"The divine mystery, as interpreted by Paul, offers transformation. The believer who identifies with the death and resurrection of Christ by putting to death the old way of life (Rom 6:5-11; Gal 2:20) enters into a new sphere of influence characterized by intimate fellowship with Christ. One who is in this sphere is free from the snare of Adam and the world and is no longer bound by the power of sin and death. The divine mystery also offers a new source of power by the indwelling Holy Spirit. The Spirit brings gifts to those in Christ that enable them to function as community. The highest and most significant of these is love which brings diversity together into unity. The indicative is that the Spirit graces believers with love. The imperative is that they should follow after the example of Paul, and hence Christ, in loving others. The divine Spirit is described as holy and makes holiness possible for those in Christ. The indicative is that fellowship with Christ is possible because of redemption. The imperative is that Christ demands loyalty which cannot be shared with any other, particularly with prostitutes who represent the ways of the world or idols that open doors for demons."
—from the Conclusion

Author - Dr. David A. Ackerman

"The socio-rhetorical study of 1 Corinthians has reached a stage of considerable sophistication over the course of the last decade. Ackerman furthers the conversation in the right direction in this volume, demonstrating that one of the central, if not the key issues being addressed in 1 Corinthians is spiritual immaturity. This study should receive a wide readership."

—Ben Witherington III
author of 'Conflict and Community in Corinth'

Practices, Politics, and Performance by Dr. Michael G. Cartwright
European Pietism Reviewed by Frederick Herzog
Constructing a Relational Cosmology
The Little Church that Refused to Die by William W. Moore
Ambushed by Grace by Dr. Thomas W. Currie
The Will of God and the Cross by Jonathan H. Rainbow
Christ in our Place: The Humanity of God in Christ for the Reconciliation of the World
"Education Has Nothing to Do with Theology" by Dr. Edward J. Newell
A Little Book of Christian Questions and Responses by Theodore Beza
Poverty in the Theology of John Calvin by Dr. Bonnie L. Pattison
Evangelicalism and Karl Barth by Phillip R. Thorne
The Triune God by E. L. Mascall
Theosis
Orthodoxy and Difference by Dr. Dmitri Sidorov
Faithfulness and the Purpose of Hebrews by Matthew J. Marohl
The Holy Spirit and the Renewal of All Things by T. David Beck
Faith, Theology, and Psychoanalysis by Trevor Dobbs Ph.D.
Coram Deo by Caryn D. Riswold
The Founding of the Roman Catholic Church in Melanesia and Micronesia, 1850-1875 by Ralph M. Wiltgen
The Holy Spirit in the Theology of Karl Barth by John Thompson
Geoffrey Fisher by David Hein
My Father-In-Law by Max Zellweger-Barth
On the Christianity of Theology by Franz Overbeck
Critical Realism and the New Testament by Ben F. Meyer
Female and Male: The Cultic Personnel: The Bible and the Rest of the Ancient Near East by Richard A. Henshaw
The Loss and Recovery of Transcendence by John C. Robertson
Calvin's Doxology by Pamela Ann Moeller
Fire From the Heights by Moelwyn Merchant
Jesus Christ and Creation in the Theology of John Calvin by Peter Wyatt
Jesus, the Parable of God by Dr. Eduard Schweizer
Jesus and the Word by C. K. Barrett
"Those Who Call Themselves Jews" by Dr. Philip L. Mayo
Consenting to God and Nature by Dr. Byron C. Bangert
The Tondrakian Movement by N.V. Nersessian
The Aims of Jesus by Ben F. Meyer
A Gentleman in Every Slum by David B. McIlhiney
How to do Biblical Theology by Peter Stuhlmacher
Where is My Home? by Dr. Zdenek Bednar
Asian Contextual Theology for the Third Millennium
Searching for Lost Coins by Ann Loades
Tradition Renewed
Risking Truth by Scott A. Ellington
The Arminian Confession of 1621
Theology of Anticipation by Anette Ejsing
Renewing Tradition
R.S. Thomas: Poet of the Hidden God by D.Z. Phillips
Theology Beyond Christendom
Schleiermacher on Christian Consciousness of God's Work in History by Abraham Varghese Kunnuthara
Colonial Presbyterianism
The Kitchen Saint and the Heritage of Islam by Brother Lawrence
Basic Human Rights and the Humanitarian Crises in Sub-Saharan Africa by Gabriel Andrew Msoka
The Trinitarian Self by Charles Bellinger
The Sacred Text by Ronald F. Satta
The Diffusion of Ecclesiastical Authority by Darin H. Land
Lo, I Tell You a Mystery by Dr. David A. Ackerman
The Tangled Bank by Michael S. Hogue
The Hermeneutical Quest
Christus Faber by Ben F. Meyer
History and Theology by Dr. Piet B. Boshoff
Martin Luther and Buddhism by Paul S. Chung
New Testament Traditions and Apocryphal Narratives by Francois Bovon
Polemic in the Book of Hebrews by Lloyd Kim
A Place Somewhat Apart by Dr. Philip E. Harrold
The Epigones by William A. McComish
Freedom and Civilization Among the Greeks by A. J. Festugiere
Go Figure!
Jeshua by Moelwyn Merchant
Salvaging Wesley's Agenda by Kevin Twain Lowery
The Trial of Jesus Continues by Dr. Rudolf Pesch
The Reformed Pastor by John W. Nevin D.D.
Enigmas and Powers
Revitalizing Theological Epistemology by Steven B. Sherman
Speculative Theology and Common-Sense Religion by Linden J. DeBie
Cross in Tensions by Philip Ruge-Jones
A Church Historian's Odyssey by Horton Davies
The Neo-Orthodox Theology of W. W. Bryden by John Vissers
Who Needs a New Covenant? by Michael D. Morrison
God With Us by Joseph Haroutunian
Saints: Visible, Orderly, and Catholic by Alan P.F. Sell
Schleiermacher's Preaching, Dogmatics, and Biblical Criticism by Catherine L. Kelsey
Living Devotions by Mary Clark Moschella
From the Margins
Calvin's Concept of the Law by Dr. I. John Hesselink
The Present and the Past by Richard J. Ginn
The Way of Theology in Karl Barth
Seasons of the Heart by Sara Henderson Hay
The Subjective Eye
Gladstone: The Making of a Christian Politician by Dr. Peter J. Jagger
On This Rock by Donald G. Miller
The Theology of Electricity by Ernst Benz
Reflections of Renaissance England by Dr. Marie-Helene Davies