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PaperbackEmbracing Contemplation
Reclaiming a Christian Spiritual Practice
Edited by John H. Coe and Kyle C. Strobel
What does a Christian life lived "by the Spirit" look like?For many Christians throughout history, fulfilling Paul's command in Galatians 5:25 included a form of contemplation and prayer that leads to spiritual formation. But in large part, contemporary Christians—perhaps especially evangelicals—seem to have lost or forgotten about this treasure from their own tradition.Bringing ...
Paperback1 & 2 Timothy and Titus
Do What You Have Heard
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Peter T Sommer
Deteriorating values. Competing religions. Weakening morality.
Do you feel sometimes that the world presents you with more problems than you can handle?
Timothy and Titus faced all of these tough issues as young church leaders. But Paul encouraged them to put aside timidity and insecurity, and to find strength in Christ. As Pete Sommer guides you in this eleven-session LifeGuide® ...
Number of Studies: 11
PaperbackBlessed Are the Unsatisfied
Finding Spiritual Freedom in an Imperfect World
by Amy Simpson
Christians often hear the idea that following Jesus means that we should be living a life of full satisfaction. How many of us actually experience that kind of life?
Amy Simpson wants to debunk this satisfaction myth in the church. After forty years of walking with Jesus, she writes, "I am deeply unsatisfied not only with my ability to reflect Jesus, but also with the very quality of my ...
PaperbackThe End of Sexual Identity
Why Sex Is Too Important to Define Who We Are
by Jenell Williams Paris
Sexual identity has become an idol in both the culture at large and in the Christian subculture. And yet concepts like "gay" or "straight" are relatively recent developments in human history. We let ourselves be defined by socially constructed notions of sexual identity and sexual orientation--even though these may not be the only or best ways to think about sexuality.Anthropologist Jenell Williams ...
PaperbackPhilippians
A Commentary on the New Testament
The IVP New Testament Commentary Series
by Gordon D. Fee
Nothing cripples a church's effectiveness like internal strife. In Philippi, Paul addressed a congregation whose private struggles were compounded by opposition and suffering from without. Paul's strategy was to write them a letter of friendship and moral exhortation, reminding them of their "partnership in the gospel," their mutual suffering for the cause of Christ, and their need to "stand firm ...
PaperbackGive Me an Answer That Satisfies My Heart and My Mind
Answers to Your Toughest Questions
by Cliffe Knechtle
Faith, Doubts, and Answers That Satisfy
Does God really send people to hell? Doesn't science disprove Christianity? Why are there so many hypocrites in the church? Isn't the Bible full of errors?
These are the kinds of tough questions people are asking. How can Christians be prepared to answer them?
Cliffe Knechtle has been handling ...
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N. T. Wright
N. T. Wright is a prolific author and respected theologian. Formerly bishop of Durham in England, he is research professor of New Testament and early Christianity at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. His books include Simply Christian, Jesus and the Victory of God, and the magisterial Paul and the Faithfulness of God.
PaperbackHermanas
Deepening Our Identity and Growing Our Influence
by Natalia Kohn Rivera, Noemi Vega Quiñones, and Kristy Garza Robinson
Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist - Multicultural
God calls Latinas to lives of influence. He created his Latina daughters to partner with him, live into the incredible plans he has for eachof us, and walk in his grace and strength to help change this world. But many of us have heard cultural messages that make us doubt our adequacy. We have ...
PaperbackInstitutional Intelligence
How to Build an Effective Organization
by Gordon T. Smith
Institutions matter. But we often view them somewhat cynically, perhaps as a necessary evil.
In truth, institutions remain essential to human flourishing. They are the very means by which communities thrive, individual vocations are fulfilled, and society is changed for the good. We all must learn the wisdom of working effectively within institutions—what Gordon Smith calls ...
PaperbackWinsome Persuasion
Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World
by Tim Muehlhoff and Richard Langer
Foreword by Quentin J. SchultzeChristianity Today's 2018 Book of the Year Award of Merit—Apologetics/Evangelism
How are Christians viewed in the broader culture?
We blush at the possibilities. Brainwashed fanatics? Out-of-touch dogmatists? Buffoons?
The task of bearing faithful witness to Jesus is complicated by persistent—and not altogether baseless—cultural ...
