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John R. W. Stott · 1970 · Book
This collection of addresses emerged from John Stott's concern that modern Christianity had grown too comfortable with cultural accommodation, losing sight of the inherently challenging nature of Christ's message. Writing during a…
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Clarence Jordan · 1970 · Commentary
The Cotton Patch Version of Matthew and John is Clarence Jordan's radical paraphrase of two gospels, translating the biblical narrative into the language and social context of the mid-twentieth-century American South. Jordan,…
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I. Howard Marshall · 1970 · Book
I. Howard Marshall's groundbreaking study emerged during a period of intense scholarly debate about the historical reliability and theological purpose of Luke-Acts. Writing in 1970, Marshall responded to critics who argued that…
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Francis Schaeffer · 1970 · Essay
Francis Schaeffer wrote this brief essay in 1970 amid growing concern about visible divisions within evangelical Christianity. As founder of L'Abri Fellowship in Switzerland, Schaeffer had witnessed firsthand how theological disputes and…
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John Meyendorff · 1970 · Book
John Meyendorff's Marriage: An Orthodox Perspective emerged from the ecumenical dialogues of the 1960s, when Eastern Orthodox theology was gaining fresh attention in the West and questions about marriage, divorce, and sexuality…
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Jacques Ellul · 1970 · Book
Jacques Ellul's theological meditation on urban civilization emerged from his dual life as a French law professor and lay theologian wrestling with the implications of modern technological society. Writing in the aftermath…
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Catholic Biblical Association scholars · 1970 · Scripture
The New American Bible was the first complete American Catholic Bible translated broadly from the original languages under modern Catholic norms, marking a shift away from the long-standing reliance on the Latin…
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Oswald Chambers · 1970 · Book
This collection gathers additional devotional readings from Oswald Chambers, compiled posthumously by his wife Biddy Chambers from his lectures, sermons, and teaching notes. Following the enormous popularity of "My Utmost for His…
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Yves Congar · 1970 · Book
This systematic examination of the four traditional marks of the Church emerged from Yves Congar's decades of engagement with ecclesiological questions that reached new urgency in the wake of Vatican II. Writing…
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Two Sisters in the Spirit Two Sisters in the Spirit: Thérèse of Lisieux and Elizabeth of the Trinity
Hans Urs von Balthasar · 1970 · Book
Hans Urs von Balthasar's theological meditation examines two French Carmelites who died within a decade of each other at the turn of the twentieth century. Both Thérèse of Lisieux and Elizabeth of…
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F. F. Bruce · 1971 · Commentary
F. F. Bruce's commentary on Paul's Corinthian letters emerged from his distinguished career as a biblical scholar at the University of Manchester and his commitment to making rigorous New Testament scholarship accessible…
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RSV committee · 1971 · Scripture
Issued in 1971, this edition presents a revised Revised Standard Version New Testament, incorporating textual and translation changes that followed twenty-five years of use. Its scope is limited to the New Testament,…
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Anthony Bloom · 1971 · Book
God and Man emerged from Metropolitan Anthony Bloom's decades of pastoral ministry in London, where he served Russian Orthodox émigrés and growing numbers of British converts seeking authentic Christian spirituality. Writing in…
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Thomas Torrance · 1971 · Book
Thomas Torrance's God and Rationality emerged from his concern that modern theology had fallen prey to dualistic thinking that artificially separated knowledge of God from rational inquiry. Writing as both a systematic…
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Grace and Freedom Grace and Freedom: Operative Grace in the Thought of St. Thomas Aquinas
Bernard Lonergan · 1971 · Book
This systematic theological study emerged from Bernard Lonergan's doctoral dissertation at the Gregorian University in Rome, completed in 1940 but not published in English until 1971. Lonergan undertook this intensive analysis of…
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Corrie ten Boom · 1971 · Book
The Hiding Place is Corrie ten Boom's autobiographical account of her family's resistance work during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands and her subsequent imprisonment in concentration camps. Written with John and…
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Anthony Bloom · 1971 · Book
Meditations on a Theme emerged from Metropolitan Anthony Bloom's pastoral work among Russian Orthodox emigres in London during the 1960s. As Archbishop of Sourozh, Bloom encountered believers struggling to maintain authentic spiritual…
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Martyn Lloyd-Jones · 1971 · Book
Preaching and Preachers emerged from Martyn Lloyd-Jones's lectures on homiletics delivered at Westminster Theological Seminary in 1969, distilling five decades of pulpit experience at Westminster Chapel in London. Writing during an era…
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Cornelius Van Til · 1971 · Book
Van Til's "Psychology of Religion" emerged from his decades of teaching apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary, where he developed his distinctively Reformed approach to defending the Christian faith. Writing in the context…
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Leonard Ravenhill · 1971 · Book
Leonard Ravenhill's "Sodom Had No Bible" emerged from his deep concern about what he saw as spiritual complacency in the Western church during the late 1960s. Writing as an evangelist deeply influenced…
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Mother Teresa (St. Teresa of Calcutta) · 1971 · Book
Something Beautiful for God emerged from British journalist Malcolm Muggeridge's 1969 documentary filming with Mother Teresa in the slums of Calcutta. Originally skeptical of religious figures, Muggeridge found himself profoundly moved by…
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Francis Schaeffer · 1971 · Book
Francis Schaeffer's True Spirituality emerged from a personal spiritual crisis in the early 1950s when the prominent apologist and missionary questioned whether his intellectual defense of Christianity had distanced him from genuine…
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Steven T. Byington · 1972 · Scripture
The Bible in Living English belongs to the tradition of independent, single-translator versions of the Scriptures, undertaken outside the committee structures that produced most major English Bibles. The work of one man,…
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Bible, Church, Tradition Bible, Church, Tradition: An Eastern Orthodox View
Georges Florovsky · 1972 · Book
This collection of essays emerged from Georges Florovsky's decades-long effort to articulate Eastern Orthodox theology for Western audiences during his tenure at Harvard Divinity School and Princeton Theological Seminary. Writing primarily in…
