Scot McKnight
Bible Studies & Devotionals
“Tom Wright is a gift to the church today. In this series, Christians who are just learning about their faith will experience new discoveries and fresh views on life, and seasoned Bible readers will find themselves challenged to reconsider old perspectives. It deserves to be in the homes of all Christians.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Wright has accomplished a feat in this series. All the time, I tell Bible readers, 'Begin here!'”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Here is a theologically rich and literarily sensitive exposition of the plain meaning of 1 Peter. Joel Green has proven himself to be one of this generation's top expositors of Scripture because he lucidly explains a text, keeps his finger on the pulse of the latest scholarship, but does so in a way that keeps Scripture at the forefront.”
20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“There is nothing like facts to get in the way of our opinions, and I'm especially a fan of Ryan Burge's ability to blow the lid off of cherished but mistaken thinking. Each of these twenty myths is worthy of debunking.”
A Beginner's Guide to New Testament Exegesis
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Richard Erickson entitles his book A Beginner's Guide, but he's wrong on that: anyone who absorbs this Beginner's Guide will find that he or she will not begin with it but live with it, for it will shape the home that is built upon it. Here is a book to begin with and to live with--for your entire life.”
A Beginner's Guide to New Testament Studies
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“This 'beginner's guide' is marked by a wise choice of crucial, controversial topics, accurate sketches of the perspectives of the major thinkers on the topics, judicious and open-handed appreciation of all there is to be learned, and, at the same time, student-sensitive reflections on how each topic matters for life and ministry. Bravo!”
Counseling, Grief & Mental Health
“When the unthinkable happens to those you love most, you cope, you drag your legs out of bed in the morning, you walk as in a stupor, you move one foot in front of the other, and you limp like Jacob. The limp never goes away. This book is about the horrific, tragic death of Eva, the author's daughter, and the book is painful to read. Mel and Ingrid will limp until they die, but their limping is somehow a grace of memory that painfully reminds them of Eva. In their limping they remember Eva, they talk to Eva, they talk about Eva, they wonder and they wander, they see Eva and places she liked and they liked together. But every step, no matter how painful, is a limp with her at their side. Mel Lawrenz has been a friend for years, but I entered into his inner world in this book. Many of us are limping with Mel. At times I had to put this book down, but along the way I acquired a limp.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“The way of violence and the way of peace--they are incompatible. Peace doesn't come through strength, and violence doesn't give rise to peace or the kingdom. Both Rome and the Rome-infested political powers of Judea in the first century were too bent on violence, and neither led to a lasting peace. Jesus was a consistent and thorough advocate of peace. Jesse Nickel's A Revolutionary Jesus both updates a minority strand of Jesus and Christian scholarship and also extends Jesus studies by a more careful discussion of the problem of violence. I really like this book, and hope many will.”
Christian Living
“media curates our audience until it becomes people who say only what gets our attention; scientism listens only to scientists; sociologists want to know which studies prove which politicians or issues women voted for; theologians require others to express themselves in theological terms and do so with accuracy. Specialists look for other specialists. Don’t we all encounter a critic on some social media and look to see who wrote it? Do they have the credentials to say that about me? A.J. Swoboda prophetically cuts into these broken specializations and heals the flow of learning to the capacity and humility to listen to everyone.”
A Woman's Place Is in the Story
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Sandra Glahn, a consummate storyteller, presents an expert summary of the elements of stories (story, narrative, plot, characters, setting), and then shows how to read stories about women in the context of the big story of the Bible. We are treated to surprising insights, some of them rightfully unnerving to some, about Tamar, Shiphrah and Puah, unnamed women, Abigail, five named daughters of Zelophehad, the woman of Shunem and Job's daughters, Jezebel, and my favorite, the woman of Samaria. Glahn illustrates the power of stories while showing how to think in story terms about these women. The reality is that many in the church, both women and men, do not know the stories of women in the Bible, and so Glahn offers a conclusion on what the church's leaders can do to reconfigure the place of women in the Bible's story.”
Theology
“Roger Olson’s Against Liberal Theology is a courageous and calm definition, examination, and evaluation of the collapse of authentic, orthodox Christian theology in the minds, hearts, and hands of one liberal (not progressive) theologian after another. In their own words, Olson often shines a bright, piercing light on their own criticisms. This is a vintage example of Olson being Olson: he knows the literature, he is candid, he is fair, and he is unstinting in criticism of the pitfalls of liberal theologians. And he examines only those who overtly espouse “liberal” in their theology. Those most attracted into progressivism and then into liberalism will benefit from a humble reading of this book.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“In a world where justice rarely means peace or love or wisdom but instead retribution and punishment, we are offered in Christopher Marshall’s life-long train of studies in All Things Reconciled an opportunity to reconsider the basic meaning of justice.... by way of seeing that the God of the Bible’s vision is for humans to be reconciled to God and for humans to be reconciled with one another.”
Christian Living
“When going forward is not doubted but a limp is developing, one realizes that ministry today is not as certain as some suggest. For those times, this wide-ranging, insightful, faithful book will cast the soft light of hope on the path.”
Are You Waiting for "The One"?
Marriage, Family & Relationships
“Over dinner in their home, Margaret and Dwight Peterson regaled me with stories from their class at Eastern. As I sat there, knowing that a class I teach touches on the themes they spoke of, I kept thinking, 'This needs to be put into a book.' That hope is now realized in this book. Young Christians have so many confusing ideas about marriage. This is the place to begin for a no-nonsense approach, biblical thinking and theological explanation. Give this book to everyone thinking about marriage and to every young couple (and to confused veterans of marriage).”
Atonement for a Sinless Society
Theology
“Alan Mann's Atonement for a Sinless Society is one of the few books in our day that probes classic atonement theories in the context of a radically shifted audience . . . Instead of ramping up older theories and seeking to impose them on a conscience no longer amenable to such theories, Mann starts afresh with the concept of shame in our world and shows how a reframed story can lead yet again to the magical moment of history: the cross of Jesus Christ.”
Christian Living
“I read this book standing in a bookstore as a college student. When done I bought it, took it home, read it two more times over the course of the year, and then somehow I lost it—no doubt because I loaned it to a friend. In this book John Stott first opened my mind to the delightful joy of truths we cannot always resolve but to which we can commit ourselves in tension. Stott writes here of balance, and as a person he exhibited it. In your hands is one of the great tracts of twentieth-century evangelicalism. Savor it.”
Prayer & Spiritual Formation
“Five words came to mind as I read this book, and each term stuck with me the entire book: fresh, suggestive, reflective, penetrating, and lasting. In Becoming Curious, spiritual formation is approached from an angle I've never seen: curiosity. Each chapter is question based enough to open up suggestions that led me constantly to reflection. At times the reflections became deeply penetrating, and as I have lived with Becoming Curious, the book lasts. You might put Becoming Curious back on your shelf, but don't be fooled: it will come back in odd moments to further reflection.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Those who study theology from the Bible up find themselves in tension with the classic systematic categories but rarely have the courage to venture into a full-scale theological scanning of the Bible's universe. John Goldingay is not only equipped for such a challenge, but has met it in a thunderous vision of nothing less than a biblical theology—one that unabashedly asks what the Bible says about God and human life. In an organic set of fresh categories, Goldingay offers the reader a new vision for theology, one that I hope will replace the crusty systematics that have silenced so much of the Bible's story.”
NOTE: Only includes books currently in our catalog; not necessarily a complete list.
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