{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"ItemList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Illustrated dictionary & concordance of the Bible \/ [general editor, Geoffrey Wigoder ; editors, Shalom M. Paul, Old Testament, Benedict T. Viviano, New Testament, Ephraim Stern, biblical archeology].","author":"Wigoder, G.","isbn":null,"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reader\\'s Digest Association"},"datePublished":"1986","inLanguage":"English","description":"\"Published ... with permission of G.G. The Jerusalem Publishing House\n\nPublished in: New York\n\nPhysical description: 1070 pages : illustrations","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Indigenous Knowledge and Christian Mission: Perspectives of Akan Leadership Formation on Christian Leadership Development\/ Kwabena Opuni - Frimpong.","author":"Opuni - Frimpong, Kwabena","isbn":"978-9988-8528-2-5","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"sonLife Press"},"datePublished":"2012","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: Accra, Ghana\n\nPhysical description: xxii,271pg.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Introducing world missions : a biblical, historical, and practical survey \/ A. Scott Moreau, Gary R. Corwin, and Gary B. McGee.","author":"Moreau, A. Scott; Corwin, Gary; McGee, Gary B.","isbn":"9780801049200","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Baker Academic"},"datePublished":"2015","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents: \tEncountering mission in the Scriptures -- Encountering missions in history -- Encountering missions as a candidate -- Encountering missions as a sent one and as a sender -- Missions encountering the contemporary world.\r\n\r\nAbstract: \tThis bestselling textbook by leading missionary scholars offers an engaging introduction to the work of missions in the contemporary world. It provides a broad overview of the biblical, theological, and historical foundations for missions. It also considers personal and practical issues involved in becoming a missionary, the process of getting to the mission field, and contemporary challenges a mission worker must face. Sidebars, charts, maps, and numerous case studies are included. This new edition has been updated and revised throughout and features a full-color interior. -- Amazon.\r\n\r\nOther Notes \tIncludes bibliographical references (pages 299-324) and index.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Michigan\n\nPhysical description: 336 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 c","bookEdition":"Second edition","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Islam and the Bible : why two faiths collide \/ David Goldmann.","author":"Goldmann, David.","isbn":"0802410170","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Moody Publishers"},"datePublished":"2004","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents: \tIs true Islam peaceful or militant? -- Significant difference between Christianity and Islam -- Living out one's faith -- Human reasoning in Islam -- Pillars and practices of Islam -- The biblical basis for \"making disciples\" among Muslims.\r\n\r\nAbstract: \tMany people today hear mixed messages about Islam. Is it a religion of peace, or one of fear and violence? And aren't Christianity and Islam similar since both believe in the one, true God? But the differences between the two faiths are vast. Veteran missionary and apologist David Goldmann explores Islam in the light of Christianity. Join Goldmann on a thoughtful, systematic tour through the Bible and the Quran as he explores your questions. In the end, learn that the greatest difference between Islam and Christianity is Jesus Christ. And learn how to begin meaningful dialogues and relationships with your Muslim neighbors.\r\n\r\nElectronic version: \tTable of contents http:\/\/catdir.loc.gov\/catdir\/toc\/ecip0412\/2003028136.html\r\nRelated electronic resource: \tPublisher description http:\/\/catdir.loc.gov\/catdir\/enhancements\/fy0614\/2003028136-d.html\n\nPublished in: Chicago\n\nPhysical description: 174 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":"It's a different world! : the challenge for today's pastor \/ Lyle E. Schaller.","author":"Schaller, Lyle E.","isbn":"0687197295","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":null,"inLanguage":"English","description":"1. It is harder today! -- The mobile member -- Other changes -- 2. The sunny side of the street -- May 15, 1984 -- Where there is hope -- We are living longer -- The air is cleaner -- Mainstreaming can work! -- Elderly no longer means poor -- That remarkable job machine! -- Why is good news neglected? -- 3. From mainline to nondenominational -- The eighteenth century scene -- The circuit rider and the farmer preacher -- Broadening the base -- What are the implications? -- Where are the men? -- Influences in the political arena -- Where are my children? -- The southern California subculture -- Why the decline? -- Searchers, pilgrims, and converts -- The decreasing proportion of Anglos -- Who is organizing new congregations? -- The growing number of \"Nones\" -- Growing old together -- The catholic to protestant migration -- The reemergence of the independent entrepreneur -- Stresses and choices -- 4. What is the liberal position? -- Public schools or non public schools? -- What are the alternatives? -- What is the issue? -- The church growth dimension -- Who attends? -- Which side appeals to you? -- From obligations to adversaries -- The churches follow the trend -- What follows success? -- The emergence of adversarial relationships -- Consequences and questions -- The big issue. \r\n5. The new majority -- The significance of 1944 -- A decade of radical change -- Who went to work? -- What else changed? -- A return to the good old days -- Where's my husband? -- Separating marriage and motherhood -- Motherhood vs. feminism -- The changing roles of women -- The feminization of the churches -- What happened to the next baby boom? -- What do you count? -- Who will care for the kids? -- Questions to be asked -- Questions on subsidies -- What about men? -- 6. The twenty nine year old grandmother -- What are the implications? -- What has not worked? -- What might work? -- 7. From vocation to profession? -- The emergence of the paraprofessional -- A new approach to staffing the churches -- What does it mean? -- 8. From doorbell to mailbox -- What happened? -- Three other factors -- What are the implications? -- Four cautions -- 9. A world filled with choices -- Where do you belong? -- The complexity of the weekly schedule -- \"That sermon didn't speak to me\" -- From missions to study and choices -- What happened to our singles group? -- How do you organize the Sunday school? -- What happened to the unified budget? -- The cost of choices.\n\nPublished in: Nashville\n\nPhysical description: 239 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":"Jesus according to Scripture : restoring the portrait from the Gospels \/ Darrell L. Bock.","author":"Bock, D. L.","isbn":"080102370X","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Baker Academic"},"datePublished":"2002","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:\tThe four gospels : distinctive voices. Overviews of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John -- Jesus according to the Synoptists. The birth and childhood of Jesus : the hope of promise (Matt. 1-2; Luke 1-2) ; The backdrop to Jesus' ministry : John the Baptist, Jesus' baptism and temptations (Matt. 3:1-4:11; Mark 1:1-13; Luke 3:1-4:13) ; The initial portrait of Jesus' Galilean ministry : teaching, healing, and controversy (Matt. 4:12-25; Mark 1:14-3:19a; Luke 4:14-6:16) ; Jesus' teaching on relating to God and others : the Sermon on the Mount and the Sermon on the Plain (Matt. 5:1-7:29; Luke 6:20-49) ; More Galilean ministry : miracles, mission to the outcasts, and discipleship in the face of opposition (Matt. 8:1-12:50; Luke 7:1-8:3; Mark 3:19b-35) ; From kingdom teaching to confession : how the disciples began to understand Jesus (Matt. 13:1-16:12; Mark 4:1-8:26; Luke 8:4-9:17) ; Confession and prediction : the new reality, pt. 1 (Matt. 16:13-18:35; Mark 8:27-9:50; Luke 9:18-50) ; Toward Jerusalem : the new reality, pt. 2 (Luke 9:51-18:14) ; Continuing toward Jerusalem : ministry in Judea and final lessons (Matt. 19:1-21:9; Mark 10:1-11:10; Luke 18:15-19:44) ; The Passion week : controversy, prediction of judgment and return, trial, death, and resurrection (Matt. 21:10-28:20; Mark 11:11-16:8; Luke 19:45-24:53) -- Jesus according to John. Introducing Jesus in John's gospel : the Word incarnate and the first witnesses : John the Baptist and the disciples (John 1) ; The book of signs : before the hour (John 2-12) ; The book of glory : the farewell discourse and the Johannine Passion account : the hour has come (John 13-21) -- A theological portrait of Jesus. Major themes in the evangelists' portrait of Jesus' theology : the kingdom and the uniquely authoritative one in act and word. \r\n\r\nAbstract:\tBock begins his work with a brief overview of each Gospel, surveying its structure, themes, authorship, setting, and date. He then offers an examination of Jesus as portrayed in the Synoptic Gospels presented together, without harmonizing them. Next, Bock provides a detailed analysis of the Fourth Gospel's portrayal of Jesus. He finishes with a summary of the main theological themes found throughout the Gospels.\r\n\r\nOther Notes:\tIncludes bibliographical references (pages 649-655) and indexes.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich.\n\nPhysical description: 704 pages ; 24 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Jesus and his times \/ Reader's digest.","author":"Reader's Digest Association.","isbn":"0895772574","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reader\\'s Digest Association"},"datePublished":"1987","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:\tIntroduction : Jesus and the four Gospels -- The birth of the Savior -- A troubled land -- Classes and masses -- Village life -- Jerusalem, the holy city -- The life of the mind -- Trade and travel -- Religious conflict -- The mission of the Messiah -- Spread of the Gospel -- Places in Bible times -- Biblical citations. \r\n\r\nAbstract:       The life of Jesus the Messiah with a description of the land, social conditions, religious environment, and historical context in which he lived.\r\n\r\nOther Notes: \tIncludes bibliographical references (pages 319-322) and index.\n\nPublished in: Pleasantville, N.Y.\n\nPhysical description: 336 pages : color illustrations, color maps, color","bookEdition":"Reader's Digest general books","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Jesus, a new vision : spirit, culture, and the life of discipleship \/ Marcus J. Borg.","author":"Borg, M. J.","isbn":"0060608145","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"HarperSanFrancisco"},"datePublished":"1991","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents\tIntroduction : clearing the ground : two images of Jesus -- pt. I. Jesus and the Spirit. The context : the Spirit-filled heart of Judaism ; The Spirit-filled experience of Jesus ; The power of the Spirit : the mighty deeds of Jesus -- pt. II. Jesus and culture. The social world of Jesus ; Jesus as sage : challenge to conventional wisdom ; Jesus as revitalization movement founder ; Jesus as prophet : social world in crisis ; Jesus as challenge : Jerusalem and death -- Conclusion : the new vision of Jesus : His significance for our time. \r\n \tAbstract\tThis book attempts in a scholarly and nondogmatic way to say, \"This is what the historical Jesus was like, this is what he taught, and this is what his mission was about.\" It seeks, in short, to sketch a portrait of what Jesus was like as a figure of history before his death. A twofold purpose: to present a synthesis of modern Jesus scholarship that is accessible to the general reader, whether Christian or among the interested inquirers; to make a serious scholarly case for a particular image of the historical Jesus that is considerably at variance with the dominant scholarly image.\r\nOther Notes\tReprint. Originally published: San Francisco : Harper & Row, \u00a91987.\r\nIncludes bibliographical references (pages 205-207) and indexes.\n\nPublished in: San Francisco\n\nPhysical description: 216 pages ; 21 cm.","bookEdition":"1st Harpercollins papercover ed.","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":9,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Leading from the center : strengthening the pillars of the church \/ William J. Weston","author":"Weston, William J.","isbn":"0664502512","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Geneva Press"},"datePublished":"2003","inLanguage":"English","description":"Introduction: The competitive constitutional church -- Too big : the inclusive liberal church of Charles A. Brigg -- Too small : the pure conservative church of J. Gresham Machen -- Just right : the loyalist constitutional church of the Special Commission of 1925 -- The half-story of the fidelity and chastity competition -- What is normal in the Presbyterian church today? -- Practical principles for a competitive church -- A modest proposal : Presbyters rule! -- Appendix.\n\nPublished in: Louisville, Ky.\n\nPhysical description: xv, 143 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm","bookEdition":"1st ed.","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":10,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Leading the congregation : caring for yourself while serving others \/ Norman Shawchuck and Roger Heuser.","author":"Shawchuck, N.; Heuser, R.","isbn":"0687133386","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":"1993","inLanguage":"English","description":"Why is it so tough to be a church leader? -- The interior attitudes of the leader -- The leader's spirituality -- The leader's call -- The leader's vision and ensuing mission -- Managing your own effectiveness -- The dark side of leadership -- The changing roles of today's pastor -- The congregation's spirituality -- The leader as guardian of the corporate vision -- Understanding the congregation's life cycle -- The leader's role in congregational renewal -- The leadership team of the congregation -- Don't forget to fly the plane -- Paradigms for church leadership -- Church leadership in a multi-cultural context: an emerging paradigm -- Women in church leadership: an emerging paradigm -- Leading for the leasts: a woman's story -- On finishing well. \r\n \tAbstract\tVanguard University professor, Roger Heuser, is joint author.\n\nPublished in: Nashville\n\nPhysical description: 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}}]}