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"For my own part I tend to find the doctrinal books often more helpful in devotion than the devotional books, and I rather suspect that the same experience may await many others. I believe that many who find that 'nothing happens' when they sit down, or kneel down, to a book of devotion, would find that the heart sings unbidden while they are working their way through a tough bit of theology with a pipe in their teeth and a pencil in their hand."—C. S. Lewis

The word theology brings certain images to mind—aged scholars in tweed jackets with leather elbow patches and thick glasses reading enormous dusty tomes in chilly rooms accessed only by a stone spiral staircase, or young university students smoking pipes and drinking black coffee while discussing the influence of Tillich on the doctrine of the hypostatic union of the the anthropic person. Academic theologians are seen as studious, patient, intellectual. . . boring.

In our postmodern culture, ideas are expressed not held. Since we can't know anything for sure, why try? Life is busy and stressful enough; we'd prefer to spend our free time doing something fun instead of poring over hard-to-understand books. And tweed passed out of fashion a long time ago (though pipes and black coffee are making a come-back).

But academic theologians aren't theology. Theology—from the Greek theos (God) and logos (to know)—is the study of God. In a broad sense we are, every one of us, theologians. Paul said even unbelievers have knowledge of God (Rom. 1:18-23). As Christians we have definite beliefs about God. Sometimes those beliefs are unclear because we haven't taken time to study them, so we downplay their importance. We act like theology is optional, claiming "no creed but Christ." But the question isn't whether we're going to have a theology or not, it's whether our theology will be true or false. Because we want true theology, we base our study on God's Word where He has revealed Himself.

Theology is intensely practical: as one fellow said, it comes out our fingertips. It's not just mental exercise, it affects everything we do. God is concerned with what we believe because it influences the way we live. As Christians, we are new creations who want to serve Him (2 Cor. 5:16-18).

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Our goal is to provoke theological discussion and thought. To that end our selection of theology offers a significantly different perspective than you'll find nearly anywhere else—at least all in one place. (We don't think we're heretics.) While we aren't dogmatic in our defense of all of them, we aren't apologetic either. We don't mean to be rude or divisive, but we aren't afraid to step on toes if it leads others to reflection. We believe generous dialogue is necessary among Christians to help us clarify what we believe and introduce us to new ideas (Prov. 27:17). It is our prayer that the books we offer help unify the Church, not divide it.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he is a husband and father, teaches adult Sunday school in his Presbyterian congregation, and likes weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.

 

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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)
Back To Basics
by David Hagopian, editor
from P&R Publishing
for 10th-Adult
in Reformed Theology (Location: XTH-REF)
$16.00 $10.00 (3 in stock)
Basic Guide to Interpreting the Bible
by Robert H. Stein
from Baker Academics
for 11th-Adult
in Scripture & Hermeneutics (Location: XBI-HERM)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Biblical Theology in the Life of the Church
by Michael Lawrence
from Crossway Books
for 10th-Adult
in Biblical Theology (Location: XTH-BIB)
$8.50 (1 in stock)
Blessed Are the Hungry
by Peter Leithart
from Canon Press
in Communion (Eucharist) (Location: XWO-SAC2)
$15.00 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Bondage of the Will
by Martin Luther
from Revell Publishing
for 9th-Adult
in Renaissance & Reformation Literature (Location: LIT3-REN)
$8.50 (1 in stock)
Call of Grace
by Norman Shepherd
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Covenant Theology (Location: XTH-COV)
$4.00 (2 in stock)
Calvin: Commentaries
Library of Christian Classics
by John Calvin, edited by Joseph Haroutunian
Icthus Edition from Westminster Press
for Adult
in Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Children of the Promise
by Robert Booth
from P&R Publishing
for 11th-Adult
in Baptism (Location: XWO-SAC1)
$14.99 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Chosen by God
by R. C. Sproul
from Tyndale House
for 10th-Adult
in Reformed Theology (Location: XTH-REF)
$17.99 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places
by Eugene Peterson
from Eerdmans
for Adult
in Jesus Christ (Location: XTH-JES)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Christological Controversy
Sources of Early Christian Thought
by Richard A. Norris, Jr. (translator and editor), series editor William G. Rusch
from Fortress Press
for Adult
in Jesus Christ (Location: XTH-JES)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Contemporary Worship Music
from P & R Publishing
for Adult
in Worship & Sabbath (Location: XWO-SABB)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Counted Righteous in Christ
by John Piper
from Crossway Books
in Justification & Sanctification (Location: XTH-JUS)
$6.50 (1 in stock)
Covenant of Grace
by John Murray
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$3.00 $2.00 (1 in stock)
Dispensationalism
by Keith Mathison
from P&R Publishing
for 10th-Adult
in Covenant Theology (Location: XTH-COV)
$12.99 $6.50 (4 in stock)
Easy Chairs, Hard Words
by Doug Wilson
from Canon Press
for 9th-Adult
in Reformed Theology (Location: XTH-REF)
$12.00 $7.00 (7 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 (2 in stock)
Faith That Is Never Alone
by P. Andrew Sandlin
from Kerygma Press
for Adult
in Reformed Theology (Location: XTH-REF)
$17.50 (1 in stock)
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)
Five Points of Calvinism
by David Steele, Curtis Thomas, S. Lance Quinn
2nd edition from P&R Publishing
for 11th-Adult
in Reformed Theology (Location: XTH-REF)
$10.50 $7.50 (3 in stock)
Five Points of Calvinism
by Edwin H. Palmer
from Baker Books
for Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Gentle and Lowly
by Dane Ortlund
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Jesus Christ (Location: XTH-JES)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Getting the Message
by Daniel M. Doriani
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$5.00 (2 in stock)
God Gave Wine
by Kenneth Gentry
from Oakdown Books
for 11th-Adult
in Drinking With Discernment (Location: XCU-WIN)
$13.95 $7.00 (1 in stock)
God in Three Persons
by E. Calvin Beisner
from Tyndale House
for Adult
in Theology Proper: The Study of God (Location: XTH-GOD)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh Volume 1
by Klaas Schilder
from Inheritance Publications
for 9th-Adult
in Devotionals (Location: XCL-DEV)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Gospel Treason
by Brad Bigney
from P&R Publishing
for 10th-Adult
in Repentance & Avoiding Sin (Location: XCL-REP)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Grace Abounding in a Believer's Life
by Charles Spurgeon, compiled and edited by Robert Hall
from Emerald Books
for Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
He Gave Us Stories
by Richard L. Pratt Jr.
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Bible Surveys (Location: XBI-SURV)
$14.00 $9.00 (1 in stock)
House for My Name
by Peter Leithart
from Canon Press
for 10th-Adult
in Bible Surveys (Location: XBI-SURV)
$21.00 $12.00 (3 in stock)
How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth
by Douglas Stuart, Gordon D. Fee
3rd edition from Zondervan
for 10th-Adult
in Bible Reading & Study (Location: XBI-STUDY)
$16.99 $8.50 (2 in stock)
Imputation of Adam's Sin
by John Murray
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Introducing Evangelical Ecotheology
by Daniel L. Brunner, Jennifer L. Butler, A.J. Swoboda
from Baker Academics
for Adult
in Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Invocations and Benedictions for the Revised Common Lectionary
by John M. Drescher
from Abingdon Press
for Adult
in Worship & Sabbath (Location: XWO-SABB)
$11.00 (1 in stock)
Is Jesus Coming Soon
by Gary DeMar
2nd edition from American Vision Press
for 10th-Adult
in Eschatology & Prophecy (Location: XTH-ESCH)
$7.00 (4 in stock)
Johannic Baptism
by James W. Dale
2nd edition from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Baptism (Location: XWO-SAC1)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
John Calvin Reformer for the 21st Century
by William Stacy Johnson
for Adult
in Reformed Theology (Location: XTH-REF)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Jonathan Edwards on Knowing Christ
by Jonathan Edwards
from Banner of Truth Trust
for Adult
in Jesus Christ (Location: XTH-JES)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Justification and the New Perspective on Paul
by Guy Prentiss Waters
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Justification & Sanctification (Location: XTH-JUS)
$16.99 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Last Days Madness
by Gary DeMar
4th edition from American Vision Press
for 11th-Adult
in Eschatology & Prophecy (Location: XTH-ESCH)
$17.95 $17.50 (1 in stock)
Legacy of John Calvin
The Calvin 500 Series
by David W. Hall
from P&R Publishing
Biography for 9th-Adult
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Let Us Make Man
by Linleigh J. Roberts
from Banner of Truth Trust
for Adult
in Reformed Theology (Location: XTH-REF)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Life in the Father's House
by Wayne A. Mack, David Swavely
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$3.00 (3 in stock)
Liturgy Trap
by James Jordan
3rd edition from Athanasius Press
in Worship & Sabbath (Location: XWO-SABB)
$8.95 $4.50 (1 in stock)
Logical Criticisms of Textual Criticism
by Gordon H. Clark
from Trinity Foundation
for 11th-Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Making Sense of God
by Timothy J. Keller
from Penguin Books
in Theology Proper: The Study of God (Location: XTH-GOD)
$18.00 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Method of Grace
by George Whitefield
from Curiosmith
for 9th-Adult
in Justification & Sanctification (Location: XTH-JUS)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Music & Ministry
by Calvin Johannson
2nd edition from Hendrickson Publishers
for Adult
in Worship & Sabbath (Location: XWO-SABB)
$9.50 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Passion of Jesus Christ
by John Piper
from Crossway Books
for 10th-Adult
in Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
$2.00 (6 in stock)
Pleasures of God
by John Piper
from Multnomah Books
for 11th-Adult
in Theology Proper: The Study of God (Location: XTH-GOD)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms
by Cherith Fee Nordling, David Guretzki, Stanley J. Grenz
from InterVarsity Press
for 10th-Adult
in Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Postmillennialism
by Keith Mathison
from P&R Publishing
in Eschatology & Prophecy (Location: XTH-ESCH)
$27.99 $9.50 (1 in stock)
Primeval Saints
by James Jordan
from Canon Press
Biography for 10th-Adult
in Bible Commentaries (Location: XBI-COMM)
$14.00 $7.50 (2 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)
Renewing Your Mind
by R. C. Sproul
from Baker Books
for 9th-Adult
in Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
$15.00 $4.00 (3 in stock)
Reverberation
by Jonathan Leeman
from Moody Press
for 11th-Adult
in Scripture & Hermeneutics (Location: XBI-HERM)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Sacramental Teaching and Practice in the Reformation Churches
by Geoffrey W. Bromiley
from Wipf and Stock Publishers
for Adult
in Reformed Theology (Location: XTH-REF)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Singing and Making Music
by Paul S. Jones
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Worship & Sabbath (Location: XWO-SABB)
$8.00 (3 in stock)
Sociology of the Church
by James Jordan
from Wipf and Stock Publishers
for Adult
in Ecclesiology (Location: XTH-ECC)
$34.00 $20.00 (1 in stock)
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God
by John Piper & Justin Taylor
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Suffering & Hope (Location: XCL-SUF)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
The Atonement
by Gordon Haddon Clark
from Trinity Foundation
for Adult
in Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
The Church
by Edmund P. Clowney
from InterVarsity Press
for Adult
in Ecclesiology (Location: XTH-ECC)
$18.00 (1 in stock)
To Live is Christ, To Die is Gain
by Matt Chandler with Jared C. Wilson
from David C. Cook
for Adult
in Jesus Christ (Location: XTH-JES)
$8.50 (1 in stock)
To You and Your Children
by Benjamin K. Wikner, editor, with various contributors
from Canon Press
for Adult
in Covenant Family (Location: XFA-COV)
$6.00 (5 in stock)
Tools of Dominion
by Gary North
from Institute for Christian Economics
for 11th-Adult
in Biblical Law (Location: XTH-LAW)
$38.00 (1 in stock)
Tozer on Worship and Entertainment
by A. W. Tozer, compiled by James L. Snyder
from Wingspread Publishers
for Adult
in Worship & Sabbath (Location: XWO-SABB)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Trinity Psalter
by Presbyterian Church in America
for Adult
in Hymnals & Psalters (Location: XWO-HYMN)
$3.50 (4 in stock)
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 Providence?
Basics of the Reformed Faith
by Derek W. H. Thomas
from P&R Publishing
for 10th-Adult
in Basics of the Faith (Location: XNC-BAS)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Word of God in English
by Leland Ryken
from Crossway Books
for 10th-Adult
in Scripture & Hermeneutics (Location: XBI-HERM)
$7.50 (3 in stock)
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