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PaperbackJesus and the Rise of Early Christianity
A History of New Testament Times
by Paul W. Barnett
The pathway to understanding the New Testament leads through the vibrant landscape of the first-century Greco-Roman world. The New Testament is rooted in the concrete historical events of that world.In Jesus the Rise of Early Christianity Paul Barnett not only places the New Testament within that world of caesars and Herods, proconsuls and Pharisees, Sadducees and revolutionaries, but argues ...
PaperbackHosea
An Introduction and Commentary
Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries
by David Allan Hubbard
A wanton and adulterous woman repeatedly spurns the love of her youth. Her betrayed and grieving husband offers forgiveness and seeks to restore the intimacy of their first love.Bold imagery indeed for telling the story of God and his people. Bolder still when God calls a prophet to enflesh this divine suffering and redeeming forgiveness in his own marriage. Yet this remarkable story sets the stage ...
PaperbackWired for Intimacy
How Pornography Hijacks the Male Brain
by William M. Struthers
Pornography is powerful. Our contemporary culture as been pornified, and it shapes our assumptions about identity, sexuality, the value of women and the nature of relationships. Countless Christian men struggle with the addictive power of porn. But common spiritual approaches of more prayer and accountability groups are often of limited help.In this book neuroscientist and researcher William Struthers ...
PaperbackA Introducing Paul
The Man, His Mission and His Message
by Michael Bird
Many Christians who know and love the Bible think they know the apostle Paul. He's a theological master, a pastoral mentor, a spiritual adviser and a missionary hero. Yet just when we think we have him in our grasp, he slips through our fingers. At the point where we suppose we have finally understood him, Paul again confounds us. But he also beckons us to explore God's ways more deeply.Michael ...
PaperbackThe Vulnerable Pastor
How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry
by Mandy Smith
Foreword by David HansenMissio Alliance Essential Reading List
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Often as pastors we feel like we need to project strength and competency in order ...
PaperbackUnderstanding Sexual Abuse
A Guide for Ministry Leaders and Survivors
by Tim Hein
Foreword by Debra Hirsch“It is said that the true test of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members.”As many as one in four girls and one in six boys experience sexual abuse during childhood, and it’s estimated that as many as half of the incidents are neverreported. This means that countless millions in our societies, both children and adults, carry this complex, often hidden pain. What does the path to healing ...
PaperbackApologetic Preaching
Proclaiming Christ to a Postmodern World
by Craig A. Loscalzo
How can we preach when traditional approaches no longer work?While dealing with apologetic issues about relativism and faith was once reserved for non-Christians, today even regular churchgoers have questions that need to be addressed. But not only do they have questions, they often seem to have a totally different mindset of skepticism and doubt that resists authoritative presentations ...
PaperbackAshamed No More
A Pastor's Journey Through Sex Addiction
by T. C. Ryan
Foreword by Walter Wangerin, Jr.There are some things we just don't talk about.Things like sex, particularly when our sexuality is a matter of personal struggle.Things like the vulnerabilities of our pastors, who must maintain a façade not merely of respectability but of moral and psychological superiority.We don't talk about things that make us feel insecure, that make us feel unsettled. But the nature of spiritual growth, even ...
PaperbackTaking It to the Streets
Lessons from a Life of Urban Ministry
by Harry Louis Williams
17th Annual Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year—Church
There's an urgent need for Christian ministry in our cities—but we need a guide.
Known around Oakland, California, as "OG Rev.," Reverend Harry Williams's calling is to the streets: to the hungry, homeless, addicted, incarcerated, and vulnerable. In Taking It to the Streets, ...
PaperbackHoly Conversation
Talking About God in Everyday Life
by Richard Peace
Chicago Book Clinic Award of Excellence
God is back on the agenda.
Today people are fascinated by spirituality, and they have lots of questions. Who better to talk with them than Christians? Trouble is, many of us don't know how to talk about our faith or are uneasy about religious salesmanship and canned evangelistic formulas. We are afraid of button-holing ...
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