Classical Pastoral CareClassic Pastoral Care provides a topical arrangement of passages from classic Christian writings offering guidance on all major topics of pastoral theology. The four volume set features writings from more than two hundred notable Christian authors from Abelard and Ambrose to Isaac Watts and Zwingli arranged in thirty topical sections. Volume three, Pastoral Counsel, deals directly with the nature of the counseling relationship, the metaphors of soul
The book includes a foreword by Michael Root
Johnson weaves in an ancient murder mystery between chapters to show how ancient Israelites could have reasoned with and through Torah to solve real-life problems
well-respected New Testament scholar Frank Matera examines cultural context and theological meaning in Romans
Churches often realize they need to change
and teaching
and music and includes helpful exposition and contemporary commentary on key figures in political theology
the cross and the resurrection
highlighting enduring existential issues in the Hebrew Bible and discussing Jewish readings alongside Christian readings
This book provides a fresh interpretation of Genesis 22 and reinforces the church's resurgent interest in lament as an appropriate response to God
The book provides substantive engagement with the doctrine of transformative union
there has been little effort to combine a Christian understanding of forgiveness with psychology
Osborne surveys various approaches commentators have taken on whether Revelation refers primarily to the past or to events that are yet future
