An adult confirmation course. Each chapter gives material for the members of the group to read in advance. There is a framework or plan for a group meeting, with detailed ideas for activities and discussion. The sessions are equally for seekers and confirmation candidates, and for teenagers as well as adults.
This book is an ideal condensed handbook for university students and other Christian adults who seek to expand their knowledge of the background, content, and message of the Old Testament and its importance for Christian faith and life.
In these Bible studies, Gladys Hunt looks at the Sermon on the Mount, showing how Jesus' message encapsulates all of New Testament teaching on how to live the Christian life.
Their preaching was not designed simply to amaze their hearers that God had inspired them with astoundingly insightful ... Of course, this salvation would come as a result of God being willing to pay the price for his people's sin.
In The Mission of God's People, part of the Biblical Theology for Life series, author Chris Wright offers a sweeping biblical survey of the holistic mission of the church, providing practical insight for today's church leaders.
Ole Jakob Filtvedt shows that it takes up a traditional Jewish category, namely membership in God's people, and proposes it for its audience as a collective identity but also significantly reshapes that category in light of belief in Jesus. ...
He addresses questions of both ecclesiology and missiology with topics like “called to care for creation,” “called to bless the nations,” “sending and being sent,” and “rejecting false gods.” As part of the Biblical Theology ...
See also Barry Buzan and George Lawson, The Global Transformation: History, Modernity and the Making of International Relations (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2015), 56–57. 15. Buzan and Lawson, Global Transformation, 1, ...
Minjung and Dalit Theology in Interaction with Jewish-Christian Dialogue Hans Ucko ... Gerald H. Anderson and Tom Stransky , ( New York : Paulist Press , 1976 ) 107 Samartha , “ The Asian Context , 36 . 116 It should be said that ...
Scripture reveals that the great business of life is to glorify God by enjoying Him forever. In this paradigm-shattering work, John Piper reveals that the debate between duty and delight doesn't truly exist: Delightisour duty.
Finally, she calls on preachers to claim their role in this powerful work. God's People Made New demonstrates how through active engagement with God's Word, we are shaped, equipped, and empowered to be forces for God's good news.