Biblical Theology in the Life of the Church (Foreword by Thomas R. Schreiner) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Biblical Theology in the Life of the Church (Foreword by Thomas R. Schreiner) write by Michael Lawrence. This book was released on 2010-04-01. Biblical Theology in the Life of the Church (Foreword by Thomas R. Schreiner) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Capitol Hill Baptist Church associate pastor Michael Lawrence contributes to the IXMarks series as he centers on the practical importance of biblical theology to ministry. He begins with an examination of a pastor's tools of the trade: exegesis and biblical and systematic theology. The book distinguishes between the power of narrative in biblical theology and the power of application in systematic theology, but also emphasizes the importance of their collaboration in ministry. Having laid the foundation for pastoral ministry, Lawrence uses the three tools to build a biblical theology, telling the entire story of the Bible from five different angles. He puts biblical theology to work in four areas: counseling, missions, caring for the poor, and church/state relations. Rich in application and practical insight, this book will equip pastors and church leaders to think, preach, and do ministry through the framework of biblical theology.
A Theology for the Church
A Theology for the Church - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Theology for the Church write by Dr. Daniel L. Akin. This book was released on 2014-06-01. A Theology for the Church available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The revised edition of A Theology for the Church retains its original structure, organized under these traditional theological categories: revelation, God, humanity, Christ, the Holy Spirit, salvation, the church, and last things. Each chapter within these sections contains answers to the following four questions: What does the Bible say? What has the church believed? How does it all fit together? How does this doctrine impact the church today? Contributions from leading Baptist thinkers R. Albert Mohler, Jr., Paige Patterson, and Mark Dever among others will also appeal to the broader evangelical community. Included in this revision are new chapters on theological method from a missional perspective (Bruce Ashford and Keith Whitfield) and theology of creation, providence, and Sabbath that engages current research in science and philosophy (Chad Owen Brand). Chapters on special revelation (David Dockery) and human nature (John Hammett) have also been updated.
A Biblical Theology of the Church
A Biblical Theology of the Church - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Biblical Theology of the Church write by Mal Couch. This book was released on 1999. A Biblical Theology of the Church available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Now in paperback, this extensive resource examines the doctrine of the church and offers guidance on mission, pastoral care, leadership, and government in the local church. Numerous Scripture references, practical suggestions, and discussion questions for every chapter make this work on ecclesiology perfect for both personal and group study.
Theology and Church
Theology and Church - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Theology and Church write by Walter Kasper. This book was released on 1989. Theology and Church available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This new collection of essays by West Germany's most distinguished Roman Catholic theologian covers the two broad areas indicated in the title.The first half discusses the Christian understanding of God; the place of Christianity in the modern world; the modern sense of freedom and history and the theological definition of human rights; christology and anthropology; and the possibilities of a new spiritual christology in a trinitarian setting.The second half discusses various aspects of the church: as universal sacrament of salvation; as the place of truth and as communion. Two final studies examine the continuing challenge of the Second Vatican Council and the fundamental form and meaning of the eucharist.An extended introduction considers systematic theology today and the tasks which confront it.
Does God Need the Church?
Does God Need the Church? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Does God Need the Church? write by Gerhard Lohfink. This book was released on 2014-12-16. Does God Need the Church? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Are not all religions equally close to and equally far from God? Why, then, the Church? Gerhard Lohfink poses these questions with scholarly reliability and on the basis of his own experience of community in Does God Need the Church? In 1982 Father Lohfink wrote Wie hat Jesus Gemeinde gewollt? (translated into English as Jesus and Community) to show, on the basis of the New Testament, that faith is founded in a community that distinguishes itself in clear contours from the rest of society. In that book he also described a sequence of events that moved directly from commonality to a community that was readily accessible to every group of people and was made legitimate by Jesus himself. Only later did Father Lohfink learn, within a new horizon of experience, that such a description is not the way to community. The story of the gathering of the people of God, from Abraham until today, never took place according to such a model. Today Father Lohfink states that he would not write Wie hat Jesus Gemeinde gewollt? the same way. The situation of belief and believers has undergone a shift: the question of the Church has become much more urgent. Church life is declining and the religions are returning, often in new guises. In light of these shifts and the change in his own view of community, Father Lohfink inquires in Does God Need the Church? of Israel's theology, Jesus' praxis, the experiences of the early Christian communities, and of what is appearing in the Church today. These inquiries lead to an amazing history involving God and the world - a history that God presses forward with the aid of a single people and that always turns out differently from what they think and plan.
