Reading the Christian Spiritual Classics

Reading the Christian Spiritual Classics
Author: Jamin Goggin
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2013-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830895493

This new collections of essays edited by Kyle Strobel and Jamin Goggin offers an evangelical hermeneutic for reading the Christian spiritual classics. Addressing the why, what and how of reading these texts, these essays challenge us to find our own questions deepened by the church's long history of spiritual reflection.

Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places

Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places
Author: Eugene H. Peterson
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2008-01-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802862977

Lamenting the vacuous, often pagan nature of contemporary American spirituality, Peterson firmly grounds spirituality once more in Trinitarian theology and offers a clear, practical statement of what it means to actually live out the Christian life.

Hearing God's Words

Hearing God's Words
Author: Peter Adam
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2004-02-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830826173

Many discussions of Christian spirituality draw on a range of traditions and "disciplines," but little attention is given to the Bible itself. Drawing on the Old and New Testaments, John Calvin, and the Puritans, Peter Adam expounds a biblical model of spirituality in this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume.

God at War

God at War
Author: Gregory A. Boyd
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2014-06-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830898301

Modern Christians are often baffled by the problem of evil, frequently attributing pain and suffering to some mysterious "good" purposes of God. Gregory Boyd instead declares that biblical writers did not try to intellectually understand evil but rather grappled to overcome it.

A Many Colored Kingdom

A Many Colored Kingdom
Author: Elizabeth Conde-Frazier
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2004-03-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 158558357X

How do ethnic and cultural diversity affect spiritual formation? The authors of A Many Colored Kingdom explore Christian formation and teaching in the church, with a particular focus on intercultural and interethnic relationships. Well-qualified to speak on issues of diversity, the authors describe relevant aspects of their own personal journeys; key issues emerging from their studies and teaching germane to race, culture, and ethnicity; and teaching implications that bring right practice to bear on church ministry. A final chapter contains a conversation among the authors responding to one another's insights and concerns. This book will be required reading for those engaged in as well as those preparing for a life of teaching and ministry in our increasingly multicultural world.

Andrews Study Bible

Andrews Study Bible
Author: Andrews University Press
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1858
Release: 2010
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 9781936337019

"The Andrews Study Bible is an innovative and practical presentation of the Scriptures. It is designed for both the new believer and the experienced Bible student." Inside flap.

According to Plan

According to Plan
Author: Graeme Goldsworthy
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2002-10-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830826963

Concise, pithy chapters with dozens of charts, highlighted summaries and study questions make Graeme Goldsworthy's introductory text enormously useful for understanding how the Bible fits together as the unfolding story of God's plan for salvation.

Biblical Foundations of Spirituality

Biblical Foundations of Spirituality
Author: Barbara Ellen Bowe
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2003
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 0742531562

Biblical Foundations of Spirituality offers seekers guidance on what to read, how to read, and why to read the Bible as a source of spiritual nourishment. Informed by the latest scholarship, this book makes the Bible more intelligible and "user friendly" for contemporary audiences by stressing the spiritual dimension of the search for God evident in our biblical ancestors and showing how the Bible can be a friend and companion in our search for God today.