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  • Rediscovering Scripture's Vision for Women: Fresh Perspectives on Disputed Texts, By Lucy Peppiatt
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    Rediscovering Scripture's Vision for Women

    Fresh Perspectives on Disputed Texts

    by Lucy Peppiatt
    Foreword by Scot McKnight

    IVP Readers' Choice Award

    Does God call women to serve as equal partners in marriage and as leaders in the church?

    The answer to this straightforward question is deeply contested. Into the fray, Lucy Peppiatt offers her work on interpretation of the Bible and Christian practice. With careful exegetical work, Peppiatt considers relevant passages in Ephesians, ...

  • Strange Virtues: Ethics in a Multicultural World, By Bernard T. Adeney-Riskotta
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    Strange Virtues

    Ethics in a Multicultural World

    by Bernard T. Adeney-Riskotta

    Theologian and veteran missionary Bernard Adeney addresses in-depth what may be the stickiest crosscultural communication problem of our day: differing approaches to morality.In this comprehensive treatment, he considers ethics across cultures, addresses the ethical import of other religions and gender relations, explores how the Bible and culture interact to produce ethical stances, and includes ...

  • Approaching the Atonement: The Reconciling Work of Christ, By Oliver D. Crisp
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    Approaching the Atonement

    The Reconciling Work of Christ

    by Oliver D. Crisp

    In many ways, the death of Jesus Christ on the cross stands at the heart of the Christian faith.

    But how should we understand the theological significance of Christ's death? Should we limit our doctrine of the atonement to the cross, or is Christ's work more expansive than that? How should we account for the violence of this event?

    Theologian Oliver Crisp explores such ...

  • The Attentive Life: Discerning God's Presence in All Things, By Leighton Ford The Attentive Life: Discerning God's Presence in All Things, By Leighton Ford
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    The Attentive Life

    Discerning God's Presence in All Things

    by Leighton Ford

    Your attention, please.That's what God wants, Leighton Ford discovered. It's the path to becoming like Christ.Distractions, fear and busyness were keeping Ford from seeing God's work in and around him. He was missing God. So he began a journey oflonging and looking for God. And it started with paying attention.In these pages, he invites you to journey with him. Using the rich monastic tradition ...