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 | Kroeker, Charlotte | The thesis of Music in Christian Worship is that music is sung prayer, requiring faithful theology, quality music, and accessibility for parishioners. As an academic field it is interdisciplinary, requiring astute theologians, knowledgeable and competent musicians, and pastoral sensitivities for working with congregations. The book contains essays by those who have… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Art and Beauty | |
 | Zook, Nathan | My Brother’s Keeper discusses the history of race relations, looks at how Mennonites have responded to racial diversity in the past, and suggests Biblical responses to issues such as interracial marriage, transracial adoptions, race-based privilege, and political correctness.Our homes and churches can be a foreshadowing of the fellowship of Heaven, where… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Yoder, John Howard | John Howard Yoder’s classic book first published in 1971, includes a treatment of Jewish pacifism, bibliographies, an index, and three new appendixes: Speaking Truth to Power, Quaker Political Witness; The Spectrum of Nonpacifist Postures; and Nonviolent National Defense Alternatives. Yoder points out assumptions, strengths, and shortcomings of each pacifist position… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Topical Studies | |
 | Scarry, Elaine | In On Beauty and Being Just, Elaine Scarry not only defends beauty from recent political arguments against it but also argues that beauty continually renews our search for truth and presses us toward a greater concern for justice. Taking inspiration from writers and thinkers as diverse as Homer, Plato, Marcel Proust… | Books ⋅ Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Art and Beauty | |
 | Ham, Ken and Ware, A… | It is a rarely discussed fact of history that the premise of Darwinian evolution has been deeply rooted in the worst racist ideology since its inception. This significant book gives a thorough account of the effects of evolution on the history of the United States, including slavery and the Civil… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Chesterton, G. K. | The Orthodox Church in America has several million adherents, but little is known of its teaching or other distinctive features. This pithy work provides a short history of the Church, followed by a comparison of the points of difference in belief and practice between the Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Protestant… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Theology | |
 | Chesterton, G.K. | The Orthodox Church in America has several million adherents, but little is known of its teaching or other distinctive features. This pithy work provides a short history of the Church, followed by a comparison of the points of difference in belief and practice between the Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Protestant… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Russell, Stephen | Read a sample!We live in a world wracked with violence and hatred. Does that mean that every act of violence must be met with an equal or greater counterblow?Stephen Russell asserts that the biblical message calls for forgiveness and reconciliation in place of hatred, vengeance, and fear. Overcoming Evil God’s… | Books ⋅ Anabaptist History & Thought ⋅ Christian Living ⋅ Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Ethics ⋅ Topical Studies | |
 | Wren, Brian | Wren discusses the thorny issues involving congregational singing today: the indispensable nature of public worship; contemporary worship music; the lyrics of different types of congregational songs, such as choruses, hymns, chants and ritual songs; and the importance of using hymn lyrics as poetry. He shows why hymn lyrics are altered… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Art and Beauty | |
 | Newbigin, Lesslie | Looking to end the divisive conflict that has raged between Christians who attack each other either as “liberals” or as “fundamentalists”, Newbigin gives a historical account of the roots of this conflict in order to begin laying the foundation for a middle ground that will benefit the Christian faith as… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Apologetics | |
 | Haines, Leland M. | When man fell into sin in the Garden of Eden, God had a plan ready to redeem him. Because of His love for man, God sent Jesus Christ, His Son, to give His life on the cross to make grace available for all who would receive it. The grace of… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Topical Studies | |
 | Williams, Daniel H. | A learned and uniquely constructive book that gently urges “suspicious” Christians to reclaim the patristic roots of their faith. Written to help Protestant Christians recognize the early church fathers as an essential part of their faith, this book is addressed primarily to the evangelical, independent, and free church communities, who… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Theology | |
 | Crider, Keith | We praise God for the gracious gift of salvation that is ours through Christ. Jesus’ death on the cross, a defining moment in making salvation possible, was an event of cosmic magnitude that includes elements we still do not completely understand.The Bible does give clear teaching on what Jesus did… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Topical Studies | |
 | Miller, Gary | What is our mission in making the world a better place? The church is called to demonstrate Jesus Christ. We are to love what He loves and be burdened by the things that burden Him. We want wars to cease, peace to reign, and evil to stop. We rejoice when… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Topical Studies | |
 | Adler, Mortimer J. | ▪Truth ▪Goodness ▪Beauty ▪Liberty ▪Equality ▪Justice | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Ethics | |
 | Veith, Gene Edward Jr. | We cannot escape the arts. They permeate our lives and our culture – the decor, architecture, music, entertainment, everyday utensils. The imagination of this age, its ideas and concerns, percolate throughout the culture via the arts. These ideas affect us for good or for evil. The choice is not whether… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Art and Beauty | |
 | Trueman, Carl R. | As identity politics quickly gain influence, they’re creating confusion around aspects of personhood and morality that were once certain. From the sexual revolution to gay marriage and gender issues, the personal has become politicized. What should our response be? | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Doctrine of Humanity | |
 | Lewis, C.S. | “The Abolition of Man” remains one of Lewis’s most prophetic works as social relativism has been uncritically adopted by modern thought–in religion, education, and government–opening the door to the post-modern claim that people are free to create their own reality through a sheer act of the will. | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Doctrine of Humanity | |
 | Willard, Dallas | The revered Christian author whose bestselling classics include The Divine Conspiracy and The Spirit of the Disciplines provides a new model for how we can present the Christian faith to others.When Christians share their faith, they often appeal to reason, logic, and the truth of doctrine. But these tactics often… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Apologetics | |
 | Klink, Edward W. III | Edward W. Klink III presents a holistic understanding of creation, one that is unfolded throughout all of Scripture and is at the core of the gospel itself. Along with offering rich insights about God and his purposes for the world, a biblical theology of creation guides how we engage nature… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Theology | |
 | Strobel, Lee | Using the dramatic scenario of an investigative journalist pursuing his story and leads, Lee Strobel uses his experience as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune to interview experts about the evidence for Christ from the fields of science, philosophy, and history. Winner of the Gold Medallion Book Award and twice… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Apologetics | |
 | Jones, Stanley | An exploration of the practicality of Christianity through the sermon on the mount. | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Theology | |
 | Blamires, Harry | Arguing that distinctively Christian reasoning has been swept away by secular modes of thought and politically correct assumptions, Blamires calls for the recovery of the authentically Christian mind. This edition contains a study guide. Paper. 191 pp. | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Apologetics | |
 | Treat, Jeremy R. | The kingdom of God and the atonement are two of the most important themes in all Scripture. Tragically, theologians have often either set the two at odds or focused on one to the neglect of the other.In The Crucified King, Jeremy Treat demonstrates that Scripture presents a mutually enriching relationship between the… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Theology | |
 | Muggeridge, Malcolm | Christendom, according to Malcolm Muggeridge in this fiery book, is something quite different from Christianity. Christ said his kingdom was not of this world; Christendom, on the other hand, is of this world and, like very other human creation, is subject to decay and eventual desolation. In this book Muggeridge perceptively explores… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Theology | |
 | Chesterton, G.K. | Chesterton’s concise classic history of humanity, Christ and Christianity, which was instrumental in C. S. Lewis’ conversion to Christianity. (Unabridged, with appendices.) | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Doctrine of Humanity | |
 | Dubay, Thomas | While everyone is delighted by beauty, and the more alive among us are positively fascinated by it, few are explicitly aware that we can recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity. Dubay explores the reasons why all of the most eminent physicists of the twentieth century agree that beauty is… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Art and Beauty | |
 | Pieper, Josef | In The Four Cardinal Virtues, Josef Pieper delivers a stimulating quartet of essays on the four cardinal virtues. He demonstrates the unsound overvaluation of moderation that has made contemporary morality a hollow convention and points out the true significance of the Christian virtues. | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Ethics | |
 | Lewis, C.S. | Here Lewis describes the four basic kinds of human love–affection, friendship, erotic love and the love of God. There are risks that accompany the rewards of love, the author cautions, but he recommends taking them, since hell is the only place outside heaven where we can be safe from the… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Topical Studies | |
 | Newbigin, Lesslie | How does the gospel relate to a pluralist society? What is the Christian message in a society marked by religious pluralism, ethnic diversity and cultural relativism? Should Christians concentrate on evangelism or dialogue? The Gospel in a Pluralist Society addresses these kinds of questions – providing an excellent analysis of… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Apologetics | |
 | Lewis, C.S. | The narrator boards a bus on a drizzly English afternoon and embarks on an incredible voyage through Heaven and Hell. He meets a host of supernatural beings far removed from his expectations, and comes to some significant conclusions about good and evil. | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Kreeft, Peter | Open this book and begin an epic human journey–the journey toward truth. Enjoy a delightful and imaginative allegory of timeless wisdom as you travel along the road of true knowledge. Socrates, the thoroughly reasonable and wise philosopher of Athens, will accompany you much of the way. With sharp questions and… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Stewart, James S. | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Theology | ||
 | Sayers, Dorothy | One volume containing two of Dorothy Sayers’ most well-known works: The Lost Tools of Learning and The Mind of the Maker. | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Theology | |
 | Sayers, Dorothy L. | This classic, with a new introduction by Madeleine L’Engle, is by turns an entrancing meditation on language; a piercing commentary on the nature of art and why so much of what we read, hear, and see falls short; and a brilliant examination of the fundamental tenets of Christianity. The Mind… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Theology | |
 | Pascal, Blaise | Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) earned recognition as a renowned mathematician, physicist–and a man after God’s heart. As he came to the forefront of geometry and physics, he turned his considerable analytical abilities to study religion or, as he said, to “contemplate the greatness and the misery of man.” Pascal’s classic defense… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Apologetics | |
 | Grenz, Stanley J. | Voted one of Christianity Today’s 1998 Books of the Year! What is ethics? Why should Christians care? Beginning with these basic questions, Stanley Grenz masterfully leads his readers into a theological engagement with moral inquiry. In The Moral Quest he sets forth the basics of ethics, considers the role and… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Ethics | |
 | Hays, Richard B. | A leading expert in New Testament ethics discovers in the biblical witness a unified ethical vision – centered in the themes of community, cross, and new creation – that has profound relevance in today’s world. Richard Hays shows how the New Testament provides moral guidance on the most troubling ethical… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Ethics | |
 | Nicholi, Armand M., Jr. | Throughout the ages, many of the world’s greatest thinkers have wrestled with the concept of — and belief in — God. It may seem unlikely that any new arguments or insights could be raised, but the twentieth century managed to produce two brilliant men with two diametrically opposed views about… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Keller, Timothy | In the New York Times bestselling The Reason for God, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, Timothy Keller, addresses the frequent doubts that skeptics, and even ardent believers, have about religion. Using literature, philosophy, real-life conversations, and potent reasoning, Keller explains how the belief in a Christian God… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Apologetics | |
 | Keller, Timothy | The study guide to be used with The Reason for God DVD. | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Apologetics | |
 | Plato, edited by Ferrari, G… | This translation of one of the great works of Western political thought is based on the assumption that when Plato chose the dialogue form for his writing, he intended these dialogues to sound like conversations – although conversations of a philosophical sort. In addition to a vivid, dignified and accurate… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Butterfield, Rosaria Champagne | “Rosaria, by the standards of many, was living a very good life. She had a tenured position at a large university in a field for which she cared deeply. She owned two homes with her partner, in which they provided hospitality to students and activists that were looking to make… | Christian Living ⋅ Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Missions & Service ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Pearcey, Nancy R. and Thaxton… | “I consider The Soul of Science to be a most significant book which, in our scientific age, should be required reading for all thinking Christians and all practicing scientists. The authors demonstrate how the flowering of modern science depended upon the Judeo-Christian worldview of the existence of a real physical… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Topical Studies | |
 | Olson, Roger E. | In this panoramic work of historical theology, Olson vividly recounts the deeds and words of the major Christian theologians from antiquity through the Reformation and right up to today. Through it all Olson detects a common thread–concern for salvation, God’s redemptive activity in forgiving and transforming sinful human beings. 613… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Theology | |
 | Walsh, Brian J. | Science, technology and economic growth motivate our society. Each is carried on with little regard for Christian concerns. This book points to the need for the Christian vision to transform the world. 186 pp. | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Sire, James W. | For more than forty years, The Universe Next Door has set the standard for a clear, readable introduction to worldviews. Using his widely influential model of eight basic worldview questions, James Sire examines prominent worldviews that have shaped the Western world:theismdeismnaturalismMarxismnihilismexistentialismEastern monismNew Age philosophypostmodernismIslamIntertwined with this analysis, he presents an overview of intellectual… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Lewis, C.S. | Selected from sermons delivered by C. S. Lewis during World War II, these nine addresses show the beloved author and theologian bringing hope and courage in a time of great doubt. ‘The Weight of Glory,’ considered by many to be Lewis’s finest sermon of all, is an incomparable explication of… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Gundry, Stanley N. | For Christians, the issues raised by the different views on creation and evolution are challenging. Can a ‘young earth’ be reconciled with a universe that appears to be billions of years old? Does scientific evidence point to a God who designed the universe and life in all its complexity? Three… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Topical Studies | |
 | Cuddeback, John | We all want true friends. But how many of us really know what friendship is, or where to find it? In these pages, philosopher John Cuddeback weaves together the timeless wisdom of Scripture, of the ancient Greeks, and of the saints to map out the steep and beautiful path to… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Ethics |