Cherith Fee Nordling
Biography
Cherith Fee Nordling co-wrote Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms with David Guretzki and Stanley J. Grenz, and wrote the foreword to Jesus the Lord according to Paul the Apostle.
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Christological Anthropology in Historical Perspective
Theology
“For those who take seriously the fact that there is one truly human being for and with us by the Spirit — Jesus Christ, Son of Mary and God — this is a helpful book. It seats us with saints through the ages who have also considered the implications of Christ’s humanity for our own. Cortez is a gracious host, inviting us to listen and hear, that we might hear more clearly when visiting these saints in their original “homes.” This makes for the best kind of resource book — one that welcomes, engages, and ultimately serves a critical need in the life of the church.”
Theology
“Having found the earlier editions of Discovering Biblical Equality to be extremely helpful resources in supplementing conversations within the church and the academy concerning our shared human identity in Christ Jesus, we say 'welcome' and 'well done' to this revised edition. With new essays from fresh (particularly female) voices and a slightly renewed format, this volume continues to address historical and present concerns in wise, irenic, knowledgeable ways. Hence it continues to help us discover the gift of life together as God's coequal image-bearing children. A truly wonderful 'upgrade'!”
Christian Living
“If you've ever wondered if there is anything really good or likable in the good news of the Christian story—about who you are, or who God is, or about life with God—then listen to it again with Cyd and Geoff Holsclaw. And begin to practice with them this gift of life and love and liked-ness. They know our God and our family story, and they help us see the biblical pattern of God's unstoppable life and love for and with us, of his delight in and purposes for us, woven with the unbreakable beauty of divine joy. Settle in, get (un)comfortable, and begin the renewal that comes with hearing, seeing, and experiencing God's joy over you as his beloved, image-bearing child in his permanent family. Listen well. The Holsclaws tell their story of homecoming and reshaping through discovering what it means to be loved and liked by (thus becoming like) God, who has woven his own joy-filled life and Spirit into the flesh and fabric of our lives forever in Jesus. Try it. You'll like being liked by God. Just ask Geoff and Cyd.”
Theology
“Evangelical Calvinism offers a practical, Trinitarian, Reformed Christology that frames what it means to 'live out the divine life on earth.' It provides an essential reorientation toward the basis of truly authentic theological praxis, or 'doctrine and devotion'--participation in Jesus's life grounded in the Triune life of God. With gracious dialogue and theological rigor, Evangelical Calvinism offers a well-rounded and informative approach in ultimate service to Christ and his church.”
Christian Living
“This book is a joyful accompaniment to theological dialogue that emphasizes the relational love at the heart and being of the triune God. In a thoughtful, gracious, and personal way, Folsom reminds us of the thoughtful, gracious, and personal way God is . . . with us, restoring us and renewing our basic understanding of God and ourselves. This is transformational, descriptive theology that comes from a living, exposing, renewing encounter with the loving God.”
Marriage, Family & Relationships
“Elizabeth Chapin's honest and inviting book demonstrates what it advocates: open, transparent and grace-filled conversations about female embodiment and sex. Chapin's stories of intentional rituals she has practiced with her daughters are grounded in the lavish love of God and told within the context of a loving family and community. She shares her experience, research and counsel with wisdom, humor and humility as she too continues to grow as a daughter of God. A gift well given.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“Do you want some practical, pastoral, and theological wisdom and encouragement on how to be the church, rather than merely go to church? Do you want to be a people for God's name and faithful presence—for one another and the world? Read this book. Learn nonnegotiable practices that Fitch and his communities have learned through their communion with a faithful God. These disciplines (including being with and for children), practiced together by the power of the Holy Spirit, will conform us to Jesus. Joined to him, one another, and those he's given us to love with him, we are intentionally shaped for God's missional life among us.”
Theology
“This book is a gracious introduction to the person and work of God the Spirit grounded in the communion of the triune God and God's people. From both a particular Wesleyan and a wider ecumenical perspective, Jones helps to navigate historical, creedal, and contemporary experience of the Spirit under the wisdom and authority of Scripture and the reasonable discernment of the saints. In a world vague on 'spirituality' and a church that swings between domesticating and overemphasizing certain experiences of the Spirit, this helpful book for students, pastors, and laity will encourage all who desire to know and walk in the Spirit to do so in the joy, power, and humility of Christ.”
Children & Youth
“This is not a book for reading. It's a book for practicing. Jared Boyd graciously invites us to practice new ways of being present to God, ourselves, others, and creation, for and with the younger children (or childlike ones) in our lives. Not surprisingly, we are all transformed in the process. By gently making room and time for creative listening, imagination, and revelation of God's very good news of lavish love, children young and old together come to know God by experiencing this love that surpasses knowledge. From his experience as a parent, a pastor, and a beloved child of God, Jared sets forth practical, prayerful, and playful rhythms to tend the spiritual gardens of our children's lives. These habit-forming, love-shaping practices soften and seed the soil of their Christian imaginations, which the Holy Spirit tends, waters, and grows as he conforms them in love to the image of Jesus. Reminding us not to ask children (or anyone) to go where we are not willing to go ourselves, Jared vulnerably does the same, offering clear, creedal, formative structures with room for the dynamic relationship our children will have with God. Far from instilling knowledge about God into our children, Jared invites us to provide opportunities for our children to encounter and be transformed by God's triune love, faithfully embodying that life together with them as children of our heavenly Father.”
Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics for Everyone, Volume 1—The Doctrine of the Word of God
Theology
“I would recommend this helpful book as a companion for the church when picking up Barth’s Dogmatics for the first time. Barth needs to be read; this resource can provide the encouragement to do so!”
Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics for Everyone, Volume 2—The Doctrine of God
Theology
“I would recommend this helpful book as a companion for the church when picking up Barth’s Dogmatics for the first time. Barth needs to be read; this resource can provide the encouragement to do so!”
Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics for Everyone, Volume 3—The Doctrine of Creation
Theology
“I would recommend this helpful book as a companion for the church when picking up Barth’s Dogmatics for the first time. Barth needs to be read; this resource can provide the encouragement to do so!”
Theology
“What fun to read an introductory theology book that is both lighthearted and weighty instead of lightweight or overwhelming. The joy permeating this book permeates the lives of Tyler Hansen and Emily Lund, who have worked hard together to give the church a wonderful gift. I’ll be using this accessible and delightful book in multiple teaching contexts!”
Christian Living
“Familiar with the edge of despair and paralyzing pain, Mark Chironna is also at home in the landscape of honest hope and healing love. In the company of Jesus, Job, Jung, et al., Mark humbly offers truth and wisdom gained through the suffering and renewal of his own life.”
The Death of the Messiah and the Birth of the New Covenant
Theology
“Traditional atonement theories, often historically unmoored from the large narrative of Scripture, try their best to articulate what we are saved from. Gorman's book sounds the clarion call of the New Testament found in Jesus Christ--that ultimately we have been saved for and called to spirit-empowered, cruciform discipleship in Christ as children of God's new covenant of shalom. As the New Testament atonement metaphors rest within the grand scope of God's covenant of salvation, we hear afresh the truly astonishing good news of the gospel!”
Theology
“Embodied holiness, or conformity to the image of the Son, means having disordered desires reordered to Christ through minds renewed by the Spirit. With a comprehensive biblical and contextual lens and a holistic view of renewed humanity, Keener reminds us of this nonnegotiable reality. He invigorates our understanding of the mind of the Spirit (and thus of Christ) and offers a New Testament view of Spirit-enabled, holy reason that orders the passions of God's children individually and communally. A valuable contribution indeed.”
Thomas F. Torrance and Evangelical Theology
Theology
“Full of complexity, challenge, and the embodied love of God in Christ, these thoughtful, discursive essays are a testament to Torrance and his own desire to bear witness to our Incarnate Lord and to share witness across perspectives, disciplines, and eras. In a day when theological fellowship in unity and difference is hard won, this volume succeeds not by setting up straw men or ideas, wearing down the opposition, or building unstable bridges. Rather, it plates a multicourse feast, harmonizing distinctly acquired theological tastes in new ways that invite some serious chewing and savoring. Enjoy!”
Apologetics
“'The theologian who writes about God but never utters Oh, God in prayer is not a theologian I'm interested in,' says Brian Zahnd. And I find Brian to be a very interesting pastor-theologian indeed! His well-tuned heart resonates with thehope that comes from having lived a thoughtful, prayerful, and intellectually and emotionally engaged life of encounter and reencounter with God—oh, God—in the beauty of Jesus Christ. Brian invites the singed and weary, those who find it hard to believe, to get rid of the smell of a smoky world and church afire with fickle fundamentalisms, empty modernist promises, and faithlessness to come. Come and be renewed in God's consuming fire, fully aware of the risk and wonder, starts and restarts, passion and stillness, humility and 'house remodeling' that come with it. If your faith is thin, if you've placed trust in what has proven to be untrustworthy, if you're wondering if it's still possible to be a Christian in the current fiery melee of the world, the church, and your own head and heart, come stand with Brian. This wise and tender friend will speak to you, with you, and for you, having first listened to and asked your questions in the company of philosophers, artists, writers, scientists, Scripture writers, and the very subject of Scriptures himself—and found those questions honored, upended, and reordered to the bright mystery of Christ Jesus. If you stand there long enough, you will find yourself enfolded by Jesus' first and last word over you, which is not righteous certitude, paper-thin apologetic, or religious sentiment but blazing, resurrected love.”
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