"From differences over which translation is best to disagreements about what the Scriptures say about women in ministry, homosexuality, and creation, the Bible continues to be at the center of debate for many Christians.In this enlightening book Samuel Powell introduces a Christian doctrine of Scripture that sweeps away much of the controversy. By giving special attention to the authority, revelation, and inspiration of the Bible, Dr. Po ..."
"Today, everybody seems to be fascinated with the end times. Scores of movies, books, and even mini-series revolve around an apocalyptic event where humanity is threatened, almost destroyed, or completely wiped out. Usually, through human ingenuity, the people of earth save themselves or rebuild at the end of the plot. But what does the Bible actually say about the end times? In A Teacher s Guide to Understanding the End Times, Samuel Po ..."
Discovering Our Christian Faith An Introduction to Theology by SamuelM. Powell Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2008 by Beacon Hill Press Of Kansas City ISBN-13: 978-0-8341-2354-0, ISBN: 0-8341-2354-1
"Theology is the knowledge of God; but unlike other types of information, which simply provide a broader understanding of a topic, theology is intimately connected to how we exist and conduct ourselves in the world. With this in mind, it’s important that we, as Christians, understand our beliefs in order to value their impact and practice them effectively.Discovering Our Christian Faith is an introduction to Christian theology. It explor ..."
"Why is the doctrine of the Trinity important? Is it just one more thing to memorize and forget about later? Or is it something much more?This concise, in-depth book explores this seemingly elusive doctrine, its history, and its meaning to the life of faith. With exceptional insight and scholarly precision, Samuel Powell brings this doctrine into sharp focus and demonstrates that more than an ancient relic of the church, the doctrine of ..."
"While many would argue that spirituality is a necessary component of authentic human living, there is a lot of confusion over what spirituality is. According to Powell Christian spirituality has five aspects. 1.) Christian living is inescapably corporate. It is inseparable from the Christian community. 2.) It is inescapably corporeal--it cannot be separated from specific and embodied practices. 3.) It is participation in the Trinitaria ..."
Embodied Holiness Toward a Corporate Theology of Spiritual Growth by SamuelM. Powell, Michael E. Lodahl Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2012 by Wipf & Stock Pub ISBN-13: 978-1-62032-247-5, ISBN: 1-62032-247-1
"What Does the Body - Physical & Social - Have to Do With Holiness? Modern Western Christianity has too often seen holiness and growth in Christian character as exclusively an individual and "spiritual" (or non-physical) matter. Centered on a suggestive proposal about "the sanctified body" by Stanley Hauerwas, the essays in this provocative volume argue contrary to that tendency, insisting that any genuine Christian holiness is vitally r ..."
"Sprinkle or immerse? Wine or grape juice? We re talking about sacraments in the Protestant Christian faith. There are so many questions, opinions, and arguments that there has to be an answer. Are sacraments needed for salvation? Do I need to be a church member to take communion? Who can perform a baptism?A Teacher’s Guide to Understanding the Sacraments gives an explanation about how churches came to practice the holy rituals in certa ..."
The Trinity in German Thought(1st Edition) by SamuelM. Powell Paperback, 292 Pages, Published 2009 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-09292-0, ISBN: 0-521-09292-2
"Paperback. Pub Date: 2009 Pages: 292 Publisher: Camidge. University Press The Trinity in German Thought describes the three ideas that govern modern German Trinitarian thought: for the ideas of reflective selfhood of Revelation and of the history of 'Reflective selfhood' designates the attempt at finding an analogy between the Trinity and the structure of the human self. Such attempts. following the lead of Augustine. typically see the ..."
The Impassioned Life Reason and Emotion in the Christian Tradition by SamuelM. Powell, Samuel L. Powell Hardcover, 456 Pages, Published 2016 by Fortress Press ISBN-13: 978-1-5064-1073-9, ISBN: 1-5064-1073-1
"The Impassioned Life argues that theology's task today is to rethink the nature of the emotions and their relation to human reason. Such rethinking is necessary because the Christian tradition feels ambivalently about the emotions. Armed with a commitment to body-soul dualism, many writers have equated the image of God with rationality and wondered whether emotion is an essential feature of human nature; however, the tradition has also ..."
Participating in God(1st Edition) Creation and Trinity (Theology and the Sciences) (Theology & the Sciences) by SamuelM. Powell Paperback, 254 Pages, Published 2003 by Fortress Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8006-3602-9, ISBN: 0-8006-3602-3
"In this exciting work, Samuel Powell offers a new constructive and systematic vision of creation by interpreting it in terms of contemporary science and trinitarian theology. Powells work unfolds in three stages, building on the multiple ways the doctrine of creation actually functions for Christians. He first analyzes its regulative dimension. Even in all the multiplicity of historical Christianity, he shows, the doctrine commits C ..."
"Centered on a suggestive proposal about "The Sanctified Body" by Stanley Hauerwas, the essays in this provocative volume argue contrary to that tendency, insisting that any genuine Christian holiness is vitally related to physical and ..."
The Impassioned Life Reason and Emotion in the Christian Tradition by SamuelM. Powell 456 Pages, Published 2016 by Fortress Press ISBN-13: 978-1-5064-0807-1, ISBN: 1-5064-0807-9
"Seeing the potential contradiction, Gregory declared that humans have the
capacity to change both for the good and for the bad. Capacity for change,
therefore, is not something to be feared, but embraced since it yields the
opportunity for daily growth in goodness. We are thus always being perfected
and we never come to the limit of perfection.94 However, in discussing the soul's
constant, perfecting movement in. 90. E.g., ibid., 9 ..."
It's all about grace Wesleyan essays in honour of Herbert L. Prince by Herbert L. Prince Paperback, 75 Pages, Published 2004 by Point Loma Press ISBN-13: 978-0-9754729-3-4, ISBN: 0-9754729-3-3
The Trinity in German Thought(1st Edition) by SamuelM. Powell Hardcover, 290 Pages, Published 2001 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-78196-1, ISBN: 0-521-78196-5
"This book is about the Christian doctrine of the Trinity as it has developed in Germany. It argues there are three main ideas in that development: first, the way in which the Trinity has been seen as similar to the human self; second, the way in which differing understandings of revelation have affected people's attitude toward the doctrine; and third, the ways in which differing understandings of the conception of history have affected ..."
"Now, Yale University is sponsoring a new edition of the works of Samuel Johnson, to include writings identified as his during the last twenty-five years and not printed in any previous collection of his works."--"
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