Nathan D. Baxter

The Good Samaritan

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“By subtitling this book 'Luke 10 for the Life of the Church,' Powery promises to offer his scholarship in a way that meaningfully and usefully speaks to the church, and The Good Samaritan delivers on this promise. Scholars, theologians, pastors, and Christian educators will find value for their ministries. The church is rich in its ecumenical and historical traditions and in its diverse cultures, races, and life experiences. These are critical instructive lenses that we must appreciate when interpreting the parable and, more broadly, the Scriptures. We are invited to appreciate time-honored traditions of interpretation but are also challenged to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church through the text in our time and experience. Powery gives fresh and challenging perspectives for interpreting and understanding this universally referenced parable. In doing so, he calls us to a deeper self-examination in our use of Jesus's larger parabolic teachings. Readers' intellectual interests will be ignited and the call to a faithful contemporary walk with Jesus made more compelling.”

Tradition in Crisis

“In Tradition in Crisis, Peter Schmiechen gives a clear understanding of the earliest American reformed traditions and their political, cultural, racial, and theological assumptions. Schiemechen challenges reformed traditions to be not just reformed but reforming with the incarnate Jesus Christ at the center of our life, our mission, our theology, and our contemporary discernment.”

Words Unspoken

Christian Living

“Words Unspoken is a richly written resource, which begins with a deeply sensitive and personal perspective: the parent of post-Christian adult children. From that personal concern, Peter Schmiechen begins, with honesty and vulnerability, as a contemporary pilgrim and theological thinker, giving daunting integrity to each chapter. With the critical insight of a seasoned theologian and teacher, he confronts us with seminal questions that are deeply relevant in our time . . . Yet, it is done with a personal faith and Christian hope. Words Unspoken is a rare gift from a rare theologian.”