God's Provision, Humanity's Need

God's Provision, Humanity's NeedIn a world often consumed with self sufficiency, this book reminds us that humans have an innate need for the grace of God's personal presence. Christa McKirland, an author doing research at the intersection of Christian theology and the sciences, argues for a new way of understanding the image of God that might precondition science engaged theology. She makes an exegetical and theological case that human beings were created to need the presence of

and renewalist movements

and biblical scholars

which influence the questions we ask of the text and how we apply it

This critical volume focuses on the concept of deification in Christian intellectual history

well-respected New Testament scholar Frank Matera examines cultural context and theological meaning in Romans

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informed by twenty-five years of classroom teaching

others to care for us in our sadness

and theological settings of the text

Angela Parker

he shows how the Lord's Supper can infuse new meaning into the church as it confronts the forces of postmodernism and secularism

John Eidsmoe demonstrates the influence of Christianity on the political convictions of the founding fathers