D. Jeffrey Bingham
Theology
“This collection of documents from the world of early Christianity is not only handy but also enlightening. Here one has immediate access to ancient words on Gnosticism and Arianism, baptism and persecution, and canon and controversy. Here, in the antique, one may find something rare, something lovely, something new.”
Apologetics
“Taylor Evan Walls has composed a summative, helpful, and handy assessment of Theophilus’s perspective on Scripture. It contributes in important ways to current discourse on the reception of Scripture in early Christianity, to contemporary comprehension of second-century theological constructs, and to understanding defensive agendas among early Christians as they sought to define themselves within a diverse world.”
Creeds, Councils and Controversies
Theology
“This collection of documents from the world of early Christianity is not only handy but also enlightening. Here one has immediate access to ancient words on Gnosticism and Arianism, baptism and persecution, and canon and controversy. Here, in the antique, one may find something rare, something lovely, something new.”
Theology
“Reading Michael Svigel’s RetroChristianity is like a visit to your physician for an annual exam. It’s uncomfortable. It’s embarrassing. It’s necessary. And, if you follow his instructions, it’s healing. His diagnosis of contemporary evangelicalism is tough to swallow, but if we take the medicine prescribed by Dr. Svigel, evangelicalism can be revived.”
History & Biography
“Finally. A book on the Bible in early Christianity that answers the important questions that everyone asks and does it in a way that everyone will want to read. This is González at his best. He cuts to the chase, anticipates our queries, leads us to the best of the primary sources, gives us enough, but not too much, and does it all in the genre of bedtime story.”
The Global Church—The First Eight Centuries
History & Biography
“Taking his cue from the prophet Isaiah (24:14–16), Fairbairn offers an inviting and timely portrayal of how early Christianity spread from Israel to the islands of Greece, from East to West, from Ephesus to Africa. It made its way, he shows, as a global movement in relationships with diverse societies, cultures, political situations, and competing religions. Written for evangelical Protestant students and other pilgrims who want a careful reading of antiquity’s primary sources and skillful engagement with an array of scholarly opinions, The Global Church delivers. As an experienced tour guide, Fairbairn finds a seat for each of us in the bus and takes us on a road trip from Western Europe into the whole wide world of the early church, right up to the rise of Islam, with plenty of maps and charts to keep us oriented. Along the way, with charity, he points out early Christianity’s unity and schisms, its story and stories, its progress and episodes of regress, its clear gospel message, and its detours into distortion. In helping us to see these earlier times, Fairbairn helps us to read our own times, which may not be so different, and to more accurately chart, in ways that glorify the Lord, our own course and courses.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Köstenberger and Kruger have written a book which not only introduces the reader to the problematic Bauer thesis and its contemporary resurgence, but which, layer by layer, demonstrates its failure to account reliably for the history of communities, texts, and ideas which flourished in the era of early Christianity. In their arguments, the authors demonstrate their competence in the world of New Testament studies. But, additionally, they weave throughout the book insights into how fallacies within contemporary culture provide fuel for a thesis which long ago should have been buried. Believers will find in these pages inspiration to 'contend earnestly for the faith once for all delivered to the saints.'”
Theology
“Steven Tsoukalas has provided a much-needed book for the person who loves God. In friendly, pastoral, conversational tone he helpfully and faithfully introduces the reader to the scriptural basis for Christian belief in the trinitarian God. But he does much more. He guides us to think rightly about the one true God, to speak respectfully of him, and to worship him honorably by ascribing to him his rightful glory as one and triune.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Michael Svigel and Caroline Buie prove once again that when given the respect they deserve through close reading, early Christian writings still deliver rich rewards. With a sensitive and contemporary translation paired with commentary based in exegetical, synthetical, and historical analysis, Svigel and Buie provide a theologically helpful study guide for the Shepherd of Hermas.”
NOTE: Only includes books currently in our catalog; not necessarily a complete list.
History & Biography
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