Defending Sin

Defending Sin
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Publisher : Baker Books
Total Pages : 359
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ISBN-10 : 9781493446148
ISBN-13 : 1493446142
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis Defending Sin by : Hans Madueme

The conflict between the natural sciences and Christian theology has been going on for centuries. Recent advances in the fields of evolutionary biology, behavioral genetics, and neuroscience have intensified this conflict, particularly in relation to origins, the fall, and sin. These debates are crucial to our understanding of human sinfulness and necessarily involve the doctrine of salvation. Theistic evolutionists have labored hard to resolve these tensions between science and faith, but Hans Madueme argues that the majority of their proposals do injustice both to biblical teaching and to long-standing doctrines held by the mainstream Christian tradition. In this major contribution to the field of science and religion, Madueme demonstrates that the classical notion of sin reflected in Scripture, the creeds, and tradition offers the most compelling and theologically coherent account of the human condition. He answers pressing challenges from the physical sciences on both methodological and substantive levels. Scholars, pastors, students, and interested lay readers will profit from interacting with the arguments presented here.

In Defense of Sin

In Defense of Sin
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Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 9781403961426
ISBN-13 : 1403961425
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis In Defense of Sin by : John Portmann

Intriguing, and occasionally unsettling, In Defense of Sinis a refreshingly frank exploration of some real facts of life. Portmann gathers an on-target collection of great writers on transgressions large and small. Read about defenses for promiscuity, greed, deceit, gossip, lust, breaking the golden rule, and more--and use this unusual guide to decide for yourself if sin has a place in our contemporary, and virtually unshockable, society. Provocative and illuminating, this book may change how you think about sin, morality, and what's right. Contributors include Aaron Ben-Ze'ev, Anthony Ellis, Jane English, Ludwig Feuerbach, Sigmund Freud, Bernard Mandeville, Jerome Neu, Friedrich Nietzsche, David Novitz, Joyce Carol Oates, David A.J. Richards, Seneca, Jonathan Swift, Richard Wasserstrom, and Oscar Wilde.

Not the Way It's Supposed to Be

Not the Way It's Supposed to Be
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Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-10 : 0802842186
ISBN-13 : 9780802842183
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis Not the Way It's Supposed to Be by : Cornelius Plantinga

"Plantinga's treatment of sin is comprehensive, articulate, and well written. It confirms the orthodox and neo-orthodox doctrine of sin, lavishly illustrates it from contemporary events, and plumbs depths in understanding sin's complexities and banalities...

Thou Shalt Not Kill

Thou Shalt Not Kill
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 239
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ISBN-10 : 0727846582
ISBN-13 : 9780727846587
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Thou Shalt Not Kill by : John Mortimer

A collection of crime stories by authors including John Mortimer, Ellis Peters, Charlotte Armstrong, Ralph McInerny and G.K. Chesterton.

The Catholic Gentleman

The Catholic Gentleman
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Publisher : Ignatius Press
Total Pages : 186
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ISBN-10 : 9781621640684
ISBN-13 : 162164068X
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis The Catholic Gentleman by : Sam Guzman

What it means to be a man or a woman is questioned today like never before. While traditional gender roles have been eroding for decades, now the very categories of male and female are being discarded with reckless abandon. How does one act like a gentleman in such confusing times? The Catholic Gentleman is a solid and practical guide to virtuous manhood. It turns to the timeless wisdom of the Catholic Church to answer the important questions men are currently asking. In short, easy- to-read chapters, the author offers pithy insights on a variety of topics, including • How to know you are an authentic man • Why our bodies matter • The value of tradition • The purpose of courtesy • What real holiness is and how to achieve it • How to deal with failure in the spiritual life

Justification Reconsidered

Justification Reconsidered
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Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages : 112
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ISBN-10 : 9781467439275
ISBN-13 : 1467439274
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis Justification Reconsidered by : Stephen Westerholm

Much has been written of late about what the apostle Paul really meant when he spoke of justification by faith, not the works of the law. This short study by Stephen Westerholm carefully examines proposals on the subject by Krister Stendahl, E. P. Sanders, Heikki Raisanen, N. T. Wright, James D. G. Dunn, and Douglas A. Campbell. In doing so, Westerholm notes weaknesses in traditional understandings that have provoked the more recent proposals, but he also points out areas in which the latter fail to do justice to the apostle. Readers of this book will gain not only a better grasp of the ongoing theological debate about justification but also a more nuanced overall understanding of Paul.

Future Grace, Revised Edition

Future Grace, Revised Edition
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Publisher : Multnomah
Total Pages : 450
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ISBN-10 : 9781601424358
ISBN-13 : 1601424353
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Future Grace, Revised Edition by : John Piper

Explore this stunning quality of God’s grace: It never ends! In this revision of a foundational work, John Piper reveals how grace is not only God’s undeserved gift to us in the past, but also God’s power to make good happen for us today, tomorrow, and forever. True life for the follower of Jesus really is a moment-by-moment trust that God is dependable and fulfills his promises. This is living by faith in future grace, which provides God's mercy, provision, and wisdom—everything we need—to accomplish his good plans for us. In Future Grace, chapter by chapter—one for each day of the month—Piper reveals how cherishing the promises of God helps break the power of persistent sin issues like anxiety, despondency, greed, lust, bitterness, impatience, pride, misplaced shame, and more. Ultimate joy, peace, and hope in life and death are found in a confident, continual awareness of the reality of future grace.

Paul and Palestinian Judaism

Paul and Palestinian Judaism
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Publisher : Fortress Press
Total Pages : 671
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ISBN-10 : 9781506438450
ISBN-13 : 1506438458
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Paul and Palestinian Judaism by : E. P. Sanders

This landmark work, which has shaped a generation of scholarship, compares the apostle Paul with contemporary Judaism, both understood on their own terms. E. P. Sanders proposes a methodology for comparing similar but distinct religious patterns, demolishes a flawed view of rabbinic Judaism still prevalent in much New Testament scholarship, and argues for a distinct understanding of the apostle and of the consequences of his conversion. A new foreword by Mark A. Chancey outlines Sanders‘s achievement, reviews the principal criticisms raised against it, and describes the legacy he leaves future interpreters.

Marriage and Virginity

Marriage and Virginity
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Publisher : New City Press
Total Pages : 252
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ISBN-10 : 9781565481046
ISBN-13 : 1565481046
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Marriage and Virginity by : Saint Augustine

This volume presents new translations of five of Augustine’s works: The Excellence of Marriage, Holy Virginity, The Excellence of Widowhood, Adulterous Marriages, and Continence.... The volume is to be commended on several points. The translation itself is in eminently readable, clear English that should be accessible to anyone interested in Augustine.... The general introduction does an excellent job of placing these works in the context of Augustine’s career, showing how Augustine reacts to controversies with the Manichees, Jovinian, Jerome, and the Pelagians, while maintaining a commitment to the threefold goods of marriage — procreation, fidelity, and sacrament. This is a wonderful collection that allows readers to see the complexity of Augustine’s thought on a difficult topic.” Kim Paffenroth Journal of Early Christian Studies