In this single volume you will find nearly three-and-a-half thousand terms and names from the history, teachings, and liturgy of the church. This indispensable reference work is for anyone who wants quick access to information that is sometimes difficult to find, even in a well-stocked library. The perfect single-volume reference for the layperson, students, pastors, and teachers.

Churches have split and denominations have formed over the issue of church government. Yet while many Christians can explain their particular church’s form of rule and may staunchly uphold it, few have a truly biblical understanding of it. What model for governing the church does the Bible provide?

Miracles, biblical inerrancy, hell, women in church leadership, creation, and the rapture—these are some key areas of concern for many in the church. With dozens of contributing authors from various theological backgrounds, the Zondervan Counterpoints series is an invaluable set of resources for Christians today, focusing on these topics and more. Each volume lays out multiple views on a particular theological matter, letting you draw your own conclusions on these contested issues. Respected biblical scholars and theologians present their views based on years of extensive research—so you know you’re hearing the strongest possible case for each perspective. Whether you are a student, pastor, teacher, youth worker, or layperson, these volumes are a fantastic tool for understanding contemporary Christian issues in the light of solid scriptural truth.

Which of Jesus’ statements have evangelicals of the last 250 years preached on more often than any other? Probably, “You must be born again.” What metaphor finds wider use in evangelistic appeals than the one of rebirth? But do Christians today, not to mention other people, grasp the full biblical meaning of the doctrine called regeneration? The author fears they do not. He leads the reader through all biblical references to the new birth. Then he traces the doctrine’s development throughout the church's history, from Augustine through the Reformers to Billy Graham. He has made Born Again “intelligible to any thinking person.”

The Zondervan Practical Theology Collection presents contemporary insights to key Christian disciplines. Featuring a variety of viewpoints, this collection offers guidance and practical help to pastors and ministry leaders in many different facets of the church and ministry as a whole.

Containing some of the best Zondervan works, this is a comprehensive library of premier Evangelical Christian biblical research. Resources included in this collection provide readers with a wide array of content from Greek and Hebrew textbook to biblical interpretation, hermeneutics and bible study, from commentaries, biblical exegesis, theology, and church history, to pastoral ministry, life application, and devotional material. You will benefit from the scholarly and practical guidance from authors including Douglas Moo, D.A. Carson, John Walton, Tremper Longman, III, and Walter Kaiser, and some of its most-respected series, including Word Biblical Commentary, NIV Application Commentary, Expositor’s Bible Commentary, and the Counterpoints series. With this collection you will have an immense Bible reference library to engage with key scholars, doctrines, and events of the Christian faith.

Foretaste of Heaven is a witness to the enabling grace of God in a time of grave illness. It shows how the Christian hope of the Resurrection of the Dead and of Life Everlasting lifts the mind and heart above the sadness of imminent death and fills the soul with joyful anticipation of heaven. The Psalms in particular are seen as a well from which can be drawn assurances of God as truly "a very present help in time of need."

Miracles, biblical inerrancy, hell, women in church leadership, creation, and the rapture—these are some key areas of concern for many in the church. With dozens of contributing authors from various theological backgrounds, the Zondervan Counterpoints series is an invaluable set of resources for Christians today, focusing on these topics and more. Each volume lays out multiple views on a particular theological matter, letting you draw your own conclusions on these contested issues. Respected biblical scholars and theologians present their views based on years of extensive research—so you know you’re hearing the strongest possible case for each perspective. Whether you are a student, pastor, teacher, youth worker, or layperson, these volumes are a fantastic tool for understanding contemporary Christian issues in the light of solid scriptural truth.