{"product_id":"the-millennial-maze-9780830817573","title":"The Millennial Maze","description":"\u003cp\u003eJesus is coming back! On this issue Evangelicals are united.But ask, \"When will he return? Before or after the millennium? What will the millennium be like? What exactly is our hope?\" and you enter a bewildering maze of options all claiming to be the right one.In this book Stanley J. Grenz provides historical and biblical, as well as theological, perspective on the four major positions held by evangelicals--postmillennialism, dispensational premillennialism, historic premillennialism and amillennialism. Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of each position, he seeks to cut a new path through the maze that reaffirms the valid insights of each and sounds a fresh note of hope in an age of shattered illusions.As an added bonus readers will find that Grenz takes note of some of the latest development in dialog between dispensationalists and covenant theologians. The result has been some modifications in long-held positions that have brought the two groups closer together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eStanley J. Grenz (1950-2005) earned a B.A. from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1973, an M.Div. from Denver Seminary in 1976 and a D.Theol. From the University of Munich (Germany) in 1978, where completed his dissertation under the supervision of Wolfhart Pannenberg.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ordained into the gospel ministry in 1976, Grenz worked within the local church context as a youth director and assistant pastor (Northwest Baptist Church, Denver), pastor (Rowandale Baptist Church, Winnipeg), and interim pastor. In addition he preached and lectured in numerous churches, colleges, universities and seminaries in North America, Europe, Africa, Australia and Asia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Grenz wrote or cowrote twenty-five books, the most recent of which is \u003ci\u003eRediscovering the Triune God: The Trinity in Contemporary Theology\u003c\/i\u003e (2004). His other books include \u003ci\u003eThe Social God and the Relational Self: A Trinitarian Theology of the Imago Dei\u003c\/i\u003e (Westminster John Knox), \u003ci\u003eBeyond Foundationalism: Shaping Theology in a Postmodern Context\u003c\/i\u003e (with John R. Franke; Westminster John Knox), \u003ci\u003eThe Moral Quest: Foundations of Christian Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e (IVP), \u003ci\u003eA Primer on Postmodernism\u003c\/i\u003e (Eerdmans), \u003ci\u003eWomen in the Church: A Biblical Theology of Women in Ministry\u003c\/i\u003e (with Denise Muir Kjesbo; IVP), \u003ci\u003eRevisioning Evangelical Theology: A Fresh Agenda for the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e (IVP), and \u003ci\u003eThe Millennial Maze: Sorting Out Evangelical Options\u003c\/i\u003e (IVP). He has also coauthored several shorter reference and introductory books for IVP, including \u003ci\u003eWho Needs Theology? An Invitation to the Study of God\u003c\/i\u003e (with Roger E. Olson), \u003ci\u003ePocket Dictionary of Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e (with Jay T. Smith), and \u003ci\u003ePocket Dictionary of Theological Terms\u003c\/i\u003e (with David Guretzki and Cherith Fee Nordling). He contributed articles to more than two dozen other volumes, and has had published more than one hundred essays and eighty book reviews. These have appeared in journals such as \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today, The Christian Century, Christian Scholar's Review, Theology Today\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Ecumenical Studies.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For twelve years (1990-2002), Grenz held the position of Pioneer McDonald Professor of Baptist Heritage, Theology and Ethics at Carey Theological College and at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. After a one-year sojourn as Distinguished Professor of Theology at Baylor University and Truett Seminary in Waco, Texas (2002-2003), he returned to Carey and resumed his duties as Pioneer McDonald Professor of Theology. In 2004 he assumed an additional appointment as Professor of Theological Studies at Mars Hill Graduate School in Seattle, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50720823705874,"sku":"9780830817573","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c076fa31-33ab-4a37-983f-4b80f9e2992a.jpg?v=1734677147","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-millennial-maze-9780830817573","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}