{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"ItemList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Knowing Christianity \/ J.I. Packer.","author":"Packer, J. I.","isbn":"0877880581","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Harold Shaw Publishers"},"datePublished":null,"inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents\tTo the reader -- The most important thing of all -- Revelation & authority -- Who is God? -- The person of Christ -- Why the Cross? -- The Holy Spirit & Christian growth -- Some lessons in prayer -- Come & worship -- Fellowship in the Church -- Renewal & charisma in the Church -- Christian citizenship -- The untruth of universalism -- Christianity & world religions -- The reality of hell -- His ascension, our future hope. \r\n\r\nther Notes\tIncludes index.\n\nPublished in: Wheaton, Ill.\n\nPhysical description: xi, 252 pages ; 24 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Let the reader understand : a guide to interpreting and applying the Bible \/ Dan McCartney, Charles Clayton.","author":"McCartney, D.","isbn":"0875525164","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"P & R Pub."},"datePublished":"2002","inLanguage":"English","description":"Introduction: God's Word and human understanding: What is the problem? -- Part One: The foundation of understanding: Presuppositions -- 1. Truth, language, and sin -- The pillar of understanding: Truth -- The vehicle of understanding: Language -- The spoiler of understanding: Sin -- Summary -- 2. Knowing God: Presuppositions about the Bible and creation -- Is the Bible the Word of God? -- Is the Bible true? -- Is the Bible coherent? -- The Bible and the world -- 3. The foundation and the frame: Presuppositions and interpretation -- Presuppositions and method -- Tradition and the church -- The Holy Spirit: The ultimate interpreter -- Part Two: Interpretation in theory -- 4. The church and biblical interpretation -- The early church: Justin Martyr and Irenaeus -- The developing church: Origen and Theodore -- The Middle Ages: Aquinas -- The Reformation: Luther and Calvin -- The modern church: From Schleirmacher to Bultmann -- The literary turn: From literary criticism to postmodernism -- Summary -- 5. The grammatical-historical method: Knowing what it meant -- Meaning and understanding semantics -- Culture and understanding -- Context and understanding -- Genre and understanding -- 6. Removing the veil: From what it meant to what it means -- History and beyond -- Typology and \"fuller meaning\" -- The Bible interprets itself -- Redemptive history and present application -- Conclusion. \r\nPart Three: Interpretation in practice -- 7. Studying God's Word -- Spiritual preparation -- Analyzing passages -- Understanding the Bible on its own terms -- Priorities of interpretation -- Two examples -- 8. Biblical genres -- Theological history -- Law -- Poetry -- Prophecy -- Parables -- Epistles -- Apocalyptic -- 9. The Bible in worship and witness -- Scripture and worship -- Scripture and witness -- 10. Scripture and guidance -- Guidance needs to be in context -- What is \"God's will\"? -- Submission to God -- Understanding God and His ways -- Understanding God's sovereignty -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Where is meaning? -- Authorial intent -- Autonomous texts -- Reader response -- Conclusion -- Appendix B: The historical-critical method -- General description and evaluation -- \"Scholarly\" methods.\n\nPublished in: Phillipsburg, N.J.\n\nPhysical description: ix, 378 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm","bookEdition":"2nd edtion","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Life of the beloved : spiritual living in a secular world \/ Henri J.M. Nouwen.","author":"Nouwen, Henri J. M.","isbn":"0824511840","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Crossroad"},"datePublished":"1992","inLanguage":"English","description":"Being the Beloved -- Becoming the Beloved -- Livng as the Beloved. \r\n \tAbstract\t\"\"All I want to say to you is, 'You are the Beloved, ' and all I hope is that you can hear these words as spoken to you with all the tenderness and force that love can hold. My only desire is to make these words reverberate in every corner of your being - 'You are the Beloved.'\"\" \"This personal witness to a God who calls us the Beloved is the fruit of a long friendship between journalist-writer Fred Bratman and Henri Nouwen. Henri is trying to respond to Fred's concern to live a spiritual life in the midst of a very secular world. A remarkable aspect of this book is that while Henri writes to a personal friend, he in fact found a language that speaks clearly and convincingly to all who search for the Spirit of God in the world.\" \"Here is a ringing affirmation that everyone is loved by God and can enjoy \"the life of the beloved.\" It reveals the wonders of the spiritual journey and renews the fire of faith.\"--Jacket.\n\nPublished in: New York\n\nPhysical description: 119 pages ; 20 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Living in the presence : disciplines for the spiritual heart \/ Tilden Edwards.","author":"Edwards, T.","isbn":"0060621257","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Harper & Row"},"datePublished":"1987","inLanguage":"English","description":"Part 1. Life's doors into God: dimensions of spiritual living -- Grounding -- Embodiment -- Sound and silence -- Seeing -- Communing -- Re-membering -- Acting -- Appreciating -- Part 2. Supporting: practicing the presence in small groups -- Intent and method -- Rhythm -- Leadership and its development.\n\nPublished in: San Francisco\n\nPhysical description: x, 164 pages ; 24 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Looking for God in all the right places \/ Florence Littauer.","author":"Littauer, F.","isbn":"0849930839","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Word Books"},"datePublished":null,"inLanguage":"English","description":"Includes bibliographical references (page 251).\n\nPublished in: Waco, Tex.\n\nPhysical description: 253 pages ; 22 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Lord of the impossible \/ Lloyd John Ogilvie.","author":"Ogilvie, Lloyd J.","isbn":"0687227100","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":"1984","inLanguage":"English","description":"Nothing is impossible -- Abraham -- The willful wrestler -- Jacob -- Let God be God -- Joseph -- The Lord never forgets -- Moses, God's man -- The Lord of the impossible -- Moses, the deliverer -- Fresh grace -- Moses, the leader -- The ultimate miracle -- Moses and God's presence -- Later! -- Israel on the border of Canaan -- Getting our feet wet -- Joshua, crossing the Jordan -- Six keys to unlock the impossible -- Gideon -- A question of loyalty -- Ruth. \r\nAn Ebenezer long before Scrooge -- Samuel -- Impeding the impossible -- Saul, a willful king -- A person after God's heart -- David -- Fire out of the ashes -- Elijah -- The power struggle -- Jonah -- The loneliness of God -- Hosea -- New every morning -- Jeremiah -- A fourth for fire -- Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego -- When all else fails -- Ezekiel. \r\n \tAbstract\t\"Drawing from the Old Testament narrative, Dr. Ogilvie sketches some of Israel's most notable characters -- fallible men and women who, in daring to risk, found \"the liberating truth that we all desperately need ... that the Creator and Sustainer of the universe is the Lord of the impossible!\"\"\n\nPublished in: Nashville, Tenn.\n\nPhysical description: 222 pages ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Meeting Jesus again for the first time : the historical Jesus & the heart of contemporary faith \/ Marcus J. Borg.","author":"Borg, M. J.","isbn":"0060609176","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"HarperSanFrancisco"},"datePublished":"1994","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:\tMeeting Jesus again -- What manner of man? The pre-EasterJesus -- Jesus, compassion, and politics -- Jesus and wisdom: teacher of alternate wisdom -- Jesus, the wisdom of God: Sophia become flesh -- Images of Jesus and images of the Christian life.\r\nAbstract:       Of the many recent books on the historical Jesus, none has explored what the latest biblical scholarship means for personal faith. Now, in Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, Marcus Borg addresses the yearnings of those who want a fully contemporary faith that welcomes rather than oppresses our critical intelligence and openness to the best of historical scholarship. Borg shows how a rigorous examination of historical findings can lead to a new faith in Christ, one. That is critical and, at the same time, sustaining. Drawing on his own journey from a naive, unquestioning belief in Christ through collegiate skepticism to a mature and contemporary Christian faith, Borg illustrates how an understanding of the historical Jesus can actually lead to a more authentic Christian life - one not rooted in creeds or dogma, but in a life of spiritual challenge, compassion, and community. In straightforward, accessible prose, Borg looks at the. Major findings of modern Jesus scholarship from the perspective of faith, bringing alive the many levels of Jesus' character: spirit person, teacher of alternative wisdom, social prophet, and movement founder. He also reexamines the major stories of the Old Testament vital to an authentic understanding of Jesus, showing how an enriched understanding of these stories can uncover new truths and new pathways to faith. For questioning believers, doubters, and reluctant. Unbelievers alike, Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time frees our understanding of Jesus' life and message from popular misconceptions and outlines the way to a sound and contemporary faith: \"For ultimately, Jesus is not simply a figure of the past, but a figure of the present. Meeting that Jesus - the living one who comes to us even now - will be like meeting Jesus again for the first time.\"\r\nOther Notes: \tIncludes bibliographical references and index.\r\nRelated electronic resource:\tPublisher description http:\/\/catdir.loc.gov\/catdir\/description\/hc044\/93025390.html Publisher description\n\nPublished in: San Francisco\n\nPhysical description: ix, 150 pages ; 22 cm.","bookEdition":"1st ed.","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Mere Christianity : a revised and enlarged edition, with a new introduction, of the three books, the case for Christianity, Christian behaviour, and Beyond personality \/ C.S. Lewis.","author":"Lewis, C. S.","isbn":"0020868308","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Macmillan Pub. Co."},"datePublished":"1960","inLanguage":"English","description":"Content\r\n[Book I.] Right and wrong as a clue to the meaning of the universe -- The law of human nature -- Some objections -- The reality of the law -- What lies behind the law -- We have cause to be uneasy -- [Book II.] What Christians believe -- The rival conceptions of God -- The invasion -- The shocking alternative -- The perfect penitent -- The practical conclusion -- [Book III.]Christian behaviour -- The three parts of morality -- The \"cardinal virtues\" -- Social morality -- Morality and psychoanalysis -- Sexual morality -- Christian marriage -- Forgiveness -- The great sin -- Charity -- Hope -- Faith -- Faith (cont.) -- [Book IV.] Beyond personality: or first steps in the doctrine of the trinity -- Making and begetting -- The three-personal God -- Time and beyond time -- Good infection -- The obstinate toy soldiers -- Two notes -- Let's pretend -- Is Christianity hard or easy? -- Counting the cost -- Nice people or new men -- The new men. \r\nAbstruct:\r\nFirst broadcast as informal radio \"talks\" and later published as three separate books, The Case for Christianity, Christian Behaviour, and Beyond Personality are presented together in Mere Christianity. In his remarkably direct and accessible style, the renowned Christian apologist shows how the power of Christianity manifests itself -- not in any single denomination but as \"mere\" Christianity, a total force. For Lewis sets out to prove only that \"in the center of each there is something, or a Someone, who against all divergencies of belief, all differences of temperament, all memories of mutual persecution, speaks with the same voice.\"--Back cover.\n\nPublished in: New York\n\nPhysical description: 190 pages ; 18 cm","bookEdition":"Macmillan paperbacks  ed.","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":9,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Mere discipleship : radical Christianity in a rebellious world \/ Lee C. Camp.","author":"Camp, Lee C.","isbn":"9781587432309","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Brazos Press"},"datePublished":"2008","inLanguage":"English","description":"Part I : Reenvisioning discipleship -- \"Radical\" discipleship -- God's way of working -- Pledging allegiance to the Kingdom of God -- Part II : What disciples believe -- The Gospel : repent, for the Kingdom is at hand -- The Savior : the Slaughtered Lamb -- The church : the body of Christ -- Part III : What disciples do -- Worship : why disciples love their enemies -- Baptism : why disciples don't make good Americans (or Germans or Frenchmen) -- Prayer : why disciples trust God rather than their own calculations -- Communion : why disciples share their wealth -- Evangelism : how disciples \"make a difference\" -- Study guide \/ by Joshua J. Graves. \r\n \tAbstract\tIn the clear and compelling fashion of C.S. Lewis's classic Mere Christianity, Lee Camp here sets forth his vision of what it means to truly follow Christ in the twenty-first century. Drawing on a sound biblical framework of what disciples believe and therefore what they should do, Camp challenges Christians to put obedience to Jesus as Lord ahead of allegiances to all earthly authorities--be they nationalistic, political, economic, or cultural. To Camp, that means loving one's enemies, not killing them; evangelizing by showing Jesus, not just talking about him; and allowing God's grace to transform one's notions of wealth. This substantially revised and expanded second edition updates examples, adds chapter introductions and summaries, and includes an extensive study guide and a reading guide. - Publisher.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich.\n\nPhysical description: 266 pages ; 23 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":10,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Ministry to Muslim women : longing to call them sisters \/ Fran Love and Jeleta Eckheart, editors.","author":"Eckheart, Jeleta.; Love, Fran.","isbn":"0878083383","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"William Carey Library"},"datePublished":"2000","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents: \tGod's passion released through us \/ Fran Love -- Current issues affecting Muslim women \/ C.M. Amal -- Muslim women in crisis \/ Debi Bartlotti -- Muslim women and the occult : seeing Jesus set the captives free \/ Julia Colgate -- Islamic reformation and fundamentalism's impact on Muslim women \/ Diana Colby -- Understanding the spiritual hunger of Muslim women \/ Lea Ruth -- Why Muslim women come to Christ \/ Miriam Adeney -- The sword of Christ : Muslim women make a costly commitment \/ B. Linda Smith -- What helps Muslim women grow in Christ \/ Iliam -- Discipleship of Muslim background believers through chronological Bible storying \/ A.H. -- Evangelism to and through family networks \/ Kay Waters -- Building community in a Muslim background believer church : a case study among Uighur women \/ Anne Jansen -- Developing women leaders in Muslim background believer churches \/ Fran Love -- The relationship between the missionary and the agency that sends her : from the perspective of the agency \/ Mary Ann Cate -- The relationship between the missionary and the agency that sends her : from the perspective of field missionaries \/ Group discussion -- Why am I here? \/ Elizabeth Learner -- How can I thrive here? \/ Karol Downey -- Who is with me here? \/ Cookie Liverman.\r\n\r\nAbstract: \tThis book is a compilation of real-life experiences by women actively involved in reaching Muslim women for Christ. These articles approach the question of the gospel and Islam from a female perspective. - Publisher. \r\nOther Notes: \tIncludes bibliographical references (pages 261-264) and index.\n\nPublished in: Pasadena, Calif.\n\nPhysical description: xi, 268 pages ; 23 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}}]}