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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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'Fundamentalism' and the Word of God
by J. I. Packer
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$7.00 (1 in stock)
Aaron's Rod Blossoming
by George Gillespie
from Sprinkle Publications
for Adult
in Church Government (Location: XWO-GOV)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Adopted By God
by Robert A. Peterson
from P&R Publishing
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
Amazing Grace - DVD & Workbook
by Jerry Johnson
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$25.00 (4 in stock)
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by Drs. McIntosh and Twyman, translators
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Back To Basics
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Baptism is Not Enough - Book w/DVD
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Basic Guide to Interpreting the Bible
by Robert H. Stein
from Baker Academics
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Biblical Theology in the Life of the Church
by Michael Lawrence
from Crossway Books
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$8.50 (1 in stock)
Blessed Are the Hungry
by Peter Leithart
from Canon Press
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$15.00 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Bondage of the Will
by Martin Luther
from Revell Publishing
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in Renaissance & Reformation Literature (Location: LIT3-REN)
$8.50 (1 in stock)
Bondage of the Will
by Martin Luther, translated by Henry Cole
from Feather Trail Press
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
Call of Grace
by Norman Shepherd
from P&R Publishing
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$4.00 (2 in stock)
Call the Sabbath a Delight
by Walter J. Chantry
from Banner of Truth Trust
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$9.00 $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 Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Challenge of Jesus
by N. T. Wright
from InterVarsity Press
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in Theology Proper: The Study of God (Location: XTH-GOD)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Charts of Christian Theology and Doctrine
by H. Wayne House
from Zondervan
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in Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Chosen by God
by R. C. Sproul
from Tyndale House
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$17.99 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Christ of the Covenants
by O. Palmer Robertson
from P&R Publishing
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
Christian Baptism
by John Murray
from P&R Publishing
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$5.95 $3.00 (1 in stock)
Christian in Complete Armour
by William Gurnall, edited and introduced by James S. Bell, Jr.
from Moody Press
for Adult
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Christian Salvation
by Robert Webb
from Sprinkle Publications
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
Christianity: A Total World and Life System
by Abraham Kuyper
from Plymouth Rock Foundation
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$10.00 (1 in stock)
Classic Baptism
by James W. Dale
from P&R Publishing
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
Comprehensive Faith
from Friends of Chalcedon
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
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by John Frame
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$16.00 (1 in stock)
Cornelius Van Til
by John Frame
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$20.00 (1 in stock)
Counted Righteous in Christ
by John Piper
from Crossway Books
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$6.50 (1 in stock)
Covenant of Grace
by John Murray
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$3.00 $2.00 (2 in stock)
Day and the Hour
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$12.00 (1 in stock)
Day of Delight
by Pam Forster
from Doorposts
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$3.00 (2 in stock)
Developing Christian Character - Lecture series on DVD
by R. C. Sproul
from Ligonier Ministries
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in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$15.00 (1 in stock)
Discipling
by Mark Dever
from Crossway Books
for Adult
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$6.50 (2 in stock)
Dispensationalism
by Keith Mathison
from P&R Publishing
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$12.99 $6.50 (4 in stock)
Dominion Covenant: Genesis
by Gary North
from Institute for Christian Economics
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
Easy Chairs, Hard Words
by Doug Wilson
from Canon Press
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$12.00 $7.00 (3 in stock)
Erasing Hell
by Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle
from David C. Cook
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$12.50 $7.50 (1 in stock)
Essential Truths of the Christian Faith
by R. C. Sproul
from Tyndale House
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$17.99 $10.00 (2 in stock)
Evangelical Dictionary of Theology
by Walter A. Elwell, ed.
2nd edition from Baker Books
for Adult
in Systematic Theology (Location: XTH-SYS)
$18.00 (1 in stock)
Exhortations
by Doug Wilson
from Charles Nolan Publishers
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in Worship & Sabbath (Location: XWO-SABB)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Existence and Attributes of God
by Stephen Charnock
from Baker Books
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$75.00 (1 in stock)
Explicit Gospel
by Matt Chandler
from Crossway Books
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$14.39 $9.00 (3 in stock)
Explicit Gospel
by Matt Chandler
from Crossway Books
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$11.99 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Faith That Is Never Alone
by P. Andrew Sandlin
from Kerygma Press
for Adult
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$17.50 (1 in stock)
Finished Work of Christ
from Crossway Books
for 11th-Adult
in Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Five Points of Calvinism
by David Steele, Curtis Thomas, S. Lance Quinn
2nd edition from P&R Publishing
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$10.50 $7.50 (3 in stock)
Five Points of Calvinism
by Edwin H. Palmer
from Baker Books
for Adult
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$2.00 (1 in stock)
Fletcher's Checks to Antinomianism
by John Fletcher, edited and abridged by Rev. Peter Wiseman
2nd Printing from Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City
for Adult
in Biblical Law (Location: XTH-LAW)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Getting the Message
by Daniel M. Doriani
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$5.00 (2 in stock)
God Gave Wine
by Kenneth Gentry
from Oakdown Books
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$13.95 $7.00 (1 in stock)
Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh Volume 1
by Klaas Schilder
from Inheritance Publications
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Gospel Treason
by Brad Bigney
from P&R Publishing
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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
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$14.00 $9.00 (1 in stock)
He Shall Have Dominion
by Kenneth Gentry
from Institute for Christian Economics
for Adult
in Eschatology & Prophecy (Location: XTH-ESCH)
$72.00 (2 in stock)
Hoax of Higher Criticism
by Gary North
for Adult
in Scripture & Hermeneutics (Location: XBI-HERM)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Holiness of God - Lecture Series on Audio CD
by R. C. Sproul
from Ligonier Ministries
for 9th-Adult
in Theology Proper: The Study of God (Location: XTH-GOD)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Holy Baptism
by Duane Spencer & James Jordan
from Geneva Ministries
in Baptism (Location: XWO-SAC1)
$7.50 (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)
Imputation of Adam's Sin
by John Murray
from William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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in Reformed Theology (Location: XTH-REF)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
In These Last Days
by Vic Lockman
from Vic Lockman
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
Incredible Scofield and His Book
by Joseph M. Canfield
from Chalcedon / Ross House Books
for Adult
in Scripture & Hermeneutics (Location: XBI-HERM)
$38.00 (2 in stock)
Inspiration and Authority of the Bible
by B. B. Warfield
from Baker Books
in Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Institutes of Biblical Law Volume I
by R. J. Rushdoony
from Chalcedon / Ross House Books
for 11th-Adult
in Biblical Law (Location: XTH-LAW)
$40.00 $25.00 (2 in stock)
Institutes of Biblical Law Volume III
by R. J. Rushdoony
from Chalcedon / Ross House Books
in Biblical Law (Location: XTH-LAW)
$25.00 $16.00 (1 in stock)
Institutes of Christian Religion (abridged)
by John Calvin
from Baker Books
for 10th-12th grade
in Reformed Theology (Location: XTH-REF)
$24.00 $12.00 (1 in stock)
Integrative Theology
by Gordon R. Lewis & Bruce A. Demarest
from Zondervan
for Adult
in Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
$24.00 (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)
Israel and the New Covenant
by Roderick Campbell
from Geneva Divinity School Press
for Adult
in Covenant Theology (Location: XTH-COV)
$14.00 (1 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
by Burk Parsons (editor)
from Reformation Trust Publishing
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$8.00 (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)
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)
Justified by Faith Alone - Lecture series on 2 DVDs
by R. C. Sproul
from Ligonier Ministries
for 8th-Adult
in Justification & Sanctification (Location: XTH-JUS)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Knowledge of the Holy
by A. W. Tozer
from HarperOne
in Theology Proper: The Study of God (Location: XTH-GOD)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Lectures on Revivals
by W. B. Sprague
from Banner of Truth Trust
for Adult
in Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
$4.00 (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)
Lessons from the Upper Room - Lecture Series on DVD
by Sinclair B. Ferguson
from Ligonier Ministries
for 9th-Adult
in Jesus Christ (Location: XTH-JES)
$8.00 (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)
Life of Christ
by James Stalker
2nd edition from Christian Liberty Press
for 7th-12th grade
in Jesus Christ (Location: XTH-JES)
$14.50 $7.50 (1 in stock)
Life of Christ - Answer Key
by Michael McHugh & Edward Shewan
from Christian Liberty Press
for 7th-12th grade
in Jesus Christ (Location: XTH-JES)
$5.30 $2.50 (1 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)
Luther's Works Volume 31
by Martin Luther, edited by Harold J. Grimm
from Muhlenberg Press
for Adult
in Renaissance & Reformation Literature (Location: LIT3-REN)
$22.00 (1 in stock)
Making Sunday Special
by Karen Burton Mains
from Word Publishing
for Adult
in Worship & Sabbath (Location: XWO-SABB)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Manual of Christian Doctrine
by Louis Berkhof
2nd edition from Christian Liberty Press
for 10th-Adult
in Systematic Theology (Location: XTH-SYS)
$20.75 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Messiah the Prince, or the Mediatorial Dominion of Jesus Christ
by William Symington, introduction by Raymond P. Joseph
1990 Reprint from Still Waters Revival Books
for Adult
in Jesus Christ (Location: XTH-JES)
$15.00 (1 in stock)
Method of Grace
by George Whitefield
from Curiosmith
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in Justification & Sanctification (Location: XTH-JUS)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Mind of the Maker
by Dorothy L. Sayers
from HarperCollins
Christian Philosophy for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$17.99 $9.00 (1 in stock)
More Than Conquerors
by William Hendriksen
from Baker Books
for 10th-Adult
in Eschatology & Prophecy (Location: XTH-ESCH)
$6.50 (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)
Natural Law and the Two Kingdoms
by David VanDrunen
for Adult
in Reformed Theology (Location: XTH-REF)
$20.00 (1 in stock)
None Like Him
by Jen Wilkin
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Knowing & Loving God (Location: XCL-KNOW)
$7.00 (2 in stock)
O Worship the King
by Joni Eareckson Tada, John MacArthur, Robert & Bobbie Wolgemuth
from Crossway Books
for 9th-Adult
in Devotionals (Location: XCL-DEV)
$8.00 (2 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)
Pathway to Freedom
by Alistair Begg, foreword by Charles Colson
from Moody Press
for Adult
in Biblical Law (Location: XTH-LAW)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
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