Theology & Doctrine

J. I. Packer’s Knowing God has become a classic of the Christian faith.

Why? While it gives us information about God with clarity and grace, it does much more—it aids us in actually knowing him, in building our relationship with him, and helps draw us closer to him in love and worship. This 20th anniversary edition of Packer’s classic has new Americanized text, reader-friendly type, and a new preface. Study guide not included.

In A Community Called Atonement, McKnight discusses the value of the church’s atonement metaphors, asserting that the theory of atonement fundamentally shapes the life of the Christian and of the church. This book, the first volume in the Living Theology series, contends that while Christ calls humanity into community that reflects God’s love, that community then has the responsibility to offer God’s love to others through such missional practices of justice and fellowship.

Why should the cross–an object of Roman distaste and Jewish disgust–be the emblem of our worship and the axiom of our faith? And what does it mean for us today? The Cross of Christ is a comprehensive study of Scripture, tradition and the modern world in which John R. W. Stott brings you face to face with the centrality of the cross in God’s plan of redemption.

Fifteen years after its original publication comes a thoroughly revised edition of the Evangelical Dictionary of Theology. Every article from the original edition has been revisited. With some articles being removed, others revised, and many new articles added, the result is a completely new dictionary covering systematic, historical, and philosophical theology as well as theological ethics.

Christian Theology has been revised to take account of changes in the theological world as well as changes in the intellectual, political, economic, and social worlds. Several sections have been added, including a new chapter on postmodernism. At other points the discussion has been updated, and some portions of the original have been condensed, since the issues they originally dealt with are no longer as crucial as they once were. Also new to the second edition are a number of educational refinements, including chapter objectives, chapter summaries, and study questions

Foundations: Holy Spirit is one of the 11 core truths to build your life in the Foundations Curriculum.Designed for use with Foundations: Holy Spirit DVD which contains four sessions and focuses on helping you to develop confidence that God’s Word can be trusted, and how to discover life-changing truth on your own.

Foundations: The Afterlife is one of the 11 core truths to build your life on in the Foundations Curriculum.Designed for use with Foundations: The Afterlife DVD which contains four sessions and focuses on helping you to develop confidence that God’s Word can be trusted, and how to discover life-changing truth on your own.

Foundations: God is a four-session study that focuses on helping you develop confidence that God’s Word can be trusted above and beyond your own feelings, values, opinions, and culture. You will also discover how God has made it possible for you to read and study the Bible and, within its pages, find life-changing truth. Closed-captioned. Approx. 90 minutes.

Foundations: Jesus is a four-session study on Jesus is all about relationships. As you look at what the Bible says about the person of Christ, you are doing so as one who is developing a lifelong relationship with Jesus. Closed-captioned. Approx. 90 minutes.

Foundations: Salvation is a four-session study that focuses on helping you develop confidence that God’s Word can be trusted above and beyond your own feelings, values, opinions, and culture. You will also discover how God has made it possible for you to read and study the Bible and, within its pages, find life-changing truth. Closed captions Approx. 90 minutes.

Foundations: The Second Coming is one of the 11 core truths to build your life on in the Foundations Curriculum. Designed for use with Foundations: Second Coming DVD which contains four sessions and focuses on helping you to develop confidence that God’s Word can be trusted, and how to discover life-changing truth on your own.

Foundations: The Church is one of the 11 core truths to build your life on in the Foundations Curriculum. Designed for use with Foundations: The Church DVD, it contains four sessions and focuses on the necessity of fellowship and community among believers. The sessions will delve into the five purposes of the church and key metaphors that will help you understand your part in the life of the Christian church.

The four sessions include: How the Church Began; The Purposes of the Church; Metaphors for the Church; and Metaphors for the Church—Part 2.

Foundations: Sanctification is one of the 11 core truths to build your life on in the Foundations Curriculum. Designed for use with Foundations: Sanctification DVD which contains four sessions and focuses on helping you to develop confidence that God’s Word can be trusted, and how to discover life-changing truth on your own.

The four sessions include: Two Focuses of Sanctification; The Two Natures of the Christian; The Power of Grace; and The Daily Process of Growth.

Foundations: Creation is one of the 11 core truths to build your life on in the Foundations Curriculum. Designed for use with Foundations: Creation DVD which contains four sessions and focuses on helping you to develop confidence that God’s Word can be trusted, and how to discover life-changing truth on your own.

The four sessions include: How Did God Create?; Supernatural Creation; Truths About Creation; and More Truths About Creation.