The Church according to Paul2015 Book of the Year Award, Academy of Parish Clergy Amid conflicting ideas about what the church should be and do in a post Christian climate, the missing voice is that of Paul. The New Testament's most prolific church planter, Paul faced diverse challenges as he worked to form congregations. Leading biblical scholar James Thompson examines Paul's ministry of planting and nurturing churches in the pre Christian world to offer guidance for the
Following an overview of the issues
Chapters are written in essay/response fashion by Fernando Arzola
Smith delineates the contours of conversion and Christian initiation for today's church
Guidance for Leaders Seeking a Richer Way to Employ Worship Music
This highly readable volume will be essential for anyone eager to experience the flood of insights coming from recent social study of the New Testament
Written by a teacher with more than fifteen years of experience in the college writing classroom
A list of words used 50+ times in the New Testament and the principal parts of several verbs is included
This book provides a fresh interpretation of Genesis 22 and reinforces the church's resurgent interest in lament as an appropriate response to God
The user-friendly design includes shaded-text chapter introductions summarizing the key themes of each thought unit
one without which subsequent commentators on Pentecostalism are not likely to give intelligent accounts
Drawing primarily on Scripture and theology
and economic factors were interwoven in the fabric of the New Testament world
