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Short Answers to Big Questions About God, the Bible, and Christianity

Short Answers to Big Questions About God, the Bible, & Christianity presents a fair and honest responses to 50 of the most common questions asked about Christianity. Clinton Arnold and Jeff Arnold answer questions such as Does God hate sex? Why are there hypocrites in the church? Are there errors in the Bible? Did Jesus literally rise from the dead? Am I good enough to go to heaven? Do believers need to go to church? What is God actually like?

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Clinton E. Arnold

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Women and Men in Ministry: A Complementary Perspective

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Are we working together as well as we could be? The role of women in the church is an ongoing debate within the church. On one side are those who say there is no difference between men and women. On the other side are those who severely limit women who want to offer ministry to the church. Judith TenElshof and Robert Saucy take the middle approach. Believing that the modern views have denied the distinctions between men and women, TenElshof and Saucy take the complementarian approach. They argue that while men and women are equal, God has given different roles to each, and that these roles rely on each other to be fully effective.

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The Kingdom of God

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The kingdom of God is a very large biblical category indeed. Accordingly, a comprehensive understanding of the kingdom would illuminate many aspects of theology. With this in mind, Bruce Waltke, Robert Yarbrough, Gerald Bray, Clinton Arnold, Gregg Allison, Stephen Nichols, and Anthony Bradley have collaborated to articulate a full view of the kingdom of God across multiple disciplines. One of the most important books on the kingdom since G. E. Ladd, this volume offers a robust theology and is corroborated by the very series in which it stands. Fourth in the noted Theology in Community series, The Kingdom of God establishes the significance of the kingdom from the perspectives of biblical theology, systematic theology, history, pastoral application, missiology, and cultural analysis.

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Powers of Darkness: Principalities Powers in Paul’s Letters

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Satan worship. Witches. New Age channelers. The last two decades have witnessed a vast upsurge in occult activity. Scores of popular books have warned Christians of the dangers and urged them to do battle against these spiritual forces. Few books, however, have developed a careful biblical theology on demons, principalities and powers. Clinton Arnold seeks to fill this gap, providing an in-depth look at Paul’s letters and what they teach on the subject. A thoughtful, biblical look at an urgent challenge facing the church.

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The Colossian Syncretism: The Interface Between Christianity and Folk Belief at Colossae

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Drawing upon little-known angel inscriptions, magical texts, and archaeological evidence from Asia Minor, the author argues that the Colossians tried to combine Paul’s teachings about Christ with local pagan and Jewish folk beliefs. The result was a syncretism that kept them captive to the fear of evil spirits, dependent on the power of magic and amulets, and blind to the liberating power of the indwelling Christ, the supreme Creator and Lord of all spiritual principalities and powers.

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Power and Magic: The Concept of Power in Ephesians

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Power and Magic is one of the few books which literally cannot be ignored by any serious Bible student. In fact, it makes the classical commentaries on Ephesians that I am familiar with virtually obsolete. Clinton Arnold has done us all a great favor by throwing vital new light on our understanding of what really motivated the Apostle Paul to write one of his most important epistles.

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This accessible reference offers short and to-the-point answers to fifty pressing questions people have about God, the Bible, and Christianity, including

  • Are there errors or contradictions in the Bible?
  • Do science and faith conflict?
  • Is hell a real place?
  • What will heaven be like?
  • Is it possible to prove God exists?
  • Why did Jesus have to die?
  • Does God hate sex?
  • Do Christians have to go to church?
  • and many more

This book is for those who want a clear introduction to the essential teachings of Christianity to help them grow in faith and in preparation to share the basics of Christian belief.

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