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Elisabeth Elliot · 1995 · Book
Keep a Quiet Heart emerged from Elisabeth Elliot's decades of responding to letters and questions from readers struggling with doubt, suffering, and the practical challenges of Christian discipleship. Drawing on her experiences…
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John Goldingay · 1995 · Book
Models for Interpretation of Scripture emerged from John Goldingay's recognition that biblical interpretation in the late twentieth century had become fragmented into competing methodologies, each claiming to unlock Scripture's true meaning. Writing…
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Lockman Foundation translation team · 1995 · Scripture
The 1995 Update is a widely used modernized form of the New American Standard Bible, prepared to remove most archaic pronouns and to smooth the syntax of the earlier text while retaining…
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Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) · 1995 · Book
Joseph Ratzinger's collection of essays on liturgical theology emerged from his decades of engagement with the liturgical reforms following the Second Vatican Council. Writing as both theologian and future pope, Ratzinger addresses…
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Gordon Fee · 1995 · Commentary
Gordon Fee's commentary on Philippians emerged from his decades of New Testament scholarship and his deep engagement with Pauline theology, written as part of the New International Commentary on the New Testament…
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Lesslie Newbigin · 1995 · Book
Lesslie Newbigin's final major work emerged from his decades-long wrestling with the epistemological challenges facing Christian faith in a pluralistic, post-Enlightenment world. Having spent much of his career as a missionary in…
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Mother Teresa (St. Teresa of Calcutta) · 1995 · Book
A Simple Path emerged from conversations between Mother Teresa and British journalist Lucinda Vardey in the final years of the Nobel laureate's life. Published shortly before Mother Teresa's death in 1997, the…
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John Paul II · 1995 · Letter
Evangelium Vitae is Pope John Paul II's 1995 encyclical letter addressing what he termed a "culture of death" pervading contemporary society. Written amid growing debates over abortion, euthanasia, and capital punishment in…
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Joel B. Green · 1995 · Book
Joel Green's systematic exploration of Luke's Gospel emerged from the renaissance of interest in narrative theology and the distinctive voice of each evangelist that marked late twentieth-century biblical scholarship. Writing against earlier…
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J. Richard Middleton · 1995 · Book
Written during the height of academic and popular discussions about postmodernism in the 1990s, this work emerged from J. Richard Middleton and Brian J. Walsh's recognition that many Christians were either uncritically…
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Walking in the Ways of the Lord Walking in the Ways of the Lord: The Ethical Authority of the Old Testament
Christopher J. H. Wright · 1995 · Book
Christopher Wright's systematic exploration of Old Testament ethics emerged from his conviction that evangelical Christians had largely abandoned the Hebrew Scriptures as a source of moral guidance, treating them as historically interesting…
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Douglas J. Moo · 1996 · Commentary
Douglas Moo's commentary on 2 Peter and Jude addresses two of the New Testament's most neglected and challenging epistles, written for Christians facing the disruptive influence of false teachers within their communities.…
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Christian Doctrine of God The Christian Doctrine of God: One Being Three Persons
Thomas Torrance · 1996 · Book
Thomas Torrance's systematic exploration of trinitarian doctrine emerged from his lifelong engagement with patristic theology and his concern that Western Christianity had drifted from the insights of the early church fathers. Writing…
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Kathleen Norris · 1996 · Book
The Cloister Walk emerges from Kathleen Norris's nine-month residency as an artist-in-residence at St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, where this Protestant poet immersed herself in the rhythms of Benedictine monastic life.…
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Lamin Sanneh · 1996 · Book
Lamin Sanneh's The Crown and the Turban is a historical and political argument about Islam, Christianity, and the possibility of pluralism in West Africa. Sanneh — born in Gambia, raised Muslim, later…
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Desire of the Nations The Desire of the Nations: Rediscovering the Roots of Political Theology
Oliver O'Donovan · 1996 · Book
O'Donovan's magnum opus emerges from his conviction that modern political theology has lost its way by abandoning its biblical foundations for secular philosophical frameworks. Writing as both a moral theologian and political…
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Christopher J. H. Wright · 1996 · Commentary
Christopher Wright's commentary on Deuteronomy emerged from his extensive work in Old Testament ethics and his recognition that this crucial biblical book had been overshadowed by more popular texts despite its foundational…
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Douglas J. Moo · 1996 · Commentary
Douglas Moo's commentary on Romans emerged from his decades of teaching and scholarly engagement with Paul's most systematic theological letter. Writing for the New International Commentary on the New Testament series, Moo…
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D. A. Carson · 1996 · Book
D. A. Carson's comprehensive examination of postmodernism and religious pluralism emerged from his observations of shifting intellectual currents in Western universities and churches during the 1990s. Writing as both a New Testament…
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John Paul II · 1996 · Book
Gift and Mystery emerged from John Paul II's desire to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of his priestly ordination in 1996. Written as a spiritual autobiography, this slender volume offers the pope's personal…
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Martyn Lloyd-Jones · 1996 · Book
Great Doctrines of the Bible emerges from Martyn Lloyd-Jones's decades of expository preaching at Westminster Chapel in London, where his Friday night studies drew packed crowds eager to hear systematic exploration of…
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Sinclair B. Ferguson · 1996 · Book
Ferguson's systematic exploration of pneumatology emerged from his concern that evangelical Christians possessed an inadequate understanding of the Holy Spirit's person and work. Writing as both pastor and theologian, he sought to…
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How Are We Saved? How Are We Saved? The Understanding of Salvation in the Orthodox Tradition
Kallistos Ware · 1996 · Essay
This theological essay emerged from Kallistos Ware's recognition that Western Christianity often misunderstands or overlooks the Eastern Orthodox perspective on salvation. Writing as both scholar and practitioner, Ware addresses the persistent tendency…
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Henri Nouwen · 1996 · Book
The Inner Voice of Love emerged from Henri Nouwen's most difficult period, a season of severe depression and emotional breakdown in the late 1980s that brought him to the edge of despair.…
