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I. Howard Marshall · 1983 · Commentary
I. Howard Marshall's commentary on Paul's Thessalonian correspondence emerged as part of the New Century Bible Commentary series, designed to bridge rigorous biblical scholarship with pastoral application. Writing in 1983, Marshall brought…
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Leon Morris · 1983 · Book
Leon Morris wrote this systematic exploration of the atonement during a period when evangelical scholarship was seeking to provide rigorous theological foundations for classical Christian doctrines. As principal of Ridley College Melbourne…
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John Meyendorff · 1983 · Book
This collection of essays by Orthodox theologian John Meyendorff emerged from his decades of teaching and dialogue in the ecumenical movement during the mid-twentieth century. Writing as both a patristic scholar and…
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F. F. Bruce · 1983 · Commentary
F. F. Bruce's commentary on the Gospel of John emerged from his decades of New Testament scholarship and his commitment to making careful biblical exegesis accessible to both scholars and educated lay…
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Holy Scripture Holy Scripture: Canon, Authority, Criticism
James Barr · 1983 · Book
Delivered as the Sprunt Lectures at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia and published in 1983, this is James Barr's sustained account of what the Bible is, how it came to be regarded…
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Lenten Spring The Lenten Spring: Readings for Great Lent
Thomas Hopko · 1983 · Book
The Lenten Spring emerged from Thomas Hopko's decades of teaching and pastoral ministry at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, where he served as dean and professor of dogmatic theology. Writing for Orthodox…
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Thomas Torrance · 1983 · Book
Thomas Torrance's The Mediation of Christ emerged from his decades of wrestling with how to articulate the person and work of Jesus Christ in ways that honor both rigorous theological method and…
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Jerry Bridges · 1983 · Book
Jerry Bridges wrote The Practice of Godliness as a companion to his earlier work The Pursuit of Holiness, addressing what he saw as an incomplete understanding of Christian spiritual development in evangelical…
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Leonard Ravenhill · 1983 · Book
Revival God's Way emerged from Leonard Ravenhill's decades of preaching and his growing concern that the Western church had settled for programs and entertainment rather than authentic spiritual awakening. Writing in 1983,…
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Eugene H. Peterson · 1983 · Book
Eugene Peterson's meditation on the prophet Jeremiah emerged from his decades of pastoral ministry in suburban America during the late twentieth century. Writing as both biblical scholar and practicing pastor, Peterson sought…
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Rowan Williams · 1983 · Book
The Truce of God emerged from Rowan Williams' early theological reflection during his time as a young academic at Cambridge in the early 1980s. Written while he was establishing himself as a…
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Lamin Sanneh · 1983 · Book
Lamin Sanneh's West African Christianity: The Religious Impact is a historical study of how Christianity took root along the Guinea coast and its hinterland, from the arrival of Portuguese traders and priests…
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Thomas Hopko · 1983 · Treatise
Thomas Hopko's treatise emerged from the pressing debates of the 1970s and early 1980s surrounding women's ordination, particularly as Episcopal and other Protestant churches began ordaining women to the priesthood. Writing as…
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James Barr · 1984 · Book
James Barr, a Scottish Old Testament scholar who taught at Oxford, had already written the most sustained academic assault on conservative evangelical doctrines of scripture in his 1977 study Fundamentalism. That book…
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D. A. Carson · 1984 · Book
Carson's Exegetical Fallacies emerged from his classroom experience teaching New Testament Greek and exegesis, where he repeatedly encountered the same interpretive mistakes across student papers and published commentaries. Written as both warning…
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John R. W. Stott · 1984 · Book
John Stott's comprehensive survey emerged from his conviction that evangelical Christians had withdrawn too far from serious engagement with contemporary social and political questions. Writing as both a respected biblical expositor and…
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J. I. Packer · 1984 · Book
J. I. Packer wrote this comprehensive theology of the Holy Spirit in response to the charismatic renewal movements that had swept through Protestant churches in the 1960s and 1970s. As a Reformed…
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D. A. Carson · 1984 · Commentary
D. A. Carson's commentary on Matthew emerged from the Expositor's Bible Commentary series, designed to provide pastors and serious students with rigorous exegetical scholarship accessible to those without advanced training in biblical…
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John Main · 1984 · Book
John Main's "Moment of Christ" emerged from his years of teaching Christian meditation at his monastery in Montreal, where he had established a community devoted to the ancient practice of contemplative prayer.…
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Committee on Bible Translation · 1984 · Scripture
This is the form of the New International Version that became especially dominant in evangelical use in the late twentieth century. Comprising the complete Bible, it was translated from Hebrew, Aramaic, and…
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Elisabeth Elliot · 1984 · Book
Elisabeth Elliot's Passion and Purity emerged from decades of reflection on her own romantic relationships and the questions that persistently arose from young women seeking her counsel. Writing in 1984 as a…
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Jacques Ellul · 1984 · Book
Jacques Ellul's final theological work confronts what he saw as the fundamental betrayal of Christian faith by the institutional church throughout history. Writing near the end of his career as both a…
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Transforming Vision The Transforming Vision: Shaping a Christian World View
J. Richard Middleton · 1984 · Book
The Transforming Vision emerged from J. Richard Middleton and Brian J. Walsh's concern that many Christians had absorbed secular assumptions about reality without recognizing the conflict with their faith. Writing in the…
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Winter Pascha Winter Pascha: Readings for the Christmas-Epiphany Season
Thomas Hopko · 1984 · Book
Thomas Hopko's Winter Pascha emerged from his decades of teaching and pastoral work at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, where he served as dean and professor of dogmatic theology. Writing for both…
