Bookstore
Currently the ICS Bookstore stocks required textbooks for Austin Graduate School of Theology and other theological and biblical academic books that are recommended by and/or are written by our faculty. We also shelve titles from Christian Studies Press and Timeless: Ancient Psalms for the Church Today (see below).
Location & Contact:
Address: Room 136
7640 Guadalupe St.
Austin, Texas 78752-1333
E-Mail: Bookstore@AustinGrad.edu
Phone: 512-476-2772
Hours of Operation:
Monday-Thurs: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday: Closed
- Spring 2019 Textbook List
Undergraduate Courses
Bookstore Price TH4303 Trad. in Christian Theo. & Ethics – Stanglin 22.00 ~Wogaman, J. Philip. Readings in Christian Ethics: a Hist… WJK, 1996. ISBN#9780664255749 21.50 ~Campbell, Ted. Christian Confessions: Hist. Intro. WJK, 1996. ISBN#9780664256500 12.00 ~Beckwith, Francis. Journeys of Faith: Evangelicalism… Zondervan, 2012. ISBN#9780310331209 Bookstore Price MIN4350sf Growing God’s People – Todd Hall 16.00 ~Hall, Christopher. Living Wisely w/Church Fathers. IVP, 2017. ISBN#9780830851881 11.00 ~Willard, Dallas. Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus’s.. . HarperOne, 2014. ISBN#9780062311757 15.00 ~Smith, James. Desiring the Kingdom. Baker, 2009. ISBN#9780801035777 11.00 ~Issler, Klaus. Living into the Life of Jesus. IVP, 2012. ISBN#9780830838110 Bookstore Price NT4313 Interpreting the Bible – Shipp 15.00 ~Gorman, Michael. Elements of Biblical Exegesis: A Basic Guide for Students & Ministers. Baker, 2010. ISBN#9780801046407 16.00 ~Long, Thomas. Preaching & Literary Forms of Bible. Fortress, 1989. ISBN#9780800623135 15.00 ~Fee, Gordon. How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth. Zondervan, 1993. ISBN#9780310517825 (Recommended) Bookstore Price NT3321 Paul and His Letters – McNicol 24.00 ~Capes, David. Rediscovering Paul: Intro to His World, … IVP, 2017. ISBN#9780830851911 19.00 ~Wright, NT. Paul: A Biography. Harper, 2018. ISBN#9780061730580 Bookstore Price OT4312 Psalms & Wisdom – Shipp 19.00 ~Lucas, Ernest. Expl. OT, V.3: Guide to Psalms & Wisdom. IVP, 2016. ISBN#9780830853113 12.00 ~Bellinger, Wm. Psalms: Guide to Studying Psalter. Baker, 2012. ISBN#9780801048555 (Recommended) 16.00 ~Brueggemann, Walter. Message of the Psalms…. Fortress, 1984. ISBN#9780806621203 (Recommended) 12.50 ~Kidner, Derek. Wisdom of Proverbs, Job, & Ecc.. IVP 1985. ISBN#9780877844051 (Recommended) Bookstore Price MIN4350cm Christ – Cen. Church on Mission – Nored 18.00 ~Guder, Darrell. Missional Church: Vision…. Eerdmans, 1998. ISBN#9780802843500 Graduate Courses
Bookstore Price OT6309f Five Outsiders: Ruth, Ester… – Shipp 38.00 ~Fuerst, Wesley. Book of Ruth, Esther, Ecc..: Five Scrolls. Cambridge, 1975. ISBN#9780521099202 17.00 ~Murphy, Roland. Wisdom Lit.: Job, Proverbs, Ruth .. V.13. Eerdmans, 1981. ISBN#9780802818775 17.00 ~Nowell, Irene. Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations..V.24. Liturgical, 2016. ISBN#9780814628584 30.00 ~Dobbs-Allsopp. Lamentations. WJK, 2002. ISBN#9780804231411 Bookstore Price TH6303 Trad. in Christian Theo. & Ethics – Stanglin 22.00 ~Wogaman, J. Philip. Readings in Christian Ethics: a Hist… WJK, 1996. ISBN#9780664255749 21.50 ~Campbell, Ted. Christian Confessions: Hist. Intro. WJK, 1996. ISBN#9780664256500 12.00 ~Beckwith, Francis. Journeys of Faith: Evangelicalism… Zondervan, 2012. ISBN#9780310331209 Bookstore Price NT6304i Acts of the Apostles (e)(p) – Peterson ~Kurz, Wm. Acts of the Apostles. Baker, 2014. ISBN#9780801036330 12.00 ~Klauck, Hans. Magic & Paganism in Early Christianity. Fortress, 2003. ISBN#9780800636357 ~Thompson, Alan. Acts of Risen Lord Jesus: Luke’s Account…. IVP, 2011. ISBN#9780830826285 Bookstore Price MIN6309sf Growing God’s People – Todd Hall 16.00 ~Hall, Christopher. Living Wisely w/Church Fathers. IVP, 2017. ISBN#9780830851881 11.00 ~Willard, Dallas. Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus’s.. . HarperOne, 2014. ISBN#9780062311757 15.00 ~Smith, James. Desiring the Kingdom . Baker, 2009. ISBN#9780801035777 11.00 ~Issler, Klaus. Living into the Life of Jesus . IVP, 2012. ISBN#9780830838110 Bookstore Price MIN6303 From Text to Sermon(p) – Dr. Reid 25.00 ~Wilson, Paul. The Four Pages of the Sermon. Abingdon, 2018. ISBN#9781501842399 18.50 ~Guthrie, Shirley. Christian Doctrine. WJK, 1994. ISBN#9780664253684 ~Wilson, Paul. New Interpreter’s Handbook of Preaching. Abingdon, 2008. ISBN#9780687055562 13.00 ~Peterson, Eugene. Eat This Book: Conversation… Eerdmans, 2009. ISBN#9780802864901 Bookstore Price NT6301 Reading the NT – Peterson 36.00 ~DeSilva, David. Introduction To the NT, 2nd ed.. IVP, 2018. ISBN#9780830852178 18.00 ~Reed, Jonathan. HarperCollins Visual Guide to NT. HarperOne, 2007. ISBN#9780060842499 22.50 ~Bauckham, Richard. Jesus & the God of Israel…. Eerdmans, 2008. ISBN#9780802845597 Bookstore Price MIN6306cm Christ – Cen. Church on Mission – Nored 18.00 ~Guder, Darrell. Missional Church: Vision…. Eerdmans, 1998. ISBN#9780802843500 *Prices do not include tax. Prices will be added once books become available.
Prices are subject to change without prior notice. Especially if they are ordered close to the first day of class-requiring quick shipping!
Thank you for your patience.
Online Courses
*Following are the books required for the on-line classes. However, the student is responsible for ordering their own books. Thanks.
TH4313.120 Christian Ethic s – Stanglin ~Rae, Scott. Moral Choices, 4th . Zondervan, 2018. ISBN#9780310536420 CS4363.120 Christian Encounters W/Cultures – Moore ~Elmer, Duayne. Cross – Cultural Servanthood: Serving… IVP, 2006. ISBN#9780830833788 ~Cooper, Derek. Christianity & World Religions :an Intro. P&R, 2013. ISBN#9781596384460 ~Wade, David. Book of the Peoples of the World. Nat’l Geo., 2007. ISBN#9781426202384 (Recommended) NT3321.121 Paul & His Letters – Woodrow ~Carson, D.A. An Introduction To the NT. Zondervan, 2005. ISBN#9780310238591 MIN4306.121 Teaching & Preaching – Johanson ~Craddock, Fred. Preaching. Abingdon, 2010. ISBN#9780687659944 ~Long, Thomas. The Witness of Preaching. WJK, 2016. ISBN#9780664261429
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Christian Studies Press Publications
To order any of the following titles, please contact Christian Studies Press by phone at (512) 476-2772 or by e-mail at ChristianStudiesPress@AustinGrad.edu.
Look Inside Lord, Teach Us to Pray: The Lord’s Prayer for Today’s Church
Edited by Michael R. Weed, Keith D. Stanglin, and M. Todd Hall. 2015. 85 pgs. ISBN: 978-0-9666326-6-8Pricing:
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Look Inside Preparing for Baptism: Becoming Part of the Story of the People of God
by Allan J. McNicol. 2001. 112 pgs. ISBN: 978-0-9666326-2-0; 0-9666-326-2-1(also available in Spanish — see below)
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Look Inside Preparacion para El Bautismo: Llegando a Ser Parte de la Historia del Pueblo de Dios
by Allan J. McNicol. 2006. 112 pgs. ISBN: 9780966632651; 0966632656Pricing:
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Look Inside Preparing for the Lord’s Supper: Nourishing Spiritual Life Through the Lord’s Meal
by Allan J. McNicol. 2007. 146 pgs. ISBN: 978-0-9666326-4-4Pricing:
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Look Inside Things That Matter: A Guide to Christian Faith. Third Edition.
Edited by Michael R. Weed and Jeffrey Peterson.2000. 117 pgs. ISBN: 9780966632637; 096663263X
Ideal for new converts, seekers, or small group studies.
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When You Come Together: The Theology and Practice of Congregational Worship
by Wendell Willis. 2010. 135 pgs. ISBN:978-0-9666326-6-8Pricing:
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For I Am Holy: Recovering Holiness in the Church
by Pat E. Harrell. Edited by R. Mark Shipp. 1996. 102 pgs.Pricing:
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Unchanging Christianity: Restorationism as a Theology of Time
by Pat E. Harrell. Edited by R. Mark Shipp. 1999. 213 pgs.Pricing:
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Books Authored by Faculty from Other Publishers
Allan McNicol
Jeff Peterson
Keith D. Stanglin
Mark Shipp
Christian Studies – Scholarship for the Church
To order any of the following titles, please contact Christian Studies Press by phone at (512) 476-2772 or by e-mail at ChristianStudiesPress@AustinGrad.edu.
Christian Studies (ISSN 1050-4125) is a publication of the faculty of Austin Graduate School of Theology. Christian Studies is funded by gifts from readers and friends of Austin Grad and a subscription is free upon request. Print copies of select back issues are available for $3.00 each, plus postage. Christian Studies is indexed in Religion Index One and ATLA database. Copyright Institute for Christian Studies.
Correspondence should be addressed to Keith Stanglin or Todd Hall at:
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For a free subscription to future issues contact Christian Studies Press by phone at (512) 476-2772 or by e-mail at ChristianStudiesPress@AustinGrad.edu.
Article Titles by Issue
Number 30 – Focus: The Lord’s Supper
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Christ’s Presence and the Thing Signified in the Lord’s Supper - Keith Stanglin
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Observing the Lord’s Supper Today - Ted A. Campbell
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Royal Meals, Covenant Meals, the Messianic Banquet, and the Lord’s Supper - R. Mark Shipp
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Till He Come: The Lord’s Supper and the End Time - Allan J. McNicol
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From the Sacramental Season to Observance on the Lord’s Day: Learning from Barton Stone’s Communion Journey - Jason Fikes
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Consecrated to the Lord: Two Cheers for Closed Communion - M. Todd Hall
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Proclaiming the Gospel at the Table - Mark E. Powell
Number 29 – Focus: Baptism
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Aspects of Baptismal Symbolism in the New Testament - Jeffrey Peterson
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Finding Words to Nourish: ‘Milk’ and ‘Solid Food’ in Earliest Christianity and Today - Daniel Austin Napier
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Baptism and the Moral Life - Allan J. McNicol
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Turning Point: Baptism as Rite of Passage - M. Todd Hall
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Concerning Rebaptism - Keith D. Stanglin
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I Am Baptized: A Sermon - Stanley G. Reid
Number 28 – Focus: The Restoration Movement
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The Restoration Movement, The Habit of Schism and a Proposal for Unity - Keith D. Stanglin
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Theological Orientation for Churches of Christ Resourcing Alexander Campbell’s Trinitarian Christian System - John Mark Hicks
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Confessions of Faith in the New Testament - Jeffrey Peterson
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Toward a New Restoration Hermeneutic: On the Hermeneutical Relevance of the Old Testament - R. Mark Shipp
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God in Action: Jesus’ Gospel of the Kingdom - Daniel Austin Napier
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The Stone Campbell Movement: A Global History – Review Essay - Allan J. McNicol
Number 27 – Focus: In Honor of Paul Watson
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The Israel of God - Allan J. McNicol
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The First Restoration Movement: The Chronicler’s Program of Restoration and Churches of Christ Today - R. Mark Shipp
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Biblical ‘Restorationism’: A Response to Mark Shipp - Jeffrey Peterson
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Finding a Way Past Lament: When God is Absent and Thanksgiving Impossible - Glenn Pemberton
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Reflections on the Value of Isaiah for the Life of the Modern Church - J. J. M. Roberts
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A Written Legacy: A Bibliography of Paul L. Watson - T. Hall / M. Weed / A. McNicol
Number 26 – Focus: Various Topics
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Ressentiment - Michael R. Weed
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Restorationism and Church History: Strange Bedfellows? - Keith D. Stanglin
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Redeeming the Time: The Christian Year and Life in the Risen Christ - Jeffrey Peterson
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A Sound Beginning: Retrieving an Ancient Model of Christian Conversion - Daniel Austin Napier
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Smash Them Against the Rocks? The Christian Appropriation of Difficult Psalms - R. Mark Shipp
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A Peaceable Hope: Contesting Violent Eschatology in New Testament Narratives. A Review Essay - Allan J. McNicol
Number 25 – Focus: In Honor of Michael Weed
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The Erosion of Community: A Challenge to the Church - Wendell Willis
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Reading Revelation Today: A Word to a Complacent Church - Allan J. McNicol
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Paul and the Mission of the Church - James Thompson
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Psalm 22: The Prayer of the Righteous Sufferer - R. Mark Shipp
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What Should Christian Do? Revisiting John Howard Yoder’s What Would You Do? - Jeffrey Peterson
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My Pilgrimage - Michael R. Weed
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A Written Legacy: A Bibliography for Michael R. Weed - M. Todd Hall
Number 24 – Focus: In Honor of Allan McNicol
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Paul and Spiritual Formation - James W. Thompson
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Beyond the ‘Image of God’ Conundrum: A Relational View of Human Dignity - Ron Highfield
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Baptism and the Moral Life - Everett Ferguson
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The Sacrifice of Praise - Jeffrey Peterson
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Return, Restoration, and Renewal in Chronicles — and Today - R. Mark Shipp
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American Fundamentalists: The Left Behind - Michael R. Weed
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My Theological Journey: A Retrospective - Allan J. McNicol
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A Written Legacy: A Bibliography for Allan J. McNicol - M. Todd Hall
Number 23 – Focus: Various Topics
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Making the Handoff - Stan Reid
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One Lord and One Body: Implications for the Common Faith of the Church - Allan J. McNicol
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‘Nailed to the Cross’: The Continuing Relevance of the Old Testament - R. Mark Shipp
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The First and Second Tables of the Law in the New Testament - Jeffrey Peterson
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Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs - Alexander Campbell
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Pietism, Pieties, and the Contemporary Church: Promise and Peril - Michael R. Weed
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A Russian ‘Christians Only’ Movement - Thomas H. Olbricht
Number 22 – Focus: Calvinism
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Divine Sovereignty and Human Freedom in the Old Testament - R. Mark Shipp
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The Trouble with Tulips: Romans and Reformed Theology - Ben Witherington III
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Pagan and Christian Reflections on Human Free Will - Multiple Contributors
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Universal Salvation and the Christian Story - Allan J. McNicol
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Beyond the Darkness - Martha Pounders Walker
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From Mystery to Mastery: Christo-Paganism Then and Now - Michael R. Weed
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Baptism: Mode and Meaning - Michael R. Weed
Number 21 – Focus: Various Topics
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Tradition: A Stranger to the Modern World and Church - Michael R. Weed
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The Importance of the Old Testament for the Church - J. J. M. Roberts
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Lord’s Supper and Love Feast - Everett Ferguson
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All Things New - Allan J. McNicol
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A Christian Affirmation, 2005 - Multiple Contributors
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A Christian Affirmation: An Exchange of Views - Leroy Garrett / Jeffrey Peterson
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An Ecclesiology for the Believers’ Church: Can Restorationists Claim the Time? - Allan J. McNicol
Number 20 – Focus: Spirituality
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The Lord’s Prayer: The Touchstone of Christian Spirituality - Allan J. McNicol
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True Religion and Undefiled: Spirituality in Micah and James - R. Mark Shipp
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More than Routine Words: A Reflection on Psalm 100 - Craig Bowman
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Living As Sacrifices: Walking in Accordance with the Spirit in Romans 12-15 - Jeffrey Peterson
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‘Seminaries,’ ‘Spirituality’, and ‘Spiritual Formation’: A Quick Fix for the Disciplined Life of Faith? - J. J. M. Roberts
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Confession and Intercession: Two Spiritual Disciplines - Michael Weed
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Remembering a Friend: A Tribute to Dr. Bill Stewart - David Worley
Number 19 – Focus: Contemporary Worship and Hymnody
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Consecrated Pragmatism: Trends in Modern Worship - Michael R. Weed
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Congregational Song is in Trouble: What Makes a Good Hymn? - R. Mark Shipp
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The Changing Sound of (Worship) Music - Wendell Willis
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Musical Preferences Do Matter: Appropriate Music in the Assembly - Allan J. McNicol / Patricia B. McNicol
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Singing and Worship From the Perspective of the Russian Orthodox Church - Philip Camp
Number 18 – Focus: The Lord’s Supper and Restoration Identity
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This is the Covenant in My Blood: The Lord’s Supper, Passover, and Christian Community - R. Mark Shipp
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In Remembrance of Jesus - Allan J. McNicol
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Shallows and Depths: The Rise of (Post) Modern Images of Humanity - Michael R. Weed
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Churches of Christ: Who We Are and What We Ought To Be - Everett Ferguson
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Identity and Vocation - Paul Watson
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Three Things That Matter - Jeffrey Peterson
Number 17 – Focus: Technology and the Church
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The Lure of the Millennium 2000: What is at Stake for the Christian Believer? - Allan J. McNicol
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Let Us Make a Name for Ourselves: Human Innovation and Technology in Gen. 1-11 - R. Mark Shipp
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The Magician’s Bargain: Modern Technology and the Eclipse of God - Michael R. Weed
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Preaching Technique: The Ministry of the Word in a Wired World - Jeffrey Peterson
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Waiting on the Slide: The Impact of Technology in the Contemporary Church - Mel Witcher
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Romans 1:10-17: Jesse’s Truth - David Worley
Number 16 – Focus: The Holy Spirit
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The Spirit of God in the Old Testament - R. Mark Shipp
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Spirit of Holiness or Spirit of the Age? The Holy Spirit in the Teaching of Paul - Jeffrey Peterson
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How Does God Give Guidance Beyond the Illumination of Scripture? - Allan J. McNicol
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Religious Experience and Spirituality: Biblical and Post- Modern - Michael R. Weed
Number 15 – Focus: Grace and Legalism
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Delighting in the Law - R. Mark Shipp
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The Servant-Christ: Matthew’s Answer to Legalism - Allan J. McNicol
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And They Were Silent: Reflections on Legalism - Michael R. Weed
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A Response to ‘And They Were Silent’ - Charles Siburt
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Not the Only Christians: Campbell on Exclusivism and Legalism - Gary Holloway
Number 14 – Focus: Various Topics
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Creeds and Their Uses: The New Testament - Abraham Malherbe
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Alexander Campbell and the Relationship Between the Testaments - R. Mark Shipp
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Baptism Yesterday and Today - Allan J. McNicol
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Alexander Campbell on Education - Gary Holloway
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Academic Freedom and the Christian University - Michael R. Weed
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Sex and the Secular Culture: A Review Essay - Jeffrey Peterson
Number 13 – Focus: Worship
Number 12 – Focus: Passing on the Faith
Number 11.2 – Focus: Tradition
Number 11.1 – Focus: Hermeneutics
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Hermeneutics Then and Now - James W. Thompson
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Bringing the Word to Life: Biblical Hermeneutics in Churches of Christ - Gary D. Collier
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The Lord’s Supper as Hermeneutical Clue: A Proposal On Theological Method for Churches of Christ - Allan J. McNicol
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Cruciform Life or Cruciform Church? (Book Review article) - Michael R. Weed
Number 10 – Focus: Evangelism
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What Happened to Evangelism? - James W. Thompson
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Demystifying Missions: Exposing the Madness of Our Method - J. Robert Reynolds
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Discipleship as Mission: A Missing Dimension in Contemporary Discussion on Matthew 28:18-20 - Allan J. McNicol
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Evangelism, Ethics, and Eschatological Existence - Michael R. Weed
Number 9 – Focus: Christian Faith and Higher Education
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The Community of Believers in 1 Corinthians - Douglas L. Gragg
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Christian Education: Convention or Commitment? - Michael R. Weed
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Community, Ethics, and the Christian Faith on Campus - James W. Thompson
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Dismantling the Bible Chairs in Texas: A Church-State Struggle in Historical Context - Allan J. McNicol
Number 8 – Focus: Preaching
Number 7 – Focus: Leadership in the Church
Number 6 – Focus: Integrity in the Christian Life
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The Chronicler and Ethics: the Issue of Integrity - Pat Graham
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An Exposition: What is Good? - Rick Marrs
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Occupations and Preoccupations in Christ - David Worley
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The Christian, Entertainment, and the Arts - James W. Thompson
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The Secularization of the Church: From Transcendence to Technique - Michael R. Weed
Number 5 – Focus: Law
Number 4 – Focus: The Church as a Teaching Community
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Passing on the Tradition - Paul L. Watson
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The Education of Children in the Early Church - James W. Thompson
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Mystery, Marriage, and Morality - Michael R. Weed
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The Crisis in Secular Education and Its Implications for the Church Today - Allan McNicol
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Television and the Teaching of the Church - Melinda Worley
Number 3 – Focus: Christian Morality in a Pluralistic Society
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The Twilight of the Gods: Pluralism, Morality, and the Church - Michael R. Weed
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Sectarian Lifestyle: An Alternative Moral Vision in the First and Twentieth Centuries - Allan McNicol
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The Old Testament as Moral Compass - Paul L. Watson
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The Preacher: Moralizer or Moralist? - James W. Thompson
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Divorce: A Cultural Problem - Tony Ash
Number 2 – Focus: Authority in the Christian Life
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The Authority of the Bible in the Restoration Movement - Tony Ash
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The Akedah: A Root Experience As Authority for the People of God - Allan McNicol
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Recovering the Authority of the Church: A Sermon - James Thompson
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The Authority of the Old Testament for Christians - Paul L. Watson
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The Authority of Jesus, or the Jesus of Authority - Michael R. Weed
