{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"ItemList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"New Testament survey \/ by Merrill C. Tenney ; revised by Walter M. Dunnett","author":"Tenney, Merrill C.","isbn":"0802836119","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"WMB EERDMNS"},"datePublished":"1985","inLanguage":"English","description":"Part 1: The world of the New Testament -- 1. The political world -- The empire of Rome -- The provincial government -- The Hellenistic kingdoms -- The Jewish state -- 2. The social world and the economic world -- A. The social world -- Jewish society -- Pagan society -- Cultural attainments -- Moral standards -- B. The economic world -- Agriculture -- Industry -- Finance -- Transportation and travel -- 3. The religious world -- The Graeco-Roman pantheon -- Emperor worship -- The mystery religions -- The worship of the occult -- The philosophies -- 4. Judaism -- Origin -- Theology -- The Temple -- The synagogue -- The sacred year -- The educational system -- The literature -- The sects of Judaism -- The Diaspora -- 5. Jewish background for the New Testament, 200 B.C. -- A.D. 200 -- The nature of Judaism -- Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha -- The Dead Sea Scrolls -- Basic characteristics of the Qumran community -- Comparisons with the New Testament -- Part II: The Gospels: The records of the life of Christ -- The period of inception: 6 B.C. to A.D. 30 -- 6. The New Testament: Its name and content -- The name -- The content -- 7. The Gospels as literary works -- The synoptic problem -- Proposed solution -- 8. The Gospel of Matthew -- Origin -- Date and place -- Content -- Outline -- Emphasis -- Characters -- Special features -- 9. The Gospel of Mark -- Origin -- Date and place -- Content -- Outline -- Emphasis -- Characters -- 10. The Gospel of Luke -- Origin -- Author -- Date and place -- Content -- Outline -- Emphasis -- Characters -- 11. The Gospel of John -- Origin -- Author -- Date and place -- Content -- Outline -- Emphasis -- Purpose -- Characters -- 12. The life of Christ -- The secular sources of information -- The periods of Jesus' life -- The geography of Jesus' life -- The teaching of Jesus. \r\nPart 3: The records of the early church -- The period of expansion: A.D. 30 to 60 -- 13. The establishment of the church: Acts 1:1 to 8:3 -- The record: Acts -- The foundation: Acts 1:1 to 8:3 -- The first dispersion -- 14. The transition: Acts 8:4 to 11:18 -- The preaching in Samaria -- The Ethiopian eunuch -- The conversion of Paul -- The preaching of Peter -- 15. The Gentile church and the Pauline mission: Acts 11:19 to 15:35 -- The church at Antioch -- The mission to the Gentiles -- The Council at Jerusalem -- The literature of protest -- The Epistle of James -- The Epistle to the Galatians -- 16. The Pauline program: Acts 15:36 to 21:16 -- The second mission to Asia Minor -- The mission to Macedonia -- The Thessalonian letters -- The mission to Achaia -- The mission to Asia -- The Corinthian correspondence -- Background -- The \"lost letter\" -- The last visit to Corinth -- The projected mission -- The Epistle to the Romans -- The mission concluded -- 17. The Pauline imprisonment: Acts 21:17 to 28:31 -- Jerusalem -- The Epistles -- Philemon -- Ephesians -- Colossians -- Philippians -- Results of the Pauline imprisonment -- Part 4: The problems of the early church -- The period of consolidation: A.D. 60 to 100 -- 18. The institutional church: The pastoral epistles -- Background -- 1 Timothy -- Titus -- II Timothy -- Evaluation -- 19. The suffering church: 1 Peter -- 20. The break from Judaism: Hebrews -- 21. The peril of heresies: II Peter, Jude; I, II, II John -- 22. The expectant church: Revelation -- Part 5: The canon and text of the New Testament -- 23. The canon of the New Testament -- Definition -- Internal testimony -- External testimony -- Conclusions -- 24. The text and transmission of the New Testament.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich\n\nPhysical description: xix, 454 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Parables from the back side : Bible stories with a twist \/ J. Ellsworth Kalas.","author":"Kalas, J. E.","isbn":"0687300622","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":"1992","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:            Kalas presents new insight into twelve of Jesus' parables by entering them through the \"back side\" -- through the eyes of a minor or unsympathic character. By approaching the stories in this way, Kalas releases new meaning and clarifies basic teachings. Personal stories from the author's own experience and modern-day illustrations enrich the retellings even more. These refreshing glimpses from the back side will provide new food for thought for everyone -- even those most familiar with Jesus' parables. \r\n\r\nOther Notes:         \tIncludes bibliographical references (pages 109-111).\n\nPublished in: Nashville\n\nPhysical description: 111 pages ; 21 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Peculiar treasures : a biblical who's who \/ Frederick Buechner ; with ill. by Katherine A. Buechner.","author":"Buechner, F.","isbn":"006061157X","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Harper & Row"},"datePublished":"1979","inLanguage":"English","description":"Aaron -- Abel (see Cain) -- Abishag -- Abraham -- Absalom -- Adam -- Agag -- Agrippa -- Ahab -- Ahasuerus (see Xerxes) -- Amos -- Ananias -- Balaam -- Barabbas -- Bathsheba -- Belshazzar -- Boaz (see Ruth) -- Caesar Augustus -- Caiaphas -- Cain -- Daniel -- David -- Deborah -- Delilah -- Dinah -- Elijah -- Elisha -- Esau -- Esther (see Xerxes) -- Ethiopian Eunuch -- Eutychus -- Eve -- Ezekiel -- Felix -- Gabriel -- Gehazi (see Naaman) -- Gideon -- Goliath -- Gomer -- Hagar -- Ham -- Haman (see Xerxes) -- Herod Antipas -- Herod the Great -- Hiram -- Holofernes (see Judith) -- Hosea (see Gomer) -- Isaac -- Isaiah -- Jacob -- Jael -- Jeremiah -- Jesus -- Jezebel (see Ahab, Elijah) -- Job -- John the Baptist -- John the Evangelist -- Jonah -- Jonathan -- Joseph and his brethren -- Joseph of Arimathea -- Joseph the husband of Mary -- Joshua -- Judas. \r\nJudith -- Koheleth -- Korah -- Laban (see Jacob, Rachel) -- Lazarus -- Leah (see Rachel) -- Lot -- Lucifer -- Luke -- Mark -- Mary -- Mary Magdalene -- Matthew -- Mephibosheth -- Micah -- Mordecai (see Xerxes) -- Moses -- Naaman -- Naomi (see Ruth) -- Nathan -- Nathaniel -- Nebuchadnezzar -- Nehemiah -- Nicodemus -- Noah -- Onan -- Onesimus -- Paul -- Peter -- Philemon (see Onesimus) -- Philip (see Ethiopian Eunich, Nathaniel, Simon Magus) -- Pilate -- Queen of Sheba -- Quirinius -- Rachel -- Rahab -- Rebecca -- Ruth -- Salome -- Samson (see Delilah) -- Samuel -- Sapphira (see Ananias) -- Sarah -- Saul -- Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (see Nebuchadnezzar) -- Simeon -- Simon Magnus -- Solomon -- Stephen -- Susanna -- Thomas -- Tobias -- Uriah the Hittite -- Vashti -- Whale -- Wise men -- Witch of Endor -- Xerxes -- Yahweh -- Zaccheus. \r\n \tAbstract\tBrings the Bible's holiest and most profane characters and shows them as human beings. Each character has much to tell us, not only about themselves but also about the God they either worshipped or railed against (or both).\n\nPublished in: San Francisco\n\nPhysical description: 181 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Practical divinity : theology in the Wesleyan tradition \/ Thomas A. Langford.","author":"Langford, Thomas A.","isbn":"0687333261","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":"1983","inLanguage":"English","description":"A living tradition. Within the holy, catholic, apostolic Church ; Beginnings ; The formation of Wesley's theology -- Scriptural Christianity : John Wesley's theology of grace. Justification ; Prevenient grace ; Assurance ; Christian perfection ; The Church ; Means of grace ; Conclusion -- Interpreters and successors : Wesleyan theology in Great Britain in the nineteenth century. John Fletcher ; The nineteenth century ; Adam Clarke ; Richard Watson ; William Burt Pope ; Hugh Price Hughes ; Conclusion -- The Americanization of Wesleyan theology. Theological beginnings ; Wesleyan and Calvinistic theology ; Growth and division ; Holiness controversy : an internal debate ; Conclusion -- Dimensions of being human : the late nineteenth century in North America. A change of emphasis ; Systematic theologians ; The final quarter ; John Miley ; Black Methodist theologians ; Borden Parker Bowne ; Biblical interpretation ; An overview -- Holiness theology. Systematic theology ; H. Orton Wiley ; Connections and differences ; Mildred Bangs Wynkoop ; Concurring voices ; Conclusion -- Twentieth-century British Methodism. John Scott Lidgett ; Biblical theology ; Theological interpreters ; New voices ; Geoffrey Wainwright ; Tradition -- Theology of experience : the beginning of a new century. Sheldon and Curtis : the transition begins ; Edgar S. Brightman ; Albert C. Knudson ; Harris Franklin Rall ; An intruding voice ; Wilbur Fisk Tillett and Gilbert T. Rowe ; Transition -- Continuity and change in North American Methodist theology. Georgia Harkness and L. Harold DeWolf ; A manifesto ; Edward T. Ramsdell ; Neo-Wesleyan theology ; Albert C. Outler ; Robert E. Cushman ; A present direction ; An overview -- Recent and contemporary directions in North American Methodist theology. Carl Michalson ; Thomas C. Oden ; James H. Cone ; Major J. Jones ; Process theology ; John B. Cobb, Jr. ; Schubert M. Ogden ; An overview -- Unity in diversity : indigenous theologies. German Methodism ; A world movement ; Daniel T. Niles ; Jose\u0301 Mi\u0301guez-Bonino ; Emerito P. Nacpil ; Other international voices ; An overview -- The character of Wesleyan theology. Center and circumference ; Biblical witness to Jesus Christ ; Vital experience of God ; Ethical expression ; Church as mission ; A living tradition.\n\nPublished in: Nashville\n\nPhysical description: 303 pages ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Re:vision : the key to transforming your church \/ Aubrey Malphurs and Gordon E. Penfold.","author":"Malphurs, A.","isbn":null,"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Baker Books"},"datePublished":"2014","inLanguage":"English","description":"Part 1. Preparation for discovery -- The state of pastoral leadership in America -- Re-envisioning pastoral leadership -- The biblical basis for re-envisioning ministry -- Design, direction, and development -- The leader's behavior -- Part 2. Process of discovery -- Our initial exploration -- Our follow-up exploration -- Four critical questions -- Part 3. Practice of discovery -- Embracing the characteristics of re-envisioning pastors -- How to create and cast a compelling vision -- Creating a culture for change -- Recruiting a mentor or coach -- Preparation, process, and practice -- Re-envisioning seminaries, denominations, and networks. \r\n \tAbstract\tPastors around the country continue to look for the program, the book, or the sermon series that will turn their plateaued or declining churches around. But what if the answer to revitalizing the church was closer to home' According to trusted church leadership expert Aubrey Malphurs and veteran pastor Gordon E. Penfold, it is. They believe that pastors themselves are the key. In a time when many pastors are jumping from church to church every two or three years as they search for the \"right fit\" where they can \"make a difference,\" churches are suffering from a lack of sustained leadership from pastors with a viable vision for ministry. In Re:Vision, Malphurs and Penfold take pastors through a process of discovery and self-evaluation designed to help them re-envision their role, create a culture for positive change, and recruit people to come alongside them as helpers and encouragers. Multiple appendices offer self-diagnostic tools and surveys to help pastors assess their strengths and weaknesses for more effective ministry.\n\nPublished in: Grandrapids Mich.\n\nPhysical description: 275 pages ; 23 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Recovering from the loss of a loved one to AIDS \/ Katherine Fair Donnelly.","author":"Donnelly, Katherine F.","isbn":"0312110502","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"St. Martin\\'s Press"},"datePublished":"1994","inLanguage":"English","description":"Lovers\/Life partners -- Parents -- Husbands\/Wives -- Brothers\/Sisters -- Friends -- Children (Adult\/Youngsters) -- The hidden grievers -- The professionals speak -- Helping hands\/Description and directory of organizations. \r\n \tAbstract\tDonnelly has interviewed and counseled hundreds of people dealing with the loss of a loved one to AIDS. Here, in the words of such survivors, she c aptures the nuances so frequently characteristic of that particular lossthe secrecy, the mixed feelings, and the social stigma that all too often make survivors of AIDS patients hidden grievers, thei r loss exacerbated by the loneliness of unacknowledged mourning. Donnelly provides separate sections on the loss of a lover or life partner, parent, husband or wife, brother or sister, friend, and ch i l d, respectively. She tells the survivors' tales simply and authentically, with all the sometimes convoluted emotions intact.\n\nPublished in: NEWYORK\n\nPhysical description: xviii, 252 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":"Six men \/ by Alistair Cooke.","author":"Cooke, A.","isbn":"0394484347","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Knopf"},"datePublished":"1977","inLanguage":"English","description":"A note on fame and friendship -- Charles Chaplin: the one and only -- Edward VIII: the golden boy -- H.L. Mencken: The public and the private face -- Adlai Stevenson: The failed saint -- Bertrand Russell: the lord of reason -- Humphrey Bogart: epitaph for a tough guy. \r\n \tAbstract\tThe erudite writer and paragon of television commentators recalls his friendships with, and the personal characteristics of, Chaplin, the Duke of Windsor, Mencken, Adlai Stevenson, Bertrand Russell, and Bogart.\n\nPublished in: New York\n\nPhysical description: 205 pages : portrait ; 25 cm","bookEdition":"1st ed.","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The briefer psychotherapies \/ by Leonard Small.","author":"Small, L.","isbn":"0876301944","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Brunner\/Mazel, cop"},"datePublished":"1979","inLanguage":"English","description":"I. Background -- Beginnings and growth -- Emerging roles of the briefer psychotherapies -- II. Distinguishing features -- Definitions -- Supporting theories -- III. Process and technique -- Models of the brief process -- The diagnostic process -- Techniques of intervention -- Termination -- IV. Clinical applications: Syndromes and situations -- Acute anxiety states -- Depression -- Suicide -- Pathological grief -- Traumas -- Severe physical disorders -- Children and adolescents -- The elderly -- Marital crises -- Job crises -- Sex problems -- Crises related to pregnancy -- Some other clinical applications -- Hazards in brief psychotherapy -- Training for brief psychotherapy -- V. Studies of brief psychotherapy -- Studies of the process -- Population characteristics -- Diagnoses: Categories and frequencies -- Prognoses -- Studies of outcome.\n\nPublished in: NEWYORK\n\nPhysical description: xiv, 386 pages ; 24 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":9,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The Jesus I never knew \/ Philip Yancey.","author":"Yancey, P.","isbn":"031021923X","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Zondervan"},"datePublished":"1995","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:  \tpt. 1: Who He was. The Jesus I thought I knew -- Birth : the visited planet -- Background : Jewish roots and soil -- Temptation : showdown in the desert -- Profile : what would I have noticed? -- pt. 2: Why He came. Beatitudes : lucky are the unlucky -- Message : a sermon of offense -- Mission : a revolution of grace -- Miracles : snapshots of the supernatural -- Death : the final week -- Resurrection : a morning beyond belief -- pt. 3: What He left behind. Ascension : a blank blue sky -- Kingdom : wheat among the weeds -- The difference he makes. \r\n Abstract:\tIn this volume, the author attempts to reveal the real Jesus beyond the stereotypes and revitalize the reader's passion for Christ. This work offers a different perspective on the life of Christ and his work -- his teaching, his miracles, his death and resurrection -- and ultimately, who he was and why he came. Relating the gospel events to the world we live in today, the author looks at the radical words of this Jewish carpenter and asks whether we are taking him seriously enough in our own day and age. From the manger in Bethlehem to the cross in Jerusalem, the author presents a complex character that generates questions as well as answers. The author paints a portrait of Jesus that is brilliant, creative, challenging, fearless, compassionate, unpredictable, and ultimately satisfying.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich.\n\nPhysical description: 288 pages ; 22 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":10,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The nature and character of God \/ W.A. Pratney.","author":"Pratney, Winkie","isbn":"1556610416","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Bethany House Publishers"},"datePublished":"1988","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:\tProposition one : God is uncreated -- Corollary one : God is infinite -- Corollary two : God is spiritual -- Corollary three : God is glorious -- Proposition two : God is creator -- Corollary one : God is a loving person -- Corollary two : God is active in history -- Corollary three : God is awesomely holy -- Proposition three : God is triune -- Corollary one : the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are one in nature -- Declaration one : the Father is the uncreated God -- Declaration two : the Son is the uncreated God -- Declaration three : the Holy Spirit is the uncreated God -- Appendix A : the names of God -- Appendix B : the basis of right and wrong -- Appendix C : Augustine adopts the eternal now -- Appendix D : more questions and answers concerning eternity. \r\n \r\nAbstract:\tThe Nature and Character of God is a topical, lexical, theological, historical and devotional compilation of easy-to-use scripture references, Bible study words, significant and recurring questions, important philosophical, theological and practical applications of core truths, and selections of devotional material drawn from centuries of great Christian thought.\n\nPublished in: Minneapolis, Minn.\n\nPhysical description: 462 pages ; 21 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}}]}