This book demonstrates the thesis that the central event of history called the Gospel event (the Son of God s incarnation, life, death, damnation, and resurrection for our salvation) has had so profound an impact on our world that it has spilled beyond the bounds chosen by God to contain it and convey it, namely divine revelation, the Holy ......
An Engagement with Muslims, Buddhists, and Other Peoples of Faith
Drawing on his long experience of mission, overseas and at home, Thomsen grapples with Christian theology and engagingly expounds how its deep themes relate with those of Buddhism and Islam. God in Christ must become the pattern for our living and evangelism. The key is to see others in the spirit and through the eyes of Christ. This is a bold ......
Conservative Evangelicals and the League of Nations
Examines the arguments and tactics that the influential confessional Christian congregations in the United States - dispensational millenialists, Calvinists, Lutherans, and, to a lesser extent, Methodists, Episcopalians, and Christian Restorationists - used to undermine domestic support for the proposed international body.
Conservative Evangelicals and the League of Nations
Examines the arguments and tactics that the influential confessional Christian congregations in the United States - dispensational millenialists, Calvinists, Lutherans, and, to a lesser extent, Methodists, Episcopalians, and Christian Restorationists - used to undermine domestic support for the proposed international body.
Luther's Theology of the Cross and its Relevance for South Asia
It is theologically imperative to face the issues of plurality of religions and poverty of the masses in South Asia. The questions of what does it mean to be a Christian and what is the relevance of church in this context are not merely matters of academic concern. Martin Luther's theology of the cross understands Jesus Christ as the sacrament and ......
First published in 1983, this title outlines the main principles of classical Lutheran theology. It examines canon, confession, ecumenicity, Christ-centeredness, sacrament, law/gospel, and two kingdoms.
Introduces readers to a congregation's journey through renewal. This book presents a practical how-to guide that will enable church leaders to help individual congregations walk through the process for themselves. It provides a straightforward approach that helps congregations reclaim Lutheran tradition for the 21st century.
Study Document of the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity
The world-level Lutheran-Catholic Commission on Unity offers here a study-document opening fresh perspectives in ecumenical ecclesiology. To indicate further steps toward the visible unity of the Lutheran and Catholic churches, the commission s document treats (1) the church s apostolic character in continuity with its original foundation, (2) the ......
