L * - Libros y biografía

Among many young people of color, there is a growing wariness about organized religion and Christianity in particular. If Christianity is for everyone, why does the Bible seem to endorse slavery? Why...

Christianity Today Award of Merit winnerBecause the Catholic Epistles focus on orthodox faith and morals, the Fathers drew on them as a means of defense against the rising challenge of heretics. Many...

Throughout his ministry, Jesus consistently demonstrated his concern and love for the whole person: soul, mind, and body.That task is carried forward today by pastors and church leaders, who are called...

The doctrine of creation is crucial to the Christian faith, but it has often been maligned, misinterpreted, or ignored.Some, such as pagan philosophers and Gnostics, have tended to denigrate the goodness...

The Reformation was a time of tremendous upheaval, renewal, and vitality in the life of the church. The challenge to maintain and develop faithful Christian belief and practice in the midst of great disruption...

"How Many Isaiahs Were There and What Does It Matter?" by Richard L. Schultz was originally published as Chapter 8 in Evangelicals Scripture: Tradition, Authority and Hermeneutics, edited by Vincent Bacote,...

A Prayerbook for All Christians and All NationsThe Book of Common Prayer (1662) is one of the most beloved liturgical texts in the Christian church, and remains a definitive expression of Anglican identity...

An inventive and ambitious speculative courtroom thriller - Shutter Island meets The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle__________'I found this book unputdownable from the first page. As the mystery deepens,...

We want the thousands of hours we will work over our lifetime to matter. But how do we know they're really significant? How do we go from being defined by what we do to having our work become an expression...

The gospel of justification by faith alone was discovered afresh by the Reformers in the epistolary turrets of the New Testament: the letters to the Galatians and the Ephesians. At the epicenter of the...

The Resonate series recovers the ancient wisdom of Scripture and helps us understand how it resonates with our complex world. The stories and insights of each book of the Bible are brought into conversation...

Unclutter You Understanding of the Old TestamentDoes your knowledge of the Old Testament feel like a grab bag of people, books, events and ideas? How many times have you resolved to really understand...

The Gospel Coalition Book Award Center for Biblical Studies Book of the Year Award Biblical Foundations Book AwardWith Israel's exodus out of Egypt, God established a pattern to help us understand...

For many Christians today, the notion that demons should play a role in our faith—or that they even exist—may seem dubious. But that was certainly not the case for John Chrysostom, the "golden-tongued"...

Yes, White people can be saved. In God's redemptive plan, that goes without saying. But what about the reality of white normativity? This idea and way of being in the world has been parasitically joined...

Few thinkers have been as influential as Augustine of Hippo. His writings, such as Confessions and City of God, have left an indelible mark on Western Christianity. He has become so synonymous with Christianity...

Christianity Today Book of the YearSt. Paul's Letter to the Romans has long been considered the theological high-water mark of the New Testament. It was no less regarded by the ancient church, and patristic...

Everybody likes Jesus. Don't they?We overlook that Jesus was Judgmental—preaching hellfire far more than the apostle Paul Uncompromising—telling people to hate their families Chauvinistic—excluding...

In first-century Rome, following Jesus comes at a tremendous social cost.An urbane Roman landowner and merchant is intrigued by the Christian faith—but is he willing to give up his status and lifestyle...

Christianity Today Award of MeritIn the midst of our hectic, overscheduled lives, caring for the soul is imperative.Now, more than ever, we need to pause—intentionally—and encounter the Divine.Soul care...

The first chapters of Genesis are the bedrock of the Jewish and Christian traditions. In these inaugural pages of the canon, the creation of the world, the fall of the human creature, the promise of redemption...

Humans are story-shaped creatures.We make sense of our world, pattern our lives, and reflect on what is ultimately significant through language and the words that compose our stories. But how does this...

Outreach Resource of the YearGod calls Christians to participate in his redemptive mission in every sphere of life. Every corner, every square inch of society can flourish as God intends, and Christians...

Christianity, at its heart, is a therapeutic faith—a theocentric form of soul care.God's therapeutic agenda begins in the perfect triune communion of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit who created human beings...

From December 1941 until October 1942, the BBC broadcast a series of radio dramas written by Dorothy L. Sayers. Against the backdrop of World War II, the plays presented twelve episodes in the life and...

ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover AwardBiblical Foundations Book Award WinnerSandra L. Richter cares about the Bible. She also cares about creation.An expert in ancient Israelite society and economy as well as...

Outreach Resource of the Year The Gospel Coalition Book AwardThe church is at its best when it pursues the biblical value of unity in diversity.Our world has been torn asunder by racial, ethnic,...

The Reformation era revolution in preaching and interpreting the Bible did not occur without keen attention to the Old Testament Scriptures. This is especially true with regard to the Hebrew prophets....

More Christians now live in the Majority World than in Europe and North America. Yet most theological literature does not reflect the rising tide of Christian reflection coming from these regions. If...

How Has Misinterpreting Paul Led to the Silencing of Women?Some Christians think Paul's reference to "saved through childbearing" in 1 Timothy 2:15 means that women are slated primarily for delivering...