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EbookMaking Disciples Across Cultures
Missional Principles for a Diverse World
by Charles A. Davis
Culture affects how we make disciples. We often unconsciously bring our own cultural assumptions into ministry and mission, not realizing that how we think and operate is not necessarily the best or only way to do things. In today's global environment, disciplemaking requires the cultural humility and flexibility to adapt between different cultural approaches.Charles Davis, former director of TEAM, ...
EbookIntroducing Christian Mission Today
Scripture, History and Issues
by Michael W. Goheen
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Mission--a driving force in the long Christian story--today is often cast as the embarrassing relative of tall-steeple religiosity.
In our wider culture it's now tucked in the endnotes of book-club histories or forms the ghostlike ellipses in the six o'clock news. But in Introducing Christian Mission ...
EbookEyes to See
Recognizing God's Common Grace in an Unsettled World
by Tim Muehlhoff
Foreword by J. P. MorelandWhen we encounter human suffering or personal tragedy, Christians and non-Christians alike utter the same refrain: Where is God? If God exists, then where in the world is he? Why doesn’t he show himself? And how can we tell if God is really working or not?
Tim Muehlhoff gives us insight into recognizing how God is at work in the world. He unpacks the doctrine of common ...
EbookFaithful Presence
Seven Disciplines That Shape the Church for Mission
by David E. Fitch
- Missio Alliance Essential Reading List of 2016
In our quest to renew the church, Christians have walked through seeker-friendly, emergent, missional, and other movements to develop new expressions of the body of Christ. Now in the post-Christian world in North America we're asking the question again: Is there a way to be the church that engages the world, not by judgment nor accommodation ...
EbookThe Message of Galatians
The Bible Speaks Today Series
by John Stott
To enclaves of young converts in the mountains of Asia Minor, Paul wrote what is perhaps the oldest document in the New Testament—the letter to the Galatians. Paul's readers were struggling with numerous issues: How were men and women to be put right with God? Among a variety of religious authorities espousing different teachings, how were they to know who was right? How could Christians ...
EbookReading Romans with Eastern Eyes
Honor and Shame in Paul's Message and Mission
by Brad Vaughn
Foreword by E. Randolph RichardsChristianity Today's 2020 Book of the Year Award of Merit - Biblical Studies
Biblical Foundations Award Finalist
What does it mean to “read Romans with Eastern eyes”?
Combining research from Asian scholars with his many years of experience living and working in East Asia, Brad Vaughn directs our attention to Paul's letter ...
EbookLearning Our Names
Asian American Christians on Identity, Relationships, and Vocation
by Sabrina Chan, Linson Thomas Daniel, Emmanuel David de Leon, and La Thao
What's your name?
Asian Americans know the pain of being called names that deny our humanity. We may toggle back and forth between different names as a survival strategy. But it's a challenge to discern what names reflect our true identities as Asian Americans and as Christians. In an era when Asians face ongoing discrimination and marginalization, it can be hard to live into ...
EbookSoul Care in African American Practice
by Barbara Peacock
Christianity Today Award of Merit
In the midst of our hectic, overscheduled lives, caring for the soul is imperative.
Now, more than ever, we need to pause—intentionally—and encounter the Divine.
Soul care director Barbara Peacock illustrates a journey of prayer, spiritual direction, and soul care from an African American perspective. ...
EbookHear Ye the Word of the Lord
What We Miss If We Only Read the Bible
by Brent Sandy
Foreword by John H. WaltonECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award
Long before the words of the Bible were written, God's communication through the spoken word rang out loud and clear. Jesus in particular commissioned representatives to speak on his behalf even during the time of his earthly ministry. And yet today we are a reading culture. It is easy for modern Christians to take ...
HardbackFamily Therapies
A Comprehensive Christian Appraisal
by Mark A. Yarhouse and James N. Sells
This comprehensive textbook offers mental health professionals an essential resource for family therapy from a Christian integration perspective.
In this updated third edition of Family Therapies, Mark A. Yarhouse and James N. Sells survey and evaluate the major approaches to family therapy and discuss significant issues in psychotherapy as they relate to family ...
