General Theology

Our theology miscellany closely resembles the Island of Misfit Toys—except they're books, and they aren't on an island, and they aren't really misfits, but every analogy breaks down at some point. Maybe this section is more like a box of chocolates—everything's tasty, but you never know what you're going to get.

Theology is the study of God. Over the two-thousand-year history of the Church it has become necessary to designate different approaches to that study. There are three main traditional ways of doing theology—systematic, dogmatic and Biblical. Systematic theologians attempt to draw key doctrines into a workable, consistent framework. Once the framework has been established, other issues and concerns are added as they fit. Dogmatic theology is concerned primarily with the defense of individual doctrines. It uses traditional teachings of the Church as its foundation and emphasizes a propositional approach to the Bible. Biblical theology (the name isn't intended to imply that other approaches are unbiblical) is a more organic approach based on a narrative reading of the Bible. By identifying themes in Scripture, Biblical theologians seek unifying elements that present a complete perspective on God and His activities in the world and through His people. While all three approaches are worthwhile and have been used by the great theologians of the Church, the books in our selection reveal our predilection for Biblical theology.

We've been trying to organize our theology section more carefully, and now have official sections for the above. This section is our catch-all, collecting everything that doesn't quite fit elsewhere.

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Adopted By God
by Robert A. Peterson
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Reformed Theology (Location: XTH-REF)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Ancient Love Song
by Charles D. Drew
from P&R Publishing
in Bible Surveys (Location: XBI-SURV)
$9.50
Biblical and Theological Studies
by Michael J. Wilkins, Erik Thoennes
from Crossway Books
for 10th-Adult
in Philosophy (Location: XWV-PHI)
$11.99
Biblical Theology in the Life of the Church
by Michael Lawrence
from Crossway Books
for 10th-Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$8.50 (1 in stock)
Body of Divinity
by Thomas Watson
from Banner of Truth Trust
Theology for 9th-12th grade
in Puritan Writings (Location: XCH-PUR)
$16.00
Bound Only Once
by Doug Wilson, editor
from Canon Press
for Adult
in Theology Proper: The Study of God (Location: XTH-GOD)
$12.00
Bruised Reed
Puritan Paperbacks #26
by Richard Sibbes
from Banner of Truth Trust
for 10th-Adult
in Puritan Writings (Location: XCH-PUR)
Call of Grace
by Norman Shepherd
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Calvin: Commentaries
Library of Christian Classics
by John Calvin, edited by Joseph Haroutunian
Icthus Edition from Westminster Press
for Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Christ of the Covenants
by O. Palmer Robertson
from P&R Publishing
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$16.99
Christianity and Liberalism
by J. Gresham Machen
from Eerdmans
Religion/Philosophy for 11th-Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$15.99 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Christianity and Liberalism
by J. Gresham Machen
from Canon Press
Religion/Philosophy for 11th-Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$11.95
Christianity: A Total World and Life System
by Abraham Kuyper
from Plymouth Rock Foundation
for Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
Church is Israel Now
by Charles D. Provan
from Chalcedon / Ross House Books
for 10th-Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
Concise Theology
by J. I. Packer
from Tyndale House
for 10th-Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$18.99
Cost of Discipleship
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Foreword by Eric Metaxas
1st edition from Touchstone
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$16.14
Counted Righteous in Christ
by John Piper
from Crossway Books
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$6.50 (1 in stock)
Covenantal Gospel
by C. van der Waal
from Inheritance Publications
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
Dispensationalism
by Keith Mathison
from P&R Publishing
for 10th-Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$16.99 $8.50 (2 in stock)
Erasing Hell
by Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle
from David C. Cook
for Adult
in Heaven & Hell (Location: XTH-HEHE)
$12.50 $7.50 (1 in stock)
Essential Truths of the Christian Faith
by R. C. Sproul
from Tyndale House
for 9th-Adult
in Reformed Theology (Location: XTH-REF)
$17.99 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Explicit Gospel
by Matt Chandler
from Crossway Books
for 9th-Adult
in The Gospel (Location: XTH-GOS)
$14.99
Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die
by John Piper
from Crossway Books
for 9th-Adult
in The Gospel (Location: XTH-GOS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Forgotten Heavens
by Douglas Wilson (editor)
from Canon Press
for Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$6.50
Future of Justification
by John Piper
from Crossway Books
for 11th-Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
Glory of Kings
by Peter Leithart
from Wipf and Stock Publishers
for Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$40.00
God in the Dock
by C. S. Lewis
from Eerdmans
Religion/Philosophy for 9th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
God's Passion for His Glory
by John Piper, Jonathan Edwards
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Puritan Writings (Location: XCH-PUR)
$12.00
Goldsworthy Trilogy
by Graeme Goldsworthy
from Paternoster
for Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$19.99
Grace Abounding in a Believer's Life
by Charles Spurgeon, compiled and edited by Robert Hall
from Emerald Books
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Heaven and Hell
by Edward A. Donnelly
from Banner of Truth Trust
for Adult
in Heaven & Hell (Location: XTH-HEHE)
$13.00
Heaven for Kids
by Randy Alcorn with Linda Washington
from Tyndale House
for 2nd-7th grade
in Bible Doctrine for Kids (Location: BIBR-DOC)
$13.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
Heaven is for Real
by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent
from Thomas Nelson Publishers
for Adult
in Heaven & Hell (Location: XTH-HEHE)
Hell on Trial
by Robert A. Peterson
from P&R Publishing
for 10th-Adult
in Heaven & Hell (Location: XTH-HEHE)
Incredible Scofield and His Book
by Joseph M. Canfield
2nd edition from Chalcedon / Ross House Books
for Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
Introducing Evangelical Ecotheology
by Daniel L. Brunner, Jennifer L. Butler, A.J. Swoboda
from Baker Academics
for Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Israel of God
by O. Palmer Robertson
from P&R Publishing
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$11.00
Justification and the New Perspective on Paul
by Guy Prentiss Waters
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$16.99
Kingdom and the Power
by Peter Leithart
from P&R Publishing
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$9.50
Kingdom and the Power
by Peter Leithart
from Theopolis Books
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$19.95
Know What You Believe
by Paul E. Little
5th edition from InterVarsity Press
for 9th-12th grade
in Christian Apologetics (Location: XAP-GEN)
$21.99 $7.50 (2 in stock)
Mind of the Maker
by Dorothy L. Sayers, with an introduction by Madeleine L'Engle
from HarperCollins
Christian Philosophy for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$17.99
Miracles
by C. S. Lewis
from HarperCollins
Religion/Philosophy for 9th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$16.99
Mortification of Sin
Puritan Paperbacks #34
by John Owen
Abridged from Banner of Truth Trust
in Puritan Writings (Location: XCH-PUR)
On Christian Teaching
by St. Augustine
from Oxford University
for 10th-Adult
in Medieval Literature (Location: LIT2-MED)
$11.01
Paedofaith
by Rich Lusk
from Athanasius Press
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
Paradox and Truth
by Ralph Smith
from Canon Press
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
Passion of Jesus Christ
by John Piper
from Crossway Books
for 10th-Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$2.00 (5 in stock)
Pilgrim Theology
by Michael Bauman
Revised from Summit Press Company
for Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$14.95
Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms
by Cherith Fee Nordling, David Guretzki, Stanley J. Grenz
from InterVarsity Press
for 10th-Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Principle of Protestantism
Lancaster Series on the Mercersburg Theology
by Philip Schaff
from Wipf and Stock Publishers
Theology for Adult
in Reformed Theology (Location: XTH-REF)
$21.50 $17.00 (1 in stock)
Prophetic Imagination
by Walter Brueggemann
2nd edition from Fortress Press
for Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$11.00 (1 in stock)
Renewing Your Mind
by R. C. Sproul
from Baker Books
for 9th-Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$15.00 $4.00 (3 in stock)
Return From Exile and the Renewal of God's People
Short Studies in Biblical Theology
by Nicholas G. Piotrowski
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Temptation: Resisted & Repulsed
Puritan Paperbacks #40
by John Owen
from Banner of Truth Trust
for 10th-Adult
in Puritan Writings (Location: XCH-PUR)
The Atonement
by Gordon Haddon Clark
from Trinity Foundation
for Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Theology and Sanity
by Frank Sheed
from Ignatius Press
for 10th-Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
Theology of Christian Resistance
Christianity & Civilization #2
by Gary North (editor)
from Geneva Divinity School Press
in Christianity and the State (Location: XWV-STA)
Through New Eyes
by James Jordan
from Wipf and Stock Publishers
for Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
Trinity and Reality
by Ralph Smith
from Canon Press
for 10th-Adult
in Theology Proper: The Study of God (Location: XTH-GOD)
Understanding Dispensationalists
by Vern Poythress
2nd edition from P&R Publishing
for 11th-Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$16.99
What Do Presbyterians Believe?
by Gordon H. Clark
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Creeds, Confessions & Catechisms (Location: XTH-CREED)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
What Is Hell?
Basics of the Faith
by Christopher W. Morgan & Robert A. Peterson
from P&R Publishing
for 10th-Adult
in Basics of the Faith (Location: XNC-BAS)
$3.50
What Saint Paul Really Said
by N. T. Wright
from Eerdmans
for Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)