Religious life and practice

This long-standing series provides the guild of religion scholars a venue for publishing aimed primarily at colleagues.

This is a guidebook for archival assistants and new librarians.

There is a great deal of confusion and ignorance in the church today concerning the office of Elder.

Why Teenagers Matter in the Life of the Church

What is Catholic spirituality for the contemporary man?

What is the place of corporate worship in theological education?

This book enables worship leaders to skillfully guide spiritual novices, skeptics, and Christian veterans to the grace embedded in the timeless liturgy.

Romans and Christians AD 64 is an experiential learning module for use by youth ministers, campus ministers, and teachers of church history.

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Marriage and the Counsel of God is the product of over twenty-two years of biblical study and pastoral counseling.

Today, too many Christians are followers of novelty, religious fads, and strange new doctrines unheard of in the history of the church.

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Don't Quit Your Church is a foundational philosophy of ministry that serves two distinct purposes.

This is a book for teachers and people who help teachers, such as writers and editors of curriculum materials.

Hiding secrets usually don't hide forever as I found out in my own life.

"e;No one can read the New Testament with any care and attention without being struck by the prominence given therein to faith or belief.

A charming, illustrated parable for all ages.

Eloise Daniel lived a brutal life colored by violence, racism, abuse, addiction, and abandonment.

"e;This is a book of mature wisdom--straightforward, lucid, inspiring.

ADULTERYRecognizing the Signs Stopping It Before It Starts Recovering from the DamageOne-half of the young and middle-aged couples in this country will at some time struggle with the painful and destructive results of an affair.

"e;Readers who have had the privilege of being Robert Gundry's students, as I have, will understand when I say his teaching always challenges you to think, inspires a deeper love of God's word, and leaves you hungering for more.

This is a study of the church's formulation of its teaching ministry in periods preceding our own, particularly in the Reformation era.

What does it mean to be both a Christian and a therapist?

"e;Peace is my farewell to you, my peace is my gift to you"e; (John 14:27).

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN THE SMALL MEMBERSHIP CHURCH is a comprehensive resource aimed at making religious education more effective all along the line in small churches.

In today's world the challenge of care is how to respond to people's emotional as well as their economic circumstances.

The widespread use of Marriage and the Family has proved its value as a textbook covering biblical, sociological, and psychological perspectives on the family.

The great Christian doctrines are worth thinking through for ourselves.

The basic idea of this book derives from Paul Ricoeur's view that since texts and meaningful human actions are sufficiently similar, methods and theories developed for interpreting texts may also be used for interpreting human actions.

The story of women's ministry is longer and far more varied than most people imagine.

Drawing upon the long history of care in the sacramental mission of the clergy, especially since the reforms of Vatican II, Father Duffy offers a new model that can stimulate both Catholic and Protestant pastoral care to fresh thinking and imaginative reconstruction.

In a courageous, achingly honest, and long overdue insight and expose, which just may be on the distaff side of political correctness, the author invites a rethinking of our origins and the beliefs on which we build important components of our lives.

How does one view Christian counseling as a calling?

From a thoroughly biblical viewpoint Eduard Thurneysen probes deeply into the nature and practice of pastoral care.

In this insightful book, two leading scholars in Christian education trace the history of the discipline from the Old Testament to the present.

The new "e;Catechism of the Catholic Church,"e; the first since the Council of Trent four centuries ago, will play a major part in shaping the consciousness of Roman Catholic Christians of the foreseeable future.

Margaret Ferris teaches basic counseling skills for caregivers who want to incorporate Christian norms and values into their ministry.

ContentsPart IThe Grave New World of Christian Counseling LiabilityPart IISexual Misconduct in Christian CounselingPart IIIConfidentiality and Its Many ExceptionsPart IVThe Counseling Process: Managing Liability RiskPart VSpecial Counseling Modes and Controversial CasesPart VICorporate Risks and Counseling CredentialsPart VIIThe Maturation of the Christian Counseling Profession

Sexual misconduct by ministers and other Christian professionals has reached epidemic proportions.

Why Does Marriage Today Seem To Be Such a Far Cry From Paradise?

Often viewed as the archaic rules of a civilization long past, the Ten Commandments have been pushed aside and ignored by modern society.

What is the best way of getting interested in Bible reading?

"e;Craig Dykstra has done it: he has written a readable, engaging book which does justice to the complex texture of moral existence as we experience it.

Catechesis is a unique form of teaching that intends not merely to pass along facts but to hand on the faith received from Christ, the apostles, and the living magesterium of the Church.