"In this volume, Peter Davids offers a comprehensive study of the General or Catholic Epistles of James, 1-2 Peter, and Jude, which are often insufficiently covered in more general New Testament introductions, theologies, and surveys. Before discussing a theology of each of the four letters, Davids first deals with their common aspects - their shared background in the Greco-Roman world and a similar Christology, view of the source of sin, and eschatology...

Saint Augustine of Hippo is one of the central figures in the history of Christianity, and this book is one of his greatest theological works. Written as an eloquent defense of the faith at a time when the Roman Empire was on the brink of collapse, it examines the ancient pagan religions of Rome, the arguments of the Greek philosophers, and the revelations of the Bible. Pointing the way forward to a citizenship that transcends worldly politics and...

How can God forgive me? Many people-Christians and non-Christians alike-believe that they need to do something to earn God's love and forgiveness. That's how the rest of the world works. Why should God be any different? Justification shows how very different God is from people. And what a good thing that is for you and me! While God certainly desires that we live out our faith in love to other people, no certain amount of good works is necessary...

Do you live in fear of never doing enough? Do you feel like if you just work harder, work longer, work smarter, you'll get the right results? In a world full of achievement, praise, and accolades, we can easily fall into the trap of thinking we can save ourselves and direct our lives with our own actions. But the way of the cross guides us toward a place where we stop striving, stop pushing, and stop self-initiating-so that we can fall into the boundless,...

In Letters to an Atheist, Peter Kreeft corresponds with a fictional young atheist to wrestle with the primary reasons for not believing in God. With characteristic warmth and clarity, Kreeft's letters explore the arguments for God as well as dismantling the arguments against. From explaining the problem of evil to reconciling science and religion, Kreeft's compelling letters offer believers and non-believers alike...

This book about Luther's theology is, written out of a twofold conviction, first, that many of our problems have, arisen because we, have not really understood our own traditions, especially in the case of Luther; and second, that there is, still a lot of help for us in someone, like Luther if we, take the trouble to probe beneath the surface. In this groundbreaking book, Forde interprets Luther's theology for our own day. The fundamental theme of...

The development of Martin Luther's thought has commanded much scholarly attention because of the Reformation and its remarkable effects on the history of Christianity in the West. But, much of that scholarship has been so enthralled by certain later debates that it has practically ignored and even distorted the context in and against which Luther's thought developed. In The Early Luther Berndt Hamm, armed with expertise both in late-medieval intellectual...

"This short book is a distillation of what Lewis thought about the greatest questions of life"--Book jacket.

We rarely give thought to our bodies until faced with a physical challenge or crisis. We have somehow internalized the unbiblical idea that the immaterial aspect of our being (our soul or spirit) is inherently good while the material aspect (our body) is at worst inherently evil and at best neutral--just a vehicle for our souls to get around. So we end up neglecting or disparaging our bodies, seeing them as holding us back from spiritual growth and...