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  • Kierkegaard: A Christian Missionary to Christians, By Mark A. Tietjen
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    Kierkegaard

    A Christian Missionary to Christians

    by Mark A. Tietjen
    Foreword by Merold Westphal

    Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) had a mission. The church had become weak, flabby and inconsequential. Being a Christian was more a cultural heritage than a spiritual reality. His mission—reintroduce the Christian faith to Christians. How could he break through to people who were members of the church and thought they were Christians already? Like an Old Testament prophet, Kierkegaard used ...

  • Shepherds After My Own Heart: Pastoral Traditions and Leadership in the Bible, By Timothy S. Laniak
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    Shepherds After My Own Heart

    Pastoral Traditions and Leadership in the Bible

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Timothy S. Laniak
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    Scripture says, "I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding" (Jeremiah 3:15).Most of Israel's pastoral imagery is grounded in two traditions: Moses as God's under-shepherd and David as shepherd-king. These traditions, explains author Timothy S. Laniak, provided prototypes for leaders that followed, and formed the background for the ministry of ...

  • Words of Life: Scripture as the Living and Active Word of God, By Timothy Ward
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    Words of Life

    Scripture as the Living and Active Word of God

    by Timothy Ward

    Throughout Christian history, the overwhelmingly predominant view of the Bible has been that it is itself the living and active word of God. In this book Timothy Ward explains and defends what we are really saying when we trust and proclaim, as wemust, that the Bible is God's word. In particular he describes the nature of the relationship between the living God and Scripture. He examines why, in ...

  • Old-Earth or Evolutionary Creation?: Discussing Origins with Reasons to Believe and BioLogos, Edited by Kenneth Keathley and J. B. Stump and Joe Aguirre
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    Old-Earth or Evolutionary Creation?

    Discussing Origins with Reasons to Believe and BioLogos

    BioLogos Books on Science and Christianity

    Edited by Kenneth Keathley, J. B. Stump, and Joe Aguirre

    Jesus Creed Book of the Year 2017, Science and Faith

    Christians confess that God created the heavens and the earth. But they are divided over how God created and whether the Bible gives us a scientifically accurate accountof the process of creation.

    Representatives of two prominent positions—old-earth creation (Reasons to Believe) and evolutionary creation ...

  • Making Peace with the Land: God's Call to Reconcile with Creation, By Fred Bahnson and Norman Wirzba
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    Making Peace with the Land

    God's Call to Reconcile with Creation

    Resources for Reconciliation

    by Fred Bahnson and Norman Wirzba
    Foreword by Bill McKibben

    God is reconciling all things in heaven and on earth.We are alienated not only from one another, but also from the land that sustains us. Our ecosystems are increasingly damaged, and human bodies are likewise degraded. Most of us have little understanding of how our energy is derived or our food is produced, and many of our current industrialized practices are both unhealthy for our bodies and unsustainable ...

  • Walking the Labyrinth: A Place to Pray and Seek God, By Travis Scholl
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    Walking the Labyrinth

    A Place to Pray and Seek God

    by Travis Scholl
    Foreword by Walter Wangerin, Jr.

    One day Travis Scholl discovered a labyrinth in his neighborhood. As he began to walk it, he found this ancient practice offered a much-needed path away from life's demands, allowing him to encounter God in quiet solitude.

    In this meditative guide, Travis Scholl takes readers on a journey:

    "The path is always new, because, as a spiritual discipline, the labyrinth is a tool for contemplation, ...

  • A Just Mission: Laying Down Power and Embracing Mutuality, By Mekdes Haddis
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    A Just Mission

    Laying Down Power and Embracing Mutuality

    by Mekdes Haddis
    Foreword by Latasha Morrison

    Why do American Christians travel overseas to reach people in distant lands, but neglect ministering to people who immigrate from those lands to their home communities?

    Why does Western missions funding depend on narrativesthat marginalize indigenous leadership?

    Why are diaspora Christians from the Global South not seen as legitimate missionaries to the West?

    Western ...