{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"ItemList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Let justice roll down : the Old Testament, ethics, and Christian life","author":"Birch, Bruce C","isbn":"0664240267","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Westminster\/John Knox Press"},"datePublished":"1991","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: Louisville (Ky.\n\nPhysical description: pages 348-353","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":"Let's Revel in Romans","author":"Mitchell,DD","isbn":"088070411X","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Multnomah Press"},"datePublished":"1990","inLanguage":"English","description":"Physical description: 421P","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Lets's Revel In John's Gospel","author":"Mitchel, L. A.","isbn":"088070005x","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Glory Press"},"datePublished":"2000","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: U.S.A\n\nPhysical description: 411p; 21cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Letters and papers from prison \/ Dietrich Bonhoeffer ; edited by Eberhard Bethge.","author":"Bonhoeffer, D.; Bethge, E.","isbn":"0020839200","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Macmillan"},"datePublished":"1972","inLanguage":"English","description":"Time of interrogation. April to July 1943. Letters from 11 April to 30 July 1943 ; Notes, May 1943 ; A wedding sermon from a prison cell, May 1943 ; Outlines of letters. To the judge advocate, Dr Roeder, during the interrogations -- Waiting for the trial. August 1943 to April 1944. Letters from 3 August 1943 to 10 April 1944 ; Testament of 20 September 1943 ; Testament of 23 November 1943 ; Prayers for fellow-prisoners, Christmas 1943 ; Report on experiences during alerts ; Report on prison life after one year in Tegel ; Lance-corporal Berg. A narrative -- Holding out until the overthrow. April to July 1944. Letters from 11 April to 18 July 1944 ; Thoughts on the day of the baptism of Dietrich Wilhelm Ru\u0308diger Bethge, May 1944 ; The past. A poem ; Notes : June 1944 ; Sorrow and joy. A poem ; Notes : July 1944 ; Who am I? A poem ; Christians and pagans. A poem ; Night voices in Tegel. A poem -- After the failure. July 1944 to February 1945. Letters from 21 July 1944 to 28 February 1945 ; Stations on the road to freedom. A poem ; Miscellaneous thoughts ; Notes : July\/August 1944 ; Outline for a book ; The friend. A poem ; Jonah. A poem ; Powers of good. A poem -- Epilogue. Memories of a survivor. Karl-Friedrich Bonhoeffer to his children, June 1945. Appendix. The other letters from prison \/ Maria von Wedemeyer-Weller ; Family tree, showing the relationship between members of the Bonhoeffer family. \r\n \tAbstract\tThis new, greatly expanded version, while omitting nothing found in the earlier edition, shifts the emphasis of earlier editions on Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theological reflections to the private sphere of his life. His letters now appear in far greater detail, and show his daily concerns and the enormous warmth and humanity of the young German pastor who was executed by the Nazis in 1945 for his part in the \"officers' plot\".\n\nPhysical description: x, 437 pages : maps ; 22 cm","bookEdition":"enlarged edition","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Leveticus","author":"Harrison, R. K","isbn":"0877842531","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Inter-Varsity Press"},"datePublished":"1980","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: Illinois\n\nPhysical description: 252p, 19cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"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":8,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Listening to the word : studies in honor of Fred B. Craddock \/ Gail R. O'Day and Thomas G. Long, editors.","author":"Craddock, F.B.","isbn":"0687370620","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":"1993","inLanguage":"English","description":"Toward a biblical theology of preaching \/ Gail R. O'Day -- Reading and preaching the Old Testament \/ Gene M. Tucker -- Rhetoric, righteousness, and the Sermon on the Mount \/ M. Eugene Boring -- Romans in the pulpit \/ Leander E. Keck -- The revolution of sermonic shape \/ Eugene L. Lowry -- Preaching as the church's language \/ Richard Lischer -- Beyond narrative \/ Paul Scott Wilson -- Texts shaping sermons \/ David L. Bartlett -- And how shall they hear? \/ Thomas G. Long -- Who is listening? \/ David Buttrick -- Preaching the body \/ Barbara Brown Taylor -- The hearer's experience of the word \/ Henry Mitchell.\n\nPublished in: Nashville, Tenn.\n\nPhysical description: 268p","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":9,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Long term marriage : a search for the ingredients of a lifetime partnership \/ Floyd & Harriett Thatcher.","author":"Thatcher, Floyd W.","isbn":null,"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Word Books"},"datePublished":"1980","inLanguage":"English","description":"What ever happened to marriage? -- Why did you want to get married? -- What about your expectations? -- What is the meaning of commitment? -- Making sure you understand each other -- How you communicate without words -- The adventure of growing together -- Surviving the child-rearing years -- How to handle the twin stresses-money and work -- The best half of life?\n\nPublished in: Waco, Tex.\n\nPhysical description: 216 pages ; 24 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":10,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Look before you lead : how to discern and shape your church culture \/ Aubrey Malphurs.","author":"Malphurs, A.","isbn":"9780801015076","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Baker Books"},"datePublished":"2013","inLanguage":"English","description":"Part 1. The basics of congregational culture. Why leaders should read this book : the importance of culture -- What are we talking about? : the definition of culture -- What we do : the church's expression of culture -- Why we do what we do : the church's cultural values -- What we believe : the church's beliefs -- How we respond : the church's relationship to culture -- Part 2. Reading congregational culture. Reading the church : understanding its culture apple -- Reading the pastor : discovering the pastor's culture -- Part 3. Shaping congregational culture. The church planter as culture architect : creating a new church culture -- The church pastor as culture sculptor : part 1 preparation -- The church pastor as culture sculptor : part 2 personnel -- The church pastor as culture sculptor : part 3 the process -- The church pastor as culture blender : adopting established church cultures -- Appendixes. Behaviors audit -- Core values audit -- Core values statements -- Beliefs audit -- Faith statement -- The culture matrix : beliefs, values, behavior -- Spiritual maturity audit -- Character assessment for leadership -- Spiritual gifts inventory for leaders -- Temperament indicator 1 -- The personal profile : the persuader pattern -- Temperament indicator 2 -- Temperament indicator 2 : further explanation -- Implementation team worksheet. \r\n \tAbstract\t\"Before you can lead your church, you have to know your church. Pastoral ministry is challenging work. It is made even more challenging when a pastor ignores the church's 'congregational culture' when seeking to minister to members or implement changes. Just as a pastor studies to interpret the Scriptures, he or she must also interpret the local church culture to better understand and move the church toward accomplishing its mission and vision. In Look Before You Lead, trusted church leadership expert Aubrey Malphurs shows pastors how to read their church's unique local culture, how to change or revitalize it, and even how to combine two cultures when one church adopts another. This unique resource approaches leadership and discernment from a solid, biblical perspective and includes a number of helpful appendixes that are key to reading and understanding the culture.\"--Publisher description.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich.\n\nPhysical description: 271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}}]}