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PaperbackI Once Was Lost
What Postmodern Skeptics Taught Us About Their Path to Jesus
by Don Everts and Doug Schaupp
How do people come to Jesus in today's postmodern culture? Not by a mechanical, linear process of cookie cutter conversions. Nor by a nebulous spiritual wandering that never culminates in decision and commitment. Over the last decade, Don Everts and Doug Schaupp have listened to the stories of two thousand postmodern people who have come to follow Jesus. While their stories are diverse and varied, ...
PaperbackAre You Waiting for "The One"?
Cultivating Realistic, Positive Expectations for Christian Marriage
by Margaret Kim Peterson and Dwight N. Peterson
Does God want to write your love story?Well, maybe not—especially not if it is the culture's romanticized ideal of happily ever after! Margaret and Dwight Peterson help us sort out the difference between how our surrounding society often depicts marriage and how Christians really should approach this particular gift of God to all humanity. They guide us through many aspects of a growing, maturing ...
PaperbackApostolic Church Planting
Birthing New Churches from New Believers
by J. D. Payne
Church planting is not just about gathering new communities of people who are already Christians. In the book of Acts, church plants begin with sharing the gospel. Planting churches flows naturally out of making disciples. Pastor J. D. Payne explains the process and stages of church planting, with biblical foundations and practical steps for planting teams. He provides a pathway for the multiplication ...
PaperbackChildren's Ministry in the Way of Jesus
by David M Csinos and Ivy Beckwith
Foreword by John H. Westerhoff IIIAttract kids to church, the logic often goes, and you get parents in the pews. All that's left, then, is to get the kids out of the way. Here children's ministers David Csinos and Ivy Beckwith draw on research in human development and spiritual formation to show how children become disciples and churches become centers of lifelong discipleship. For too long, the local church has focused primarily ...
PaperbackEmboldened
A Vision for Empowering Women in Ministry
by Tara Beth Leach
Foreword by Scot McKnightThroughout Scripture and church history, women have been central to the mission of God. But all too often women have lacked opportunities to minister fully. Many churches lack visible examples of women in ministry and leadership.Pastor Tara Beth Leach issues a stirring call for a new generation of women in ministry: to teach, to preach, to shepherd, and to lead. God not only permits women to minister—he ...
PaperbackCrossing Cultures in Scripture
Biblical Principles for Mission Practice
by Marvin J. Newell
Foreword by Patrick Fung14th Annual Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year, Cross-Cultural Category
From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is a crosscultural book. Scripture is full of narratives of God's people crossing cultures in pursuit of God's mission. Biblical texts shed light on mission dynamics: Sarah and Hagar functioning in an honor-shame culture, Moses as a multicultural leader, ...
PaperbackMariner
A Theological Voyage with Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Studies in Theology and the Arts Series
by Malcolm Guite
Instead of the cross, the Albatross
About my neck was hung.Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is often regarded as having heralded the beginning of the Romantic era in British literature. The poem narrates the story of a sailor who has returned home from a long voyage having suffered great loss, yet survived.
In this ...
PaperbackThe Earliest Christologies
Five Images of Christ in the Postapostolic Age
by James L Papandrea
The second century was a religious and cultural crucible for early Christian Christology. Was Christ a man, temporarily inhabited by the divine? Was he a spirit, only apparently cloaked in flesh? Or was he the Logos, truly incarnate? Between varieties of adoptionism on the one hand and brands of gnosticism on the other, the church's understanding took shape.In this clear and concise introduction, ...
PaperbackOne Bible, Many Versions
Are All Translations Created Equal?
by David Brunn
What makes a Bible translation faithful? Is one version superior to others? Do we really need more than one translation? How can answering these questions help us become better Bible readers?
Dave Brunn has been involved in Bible translationwork around the world for many years. From the perspective of this on-the-ground experience in different cultures he helps us sort out the many competing ...
PaperbackHow to Read Exodus
How to Read Series
by Tremper Longman III
The book of Exodus is a key to understanding the Bible. Without it, the Bible would lack three early scenes: deliverance, covenant and worship. Exodus provides the events and narrative, the themes and imagery foundational for understanding the story of Israel and of Jesus.You can read Exodus on your own, and its main themes will be clear enough. But an expert can sharpen your understanding and appreciation ...
