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Jesus, the Bible, and Homosexuality: Explode the Myths, Heal the Church
Jack Rogers
Westminster John Knox Press, 2006
Jesus, the Bible and Homosexuality
GREAT BOOK. I consider it a MUST READ for anyone who is searching for true understanding of what the Bible is saying regarding homosexuality. It is necessary to consider the history, the culture of the time and the people to whom the Bible refers. This book superbly ...
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Feasting on the Word: Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary, Year B, Vol. 1
Westminster John Knox Press, 2008
Nice way to bring many facets of sermon prep together
So far I've been happy with the quality of information and the depth of imagination. I look forward to much more use. The layout is done very well and the writings are diverse and short enough to read quickly.
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The Discipleship Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version Including Apocrypha
Westminster John Knox Press, 2008
FANTASTIC!!
I am glad to be the first reviewer of this study Bible. I have New Interpreters, HarperCollins, Oxford, Zondervan NIV, Spiritual Formation and other study Bibles; but this one is now my personal favorite. It lacks the academic technicality of New Interpreters and ...
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Great Prayers of the Old Testament
Walter Brueggemann
Westminster John Knox Press, 2008
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Soul Feast: An Invitation To The Christian Spiritual Life
Marjorie J. Thompson
Westminster John Knox Press, 2005
Excellent
An excellent beginning "invitation to the Christian spiritual life" for those searching for a closer walk with God!
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The Yellow Leaves: A Miscellany
Frederick Buechner
Westminster John Knox Press, 2008
Before There Was Rob Bell, Anne Lamott and Brian McLaren, There Was - and Still Is - Frederick Buechner
Frederick Buechner was - and remains - a pioneer in spiritual memoir.
A promising literary light whose works have attracted the attention of even New York's inner circle, Buechner dared to move further and further along his spiritual journey. He admits that his ...
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New Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors(3rd Edition)
Gordon D. Fee
Westminster John Knox Press, 2002
Great single-volume reference
Fee's work lays a definitive foundation for exegetical method in NT stuides. His approach is logical, seqeuntial and orderly. He covers every important step in the process and provides helpful examples along the way. This is a book you will certainly want by your ...
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The Gospel according to Bruce Springsteen: Rock and Redemption, from Asbury Park to Magic (Gospel According ...
Jeffrey B. Symynkywicz
Westminster John Knox Press, 2008
A Deeper Look at the Springsteen Canon
I have just finished reading this book, and will soon go out and buy several more copies for friends and relatives-- longtime Springsteen fans and newcomers alike. Symynkwicz does an excellent job of laying out before us in a clear and coherent manner so many of the ...
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Institutes of the Christian Religion (2 Volume Set)
John Calvin
Westminster John Knox Press, 1960
Calvin is the best personal theological trainer I have ever found. Don't listen to the naysayers!
What can I tell you? John Calvin helped me get my spiritual compass pointing north again! He got the flab and plaque out of my man-centered doctrine and whipped it into God and Christ-honoring shape! Reading his 'Institutes' was like getting a top-flight ...
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Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study of Ethics and Politics (Library of Theological Ethics)
Reinhold Niebuhr
Westminster John Knox Press, 2002
Toolbox for American Civil Rights
Niebuhr's answer to the question, "What then should we do?" influenced MLK's thinking and found its way into the action plan of the American civil rights movement. This work is well thought out and, decades later, remains truly readable to those of us who are not ...
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Matthew for Everyone: Chapters 1-15 (For Everyone)
Tom Wright
Westminster John Knox Press, 2004
A Gem in Anyone's Home or Office Library
Tom Wright is a brilliant scholar, and a true student of the Word, as well as the "words." And while there are a number of books authored by him that require intense mental powers to grasp in one sitting (though two or three sittings of any of his works is simple ...
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Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms
Donald K. McKim
Westminster John Knox Press, 1996
Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms
I have a few theological dictionaries. None of them are complete. This dictionary fills in gaps the others do not cover.
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Luke for Everyone (For Everyone)
Tom Wright
Westminster John Knox Press, 2004
Simply the BEST
I cannot say enough good things about Wright's ability to write simply, with no big words, yet maintain deep theological and historical insight into the Scripture. His interpretations and ability to follow through with the gospel's on thought are unmatched in ...
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Mark for Everyone (For Everyone)
Tom Wright
Westminster John Knox Press, 2004
Contemporary translation of the Gospel of Mark
This book was tailor-made for a bible study group. I used it in law school for an inter-denominational group that included Catholics, Baptists, LDS and various other protestants. We all got a lot out of it. The book is divided by short passages from Mark interspersed ...
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Feasting on the Word: Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary, Year B, Vol. 2
Westminster John Knox Press, 2008
Well done
I've enjoyed what I've read so far. Good writers and a great idea of breaking up the four ways of seeing the scripture right on the same pages.
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