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click for details		The Works of Benjamin Warfield (Ten Volume Hardcover Set) Benjamin B. Warfield Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield (1851-1921) was professor of theology at Princeton Seminary from 1887 to 1921. His collected works (nearly all of which are essays that first appeared in journals such as the Princeton Theological Review, the Harvard Theological Review, the Presbyterian and Reformed Review, as well as encyclopedia articles, etc.) have been gathered here, and arranged thematically by volume. This edition is a recent reprint of the original 1932 edition, but the quality of the print, etc., is excellent. The contents of the ten volumes are as follows: Vol. I - Revelation and Inspiration (Revelation, Inspiration, Criticism, Canon, the Millennium, etc.) Vol. II - Biblical Doctrines (Predestination, the Trinity, the Person of Christ, Faith, etc.) Vol. III - Christology and Criticism (Blasphemy of the Son of Man, Jesus' Alleged Confession of Sin, "Christless Christianity," etc.) Vol. IV - Studies in Tertullian and Augustine (Tertullian & Trinity; Augustine's Confessions, Pelagian controversy, etc.) Vol. V - Calvin and Calvinism ("The Man and His Work"; "Calvin's Doctrine of the Creation," etc.) Vol. VI - The Westminster Assembly and Its Work ("The Making of the Westminster Confession," "The Westminster Doctrine of Holy Scripture," etc.) Vol. VII - Perfectionism, Part One (Albrecht Ritschl, "Miserable-Sinner Christianity," "Higher Life Movement") Vol. VIII - Perfectionism, Part Two (Noyes, Thomas Upham, the "Higher Life Movement," etc.) Vol IX - Studies in Theology ("Christian Supernaturalism," Annihilationism, "Charles Darwin's Religious Life," etc.) Vol. X - Critical Reviews (more than 50 books, including "Hastings Dictionary of the Bible"; McTaggart's "Some Dogmas of Religion"; Evelyn Underhill's "Mysticism," etc.) Here are some samples of what you will find therein: "(T)he Scriptures are a Divine product, without any indication of how God has operated in producing them." (Vol. I) "With both together before us we perceive (Jesus) alternately speaking out of a Divine and out of a human consciousness; manifesting Himself as all that God is and as all that man is; yet with the most marked unity of consciousness." (Vol. II) "Christianity was from its beginnings a literary religion, and documentary records of it have come down from the very start." (Vol. III) "Augustine came into being at the 'turn of the ages'; just as the old world was dying, and the new one was being born." (Vol. IV) "In Calvinism ... objectively speaking, theism comes to its rights; subjectively speaking, the religious relation attains its purity; soteriologically speaking, evangelical religion finds at length its full expression and its secure stability." (Vol. V) "There is certainly in the whole mass of confessional literature no more nobly conceived or ably wrought-out statement of doctrine than the chapter 'Of the Holy Scripture,' which the Westminster Divines placed at the head of their Confession." (Vol. VI) "It has not always been easy through the Protestant ages to maintain in its purity the high attitude of combined shame of self and confidence in the mercy of God in Christ." (Vol. VII) "It is a mere superstition to imagine that only good books sell well. Are Pastor Russell's books good books? It is in literature as in music where ragtime makes a more popular appeal than Beethoven." (Vol. VIII) "Christian men are men first and Christians afterwards: and therefore their Christian thinking is superinduced on a basis of world-thinking." (Vol. X) Warfield wrote at around the turn of the 20th century, of course. So many of the people Warfield strongly criticizes (e.g., Thomas Cogswell Upham) have almost completely disappeared from the current discussion. But on more "timeless" themes (e.g., biblical inspiration, Jesus Christ, Calvinism, etc.) his highly intelligent presentations are still worth our serious study. Out of print for years, this set of Warfield's writings is once again available for serious study! Professor of theology at Princeton Theological Seminary from 1887 to 1921, this leading Calvinistic theologian is known for his precise scholarship, keen logic, and spiritual insight. Enhance your own theological study with these fine reprints of Oxford's 1927--1932 edition. 5104 pages total, 10 hardcovers from Baker. WE JUST SOLD OUT OUR LAST SET. WE WILL BE SEARCHING FOR ANOTHER. BBW10 SOLD OUT - SORRY - WE ARE SEARCHING FOR ANOTHER SGCB Price: $249.95 (list price $400.00) $15.00 for standard shipping within the USA
		THE GOLDEN BOOKLET OF THE TRUE CHRISTIAN LIFE John Calvin Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life has inspired readers around the world for more than four centuries. This classic devotional will guide you on how to apply the Christian faith in a balanced way to mind, heart, and hand. Originally part of John Calvin's Institutes, it covers themes such as obedience, self-denial, the significance of the cross, and how believers should live their lives today. Rather than focusing on contemplative other-worldliness, the Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life stresses the importance of a devotedly active Christian life. In style and spirit, it is much like Augustine's Confessions, Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, or Thomas a Kempis's Imitation of Christ. Its intense practicality, however, sets it apart, making it easily accessible for anyone seeking to carry out Christian values in everyday life. The translator, Henry J. Van Andel, competently preserved the colorful language and direct style of which John Calvin was a recognized master. TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE -HUMBLE OBEDIENCE, THE TRUE IMITATION OF CHRIST 1. Scripture is the Rule of Life 2. Holiness is the Key Principle 3. Holiness Means Full Obedience to Christ 4. External Christianity is not Enough 5. Spiritual Progress is Necessary CHAPTER TWO- SELF-DENIAL 1. We are Not Our Own, we are the Lord's 2. Seeking God's Glory means Self-Denial 3. Self-Denial means: Sobriety, Righteousness, and Godliness 4. True Humility Means Respect for Others 5. We should Seek the Good of Other Believers 6. We should Seek the Good of Everyone, Friend and Foe 7. Civil Goodness is not Enough 8. No Happiness without God's Blessing 9. We Should Not be Anxious to Obtain Riches and Honors 10. The Lord is Just in All His Ways CHAPTER THREE - PATIENCE IN CROSSBEARING 1. Crossbearing is More Difficult than Self-Denial 2. The Cross Makes us Humble 3. The Cross Makes us Hopeful 4. The Cross Teaches Obedience 5. The Cross Makes for Discipline 6. The Cross Brings Repentance 7. Persecution Brings God's Favor 8. Persecution Should Bring Spiritual Joy 9. The Cross Should Not Makes us Indifferent 10. The Cross Makes for Submission 11. The Cross is Necessary for our Salvation CHAPTER FOUR - HOPEFULNESS FOR THE NEXT WORLD 1. There is No Crown Without a Cross 2. We are Inclined to Overestimate the Present Life 3. The Blessings of This Present Life Should Not be Despised 4. What is Earth, if Compared with Heaven? 5. We Should Not Fear Death, But Lift Up our Heads 6. The Lord Will Come in His Glory: Maranatha! CHAPTER FIVE - THE RIGHT USE OF THE PRESENT LIFE 1. Let Us Avoid Extremes 2. Earthly Things are Gifts of God 3. True Gratitude will Restrain us from Abuse 4. Let us Live with Moderation 5. Let us be Patient and Content Under Privation 6. Be Faithful in Your Divine Calling jcc 552923 VERY SPECIAL PRICE - over 50% OFF SGCB Price: $5.00 (list price $11.00)
click for details		UNION WITH THE RESURRECTED CHRIST: Eschatological New Creation and New Testament Biblical Theology Greg Beale THIS BRAND NEW TITLE BY GREG BEALE IS NOW AVAILABLE TO SHIP Union with Christ is an important theological and practical concept that has received considerable attention in recent years. But not much consideration has been given to this union and its benefits in light of Jesus’s resurrection and ascension. In this follow-up to his monumental A New Testament Biblical Theology, G. K. Beale summarizes and expands on that work with an eye to fleshing out the theological implications of the resurrection and ascension. Beale explains that Christ’s resurrection and ascension place him as the beginning of the eschatological fulfillment of the new creational kingdom. Specifically, Christ is the fulfillment of a cluster of nineteen Old Testament end-time expectations. These eschatological realities attributed to Christ are imprinted on believers through their dynamic union and identification with him. Through careful exegesis, Beale explores these facets and deliberately draws out important practical applications for everyday Christian living in the overlap of the old creation and the new. Students of the New Testament will benefit from this important contribution to New Testament theology. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction PART 1: The Biblical-Theological Storyline Related to Resurrection, New Creation, and Union with Christ 1. The Biblical-Theological Storyline of the Inaugurated End-Time Resurrection and New-Creational Kingdom as a Framework for New Testament Theology, Part 1 2. The Biblical-Theological Storyline of the Inaugurated End-Time Resurrection and New-Creational Kingdom as a Framework for New Testament Theology, Part 2 PART 2: The Reality and Benefits of Fulfillment in Christ’s Life, Death, and Especially Resurrection as the Beginning of the Eschatological New-Creational Kingdom 3. The Resurrected Christ as the Last Adam, the Son of God, and True Israel Who Is a Corporate Representative for His People, So That They Gain Adamic Sonship and Become True Israel 4. The Resurrected Christ as a Corporate Representative for the Believer as the Temple 5. The Resurrected Christ as a Corporate Representative for the Believer as True Israel 6. The Resurrected Christ as a Corporate Representative for the Believer as Wisdom, Righteousness (Justification), Sanctification, and Redemption 7. The Resurrected Christ as a Corporate Representative for the Believer as a King-Priest Who Endures through Tribulation 8. The Resurrected Christ as a Corporate Representative for the Believer as a Mission-Oriented Returnee from Exile 9. Christ and the Spirit: The Resurrected Christ’s Identification with the Spirit as a Corporate Representative for the Believer’s Spirit-Resurrected Existence 10. Christ and the Spirit: The Spirit’s Work of Bringing People into Union with Christ 11. The Resurrected Christ’s Achievement of Righteousness and the Believers’ Identification with That Righteousness, Part 1 12. The Resurrected Christ’s Achievement of Righteousness and the Believers’ Identification with That Righteousness, Part 2 13. The Resurrected Christ’s Glory and the Believers’ Identification with That Glory, Part 1 14. The Resurrected Christ’s Glory and the Believers’ Identification with That Glory, Part 2: 2 Peter 15. The Believers’ Sartorial Identification with the Resurrected Christ’s Image and Definitive Separation from the World 16. The Believers’ Identification with Christ’s Resurrected New Life and Their Regeneration 17. The Believers’ Identification with Christ’s Resurrected New Life Conclusion Indexes ENDORSEMENTS "This volume captures Beale at his best. He creatively draws connections between texts across the canon to craft an attractive biblical-theological picture of God's revelation in Scripture. His focus on resurrection brings an emphasis much needed in today's theological landscape." -Douglas Moo, Wheaton College “This volume represents the matured culmination of much of Beale’s decades-long biblical-theological work. Impressive for its comprehensive scope and penetrating insights, it focuses on the climactic centrality of the resurrection and ascension of Christ in the history of redemption and the inseparable and multifaceted saving benefits flowing from union with Christ specifically as resurrected. It is fairly read as providing, as he says, a virtual ‘encyclopedia’ of that union. A valuable feature is the frequent ‘application’ sections throughout. Truly a magnum opus, I commend its careful reading and study.” -Richard B. Gaffin Jr., professor of biblical and systematic theology, emeritus, Westminster Theological Seminary “Beale contributes yet another study that would constitute a magnum opus for most authors—but which for him just adds to a substantial list of groundbreaking publications. Beale approaches union with Christ from fresh angles and with comprehensive breadth, exegetical rigor, and dozens of practical applications. I am not aware of another book that demonstrates so sweepingly the relevance of Christ’s resurrection and ascension to believers’ union with him in its rich benefits and inexhaustible glories.” -Robert W. Yarbrough, Covenant Theological Seminary “For years now, biblical scholars have stressed the participatory features in the New Testament authors’ understanding of salvation and the Christian life. Building on his biblical theology tome, Beale pulls together the rich diversity of the New Testament to identify the central theme: believers become united with, participate in, identify with, and are incorporated into Christ in his resurrection even as they strive to live consistently with that reality. We fully share in what is his. Ultimately, coursing through the pages of Beale’s study is a sense of the victory that Christ’s own share in the new creation and the Spirit—a timely and powerful message.” -A. Andrew Das, Niebuhr Distinguished Chair and Professor of Religious Studies, Elmhurst University AUTHOR G. K. BEALE (PhD, University of Cambridge) is professor of New Testament and biblical theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Dallas, Texas. He is coeditor (with D. A. Carson) of the Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament and the author of numerous books, including A New Testament Biblical Theology: The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the New, Handbook on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, and commentaries on Colossians and Philemon, Revelation, and 1 and 2 Thessalonians. JKB5 gkbn2 BRAND NEW 576 PAGE HARDCOVER VOLUME- NOW AVAILABLE TO SHIP SGCB Price: $32.75 (list price $50.00)
click for details		CALLED TO PREACH: Fulfilling the High Calling of Expository Preaching STEVEN J. LAWSON ILLUMINATING THE WORD OF GOD IN A DARK WORLD. In every generation, the church stands in dire need of God-called people to preach the Word with precision and power. Preachers who will not replace sound theology with culturally palatable soundbites. Preachers who will clearly and faithfully share the gospel and inspire those in their churches to live godly lives. Through in-depth biblical analysis and inspiring examples from church history, Steven J. Lawson paints a picture of God's glory magnified through faithful preaching, reclaiming the high ground of biblical preaching for the next generation. With helpful advice and practical guidance gleaned from 50 years in ministry, Lawson helps aspiring preachers know if they are called to preach; understand the qualifications for ministry; and develop, improve, and deliver strong expository sermons that illuminate the Word of God in a dark world. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1. DIVINELY SUMMONED: Discerning the Call 2. THE PREACHER'S MANDATE: Proclaiming the Word 3. BEHOLD YOUR GOD: Exalting the Lord 4. IN THE STUDY: Exploring the Text 5. PREPARING YOUR EXPOSITION: Crafting the Sermon 6. STEPPING INTO THE PULPIT: Delivering the Message 7. MAKING IT PERSONAL: Connecting the Truth 8. IMPROVING AS A PREACHER: Elevating the Exposition 9. IN PURSUIT OF HOLINESS: Disciplining the Life A FINAL CHARGE TO PREACHERS: Upholding the Word Steven J. Lawson (ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary; DMin, Reformed Theological Seminary) is president of OnePassion Ministries, a ministry designed to bring about biblical reformation in the church today by teaching and preaching the Word of God and training others to do likewise. Lawson is the professor of preaching at The Master's Seminary, where he is also dean of the doctor of ministry program and serves on the board of directors. A teaching fellow and board member of Ligonier Ministries, he is also the executive editor of Expositor magazine. Lawson is a regular speaker at conferences such as the Shepherds' Conference and the Ligonier National Conference, and his preaching has taken him across the country and around the world. The author of over 30 books, including New Life in Christ, Lawson lives in Dallas, Texas. sjl NT22 BRAND NEW 2022 VOLUME SGCB Price: $14.75 (list price $20.00) PURCHASE WITH TWO HARDCOVER VOLS. 'REFORMED PREACHING' & 'THE SUPREMACY OF GOD IN PREACHING" SGCB Price: $35.00 (list price $80.00) THIS IS THE PRICE OF ALL THREE VOLUMES
		MORE THAN CONQUERORS An Interpretation of the Book of Revelation William Hendriksen With an uniterrupted printing history since it was first published in 1939, Dr. Hendriksen's interpretation of the Book of Revelation has served as a solid resource and a source of inspiration for generations. Hendriksen writes, "In form, symbolism, purpose and meaning the Book of Revelation is beautiful beyond description." Using sound principles of interpretation, MORE THAN CONQUERORS unfolds the mysteries of the apocalypse gradually, always with the purpose of showing that "we are more than conquerors through Christ who loved us." This straightforward and understandable interpretation makes a helpoful resource for pastors, teachers, small group leaders, and anyone who regularly reads the Bible. AVAILABLE TO SHIP TODAY! 10/3 33% Discount SGCB Price: $10.00 (list price $15.00)
click for details		PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION: Sacred Hermeneutics LOUIS BERKHOF (1873-1957) This textbook covers the history of hermeneutical principles, the proper conception of the Bible, grammatical interpretation, and historical and theological interpretation. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface I. INTRODUCTION II. HISTORY OF HERMENEUTICAL PRINCIPLES AMONG THE JEWS A. Definition of the History of Hermeneutics B. Principles of Interpretations among the Jews III. HISTORY OF HERMENEUTICAL PRINCIPLES IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH A. The Patristic Period B. The Period of the Middle Ages C. The Period of the Reformation D. The Period of Confessionalism E. The Historico-Critical Period IV. THE PROPER CONCEPTION OF THE BIBLE, THE OBJECT OF HERMENEUTICA SACRA A. The Inspiration of the Bible B. Unity and Diversity in the Bible C. The Unity of the Sense of Scripture D. The Style of Scripture: General Characteristics E. The Exegetical Standpoint of the Interpreter V. GRAMMATICAL INTERPRETATION A. Meaning of Separate Words B. The Meaning of the Words in their Connection C. Internal Helps for the Explanation of Words D. The Figurative Use of Words E. Interpretation of the Thought F. Internal Helps for the Interpretation of the Thought G. External Helps for the Grammatical Interpretation VI. HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION A. Definition and Explanation B. Personal Characteristics of the Author or Speaker C. Social Circumstances of the Author D. Circumstances Peculiar to the Writings E. Helps for the Historical Interpretation VII. THEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION A. Name: Why is Theological Interpretation the best title to use for this discipline? B. The Bible as a Unity C. The Mystical Sense of Scripture D. The Symbolical and Typical Interpretation of Scripture E. The Interpretation of Prophecy F. The Interpretation of the Psalms G. The Implied Sense of Scripture H. Helps for the Theological Interpretation of Scripture GENERAL INDEX SCRIPTURE INDEX Louis Berkhof (1873-1957) was an American-Dutch Reformed theologian who served as a pastor in Michigan and taught at Calvin Theological Seminary for almost four decades. He served as president of the seminary from 1931-1944. Berkhof wrote twenty-two books during his career, including Systematic Theology and History of Christian Doctrines. He also delivered Princeton Theological Seminary's Stone Lectures in 1951, published as The Kingdom of God. bhbk bn22 THIS WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1950 SGCB Price: $17.95 (list price $22.00) PURCHASE ALONG WITH 'OPENING SCRIPTURE: A Hermeneutical Manual Introducing the Exegetical Study of the New Testament' by Patrick Fairbairn SGCB Price: $37.00 (list price $57.00) THIS IS THE PRICE FOR BOTH THESE PAPERBACK TITLES
click for details		THE TRANSFIGURATION OF CHRIST: An Exegetical and Theological Reading PATRICK SCHREINER PRICE REDUCED TILL THE END OF 2024 All three Synoptic Gospels tell the story of Jesus’s transfiguration. Yet there has been surprisingly little written about this key event, and many readers struggle to understand its significance and place in redemptive history, let alone how it might be applied. Here, Patrick Schreiner provides a clear and accessible study of the transfiguration with an eye toward its theological significance and practical application. Namely, this event points to Jesus’s double sonship, revealing the preexistent glory of the eternal Son and the future glory of the suffering Messianic Son. Further, the transfiguration points to Christians’ own formation and transfiguration. Schreiner traces the transfiguration theme through Scripture and employs hermeneutical, trinitarian, and christological categories to assist his exegesis, thus challenging modern readings. This enlightening study will be of interest to students, pastors, and serious lay readers. "It is a truth universally acknowledged that the Western church has overlooked the transfiguration. However, the Eastern tradition has consistently put the transfiguration front and center. The Feast of the Transfiguration (August 6) continues to loom large on the church calendar. In the Western tradition, this day passes by unsung, unhonored, unacknowledged. Consider: How many sermons have you heard on the transfiguration? How many songs do you know that sing about the transfiguration? The transfiguration is a curiosity in want of practical significance. It is difficult to find any significant comment on it in the standard systematic theologies. Maybe some modern scholars have shunned it because they are suspicious of the supernatural. Maybe scholars have also neglected it because we don’t know what to do with it. We have become like Peter, befuddled (Mark 9:6). It seems like an unimpressive magic trick: a shining person who does the disciples little practical good. Jesus’s other miracles make sense—feeding people, healing them, and raising the dead—but the transfiguration is confusing. One author begins his book by stating, “It has not been found easy to give a satisfying interpretation of the transfiguration story.” Another mentions how many get lost in the maze of scholarly speculations. If I were to ask you what difference it would make if Jesus had not died on the cross or been raised from the dead, the answer would come quite quickly. But what if Jesus had not been transfigured? An answer to that question is not so forthcoming. This is not to assert that the transfiguration deserves the same prominence as the cross or the resurrection, but it does reveal how little attention we give it. Would the story of Jesus be any different if the transfiguration hadn’t happened? Or to put it another way, would your reading of the Scriptures change at all if you “Thomas Jeffersoned” the transfiguration out of the Bible? I’m afraid these questions are harder to answer. This might be because we don’t think the transfiguration is central to the gospel or reveals anything unique about Jesus’s identity. We assume that the salvation of humankind could have been accomplished without it and that other texts resource our Christology. Because of this, the transfiguration has had little impact on our reading of the Scriptures. However, the transfiguration is one of those events we can never seem to plumb the depths of. The simplicity of the story conceals it profundities. It leaves its fingerprints on every major doctrine: the Trinity, Christology, anthropology, soteriology, and eschatology. The light of the transfiguration refracts over all these core beliefs." - from the Preface TABLE OF CONTENTS Abbreviations Preface Introduction: A Two-Level Christology 1. THE NECESSITY OF THE TRANSFIGURATION Five Reasons We Neglect the Transfiguration Five Reasons Not to Neglect the Transfiguration 2. THE GLORIOUS SETTING A Hermeneutical Grammar Six/Eight Days Later Up the Mountain The Three Witnesses Purgation--Spiritual Ascent 3. THE GLORIOUS SIGNS A Trinitarian Grammar Jesus’s Shining Face and White Clothes The Bright Cloud Moses and Elijah Illumination--Divine Sight 4. THE GLORIOUS SAYING A Christological Grammar Peter’s Inglorious Saying ”This Is My Beloved Son” ”Listen to Him” Union: Partaking in the Divine Nature 5. THE TRANSFIGURATION AND THEOLOGY Creation The Incarnation Jesus’s Baptism Gethsemane The Cross The Resurrection Jesus’s Ascension and Return The New Creation Conclusion: Restoring the Transfiguration Appendix: Light from Light Indexes ENDORSEMENTS “Patrick Schreiner deftly integrates exegesis, biblical theology, and systematics in a work that brilliantly rescues the transfiguration from its undeserved obscurity and second-class status in both biblical studies and dogmatic theology alike. Here is a contribution to Christology that is as edifying as it is scholarly. I can only describe what he has achieved by using the same term the disciples might have used to describe Jesus’s shining face: glorious!” - Kevin J. Vanhoozer, research professor of systematic theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School “Pondered as an isolated event, the transfiguration makes very little sense to us. Schreiner has learned the secret: don’t isolate it, but instead read it as having elements of both epiphany and apotheosis, preexistence and consummation, eternal sonship and messianic sonship. A spirited and energetic introduction to this neglected mystery of the life of Jesus.” - Fred Sanders, professor of theology, Torrey Honors College, Biola University “The reason this is such an important book is not simply that it is an incredibly insightful treatment of an overlooked aspect of Jesus’s life (which it is) but because it demonstrates how the transfiguration deeply enriches our understanding of who Jesus is and who we are in him. This wonderful book will open your eyes to the glory of the Lord Jesus and the glory we will one day share with him.” - Peter Orr, New Testament lecturer, Moore Theological College “Christ’s transfiguration is a relatively brief scene in the Synoptics, and yet it offers a breadth of theological and exegetical potential. In this book, Patrick Schreiner helps to unlock this potential by drawing out the transfiguration’s canonical, christological, and churchly significance. The result is a primer that is sure to benefit many.” - Brandon D. Smith, chair of the Hobbs School of Theology & Ministry and associate professor of theology and early Christianity, Oklahoma Baptist University; co-founder, Center for Baptist Renewal “The transfiguration: The Bible proclaims it. The church celebrates it. The Son reveals himself through it. Why, then, would we neglect it? In this fine contribution, Patrick Schreiner encourages us to gaze anew upon Jesus’s glory on the mountain—his future glory as one of us and his preexistent glory as one of a kind with the Father. If you’ve ignored the transfiguration, you’ll do so no longer. If you’ve loved the transfiguration, you’ll come to love it still more.” - Michael Kibbe, associate professor of Bible, Great Northern University “Jesus’s transfiguration is a fountain of rich theology and a wellspring of joyous hope for contemplation. In The Transfiguration of Christ, Patrick Schreiner excavates treasures of glory, blessing the church with a sure guide to this momentous and oft-neglected event in the life of our Lord. His book will lead you to the summit of revelation to behold the eternal light of the Triune God in the face of Jesus Christ and the unveiling of God’s infinite love for his people. Read it, and long for the beatific vision.” - L. Michael Morales, professor of biblical studies, Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary PATRICK SCHREINER (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is associate professor of New Testament and biblical theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is also an elder at Emmaus Church in Kansas City, Missouri. He is the author of numerous books, including Matthew, Disciple and Scribe, a commentary on Acts, The Ascension of Christ, The Mission of the Triune God, The Visual Word, Political Gospel, and The Kingdom of God and the Glory of the Cross. TRANS3 BRAND NEW TITLE - FEBRUARY 2024 SGCB Price: $20.00 (list price $28.00) PRICE REDUCED TILL THE END OF 2024
click for details		REFORMED DOGMATICS: Deluxe Edition, 4 Volume Set HERMAN BAVINCK translated by John Vriend, Edited by John Bolt This beautiful deluxe edition of Herman Bavinck’s four-volume masterwork, Reformed Dogmatics, is designed for book lovers. Special features include luxurious imitation leather covers, custom foil-stamped spines and covers, and classic hubbed spines. The attractive interior features Smyth sewn binding, specially designed printed end-sheets, and elegant ivory paper with an eggshell finish. This exquisite set presents readers with a classic edition of one of the most important theological works of the twentieth century. The set includes: Volume One: Prolegomena Volume Two: God and Creation Volume Three: Sin and Salvation in Christ Volume Four: Holy Spirit, Church, and New Creation Endorsements "Arguably the most important systematic theology ever produced in the Reformed tradition. I have found it to be the most valuable. English-speaking theology throughout the 20th century until now has been singularly impoverished by not having at its disposal a translation of Bavinck's Dogmatiek in its entirety. The appearance of these volumes will be an incomparable boon for generations of students, pastors, teachers, and others, serving to deepen understanding and enrich reflection in both historical and systematic theology." --Richard B. Gaffin, Jr., professor of biblical and systematic theology, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia "Despite all the important contributions that Dutch Calvinists have made to North American Protestantism, Herman Bavinck remains an obscure figure, lagging behind the influential Abraham Kuyper. With the translation and republication of Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics, this unfortunate situation should change for the better. These four volumes demonstrate the importance and mastery of Bavinck's own contribution to Reformed theology, while providing a useful and striking point of comparison with the best-known twentieth-century Reformed Dogmatics, that of Karl Barth. At a time when the scholastic nature of systematic theology has come under serious criticism, Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics reveals the advantage of careful and sustained reflection on Christian truth that is both faithful to the church and engaged with the academy. Readers will discover more than Bavinck the theologian in these volumes; they will learn about the God whom he worshiped and served." --D. G. Hart, author of The Lost Soul of American Protestantism "Bavinck's Dutch masterwork was the Everest of which the textbooks by Louis Berkhof and Auguste Lecerf were foothills and Berkouwer's studies in dogmatics were outliers. Like Augustine, Calvin, and Edwards, Bavinck was a man of giant mind, vast learning, ageless wisdom, and great expository skill, and to have his first volume now in full English, with a promise of the other three to come, is a wonderful enrichment. Solid but lucid, demanding but satisfying, broad and deep and sharp and stabilizing, Bavinck's magisterial Reformed Dogmatics remains after a century the supreme achievement of its kind." -- J. I. Packer, professor of theology, Regent College LIMITED QUANTITY HAVE BEEN PRINTED SGCB Price: $175.00 (list price $300.00) CAN ONLY BE PURCHASED AS A COMPLETE SET
		REFORMED DOGMATICS: The Complete Four Volume Set Herman Bavinck In partnership with the Dutch Reformed Translation Society, Baker Academic is proud to offer in English for the very first time the fourth and final volume of Herman Bavinck's complete Reformed Dogmatics, now also available as a four-volume set. This volume includes the combined indexes for all four volumes. In addition, editor John Bolt introduces each chapter and has enhanced the footnotes and bibliography. This masterwork will appeal not only to scholars, students, pastors, and laity interested in Reformed theology but also to research and theological libraries. "Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics has been the fountainhead of Reformed theology for the last hundred years. It is by far the most profound and comprehensive Reformed systematic theology of the twentieth century. The reader will be amazed by Bavinck's erudition, creativity, and balance. Bavinck is confessionally orthodox, but he recognizes the need to rethink the traditional formulations from Scripture in the context of contemporary discussion. I hope these volumes will have a large readership and will bring forth much theological and spiritual fruit."--John M. Frame, professor of systematic theology and philosophy, Reformed Theological Seminary "Bavinck's Dutch masterwork was the Everest of which the textbooks by Louis Berkhof and Auguste Leoerf were foothills and Berkouwer's studies in dogmatics were outliers. Like Augustine, Calvin, and Edwards, Bavinck was a man of giant mind, vast learning, ageless wisdom and great expository skill. Solid but lucid, demanding but satisfying, broad and deep and sharp and stabilizing, Bavinck's magisterial Reformed Dogmatics remains after a century the supreme achievement of its kind."--J. I. Packer, professor of theology, Regent College "Despite all the important contributions that Dutch Calvinists have made to North American Protestantism, Herman Bavinck remains an obscure figure, lagging behind the influential Abraham Kuyper. With the translation and republication of Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics, this unfortunate situation should change for the better. These four volumes demonstrate the importance and mastery of Bavinck's own contribution to Reformed theology, while providing a useful and striking point of comparison with the best-known twentieth-century Reformed dogmatics, that of Karl Barth. At a time when the scholastic nature of systematic theology has come under serious criticism, Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics reveals the advantage of careful and sustained reflection on Christian truth that is both faithful to the church and engaged with the academy. Readers will discover more than Bavinck the theologian in these volumes; they will learn about the God whom he worshiped and served."--D. G. Hart, author of The Lost Soul of American Protestantism BAKER BOOKS cw3 rdx hb3 l2o LDAY BDS CLST VOLUME ONE: PROLEGOMENA SGCB Price: $40.00 (list price $65.00) VOLUME TWO: GOD and CREATION SGCB Price: $40.00 (list price $65.00) VOLUME THREE: SIN and SALVATION IN CHRIST SGCB Price: $40.00 (list price $65.00) VOLUME FOUR: HOLY SPIRIT, CHURCH and NEW CREATION SGCB Price: $40.00 (list price $65.00) ORDER THE COMPLETE FOUR VOLUME SET AND SAVE EVEN MORE SGCB Price: $155.00 (list price $250.00) SAVE $95.00
click for details		COMMENTARY ON THE NEW TESTAMENT USE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT D. A. Carson and G. K. Beale Readers of the New Testament often encounter quotes or allusions to the Old Testament that may be unfamiliar or obscure. In this volume, G. K. Beale and D. A. Carson have brought together a distinguished team of scholars to isolate, catalog, and comment on both the obvious Old Testament quotations and the more subtle allusions found in the New Testament. The result is a comprehensive commentary on the Old Testament references that appear from Matthew through Revelation. It is a vital resource for the reference library of every student of the New Testament. "This really is a new sort of commentary! For the first time we are given a continuous exegetical reading of the way each New Testament book quotes, alludes to, and evokes the Old Testament Scriptures. This volume will be an immensely useful resource for all kinds of study of the New Testament."--Richard Bauckham, professor of New Testament Studies and Bishop Wardlaw Professor, St. Mary's College, University of St. Andrews "Finally we have a work that examines the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament and covers the entirety of the New Testament in a single volume. Pastors, students, and scholars will profit from the careful attention to both the Old and New Testament contexts in which the citations occur, and they will be enriched by the theological depth represented in this important book."--Thomas R. Schreiner, James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary "Beale and Carson have given us a volume that will certainly become a standard for all serious Bible readers, ministers, and scholars. We are in their debt. As a preacher, I would especially encourage other preachers to use this volume in honing their understanding of God's Word and in leading their congregations to better understand the Old Testament, the same Scriptures that Jesus taught his disciples. IÆm even planning on using this to help select appropriate Scripture readings for public services." --Mark Dever, pastor, Capitol Hill Baptist Church, Washington, DC "Few areas of New Testament study are as often discussed as the New Testament's use of the Old. There has long been a need for a careful case-by-case treatment, since the use we see in the New Testament is so varied and diverse. This commentary meets that need admirably. It is thorough yet concise, clear yet detailed. All will be led into helpful reflection on this important area of study. Well done to the editors and authors of this useful and unique commentary."--Darrell L. Bock, research professor of New Testament studies, Dallas Theological Seminary D. A. Carson (PhD, University of Cambridge) is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is the author or editor of more than forty books. G. K. Beale (PhD, University of Cambridge) is Kenneth T. Wessner Chair of Biblical Studies and professor of New Testament at Wheaton College Graduate School. He is the author or editor of several books, including The Right Doctrine from the Wrong Texts? And commentaries on Revelation and 1 and 2 Thessalonians. Hardcover: 1280 pages Publisher: Baker Academic (November 1, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0801026938 ISBN-13: 978-0801026935 Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.6 x 2.3 inches BEALE SPECIAL sjs bfs JRW svx jkb5 OTNT GKB3 NTUOOT AVAILABLE TO SHIP ONCE AGAIN SGCB Price: $52.95 (list price $75.00) This is a Large Hardcover Volume - 1280 Pages ORDER WITH COMPANION VOLUME 'A DICTIONARY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT USE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT' SGCB Price: $90.00 (list price $140.00) THIS IS THE PRICE FOR BOTH MASSIVE HARDCOVER TITLES ADD 'THE HANDBOOK ON THE NEW TESTAMENT USE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT' BY G.K. BEALE SGCB Price: $107.50 (list price $165.00) THIS IS THE PRICE FOR ALL THREE TITLES
click for details		REFORMED ETHICS: Volume One - Created, Fallen, and Converted Humanity HERMAN BAVINCK NEW TITLE - BECAME AVAILABLE ON MAY 31, 2019 Authored by the acclaimed Calvinist scholar Herman Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics is one of the most important theological works of the 20th century. This recently discovered companion work to his masterpiece mines the moral teachings of the early church, as well as medieval and Puritan spirituality, to offer Bavinck's mature reflections on ethical issues. 608 pages, hardcover from Baker. Herman Bavinck's four-volume Reformed Dogmatics is one of the most important theological works of the twentieth century. Leading Bavinck expert John Bolt edited that work, which has received wide acclaim. Now Bolt has edited a recently discovered manuscript from Bavinck, in print for the first time, which serves as a companion to Reformed Dogmatics. Reformed Ethics follows the same method and explores the ethical and spiritual dimensions of key doctrines beyond those of Reformed Dogmatics. It mines the moral teachings of the early church and medieval and Puritan spirituality while addressing a variety of topics, offering scholars, pastors, and students Bavinck's mature reflections on ethical issues. This book is the first of three planned volumes. Contents Introduction to Herman Bavinck's Reformed Ethics by Dirk van Keulen and John Bolt Introduction §1 Historical Overview of Christian Ethics §2 Terminology §3 Division and Organization of Ethic §4 Foundation and Method of Ethics Book I: Humanity before Conversion 1. Essential Human Nature §5 Human Beings, Created in God's Image §6 The Content of Human Nature §7 Human Relationships 2. Humanity under the Power of Sin §8 The Devastation of the Image of God in Humanity §9 The Organizing Principle and Classification of Sins 3. The Self against the Neighbor and God §10 Sins of Egoism in the Narrow Sense §11 Sins against the Neighbor §12 Sins against God 4. The Fallen Image of God §13 The Image of God in Fallen Human Beings 5. Human Conscience §14 The Conscience 6. The Sinner and the Law §15 The Law §16 Natural Morality Book II: Converted Humanity 7. Life in the Spirit §17 The Nature of the Spiritual Life §18 The Origin of the Spiritual Life §19 The First and Basic Activity of the Spiritual Life 8. Life in the Spirit in the Church's History §20 Mysticism, Pietism, and Methodism 9. The Shape and Maturation of the Christian Life §21 The Shape of the Christian Life: The Imitation of Christ §22 The Growth of the Spiritual Life 10. Persevering in the Christian Life §23 Security and Sealing 11. Pathologies of the Christian Life §24 Diseases of the Spiritual Life and Their Roots 12. Restoration and Consummation of the Christian Life §25 Means of Restoration §26 Consummation of the Spiritual Life; Meditation on Death Indexes "What a treasure! John Bolt has done the church a tremendous service in translating and editing this first volume of Bavinck's Reformed Ethics. It shares all the hallmarks we have come to associate with Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics, offering a formidable, astute account of the Reformed approach to ethics. We have long needed a work like this! Bavinck's Reformed Ethics offers pastors, students, theologians, ethicists--and Christians who would like to wrestle more deeply with the nature of the Christian life--a rich introduction to moral theology in all its contours. On the one hand, Bavinck sets forth a Christ-centered, Spirit-focused paradigm for ethics that accounts for the complexities of human nature amid the great story of creation, fall, and redemption. On the other hand, he manages to provide immensely practical and even devotional insights into dimensions of the Christian life that rarely receive the treatment they deserve, including the conscience, spiritual and moral pathologies, and practices of restoration and communion. I am grateful to have this tremendous resource in my hands, and I eagerly anticipate the next two volumes!" -Matthew J. Tuininga, assistant professor of moral theology, Calvin Theological Seminary hb3 lvs 319 svs l3 l2o bant hbre BRAND NEW VOLUME AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME (NOW AVAILABLE) SGCB Price: $38.95 (list price $60.00) THIS IS A 608 PAGE HARDCOVER VOLUME ORDER BOTH VOLUMES OF REFORMED ETHICS AND SAVE EVEN MORE SGCB Price: $75.00 (list price $120.00) ORDER BOTH VOLUMES ALONG WITH 'REFORMED DOGMATICS' (THE ONE VOLUME ABRIDGED EDITION) SGCB Price: $115.00 (list price $185.00) THIS IS THE PRICE FOR ALL THREE HARDCOVER VOLUMES
click for details		REFORMED ETHICS: Volume Two - The Duties of the Christian Life HERMAN BAVINCK edited by John Bolt VOLUME TWO JUST APPEARED IN LATE 2021 EXACTLY 100 YEARS AFTER BAVINCK'S DEATH IN 1921. Herman Bavinck's four-volume Reformed Dogmatics is one of the most important theological works of the twentieth century. The English translation was edited by leading Bavinck expert John Bolt, who now brings forth a recently discovered manuscript from Bavinck that is being published for the first time. Serving as a companion to Reformed Dogmatics, Reformed Ethics offers readers Bavinck's mature reflections on ethical issues. This book, the second of three planned volumes, covers the duties of the Christian life and includes Bavinck's exposition of the Ten Commandments. CONTINUED FROM VOLUME ONE Book III Humanity after Conversion 13. Duties, Precepts and Counsels, Adiaphora §27 The Doctrine (Theory) of Duty §28 Precepts and Counsels §29 Duties and the Permissible; Adiaphora 14. Collision and Classification of Duties §30 Collision of Duties §31 Classification of Duties Part A. Our Duties toward God 15. No Other Gods; No Images §32 The First Commandment §33 The Second Commandment 16. The Honor of God's Name §34 The Third Commandment 17. The Sabbath §35 The Fourth Commandment Part B. Our Duties toward Ourselves 18. General Bodily Duties to Self §36 General Duties (Self-Preservation) §37 Duties toward Bodily Life 19. Basic Necessities of Bodily Life §38 Food and Nourishment §39 Clothing 20. Bodily Duties to Our Souls §40 Our Duty to Life Itself §41 Attending to Bodily Life in the Seventh through Ninth Commandments §42 Duties toward the Soul Part C. Duties toward Our Neighbor 21. Loving Our Neighbor §43 Neighbor Love in General §44 Degrees of Neighbor Love (Fifth Commandment) §45 Concern for Our Neighbor's Life (Sixth Commandment) §46 Duties toward Our Neighbor's Chastity (Seventh Commandment) §47 Duties toward Our Neighbor's Property (Eighth Commandment) §48 Duties toward Our Neighbor's Reputation (Ninth Commandment) §49 Covetousness (Tenth Commandment) Indexes "For the last decade, a global readership has enjoyed the theological and historical richness of Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics. At the outset of that work, Bavinck set out that dogmatics is happiest in the company of its twin discipline, theological ethics. Dogmatics and ethics, respectively, show us why and how we should love God. For that reason, they belong together as 'related members of a single organism.' Since its release, Reformed Dogmatics has given a wide audience the chance to engage with a great Christian theologian on God and God's works of creation, salvation, and consummation. In Reformed Ethics, we are invited to think with Bavinck about the concreteness of human life in the light and strength of God's deeds for us. For that, we owe the editor and translators a great deal." -James Eglinton, Meldrum Lecturer in Reformed Theology, New College, University of Edinburgh; author of Bavinck: A Critical Biography "In addition to Bavinck's magisterial Reformed Dogmatics, we now have the complementary Reformed Ethics. John Bolt and his accomplished team of translators and editors have added amazing value to Bavinck's recently rediscovered manuscripts in the field of moral theology. Their lucid translation, background studies, notes, and careful documentation of bibliographic sources used by Bavinck make this volume an invaluable background study on the history of theological ethics. Equally important, the book fills out our understanding of Bavinck the complete theologian. Working through it is an exhilarating eye-opener." -James A. De Jong, emeritus president and professor of historical theology, Calvin Theological Seminary "Ethics is no marginal relative of doctrine and theology, as the letters of Paul bear eloquent witness. The translation of Herman Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics has been of major significance, and now it is followed, appropriately, by his Reformed Ethics. It is wonderful that this work has been discovered, translated, and published. One of the great needs of our day is close attention to the 'theological' in theological ethics, and Bavinck does not disappoint in this respect, with his characteristic rigor and creativity. John Bolt and his colleagues have provided us with a fresh resource for theological and ethical reflection." -Craig G. Bartholomew, director of the Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology, Cambridge "What a treasure! John Bolt has done the church a tremendous service in translating and editing this first volume of Bavinck's Reformed Ethics. It shares all the hallmarks we have come to associate with Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics, offering a formidable, astute account of the Reformed approach to ethics. We have long needed a work like this! Bavinck's Reformed Ethics offers pastors, students, theologians, and ethicists--and Christians who would like to wrestle more deeply with the nature of the Christian life--a rich introduction to moral theology in all its contours. On the one hand, Bavinck sets forth a Christ-centered, Spirit-focused paradigm for ethics that accounts for the complexities of human nature amid the great story of creation, fall, and redemption. On the other hand, he manages to provide immensely practical and even devotional insights into dimensions of the Christian life that rarely receive the treatment they deserve, including the conscience, spiritual and moral pathologies, and practices of restoration and communion. I am grateful to have this tremendous resource in my hands!" -Matthew J. 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click for details		DICTIONARY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT USE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT Edited by G.K. BEALE, D.A. CARSON, BENJAMIN GLADD & ANDREW DAVID NASELLI With the torrent of publications on the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament, the time is ripe for a dictionary dedicated to this incredibly rich yet diverse field. This companion volume to the well-received Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament (CNTUOT) brings together leading evangelical biblical scholars to explore and explain the many facets of how the New Testament writers appropriated the Old Testament. This definitive resource covers a range of interpretive topics and includes summary articles on each biblical book and numerous themes. It also unpacks concepts mentioned in the CNTUOT, demonstrates how the Old Testament uses the Old Testament, and addresses a wide range of biblical-theological, hermeneutical, and exegetical topics. This handy reference book is for all serious students of the Bible as they study how and why Old Testament texts reappear and are re-appropriated throughout the Bible. ENDORSEMENTS “The matter of the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament is complex, exciting, and of great significance. This remarkable work examines the use of the Old Testament in the New at a number of levels, including textual issues, exegesis, biblical theology, and systematic theology. The essays are marked by both clarity and insight, and the result is a work that students, pastors, and scholars will want to consult regularly. This dictionary will be an important resource for years to come.” -Thomas Schreiner “A concise, comprehensive, well-produced, and user-friendly guide to the way the New Testament uses the Old is exactly what pastors and scholars need—and here it is. The scholarship is up-to-date, the presentation is comprehensible to non-specialists, and the overall structure makes it easy to trace particular themes and apply them in a variety of church and seminary contexts. An essential resource and an ideal gift to any student of the Bible.” -Gerald Bray “This is it! After a long parade of hermeneutical views, complicated how-tos, and scholarly interpretations, readers still do not have what they actually need. The Dictionary of the New Testament Use of the Old Testament fills the void by speaking to an array of interpretive problems, theological themes, and biblical writings—even the much-neglected Old Testament. This dictionary puts resources into the hands of students and ministers of the Word so they can study the New Testament use of Scripture for themselves. It is easy to be effusive about this outstanding book.” -Gary Edward Schnittjer “This impressive collection of articles represents years of research, writing, organizing, and editing. Pastors, professors, and careful students of the Bible will benefit from this outstanding reference work. A remarkable achievement.” -Kevin DeYoung “The Dictionary of the New Testament Use of the Old Testament can best be described as a companion volume to the immensely successful Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, riding the big wave of studies on the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament. The articles of the dictionary, which move from Abraham to Zephaniah and condense relevant English-language scholarship, survey all the biblical books and discuss biblical-theological topics (e.g., church, covenant, creation, ethics, gospel, Holy Spirit, justification, promise, shame, sin, wrath), Jewish exegetical traditions (e.g., Apocrypha, Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint), and inner-biblical exegesis (e.g., allegory, method, orality, rhetoric, typology, systematic theology, biblical theology). The dictionary is an indispensable resource for all who interpret, teach, and preach both Old Testament and New Testament texts. The editors and Baker Academic are to be congratulated on producing this magnificent volume.” -Eckhard J. Schnabel “The editors are to be congratulated for assembling a stellar team of contributors, who present us with the results of decades of communal scholarly reflection on how the New Testament uses the Old. Far from merely summarizing existing knowledge, these articles advance our understanding of this subject, which is central for understanding Christian Scripture.” -Peter Williams “Written and edited by leading scholars in this subject, the Dictionary of the New Testament Use of the Old Testament will prove an invaluable reference tool that focuses on one of the most important topics in biblical interpretation. While many areas of background shed needed light on the New Testament, few if any are as critical as the Scriptures that informed the thinking and theology of the New Testament writers and their audiences. With essays addressing essential topics, this work complements the valuable Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament.” -Craig S. Keener “The Old Testament provides the theological foundation and context in the light of which Jesus and his achievement must be understood. The Dictionary of the New Testament Use of the Old Testament treats readers to all of the essential elements that come into play in this vital dimension of exegesis. Highly recommended.” -Craig Evans ABOUT THE EDITORS G. K. Beale (PhD, University of Cambridge) is professor of New Testament and biblical theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Dallas, Texas. He has served as president and as a member of the executive committee of the Evangelical Theological Society. He is coeditor (with D. A. Carson) of the Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament and the author of numerous books, including A New Testament Biblical Theology: The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the New, Handbook on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, and commentaries on Colossians and Philemon, Revelation, and 1 and 2 Thessalonians. D. A. Carson (PhD, University of Cambridge) is emeritus professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and is the author or editor of more than fifty books, including The God Who Is There, Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament (coedited with G. K. Beale), and How Long, O Lord? He is a founding member of The Gospel Coalition and an active guest lecturer in academic and church settings around the world. Benjamin L. Gladd (PhD, Wheaton College) is professor of New Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including From Adam and Israel to the Church, The Story Retold: A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the New Testament (with G. K. Beale) and Making All Things New (with Matthew S. Harmon). He also edits the Essential Studies in Biblical Theology series and serves on the editorial board of Themelios. Andrew David Naselli (PhD, Bob Jones University; PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is professor of systematic theology and New Testament at Bethlehem College and Seminary. He is also one of the pastors of the North Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the author of several books. NTUOOT gkbn2 BRAND NEW TITLE IN LATE 2023 SGCB Price: $42.00 (list price $65.00) ORDER WITH THE MASSIVE COMPANION 'THE COMMENTARY ON THE NEW TESTAMENT USE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT' SGCB Price: $90.00 (list price $140.00) THIS IS THE PRICE FOR BOTH MASSIVE HARDCOVER VOLUMES ADD 'THE HANDBOOK ON THE NEW TESTAMENT USE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT' BY G.K. BEALE SGCB Price: $107.50 (list price $165.00) THIS IS THE PRICE FOR ALL THREE TITLES
click for details		SIMPLY TRINITY: The Unmanipulated Father, Son, and Spirit MATTHEW BARRETT with Foreword by Scott Swain "Simply Trinity demonstrates how much is at stake in the trinitarian debates that have recently roiled the evangelical community. I recommend it highly."--Thomas S. Kidd, professor at Baylor University; blogger at The Gospel Coalition To truly know God, we must understand God as Trinity. But what if the Trinity we've been taught is not the Trinity of the Bible? In this groundbreaking book, Matthew Barrett reveals a shocking discovery: we have manipulated the Trinity, re-creating the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in our own image. With clarity and creativity, Barrett mines the Scriptures as well as the creeds and confessions of the faith to help us rediscover the beauty, simplicity, and majesty of our triune God. What we believe about the Trinity also has untold consequences for salvation and the Christian life. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements Foreword by Scott Swain 1. Trinity Drift PART 1: HOW DID WE DRIFT AWAY? 2. Can we Trust the God of our Fathers? Retrieving Biblical Orthodoxy 3. Since When Did the Trinity Get Social? The Manipulated Trinity PART 2: HOW WE FIND OUR WAY HOME? 4. How Does God Reveal Himself as Trinity? Eternity and the Mystery of the Gospel 5. Why Must God Be One to Be Three? Simply Trinity 6. Is the Son Begotten from the Father? Paternity and Filiation, Part 1 7. Is Eternal Generation Central to the Gospel? Paternity and Filiation, Part 2 8. Is the Son Eternally Subordinate to the Father? A Son Worthy of Worship 9. Is the Spirit Spirated? Spiration 10. Do Father, Son, and Spirit Work Inseparably? Communion with the Indivisible Trinity Conclusion Glossary Notes Bibliography "Matthew Barrett has the evangelical instinct for classic, time-tested, deeply traditional biblical teaching about the Trinity. . . . Simply Trinity proclaims the good news of the unmanipulated doctrine of the triune God."--Fred Sanders, Torrey Honors Institute, Biola University "Readers are led away from the rocks of those who have sought to convince us that biblical, classic trinitarian theology needs radical change, and into the calm, wide sea that is the Christian community's historic faith."--Lewis Ayres, Durham University "The Trinity is one of the Bible's more challenging doctrines, and yet Matthew Barrett ably guides readers through the issues to present clear and cogent teaching. He opens the treasures of the past and draws on patristic, medieval, Reformation, and contemporary theologians to explain the doctrine of the Trinity. But he also usefully shows where some have gone astray and charitably speaks the truth in love. People would do well to read this book and plumb the depths of the Bible's teaching on the nature of our triune God." --J. V. Fesko, professor of systematic and historical theology, Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, MS "Matthew Barrett offers a sane and sober recovery of the church's exegesis of Scripture and defends the Christian doctrine of the Trinity against its unwitting saboteurs."--Michael F. Bird, Ridley College "I was blown away by this book, a clear, powerful intervention into trinitarian controversy. The critique of evangelical subordinationists alone is fantastic, and no attentive reader should miss their connections with social trinitarianism. Evangelical theology is in serious trouble, and I think many of us have known that for years, but this book will be impossible to ignore. We simply must turn this trend around or evangelicalism will lose its hold on the gospel." --Craig Carter, Tyndale University "Simply Trinity will help nudge readers to a more scriptural and historically orthodox formulation of the doctrine of the Trinity; it will also help in doing the same for the various attributes of God. If you are interested in what Scripture teaches about God and Trinity, how the early creeds of Christianity formulated Scripture's teaching into creedal statements, and how many in our day have left the old paths on this issue, this book is for you." --Richard Barcellos, Grace Reformed Baptist Church, Palmdale, CA; IRBS Theological Seminary, Mansfield TX MATTHEW BARRETT is associate professor of Christian theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of None Greater; Canon, Covenant, and Christology; and God's Word Alone. He is also the executive editor of Credo magazine and the host of the Credo podcast. CW24 ST2P NEARLY 40% DISCOUNT SGCB Price: $15.95 (list price $25.00) ORDER WITH JAMES R. WHITE'S 'THE FORGOTTEN TRINITY' SGCB Price: $27.50 (list price $43.00) THIS IS THE PRICE FOR BOTH TITLES
click for details		THE HOPE OF ISRAEL: The Resurrection of Christ in the Acts of the Apostles BRANDON D. CROWE This volume highlights the sustained focus in Acts on the resurrection of Christ, bringing clarity to the theology of Acts and its purpose. Brandon Crowe explores the historical, theological, and canonical implications of Jesus's resurrection in early Christianity and helps readers more clearly understand the purpose of Acts in the context of the New Testament canon. He also shows how the resurrection is the fulfillment of the Old Testament Scriptures. This is the first major book-length study on the theological significance of Jesus's resurrection in Acts. PART ONE - THE RESURRECTION IN ACTS The State of the Questions "Both Lord and Christ": Peter and the Resurrection "The Hope of Israel": Paul and the Resurrection "I Will Rebuild the Tent of David": Other Resurrection Voices in Acts PART TWO - THE THEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESURRECTION The Resurrection and the Accomplishment of Salvation (Historia Salutis) The Resurrection and the Experience of Salvation (Ordo Salutis) The Resurrection as Apologia Pro Scriptura The Resurrection and Acts in Early Christianity Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Vendor: Baker Academic Publication Date: 2020 Dimensions: 9.00 X 6.00 (inches) Weight: 12 ounces "The Hope of Israel fills a lacuna in Acts scholarship by arguing that the resurrection of Jesus is the binding theological idea in Luke-Acts. Crowe makes a compelling case for recognizing Acts' contribution to biblical theology and how it connects with other New Testament works to form a cohesive whole. Written in clear prose, this book will be of relevance to scholar and practitioner alike." --Sean Adams, University of Glasgow "Crowe offers an approach to the resurrection of Christ in Acts that provides a hermeneutic guide for untangling a number of knotty issues in the book. First, he shows how the resurrection is 'a major artery connecting various events and passages in Acts.' Second, he explores the implications of Luke's narrative presentation of this theme for biblical and systematic theology. This is a remarkably helpful resource for reflection on the theology of Acts and its connection with the rest of Scripture." --David Peterson, Moore Theological College, Sydney, Australia (emeritus) "The Hope of Israel breaks significant new ground with the comprehensive treatment it provides of the central place of Christ's resurrection in Acts. Especially valuable, marked by numerous important insights, is Crowe's substantial discussion of the theological significance of the resurrection. This book is an impressive achievement. I commend it most highly." --Richard B. Gaffin Jr., Westminster Theological Seminary (emeritus) "With careful exegesis, informed by the salvation-historical framework of Acts, Crowe persuasively demonstrates the centrality and saving significance of the resurrection of Christ in the book of Acts. This wide-ranging study particularly highlights the resurrection of Christ as the fulfillment of the Scriptures in the theology of Acts. Comprehensive, clear, and highly recommended!" --Alan J. Thompson, Sydney Missionary and Bible College, Croydon, Australia "A most stimulating read. Crowe puts his finger on one of the most salient themes in Acts, if not the entire New Testament. The book of Acts richly demonstrates how a great deal of the history of redemption hangs on Christ's resurrection and subsequent enthronement as cosmic Lord. This crisply written project is theologically informed, exegetically sensitive, and canonically aware. No doubt Crowe's work will serve students, pastors, and scholars for years to come. Excellent work!" --Benjamin Gladd, Reformed Theological Seminary About the Author Brandon D. Crowe (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is associate professor of New Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary in Glenside, Pennsylvania. He has written or edited several books, including The Last Adam, and is the book review editor for Westminster Theological Journal. BRANDON CROWE TRILOGY CONSISTS OF: THE HOPE OF ISRAEL: The Resurrection of Christ in the Acts of the Apostles WHY DID JESUS LIVE A PERFECT LIFE? The Necessity of Christ’s Obedience for Our Salvation THE LAST ADAM: A Theology of the Obedient Life of Jesus in the Gospels bant bdc bn22 RESX BC3 cw24 BRAND NEW TITLE FROM BAKER ACADEMIC (ONE COPY LEFT - CURRENTLY OUT-OF PRINT) SGCB Price: $26.95 (list price $34.00) ORDER WITH OUR NEW BRANDON CROWE TRILOGY SGCB Price: $65.00 (list price $92.00) SAVE $27.00 WHEN ORDERING ALL THREE CROWE TITLES (JUST ONE SET LEFT)
click for details		WHY DID JESUS LIVE A PERFECT LIFE? The Necessity of Christ’s Obedience for Our Salvation BRANDON CROWE How does Christ's obedience relate to our salvation? Speaking into current conversations about the nature of salvation, New Testament scholar Brandon Crowe sets out a new, comprehensive account of the nature of the atonement, exploring how this doctrine affects our participation in the life of God and in the shared life of the Christian community. Crowe builds on key insights from other historic substitutionary views, especially those associated with penal substitution, while clearing up persistent misunderstandings regarding those models. Crowe argues that we are saved by Christ's perfect obedience, which has implications for understanding the gospel message, Christian hope, and discipleship. Not only is Jesus the quintessential model of faithfulness in a fallen world, but his unique work frees us from the burden of perfect obedience. This book will appeal to professors and students of the New Testament, pastors, and laypeople. Crowe concludes his opening chapter with the following words: "Whether you’ve encountered recent debates or not, whether you’re just now considering these issues or have considered them for many years, whether recent reformulations leave you convinced, resistant, or uncertain, in what follows I hope to advance the conversation and provide some new ways of thinking through the issues. In short, my goal is to defend the position that Jesus’s perfect obedience is necessary for eternal life, which is to say it is necessary for our salvation. This is not a matter of a few isolated prooftexts but is woven into the warp and woof of the New Testament in various ways, as we will see in what follows." CONTENTS Part 1: Definitions 1. What Is Required? 2. The Basis of Justification Part 2: Exegesis 3. The Obedience of the Last Adam 4. The Mosaic Law and Perfect Obedience 5. Jesus's Obedience and Salvation in the Gospels 6. The Obedience of the Perfect Priest 7. Obedience, Resurrection, and Salvation Part 3: Implications 8. Jesus's Obedience and Our Justification 9. Jesus's Obedience and Our Obedience 10. What Is Required Is Finished Indexes Endorsements "In the extensive debates over justification that have captured a great deal of attention in the last quarter century, relatively little space has been allotted to the role of Jesus's obedience. That lacuna has now been admirably filled by Brandon Crowe. The combination of his careful exegesis and his knowledge of earlier Reformed debates makes him an admirable guide across terrain that should not be bypassed." -D. A. Carson, emeritus professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School "Many Christians today understand that Christ had to suffer on our behalf and bear the penalty for our sin, but they have no idea why Jesus also had to live a perfect life. Yet without the active obedience of Christ, how can we be justified before God? With profound biblical and theological insight, Brandon Crowe teaches us that we not only need our sins forgiven but also need the spotless righteousness of our Savior. Apart from the imputation of Christ's righteousness, our salvation is incomplete! Here is a book that is not only accessible but timely: in a day when imputation is often rejected, Crowe reveals just how critical Christ's entire life is to our union with Christ. There is no hope without it." -Matthew Barrett, associate professor of Christian theology, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; host of the Credo Podcast "Some think the imputation of Christ's righteousness is abstract and separated from our everyday lives. Crowe shows that the doctrine is woven into the warp and woof of biblical teaching, and that knowing and cherishing this truth is vital for spiritual life. There is a beautiful simplicity and clarity in this book, which makes it an ideal resource both for young believers and for those who have known the good news for years. We also find here an example of theological interpretation of Scripture that includes the great confessions of the Reformation. The best theological interpretation doesn't restrict itself to the early church but also mines the insights of the Reformation. I hope and pray for a wide reading of this profound book." -Thomas R. Schreiner, James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary "Christians confess that Jesus Christ is an obedient Savior. But why was Jesus's obedience necessary for our salvation? In an accessible survey of biblical passages that reflects careful and insightful handling of Scripture and that converses with some of the best theological minds of the church, Brandon Crowe helps us to see that the obedience of Christ is truly good news for sinners. Why Did Jesus Live a Perfect Life? will benefit both non-specialists and scholars as it brings to light an often-neglected but vital line of the New Testament's testimony to Christ." -Guy Prentiss Waters, James M. Baird Jr. Professor of New Testament, Reformed Theological Seminary Brandon D. Crowe (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is professor of New Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary in Glenside, Pennsylvania. He is the author or editor of several books, including The Last Adam, The Hope of Israel, and The Essential Trinity, and is the book review editor for Westminster Theological Journal. BRANDON CROWE TRILOGY CONSISTS OF: THE HOPE OF ISRAEL: The Resurrection of Christ in the Acts of the Apostles WHY DID JESUS LIVE A PERFECT LIFE? The Necessity of Christ’s Obedience for Our Salvation THE LAST ADAM: A Theology of the Obedient Life of Jesus in the Gospels bdc bn22 bnt22 BC3 BRAND NEW TITLE SGCB Price: $16.95 (list price $24.00) ORDER WITH OUR BRANDON CROWE TRILOGY SGCB Price: $65.00 (list price $92.00) SAVE $27.00 WHEN ORDERING ALL THREE TITLES (JUST ONE SET LEFT)
click for details		THE LAST ADAM: A Theology of the Obedient Life of Jesus in the Gospels BRANDON CROWE There is much discussion today about how we are to understand the life of Jesus in the Gospels. What was Jesus doing between his birth and death and how does this relate to salvation? The Last Adam considers the theological and soteriological significance of the life of Jesus in the Gospels from a primarily exegetical perspective. Brandon Crowe argues that Jesus is identified in the Gospels as the last Adam whose obedience recapitulates and overcomes the sin of the first Adam. Crowe shows that Jesus's obedience is presented by the Evangelists as the obedience of an anointed representative, which is counted vicariously on behalf of his people. Key topics covered include Jesus's baptism and temptation, his fulfillment of Scripture, the necessity of his works, the binding of the strong man and the inbreaking of the kingdom, and Jesus's death and resurrection. Crowe also discusses how his argument interfaces with systematic theology and the church's creedal traditions, which are often thought to say little about Jesus's life. Correcting the Christian tendency to minimize the life of Jesus, The Last Adam explains why the Gospels include much more than the Passion Narratives and shows that all four Gospels present Jesus's obedient life as having saving significance. Contents 1. A Tale of Two Adams in the History of Interpretation 2. The Last Adam and the Son of Man in the Gospels 3. The Last Adam as the Obedient Son of God 4. The Last Adam and the Fulfillment of Scripture 5. The Glory of the Last Adam in the Gospel of John 6. The Last Adam and the Kingdom of Righteousness 7. The Death and Resurrection of the Last Adam 8. The Last Adam and Salvation: Theological Synthesis and Conclusions Indexes Endorsements "Modern New Testament scholars have sometimes missed or even denied what seemed obvious to the early fathers of the church--namely that the figure of Adam, and not merely the shadow of Israel, serves as the ultimate background to the Gospel narratives. In The Last Adam Brandon Crowe helps to right this wrong in a scholarly, comprehensive, readable, and indeed theologically thrilling way. Here is a work of carefully argued biblical scholarship that also makes a significant contribution to the work of systematic theologians. In addition it satisfies a great desideratum for ministers of the gospel and teachers: a resource book filled with a cornucopia of good things that will stimulate their thinking and enrich their preaching and teaching." -Sinclair B. Ferguson, professor of systematic theology, Redeemer Seminary "Crowe's emphasis on the importance of Jesus's ministry combines exegetical detail, attention to reception-history, and a candid theological concern (with particular, but not exclusive, attention to the Reformed tradition). Crowe shows the theological yield of attending to the Gospels' presentation of Jesus as the new Adam who redeems through his life as well as his death." -L. W. Hurtado, emeritus professor of New Testament language, literature and theology, School of Divinity, New College, University of Edinburgh "The issue of Jesus's relationship to Adam and whether the Savior's life, along with his death, was vicarious is a much-discussed, and sometimes debated, topic in theology. Brandon Crowe's The Last Adam presents a full walk through the issues tied to this discussion. It makes for fascinating reading as we come to reflect more on what Jesus's life and ministry may have been about." -Darrell L. Bock, executive director of cultural engagement, Howard G. Hendricks Center for Christian Leadership and Cultural Engagement; senior research professor of New Testament studies, Dallas Theological Seminary "Whereas many Christians regard Jesus's life as little more than an anthology of Sunday school stories before his crucifixion, Brandon Crowe shows us that the Evangelists describe Jesus as the last Adam who saves people by his vicarious obedience to his messianic mission. Crowe explains not only why Jesus died but why he lived! In this book, Crowe provides a thorough description of the meaning of Jesus's life, how Jesus is the covenantal head of a new humanity, and how he lived for us and for our salvation. A great topic and well-written!" -Michael F. Bird, lecturer in theology, Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia "Crowe makes an intriguing and creative case for Jesus being the last Adam in the Gospels. He demonstrates that Jesus's obedience is vital in the narrative and theology of the Gospels, which is a theme that has not been emphasized sufficiently in New Testament studies. Crowe's text is a genuine contribution to the study of the Gospels. We see in this volume the value of both biblical and systematic theology." -Thomas R. Schreiner, James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary "Brandon Crowe continues to produce clearly written and thoughtful biblical scholarship that is consciously rooted in the Reformed theological tradition. This book is no exception, and I heartily agree with its goal--to show that Jesus's obedient life (not just his death) as explicated in the Gospels matters. Crowe's emphasis on Jesus as the last Adam is an important contribution to a theological reading of the Gospels." -Jonathan Pennington, associate professor of New Testament interpretation and director of research doctoral studies, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary "Crowe mounts a convincing exegetical and biblical-theological case that the Gospels present Christ as a 'representative figure,' specifically, 'the last Adam.'. . . Crowe successfully makes the case that the Gospels present Jesus's obedience as necessary to salvation, as representative and vicarious, and as Adamic in character. . . . One virtue of Crowe's work is that it remedies a weakness that he notes in recent evangelical scholarship of the Gospels. This scholarship stresses the centrality of Jesus's life and obedience to the Gospels but fails to articulate adequately 'how and why' Jesus's life and obedience are important. Crowe's demonstration that Jesus undertakes his obedience as the Last Adam affords an explanation for its necessity to Christ's redemptive work. . . . The Last Adam is a welcome and valuable contribution to the study of the Gospels. It persuasively demonstrates its claim that 'obedience' and 'Adam' are critical to a balanced appreciation of the ministry of Christ in the Gospels. As importantly, it provides a hermeneutical model for the study of the Gospels, one that integrates exegesis, biblical theology, systematic theology, and historical theology. Both in what it says and in the way that it says it, The Last Adam commends itself to a wide readership." -Guy Prentiss Waters, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society "Crowe has written a wonderful book. . . . [It] is a great example of a kind of biblical theology that gives attention to narrow exegetical questions . . . to the main didactic purposes behind units of Scripture . . . to broader questions of theological reflection. . . . Along the way, Crowe suggests a copious amount of allusions, cross references, and thematic links that contribute to his overall thesis. The Scripture index alone is a valuable resource. Many of these claims are warranted and are repaid by thoughtful reflection. . . . Crowe services New Testament scholars and systematicians alike, and pastors preaching through one of the gospels would do well to keep a copy of The Last Adam on their desk along with their preferred commentary." -Micah McCormick, Books at a Glance BRANDON CROWE TRILOGY CONSISTS OF: THE HOPE OF ISRAEL: The Resurrection of Christ in the Acts of the Apostles WHY DID JESUS LIVE A PERFECT LIFE? 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click for details		GOD WITH US: 365 Devotions on the Person and Work of Christ Compiled and Edited by Justin S. Holcomb Spend a year with classic Christian authors, theologians, and pastors Each engaging entry in this 365-day devotional will bring fresh insight to your time in God's Word. Selected from the works of classic Christian writers, this collection is focused on the person and work of Christ. It has been lightly edited for today's reader while maintaining the overall style and structure of the original material. Each day begins with a passage from Scripture that focuses on Jesus Christ, followed by a brief reflection from an author or theologian exploring the Scripture's significance. The devotions contain writings from John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, Charles Spurgeon, J. C. Ryle, Herman Bavinck, B. B. Warfield, Martin Luther, Augustine, Cyril of Jerusalem, Athanasius, Gregory of Nazianzus, Thomas Aquinas, and more. Let 'God with Us' bring you a daily dose of powerful insights from classic writers while drawing you ever closer to our Lord and Savior. INTRODUCTION by Justin Holcomb "The goal of this devotional is to expand upon a simple yet elegant line from George Herbert that captures two essential features of the Christian teaching about Jesus Christ: 'In Christ two natures met to be thy cure.' The first is the person of Jesus Christ, who is fully God and fully man. At the Father’s bidding and by the power of the Holy Spirit, the Son assumed human nature at the incarnation: “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). The divine nature and human nature “met” in the one person of Jesus Christ. The second is the work of Christ. The Lord took on the form of a servant to be our “cure.” By subjecting himself to the frailties and temptations of our condition and yet remaining without sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, undoing the consequences of sin. In His incarnation, obedience, death, resurrection, ascension, and future return, Jesus Christ accomplished redemption. Let us ponder the astonishing truth that, as the Nicene Creed eloquently states, the Son of God “for us and for our salvation came down from heaven and became incarnate by the Holy Spirit and of the Virgin Mary, and was made man.” The Nicene Creed, the cornerstone of orthodox Christian belief, attaches saving significance not only to Christ’s death and resurrection but also to His incarnation and birth. This book celebrates that Jesus Christ is God with us and God for us. It explores the abundance, capacity, and immensity of Christ’s tender and powerful love for you. It explores His sovereign rule as Lord and King. We will see that the person and work of Christ have very personal implications for you. Those same implications are also comprehensive for all creation. The Lord delights in showing mercy to you, and He is making all things new. The selected texts in this devotional display the wonder of the person of Christ, the fullness of His marvelous works, and the tenderness of the very heart of God incarnate. These excerpts from classic Christian writers, theologians, and pastors have been gently edited to enhance their readability." SAMPLE READING: DAY TWO Scripture Text: Matthew 9:36-- When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. "Compassion is no doubt the emotion we would naturally expect to find most frequently attributed to Jesus, whose whole life was a mission of mercy, and whose ministry was so marked by deeds of generosity that it was summed up in the memory of His followers as a going through the land “doing good” (Acts 10:38). In fact, this is the emotion that is most frequently attributed to Him. The term compassion first appears in common use in this sense in the Synoptic Gospels. The divine mercy has been defined as that essential perfection in God “whereby He pities and relieves the miseries of His creatures.” It includes two parts: an internal movement of pity and an external act of kindness or generosity. It is the internal movement of pity that is emphasized when our Lord is said to be “moved with compassion,” as the term is sometimes excellently rendered in the English versions. In the appeals made to His mercy, a more external word is used; but it is this more internal word that is employed to express our Lord’s response to these appeals: the petitioners sought Him to take pity on them; His heart responded with a profound feeling of pity for them. His compassion fulfilled itself in outward acts; but what is emphasized by the term used to express our Lord’s response is the profound internal movement of His emotional nature. This emotional nature was aroused in our Lord as well by the sight of individual distress as by the spectacle of humanity’s universal misery. The sight of their desperate plight awakens our Lord’s pity and moves Him to provide the remedy." —B. B. WARFIELD, “On the Emotional Life of Our Lord,” in Biblical and Theological Studies (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1912) 40–42. JUSTIN S. HOLCOMB is an Episcopal minister and teaches theology at Reformed Theological Seminary and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He has written, co-authored, or edited more than twenty books on numerous topics including historical and systematic theology, sexual assault, domestic abuse, and biblical studies. Justin is a co-host of the White Horse Inn radio show and podcast. He has also written for Christianity Today, Leadership Journal, and Modern Reformation. bnt22 VERY NICE HARDCOVER VOLUME AT A GREAT PRICE SGCB Price: $14.99 (list price $22.00)
		NEW TESTAMENT THEOLOGY: Magnifying God in Christ Thomas R. Schreiner Binding: Hardcover Page Count: 976 Publisher: Baker ISBN#: 9780801026805 Description: While none of the New Testament documents claims to provide a "theology" on its own, Thomas Schreiner suggests that certain recurring themes emerge from the study of the whole. In this volume, he traces key themes as they appear throughout the New Testament canon, exploring the emphases that emerge from a detailed reading of the texts. Schreiner's approach is based on solid exegesis of all the key texts and leads him to a unified view of core New Testament teaching. He focuses particularly on two overarching themes. The first concerns the unity of redemptive history and the kingdom of God. The New Testament takes up Old Testament imagery and affirms that the kingdom has come (although it remains unfulfilled) in Jesus Christ. The second related theme concerns the goal of the kingdom--the glory of God through the work of Christ and the empowering presence of the Spirit. In the second half of the work, Schreiner takes up the question of what these themes mean for the life of the believer and the ministry of the community of faith. Although this substantial and comprehensive volume will be of great interest to scholars, Schreiner's first concern is to provide an accessible guide for students and pastors. He has succeeded admirably, and readers will find here a lucid exposition of the theology of the New Testament. "Tom Schreiner's 'New Testament Theology' is a valuable addition to the field, providing to students the kind of overview that only a seasoned scholar can produce. The volume is particularly significant for taking a more thematic approach than have most other New Testament theologies. Schreiner therefore comes closer than most others to giving us a genuine New Testament 'theology' (rather than New Testament 'theologies')." --Douglas J. Moo, Blanchard Professor of New Testament, Wheaton College "A magnificent achievement! Schreiner has combined the breadth and depth of his knowledge of the New Testament with extensive discussion of the scholarly literature. Best of all, it follows the New Testament in testifying to the majesty and glory of God." --Simon J. Gathercole, lecturer in New Testament studies, University of Cambridge BAKER BOOKS SCHREINER SPECIAL SGCB Price: $52.95 (list price $70.00) Order with Schreiner's THE KING IN HIS BEAUTY SGCB Price: $86.00 (list price $130.00) THIS PRICE IS FOR BOTH VOLUMES
click for details		JESUS SKEPTIC: A Journalist Explores the Credibility and Impact of Christianity JOHN S. DICKERSON THIS MIGHT BE THE VERY BEST BOOK TO GIVE TO THE SKEPTICS IN THE 21st CENTURY. ENGAGING. I LOVED THE EXAMPLE OF THE SEA OTTERS IN MONTEREY BAY, CALIFORNIA. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!! Can we know if Jesus actually lived? How has one figure influenced our world so dramatically? A respected journalist set out to find the answers--not from opinion but from artifacts. The evidence led him to an unexpected conclusion. A first-of-its-kind book for a new generation, Jesus Skeptic takes nothing for granted as it explores whether Jesus actually lived and how his story has changed our world. In these pages we'll explore how Christianity has impacted and shaped our culture, including how followers of Jesus helped to abolish slavery, establish public education, found modern hospitals, support women's rights, drive racial reconciliation, and fight for justice and progress in a multitude of arenas. In a generation that wants to make the world a better place, we can discover what humanity's greatest champions had in common: a Christian faith. "Jesus Skeptic is a different kind of book. It examines the positive social impact of those who believe in Jesus. That impact is widespread and far greater than most people realize. This is a fascinating read that may just surprise you." --Dr. Darrell L. Bock, New York Times bestselling author and senior research professor of New Testament studies at Dallas Theological Seminary "My hometown of Portland, Oregon, is filled with wonderful people, especially millennials who gravely misunderstand who Jesus is and have little understanding of the ways his followers are making our city and the world a better place. My friend John S. Dickerson has written a much-needed book to help alleviate that! The story of the church, of the community of people filled by the Spirit of Jesus for more than two thousand years, is a story of radical love and justice that has shaped education and healthcare, catapulted scientific inquiry, helped to abolish slavery, and led the way in protecting human rights. Understanding this impact can encourage wavering believers and soften the hearts of many skeptics." --Kevin Palau, president of the Luis Palau Association "This generation isn't simply asking, 'Is Christianity true?' They want to know, 'Is Christianity good? Does the faith actually promote human rights, alleviate suffering, and enable humanity to flourish?' In Jesus Skeptic, John Dickerson provides a compelling answer to these pressing questions. He leads readers on a lively tour through the ancient world, demonstrating Christianity's positive impact at key moments in history. This book is a remarkable accomplishment. It is sweeping in scope yet deeply personal. Dickerson, a reporter and pastor, reveals Christianity's impact on history--then zooms in to explore what Christ means for each person. The evidence Dickerson offers will enlighten believers and non-believers alike. In the introduction, he writes that skeptics 'are safe here.' That's true--but their skepticism is definitely in danger." --Drew Dyck, contributing editor at CTPastors.com and author of Your Future Self Will Thank You "Only John Dickerson could so artfully weave history, politics, pop culture, and personal stories in a way that is both educational and entertaining. As a devout agnostic, I thoroughly enjoyed learning about a different perspective--presented in a thoughtful, engaging, and enlightening way." --Amy Silverman, award-winning journalist, editor, and author of My Heart Can't Even Believe It "Many scholarly works make points and arguments for Christ and Christianity similar to those John Dickerson makes here; however, his book seems more readable and engaging than most. The length seems ideal for the book's intended audience--not so short as to appear inconsequential, yet not so lengthy as to be uninviting. It is well worth reading!" --Dr. Hugh Ross, astronomer, pastor, and president of Reasons to Believe "My good friend John S. Dickerson has unearthed his biggest story ever as an investigative reporter. Jesus Skeptic is an eye-opening and desperately needed resource in a world of revisionist history. Honest skeptics as well as parents and pastors will find facts--not opinions--to answer their most challenging questions about Jesus's life, teaching, and impact in history. I highly recommend this book." --Chip Ingram, author of Why I Believe and teaching pastor at Living on the Edge "More than ever we need an articulate and detailed study of the importance and impact of the Christian faith that is not charged with emotions but is loaded with evidence. I am pleased to recommend John's work to you, knowing that it will surprise you and draw you into the greater narrative of God's unfolding mission within history. 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		CHRIST AND THE DECREE: Christology and Predestination in Reformed Theology from Calvin to Perkins Richard Muller "A wealth of valuable research and trenchant observations in an area of Reformed thought which often is neglected, and even more often treated only with superficial scholarship. . . . This book is worthy of reflection and argument."--Michael Jinkins, Scottish Journal of Theology In Christ and the Decree, one of the foremost scholars of Calvinism today expounds the doctrines of Christ and predestination as they were developed by Calvin, Bullinger, Musculus, Vermigli, Beza, Ursinus, Zanchi, Polanus, and Perkins. Muller analyzes the relationship of these two doctrines to each other and to the soteriological structure of the system. Back by demand, this seminal work on the relationship between Calvin and the Calvinists is once again available with a new contextualizing preface by the author. It offers a succinct introduction to the early development of Calvinism/Reformation thought. "This reprinting is accompanied by a new preface from the author in which Muller provides his readers with insights as to how he would write the book differently today, including employing a different methodology, though his conclusions would be essentially the same. . . . This lucidly argued, densely end-noted volume should be quite helpful reading for anyone seeking to understand more clearly the development of Reformed orthodoxy and the debate over Calvin and the Calvinists."--Robert E. Sagers, Religious Studies Review SGCB Price: $22.95 (list price $32.00) Add a copy of THE DIVINE PURPOSE by John Matthews SGCB Price: $7.00 (list price $16.00) Over 55% Discount When Ordered with "Christ and the Decree"
click for details		REFORMED DOGMATICS: Abridged in One Volume Herman Bavinck **AS OF OCTOBER 2023, THERE ARE 600 COPIES AVAILABLE OF THIS VOLUME. ORDER NOW. "After bringing Bavinck's magisterial Reformed Dogmatics to an English-speaking audience, John Bolt has crowned the effort with this abridgment that will surely make the work accessible to a wider audience. This volume is a gift and a treasure."--Michael Horton, Westminster Seminary California Herman Bavinck's four-volume Reformed Dogmatics is one of the most important theological works of the twentieth century. The recently completed English translation has received wide acclaim. Now John Bolt, one of the world's leading experts on Bavinck and editor of Bavinck's four-volume set, has abridged the work in one volume, offering students, pastors, and lay readers an accessible summary of Bavinck's masterwork. This volume presents the core of Bavinck's thought and offers explanatory material, making available to a wider audience some of the finest Dutch Reformed theology ever written. Table of Contents Part I: Prolegomena: Introduction to Dogmatic Theology 1. Dogmatic Theology as a Science 2. The History and Literature of Dogmatic Theology 3. Foundations of Dogmatic Theology 4. Revelation 5. Holy Scripture 6. Faith Part II: The Triune God and Creation 7. Knowing God 8. The Living, Acting God 9. The Triune God and His Counsel 10. Creator of Heaven and Earth Part III: Humanity and Sin 11. The Image of God 12. The Fallen World 13. Sin and Its Consequences Part IV: Christ the Redeemer 14. The Only-Begotten Son of the Father 15. The Servant Savior: Christ's Humiliation 16. The Exalted Lord Christ Part V: The Holy Spirit and Salvation in Christ 17. The Order of Salvation 18. Calling and Regeneration 19. Faith and Conversion 20. Justification, Sanctification, and Perseverance Part VI: The Spirit Creates a New Community 21. The Church as a Spiritual Reality 22. The Spirit's Means of Grace Part VII: The Spirit Makes All Things New 23. The Intermediate State 24. The Return of Christ 25. The Consummation Indexes Endorsements "After bringing Bavinck's magisterial Reformed Dogmatics to an English-speaking audience, John Bolt has crowned the effort with this abridgment that will surely make the work accessible to a wider audience. For his commanding breadth of learning in biblical, systematic, historical, and philosophical theology as well as the rich depth of his exegetical and doctrinal insights, Bavinck stands out as the most important Reformed theologian of the nineteenth century. With Bolt's footnotes, obscure figures and debates are explained and their contemporary significance noted. This volume is a gift and a treasure, offering us one of the richest veins in the history of dogmatics."--Michael Horton, J. Gresham Machen Professor, Westminster Seminary California "Bavinck was a man of giant mind, vast learning, ageless wisdom, and great expository skill. Solid but lucid, demanding but satisfying, broad and deep and sharp and stabilizing, Bavinck's magisterial Reformed Dogmatics remains after a century the supreme achievement of its kind."--J. I. Packer, Regent College cw3 10/3 rdx ONE VOLUME HARDCOVER - This is now a Print-on-Demand Title with a Lower Discount SGCB Price: $49.95 (list price $65.00) NOW AVAILABLE TO SHIP - 25% DISCOUNT!!
		WHAT IS REFORMED THEOLOGY? Understanding the Basics R C SPROUL Have you ever wondered about "the five points"? What do they really mean? You've heard of Reformed theology, but you're not certain what it is. Some references to it have been positive, some negative. It appears to be important, and you'd like to know more about it. But you want a full, understandable explanation, not a simplistic one. 'What Is Reformed Theology?' is not a textbook but rather an accessible introduction to beliefs that have been immensely influential in the evangelical church. In this insightful book, R. C. Sproul will walk you through the foundations of the Reformed doctrine and explain how the Reformed belief is centered on God, based on God's Word, and committed to faith in Jesus Christ. Sproul will explain the five points of Reformed theology and will make plain to you the reality of God's amazing grace. Previously published as Grace Unknown Reviews "His latest book weaves together several of his finest lessons in a compact, highly readable form that explains several difficult doctrines of the Reformed branch of Christianity. Dr. Spoul's logic is easy to follow, though it never talks down."--Amanda Killgore, Huntress Reviews "Not only does Sproul have an amazingly broad but detailed grasp of Reformed theology, but he has also been gifted with the ability to explain complex theology in a way that is both interesting and understandable. That is no common gift. Accessible, biblical and educational, this is one of the best books I have read on the subject."--Tim Chalies, challies.com "Who better to write a book on the basics of Reformed theology than its poster boy, R. C. Sproul. 'What Is Reformed Theology?' Is peppered throughout with excellent diagrams and illustrations which aid in getting Sproul's message across. There is no doubt that Sproul is a master teacher."--Gary Gilley, Southern View Chapel About the Author R. C. Sproul is the author of more than sixty books, the founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries, and a professor of systematic theology and apologetics at Knox Theological Seminary in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. SPROUL FOUR-PACK 10/3 Outstanding Price for this Classic Work SGCB Price: $13.75 (list price $19.00)
click for details		THE LAST DAYS ACCORDING TO JESUS: When Did Jesus Say He Would Return? R.C. SPROUL Now in paperback, this book focuses on what Jesus himself taught about the last days and the timing of his return. R.C. Sproul defends the trustworthiness of Jesus' teachings and addresses these questions: Who is the antichrist? When is the resurrection? When is the millennium? "A must read.... You owe it to the church and to yourself to spend time interacting with Sproul on these critical questions." --New Horizons "A valuable understanding of what the Bible teaches about the last days." --The Presbyterian Layman "An accessible glimpse into territory that is unfamiliar to many." --Ft. Worth Star-Telegram "A valuable analysis of higher critical theories regarding the Scriptures, especially the eschatological teaching of Jesus." --Bibliotheca Sacra TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 11 1. What Did Jesus Teach on Mount Olivet? 33 2. What “Generation” Will Witness the End? 57 3. What “Age” Was about to End? 79 4. What Did Paul Teach in His Letters? 103 5. What about the Destruction of Jerusalem? 123 6. What Did John Teach in Revelation? 141 7. When Is the Resurrection? 163 8. Who Is the Antichrist? 185 9. When Is the Millennium? 205 Appendixes 1. The Olivet Discourse according to Matthew 219 2. The Olivet Discourse in Matthew, Mark, and Luke 226 Notes 241 Glossary 251 Bibliography of Works Cited 253 Index of Names 263 Index of Scripture 267 Sproul closes his Introduction with these words: "Contemporary eschatological theories, especially those found within evangelicalism, are keenly interested in the significance of events surrounding modern Israel and the city of Jerusalem. Karl Barth once remarked that the modern Christian must read with the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other. The dramatic return to Palestine of the Jews, the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, and the recapture of Jerusalem in 1967 have provoked a frenzy of interest in eschatology. We see no sign of this ending anytime soon. Books (such as the Left Behind series), websites, and other resources insist that we are living in the last generation. The question persists: What is the significance of modern Israel and Jerusalem to biblical prophecy? Whatever one’s view of modern Jerusalem, it is essential that we examine the significance of its destruction by the Romans in the first century. If the reconstruction of Jerusalem is significant, it can only be so in light of its earlier destruction. No matter what view of eschatology we embrace, we must take seriously the redemptive-historical importance of Jerusalem’s destruction in AD 70. In 'The Last Days according to Jesus' we will devote considerable attention to New Testament prophecies bearing on the destruction of Jerusalem, as well as the eyewitness account of it provided by Jewish historian Flavius Josephus. Prophecies of the coming of God’s kingdom and the parousia of Christ are linked biblically with prophecies of the day of the Lord. This day is viewed to some degree as a day of divine judgment and the pouring out of God’s wrath. These concepts are interconnected and must be viewed in relation to each other. From the Enlightenment onward, the church has been gripped by a severe crisis regarding the trustworthiness of Scripture. The spirit of skepticism that reigns in so many quarters is a direct result of the avalanche of criticism leveled against the Bible. Early in this century Dutch theologian Abraham Kuyper lamented that biblical criticism had degenerated into biblical vandalism. The task in our time is to answer the critics who have scorned the Scriptures and given us a Christ of their own imaginations. The only Christ is the biblical Christ. All revisionist Christs are but shadows of the antichrist. Due to the crisis in confidence in the truth and authority of Scripture and the subsequent crisis regarding the real historical Jesus, eschatology must come to grips with the tensions of time-frame references in the New Testament." ISBN 978-0-8010-1858-9 Dimensions: 6 x 9 Number of pages: 276 Original Publication Date: Sep. 2000 New Edition Published in 2015 Format: Paperback 40% Discount SGCB Price: $10.95 (list price $17.00) ORDER ALONG WITH 'COME, LORD JESUS' BY JOHN PIPER SGCB Price: $26.00 (list price $47.00) THIS IS THE PRICE FOR BOTH TITLES
click for details		A NEW TESTAMENT BIBLICAL THEOLOGY: The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the New G.K. BEALE "Beale's volume is far reaching, written at a high scholarly level, and conversant with a wide range of scholarship. Even where one may disagree, Beale's treatment is always informative and at times even provocative. A very important contribution to biblical theology that deserves to be widely read." --Andreas J. Kostenberger, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary "Biblical scholars and theologians, after long separation and now perhaps with a healthier sense of their own historical location, have recently found themselves engaged on a common project: what is it that binds the church's canonical texts together? Reflecting its author's situatedness within the evangelical Reformed tradition and firm commitment to exegetical integrity and the priority of the biblical storyline, Beale's extensive and detailed new book is a most welcome addition to the ongoing discussion." --Rikk Watts, Regent College "In your hands is a gold mine of biblical scholarship, a distillation of a lifetime of study by one of the most respected New Testament scholars of our day. Beale's arguments and conclusions are presented with such clarity and force that any interested reader, whether pastor, layperson, or professional scholar, will be able to benefit from the rich insights that appear on almost every page." --Gordon P. Hugenberger, Park Street Church, Boston; Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary "Beale has been harvesting the fields of biblical theology in major biblical commentaries and exegetical/theological studies for many years. Here now is his biblical theology magnum opus. As with all of Beale's works, this volume is brimming with rich and deeply satisfying redemptive-historical exegesis. This provides an enormous feast for anyone wishing to understand in greater detail the thrust of the Bible's saving story, but it also results in a great contribution to scholarship." --Charles E. Hill, Reformed Theological Seminary Orlando "This volume, impressive for its massive sweep, is the matured fruit of the author's extensive work over several decades in New Testament theology. Especially those with interests in biblical eschatology, with some attention to the role of the church and Christian living 'between the times,' as well as in the New Testament use of the Old will profit from the characteristically sound and often stimulating instruction Beale provides." --Richard B. Gaffin Jr., Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia "A New Testament Biblical Theology takes Beale's years of study, teaching, and research and presents his readers with the most thorough and mature work of New Testament biblical theology yet seen in the English language. He has structured the massive volume in a beautiful fashion, focusing nearly half of the work on the eschatological storyline of the Old Testament then moving to the story of the already-not yet latter-day resurrection and new-creational kingdom of the New." --Richard C. Gamble, Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary "The canonical scope and focus on the biblical storyline give Beale's New Testament Biblical Theology a unique place among the many New Testament theologies now available. The book is vintage Beale, creatively making connections between Old Testament and New Testament and pursuing a definite vision of how the Bible hangs together." --Douglas J. 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Beale has brought them back together in a creative and methodical way." --Robert W. Yarbrough, Covenant Theological Seminary "Drawing on decades of exegetical research and teaching, A New Testament Biblical Theology exists at the intersection of biblical studies and theology. Carrying on the tradition of Geerhardus Vos, Beale has raised the bar for biblical theology in our day. We will be digesting this volume for many years to come." --Michael Horton, Westminster Seminary California "A stimulating read. Readers will find the emphasis on the already-not yet end-time new creation and kingdom very enriching and insightful. What we have in this new biblical theology is an appreciation for the biblical story as a whole, an appreciation that provides a much-needed counterweight to the atomistic tendencies in much of our exegetical and theological work. Beale's book will make an important contribution." --Craig A. 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click for details		HANDBOOK ON THE NEW TESTAMENT USE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT: Exegesis and Interpretation G.K. Beale "During the last four decades, not a little serious work has been undertaken to understand better how the New Testament cites the Old. Quite a lot of it was written by Greg Beale. Here, however, he keeps the student in mind and provides an introduction to the subject, complete with helpful bibliographies, useful illustrations, and step-by-step demonstrations of how to think through these issues."--D. A. Carson, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School "In this volume, Professor Beale has provided readers with a guide that complements his magisterial 'New Testament Biblical Theology: The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the New' as well as the 'Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament,' which he and several colleagues produced. What we now have is the complete package: commentary, theology, and a very concise handbook that shows us step by step how this important work is to be done." -Craig A. Evans, Acadia Divinity College, Nova Scotia, Canada This concise guide by a leading New Testament scholar helps readers understand how to better study the multitude of Old Testament references in the New Testament. G. K. Beale, coeditor of the bestselling Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, focuses on the "how to" of interpreting the New Testament use of the Old Testament, providing students and pastors with many of the insights and categories necessary for them to do their own exegesis. Brief enough to be accessible yet thorough enough to be useful, this handbook will be a trusted guide for all students of the Bible. Contents Introduction 1. Challenges to Interpreting the Use of the Old Testament in the New 2. Seeing the Old Testament in the New: Definitions of Quotations and Allusions and Criteria for Discerning Them 3. An Approach to Interpreting the Old Testament in the New 4. Primary Ways the New Testament Uses the Old Testament 5. Hermeneutical and Theological Presuppositions of the New Testament Writers 6. The Relevance of Jewish Backgrounds for the Study of the Old Testament in the New: A Survey of the Sources 7. A Case Study Illustrating the Methodology of This Book BEALE SPECIAL sjs bfs rhx svx jkb5 OTNT GKB3 NTUOOT BRAND NEW TITLE - AVAILABLE TO SHIP SGCB Price: $18.95 (list price $25.00) Order with Both LARGE HARDCOVER BEALE VOLUMES SGCB Price: $107.50 (list price $165.00) Commentary on the NT Use of the OT and A Dictionary on the NT Use of the OT
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		NEW TESTAMENT COMMENTARY SURVEY: How to Build Your Library for New Testament Study, The Seventh Edition D.A. CARSON In New Testament Commentary Survey, highly respected New Testament scholar D. A. Carson provides students and pastors with expert guidance on choosing a commentary for any book of the New Testament. The seventh edition has been updated to assess the most recently published commentaries. Carson examines sets, one-volume commentaries, and New Testament introductions and theologies, offering evaluative comments on the available offerings for each New Testament book. This is an essential guide for those who need help choosing the best substantive tools to build a reference library. BAKER NEW NOTE THE INCREASED PRICE SGCB Price: $15.95 (list price $20.00)
click for details		WORTHY: Celebrating the Value of Women Elyse Fitzpatrick and Eric Schumacher What does the Bible say about the value of women? Does the Bible teach that women are as valuable as men or does it portray them as somehow more flawed, more suspect, or weak and easily deceived? Beginning from Genesis and working all the way through the storyline of the Bible, Worthy demonstrates the significant and yes, even surprising, ways that God has used women to accomplish His kingdom goals. Because, like men, they are created in His image, their lives reflect and declare His worth. Worthy will enable and encourage both men and women to embrace this true and lofty vision of God's creation, plan, and their value in His eyes. Bestselling author Elyse Fitzpatrick and pastor Eric Schumacher together invite women to embrace a transformative and empowering view of their Maker, themselves, and the church. But this isn't only a book for women. It is also a book for men, especially leaders, who want to grow in their understanding of God's perspective on women, people who normally make up the majority of their congregations; men who might be wondering if they've missed something amid the abuse scandals that are rocking the church. Might the headlines they're reading today about abuse have their roots in a denigration of the value and worth of women? Worthy: Celebrating the Value of Women will help every reader see the value, place, and calling of women through study questions and a "Digging Deeper" section that will help men and women discover how to cherish, value, and honor one another for God's glory. "With candor and wisdom, Elyse and Eric shine a light into the biblical text, showing the ways God has cared for and worked through women to bring about his purposes in the world. Then they shine a light into the church, addressing the significant questions women have about how God cares for and intends to work through them today."--NANCY GUTHRIE, author of Even Better Than Eden: Nine Ways the Bible's Story Changes Everything about Your Story Elyse Fitzpatrick is a nationally sought-after speaker and author. She holds a certificate in biblical counseling from CCEF (San Diego) and an MA in biblical counseling from Trinity Theological Seminary. She has authored twenty-four books on daily living and the Christian life. Elyse has been married for more than forty years and has three adult children and several grandchildren. Learn more at www.elysefitzpatrick.com. Eric Schumacher is a pastor, songwriter, and author. He has a BA in communications and an MDiv from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Eric and his wife, Jenny, have five children and live in Iowa. Learn more at www.emschumacher.com. tw2 CWXS cwnw 70% Discount for a Limited Time SGCB Price: $5.00 (list price $17.00)
click for details		THE HIDING PLACE: The 35th Anniversary Edition CORRIE TEN BOOM with Foreword by Joni Eareckson Tada "Every experience God gives us . . . is the perfect preparation for the future only He can see."--Corrie ten Boom Corrie ten Boom was a Dutch watchmaker who became a heroine of the Resistance, a survivor of Hitler's concentration camps, and one of the most remarkable evangelists of the twentieth century. In World War II she and her family risked their lives to help Jews and underground workers escape from the Nazis, and for their work they were tested in the infamous Nazi death camps. Only Corrie among her family survived to tell the story of how faith ultimately triumphs over evil. Here is the riveting account of how Corrie and her family were able to save many of God's chosen people. For 35 years millions have seen that there is no pit so deep that God's love is not deeper still. Now The Hiding Place, repackaged for a new generation of readers, continues to declare that God's love will overcome, heal, and restore. "One of the most remarkable stories of one of the most remarkable women I've known. I recommend it most enthusiastically." - Charles Colson, Prison Fellowship "A groundbreaking book that shines a clear light on one of the darkest moments of history."--Philip Yancey, author, The Jesus I Never Knew "Ten Boom's classic is even more relevant to the present hour than at the time of its writing. We . . . need to be inspired afresh by the courage manifested by her family."--Jack W. Hayford, president, International Foursquare Church; chancellor, The King's College and Seminary TW2 JUST THREE COPIES AT THIS RIDICULOUS PRICE SGCB Price: $5.00 (list price $14.00)
click for details		Reformed Dogmatics, Volume 1 -Prolegomena Herman Bavinck; John Bolt, ed.; John Vriend, trans Theologians have long appreciated Herman Bavinck's four-volume masterpiece, Gereformeerde Dogmatiek, published in 1895-99, for its comprehensive treatment of dogmatic theology. Unfortunately, this magnum opus from the great Reformed theologian has only been available in Dutch, and therefore has been inaccessible to most readers. Now, thanks to the Dutch Reformed Translation Society and the work of translator John Vriend and editor John Bolt, the first volume of Bavinck's magisterial Reformed Dogmatics is available in English for the first time. Bolt's tireless work updating the documentation augments this significant work. 704 page hardcover (Vol. 3 in 2005, Vol. 4 in 2006) ORDER ALL FOUR VOLUMES FOR LESS! BAKER BOOKS SGCB Price: $39.95 (list price $65.00) Now available at this great price! Order the Complete Four-Volume Set SGCB Price: $150.00 (list price $250.00) SAVE $100.00 WHEN ORDERING ALL FOUR VOLUMES
		Romans: An Expositional Commentary, 4 Volumes James Montgomery Boice Dr. Boice has saved his best commentary on Romans for last! Drawing from the messages of his popular radio series, he now explores the application section of the apostle Paul's letter---Romans 12--16---to share with you the enriching themes of mind renewal, the need for love among Christians, the believer's relationship to the state, and Christian liberty. Approx. 500 pages each, four paperback volumes from Baker Endorsements: "Dr. Boice's commentary series is a treasure for the church and for her pastors. No expository preacher can afford to be without it."--R.C. Sproul Reviews: This highly useful, strongly inspirational set of commentaries could easily keep a preacher's sermons or Bible student's studies in the Gospel of John for a couple of years. Boice writes with a pastor's heart in a highly readable style. . . . a work of excellence that should be of great help to Bible expositors and lay people alike.--Fresh Pages and Tapes (October/November 1999) BOICE SETS BAKER BOOKS jmb ROMCOM NOW AVAILABLE IN LARGE PAPERBACK SET SGCB Price: $88.00 (list price $110.00) Order All 27 BOICE COMMENTARY VOLUMES SGCB Price: $488.00 (list price $640.00) 25% Discount
click for details		THE MARROW OF THEOLOGY WILLIAM AMES (1576-1633) translated from Latin with an Introduction by John Dykstra Eusden Presents the essence of the Puritan understanding of God, the church, and the world. William Ames' classic summary of seventeenth-century Puritan theology is once again available in its only modern English translation. Ames was one of the most influential theologians of his day, particularly among New England Puritans such as John Cotton and Thomas Hooker. He was, in fact, planning to travel to America at the time of his death. These lectures were first presented to students in Leyden in the 1620s, and their reissue will be of great interest to contemporary students of Puritanism. The Marrow of Theology is composed of two books. The first summarizes the Puritan understanding of the traditional doctrinal elements of systematic theology. The second covers the more practical matters of the Christian life. Combined with John Dykstra Eusden's excellent introductory study of Puritan theological method, this volume provides an indispensable tool for the study of Puritanism and its influence on later theology. ENDORSEMENTS "In this work we not only learn much about Puritanism in old England and new, but we can analyze a stream of Christian life and thought that has to some degree helped to shape many of us, our contemporaries, and our institutions." - Robert Handy, Union Seminary Quarterly Review "Numerous explanatory footnotes clarify difficult passages and point out cross references in the Scriptures. In short, Eusden's book, because of its helpful introduction and editorial notes, is a potential paradigm for subsequent reprintings of other Puritan classics." - Richard Etulain, Christian Scholar's Review Author William Ames (1576-1633) was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, where William Perkins was his tutor. He attended the Synod of Dort as an English observer and there began to develop his reputation as a brilliant theologian. From 1622, he was professor of theology at the University of Franeker in Holland, where he attracted students from all over Protestant Europe. bn22 SGCB Price: $26.95 (list price $36.00)
		THE GOSPEL-DRIVEN LIFE Being Good News People in a Bad News World Michael Horton When did the good news become just good advice? Christianity doesn't work as just a moral philosophy or code of ethics. It makes sense only when it is built upon the foundation of the gospel, the good news. The simple message that God has done everything he requires to reconcile sinners to himself is not just the church's slogan, but its lifeblood. In this candid and hopeful book, Michael Horton challenges us to reorient our faith and our practice toward the transformative, Christ-centered gospel--both in the church and in the world. Endorsements "In this timely and refreshing work Michael Horton invites Christians to step off the treadmills we have fashioned and to rest fully in the gospel, which announces what God has graciously granted in the person and work of his son, Jesus Christ our Savior."--Ken Jones, pastor, Greater Union Baptist Church, Compton, California "Michael Horton is one who understands the time. In Christless Christianity, Horton diagnosed the evangelical dilemma. In The Gospel-Driven Life he provides the solution. More than a fad, a twelve step program, or a forty-day challenge, Horton reminds us that the gospel is the everyday brick and mortar of a life built on the promise of eternal life in Jesus Christ. Before you read another book, read this one."--Anthony Carter, lead pastor, East Point Church, East Point, Georgia, and author of On Being Black and Reformed HORTON TRILOGY Author of Putting Amazing Back into Grace 40% Discount SGCB Price: $11.95 (list price $20.00) Order with MICHAEL HORTON TRILOGY SGCB Price: $31.95 (list price $60.00) Includes "Christless Christianity" and "The Gospel Commission"
click for details		GOD'S WAY, NOT OURS: Expository Sermons on Isaiah 1 Dr. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones was well known for his New Testament expositions, but in this book readers are given the rare opportunity to experience his skillful exploration of an Old Testament prophetic text. His expositions of Isaiah 1 provide a summary of Isaiah's entire message and of God's way of salvation. Lloyd-Jones lays out the root cause of human trouble and need, the false ways people try to escape from or meet it, and God's only way of real deliverance. The book's rich content, rooted in Scripture, is evangelistic as well as prophetic. Preachers and Bible teachers will use God's Way, Not Ours to help them prepare messages and lessons. It also makes excellent devotional reading, combining careful biblical exposition with timeless application. These classic expositions of Isaiah 1 summarize the prophet's entire message and God's way of salvation. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. GOD HAS SPOKEN 2. IGNORANCE 3. GOING BACKWARDS 4. THE DEPTH OF THE PROBLEM 5. THE DESOLATION OF SIN 6. A GLIMPSE OF HOPE 7. REPENTANCE 8. GOD'S WAY NOT OURS 9. GOD'S FINAL WORD D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981), a physician turned eminent preacher and author, succeeded G. Campbell Morgan at Westminster Chapel in London. His published messages are treasured worldwide as he blends theological perspectives with timely and practical applications. A POWERFUL BOOK ON THE HEART OF THE GOSPEL FROM THE RENOWNED DOCTOR SGCB Price: $14.95 (list price $18.00)
		COMMENTARY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT: Verse-by-Verse Explanations w/ a Literal Translation ROBERT H. GUNDRY SORRY BUT THIS SET HAS SOLD!!! NO MORE SETS IN STOCK!!! A LARGE TWO VOLUME COMMENTARY ON EVERY VERSE IN THE ENTIRE NEW TESTAMENT. Shouldn't a Bible commentary clarify what God's Word actually says? Going beyond questions of authorship, date, sources, and historicity, respected linguist and teacher Gundry offers a one-volume exposition of the New Testament that focuses on what is most useful for preaching, teaching, and individual study--what the biblical text really means. Providing interpretive observations in a "breezy" style that's easy to read and adaptable for oral use in pulpit or classroom presentations, Gundry directs his book to an evangelical audience. His crisp translation of the New Testament inserts various phrasings of passages in brackets, allowing for smooth transition from original text to alternative and contemporary readings. ENDORSEMENTS "This is a great resource in a great format for a great purpose from a great scholar. Bob Gundry has been a treasure for people who love the Bible for many years, and this is one of his richest gifts to us yet." -John Ortberg, author and senior pastor of Menlo Church, California "Like having a wonderful tour guide to a foreign country, Gundry's study of the New Testament introduces and guides one through the many joys and causes for reflection that are a part of a trip through the New Testament. The guidance provided is judicious in its choices of what to comment on and skilled in its presentation of the key ideas. It will surely serve well those who use it." -Darrell Bock, executive director of cultural engagement and senior research professor of New Testament studies, Dallas Theological Seminary "There is no better single-volume commentary on the New Testament than the one Bob Gundry has written. It offers succinct, fast-paced commentary, yet without neglecting the important points of interpretation. Busy pastors, students, laity, and even veteran scholars will find much in this commentary to appreciate. It belongs in every library and study." -Craig A. Evans, John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins, Houston Baptist University "This is not just another ho-hum commentary, the product of someone reading and repackaging previous commentaries. This is rather the fruit of a lifetime of close, intense attention to the text of the Greek New Testament; the upshot is that one happily finds on every page of this exegetical treasure fresh readings and independent judgments." -Dale C. Allison Jr., Richard J. Dearborn Professor of New Testament Studies, Princeton Theological Seminary "Gundry's magnum opus culminates the life's work of one of our generation's preeminent New Testament scholars. The weight of this commentary is matched by the substance of Gundry's interpretation within its pages, reflecting his lifetime of scholarship. This one-volume commentary on the New Testament is a rare accomplishment that must find a place on the bookshelf of every serious preacher, teacher, and student of Scripture." -Karen H. Jobes, Gerald F. Hawthorne Professor of New Testament Greek and Exegesis, Emerita, Wheaton College and Graduate School REVIEWS "Gundry distills decades of scholarly experience in working paragraph-by-paragraph through the New Testament--focusing on the divinely inspired human author's meaning with an eye to modern-day explication of the passage. . . . Gundry writes in a clear, engaging style and demonstrates a wealth of knowledge. I think it very likely that I will refer to th[ese] book[s] in the future--especially when I am looking for a respected New Testament scholar's concise opinion on a thorny text. . . . I commend this work as containing many helpful reflections on the New Testament from a highly respected scholar." -Robert L. Plummer, Southern Baptist Journal of Theology "Commentary on the New Testament is an exegetical achievement. It comprises a digest of the life-long labors of a careful and seasoned student of the NT. As such, it deserves a place on the shelves of serious students of the Scripture. In a day when many commentaries offer the reader parvum in multo (very little content in many words), it is refreshing to see a work that offers multum in parvo (much content in a few words). . . . Gundry's Commentary will richly repay the reader." -Guy Prentiss Waters, Themelios AUTHOR ROBERT H. GUNDRY (PhD, Manchester University) is scholar-in-residence and professor emeritus of New Testament Greek, the Gospels, and New Testament at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He is the author of the bestselling classroom text A Survey of the New Testament. 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		CHRISTLESS CHRISTIANITY The Alternative Gospel of the American Church Michael Horton From Publishers Weekly In another screed on what's wrong with American Christianity, theology professor Horton, of Westminster Seminary California, bemoans the slide of the American Christian church into what he, and others, call a moralistic, therapeutic deism. Drawing on studies, surveys and anecdotal evidence, Horton reaches the oft-repeated conclusion that American Christianity is self-centered rather than Christ-centered, Jesus is a life coach rather than a redeemer, and salvation is focused on therapeutic well-being. He rants against the purveyors of this watered-down Christianity--Robert Schuller, T.D. Jakes, Benny Hinn, Joyce Meyer--but saves his most savage attack for megachurch preacher Joel Osteen, whom Horton depicts as a snake-oil salesman teaching that God is a personal shopper ready to deliver happiness and prosperity if only individuals let God know their needs. Horton reveals his lack of theological depth when he argues that ancient Gnostics saw God as no different from humans. Yet Gnosticism's entire point is this difference. Horton regrettably offers no recommendation for the reformation of American Christianity beyond a simplistic call to let the church be defined by the Gospel rather than the laws of the market. (Nov.) Product Description Is it possible that we have left Christ out of Christianity? Is the faith and practice of American Christians today more American than Christian? These are the provocative questions Michael Horton addresses in this thoughtful, insightful book. He argues that while we invoke the name of Christ, too often Christ and the Christ-centered gospel are pushed aside. The result is a message and a faith that are, in Horton's words, "trivial, sentimental, affirming, and irrelevant." This alternative "gospel" is a message of moralism, personal comfort, self-help, self-improvement, and individualistic religion. It trivializes God, making him a means to our selfish ends. Horton skillfully diagnoses the problem and points to the solution: a return to the unadulterated gospel of salvation. ENDORSEMENTS "Christless Christianity establishes Michael Horton as the outstanding protagonist for classical Protestant orthodoxy. His wide-ranging and carefully researched examples show how our churches and megachurches have pandered to the culture with Gnostic, Pelagian, moralistic, and self-help heresies bereft of the saving action of Jesus Christ. He leaves us with a profound trust and a sure confidence in our biblical faith. What could be more important?"--Episcopal Bishop C. FitzSimons Allison HORTON TRILOGY Author of Putting Amazing Back into Grace 40% Discount SGCB Price: $11.95 (list price $20.00) 240 PAGE HARDCOVER VOLUME Order with MICHAEL HORTON TRILOGY SGCB Price: $31.95 (list price $60.00) Includes "The Gospel-Driven Life" and "The Gospel Commission"
click for details		REFORMED DOGMATICS: Volume 2- God and Creation Herman Bavinck, John Bolt, ed.; John Vriend, translator "Like Augustine, Calvin, and Edwards, Bavinck was a man of giant mind, vast learning, ageless wisdom, and great expository skill, and to have these volumes now in full English is a wonderful enrichment. Solid but lucid, demanding but satisfying, broad and deep and sharp and stabilizing, Bavinck's magisterial 'Reformed Dogmatics' remains after a century the supreme acievement of its kind." - J.I. Packer "Pastors and theologians will welcome the historic first complete translation of Herman Bavinck's 'Reformed Dogmatics' . . . This masterful theological work is now available to passionate students of theology." - R. Albert Mohler SPECIAL OFFER ON VOLUMES ALL FOUR TOGETHER! BAKER BOOKS SGCB Price: $39.95 (list price $65.00) Order the Complete Four-Volume Set SGCB Price: $150.00 (list price $250.00) SAVE $100.00 WHEN ORDERING THE COMPLETE SET
click for details		REFORMED DOGMATICS: Volume 3 - Sin and Salvation in Christ Herman Bavinck Reformed Dogmatics, vol. 3: Sin and Salvation in Christ Author: Herman Bavinck Edition: Hardcover Price: 49.99 Dimensions: 6 x 9 Number of Pages: 704 Publication Date: Apr. 06 Description: Theologians have long appreciated Herman Bavinck's four-volume masterpiece, Gereformeerde Dogmatiek, for its comprehensive treatment of dogmatic theology. Now, thanks to the Dutch Reformed Translation Society, the third volume of Bavinck's magisterial Reformed Dogmatics is available in English for the first time. Author Information: Herman Bavinck (1854-1921) succeeded Abraham Kuyper as professor of systematic theology at the Free University in Amsterdam in 1902. John Bolt is professor of systematic theology at Calvin Theological Seminary. The late John Vriend translated many classic theological works. Endorsements: "Bavinck was a man of giant mind, vast learning, ageless wisdom, and great expository skill. Solid but lucid, demanding but satisfying, broad and deep and sharp and stabilizing, Bavinck's magisterial Reformed Dogmatics remains after a century the supreme achievement of its kind."--J. I. Packer, Regent College "This magisterial work exhibits Bavinck's vast knowledge and appreciation of the Christian tradition. Written from a Reformed perspective, it offers a perceptive critique of modern theology. . . . Recommended."--Library Journal "Pastors and theologians will welcome the historic first complete translation of Herman Bavinck's 'Reformed Dogmatics' . . . This masterful theological work is now available to passionate students of theology." - R. Albert Mohler BAKER BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE SGCB Price: $39.95 (list price $65.00) Order the Complete Four-Volume Set SGCB Price: $150.00 (list price $250.00) SAVE $100.00
click for details		REFORMED DOGMATICS: Volume 4- Holy Spirit, Church, and New Creation Herman Bavinck In partnership with the Dutch Reformed Translation Society, Baker Academic is proud to offer in English for the very first time the fourth and final volume of Herman Bavinck's complete Reformed Dogmatics, now also available as a four-volume set. This volume includes the combined indexes for all four volumes. In addition, editor John Bolt introduces each chapter and has enhanced the footnotes and bibliography. This masterwork will appeal not only to scholars, students, pastors, and laity interested in Reformed theology but also to research and theological libraries. "Bavinck's Dutch masterwork was the Everest of which the textbooks by Louis Berkhof and Auguste Leoerf were foothills and Berkouwer's studies in dogmatics were outliers. Like Augustine, Calvin, and Edwards, Bavinck was a man of giant mind, vast learning, ageless wisdom and great expository skill. Solid but lucid, demanding but satisfying, broad and deep and sharp and stabilizing, Bavinck's magisterial Reformed Dogmatics remains after a century the supreme achievement of its kind."--J. I. Packer, professor of theology, Regent College "Arguably the most important systematic theology ever produced in the Reformed tradition. I have found it to be the most valuable. English-speaking theology throughout the 20th century until now has been singularly impoverished by not having at its disposal a translation of Bavinck's Dogmatiek in its entirety. The appearance of these volumes will be an incomparable boon for generations of students, pastors, teachers, and others, serving to deepen understanding and enrich reflection in both historical and systematic theology."--Richard B. Gaffin, Jr., professor of biblical and systematic theology, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia BAKER BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE - READY TO SHIP!! SGCB Price: $39.95 (list price $65.00) Order the Complete Four-Volume Set SGCB Price: $150.00 (list price $250.00) SAVE $100.00 WHEN ORDERING THE COMPLETE SET
		THE GOSPEL COMMISSION Recovering God's Strategy for Making Disciples Michael Horton Are we really fulfilling Jesus's final command? Many churches in America today want to be powerful, relevant, and influential in personal and social transformation. A plethora of programs for outreach, discipleship, and spiritual disciplines are available at any bookstore and on countless websites. Yet what we need most is a renewed understanding of and commitment to the Great Commission. We assume that we already know the nature of this commission and the appropriate methods of carrying it out. But Michael Horton contends that it too often becomes our mission instead of God's. At a time when churches are zealously engaged in creating mission statements and strategic plans, he argues that we must ask ourselves anew whether we are ambassadors, following the script we've been given, or building our own kingdoms with our own blueprint. Pastors and church leaders will value this frank and hopeful next-step exploration of the Great Commission as a call to renewed understanding and good practice. Endorsements "Mike Horton has written the best book I've ever read on the Great Commission. Mike demonstrates in delectably deep and down-to-earth ways that no matter how hard we try or how 'radical' we get, any engine smaller than the gospel that we depend on for power to do what God has called us to do--most importantly, the Great Commission--will conk out."--Tullian Tchividjian, senior pastor, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church; author, Surprised by Grace: God's Relentless Pursuit of Rebels "A rigorous yet accessible exegesis of both the Great Commission and contemporary Western culture. Today's evangelicals all too often retreat from mission in light of social pressures or rush forward with a faulty missionary enterprise that is untethered from theology, unconcerned with discipleship, and obsessed with quantifiable results. Against this backdrop, Horton calls us to recover a biblical understanding of mission and restore its centrality in the life of the church. The Gospel Commission is filled with both penetrating analysis and pastoral guidance, and I recommend it enthusiastically."--Doug Birdsall, chair, Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization "Writing from the perspective of one who for more than fifty years has been involved in helping people in Africa know God through Bible study and acts of mercy, this book on missions by Michael Horton is the most comprehensive, helpful, and encouraging I have ever read. All mission sending agencies and their long and short-term missionaries should read it. It will be required reading for Rafiki's missionaries and should be read by anyone who wants to participate in Christ's great commission."--Rosemary Jensen, founder and president, Rafiki Foundation, Inc. HORTON TRILOGY Author of Putting Amazing Back into Grace EVANGELISM SPECIAL BRAND NEW PAPERBACK EDITION SGCB Price: $11.95 (list price $20.00) 320 PAGE PAPERBACK VOLUME Order with MICHAEL HORTON TRILOGY SGCB Price: $31.95 (list price $60.00) Includes "Christless Christianity" and "The Gospel-Driven Life"
		PUTTING AMAZING BACK INTO GRACE Embracing the Heart of the Gospel Revised and Updated Edition Michael Horton BRAND NEW - REVISED Now revised and updated, 'Putting Amazing Back into Grace' reminds us of the Reformation's radical view of God and his saving grace, the liberating yet humbling truth that we contribute nothing to our salvation. Horton lays out the scriptural basis for this doctrine and its implications for a vibrant evangelical faith. SPECIAL ADDED FEATURE: Two brand-new companion DVDs make this classic perfect for small group or individual study. In over four hours of video, about twenty minutes for each chapter, Michael Horton helps you dig deeper into the big ideas of this life-changing book. What does it mean to be "saved by grace"? 'Putting Amazing Back into Grace' reminds you of the Reformation's radical view of God and his saving grace, the liberating yet humbling truth that we contribute nothing to our salvation. It lays out the scriptural basis for this important doctrine and the implications of this message for a vibrant evangelical faith. Michael Horton's accessible treatment of who does what in salvation will inspire you with a fresh amazement at God's grace. Endorsements "With all our technological expertise and intellectual arrogance, we have become the cleverest fools in world history. Mike Horton has seen through all the excuses and appreciates that true and timeless wisdom is found in the paths of the Christian gospel. Putting Amazing Back into Grace expresses the thrill of his soul--and mine--as we gaze upon the triumph of God's almighty grace."--from the foreword by J. I. Packer "This book contains much biblical wisdom and is a welcome antidote to the cultural Christianity that has infiltrated even evangelical circles."--Donald G. Bloesch "Michael Horton calls us away from the trivial to the foundational, from contemporary myopia to biblical clear-sightedness. He provides a fresh, stimulating introduction to what we should mean when we say 'saved by grace.'"--W. Robert Godfrey Michael Horton (PhD, University of Coventry and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford) is J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics at Westminster Seminary California. He hosts The White Horse Inn radio broadcast and is editor-in-chief of Modern Reformation magazine. He is the author/editor of more than twenty books, including Christless Christianity, The Gospel-Driven Life, and The Gospel Commission. HORTON TRILOGY BRAND NEW - AVAILABLE TO SHIP SGCB Price: $12.00 (list price $20.00) This is a 272 page Paperback Volume Add the Trilogy: GOSPEL COMMISSION, GOSPEL-DRIVEN LIFE and CHRISTLESS CHRISTIANITY SGCB Price: $29.95 (list price $60.00) You Must Order PUTTING AMAZING BACK INTO GRACE to get this Price
		WILLING TO BELIEVE The Controversy Over Free Will R.C. SPROUL What is the role of the will in believing the good news of the gospel? Why is there so much controversy over free will throughout church history? R. C. Sproul finds that Christians have often been influenced by pagan views of the human will that deny the effects of Adam's fall. In 'Willing to Believe', Sproul traces the free-will controversy from its formal beginning in the fifth century, with the writings of Augustine and Pelagius, to the present. Readers will gain understanding into the nuances separating the views of Protestants and Catholics, Calvinists and Arminians, and Reformed and Dispensationalists. This book, like Sproul's Faith Alone, is a major work on an essential evangelical tenet. ISBN: 978-0-8010-6412-8 ISBN-10: 0-8010-6412-0 Dimensions: 6 x 9 Number of pages: 224 Carton Quantity: 64 Publication Date: Mar. 02 Formats: Paperback SPROUL FOUR-PACK SGCB Price: $11.75 (list price $17.00) Order our special SPROUL FOUR-PACK SGCB Price: $44.50 (list price $70.00)
		FAITH ALONE The Evangelical Doctrine of Justification R.C. SPROUL What can we add to God's mercy to be saved? The Reformers broke with the Roman Church when they answered that Christians are justified by faith alone. But evangelicals no longer seem certain about that keystone of faith. In Faith Alone, a Gold Medallion finalist and Evangelical Book Club main selection, R.?C. Sproul discerns a softening of the doctrine of justification and explains why Christians must return to the biblical, Reformation view. He provides biblical evidence and theological reasons why Protestantism and Roman Catholicism divided in the first place, and why that division remains an uncrossed chasm. Now in paperback, Faith Alone offers a clear explanation of classic Protestant teaching on salvation, helping readers understand why this teaching is so important. Endorsements "R. C. Sproul has done a masterful job of reminding us of the true nature of the gospel. Faith Alone is one of the most important books to be published in this decade." --Jerry Bridges, The Navigators Community Ministry Group "The evangelical church is in a perilous condition, even to the point of abandoning the gospel which brought it into being. In this timely and relevant book, R. C. Sproul recalls us to the true apostolic gospel, justification by grace alone through faith alone because of Christ alone."--James M. Boice, former pastor, Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia "In a day of rampant theological confusion and compromise, R. C. Sproul provides a voice of conviction deeply rooted in biblical truth and the faithful heritage of the gospel. He makes clear what is at stake in current patterns of evangelical compromise-the gospel itself." --R. Albert Mohler, Jr., president, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary SPROUL FOUR-PACK SGCB Price: $11.75 (list price $17.00) Order our special SPROUL FOUR-PACK SGCB Price: $44.50 (list price $70.00)