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Written in conversational style, The Senses of Preaching is a thought-provoking book using anecdotes to take a careful look at the relationship between preachers and congregations. Thomas Long provides insight into faith and life as well as preaching and homiletics. He offers preachers a better understanding of the whole concept of their craft...

Words on Target is a practical and accessible resource for Christian communicators. In her lively and informative writing style, Sue Nichols Spencer offers advice for communicating effectively. This book is perfect for students and for writers and public speakers who would like to improve their communication...

When linked to biblical teachings, understanding disability offers congregations and society the pathway to hope and change. Stewart Govig, himself disabled, provides a practical resource that enables congregational communities to achieve a balance of realism and hope in responding to the needs of all of its members. He examines the attitudinal...

Within a culture that is presently shaped by values of hopelessness, Walter Brueggemann looks at the biblical text and finds the resources for a hope within history, a hope that challenges hopelessness and dispair. Hope within History describes how individuals and churches can grow even when at odds with their social context, addresses the...

Four Mordern Prophets explores the life and thought of four twentieth-century Christian leaders who epitomize the struggle for freedom and justice. William Ramsay summarizes the work of these four modern thinkers and challenges us to join in the...

With Christian Ethics in the Protestant Tradition, Waldo Beach provides a basic introductory text on Christian ethics. He has designed a challenging work that grapples with the ethical questions surrounding modern day problems from the perspective of Protestant theology and tradition. His two-part format is especially helpful for...

How Faith Matures is a follow-up to C. Ellis Nelson's classic work, Where Faith Begins. Extending and developing the insights of that earlier volume, How Faith Matures proposes an alternative to the church school and presents a model that church professionals can apply to improve education in their church...

This book is a sensitive inquiry for anyone who has ever suffered and who wants to think through it theologically. It is a compassionate resource for coming to grips with pain, suffering, and...

This book provides a philosophical argument for the reasonableness of Christian faith in today's world. Diogenes Allen shows how Christian belief is now being supported by scientific and philosophical principles--perhaps for the first time in 300...

James E. Will shows how peace with justice is evident in the life, message, death, and resurrection of Jesus. The major illuminator of both personal and political peace, Will explains, is Christology. This Christology of peace is a major contribution to the interconfessional dialogue about peace--both Protestant/Catholic and...

Encountering Jesus showcases a lively and provocative dialogue among five theologians and philosophers of religion that offers insight into the problems of...

The New Testament Writings is a simple and direct introduction to the New Testament. Christians have a need and desire to comprehend the literature on which their faith is based. James Efird's book serves this need very well. He presents the New Testament clearly and concisely in nontechnical language. This is a valuable resource for education...

This theological interpretation demonstrates the covenantal assumptions that underlie Paul's theology and Christology. It offers a unique view of Romans and Paul that avoids two previous major problems: the anti-Jewish polemic of much Protestant interpretation of Paul, and recent post-Holocaust reaction by Gaston, Gager, and others who deny...

John Hayes and Frederick Prussner offer a thorough study covering the history, methodologies, and difficulties that are associated with the writing of Old Testament theology. Their impressive work features comprehensive history, summaries, contemporary issues, comparative evaluations, recent developments, and individual sections on more than...

This book offers the best current handling of Pentateuchal traditions as they operated in the past and as they help the church now. Hans Walter Wolff sees Israel's faith tradition as a continuous kerygmatic response to a variety of cultural challenges. Walter Brueggemann introduces this dynamic view of tradition. Both authors approach the...

These Things Are Written was developed for and used successfully in both the university classroom and the church study group. It meets the highest standards of scholarly excellence and the equally important standard of usefulness. This book deserves a place in the library of every church and serious student of the...

This comprehensive biography of William Sheppard, the first African American Presbyterian missionary, presents the remarkable story of how an African American born in the South during the era of slavery emerged as one of the most distinguished Presbyterian leaders in American history. The book chronicles Sheppard's journey to the Congo, details...

GodViews is a provocative and insightful look at the divisions within the church. The author is a notable conservative Presbyterian whose thinking and writing style has many fans on the liberal end as well. Here, Jack Haberer discusses five different concerns of Christians: preservation of truth, promotion of intimacy with God, unity in the...

Neither a traditional study of specific books or sections of the Bible, nor a doctrinal study that concentrates on such issues as revelation and authority, This Book We Call the Bible helps lay people focus on the use of Scripture. By dealing with the Bible as a written work and its impact on our hearts, this study provides an increased sense...

This book is a collection of eleven essays about the practice of mission. The first section, titled "Feet First," is about the way in which Christian practices, many of them taken for granted, shape mission. The next section deals with the issue of transformation in mission work and the related concerns of mutuality, solidarity, and...

This is a handy and attractive collection of important catechisms for the Presbyterian Church. Designed to be a companion to the Book of Confessions: Study Edition, the Book of Catechisms has all three versions of the Study Catechism (Belonging to God, Confirmation Version, and Full Version) with full scriptural citations, study questions, and...

This collection of twenty-three superb model sermons offers a wealth of biblical insight, practical wisdom, illustrations, inspiration, and helpful advice about the crucial themes of stewardship, giving, and the use of money and possessions in the church. Featured are sermons by active pastors in churches large and small, as well as...

A Bible study guide that relates the spiritual insights of the Psalms to the particular needs of older people.

In Get Ready! Get Set! Worship!, four outstanding Christian educators have given pastors and teachers in the church what congregations have needed for years: a complete teaching program to prepare children and their families for worship. Within a structured program for actively involving children and parents, the authors suggest time-tested...

In this insightful commentary, John Mulder explores the meaning and message behind the seal of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Mulder explains the parts of the seal in a way that connects the symbol to the theological foundations of the church. Pastors, church officers, and the lay reader will find this commentary fascinating and...

In this important and urgent message to pastors, G. Lloyd Rediger emphasizes the necessity of integrating fitness of body, mind, and spirit in order to attain fulfillment of personhood and calling. Not immune from the debilitating unfitness that is endemic in America, pastors must be fit if they are to facilitate God's purposes in the world...