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The Bible in Church, Academy, and Culture

Author : Alan P.F. Sell
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1630877956
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book The Bible in Church, Academy, and Culture written by Alan P.F. Sell and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-03-24 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays celebrates the contribution of John Tudno Williams to the church, to biblical scholarship and teaching, and to the culture of Wales. Written by biblical scholars, historians, theologians, and authorities on Welsh culture, the papers gather around the central theme of the Bible: its interpretation and exegesis and its place in hymns as well as in the visual culture of Welsh Presbyterianism, in theological colleges, and in theological reflection and construction.

The Case for Classical Christian Education

Author : Douglas Wilson
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433516462
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (335 download)

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Download or read book The Case for Classical Christian Education written by Douglas Wilson and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2002-11-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newspapers are filled with stories about poorly educated children, ineffective teachers, and cash-strapped school districts. In this greatly expanded treatment of a topic he first dealt with in Rediscovering the Lost Tools of Learning, Douglas Wilson proposes an alternative to government-operated school by advocating a return to classical Christian education with its discipline, hard work, and learning geared to child development stages. As an educator, Wilson is well-equipped to diagnose the cause of America's deteriorating school system and to propose remedies for those committed to their children's best interests in education. He maintains that education is essentially religious because it deals with the basic questions about life that require spiritual answers-reading and writing are simply the tools. Offering a review of classical education and the history of this movement, Wilson also reflects on his own involvement in the process of creating educational institutions that embrace that style of learning. He details elements needed in a useful curriculum, including a list of literary classics. Readers will see that classical education offers the best opportunity for academic achievement, character growth, and spiritual education, and that such quality cannot be duplicated in a religiously-neutral environment.

Take Back Your Family

Author : Jefferson Bethke
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
ISBN 13 : 1400221781
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Take Back Your Family written by Jefferson Bethke and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Jefferson Bethke delivers a powerful critique of the Western notion of the nuclear family and calls us to a sweeping new paradigm that brings not only longed-for stability but also radical blessings to the world. The West's multi-century experiment with the nuclear family has failed. Its toxic hyper-individualism has left us with an unprecedented number of broken homes and rampant confusion over what a family is supposed to be. Jefferson Bethke delivers the solution we've been seeking: a plan for taking back our families from the modern myth that has derailed us and a vision for returning to the life-giving, biblical model of multi-generational teams. In Take Back Your Family, Bethke uncovers the historic events that led to our obsession with the nuclear family, then exposes the devastating effects of our current "me culture." Now, writing from the visceral perspective of a father with three young children, he shares the values and strategies he and his family lean on in their quest to live as a community bonded by a shared mission, committed to mutually growing and thriving together. By returning to God's original design for families on earth, he says, we can participate in the kingdom work that restores and fulfills our innermost desires for connection, contentment, and meaning.

What Every Pastor Should Know

Author : Gary L. McIntosh
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441241035
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book What Every Pastor Should Know written by Gary L. McIntosh and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pastors and church leaders are constantly faced with strategic questions. How much staff does the church need? How many workers are needed in the nursery this month? When is the right time to start a second worship service? How many people should we train for evangelism this year? How does seating and parking impact worship attendance? When church leaders have questions about planning, running, or growing their churches, they need answers fast! What Every Pastor Should Know offers pastors and leaders 101 valuable rules and "sacred" laws to help answer real-life ministry questions. From advertising to facilities to visitation, this valuable book offers the practical help that leaders need, just when they need it most. This comprehensive guide will become one of the most valuable books in a leader's library. Never again will they wonder if they based critical decisions on the right information. They'll get the answers they're looking for all in one place.

The Biblical World Through New Glasses

Author : Joey Johnson
Publisher : St. Paul Press
ISBN 13 : 0983832870
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (838 download)

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Download or read book The Biblical World Through New Glasses written by Joey Johnson and published by St. Paul Press. This book was released on 2012-01-20 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is not enough to read the Bible without understanding its cultural context. In The Biblical World Through New Glasses, Bishop Joey Johnson shows the ordinary Bible reader how they can understanding the culture of the first-century New Testament era and enrich their understanding of the whole Bible. Readers will uncover a new way of looking at Scripture, which will lead them to a more complete perspective on the culture in which Jesus Christ was born, lived, died, buried and rose again. "Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." II Timothy 2:15

Besides the Bible

Author : Dan Gibson
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 083085858X
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Besides the Bible written by Dan Gibson and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2012-01-04 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you decide what to read? Dan Gibson, Jordan Green and John Pattison have created this tool to make your choices easier. Besides the Bible is a guide to the wide array of great books that they believe every Christian should read—the ones that matter to the church and the world.

A Church Called Tov

Author : Scot McKnight
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 149644602X
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (964 download)

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Download or read book A Church Called Tov written by Scot McKnight and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Scot and Laura do an amazing job of teaching us what a good church looks like.” —Beth Moore What is the way forward for the church? Tragically, in recent years, Christians have gotten used to revelations of abuses of many kinds in our most respected churches—from Willow Creek to Harvest, from Southern Baptist pastors to Sovereign Grace churches. Respected author and theologian Scot McKnight and former Willow Creek member Laura Barringer wrote this book to paint a pathway forward for the church. We need a better way. The sad truth is that churches of all shapes and sizes are susceptible to abuses of power, sexual abuse, and spiritual abuse. Abuses occur most frequently when Christians neglect to create a culture that resists abuse and promotes healing, safety, and spiritual growth. How do we keep these devastating events from repeating themselves? We need a map to get us from where we are today to where we ought to be as the body of Christ. That map is in a mysterious and beautiful little Hebrew word in Scripture that we translate “good,” the word tov. In this book, McKnight and Barringer explore the concept of tov—unpacking its richness and how it can help Christians and churches rise up to fulfill their true calling as imitators of Jesus.

The Academy of the Poor

Author : Gerald O. West
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book The Academy of the Poor written by Gerald O. West and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1999 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What roles do biblical scholars play in contexts where the Bible is a significant text within poor and marginalized communities? Gerald West reflects on what their role is by drawing on liberation hermeneutics (with a focus on race, class and gender), inculturation hermeneutics (with a focus on culture), and postmodernism (with a decentred 'focus'!). He argues that recent trends in the field of biblical studies open up space for serious dialogue (and perhaps even collaboration) between readers of the Bible in the academy and readers of the Bible in poor and marginalized communities." --Book Jacket.

The Bible, the School, and the Constitution

Author : Steven K. Green
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199913455
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book The Bible, the School, and the Constitution written by Steven K. Green and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steven K. Green tells the story of the nineteenth-century School Question, the nationwide debate over the place and funding of religious education, and how it became a crucial precedent for American thought about the separation of church and state.

In the Beauty of Holiness

Author : David Lyle Jeffrey
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467448591
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (674 download)

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Book Synopsis In the Beauty of Holiness by : David Lyle Jeffrey

Download or read book In the Beauty of Holiness written by David Lyle Jeffrey and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Academy of Parish Clergy’s 2018 Top Five Reference Books for Parish Ministry Beauty and holiness are both highly significant subjects in the Bible. In this comprehensive study of Christian fine art David Lyle Jeffrey explores the relationship between beauty and holiness as he integrates aesthetic perspectives from the ancient Hebrew Scriptures through Augustine, Aquinas, and Kant down to contemporary philosophers of art. From the walls of the Roman catacombs to the paintings of Marc Chagall, visual art in the West has consistently drawn its most profound and generative inspiration from biblical narrative and imagery. Jeffrey guides readers through this artistic tradition from the second century to the twenty-first, astutely pointing out its relationship not only to the biblical sources but also to related expressions in liturgy and historical theology. Lavishly illustrated throughout with 146 masterworks, reproduced in full color, In the Beauty of Holiness is ideally suited to students of Christian fine art, to devotees of biblical studies, and to general readers wanting to better understand the story of Christian art through the centuries.

Biblical Worldview Immersion

Author : Roger Erdvig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781733025652
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book Biblical Worldview Immersion written by Roger Erdvig and published by . This book was released on 2020-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

God’s Image and Global Cultures

Author : Kenneth Nehrbass
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498239102
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book God’s Image and Global Cultures written by Kenneth Nehrbass and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globalization has raised numerous questions about theology and culture for Christians. How should we respond to outsourcing and immigration? How does anti-Western sentiment affect the proclamation of the gospel? What is the role of the church in society? This book argues that Christians will be most fulfilled and most effective if they embrace their cultural activity rather than feel ambivalent about it. The central question of this book is, how does bearing God's image relate to cultural activity? Nehrbass explains that "spheres of culture," such as political, technological, and social structures, are systems that God has instilled in humans as his image bearers, so that they can glorify and enjoy him forever. Therefore, a theology of culture involves recognizing that the kingdom of God encompasses heaven and Earth, rather than pitting heaven against Earth. The text surveys anthropological explanations for humanity's dependence on culture, and shows that each explanation provides only partial explanatory scope. The most satisfying explanation is that a major functional aspect of bearing God's image is engaging in culture, since the Trinity has been eternally engaged in cultural functions like ruling, communicating, and creating. Each chapter contains a summary and questions about what it means to be a world-changer in the twenty-first century.

Christology in Cultural Perspective

Author : Colin J. D. Greene
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498230555
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Christology in Cultural Perspective written by Colin J. D. Greene and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christology defines the very heart of the Christian faith. Traditionally the study of the person and work of Christ has been understood largely as an exercise in biblical exegesis or historical and doctrinal analysis. Rarely, if ever, has Christology focused on the changing cultural paradigms that have deeply influenced the development of human knowledge and self understanding. This unique volume by Colin Greene reverses that trend and, in line with developments in modern cultural theory, explores the interlaces between successive cultural contexts and the story of Jesus to which the Scriptures bear witness. Starting with an examination of the three main Christological trajectories that have dominated the history of Christology--cosmological Christology, political Christology, and anthropological Christology--Greene proceeds to concentrate on the subtle and complex linkages between Christology and the sociopolitical paradigms that have bolstered the epistemological assumptions of modernity. Greene's wide-ranging study closes with a creative exploration into how Christology might once again provide us with a Christ-centered vision of reality.

Bible In/and Popular Culture

Author : Philip Culbertson
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
ISBN 13 : 1589834933
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (898 download)

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Download or read book Bible In/and Popular Culture written by Philip Culbertson and published by Society of Biblical Lit. This book was released on 2010-10-10 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In popular culture, the Bible is generally associated with films: The Passion of the Christ, The Ten Commandments, Jesus of Montreal, and many others. Less attention has been given to the relationship between the Bible and other popular media such as hip-hop, reggae, rock, and country and western music; popular and graphic novels; animated television series; and apocalyptic fantasy. This collection of essays explores a range of media and the way the Bible features in them, applying various hermeneutical approaches, engaging with critical theory, and providing conceptual resources and examples of how the Bible reads popular culture—and how popular culture reads the Bible. This useful resource will be of interest for both biblical and cultural studies. The contributors are Elaine M. Wainwright, Michael Gilmour, Mark McEntire, Dan W. Clanton Jr., Philip Culbertson, Jim Perkinson, Noel Leo Erskine, Tex Sample, Roland Boer, Terry Ray Clark, Steve Taylor, Tina Pippin, Laura Copier, Jaap Kooijman, Caroline Vander Stichele, and Erin Runions.

Evangelism

Author : J. Mack Stiles
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433544687
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (335 download)

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Download or read book Evangelism written by J. Mack Stiles and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2014-04-16 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians often struggle to know where to start when it comes to telling others about God, Jesus, sin, and salvation. In this short book, J. Mack Stiles challenges us to view evangelism as something we do together instead of something we do alone, helping churches cultivate a culture of evangelism that goes beyond simply creating new programs or adopting the latest method. The seventh volume in the 9Marks: Building Healthy Churches series, this book will help Christians joyfully embrace evangelism as a way of life as it equips them to share their faith with those who don't yet know Jesus. Part of the 9Marks: Building Healthy Churches series.

Cultural Apologetics

Author : Paul M. Gould
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
ISBN 13 : 0310530504
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Cultural Apologetics written by Paul M. Gould and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renewing the Christian voice, conscience, and imagination so that we can become compelling witnesses of the Gospel in today's culture. Christianity has an image problem. While the culture we inhabit presents us with an increasingly anti-Christian and disenchanted position, the church in the West has not helped its case by becoming anti-intellectual, fragmented, and out of touch with the relevancy of Jesus to all aspects of contemporary life. The muting of the Christian voice, its imagination, and its collective conscience have diminished the prospect of having a genuine missionary encounter with others today. Cultural apologetics attempts to demonstrate not only the truth of the Gospel but also its desirability by reestablishing Christianity as the answer that satisfies our three universal human longings—truth, goodness, and beauty. In Cultural Apologetics, philosopher and professor Paul Gould sets forth a fresh and uplifting model for cultural engagement—rooted in the biblical account of Paul's speech in Athens—which details practical steps for establishing Christianity as both true and beautiful, reasonable and satisfying. You'll be introduced to: The idea of cultural apologetics as distinct from traditional apologetics. The path from disenchantment with how we understand reality to re-enchantment with the reality of the spiritual nature of things. The practical tools of good cultural engagement: conscience, reason, and imagination. Equip yourself to see, and help others see, the world as it is through the lens of the Spirit—deeply beautiful, mysterious, and sacred. With creative insights, Cultural Apologetics prepares readers to share a vision of the Christian faith that is both plausible and desirable, offering clarity for those who have become disoriented in the haze of modern Western culture.

Culture V. Christ

Author : Charles J. Prichard
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1490833013
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Culture V. Christ written by Charles J. Prichard and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What has happened to the American Christian church? Divorce rates are skyrocketing, children are not being raised to fear God and follow His commands, and families are being ripped apart. The truth is that all areas of our life get twisted when we stray from the perfect guidance and laws of the Word of God. When we avoid looking at these important life subjects through the lens of the gospel, we fall flat on our faces. As a society, we have developed so many different nuances that contradict Gods Word. There are many people in the church who have looked to culture and have conformed to the godless patterns of this world. Why do we so easily fall into the temptation to justify our sins and excuse our shortcomings? Is it possible that many born-again Christians are missing the mark more often than they think? Are there many who do not have a biblical understanding on how they should live, raise a family, or cultivate a marriage; who wander through life casually and turn to culture for guidance, advice, and encouragement and then wonder why their marriages or families crumble as soon as hardships arise; who believe in Christ but have ultimately decided to follow culture instead? This is a call for families all over the world to flee from sin and live radically for Jesus Christ. At the authors request, all royalties will be given to help orphans and widows around the world through nonprofit Christian organizations.