Unpacks the missional nature of the church by tracing its role in the biblical story and exploring contemporary outworkings and implications.
" --David K. Strong, Missiology "This volume remains a wonderfully accessible introduction to and exploration of the missiological promise-plan of God, and hence would serve well as a supplemental text in classes both on missions and the OT ...
This volume presents the history of the modern era in story form, giving proper emphasis to dates, central characters, and key concepts in each era.
Light to the Nations
Israel: A Light Unto the Nations
In How the Nations Rage, political theology scholar and pastor Jonathan Leeman challenges Christians from across the spectrum to hit the restart button by shifting our focus from redeeming the nation to living as a nation already redeemed ...
The shaping of the Western Christian tradition, from the coming of Jesus Christ, through the achievements of medieval Christendom, to the threshold of the Enlightenment projects of the 18th century.
Clark Pinnock embraces the idea that people from other religions will be saved without knowing Christ. “We do not need to think of the church as the ... Dennis L. Okholm and Timothy R. Phillips (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995), 95–123.
The introducers' passionate, provocative, and personal engagements with the spirituality and the language of the text make the Bible come alive as a stunning work of literature and remind us of its overwhelming contemporary relevance.
The story of a Hungarian political prisoner illustrates the meaning of Immanuel (or is it Emmanuel?) A rescue from the slopes of an active volcano helps explain salvation and the meaning of Jesus’ Hebrew name Yeshua.
"The book you hold in your hands is no dry seminary text, nor is it a feel-good self-help devotional.