olson suggests that "radical reformed theology," also known as "high federal Calvinism," holds an unwarranted place in our list of accepted...

Representatives of five major Protestant perspectives join in this book to present their views on sanctification.

How should a Christian engage with politics? Some encourage political activism while others advocate withdrawal, but the answer is far from clear. In Jesus and the Powers, N.T. Wright and Michael Bird argue that Christians should faithfully and earnestly...

This is both a lively introduction to the history and expression of the rich and diverse Anglican spiritual tradition and a strikingly original contribution to the issues that underlie its current crisis and threaten to tear it apart. Barlett suggests...

Jesus of Nazareth is not a babe in a manger any more.He is our Commander in Chief and Lion of the Tribe of Judah. We are currently witnessing the exposure of gross spiritual darkness and wickedness in high places. It will continue. The greater glory of...

This is a mere effort to introduce the illustrious light of the family of Prophet Mohammad (SM) to the generation of the needy, a time period indigent of iman i.e. faith and understanding of Islam’s eventful Authentic history. The history outlined...

Written for City to City Europe’s conference in Krakow, Poland, in 2018, this collection of essays represents the perspectives of church planters and practitioners pioneering new kinds of ministry throughout Europe in the early twenty-first century.

A Dream for Peace is the most surprising Ambassador's Memoir. The French edition Un Rêve Pour La Paix was published in 2018 by les Éditions de l’Archipel, in Paris, France.  The Algerian edition was...

God's Solution for America ~ and the Nations of the World is another unprecedented and inspiring work by David and Jean Hertler, authors of the compelling two-volume series entitled, Re-inhabited: Republic for the United States of America.Since the...

If Theophilus of Alexandria seems a minor figure today, it is because we persist in seeing him through the eyes of hostile contemporary witnesses, each of whom had his own reasons for diminishing Theophilus' stature. In fact, he was one of the greatest...

In The Lost Discipline of Conversation, spiritual formation professor and author Joanne Jung introduces the forgotten Puritan practice of purposeful, transparent spiritual conversations - called "conference" - that can renew our spiritual lives today.

These days many evangelicals are exploring the more sacramental, liturgical, and historically-conscious church traditions, including Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. In What it Means to Be Protestant, Gavin Ortlund draws from historical...

A book with a vital message about Christian discipleship, provoking its readers to think about the revolutionary demands and consequences of being one of Jesus' apprentices. The author questions assumptions and challenges dumbed-down theology and...

Founded over a century ago, the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is regarded as one of the most important institutional carriers of Canadian and American Mennonite identity. Generations of Mennonites and others have served with the organization,...

This volume describes many of the greatest and most engaging Canons in the history of the Church of England. With a wealth of amusing detail and anecdote, as well as a skilful marshalling of the essential facts, he brings the Canons alive, and considers...

Now in softcover, here author and professor Scot McKnight presents a case that everything we learn about the Christian life we learn from our church. But, what's the church supposed to be? The church is God's social experiment of bringing different...

Writing in an accessible and informative style, Gregg Allison and Chris Castaldo provide a brief and clear guide to the key points of unity and divergence between the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches.

Even if you don't go to the city to minister, the city is coming to you. Because global culture is increasingly urban, churches need a theological vision for ministry that is contextually aware of urban culture. Bestselling author and pastor Timothy...

The evangelical church is recognizing the need to reach out to their neighbors and the world abroad. In Gaining By Losing, J.D. Greear unpacks ten kingdom principles that you can use to reorient your church's priorities around God's mission to reach a...

To Transform a City is a valuable guide for those who dream big about the spiritual and social changes possible for the cities and towns that surround their churches. Two visionary leaders examine the foundations, history, theology, and practical methods...

The gospel is neither religion nor irreligion, but something else entirely---a third way of relating to God through grace. Bestselling author and pastor Timothy Keller addresses several current discussion and conflicts about the nature of the gospel and...

God's Glory Alone: What the Reformers Taught ... and Why It Still Matters is part of the Five Solas Series, offering readers a look back to the five rallying cries of the Reformation---the five solas---while seeking to apply them in a fresh way to the...

From a rare insider's point of view, Unveiling Grace is the gripping story of how former Brigham Young University professor Lynn Wilder's entire family, deeply enmeshed in the Mormon Church for thirty years, found their way out into the loving arms of...

The greatest challenge facing most churches today isn't getting people through the front door---it's keeping them from leaving through the back door. In his new book, Larry Osborne reveals what it takes to cultivate a "sticky" church and reveals the...

Over the last two decades, the American academy has engaged in a wide-ranging discourse on faith and learning, religion and higher education, and Christianity and the academy. Eastern Orthodox Christians, however, have rarely participated in these...

In Victorian Reformations: Historical Fiction and Religious Controversy, 1820-1900, Miriam Elizabeth Burstein analyzes the ways in which Christian novelists across the denominational spectrum laid claim to popular genres-most importantly, the religious...

To an outside observer, the religious culture of the United States might seem astonishing. For German sociologist Michael Zöller, American Catholicism is more than that; it is a contradiction in terms. With its historical consciousness, emphasis on...

Book Two of the Summa Contra Gentiles series examines God's freedom in creation, his power as creator of all things, and the nature of man, particularly the unity of soul and body within man.

There is a major reformation quietly taking place in our Western society. Millions of people have been moving away from the institutional Church and the trend is accelerating. Contrary to the expectations that those who move away and do not attend church...