No single event in human history has received more attention than the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. In this book, Adam Hamilton guides us through the last twenty-four hours of Jesus' life. Each chapter is designed to help us experie...

A True Story of Death and Life

Baptist minister Don Piper tells of experiencing heaven for the ninety minutes he was pronounced dead at the scene of a car accident. After miraculously coming back to life and working through a long and painful recovery, friends and family finally c...

The Prayer, the Creed, the Commandments

With the Lord's Prayer, the Apostles' Creed, and the Ten Commandments as his outline, Albert Winn offers plain talk about the basics of Christian faith. From these familiar sources which constitute the backbone of Luther's Catechism, Calvin's Catechi...

This brief, humorous introduction to theology by noted educator and author Don McKim will provide seminarians, college students, and general readers with a fun way to learn the basics. The book covers the key movements, thinkers, definitions, and que...

The Quest for God in Science and Theology

Are there viable pathways from nature to God? Natural theology is making a comeback, stimulated as much by scientific advance as by theological and philosophical reflection. There is a growing realization that the sciences raise questions that transc...

Shaping the Christian Life

John Burgess explores the distinctive qualities of Christian identity by demonstrating how baptism, the Eucharist, and the Commandments are basic points of orientation for Christians. He challenges the church and its members to identify and claim key...

Why Christian Character Matters

From the author of the acclaimed Simply Christian and Surprised by Hope comes a book that addresses the question that has plagued humans for centuries-what is our purpose? As Christians, what are we to do with that ambiguous time between baptism and ...

Reflections on the Lord's Prayer and the Sermon on Mount

The Sermon on the Mount and the Lord's Prayer are at the heart of the New Testament and the key to the message and life of Jesus. In this book, Rudolf Schnackenburg provides a clearly written and easy-to-understand exegesis of the Sermon on the Mount...

A clear and thorough introduction to the best known of Jesus' teachings, this much-needed text examines what parables are, why Jesus taught in parables, and the purpose and place of parables in the Gospel narratives. Invaluable for the beginning semi...

An Inductive Approach to Paul

Author and teacher Michael R. Cosby provides a wonderful guide to Paul's letters, helping students relate them to their own cultural setting and figure out for themselves what they mean. Irreverent, entertaining, engaging, and fun, yet grounded in so...

"If there is one statement of the Christian Church, it is contained in the Apostles' Creed," writes William Barclay. Professor Barclay reminds us, however, that the Creed should be seen not so much as a test and yardstick of orthodoxy, but rather as ...

Explore this creedal foundation of the faith and stand with Christians across the centuries who have confessed faith in God, Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

This volume in the popular For Today series, written by the highly respected theologian and author Justo Gonzalez, explains the familiar Apostles' Creed in easy, accessible language. Gonzalez explores not only what the Creed meant in the early centur...

Reinterpreting the Teaching Stories of Jesus in Word & Sculpture

Without question, the parables of Jesus are the most-loved and most-used texts in the entire New Testament--a blessing, opportunity, and challenge to preachers, study groups, and congregations alike. They are the most-loved because as word pictures, ...

In this volume of the For Today series, author and pastor James Howell takes us on an engaging exploration of the Beatitudes. Howell considers each of the well-known phrases in these passages from Matthew and creatively applies Jesus' teachings to ou...