John Polkinghorne is a world authority in the field of science and religion. He has written numerous books in this area, and his thinking is hugely influential. This book brings together his thoughts on several core issues in the debate: God, science and technology, and Christianity. This book will appeal to readers who are new to Polkinghorne's thought and who are just beginning to investigate the interplay between science and religion. It will also appeal to those who have read his smaller books, but would like one handy resource which brings his thought together, and to students studying science and religion.

The Polkinghorne Reader: Science faith and the search for meaning

Religion & Spirituality

Oord, Thomas Jay

Christian Books & Bibles

SPCK.

Exploring Christian Scripture: Issues, Themes, Books, Topics John Wesley believed the Scriptures are a complete rule of faith and practice" and "they are clear in all necessary points." To this affirmation, Wesley immediately adds, "and yet their clearness does not prove that they need not be explained" The book you are holding emerged as a companion to a Scripture conference at Northwest Nazarene University. Many scholars at the conference contributed essays to this important book. About half of the essays address vital issues, such as biblical inspiration, inerrancy, interpretation, and authority. John Wesley's approach to the Bible is examined, and some essays explore how the Bible ought to be approached in a postmodern world. Other essays address crucial themes in various books of the Bible. These essays will help preachers and teachers greatly as they work to present the truths of Scripture to contemporary people. If understanding the Bible well is a high priority to you, this may become one of the most important books you'll ever read!

The Bible Tells Me So: Reading the Bible as Scripture

Thompson, Richard P.

SacraSage Press

The insights in these 90+ essays are nothing short of inspiring! Their tips on best practices for social engagement, time management, social media as a resource for scholarship or creativity, technology and pedagogy, etc. will help readers tremendously.
The contributors are diverse. They include....
- Public theologians like Ben Corey, Brian McLaren, and Richard Rohr
- Younger scholars like Tripp Fuller, Jory Micah, and Alexis Waggoner
- Biblical scholars like Michael Gorman, Joel Green, and Daniel Kirk
- Philosophers like Helen De Cruz, Aaron Simmons, and Kevin Timpe
- Establish scholars like James Crossley, Kwok Pui-lan, and Amos Yong
- Scholars outside North America like Deane Galbraith, RT Mullins, Hanna Reichel, and Atle Sovik
- Pastoral theologians like Patricia Farmer, Len Sweet, and Kurt Willems
- Historical theologians like Kim Alexander and Christine Helmer
- Science and religion scholars like Ron Cole-Turner, Karl Giberson, Lea Schweitz, and Jim Stump
- Constructive theologians like Oliver Crisp, Grace Ji-Sun Kim, and Jason Lepojärvi
- Ethicists like Miguel De La Torre, David Gushee, and Michael Hardin
...and the list goes on!
Whether the reader is an armchair theologian, a professional scholar, a graduate student, or simply interested in how social media is changing religious and philosophical studies, that reader will find Theologians and Philosophers Using Social Media of great help.
 pedagogy, religious education, philosophy, religion, theology, Christian education, activism, online education, Facebook, moocs, technology, social media

Theologians and Philosophers Using Social Media: Advice, Tips, and Testimonials

Religious Studies

Rarely does a new theological position emerge to account well for life in the world, including not only goodness and beauty but also tragedy and randomness. Drawing from Scripture, science, philosophy and various theological traditions, Thomas Jay Oord offers a novel theology of providence―essential kenosis―that emphasizes God's inherently noncoercive love in relation to creation. The Uncontrolling Love of God provides a clear and powerful answer to the problem of evil, the problem of chance, and how God acts providentially in the world.

The Uncontrolling Love of God: An Open and Relational Account of Providence

Self-Help

Death & Grief

IVP Academic

Relational Holiness offers insight and evidence for understanding the theology of holiness by focusing on love - the core of God’s nature and character - and describes how God invites us to share in a life of divine love. Thomas Oord and Michael Lodahl present this new paradigm for sanctification in a relevant and understandable style that is engaging and insightful, especially for the post-modern generation.’...Communicating holiness in relational categories and making holiness understandable today are the two passions that inspire these imaginative theologians. With insightful originality they propose that love is the core notion of holiness. Every believer’s life can be enriched with this candid contemporary dialog about the holy life.’-Dr. Jerry PorterGeneral Superintendent for the Church of the Nazarene’This study calls us to center our understanding and practice of Christian holiness where [John] Wesley did - in the love of God and neighbor. It also highlights Wesley’s wisdom about the vital role of the spiritual practices in nurturing and shaping this love. It is a welcome contribution to recent efforts to appreciate and revitalize the tradition in which we stand.’-Randy L. Maddox Professor at Seattle Pacific University

Relational Holiness: Responding to the Call of Love

Lodahl, Michael

Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City

This book tells the best news you will ever hear--ever! The authors guarantee that your life will change for the better by the time you finish reading it. They are confident in sharing this great news, because they are not making it up; it's true! The Best News You Will Ever Hear reports news that has changed millions and millions of people. And it reports that news in a way that you've never heard. Prepare yourself, focus your attention and read carefully. This news should change your life for good, forever!

The Best News You Will Ever Hear

Luhn, Robert

Elevate Faith

Does God Create Through Evolution? This question seems as timely as ever. And the answers Christians give it may surprise you. In this collection of essays, scores of leaders and scholars in the Church of the Nazarene explore the possibility that evolution and Christian faith may not be in opposition. And they offer insights into how we might best understand and worship our Creator!

Nazarenes Exploring Evolution

Walker, Sherri B.

This book is a call for change. Even more, it calls for open conversation about change. For too long, many in the Church of the Nazarene have considered the doctrine of holiness off limits, a sacred cow, impervious to all forces of cultural modification and theological renewal. It's time for a real change, because the church needs renovation! These 100+ essays from Millennial and Xer leaders explore how holiness might be understood and lived today.

Renovating Holiness

Akkerman, Jay Richard

Broward, Josh

Elevate

Rethinking the Bible explains Scripture in ways that make sense and deepen Christian faith. Essays in the book ask and answer questions such as... What is the primary function of the Bible? Can the Bible be trusted if it has errors? What does “divine inspiration” mean if humans wrote the Bible? How should preachers use the Bible today? Does the Bible mean now what it meant when written? How has archaeology changed the way we interpret the Bible? Should the Dead Sea Scrolls affect our view of the Bible? What authority does the Bible have matters of science? Is the Bible a container of truth statements or tool for formation? How should we handle contradictions we find in the Bible? Should postmodernism influence how we read the Bible? The standard answers to questions like these no longer make sense. Many people today seek a more adequate way to understand what the Bible is and does. Those who ask deep questions about Scripture want plausible answers. This book offers answers to questions about the Bible that make sense in our time.

Rethinking the Bible: Inerrancy, Preaching, Inspiration, Authority, Formation, Archaeology, Postmodernism, and More

Women Experiencing Faith is filled with intimate reflections and personal stories. Many aren’t happy, but real life isn’t always happy. Families, friends, spouses, and the church often fail—especially for women. The fifty contributors to this book ask hard questions and elicit critical thinking. These women who write aren’t floating about on the surface; they go deep. And the insights they unearth are profound. Above all, the essays, poems, and narratives in this volume inspire. Despite raw pain and genuine obstacles described, readers come away with a sense that, on the whole, ways forward exist. Those ways attend to the voices of women; they ask those voices to lead!

Women Experiencing Faith

Ramsey, Janel Apps

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