Refugees in America. It's a tough topic, both at a local community level and from a national policy perspective. To bring perspective and meaningful conversations around this topic, The Dialogues On: The Refugees Crisis Learner Book offers eight unique perspectives from experienced authors from renowned organizations such as World Relief and ......
For many, sexuality and the church serves as a challenging topic - perhaps one of the toughest facing congregations and their communities. So how do you tackle a topic like this in your community? How can you make sure all sides are heard and respected in the discussion? With the Dialogues On: Sexuality Learner Book, gain insight into key ......
Dialogues On: Race Learner Book replicates a conversational experience by giving participants a reader on race in the United States. Each topic is packed with well-researched information and brought to life with the lived experience and stories of people at the center of the topic. Dialogues On brings your adult small group together to tackle ......
Argues that the work of Jacques Ellul is frequently misread on account of inattention to the theological underpinning that governs Ellul's thought. This book offers an introduction to Ellul's thought, his contribution to theology and philosophy, and how his philosophy of technology is both theologically informed and culturally relevant.
Deuteronomy's core theology expressed in the Shema forms the structure of the book: What does it mean to "hear"? Who is "all Israel"? How does the identity of the one Lord shape ethics? The competence to be God's people, to know God, and to do God's will comes only through hearing the transforming Word of God in Scripture.
Isaiah 4055 in dramatic voiceDeutero-Isaiah's work, which comprises Isaiah chapters 4055, has exerted its influence on testimonies of faith in both Jewish and Christian tradition down to the present day. Baltzer's magnificent commentary places the document in the new context after the Exile. The experience of catastrophe, the need to grapple ......
Calvin, Schleiermacher, and Barth on the Providence of God
An intervention in Reformed readings of the doctrine of providence, particularly around Barth's critical interpretation of the tradition stemming from Calvin and Schleiermacher. It argues that while Barth advances the discussion in key ways, his reading of Calvin in particular is significantly hampered by his running challenge to Schleiermacher.
This fifth title in the Elements of Preaching series offers preaching students and clergy an overview of some of the most common sermonic forms and provides insights for determining which forms are most - and least - amenable to the claim that they want to make in their sermon. Many, if not most, sermons wind up being somewhat formless and thus ......
