Contents: Four reasons for reliving the passion -- Bethany and Jerusalem -- Gethsemane -- The high priest's house -- Praetorium -- Golgotha -- The garden of tombs. Abstract : No story has more significance than this: the death and resurrection of Jesus. But somehow the oft-repeated tale of Christ's Passion can become too familiar, too formalized, for us to experience its incredible …
Contents: The Passion of Jesus Christ, Personal, Political, Unparalleled -- A Word About the Title and the Book -- The Great Offense: Was Jesus Christ Really Crucified? -- Jesus' Finest Hour-His Last -- The Unparalleled Passion of Jesus Christ -- The Passion of Christ and the Passion of Auschwitz -- The Passion of Jesus Christ, Its Aims and Achievements -- Christ Suffered and Died To Absorb the…
Doing nonviolence / J. Adams -- Preaching on controversial issues / R.E. Balcomb -- A quiet shout / J.B. Warman -- Pastoral care and prophetic ministry / A.J. Armstrong -- Trivial pursuit / J.R. Peck -- Toward a discipline of the sacraments / by J.F. White -- Some thoughts about 'Second Coming' talk / L.H. Stookey -- On going bald / J.R. Peck -- The subversion of the church / T.S. Sample -- Dis…
Contents: Part One: The mystery of resurrection -- The reality of the resurrection -- A risen crucified Christ -- Resurrection and God's new order -- The resurrection tradition -- Part Two: The passion of Jesus Christ -- The patterns of sin -- The crossed man -- The mystery of God -- The gospel traditions -- Epilogue: The promise of salvation.
A living tradition. Within the holy, catholic, apostolic Church ; Beginnings ; The formation of Wesley's theology -- Scriptural Christianity : John Wesley's theology of grace. Justification ; Prevenient grace ; Assurance ; Christian perfection ; The Church ; Means of grace ; Conclusion -- Interpreters and successors : Wesleyan theology in Great Britain in the nineteenth century. John Fletcher ;…
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The canonical principle -- The confessional principle -- The ecumenical principle -- The Christocentric principle -- The sacramental principle -- The law/gospel principle -- The two-kingdoms principle.
General introduction -- General view and analysis -- An introduction to the Beatitudes -- Blessed are the poor in spirit -- Blessed are they that mourn -- Blessed are the meek -- Righteousness and blessedness -- The tests of spiritual appetite -- Blessed are the merciful -- Blessed are the pure in heart -- Blessed are the peacemakers -- The Christian and persecution -- Rejoicing in tribulation …
Contents: Before the sermon begins -- Stairway to a spiritual life -- The effect of a the Christian community on the world -- Things new and old -- The measure of a treasure -- Danger of self-righteous judging -- Power through faith and discipline -- Clear call to Christian action.
Contents: Housekeeping : the parable of the leaven -- Rewards : the parable of the hidden treasure -- Excellence : the parable of the pearl merchant -- Retirement : the parable of the rich fool -- Fairness : the parable of workers in the vineyard -- Waste : the parable of the prodigal son -- Fulfillment : the parable of the mustard seed -- Success : the parable of the secretly growing seed -- P…
Contents: What's in a parable? -- Wisdom, proverb and parable -- Religion and story -- Hints for reading parables -- Parables of growth -- God in parables -- Allegory : When is a parable not a parable? -- The good samaritan : Parable of the love command -- Reversal, equality and reward -- Ethics and the parables -- God and his people -- Appendix : The parables. Abstract: "Studies of the pa…
Other Notes: A study of Christ's parables., Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Part One: Introduction -- 1. The problem and the task -- A. The unfinished work -- B. Major trends in recent parabolic interpretation -- (1) The historical-eschatological: Dodd and Jeremias -- (2) Jones: Parables as art -- (3) Linnemann and Via: The existential perspective -- C. Reaction and assessment: a remaining task -- 2. Methodology (1): The cultural problem -- A. The basic proble…
Contents: The parables of Jesus -- The story of their interpretation -- Expounding the parables today -- The coming and growth of the kingdom -- The grace of the kingdom -- The men of the kingdom -- The crisis of the kingdom -- Eternal issues. Includes bibliographical references (page 122) and index.
Baptist faith and ecclesiology. Introduction -- Developments affecting the emergence of the baptist pattern of congregational polity and associational autonomy ; "Giant With His Hands Tied Behind His Back" ; Individual salvation and a "spiritual" church ; An alternative baptist conception of the church ; Towards a more adequate baptist ecclesiology ; Reflections on the current debate within the…
Contents: Kalas presents new insight into twelve of Jesus' parables by entering them through the "back side" -- through the eyes of a minor or unsympathic character. By approaching the stories in this way, Kalas releases new meaning and clarifies basic teachings. Personal stories from the author's own experience and modern-day illustrations enrich the retellings even more. These refr…