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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).

Disclaimer:

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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After Darkness, Light
by R. C. Sproul, Jr., editor
from P&R Publishing
in Reformed Theology (Location: XTH-REF)
$16.99
Against Christianity
by Peter Leithart
from Canon Press
in Ecclesiology (Location: XTH-ECC)
$15.00
Almighty Over All
by R. C. Sproul, Jr.
from Baker Books
for 11th-Adult
in Reformed Theology (Location: XTH-REF)
$16.00
Ancient Love Song
by Charles D. Drew
from P&R Publishing
in Bible Surveys (Location: XBI-SURV)
$9.50
Apostolic Fathers
by J. B. Lightfoot
from Apocryphile Press
for Adult
in Ancient Literature (Location: LIT1-ANC)
$31.95
Attributes of God Volume 2
by A. W. Tozer
from Moody Press
for Adult
in Theology Proper: The Study of God (Location: XTH-GOD)
$15.99
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)
Baptized Body
by Peter J. Leithart
from Canon Press
in Baptism (Location: XWO-SAC1)
$15.00
Battle Belongs to the Lord
by K. Scott Oliphint
from P&R Publishing
for 10th-Adult
in Presuppositional Apologetics (Location: XAP-PRE)
$14.99
Biblical and Theological Studies
by Michael J. Wilkins, Erik Thoennes
from Crossway Books
for 10th-Adult
in Philosophy (Location: XWV-PHI)
$9.59
Blessed Are the Hungry
by Peter Leithart
from Canon Press
in Communion (Eucharist) (Location: XWO-SAC2)
$15.00 $9.00 (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
Bondage of the Will
by Martin Luther, translated by J. I. Packer and O. R. Robinson
from Baker Academics
for 9th-Adult
in Renaissance & Reformation Literature (Location: LIT3-REN)
$26.99
Bondage of the Will
by Martin Luther, translated by Henry Cole
from Canon Press
for 9th-Adult
in Renaissance & Reformation Literature (Location: LIT3-REN)
$12.95
Book of Psalms for Singing
by Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America
from Crown and Covenant
for 7th grade-Adult
in Hymnals & Psalters (Location: XWO-HYMN)
$16.80
Bound Only Once
by Doug Wilson, editor
from Canon Press
for Adult
in Theology Proper: The Study of God (Location: XTH-GOD)
$12.00
By This Standard
by Greg Bahnsen
from American Vision Press
for 11th-Adult
in Biblical Law (Location: XTH-LAW)
$16.95
C. S. Lewis: The Signature Classics Audio Collection
by C. S. Lewis
from HarperAudio
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in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO)
$59.99
Calvin's Institutes: A New Compend
by John Calvin
1st edition from Westminster John Knox Press
for 11th-Adult
in Reformed Theology (Location: XTH-REF)
$22.00
Calvinism, Hyper-Calvinism, and Arminianism
by Kenneth Talbot & Gary Crampton
from Christian Liberty Press
for 11th-Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$8.50
Cantus Christi
by Canon Press
from Canon Press
in Hymnals & Psalters (Location: XWO-HYMN)
$29.99
Case for Covenantal Infant Baptism
by Gregg Strawbridge, editor
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Baptism (Location: XWO-SAC1)
$16.99
Celebrating the Sabbath
by Bruce Ray
from P&R Publishing
for 11th-Adult
in Worship & Sabbath (Location: XWO-SABB)
$6.99
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 of the Covenants
by O. Palmer Robertson
from P&R Publishing
in Covenant Theology (Location: XTH-COV)
$16.99
Christian Baptism
by John Murray
from P&R Publishing
in Baptism (Location: XWO-SAC1)
$5.95
Christianity and Liberalism
by J. Gresham Machen
from Eerdmans
Religion/Philosophy for 11th-Adult
in Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
$15.99
Christianity and Liberalism
by J. Gresham Machen
from Canon Press
Religion/Philosophy for 11th-Adult
in Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
$11.95
Clean Water, Red Wine, Broken Bread
by Doug Wilson
from Canon Press
for Adult
in Communion (Eucharist) (Location: XWO-SAC2)
$7.00
Concise Theology
by J. I. Packer
from Tyndale House
for 10th-Adult
in Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
$16.99
Conquering Faith
Chalcedon Monograph series
by William Einwechter
from Chalcedon / Ross House Books
in Biblical Law (Location: XTH-LAW)
$8.00
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)
$15.19
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)
Covenantal Gospel
by C. van der Waal
from Inheritance Publications
in Covenant Theology (Location: XTH-COV)
$17.95
Deep Exegesis
by Peter Leithart
from Baylor University Press
in Biblical Theology (Location: XTH-BIB)
$35.00
Delighting in the Trinity
by Michael Reeves
from InterVarsity Press
for Adult
in Theology Proper: The Study of God (Location: XTH-GOD)
$20.00
Desiring the Kingdom
Cultural Liturgies Volume 1
by James K.A. Smith
from Baker Academics
for 11th-Adult
in Art & Culture (Location: XCU-ART)
$17.50
Destruction of Jerusalem
by George Peter Holford
from Covenant Media Foundation
in Eschatology & Prophecy (Location: XTH-ESCH)
$8.00
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)
Eschatology of Victory
by J. Marcellus Kik
from P&R Publishing
for 11th-Adult
in Eschatology & Prophecy (Location: XTH-ESCH)
$19.99
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)
Experiencing the Trinity
by Darrell W. Johnson
from Regent College
for 9th-Adult
in Theology Proper: The Study of God (Location: XTH-GOD)
$10.00
Explicit Gospel
by Matt Chandler
from Crossway Books
for 9th-Adult
in The Gospel (Location: XTH-GOS)
$17.99 $9.00 (3 in stock)
Explicit Gospel
by Matt Chandler
from Crossway Books
for 9th-Adult
in The Gospel (Location: XTH-GOS)
$14.99
Family Worship Book
by Terry L. Johnson
from Christian Focus Publications
for 11th-Adult
in Family Worship (Location: BIBR-FAWO)
$19.50 $12.00 (1 in stock)
Family Worship Hymnal - Standard Edition
by Edward Shewan & Michael McHugh
from Christian Liberty Press
for Adult
in Hymnals & Psalters (Location: XWO-HYMN)
$12.80
Family-Integrated Church
by J. Mark Fox
from Xulon Press
for Adult
in Family Worship (Location: BIBR-FAWO)
$14.99
Feed My Lambs
by Tim Gallant
from Pactum Reformanda
for 11th-Adult
in Communion (Eucharist) (Location: XWO-SAC2)
$11.00
Finding the Right Hills to Die On
by Gavin Ortlund
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
$17.99
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)
For the Life of the World
by Alexander Schmemann
from St. Vladimir's
for 11th-Adult
in Communion (Eucharist) (Location: XWO-SAC2)
$16.50
Forgotten Heavens
by Douglas Wilson (editor)
from Canon Press
for Adult
in Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
$6.50
Four Views on the Book of Revelation
Counterpoints
by C. Marvin Pate, editor
from Zondervan
for Adult
in Eschatology & Prophecy (Location: XTH-ESCH)
$19.99
Freedom of the Will
by Jonathan Edwards
from Dover Publications
for 11th-Adult
in 18th Century Literature (Location: LIT5-18)
$9.95
From Bread to Wine
by James B. Jordan
from Theopolis Books
for Adult
in Communion (Eucharist) (Location: XWO-SAC2)
$18.95
From Silence to Song
by Peter Leithart
from Canon Press
in Worship & Sabbath (Location: XWO-SABB)
$12.00
Future of Justification
by John Piper
from Crossway Books
for 11th-Adult
in Justification & Sanctification (Location: XTH-JUS)
$13.50
Gentle and Lowly
by Dane Ortlund
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Jesus Christ (Location: XTH-JES)
$19.99
Given for You
by Keith Mathison
from P&R Publishing
in Communion (Eucharist) (Location: XWO-SAC2)
$27.99
Glory of Christ
Puritan Paperbacks #22
by John Owen
Abridged from Banner of Truth Trust
for 10th-Adult
in Puritan Writings (Location: XCH-PUR)
$11.00
Glory of Heaven
by John MacArthur
2nd edition from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Heaven & Hell (Location: XTH-HEHE)
$22.99
Glory of Kings
by Peter Leithart
from Wipf and Stock Publishers
for Adult
in Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
$40.00
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'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 Biblical Theology (Location: XTH-BIB)
$19.99
Grasping God's Word - Workbook
by J. Daniel Hays, J. Scott Duvall
3rd edition from Zondervan
for 11th-Adult
in Bible Reference (Location: XBI-REF)
$13.97
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)
Heaven and Hell
by Edward A. Donnelly
from Banner of Truth Trust
for Adult
in Heaven & Hell (Location: XTH-HEHE)
$13.00
Heaven Misplaced
by Douglas Wilson
from Canon Press
for 10th-Adult
in Eschatology & Prophecy (Location: XTH-ESCH)
$12.50
Heralds of the Reformation
by Richard Hannula
from Canon Press
for 5th-Adult
in Church History for Kids (Location: XCH-KID)
$15.00
Hero of Heroes
by Iain Duguid
from P&R Publishing
for 10th-Adult
in Knowing & Loving God (Location: XCL-KNOW)
$9.99
Holiness of God
by R. C. Sproul
2nd edition from Tyndale House
for 9th-Adult
in Theology Proper: The Study of God (Location: XTH-GOD)
$17.99
Holy Spirit
Puritan Paperbacks #25
by John Owen
Abridged from Banner of Truth Trust
for Adult
in Puritan Writings (Location: XCH-PUR)
$10.00
Holy Trinity
by Robert Letham
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Theology Proper: The Study of God (Location: XTH-GOD)
$32.99
Hosanna in Excelsis
by David & Barbara Leeman
from Moody Press
for 3rd-Adult
in Christmas & Advent (Location: HOLIDAY)
$15.99
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)
House for My Name: Questions & Answers
by Joshua Appel
from Canon Press
for 5th-Adult
in Bible Surveys (Location: XBI-SURV)
$10.00
Housewife Theologian
by Aimee Y. Byrd
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Biblical Womanhood (Location: XFA-WOM)
$12.99
How to Read the Bible as Literature...And Get More Out of It
by Leland Ryken
1st edition from Zondervan
for 11th-Adult
in Scripture & Hermeneutics (Location: XBI-HERM)
$16.99
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)
In the Splendor of Holiness
by Jon D. Payne
from Tolle Lege Press
for Adult
in Worship & Sabbath (Location: XWO-SABB)
$9.50
Infallibility and Interpretation
by Rousas John Rushdoony & P. Andrew Sandlin
from Chalcedon / Ross House Books
for Adult
in Scripture & Hermeneutics (Location: XBI-HERM)
$7.00
Institutes of the Christian Religion
by John Calvin, translated by Henry Beveridge
Revised from Hendrickson Publishers
for Adult
in Renaissance & Reformation Literature (Location: LIT3-REN)
$29.95
Institutes of the Christian Religion
by John Calvin, translated by Ford Lewis Battles, edited by John McNeill
from Westminster John Knox Press
Theology for 11th-Adult
in Renaissance & Reformation Literature (Location: LIT3-REN)
$90.00
Institutes of the Christian Religion
by John Calvin, translated from the French Edition of 1541 by Robert White
from Banner of Truth Trust
Theology for 11th-Adult
in Renaissance & Reformation Literature (Location: LIT3-REN)
$40.00
Institutes of the Christian Religion Volume 1
by John Calvin, translated by Henry Beveridge
Revised from Canon Press
for Adult
in Renaissance & Reformation Literature (Location: LIT3-REN)
$16.95
Institutes of the Christian Religion Volume 2
by John Calvin, translated by Henry Beveridge
Revised from Canon Press
for Adult
in Renaissance & Reformation Literature (Location: LIT3-REN)
$16.95
Institutes of the Christian Religion Volume 3
by John Calvin, translated by Henry Beveridge
Revised from Canon Press
for Adult
in Renaissance & Reformation Literature (Location: LIT3-REN)
$16.95
Institutes of the Christian Religion Volume 4
by John Calvin, translated by Henry Beveridge
Revised from Canon Press
for Adult
in Renaissance & Reformation Literature (Location: LIT3-REN)
$16.95
Israel of God
by O. Palmer Robertson
from P&R Publishing
in Covenant Theology (Location: XTH-COV)
$11.00
Jesus I Never Knew
by Philip Yancey
from Zondervan
in Knowing & Loving God (Location: XCL-KNOW)
$16.99
Jesus the King
by Timothy J. Keller
Reprint from Penguin Press
for Adult
in Jesus Christ (Location: XTH-JES)
$13.60
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)
Kingdom and the Power
by Peter Leithart
from P&R Publishing
in Biblical Theology (Location: XTH-BIB)
$9.50
Kingdom and the Power
by Peter Leithart
from Theopolis Books
in Biblical Theology (Location: XTH-BIB)
$19.95
Kingdom, Come!
by Philip Graham Ryken
from Crossway Books
for 10th-Adult
in Eschatology & Prophecy (Location: XTH-ESCH)
$10.50
Knowing God
by J. I. Packer
from InterVarsity Press
for 9th-Adult
in Knowing & Loving God (Location: XCL-KNOW)
$22.99
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