Religious institutions and organizations

It has never been easy to preach about the cross and resurrection of Jesus, but difficulties today are particularly challenging.

How did a relatively unknown priest from Argentina rise so quickly from obscurity to one of the top leaders of the twenty-first century?

This anthology of sermons is compiled from a sixty-year practice of preaching.

This book was prepared for lay people, congregational leaders, pastors, church musicians, worship leaders, and worship committees.

As the church continues to advance through the generations, The Great Commission is falling into great disarray.

Combining thematic analysis and stimulating close readings, The Collar is a wide-ranging study of the many ways--heroic or comic, shrewd or dastardly--Christian ministers have been represented in literature and film.

The modern restorative justice movement, perhaps one of the most important social movements of our time, was born in a Christian home to Christian parents, specifically to Christian peace workers striving to put their faith into action in the public arena.

"e;Like athletes, preachers carry inside them the voices of their most challenging coaches--people who have encouraged them to dig deeper, stretch farther, and more faithfully pursue their craft and calling.

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An international cast of theologians come together in this volume to offer essays in tribute to the late Stanley J.

What does it mean to preach the gospel today?

The mission of the church to the Jews is a unique one.

A silent crisis has been taking place for some time now: an ongoing eclipse in mission, whereby our understanding of what it is has been obscured by the idols of our Christian passions and biblical perspectives.

Colleges can do it.

We live in an age of global capitalism and terror.

How should a follower of Christ engage the popular media culture?

The ministry is difficult.

The Second Vatican Council (1962-65) called for the renewal of all religious institutes in the Catholic Church.

SOren Kierkegaard's Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing is an astute analysis of inner dividedness.

Abortion.

David Bosch (1929-1992) was one of the foremost mission theologians of the twentieth century, at once a prolific scholar, committed church leader, and active participant in the global conciliar and evangelical mission movements.

Churches in the West are renowned for responding to the measured needs of the vulnerable within their communities.

Faithful biblical sermons not only attempt to capture what the biblical text says, but also what the text is trying to do.

After logging thousands of miles in planes, jeeps, dugout canoes, pickup trucks, bicycles, and on foot, LeQuire and du Plessis offer insights into how Christians around the world are using tourism to develop their villages while caring for both creation and culture.

How true can Christianity really be?

Much like the book of Revelation, Joel L.

The Sermon on the Mount is not supposed to read like a collection of standards that we should be striving to achieve.

The declining religious participation among young adults, or "e;Rise of the Nones,"e; has signaled alarms across American Christianity.

Have you ever wondered how it would look to live out a Christian sexual ethic amid the varied and confusing sexual messages that are part of modern culture?

Most don't make it to the deep waters of community.

"e;If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

After more than twenty years since the fall of the USSR, the evangelical movement in post-Soviet society has entered a crucial phase in its historical development.

Practicing Ministry in the Presence of God presents a new paradigm for church ministry--one that is based on fundamental truths of the Christian faith such as the Trinity, union with Christ, and the "e;already"e; presence of the Holy Spirit in the church.

What would it look like if an Avenger turned up to help in youth work?

Communities of Faith is a collection of essays on the multicultural Christian spirit and practices of churches around the world, with particular attention to Africa and the African diaspora.

From Wall Street to Main Street, the moral toxicity in our country is alarming.

While it is readily admitted that we learn in order to do, we are in need of guidance.

In a cinematic culture where multiple visions of reality "e;play"e; at the same time, it is critical that Christian believers know how to confidently identify and "e;discern,"e; among other stories, the Jesus-story that defines their most important commitment in life.

In this book, Johnson avoids the standard approach of many apologetic works that seek to "e;prove,"e; in systematic fashion, that Christianity is true.

After serving for more than thirty years as a parish minister, the author was hospitalized with major depression.

Early evening, a young boy alone on his pony on the rim of the Nebraska Sandhills.

This book seeks to demonstrate the significance of Ancestor Christology in African Christianity for christological developments in World Christianity.

Beginning with a conversation prompted by African American scholars like Dr.

Once you come to know Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord, what is the next step?

What do educated urban people think about God, and why?

The content of the gospel never changes; however, communicating it constantly fluctuates.

The ongoing global financial crisis was not simply the fault of the financial sector.

What theologies are popular and formative of Christian thinking in the present day?

Since its inception in 1968, the brain-death criterion for human death has enjoyed the status of one of the few relatively well-settled issues in bioethics.

Are meaning and purpose still possible in life?