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How I wish this book had been available years ago when I as a young minister tried to preach on the life of King Saul.Dr. Cyril Barber has given us a commentary on 1 Samuel that balances dependable information, spiritual interpretation, and practical application. I predict that in years to come this volume will be a standard reference work for serious Bible students and careful expository preachers. But there is no dull academic atmosphere in these pages. The book is a joy to read. Dr. Barber makes ancient history exciting and practical, and he does so without spiritualizing the text.You will enjoy using this book. It will open up new facets of truth for you to receive and apply in your own life and then share with others.From the Foreword,by Warren W. Wiersbe

The People of GodSeveral factors make this a compelling and topical book:- The anti-Jewish sentiments that can still disfigure much Christian teaching and writing- The baffling fate and often shocking politics of the State of Israel in recent years and months- The faltering progress towards ecumenical unity of Jews and Christians- The need for a united witness to Jesus as Jew and as Son of GodMarkus Barth, Professor of New Testament in the University of Basel, combines passion and scholarship in this summons to a recognition of the brotherhood of Jews and Christians. He discusses with authority both the current theological climate and the biblical basis--in particular, the writings of Paul--on which a true doctrine of the ''People of God'' should be built; and he calls for a new relationship characterized by frank and honest criticism, but especially by fraternal love.

''The Year''s Work in Medievalism,'' volume XVII, is based upon but not restricted to the 2002 proceedings of the annual International Conference on Medievalism, organized by the Director of Conferences of Studies in Medievalism, Gwendolyn Morgan, and, for 2002, Jesse G. Swan and Richard Utz. It contains eleven essays exploring various representations of the medieval from the Renaissance through contemporary times: Hannah Johnson, The Saint in the Photograph: Sister Marie Gabriel and Another New Middle Ages Mike McKeon, The Postmodern Subject in Early Christian Catacomb Painting Anna Kowalcze, Disregarding the Text: Postmodern Medievalisms and the Readings of John Gardner''s Grendel Laura Morowitz, ''Une Guerre Sainte Contre l''Academisme:'' Louis Courajod, The Louvre, and the Barbaric Middle Ages Sandra Ballif Straubhaar, A Birth Certificate for Sweden, Packaged for Postmoderns: Jan Guillou''s Templar Trilogy Susan Rochette-Crawley, Wholly Ghosts: Genre, Postmodern Transubstantiations, and Flannery O''Connor''s ''The Enduring Chill'' David Lampe, ''The Accuracies of My Impressions:'' Mark Twain, Ford Madox Ford, and Michael Crichton Re-Imagine Chivalry Liliana Sikorska, Mapping the Green Man''s Territory in Lindsay Clarke''s ''The Chymical Wedding ''A. Keith Kelly, Medieval Movie Madness Hailey Haffey, Dualistic Particulars: How Mystical and Metaphysical Literatures Demand Differentiation of Erotic Profanities Alissa Stickler, The (Mid)Evil Nightmare of Yesterday and Tomorrow: Flagg as the Immortal Monster in Stephen King''s ''The Eyes of the Dragon and The Stand.''

Holding Forth the Word of Life is a collection of essays offered to honor Tim Meadowcroft on his retirement from Laidlaw College. An international authority on Daniel, over the last twenty-five years Tim has established himself as one of New Zealand''s leading biblical scholars. While specializing in Old Testament, Tim has taught and published in New Testament as well as hermeneutics and theological interpretation of Scripture. Beyond academic work he has also remained committed to the church and its voice in wider society. This collection of essays, written by leading scholars from New Zealand and beyond, covers all of these areas--Old Testament, New Testament, intertestamental texts, hermeneutics, theological interpretation of Scripture, reception history, and theological reflection on pressing issues facing society.

Dan Barker, ex-preacher and co-founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, travels widely, arguing in debates and speaking on his beliefs that Christianity is false, God does not exist, and the Bible is filled with errors and mythology. He has been touted as one of America''s leading atheists. Yet close examination of his arguments shows that Barker''s reasons for disbelief are poorly reasoned and miss the mark as they are aimed at a mistaken caricature of Christian theism. Answering the Music Man exposes Barker''s misunderstandings of Christianity and provides compelling answers to Barker''s arguments.

Themelios is an international, evangelical, peer-reviewed theological journal that expounds and defends the historic Christian faith. Themelios is published three times a year online at The Gospel Coalition (http://thegospelcoalition.org/themelios/) and in print by Wipf and Stock. Its primary audience is theological students and pastors, though scholars read it as well. Themelios began in 1975 and was operated by RTSF/UCCF in the UK, and it became a digital journal operated by The Gospel Coalition in 2008. The editorial team draws participants from across the globe as editors, essayists, and reviewers.General Editor: D. A. Carson, Trinity Evangelical Divinity SchoolManaging Editor: Brian Tabb, Bethlehem College and SeminaryConsulting Editor: Michael J. Ovey, Oak Hill Theological CollegeAdministrator: Andrew David Naselli, Bethlehem College and SeminaryBook Review Editors: Jerry Hwang, Singapore Bible College; Alan Thompson, Sydney Missionary & Bible College; Nathan A. Finn, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary; Hans Madueme, Covenant College; Dane Ortlund, Crossway; Jason Sexton, Golden Gate Baptist SeminaryEditorial Board: Gerald Bray, Beeson Divinity SchoolLee Gatiss, Wales Evangelical School of TheologyPaul Helseth, University of Northwestern, St. PaulPaul House, Beeson Divinity SchoolKen Magnuson, The Southern Baptist Theological SeminaryJonathan Pennington, The Southern Baptist Theological SeminaryJames Robson, Wycliffe HallMark D. Thompson, Moore Theological CollegePaul Williamson, Moore Theological CollegeStephen Witmer, Pepperell Christian FellowshipRobert Yarbrough, Covenant Seminary

The title of this work--A Plain Account of Christian Faithfulness--is a play on John Wesley''s famous book, A Plain Account of Christian Perfection. It reflects the focus, character, and actions of David B. McEwan, for whom this book has been dedicated. The essays have been written by scholars from around the globe, each focusing on an aspect of faithfulness from a Wesleyan perspective, and covering the broad disciplines of Bible, theology, history, and pastoral theology. This book has something for everyone, and ultimately invites the reader into deeper Christian faith and faithfulness.

Liberating Faith remains an effective introduction to the theology and spirituality of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. After a brief biographical portrait of Bonhoeffer's adult life, Kelly offers a thematic overview of Bonhoeffer's Christological theology with an emphasis on the sociality of Christ. Other chapters focus on the ""liberation of faith,"" which is essentially Bonhoeffer's theology of revelation that emerged from his own existential crisis regarding his own faith and an examination of his theology of the Church. While Kelly draws heavily on Bonhoeffer's later writings like The Cost of Discipleship, Ethics, and especially Letters and Papers from Prison, he also uses key texts spanning the entirety of Bonhoeffer's career to develop the critical ideas at the heart of Bonhoeffer's theology. Therefore, Liberating Faith does very well to set the stage for Bonhoeffer's overall theology.

During the twentieth century, theological and religious perspectives have been marginalized, if not utterly excluded in many of our colleges and universities. The essays in this book argue in different ways for the critical, appreciative inclusion of theological and religious perspectives in higher education. The contributors believe that even in our secular, religiously disestablished era, religion and God continue to occupy an important and dynamic role in personal and social life. If our colleges and universities are to fulfill their higher aspirations of educating whole persons for the real world in all of its diversity and challenge, we need to go bravely against the flow and give God tenure.

What sort of meaning for today's world emerges in theological discourse? We sit in the pew, the author writes, and ask, 'But what does the preacher mean?' We climb the pulpit with despair of the words we must utter--a despair present for a generation at least, but now become explicit. The suspicion that talk about God makes less and less sense is set both by the dominance of the sciences as models of certainty, and by our increasing acceptance of historical relativism. The order of Dr. Jenson's book follows the order of his search for verifiability; his conclusions acknowledge the reality of promise, the centrality of hope for Christian faith and discourse that is the common motif of many different contemporary theological programs. To overcome a deficiency of previous discussions, Dr. Jenson starts with an investigation of how classical theology, through key proponents, has understood itself. An account of Origen centers on the language of images, one of Thomas on the notion of analogy. Seeking both continuity with and freedom from these traditional interpretations, the author then enters the contemporary discussion. Over the challenge of verifiability he engages the English and American analysts, over the challenge of historicism he engages the European ''hermeneuticists, in quest of a more viable and comprehensive answer than either has been able to offer.

Introduction to Chemistry and the Environment is written primarily to satisfy the need for a suitable textbook for a one-semester course in chemistry and the environment for non-science majors. It is also suitable for persons who have no knowledge of chemistry but would like to be informed about the science behind many of the environmental issues facing the general public. The pedagogical approach is first to provide the basics of chemistry in a conceptual, non-mathematical way, using material from the environment where possible. Then these principles are used to discuss many of the major issues in air and water pollution. The text consists of ten brief chapters. The first five chapters discuss chemical principles in a succinct but scientifically sound manner. The individual instructor is encouraged to elaborate on these topics as he or she sees fit. The next two chapters discuss the properties of gases, especially the components of air, and then issues in air pollution. The next two chapters focus on the properties of water and aqueous solutions followed by issues in water pollution. The final brief chapter is an attempt to put everything in perspective by discussing human health and the environment. Included at the end of each chapter are some suggested readings for those who would like a more detailed discussion of the topics covered. A set of discussion-type questions ends each chapter. Writing science for nonscientists is a difficult task. However, Baldwin King has used his many years as a chemical educator to produce a text which is clear and eminently readable by non-chemists.

The Philippines, since 1972, has lived under a repressive martial law imposed by President Marcos. In this remarkable series of letters the Bishop of Bukidnon speaks to his people about the growing violations of their political and human rights. The answers, the bishop insists, must come from them and their understanding of the Gospel as commitment, concern, and service. Surprisingly, perhaps, these letters will be read and understood by Americans as well as Filipinos. Written with powerful integrity, they have the enduring timeliness of St. Paul's Letters to the Churches written nearly twenty centuries ago.

Socio-Historical Examination of Religion and Ministry (SHERM journal) is a biannual, not-for-profit, free peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes the latest social-scientific, historiographic, and ecclesiastic research on religious institutions and their ministerial practices. SHERM is dedicated to the critical and scholarly inquiry of historical and contemporary religious phenomena, both from within particular religious traditions and across cultural boundaries, so as to inform the broader socio-historical analysis of religion and its related fields of study. The purpose of SHERM is to provide a scholarly medium for the social-scientific study of religion where specialists can publish advanced studies on religious trends, theologies, rituals, philosophies, socio-political influences, or experimental and applied ministry research in the hopes of generating enthusiasm for the vocational and academic study of religion while fostering collegiality among religious specialists. Its mission is to provide academics, professionals, and nonspecialists with critical reflections and evidence-based insights into the socio-historical study of religion and, where appropriate, its implications for ministry and expressions of religiosity.

The title of this work--A Plain Account of Christian Faithfulness--is a play on John Wesley's famous book, A Plain Account of Christian Perfection. It reflects the focus, character, and actions of David B. McEwan, for whom this book has been dedicated. The essays have been written by scholars from around the globe, each focusing on an aspect of faithfulness from a Wesleyan perspective, and covering the broad disciplines of Bible, theology, history, and pastoral theology. This book has something for everyone, and ultimately invites the reader into deeper Christian faith and faithfulness.

Dan Barker, ex-preacher and co-founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, travels widely, arguing in debates and speaking on his beliefs that Christianity is false, God does not exist, and the Bible is filled with errors and mythology. He has been touted as one of America''s leading atheists. Yet close examination of his arguments shows that Barker''s reasons for disbelief are poorly reasoned and miss the mark as they are aimed at a mistaken caricature of Christian theism. Answering the Music Man exposes Barker''s misunderstandings of Christianity and provides compelling answers to Barker''s arguments.