"The Psalms have long served a vital role in the individual and corporate lives of Christians, expressing the full range of human emotions, including some that we are ashamed to admit. The Psalms reverberate with joy, groan in pain, whimper with sadness, grumble in disappointment and rage with anger. The church fathers employed the Psalms widely. In liturgy they used them both as hymns and as Scripture readings. Within them they found ..."
"The relationship between Israel and the church is a crucial reference point in theology, especially in distinguishing between dispensational and nondispensational ways of thinking. The thesis of this book is that Israel and the church are distinct theological institutions that have arisen in the historical progress of divine revelation. But they are also related as successive phases of a redemptive program that is historically progressi ..."
"One can therefore live a life that is pleasing to God and in accordance with his
will (14:17-18); to a large degree the substance of ... Faith accepts as true the
revelation of God, trusting that God will do what he says he will do despite ... Paul
refers to aspects of both at 10:10: "It is with your heart that you believe and are
justified, and it is with your mouth that you ... upon God's mercy, expressed in
Jesus' sacrifice of a ..."
"Research indicates that on average, Americans change their religious affiliation at least once during their lives. Today, a number of evangelical Christians are converting to Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Anglicanism. Longtime Evangelicals often fail to understand the attraction of these non-Evangelical Christian traditions. Journeys of Faith examines the movement between these traditions from various angles. Four prominent convert ..."
"The relationship between the church and Israel has been the source of passionate debate among Christians throughout much of church history. In recent years the traditional pro-Israel stance of evangelicals has come under fire by those who support the Palestinian cause, calling for a new perspective and more nuanced approach by Christians who believe that the land of Israel belongs to the Jewish people by virtue of God's covenants and pr ..."
Counterpoints Bible and Theology Ser.: Three Views on the Rapture : Pretribulation, Prewrath, or Posttribulation by CraigA. Blaising, Douglas J. Moo 304 Pages, Published 2018 by Zondervan ISBN-13: 978-0-310-52882-1, ISBN: 0-310-52882-8
"Pretribulation, Prewrath, or Posttribulation Craig A. Blaising, Douglas J. Moo Alan
Hultberg ... In this book, the debate will be carried on by representatives of the
pretribulational, posttribulational, and prewrath rapture views . ... On the history of
the modern debate regarding the timing of the rapture, see Richard R . Reiter, “A
History of the Development of the ... For earlier periods, see ibid ., 11–29; George
Eldon Ladd, T ..."
"Books and articles have been written responding to Progressive
Dispensationalism. Regrettably, many ... A notable exception, however, is the
recently published Three Central Issues in Contemporary Dispensationalism: A
Comparison of Traditional and Progressive Views, edited by Herbert W. Bateman
IV. The reader who ..."