First published as Word Biblical Themes: 1 Peter (Word Publishing, 1989), this volume explores Peter's effort to build a sense of identity and responsibility among the Christians to whom he wrote, ...
Are there really mansions in heaven? In John 14:2-3 Jesus said, ""In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and ...
Swaggert, Hybels, Page, Haggard, Bakker, Farewell, McDonald--all names of famous ministers who over the past thirty-five years have fallen from their platforms of significant ministry and brought h...
This book provides a new and thoroughly researched analysis to the problem of church growth. Both sociological research and biblical evidence show that denominations which uncompromisingly stand fo...
What would you do if an inoperable tumor occupied the brainstem of your young adult son? What would your next steps be? How would you begin to pray?
In 2011, Jan Woltmann's twenty-one-year-old son,...
What if the majority Christian view concerning the gospel is not only wrong, but responsible for the rejection of Christian faith by so many today? If your idea of the gospel is that God's fundamen...
Amy Oxley Wilkinson was a well-known missionary in both China and the West in the early twentieth century. Initially setting up a mission station in a remote area of Fujian Province, she became awa...
The lectures contained in this volume were prepared for the "Training School for Clergy and Sunday School Teachers," organized by the Oxford Diocesan Sunday School Association, and held at Wangate ...
""Few people deserve a biography,"" once observed a British writer, ""and of those even fewer get the biographer they deserve.""
Such, happily, has not been true of Harvey (Pablo) Steele. He richl...
The sacraments of baptism and eucharist do not occupy a back corner of Christian life. In this book your will discover both a theology of the sacraments and also a way to live into them. The result...
Preaching is a relational act. This book explores the relationship between the preacher and the assembly as a spousal relationship. Written by a parish pastor with a doctorate in preaching and root...
For most of church history, the Catholic dogma of the Trinity has supplanted the original Jewish understanding of God's incarnation in the Messiah that was taught in the New Testament Scriptures. B...
The Practical Art of Spiritual Conversation is about the art of when, if, and how to engage in a spiritual conversation. The whens and the ifs inform the how. Christians can be so concerned with ho...
Standing in the small foyer of his first ministry assignment, Desmond Barrett prayed, ""Lord send us someone new."" Each week the same eight to thirteen people walked into that tiny church, sat in ...
The awareness that the churches shaped out of the European Reformations are in an advanced process of unraveling is becoming increasingly sensed by many. This book proposes a way of addressing this...
Are you ready to make changes in your Christian school?
Moving Learning Forward in Christian Schools: A Practical Guide for a Mission-Focused Curriculum challenges those involved in Christian scho...
Rise Up! is a book about joy, a deep inner joy one can never achieve without God's grace and mercy. By the time you've reached the end of this book, you will be able to identify what's holding you ...
We are so much more than we appear to be. The ""why"" of our existence is far more complex than the ""how"" of our being. Mysticism probes the hidden nature of who we are, why we are, and our relat...
If Christianity offers believers hope, freedom, and victory over darkness, why are Christians depressed? This book explores this question using the author's experiences with depression both as a no...
Assisted by a diverse mass media industry, American evangelicalism has been long plagued by consumerism, entrepreneurism, and social engineering. Churches and movements that carry the name of Chris...