Every group within Christianity has its own opinions on what Christianity really is. But who's right (if anyone)? With the letter to the Colossians, we have an opportunity to find an answer. Paul compares Christianity to another worldview and argues that Christianity is better. This book uses that comparison in order to understand Paul's Christian worldview. In this book, you will also find answers to some very difficult questions. 1.What is God's ultimate purpose for humanity? 2.Do we just do things because God told us to? 3.Why does Paul tell wives to obey their husbands? 4.Why does Paul tell slaves to obey their masters? 5.Why does God care what we do at all? 6.Why does God command these particular actions? 7.Why would we want to follow God's commands anyway? 8.How does following God's commands actually make us better people? Christianity is the point at which God acted through Christ to fix what was wrong with creation and bring the whole story to a different conclusion. In this book, you will see the big picture of Christianity and how all the dots connect--from start to finish.

Shaping a Christian Worldview presents a collection of essays that address the key issues facing the future of Christian higher education. With contributions from key players in the field, this book addresses the critical issues for Christian institutions of various traditions as the new century begins to leave its indelible mark on education.

Every group within Christianity has its own opinions on what Christianity really is. But who’s right (if anyone)? With the letter to the Colossians, we have an opportunity to find an answer. Paul compares Christianity to another worldview and argues that Christianity is better. This book uses that comparison in order to understand Paul’s Christian worldview. In this book, you will also find answers to some very difficult questions. 1.What is God’s ultimate purpose for humanity? 2.Do we just do things because God told us to? 3.Why does Paul tell wives to obey their husbands? 4.Why does Paul tell slaves to obey their masters? 5.Why does God care what we do at all? 6.Why does God command these particular actions? 7.Why would we want to follow God’s commands anyway? 8.How does following God’s commands actually make us better people? Christianity is the point at which God acted through Christ to fix what was wrong with creation and bring the whole story to a different conclusion. In this book, you will see the big picture of Christianity and how all the dots connect—from start to finish.

For the First Time in English, a Foundational Work of One of the Church's Most Important Theologians As some point in life, we all wonder: Who am I? What is the world, and what is my place within it? Only Christianity offers answers to these questions in a way that meets our truest needs and satisfies our deepest longings. In this important book, translated into English for the first time, Herman Bavinck provides a framework for understanding why the Christian worldview is the only solution to the discord we feel between ourselves, the world, and God.

What does Christianity have to do with ordinary life? Is there a biblical perspective on our work or recreation or whatever we do? If so, how can we gain that perspective? Many people seek to have a biblical view of life, yet fail to apply that biblical mindset, or worldview, to all parts of their lives. Ryken reveals the basis of the Christian worldview and describes how it affects one's view of God, creation, the family, work, the arts, and other issues. --From publisher's description.

Why do worldviews matter? What characterizes a Christian worldview? Part of being a thoughtful Christian means being able to understand and express the Christian worldview as well as developing an awareness of the variety of worldviews. Well organized, clearly written, and featuring aids for learning, this is the essential text for either the classroom or for self-study.

with a Postcript coauthored by Michael W. Goheen In print for two decades and translated into eight languages, Albert Wolters's classic formulation of an integrated Christian worldview has been revised and expanded to reach new readers beyond the generation that has already benefited from this clear, concise proposal for transcending the false dichotomy between sacred and secular. Wolters begins by defining the nature and scope of a worldview, distinguishing it from philosophy and theology. He then outlines a Reformed analysis of the three basic categories in human history -- creation, fall, and redemption -- arguing that while the fall reaches into every corner of the world, Christians are called to participate in Christ's redemption of all creation. This Twentieth Anniversary edition features a new concluding chapter, coauthored with Michael Goheen, that helpfully places the discussion of worldview in a broader narrative and missional context.

Garrett J. DeWeese's contribution to the Christian Worldview Integration series addresses the fundamental questions of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and aesthetics, philosophy of mind and philosophy of science from a Christian perspective. The discussion concludes with an identification of philosophy with Christian spiritual formation.

"This book has done me so much good." —Pope Francis From one the leading intellects in the church today—one whom Pope Francis has described as a "superb theologian"—comes perhaps his most important book yet. Available for the first time in English, Cardinal Kasper looks to capture the essence of the gospel message. Compassionate, bold, and brilliant, Cardinal Kasper has written a book which will be studied for generations.

"Here's functional belief for a jet age with superfluous baggage flung out--ready to go to work and meet new needs. "We need to reduce the area of what is believed and lay claim upon it," says William Hamilton. "We need to learn from anyone, anywhere, who has the time and grace to speak about what he really knows. Then we have to learn to talk in our own way, though brokenly, less assuredly. This may mean being willing to admit that our knowledge and our faith is in bits and pieces." Bluntly, but with refreshing candor, William Hamilton speaks for the millions who want to know what they can believe and why, but suffer from "theological indigestion" of too rich, too heavy and too much food for the spirit. Let's start, he says, with the idea of fragments--those durable items of belief that have survived persecution, creed building, monasticism and the acids of modern life. These he gathers up, turns over and finds good enough for the cornerstone of the structure he erects for THE NEW ESSENCE OF CHRIRSTIANITY. Our hard, sober look at things forces us to admit that, first of all, we have problems with God. Nietszche proclaimed that God was dead; Carl Goerdler, the anti-nazi martyr, that He was a "botcher"; and, in our own day, Arthur Koestler that He is dethroned; and Albert Camus that He has withdrawn. Even the Christian, says Hamilton, may find that "he is there when we do not want Him, in ways we do not want Him and He is not there when we do need Him." Yet this makes for firmer faith in a God at last found through search and suffering. Greatest help of all, Hamilton believes, is in a revitalized view of Jesus the Lord of life as well as of death. Through a revaluated, de-sentimentalized view of Jesus, we learn how the Christian man is to deal with the world--"the same ways that God dealt with man in the world--with humiliation, patience and suffering." Finally, he emerges with a clear idea of the style of life required of Christians today. He sees choices open along a broad spectrum, ranging from "rebellion, activism, transforming the world...a break with conformist culture" to "resignation, receiving and suffering in the world, the search for a concealed break within culture." By probing the meanings of these cultural expressions, in the clue offered by marriage, in historical examination of ways in which Christlike men have abided in the world are revealed the means by which we today may think, like and obey God. In a book spiced and brilliantly interwoven with apt quotation, William Hamilton turns at last to Dietrich Bonhoeffer for his summary "Man is challenged to participate in the suffering of God at the hands of a godless world."" -Publisher