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  • In the Shadow of the Temple: Jewish Influences on Early Christianity, By Oskar Skarsaune
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    In the Shadow of the Temple

    Jewish Influences on Early Christianity

    by Oskar Skarsaune

    Oskar Skarsaune makes a fresh contribution to our understanding of the development of the early church in its practice (e.g., worship, baptism and Eucharist) and doctrine (e.g., Scripture, Christology, pneumatology). This book offers the new perspective that Christians were in ongoing and deep conversation with Jews during the early centuries leading up to Constantine. .

    The common perception ...

  • Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes: Cultural Studies in 1 Corinthians, By Kenneth E. Bailey
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    Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes

    Cultural Studies in 1 Corinthians

    by Kenneth E. Bailey

    Christianity Today Book Award winner

    Paul was a Hebrew of the Hebrews, steeped in the learning of his people.

    But he was also a Roman citizen who widely traveled the Mediterranean basin, andwas very knowledgeable of the dominant Greek and Roman culture of his day. These two mighty rivers of influence converge in Paul's first letter to the Corinthians.

    With ...

  • Faith That Lasts: A Father and Son on Cultivating Lifelong Belief, By Cameron McAllister and Stuart McAllister Faith That Lasts: A Father and Son on Cultivating Lifelong Belief, By Cameron McAllister and Stuart McAllister
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    Faith That Lasts

    A Father and Son on Cultivating Lifelong Belief

    by Cameron McAllister and Stuart McAllister
    Foreword by Chris Brooks

    "Please fix my kid."In their work as Christian apologists, father and son Stuart and Cameron McAllister have heard many variations on this theme from concerned parents. It's a sentiment lots of Christian parents can relate to—a deep and fearful sense of their own inadequacy to raise their children in the faith amid a seductive culture that's often hostile to Christianity.In Faith ...

  • Living Wisely with the Church Fathers, By Christopher A. Hall Living Wisely with the Church Fathers, By Christopher A. Hall
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    Living Wisely with the Church Fathers

    by Christopher A. Hall

    The first centuries of Christianity are like a far country. But despite their foreignness, they hold a treasury of wisdom for living. Early Christians struggled and flourished in a culture that was in love with empire and military power, infatuated with sex and entertainment, tolerant of all gods but hostile to the One. And from this crucible of discipleship they extracted lessons of virtue, faithfulness, ...

  • A Week in the Life of a Roman Centurion, By Gary M. Burge A Week in the Life of a Roman Centurion, By Gary M. Burge
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    A Week in the Life of a Roman Centurion

    A Week in the Life Series

    by Gary M. Burge

    Enter a world of warfare and treachery, of duty and honor, of love and loyalty, interwoven with the inner workings of a Roman centurion's household. And then trace it as the road curves toward little Capernaum.

    Follow the story of Appius, aproud centurion, and Tullus, his scribe and slave. From a battle with the Parthians, through a tragic personal crisis, to the gladiator arena at Caesarea ...

  • Beyond Racial Gridlock: Embracing Mutual Responsibility, By George Yancey
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    Beyond Racial Gridlock

    Embracing Mutual Responsibility

    by George Yancey

    Christians have struggled with racial issues for centuries, and often inadvertently contribute to the problem. Many proposed solutions have been helpful, but these only take us so far. Adding to this complex situation is the reality that Christians of different races see the issues differently.Sociologist George Yancey surveys a range of approaches to racial healing that Christians have used and ...