Tobi Collection

You love your work. You love the people--most of the time. They respect you, most of the time. You work together with colleagues, staff, and laity,...

A distinguished thinker ponders the meaning of Wesley's theology. John B. Cobb, Jr., draws on the historical, critical, and literary work that has ...

This provocative volume illuminates a dimension of John Wesley's theology that has received insufficient attention: his deep and abiding commitment...

In this thought-provoking new volume, Susanne Johnson counters what she sees as "wrong-thinking" in much contemporary Christian education by offeri...

In this excellent outline of Christian ethics, Robin W. Lovin achieves a balance between the questions and issues which form the core of the study ...

Lead your church with imaginative and holistic Christian Education. Christian Education is part of the vital ministry of all churches, but especial...

This book introduces the foundations of a distinctively Christian approach to counseling. Christians who counsel, counselors who are Christian--wha...

Fretheim presents here the Old Testament view of the Creator God, the created world, and our role in creation. Beginning with "The Beginning," he ...

This volume contains the edited versions of the major presentations made to the second Consultation on Theology and Evangelism, sponsored by the Fo...

Helps tweens understand and embrace what it means to choose to follow Jesus Features:  1. Short-term study with 6 sessions. 2. Teacher book with re...

Children's Sermons to Go  is a collection of 52 sermons for children. Each sermon first gives a Bible verse and then illustrates that verse with a ...

Based on the Revised Common Lectionary, the three volumes in this series of children's sermons use a multi-sensory approach to sermon preparation a...

This comprehensive 13-session, verse-by-verse, book-by-book study of the Bible uses a three-dimensional approach. Each 13-session volume is based o...

This comprehensive 13-session, verse-by-verse, book-by-book study of the Bible uses a three-dimensional approach. Each 13-session volume is based o...

The Abingdon-Church of the Resurrection Ministry Guides are the first choice for recruiting, motivating, and developing lay leadership for speciali...

Recent studies in the area of theology and gender have made some groundbreaking insights into the ways in which traditional theology influences--in...

Each of the 24 volumes offered in this study series is a comprehensive verse-by-verse, book-by-book exploration of the Bible using a three-dimensio...

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

All-in-One Bible Fun is the perfect children's program for teachers on a budget or looking for a simpler approach. Each book is a collection of 13 ...

Those who serve on mission fields in areas where Christian faith is not the dominant religion quickly come to understand a central truth: when one ...

Using the powerful imagery from Ezekiel 37, the valley of the dry bones, Kevass Harding tells how God used a faithful few to breathe new life into ...

When we stand at the Pearly Gates, God will not ask us what we believed but how we lived. The theology "de jour" originates with John Calvin, with ...

All-in-One Bible Fun  is the perfect children's program for teachers on a budget or looking for a simpler approach. Each book is a collection of 13...

The book of Acts serves as our playbook for ministry as it prepares us for the active presence of God. Studying the book of Acts takes us back to t...

How Christian is evangelism? How biblical is it? In Call and Response: Biblical Foundations of a Theology of Evangelism, Walter Klaiber seeks answe...

Este libro es una introducción a las doctrinas básicas cristianas, el contexto histórico en que surgieron y la continua importancia que tienen para...

Just as  Roots  told the story of the African-American experience in the United States,  Breaking the Barriers  illustrates the experience of Afric...

Ten things you can do today to increase giving at your church. Church leaders struggle with issues related to financial giving every year, in every...

God gave Moses the vision to build a tabernacle, but Moses did not build it by himself. Church leaders engage in a similar endeavor. They a) see wh...

Highly acclaimed and widely used, this text shows what church tasks must be undertaken, why they are important, and the guiding theological princip...

How major-release films use religion to tell stories and convey messages  Focusing on American major-release films since World War II, the authors ...

Fiesta Cristiana is a bilingual collection of worship services for use in Hispanic congregations and other congregations developing ministries for ...

Black Religious Experience  is an examination of the role Christian education has played in the African American community, as seen in the work of ...

Henry H. Mitchell has completely revised and integrated his popular books The Recovery of Preaching and Black Preaching for seminarians and pastors...

Over the last thirty years African American voices and perspectives have become essential to the study of the various theological disciplines. Writ...

Complete and easy lessons that make Bible learning fun! All-in-One Bible Fun  is the perfect children's program for teachers on a budget or looking...

The author identifies three different types of change and shows how faith must both sustain us in the midst of personal and social change and under...

With theological and scientific expertise, Peters and Hewlett provide a careful and balanced analysis of the wide spectrum of debate between religi...

Biblical Interpretation: A Roadmap is a guide to discovering and asking the key questions - about biblical texts, about readers of the Bible, and a...

Explores the challenges of military life, the impact of combat on returning veterans, and issues that stress military families Help bring combat ve...

This is a comprehensive guide to building healthy congregational attitudes and practices toward managing and spending financial resources. Much has...

A leading Christian educator offers a practical guide for revisioning a church's educational program. After identifying the weaknesses in current e...

A fresh way to look at the ministry of The United Methodist Church. United Methodism is often accused of having an incoherent theological center. B...

This volume is intended to set in historical context the official United Methodist theological statements in the Disciplines of 1972 and 1988, and ...

The writers of the New Testament had a powerful experience of the living, crucified, and resurrected Christ that required a complete reinterpretati...

Where else would teens find courage and strength to live for God if not from the Gospel of John? This book takes readers through the Book of John i...