Defending Inerrancy

Defending Inerrancy
Author: Norman L. Geisler
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 403
Release: 2012-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441235914

According to the authors, the doctrine of inerrancy has been standard, accepted teaching for more than 1,000 years. In 1978, the famous "Chicago Statement" on inerrancy was adopted by the Evangelical Theological Society, and for decades it has been the accepted conservative evangelical doctrine of the Scriptures. However, in recent years, some prominent evangelical authors have challenged this statement in their writings. Now eminent apologist and bestselling author Norman L. Geisler, who was one of the original drafters of the "Chicago Statement," and his coauthor, William C. Roach, present a defense of the traditional understanding of inerrancy for a new generation of Christians who are being assaulted with challenges to the nature of God, truth, and language. Pastors, students, and armchair theologians will appreciate this clear, reasoned response to the current crisis.

Encountering the Book of Isaiah

Encountering the Book of Isaiah
Author: Bryan E. Beyer
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2007-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

This clear and readable introduction provides guidance on the history and theology of the book of Isaiah.

The Mind of the Spirit

The Mind of the Spirit
Author: Craig S. Keener
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 623
Release: 2016-06-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493404601

Leading Scholar Explores Paul's Teaching on the Mind This major work by a leading New Testament scholar explores an important but neglected area of Pauline theology, Paul's teaching about the mind. In discussing matters such as the corrupted mind, the mind of Christ, and the renewal of the mind, Paul adapts language from popular intellectual thought in his day, but he does so in a way distinctively focused on Christ and Christ's role in the believer's transformation. Keener enables readers to understand this thought world so they can interpret Paul's language for contemporary Christian life. The book helps overcome a false separation between following the Spirit and using human judgment and provides a new foundation for relating biblical studies and Christian counseling.

Jesus and the Land

Jesus and the Land
Author: Gary M. Burge
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2010-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0801038987

Describes first-century Jewish and Christian beliefs about the land of Israel and examines present-day tensions, helping readers develop a Christian theology of the land.

John Wesley's Concept of Sin

John Wesley's Concept of Sin
Author: Leo George Cox
Publisher:
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2002-11
Genre: Sin
ISBN: 9780880194532

By the author of the highly-praised "John Wesley's Concept of Perfection." No one can fully appreciate God's plan of salvation without a solid understanding of mankind's sinful nature, John Wesley contended. Here is the key to understanding the divine response to original sin and the difference between sin "properly so-called" and "sins of ignorance" or mistakes. Here, also, is the foundation for such Wesleyan concepts as infant salvation, temptation without sin, and the diverse punishments for original sin vs. willful sin. This is a "must read" for all who would fully understand the depths to which God's grace goes to redeem the soul.

Church Planting in Post-Christian Soil

Church Planting in Post-Christian Soil
Author: Christopher B. James
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2018
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0190673648

Defying predictions of the inevitable decline of Christianity in the US, Church Planting in Post-Christian Soil presents the untold story of new churches springing up in Seattle, one of the most post-Christian cities in the nation.

A Handbook of New Testament Exegesis

A Handbook of New Testament Exegesis
Author: Craig L. Blomberg
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2010-11-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441233652

This handbook provides a one-stop-shopping guide to the New Testament exegetical method. Brief and approachable, it offers both a broad overview of the exegetical process and a step-by-step approach to studying the New Testament in depth, helping students and pastors understand the text and appropriate it responsibly. The book is chock-full of illustrations of New Testament texts where the method under discussion truly makes a difference. "A wonderfully clear and accessible handbook for New Testament exegesis. Exegetically rigorous, theologically informed, and practically useful."--Thomas R. Schreiner, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Did it Really Happen?

Did it Really Happen?
Author: Jonathan A. Wood
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2019-09-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 153267824X

The Bible makes remarkable claims about people and events in world history. Creation, Adam and Eve, Israel's escape from Egypt, the rise and fall of Israel's kingdom, the birth of the Messiah, Jesus Christ's life, death, and resurrection, the growth of the church--all points of interest by scholars for the historical veracity of the Scriptures. Yet, the Bible does not appear to present the acts of God in history for the purpose of vindicating historical accuracy of the text. The Bible is a story that reveals the living God through inspired writings that communicate the meaning of historical events. In light of the Bible as the revelation of God, and the high stakes of historical veracity for the claims of the Bible, how should Christians approach the interpretation of the Scriptures in a faithful way? Carl F. H. Henry offers guidance as a foremost theologian regarding God, revelation, and the Scriptures. In Did it Really Happen? Jonathan Wood engages the thought of Carl Henry in dialogue with the major alternatives to revelation, history, and the biblical text. The value of Carl Henry's approach is shown to provide a path forward for affirming the historicity of the Bible while interpreting the text well.