Paul Louis Metzger

1 + 1 = 1

Church Leadership & Ministry

“You don't need to be a math wizard to understand 1 + 1 = 1 by Chinn . . . Based on biblical wisdom and practical advice gleaned from years of experience in leading a multiracial congregation, this timely and strategic book helps lead the way in resolving church growth and racial problems and puzzles for the sake of church transformation through the gospel of reconciliation.”

A Charitable Orthopathy

World Religions

Afterword

(wrote the afterword)

Blue Like Jazz

Christian Living

“Honest, passionate, raw . . . real. Like jazz music, Donald Miller’s book is a song birthed out of freedom. As with good music, Blue Like Jazz is more than true—it’s meaningful. It’s about Jesus, His story, and the freedom He longs to bring to you.”

Christ-Shaped Character

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“Christ-Shaped Character is more than a book. It is a conversation with a spiritual director, whom you will find a welcoming fellow traveler on the Jesus way. As you read Helen Cepero's work, you will discover her listening attentively to your own story and offering your story back to you framed by faith, hope and love. You will come away with more than principles and practical recommendations for spiritual formation. In pondering Helen's stories and perspectives, you will receive fresh insight into your own story shaped by God's love in Christ. Read carefully and enjoy the conversation.”

Church for the Fatherless

Church Leadership & Ministry

“Pastor Mark Strong practices what he preaches and teaches on fathering the fatherless. He and his church are serving as a catalytic force as they partner with others to address the growing crisis of fatherlessness in our city of Portland with love, mercy and faithfulness. You will be more strategically prepared to care for the orphans in distress in your own community as you take to heart the prophetic and practical wisdom of this critically important volume.”

Disability and the Way of Jesus

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Bethany McKinney Fox has provided the contemporary church with an indispensable guide for extending Jesus' holistic healing ministry for people with disabilities in analogically faithful and appropriate ways. Disability and the Way of Jesus will give many of us new lenses and free our imaginations from cultural impairments that all too often exclude those with disabilities from experiencing Jesus' multidimensional, miraculous power in our midst. All of us who take to heart, head, and hands the Gospel accounts of Jesus' healing ministry that this volume so ably conveys for the present time, will gain new access to Jesus' transformative touch.”

Disruption

Church Leadership & Ministry

“Given the church’s historical complicity in muting the evidence of systemic racism, which is intricately connected to poverty, violence and injustice, we would do well to challenge the status quo with the vision of a disruptive, innovative church. DeYmaz not only embraces the advancement of a multi-colored, united bride of Christ, but one who incarnates the good news in redemptive redemptive form via socio-economic development in our marginalized communities. God is a God of justice and His bride ought to embody His justice and summon His kingdom. Inés Velásquez-McBryde Former Pastor of Cross-cultural Engagement and Missions, Mosaic Church, Little Rock, AR M.Div. Student, Fuller Theological Seminary I believe Mark is more than a pastor and preacher; he is a prophet and seer, who sees a kind of church God sees. In Disruption, he boldly proclaims the message God has for us, the church, both today and tomorrow. It is an honor to call him friend.”

Doing Asian American Theology

Theology

“Daniel D. Lee skillfully draws on the rich resources of Judeo-Christian thought and the diversity of Asian American cultural experiences to point the way forward in doing Asian American theology. The present volume is a clarion call and road map for constructing contextual theology in service to the Asian American Christian community, and in turn the universal church. All theological practitioners in the United States would benefit greatly from reflecting deeply on Doing Asian American Theology in the effort to bear true and meaningful witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ in their diverse settings in our racialized, American cultural context.”

Flat Earths and Fake Footnotes

Science & Faith

“Those who set the historiographical terms of debate frame the narrative involving the alleged conflict of Christian faith and science. Derrick Peterson’s learned interdisciplinary study tracing the formation and deconstruction of the erroneous though ever-popular warfare thesis carefully sets the stage for future constructive work recounting the complex developments of scientific history involving Christianity. Flat Earths and Fake Footnotes provides the kind of critical analysis and creative catalyst so greatly needed today if we are to build nuanced understanding and trust between the scientific and faith communities for the sake of human flourishing.”

For the Sake of the World

Theology

“This collection of essays and responses by leading interpreters of Karl Barth reveals keen insights into his writing, life, and teaching, as well as foresight concerning his significance for issues facing the church today. The depth, complexities, and vitality of Barth's work come alive in these pages. For the Sake of the World will be welcomed by all students of this great twentieth-century theologian and by those concerned with doing theology in the new millennium.”

Forever and Always

Marriage, Family & Relationships

“We live in an age where virtual reality and perverse sexual fantasy have often replaced intimacy in our most significant relationships, including marriage. In Forever and Always: The Art of Intimacy, Steven and Celestia Tracy provide prophetic, pastoral, and practical insights on how to nurture and protect relational intimacy. I highly recommend this handbook as a guide for preparing for as well as restoring and enhancing the masterpiece of one's marriage.”

God’s New Humanity

Theology

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Human Difference

Christian Living

“Andrew Barron's intimate and insightful reflections on life with his son Rafi, who has Down Syndrome, challenges us to rethink disability and difference and what we ultimately value in life. In an age that often promotes detached speculation, sterilizes suffering, and worships efficiency, this storied approach to theological and ethical inquiry is a courageous invitation to elevate the importance of proximity and particularity and conceive of difference as normative, not abnormal.”

Intercultural Theology, Volume Three

Theology

“This volume adeptly addresses some of the most pressing challenges facing the church and the human race in view of global migration and increasing religious pluralization. As with the prior two works in this trilogy, Henning Wrogemann highlights cognitivist and elitist misunderstandings of intercultural theology and argues that many theologies of religion do not sufficiently account for true plurality or satisfactorily safeguard the basic gospel mandate. Wrogemann's proposed progressive theory of interreligious relations and accompanying theology of interreligious relations breaks new ground in engaging non-Christian religions in a holistic and sensitive manner. This tour de force should serve as required reading for all Christian leaders seeking to equip the church to bear truthful and gracious witness to Jesus Christ in our ever more complex and diverse world.”

Jesus on Main Street

Church Leadership & Ministry

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Migrants and Citizens

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“In tackling the pressing social issue of immigration reform, Rajendra’s Migrants and Citizens exposes and reforms our understanding of who we really are as human beings. A prophetic and revealing work.”

Moved by the Spirit

Bible Studies & Devotionals

“Refreshing and invigorating, Craig Prather’s Moved by the Spirit will move the idle and stagnant soul. Ideal for devotional meditations as a daily companion to Scripture, readers will come away enlightened and enlivened as they journey with Prather in his stream of divine consciousness throughout the year.”

Persons, Powers, and Pluralities

Theology

“Persons, Powers, and Pluralities provides a clear and compelling case for developing a theology of culture in conversation with the work of T. F. Torrance. This volume is a must read for those engaged in the discipline of theology of culture and is a fitting introduction to the great Scottish theologian's Trinitarian vision. Far from subverting the created order and human culture, we find here the celebration of creation and culture in and through the triune God's personal and dynamic engagement of the world.”

Revisioning, Renewing, Rediscovering the Triune Center

Theology

“This collection of rigorous, irenic, and creative explorations from a diverse array of scholars serves as a fitting tribute to the life and legacy of Stanley J. Grenz. Addressing themes that were central to his Trinitarian framework, this volume illustrates that Grenz's theological enterprise is alive and well. His work continues to serve as a significant dialogue partner that holds promise for the shaping of the theological community's future.”

Seeing All Things Whole

History & Biography

“Hastings offers a lucid intellectual biography of this great, controversial Japanese evangelist and social reformer. In a pluralistic and scientific age of Interstellar and quantum entanglement, Kagawa comes alive again in this volume and gives us a breathtaking glimpse of how all things hold together in Christ.”