Foundations of Ministry

Foundations of MinistryDevelop an excellent Christian education ministry with this introductory guide from the faculty of Biola University's Talbot School of Theology.

Updated and revised throughout

Prominent Reformation historian Timothy Wengert introduces the basic components of Martin Luther's theology of the Bible and examines Luther's contributions to present-day biblical interpretation

O'Brien explains that the smaller church is not a problem to solve or a liability to neutralize but a strategic advantage that can be leveraged for effective ministry in a variety of contexts

Christian formation is incomplete and impossible without theological formation

readable textbook presents fresh ways to understand the Gospels

this book explores the immensely rich and generative soteriological theme of glorification

noted scholars remedy this neglect by offering an authoritative

The book provides the necessary biblical knowledge

Robinson offers a brief commentary and interviews the preacher

the book draws together and explains the central ideas of philosophers and ethicists from Aristotle to Smedes

Appreciating our created finitude as the condition under which we know (and were made to know) should compel us to appreciate the contingency of our knowledge without sliding into arbitrariness

one of America's leading church historians shows how studying world Christianity changed and enriched his understanding of the nature of the faith as well as of its history