Is God a Moral Monster?: Making Sense of the Old Testament God (Copan Paul)(Paperback)

Is God a Moral Monster?: Making Sense of the Old Testament God (Copan Paul)(Paperback)

A recent string of popular-level books written by the New Atheists have leveled the accusation that the God of the Old Testament is nothing but a bully, a murderer, and a cosmic child abuser. This viewpoint is even making inroads into the church. How are Christians to respond to such accusations?

God of Violence Yesterday, God of Love Today? - Wrestling honestly with the Old Testament (Paynter Helen)(Paperback / softback)

Defending Old Testament Authorship: The Word of God Is Authentic and True (Andrews Edward D.)(Paperback)

How true is the Old Testament? For over two centuries Biblical scholars have held to the so-called documentary hypothesis, namely, that Genesis-Deuteronomy was not authored by Moses, but rather by several writers, some of whom lived centuries after Moses' time. How have many scholars questioned the

Names of God (Lifebuilder Study Guides) - Glimpses of His Character (Connelly Douglas (Author))(Paperback / softback)

Using Old Testament passages, this study guide is an exploration of the key 'names of God' revealed in the

Old Testament Ethics for the People of God (Wright Christopher J H (Author))(Paperback / softback)

God Dwells Among Us: Expanding Eden To The Ends Of The Earth (Beale Gregory K.)(Paperback)

The writers and chief actors of the Old Testament expressed a deep longing for the presence of God. This longing is symbolized through history in the Garden of Eden, the ark of the covenant and the tabernacle that housed it, the temple, and the ruins of the temple. In response to this longing, God

The God of the Old Testament: Encountering the Divine in Christian Scripture (Moberly R. W. L.)(Pevná vazba)

Walter Moberly is a top Old Testament theologian known for his creative, accessible, and provocative writing. His Old Testament Theology has been well received. This book, written in a similar vein, combines biblical criticism with constructive theology and engages both Jewish and Christian

Dark God: Cruelty, Sex, and Violence in the Old Testament (Rmer Thomas)(Paperback)

This Is How We Pray: Discovering a Life of Intimate Friendship with God (Dressler Adam)(Paperback)

This book is about making room: God making room for us. Us making room for God. And through this relationship we end up becoming people who knew firsthand what it means to walk with God. This Is How We Pray offers a fresh invitation to examine how we pray. Theology and doctrine can feel

Godless Morality: Keeping Religion Out of Ethics (Holloway Richard)(Paperback)

If the use of God in a moral debate raises more problems than it solves, is it better to leave God out of the argument altogether and find strong human reasons for the rules we live by? Godless Morality is a refreshing, courageous and human-centered justification for contemporary

A Boundless God: The Spirit According to the Old Testament (Levison Jack)(Paperback)

The word r aḥ (commonly translated as breath, wind, spirit, or Spirit) occurs in the Old Testament 389 times--more frequently than torah, shalom, or Sabbath. In this volume, a popular Old Testament scholar, whose previous books have received wide acclaim, cracks open the challenging and

Making Sense of God - An Invitation to the Sceptical (Keller Timothy)(Paperback / softback)

In an age of scepticism, can it really make sense to believe in Christianity's

Original Story - God, Israel and the World (Barton John)(Paperback / softback)

This volume is an illustrated guide to reading the Old Testament, including introductory chapters on its historical and geographical context, an examination of major theological themes and background information on social life and institutions, methods of study and

Esther: The Hidden Hand of God (Brownback Lydia)(Paperback)

'Here is a study intent on making disciples who know and worship their God.' --Jen Wilkin, Bible teacher; author, Women of the Word; None Like Him; and In His Image A 10-Week Study for Women The book of Esther reads much like a fairy tale: a young Jewish queen, her wise older cousin, an evil royal

The New Testament and the People of God: Christian Origins and the Question of God: Volume 1 (Wright N. T.)(Paperback)

This first volume in the series Christian Origins and the Question of God provides a historical, theological, and literary study of first-century Judaism and Christianity. Wright offers a preliminary discussion of the meaning of the word 'god' within those cultures, as he explores the ways in which

Anatheism: Returning to God After God (Kearney Richard)(Paperback)

Has the passing of the old God paved the way for a new kind of religious project, a more responsible way to seek, sound, and love the things we call divine? Has the suspension of dogmatic certainties and presumptions opened a space in which we can encounter religious wonder anew? Situated at the

Theology of the Gospel of Mark: A Semantic, Narrative, and Rhetorical Study of the Characterization of God (Danove Paul L.)(Paperback)

Paul L. Danove presents the first full-length study of God and the theology of God in the Gospel of Mark. In dialogue with scholars who assume that texts are designed to guide their own interpretation, Danove develops and applies methods of analysis to describe the actions and attributes of God in

More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite (Mallaby Sebastian)(Paperback)

The New York Times bestseller 'The bright light shed by More Money Than God is particularly welcome. Mr. Mallaby . . . brings a keen sense of financial theory to his subject and a vivid narrative style.' --The Wall Street Journal 'Splendid . . . the definitive history of the hedge fund history, a

The God Part of the Brain: A Scientific Interpretation of Human Spirituality and God (Alper Matthew)(Paperback)

Is Man the product of a God...or is 'God' the product of human evolution? From the dawn of our species, every human culture--no matter how isolated--has believed in some form of a spiritual realm. According to author Matthew Alper, this is no mere coincidence but rather due to the fact that humans,

God's Body: The Anthropomorphic God in the Old Testament (Wagner Andreas)(Paperback)

Images of the body in ancient Near Eastern civilizations are radically different from body images today, which in turn creates significant consequences for our understanding of the biblical notion of God's human shape and the frequent and widespread misconceptions therein. Andreas Wagner

God of Me: Imagining God Throughout Your Lifetime (Lyon David)(Paperback)

The God of AbrahamThe God of IsaacThe God of JacobThe God of SarahThe God of RebeccaThe God of RachelThe God of Leah... the God of MeThere is no easy prescription for how to know God, yet everyone can pursue a personal relationship with God, just as our patriarchs and matriarchs did in their lives

Morality & Beyond (Tillich)(Paperback)

Paul Tillich's classic work confronts the age-old question of how the moral is related to the religious. In particular, Tillich addresses the conflict between reason-determined ethics and faith-determined ethics and shows that neither is dependent on the other but that each alone is inadequate

Marriage, God's Way: A Manual on Family Life as God Planned It (Custer Michael)(Paperback)

IF God is God; IF He is the All-Wise, Almighty Creator; IF He is the God of truth and righteousness; IF He really knows what is going on in this world, then if things are done HIS WAY, they will work! In a day when there is so much disenchantment with divinely-established institutions, including

Exodus: Tyndale Old Testament Commentary (Cole R. Alan)(Paperback)

Exodus, Cole says, is 'the centre of the Old Testament'. It recounts the supreme Old Testament example of the saving acts of God, narrates the instituting of Passover and enshrines the giving of God's law. It portrays Moses, the prototype of all Israel's prophets, and Aaron, the first high