“If I gave you God’s phone number, what would you do with it?” Call Him or Her? Put the number in a safe place? Many people would love to get answers to questions like “Why don’t You stop evil?” or “Did You plan this... Read More

“North American evangelicalism is the community-of communities in which I have made my own religious way,“ explains the author. “I present these essays, therefore, with the love of a family memberÃ’critical, yes, but... Read More

Rarely has the story of those with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) or Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) been presented with such compassion and clarity. Three professionals—a Jewish psychologist, Bilich, a Christian minister,... Read More

Was Jesus God? Was Jesus the promised, long-awaited Messiah? How did he view “the Kingdom of God?” Does the resurrection matter, and if it does, what did it mean to the people of Jesus’ time? How did Jesus view himself?... Read More

This book explores the way in which the historical and cultural setting of theology has a seminal influence on its nature. We will see how theology always has and still does arise out of pastoral concern. In doing so, we will challenge... Read More

After waiting on a hilltop along the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia for several days for Christ’s return, Clorinda Minor and other followers of William Miller, a Baptist preacher, had fallen asleep after the hour had come and gone.... Read More

“I never exercised, ate the recommended high carbohydrate diet espoused by the AMA, ADA and fashionable fitness magazines and relied upon my great genes to get me through life. And all was well until I turned 40.” So begins Larrian... Read More

“We grow old, not by living a certain number of chronological years, but by becoming idle in mind, body and purpose. We are told it’s time to grow old, and others expect it, and we defer and play our part.” Thus Harkness sets the... Read More