Religion

Conversion is an amazing miracle and being involved in it is an exciting privilege. But many of us find evangelism intimidating!

Over the course of his distinguished career Richard Bauckham has made pioneering contributions to diverse areas of scholarship ranging from ethics and contemporary issues to hermeneutical problems and theology, often drawing together disciplines and fields of research all too commonly kept separate from ...

Into All the World--the third volume from editors Mark Harding and Alanna Nobbs on the content and social setting of the New Testament--brings together a team of eminent Australian scholars in ancient history, New Testament, and the early church to take the story of Christianity into the Jewish and Greco- ...

In this guide, you are invited to study eight prayers in the New Testament that
contain beautiful language and deep thoughts, evoking God's character and
attributes with rich metaphors and powerful images.

An exploration of how the Apostle lived out key qualities of Jesus.

Far from offering a thin patina of "niceness" spread over standard educational philosophy, Steven Loomis and Paul Spears set forth a vigorous Christian philosophy of education that seeks to transform the practice of education. Beginning with a robust view of human nature, they build a case for a decidedly ...

Reflections from a pastor and teacher on preaching as a dynamic event Christian preaching obviously entails the sermon, but in reality it involves much more. Preaching happens when the entire assembly, the worshiping congregation, gathers to speak and sing, pray and listen, eat and drink, bless and baptize. ...

"We live in an urban age. For the first time in human history, most of the world’s people live in cities. It is thus vital, say Mark Gornik and Maria Liu Wong, for Christians to think constructively about how to live out their faith in an urban setting. In Stay in the City Gornik and Liu Wong show ...

Easy, enlightening and mind-stretching, here are answers to the 20 biggest questions of religion and its attempts to give meaning to our world.

While Harry and Baby Brother are getting ready for bed, their father is starting work as a conductor on the overnight train from London to Penzance.

A young mouse is encouraged by his mother to enjoy summer while waiting for autumn to come.

GERALD R. FORD (1913-2006), the thirty-eighth president of the United States, grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and by all accounts modeled exemplary behavior. In this biography Hendrik Booraem carefully examines that image and the reputation that Ford earned during his early years, telling about Ford's ...

ESV Scripture Journal: Genesisposition the full text of the book of Genesis opposite lightly lined blank pages for recording notes and prayers--a great resource for personal Bible reading and reflection, group Bible studies, or sermon notes.

Eight studies in Mark & Luke looking at the uniqueness of Jesus.

Displays the amazing power of generosity to transform people and communities When LaSalle Street Church in Chicago received an unexpected windfall, its leaders made the wild, counterintuitive decision to give it away. Each church member received a check for $500 with the instruction to go out and do ...

The "culture story" of evangelicalism during the second half of the twentieth century has been well told. It is important now to think about the theological mission of the church in an ever-increasing post-Christian and post-partisan context. What is the theologian's calling at the beginning of the third ...

Drawing on his decades of experience as a pastor, hymn writer, and hymnal consultant, Fred Anderson here offers pastors and worship leaders a rich treasury of singable psalms -- one for each psalm text or canticle appointed in the three-year Revised Common Lectionary. Anderson renders each psalm into ...

One view that perennially springs up among biblical scholars is that Paul was the inventor of Christianity, or that Paul introduced the idea of a divine Christ to a church that earlier had simply followed the ethical teaching of a human Jesus. In this book Jerry Sumney responds to that claim by examining ...