Books

There’s a big difference between judgment and love, obligation and freedom, a wage and a gift. The difference characterizes an extraordinary amoun...

Humans are built to wander. History is crisscrossed by their tracks. Sometimes there are obvious reasons for it: to get better food for themselves...

Apart from the doctrine of God, no doctrine is as comprehensive as that of creation. It is woven throughout the entire fabric of Christian theolog...

edited by Gerald Hiestand and Todd Wilson What does it mean to both affirm the goodness of God's creation and anticipate the new creation? Bringing...

One of the central tasks of pastoral ministry is preaching the Word of God. Yet those who are called to ministry may feel unprepared, unable, or u...

According to Scripture, the Word of God is "living and active" (Heb 4:12). That affirmation was embraced by the Protestant Reformers, whose unders...

What does it mean to be male and female? Do women and men have different intellectual, spiritual, moral, or emotional capacities? Are women especi...

As readers, we bring our cultural understanding and values to the text. Our biases and background influence what we observeand what we overlook. W...

How should one approach the task of theology?The question of methodology is increasingly one of interest among theologians, who recognize that the ...

As human beings, we are created with desires.We all long for meaningful relationships, lives that reflect goodness, engagements with beauty, and t...

by John Stott Who is Jesus Christ? While Jesus and his teaching continue to hold appeal, many people question the plausibility or relevance of the ...

Carol Berry and her husband met and befriended Henri Nouwen when she sat in his course on compassion at Yale Divinity School in the 1970s. At the ...

by Cyd Holsclaw and Geoff Holsclaw "I guess I believe that God loves me. But does he like me?" We all know what it's like to feel overlooked, disco...

New research finds that Christians are less involved in spiritual conversations today than we were twenty-five years ago. As society has changed, ...

by Michael Card God's identity cannot be fully expressed in human words, but Scripture uses one particular Hebrew word to describe God's character...

by James W. Sire Christianity begins with God and ends with God. It is a story for all to know and understand. In this personal and easy-to-read bo...

a compassionate God who sanctions genocide an all-powerful God who allows horrific suffering a God who owns everything yet demands so much from hi...

by Jason B. Hood Should we imitate Jesus? Some Christians answer with a cheerful "Yes," seeing it as the sum of the Christian life. Others believe...

People who pray are those who break through, who hold on, who stand in the gap, who will not be silent, and even who change history. But they are ...

by Pete Hughes God is on a mission to make all things new: from the fashion industry to the business community, from politics to education and from...

John Goodrich and Mark Strauss, editors Although the concept of discipleship is an integral part of New Testament teaching, it has largely faded fr...

A key refrain in Reformed theology is that God’s Spirit trumpets the message of God’s salvation through Jesus Christ into every nook and cranny of...