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Grassroots Asian Theology: Thinking the Faith from the Ground Up

Grassroots Asian Theology: Thinking the Faith from the Ground Up

by Simon Chan

A dynamic chapter of church history is now being written in Asia. But the theological inflections at its heart are not well understood by outsiders. The published voices of elite academic theologians have drowned out the cadences of Christian faith as it is spoken, lived and prayed in the homes and churches of Tokyo or Shanghai or Madras. Now, in Grassroots … Read more…

Everyone's a Theologian: An Introduction to Systematic Theology

Everyone's a Theologian: An Introduction to Systematic Theology

by R.C. Sproul

Who would want to be a theologian? Many people react negatively to the word theology, believing that it involves dry, fruitless arguments about minute points of doctrine. They prefer to focus on the basic truths of Scripture and may even declare, “No creed but Christ.”But as Dr. R.C. Sproul argues, everyone is a theologian. This is because any ti… Read more…

Is forgiveness really free?: and other questions about grace, the law and being saved

Is forgiveness really free?: and other questions about grace, the law and being saved

by Michael Jensen

We're saved by the free gift of God—but how free is that gift when our lives are demanded in return? Many Christians are confused by the relationship between the grace of God, and the role of laws and commands in the Christian life. What does it mean to live a life of grace? How does grace help us grow? And are we "once saved always … Read more…

The Human Being: A Theological Anthropology

The Human Being: A Theological Anthropology

by Hans Schwarz

This overview of Christian anthropology by Hans Schwarz uniquely emphasizes three things: (1) the biblical testimony, (2) the historical unfolding of Christian anthropology through the centuries, and (3) the present affirmation of Christian anthropology in view of rival options and current scientific evidence.Schwarz begins by elucidating the special place o… Read more…

The Nonviolent God

The Nonviolent God

by J. Denny Weaver

This bold new statement on the nonviolence of God challenges long-standing assumptions of divine violence in theology, the violent God pictured in the Old Testament, and the supposed violence of God in Revelation. In The Nonviolent God J. Denny Weaver argues that since God is revealed in Jesus, the nonviolence of Jesus most truly reflects the character of Go… Read more…

Westminster Handbook to Karl Barth

Westminster Handbook to Karl Barth

by Richard Burnett

Featuring essays from renowned scholars, this volume in the Westminster Handbooks to Christian Theology series provides an insightful and comprehensive overview of the theology of Karl Barth (1886-1968). This volume offers concise descriptions of Barth's key terms and concepts, while also identifying the intri… Read more…

Self, World, and Time: Ethics as Theology, vol. 1

Self, World, and Time: Ethics as Theology, vol. 1

by Oliver O'Donovan and Oliver O'Donovan

Self, World, and Time takes up the question of the form and matter of Christian ethics as an intellectual discipline. What is it about? How does Christian ethics relate to the humanities, especially philosophy, theology, and behavioral studies? How does its shape correspond to the shape of practical reason? In what way does it participate in the proclamation… Read more…

Why I Am Not a Calvinist

Why I Am Not a Calvinist

by Jerry L. Walls and Joseph R. Dongell

What's wrong with Calvinism?Since the Reformation, Calvinism has dominated much of evangelical thought. It has been so well established that many Christians simply assume it to be the truest expression of Christian doctrine. But Calvinism has some serious biblical and theological weaknesses that unsettle laypeople, pastors and scholars alike.God is sover… Read more…

Christ and Reconciliation: A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World, vol. 1

Christ and Reconciliation: A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World, vol. 1

by Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen

The first installment in a wide and deep constructive theology for our time In Christ and Reconciliation Veli-Matti Karkkainen develops a constructive Christology and theology of salvation in dialogue with the best of Christian tradition, with contemporary theology in its global and contextual diversity, and with other major living faiths. Karkkainen's C… Read more…

God's Good World: Reclaiming the Doctrine of Creation

God's Good World: Reclaiming the Doctrine of Creation

by Jonathan R. Wilson

The doctrine of creation has often been neglected in Christian theology. Distinguished evangelical theologian Jonathan Wilson exposes what has been missing in current theological discourse and offers an original, constructive work on this doctrine.The book unites creation and redemption, showing the significance of God's work of creation for understandin… Read more…

The God of the Gospel: Robert Jenson's Trinitarian Theology

The God of the Gospel: Robert Jenson's Trinitarian Theology

by Scott R. Swain

Who is the God of the gospel?Robert W. Jenson's way of answering this question, according to Scott Swain, hinges on the nature of the relationship between God in himself and the redemptive events through which God becomes our God.Swain first locates Jenson's pursuit of a relentlessly "evangelical" understanding of God in the broader history of trinit… Read more…

Pilgrim Theology: Core Doctrines for Christian Disciples
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Pilgrim Theology: Core Doctrines for Christian Disciples

by Michael Horton and Vikas Adam

Narrated by Vikas Adam

Pilgrim Theology is a map for Christians seeking to better understand the core beliefs of their faith. Even though it's the study of God, theology has a reputation for being dry, abstract, and irrelevant for daily living. But theology is a matter of life and death. It affects the way you think, the decisions you make, the way you relate to God and the wo… Read more…


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