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Stanley E. Porter
Stanley E. Porter (PhD, University of Sheffield) is president, dean, professor of New Testament, and Roy A. Hope Chair in Christian Worldview at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is the author of twenty-eight books on various topics in New Testament and related subjects, including Hermeneutics: An Introduction to Interpretive Theory (with Jason C. Robinson), and he has edited over eighty volumes, including Biblical Hermeneutics: Five Views (with BethM. Stovell). Porter has also published over three hundred articles, chapters, and related writings.
PaperbackThe Possibility of Prayer
Finding Stillness with God in a Restless World
by John Starke
The world clamors for efficiency and productivity.
But the life of prayer is neither efficient nor productive. Instead, as we learn in the psalms, prayer calls us to wait, to watch, to listen, to taste, and to see. These things are not productive by any modern measure—but they are transformative.
As a pastor in Manhattan, John Starke knows the bustle and busyness of ...
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Ian Morgan Cron
Ian Morgan Cron is a bestselling author, nationally recognized speaker, Enneagram teacher, counselor, Dove Award–winning songwriter, and Episcopal priest. His books include the novel Chasing Francis and spiritual memoir Jesus, My Father, the CIA, and Me. His most recent book is The Story of You: An Enneagram Journey to Becoming Your True Self. He and his wife, Anne, live in Nashville, Tennessee.
EbookSuffering and the Search for Meaning
Contemporary Responses to the Problem of Pain
by Richard Rice
Suffering is a philosophical problem, but it is much more. It is deeply personal. Why is this happening to me? How can I respond to friends and family in pain and loss, and to people in my care? Richard Rice guides readers through the seven most significant theodicies—approaches that have been used to make sense of suffering in light of God's justice or control. He considers the strengths ...
PaperbackPreaching the New Testament
Edited by Ian Paul and David Wenham
The New Testament writers proclaimed their message passionately and persuasively. This volume explores how we can preach faithfully from those texts. The chapters cover the main texts and genres of the New Testament, and offer particular insightsinto the infancy narratives, parables, miracles, the Sermon on the Mount, ethics, future hope and judgment, archaeology and history, hermeneutics and the ...
EbookNow I Lay Me Down to Fight
A Poet Writes Her Way Through Cancer
by Katy Bowser Hutson
Illustrated by Jodi Hays
Foreword by Tish Harrison WarrenIn stirring verse and essays, Katy Bowser Hutson chronicles her battle with breast cancer and the complications of faith amid such a fight. Accentuated by the art of Jodi Hays, Katy's words lead us through the realization of cancer, the experience of chemotherapy and a mastectomy, relentless rounds of radiation, the uncertainty of ongoing treatment, and what comes after survival. ...
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EbookFaith
Depending on God
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Dale Larsen and Sandy Larsen
Why don't I get what I pray for? Do I wait in faith for God to change a bad situation, or do I step out in faith to look for change? Why don't I feel more confident that God will help me?If you ever struggle with uncertainties about faith, you'llfind good company in the pages of the Bible. These nine studies on people who struggle with faith and on the teachings of faithful people will encourage ...
Number of Studies: 9
PaperbackGod Behaving Badly
Is the God of the Old Testament Angry, Sexist and Racist?
by David T. Lamb
God has a bad reputation. Many think of God as wrathful and angry, smiting people right and left for no apparent reason. The Old Testament in particular seems at times to portray God as capricious and malevolent, wiping out armiesand nations, punishing enemies with extreme prejudice.
But wait. The story is more complicated than that. Alongside troubling passages of God's punishment ...
EbookQuestions Jesus Asks
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Dale Larsen and Sandy Larsen
"What do you want?"
"Do you see this woman?"
"Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?"
These are just some of the many questions that Jesus asked throughout the Gospels. Jesus invites us to inquire, reflect, and discuss. This nine-session LifeGuide® Bible Study is designed to help us dig into some ...
Number of Studies: 9
