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52 pagesOriginal Price: $7.95The Unity Factor is rooted in the prayer of Jesus in John 17:20–23, a prayer that presents to us an unreachable goal. How can we ever live out Christ’s plan for us to be one in faith and mission when we are so deeply divided by social, cultural, racial, and doctrinal fault lines? Does it really matter whether or not we strengthen our bonds of mutual love and respect? What real difference does it make if we find ways to stand together and heal our tragic Christian divisions?
Today, a new generation of Christian leaders is asking: “What can we do to express our oneness before God and the world?” The answer to this question is the purpose of The Unity Factor, a book that challenges our easy acceptance of divisions while helping us envision how our future can be better than our recent past.
From the foreword by Timothy George:
"Great things in the kingdom of God often arise from small beginnings--an insignificant mustard seed yields a mighty crop, some kid's leftover lunch feeds a hungry crowd, a small candle on a stand floods the whole room with light. Thus began the quest for Christian unity in modern times. A poor journeyman shoemaker, William Carey by name, traveled to India to share the Good News of Jesus Christ with those who had never heard it. Carey was a Baptist, but he soon realized that he needed the encouragement and support of other Jesus-followers (Christians) in order to fulfill his mission.
This book by John Armstrong stands in the tradition of William Carey, Edinburgh 1910, and the Lausanne Conference at Cape Town 2010. It is a gospel-focused and Scripture-based summons for all believers who stand in the great tradition of Christian faith and life to love one another so that the world might see and know that Jesus Christ is Lord. It is a call for Christian believers of all denominations to demonstrate their love for one another by following Jesus together."
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182 pagesOriginal Price: $14.99Wisdom & Wonder: Common Grace in Science & Art is a new and complete translation of two sections that the Dutch Reformed theologian and politician Abraham Kuyper intended for his larger three-volume work on common grace. During his life Kuyper labored tirelessly, publishing two newspapers, leading a reform movement out of the state church, founding the Free University of Amsterdam, and serving as Prime Minister of the Netherlands. Popular in our time for his devotional work, Kuyper’s Wisdom & Wonder displays his talents as a public theologian, focusing on his comprehensive and Reformed vision of science and art, still relevant for Christians today.
Foreword by Gabe Lyons and Jon Tyson
Introduction by Vincent E. Bacote
Edited by Jordan J. Ballor and Stephen J. Grabill
Translated by Nelson D. Kloosterman“Abraham Kuyper was a profound theologian, an encyclopedic thinker, and a deeply spiritual man who believed that it is the believer’s task ‘to know God in all his works.’ In a day when secular science is seeking to establish hegemony over all knowing, and when postmodern art is threatening to bring an end to art, Kuyper’s solid, Biblical insights can help to restore perspective and sanity to these two critical areas of human life.”
—Chuck Colson, Founder, Prison Fellowship and the Colson Center for Christian Worldview“The appearance of this treatise in English translation is for me the beginning of a larger dream come true. Kuyper's writings on common grace are much needed ‘for such a time as this’ and Wisdom & Wonder is a marvelous foretaste of more that is to come!”
—Richard Mouw, President and Professor of Christian Philosophy, Fuller Theological Seminary“Abraham Kuyper’s Wisdom & Wonder is an eloquent theological antidote to the anti-intellectualist and anti-artistic impulses that infect so much of the contemporary church. Kuyper issues a clarion call for Christians to move beyond Bible study and theology, and beyond church art, to engage in these graced endeavors (science and art) in gratitude to God and out of fidelity to Christian conviction. Though Kuyper wrote these words more than one hundred years ago, they have lost none of their bite and relevance.”
—Nicholas Wolterstorff, Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology, Yale University, and Senior Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, University of Virginia
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167 pagesOriginal Price: $9.95A critical engagement of the ecumenical movement’s approach to ethical and economic issues, Ecumenical Babel updates a line of criticism articulated by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Paul Ramsey, and Ernest W. Lefever. Arguing for the continuing importance of Christian ecumenism, Jordan J. Ballor seeks to correct the errors created by the imposition of economic ideology onto the social witness of ecumenical Christianity as represented by the Lutheran World Federation, the newly formed World Communion of Reformed Churches, and the World Council of Churches. Ecumenical Babel is a voice for sustained ecumenical dialogue, vital ecclesiastical witness, and individual Christian conscience.
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Reviews of Ecumenical Babel:
Viola Larson, Naming His Grace, "...dense, filled with clear thinking, biblical and confessional concern and a multitude of resources."
John H. Armstrong, ACT 3, "... a truly readable and wonderful book. All who love Christian unity centered in the witness of the church and the gospel of Christ will benefit from this fine new book."
Robert Joustra, Comment, "Isn't it ironic that the ecclesial conversation is essentially a thinly-baptized version of exactly the same disagreements in the secular world, but with less technical capacity and more theological abstraction? This is Ballor's most important point."
Ross Emmett, Love.Babel.Mammon, "Those concerned about the role of the church in the world today can learn a lot by reading and reflecting on Ballor’s excellent critique of the ecumenical movement’s political economy."
Thomas Sieger Derr, Journal of Markets & Morality, "...Ramsey redivivus..."
Joseph Sunde, Remnant Culture, "From explaining the errors of zero-sum thinking to the subtle materialism of neo-Marxist ideology, Ballor exhibits an impressive ability to cut through frivolous fluff and expose economic fallacies and spiritual distortions."
Steven McMullen, Calvin Theological Journal, "...Jordan Ballor's book is timely and his analysis helpful."
Midwest Book Review: "A scholarly discussion, Ecumenical Babel is a fine read with plenty to consider for religious studies collections."
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Original Price: $9.95Translated by Patrick T. Brannan
With an introduction by Alejandro A. ChafuenIn this treatise we find an insightful analysis concerning how monetary debasement and inflation increase prices, which proceeds to illustrate how such increases do not affect everyone equally—in effect, causing a revolution in fortunes. In a parallel argument, Mariana explains how government, if given control of other forms of private property, would also debase the values of those forms and use them according to its own interests.
Contents:
Preface
Argument- Does the King Own His Subjects’ Goods?
- Can the King Demand Tribute from His Subjects Without Their Consent?
- Can the King Debase Money by Changing Its Weight or Quality Without Consulting His People?
- The Twofold Value of Money
- The Foundations of Commerce: Money, Weights, and Measures
- Money Has Frequently Been Altered
- Advantages Derived from Alteration of Copper Money
- Different Maravedis of Varying Values in Castille
- Disadvantages Derived from This Alteration of Copper Money
- The Major Disadvantages Derived from This Alteration of Money
- Should Silver Money Be Altered?
- Concerning Gold Money
- Is There Some Way to Assist the Prince in His Need?
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290 pagesDesigned for:
New believers, newly confessing members of the Church, inquirers, study groups in today's Christian life and doctrine, school classes, and personal study and development.
Each chapter is headed by a summary, and concluded with a series of questions for discussion and reflection.
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197 pagesLiberation Theology proclaims liberty to the exploited masses of Latin America. Its spirit is gradually spreading across the Western world, and creating intense discussion along with Vatican concern. This book explains that theology.
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174 pagesWhat, in today's world, next to the Scriptures provides more solid ground for planting the feet of faith and commitment than the Apostles Creed? What a better mirror to Christian behavior?
Addressed by the author to his grandchildren. Written in language made clear, vivid, and compelling for them ... and you.
A look at the Apostles Creed, article by article, with the focus of using the creeds instruction in our day to day living.
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94 pagesOriginal Price: $9.95Second edition.
Where do we find the core of life’s meaning? Right on the job! At whatever work we do – with head or hand, from kitchen to executive suite, from your house to the White House! “Work is the great equalizer – everyone has to come to it in order to find meaning in living: no short cuts, no detours, no bargain rates.”
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105 pagesOriginal Price: $9.95Cape Town 2010 Special Edition.
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, an unprecedented opportunity exists to disciple the church in the fundamental biblical pattern of holistic stewardship.
‘We, at the Resource Mobilization Working Group, believe that a proper understanding of the scope of God’s mission places a stewardship responsibility on every Christian to join with the Son in the power of the Spirit to fulfill the Father’s purpose in creation and redemption. At its most basic level, biblical stewardship is holistic and missional, touching every area of life and employing every legitimate vocation in service to Jesus Christ, “the firstborn over all creation” and “the head of…the church” (Col. 1:15-20).’
--Ram Gidoomal CBE
Chairman, Lausanne Resource Mobilization Working Group
Deputy Chairman, Lausanne International Board of Directors
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Translated by Jeffrey J. Veenstra
With an introduction by Stephen J. GrabillThe Dicaeologicae was an immense Latin work that sought to construct a single comprehensive juridical system by collating the Decalogue, Jewish law, Roman law, and various streams of European customary law. The translated selections address such topics as common law, natural law, private or individual (civil) law, the nature of sovereign public authority, and limitations on public power.
Contents
PrefaceOn Common Law (Book 1, Chapter 13)On the Individual, Principal Law (Book 1, Chapter 14)On Public Power in General (Book 1, Chapter 32)On Limited Public Power (Book 1, Chapter 33)
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303 pagesOriginal Price: $10