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AuthorCloud, Henry and John Townsend
Category: Women
AuthorRenfroe, Anita
Year Published2010
Christian communities have often been divided over the value of art. Some have seen the arts as unimportant—a luxury, but certainly not a necessity. Others have contended that art is a vital expression of what it means to be a human being created in the image of God. For Calvin Seerveld, engaging the arts is part of living faithfully as a Christian. In Bearing Fresh Olive Leaves (Piquant Books, 2000), he calls us to practice redemptive artistry—art that brings hope and healing to our troubled world.
AuthorSeerveld, Calvin
Year Published2000
This book challenges Christians to think. Committed lay Christians, says Cobb, are already theologians; he wants them to realize this and then to become good theologians.

Laypersons are just as capable as professional theologians of intellectual hard work, but they no longer expect the church to ask this of them. Cobb discusses why it is important for Christians to think about their own beliefs and assumptions. He encourages readers to find and become conversation partners. He also suggests steps a Christian's thinking may take; sources the individual can draw on, including how professionals can help; and where this thinking may lead. Cobb asserts that if there is a renewal of thinking in the church, there will be church renewal. The goal is to focus and sharpen one's thinking so that it is one's own, and to apply that thinking to one's being and acting. Each chapter ends with a section "Doing Your Theology" which is a list of questions for reflection and discussion.

Chapter titles include: On Becoming What You Are: A Theologian; Ethics and Theology; Shaping Up; Biblical Authority; Christians and Jews; Professionals: Help and Hindrance; Christian Counterattack; A Critique of Economics; A Critique of the University; An Afterword on Church Theology
AuthorCobb Jr., John B.
Year Published1993
Category: Church
Rome’s bloody anti-Christian persecutions now reached their worst stage ever, first under Decius and then Diocletian. Then a new and very different emperor emerged. Before the key battle that brought him to power, Constantine had seen the sign of a cross in the sky, and received the message “By this sign, conquer.” He imposed peace and religious tolerance across the empire. No longer subversives, Christians suddenly became the new establishment. This opened very different and dangerous challenges for the church. The first was an influx of opportunistic converts seeking not salvation but worldly power. Even worse was a growing controversy over whether Jesus is God, and if so, in what sense? It came to a head, but not to resolution, at the great Council of Nicea.
AuthorChristian History Project
Year Published2003
Series NameThe Christians #3: Their first two thousand years
If you think bioethics is just for doctors and scientists, think again. Bioethics touches our everyday lives in so many ways. We ask questions like

How should I care for my aging parents?

Is stem cell research OK or not?

How can my church help a person with a chronic illness?

When's the right time to remove a loved one from life support?

Author Ruth Groenhout, selected as the 2009-2010 Calvin College Worldview Lecturer, presents these issues from the Bible's perspective using accessible, easy-to-understand language. Discussion questions in each chapter make this book an excellent choice for group study or personal reflection.
AuthorGroenhout, Ruth E.
Year Published2009
Series NameA Reformed Look At
AuthorCRC Publications
Series NameBible Crossroads
AuthorCRC Publications
Series NameBible Crossroads