Contesting the Body of Christ

Contesting the Body of ChristChristianity Today 2025 Book Award of Merit (Academic Theology) The church changed tremendously in the twentieth century, with new churches emerging and old churches being renewed. This period encompassed the birth of the World Council of Churches, the rise of American evangelicalism, the Second Vatican Council, the coming of age of charismatic Christianity, and more. In this book, Myles Werntz explores the landscape of twentieth century ecclesiology

● First and Second Timothy

Wisdom literature

Peterson explores scriptural and doctrinal perspectives on the person and work of the Holy Spirit--especially from churches with Reformation roots--in view of contemporary spiritual movements

This book will challenge all thoughtful Christians to understand why it is important to believe in the doctrine of creation out of nothing

Those joined to Christ live Christ's temporality while also living chronological time

The contributors come from a variety of backgrounds

provide a broadly accessible argument for returning to the perspectives of historic premillennial eschatology

pastoral discernment

Stephen Evans offers a fresh

Drobner brings patristics scholarship up to date in this traditional introduction

Respected New Testament scholar Gary M

spirituality