Evangelical Theology<\/em>. The gospel both generates and governs Christian faith, but systematic theologies sometimes smother it under the weight of conceptual schemes,\u00a0confessional traditions, or social agendas. Not on Bird\u2019s watch. The gospel is front and center in all eight parts of this thoroughly revised, wiser, wider, and wittier\u00a0work. With its persistent focus on the meaning and significance of the gospel of Jesus Christ, this book may be the tonic we need to rescue the term \u2018evangelical\u2019 from being either drained of meaning altogether or linked to something less than the cause of Jesus and his coming kingdom.\u201d<\/p>\n\u2014KEVIN VANHOOZER, research professor of systematic theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School<\/p>\n
\u201cStudents of evangelical theology should welcome this second, revised and expanded version of Michael Bird\u2019s widely read text. In his inimitable style, with wide-ranging engagement with sources old and news, as well as impressive clarity and verve, Bird here offers a fetching and substantive account of Christian theology. Those looking to find their way through the thickets of contemporary evangelical teaching will be well-served by Bird\u2019s guidance.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014PHILIP G. ZIEGLER, Professor of Christian dogmatics, University of Aberdeen.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou need this ecumenical systematic theology on your bookshelf\u2014one that begins, centers, and ends with the gospel. This is the lens that both laypeople and academics need to bring into focus what God is revealing to us in his word. Not only does Mike Bird give that, but he makes it both fun and challenging to read as he humbly interacts with theologians past and present on the content of our faith. He\u2019s the fun uncle that has crashed the stodgy family party, showing what is both real and exciting about our heritage in Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014AIMEE BYRD, author of Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood<\/em> and Why Can\u2019t We Be Friends?<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cMichael Bird seeks to place evangelical theology on surer footing by engaging with the best in the Christian tradition, and he succeeds admirably. This new edition incorporates conversations with the global church. Its conversational style makes it highly readable and unique for a systematic theology. I will not hesitate to recommend it as a course textbook.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014SIMON CHAN, Trinity Theological College, Singapore<\/p>\n
\u201cMy friend Michael Bird is a gift to the Evangelical church. His sheer brilliance and witty humor is breath of fresh air. Reading Evangelical Theology<\/em> is an adventure. It\u2019s really, really good. I believe it is so because Bird-man writes, \u201cI unabashedly believe that the good news of Jesus Christ is the most important doctrine.\u201d This book must be in your theological library. You will return to it again and again.\u201d<\/p>\n\u2014DERWIN L. GRAY, founding & lead pastor of Transformation Church, author of The Good Life: What Jesus Teaches About Finding True Happiness<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cFor years, I have frequently and enthusiastically recommended this book to students for its comprehensive and fair treatment of key issues in Christian doctrine and practice. Now with more diverse dialogue partners and even more robust treatments of key issues in the ever-developing world of theology, I have even more reasons to do so. Bird simply keeps readers\u2019 attention on the Gospel, as he exhaustively equips us to learn it well so we can live it well.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014AMY PEELER, associate professor of New Testament, Wheaton College<\/p>\n
\u201cMike Bird\u2019s second edition of the already potent Evangelical Theology<\/em> has gained impressive horsepower. With the first edition I had at last found a text that could engage and excite the theologically apathetic. I\u2019m even more enthusiastic for students to dive into the second edition. The updated sources strengthen an already well-researched text in Bird\u2019s always engaging style. His treatment of theological method provides long-overdue correctives for evangelicals. As he then models that method, he demonstrates how a gospel-driven approach to theology unleashes the power of theology across the loci. This text will benefit thoughtful Christians in both congregation and classroom; anchoring theological novices while stretching those whose theology has become domesticated.\u201d<\/p>\n\u2014DON J. PAYNE, associate professor of theology, Denver Seminary<\/p>\n
\u201cEvangelical Theology <\/em>is a gift to God\u2019s people.\u00a0 The revised edition offers the biblical foundations and extensive historical perspectives of its original publication, along with a more substantive incorporation of theologians from the global South.\u00a0 This robust theological exposition produces the intellectual, moral, and spiritual growth that fuels the personal and public witness of the Church.\u201d<\/p>\n\u2014WALTER R. STRICKLAND II, associate vice president for kingdom diversity initiatives &
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