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Filling a need not previously addressed,  African American Church Growth  contends that it is the prophetic consciousness which appeals to many bla...

A lively history and theology of the African American worship experience. In this update to her 1993 classic,  African American Christian Worship ,...

Ready-to-use worship and preaching resources for themes related to Advent and Christmas. Ready-to-use worship and preaching resources for the four ...

For many pastors, church administration may be their least favorite area of ministry. But whether they love it or loathe it, they probably spend mo...

How do politics govern the plot and motivate the characters of the book of Daniel? By revealing a complex pattern of religious/political dynamics ...

Hunter discusses the rebirth of the apostolic congregation, Christianity's vision of what people can become, how small groups shape an apostolic pe...

If church is like a family, it fights like one too! As in any family, conflict in the church family is natural and inevitable. But the way the chur...

Popular and beloved author J. Ellsworth Kalas presents new insight into the biblical story of Christmas. Kalas approaches the season through the "b...

The Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries provide compact, critical commentaries on the books of the Old Testament for the use of theological student...

Written in Spanish, this manual gives pastors and lay leaders an overview of the ministry of the chaplain.

The Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries series offers compact, critical commentaries on all the books of the Old Testament. In addition to providin...

After years of close contact with the Johannine epistles, David Rensberger discusses the numerous puzzles--linguistic, literary, and historical--th...

In this lucid exposition, an acclaimed interpreter shows that the book of Revelation is to be read as a unified work of religious poetry aimed at e...

The commentary demonstrates how to work through the texts of Philippians and Philemon in the light of relevant scholarship but also with the use of...

The Abingdon New Testament Commentaries series provides compact, critical commentaries on the writings of the New Testament. These commentaries are...

In Calling & Character, Willimon lays out a clear and compelling picture of the pastoral life, one that will inform both those embarking on ord...

If your worship consists of dry, rigid orders from the past, your church will die. If your worship, however, becomes the focus of life of every mem...

For those desiring to read a concise but accurate historical outline of African Americans in The United Methodist Church, this is the book. For tho...

In this volume, Smith views the Fourth Gospel within several contexts in order to illuminate its specific purposes and achievements. A growing cons...

Sleeper's lucid exposition of James restores this often neglected work to its rightful place in the Christian canon. Carefully charting the verbal ...

Pfitzner interprets Hebrews as a passionate appeal directed by its author to a community that is in danger of surrendering the distinctiveness of i...

The short letter to the Colossians has played a significant role in the development of Christian thought. Its emphases on salvation as largely real...

In a striking departure from customary readings of the Acts of the Apostles as the story of the growth of the church, Gaventa argues that Luke's se...

What accounts for the spiritual power and vitality of Black preaching? What are the distinctive contributions of Black preaching to the life of The...

Easy to read, understand, and apply, the material in Beyond the Downbeat covers many important aspects of choral leadership beyond conducting. The ...

Basic Types of Pastoral Care and Counseling remains the standard in pastoral care and counseling. This third edition is enlarged and revised with u...

* Revised and updated * Based on the NRSV and NIV translations * Covers every book verse by verse * Each volume also contains maps, charts, a pronu...

Identifying the theme of 1 Peter as how the church is to witness responsibly in a non-Christian world, Boring emphasizes the necessity of a sympath...

This commentary highlights both the socio-political context of 1 Corinthians and the clash of significantly different religious viewpoints represen...

"Jouette Bassler's volume on the Pastoral Letters is a model of careful, clearly written cogent interpretation. She gives faithful attention to the...

Mark's genius lies, not in telling a story about Jesus, but in creating conditions under which the reader may experience the peculiar quality of Go...

* Revised and updated * Based on the NRSV and NIV translations * Covers every book verse by verse * Each volume also contains maps, charts, a pronu...

* Revised and updated * Based on the NRSV and NIV translations * Covers every book verse by verse * Each volume also contains maps, charts, a pronu...

Revised and updated * Based on the NRSV and NIV translations * Covers every book verse by verse * Each volume also contains maps, charts, a pronunc...

Here are fifty-two weeks of fun, easy-to-use, faith-building programs for the children of your church. Whether Children’s Church is as short as thi...

A Wesleyan Spiritual Reader provides resources for a 26-week devotional experience. The volume includes Scripture, spiritual readings (primarily qu...

"What does it mean to be a United Methodist?" The answer to this question, says Kenneth H. Carter, Jr., is to live a particular way of life and fol...

While many would argue that spirituality is a necessary component of authentic human living, there is a lot of confusion over what spirituality is....

* Revised and updated * Based on the NRSV and NIV translations * Covers every book verse by verse * Each volume also contains maps, charts, a pronu...

* Revised and updated * Based on the NRSV and NIV translations * Covers every book verse by verse * Each volume also contains maps, charts, a pronu...

* Revised and updated * Based on the NRSV and NIV translations * Covers every book verse by verse * Each volume also contains maps, charts, a pronu...

* Revised and updated * Based on the NRSV and NIV translations * Covers every book verse by verse * Each volume also contains maps, charts, a pronu...

* Revised and updated * Based on the NRSV and NIV translations * Covers every book verse by verse * Each volume also contains maps, charts, a pronu...

A Real Christian: The Life of John Wesley fills a void in available books in Wesleyan studies by providing a brief, solid biography that focuses on...

Dig into the story of Christianity from its origins to today.   Told in easy-to-understand language with helpful timelines and selections from hist...

Preaching is in crisis. Why? Because the traditional, conceptual approach no longer works, says Richard L. Eslinger. It fails to capture the int...

In recent years, the flow of Christian theology has been channeled in diverse streams represented by such trends and movements as black theology, l...