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Published Date: November 4, 2025
ATS ALUMNUS AND PROFESSOR RELEASES A NEW BOOK
Dr. Kenneth Collins (M.Div. ’79) recently authored Generous Divine Love. The description is compelling:
Generous Divine Love: The Grace and Power of Methodist Theology offers a fresh vision of Methodist theology through its central theme: the abundant generosity of God. At the heart of Methodism is not method, but the grace of holy love reigning on the throne without a rival. Kenneth Collins demonstrates how John Wesley’s theology of grace and holiness, amplified by the hymns of Charles Wesley, reveals salvation as a sheer gift to be received by all. Here, grace flows freely, holiness becomes joy, and God’s love as revealed in Jesus Christ is so wonderfully generous. Both rigorous and accessible, this book invites pastors, scholars, and laity alike to rediscover the transforming power of divine holy love at the core of the Methodist tradition.
Collins, Kenneth J. Generous Divine Love: The Grace and Power of Methodist Theology. Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press, 2025.
For more information, or to order the book, see HERE.
2015 ATS GRAD PUBLISHES HIS DISSERTATION
Since graduating from ATS with his Master of Divinity in 2015, David Nonnenmacher went on to pursue his PhD in Theological Studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He graduated in 2024, and just recently published his completed dissertation.
The description of Because I Am Compassionate is as follows:
All of the law collections in the ancient world, both biblical and cuneiform, promoted humanitarian values–that is, justice for the lawbreaker and mercy for the needy. Scriptural passages advocating for the needs of the widow and the orphan, for example, find parallels within the prologues of their Near Eastern legal contemporaries. What is it, then, that makes the law of the Israelites stand out as “righteous” among the law collections of the surrounding nations as its author, Yhwh, claims (Deut 4:8)? With special attention to the Book of the Covenant (Exod 21-23), this study shows how biblical law possesses a unique, inherent, and innovative humanitarian outlook rooted in the compassionate character of Yhwh as modeled by his actions in the exodus narrative. God’s proclamation of compassion in Exod 22:26 [27] serves as the initial focal point. Each subsequent chapter zooms out further in scope. Such compassion, this study asserts, not only establishes the basis for the Book of the Covenant’s humanitarian values but also provides the motivation for its readers to live according to its directives.
To learn more or purchase this book, see
HERE. It will also soon become available on Amazon.
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