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HardbackThe Good and Beautiful Community
Following the Spirit, Extending Grace, Demonstrating Love
The Good and Beautiful Series
by James Bryan Smith
In this Good and Beautiful Series book, James Bryan Smith helps us know how to live in relationship with others as apprentices of Jesus. "Apprentices of Jesus are not part-time do-gooders," he writes. "They live in continuous contact with the kingdom of God, and are constantly men and women in whom Christ dwells. They do not sometimes tell the truth, sometimes live sacrificially ...
HardbackThe Good and Beautiful Life
Putting on the Character of Christ
The Good and Beautiful Series
by James Bryan Smith
Finding the Good Life through the Sermon on the Mount
James Bryan Smith argues that we’ve bought into false ideas of happiness and success, pushing us toward self-centered decisions that fuel destructive vices like anger, lying, and judging. Building from Jesus' teachings in the Sermon on the Mount, this compelling follow-up to The Good and Beautiful God invites ...
PaperbackPlundered
The Tangled Roots of Racial and Environmental Injustice
by David W Swanson
Two of the world's greatest crises, systemic racism and environmental destruction, share the same origin story. The two are rooted in economic forces that exploit and oppress both people and land.
Pastor David Swanson showshow we have failed our God-given duty as caretakers of creation and how that failure has resulted in the exploitation of people and the extraction of natural ...
PaperbackPursuing Moral Faithfulness
Ethics and Christian Discipleship
by Gary Tyra
Christianity is in a state of moral crisis.Even though people make moral decisions every day, many Christians lack both the ability to evaluate these decisions and a community of discipleship to help inspire a morally faithful life. Compared to the people around them, there is often no discernible difference in how Christians go about making moral choices.As a biblical and practical theologian with ...
PaperbackGracism
The Art of Inclusion
BridgeLeader Books
by David A Anderson
With David Heiliger
Foreword by Erwin R. McManusWe can't ignore color, class, or culture. Instead, we must engage matters of race with a different posture and embrace radical inclusion of the marginalized.
Now with David Heiliger, David A. Anderson revives the biblical model for showing special grace to others on the basis of ethnicity, class, or social distinction—one of gracism. Responding to ongoing problems of prejudice ...
PaperbackEssential Guide to Becoming a Disciple
Eight Sessions for Mentoring and Discipleship
The Essentials Set
by Greg Ogden
What exactly does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus? What am I committing myself to if I say I want to follow him? What will be required of me if I identify myself with Jesus?
These are the questions at the heart of Essential Guide to Becoming a Disciple. Jesus didn’t start a movement that has reached nearly every corner of the globe over the last two thousand ...
Number of Studies: 8
PaperbackHouseholds of Faith
Practicing Family in the Kingdom of God
by Emily Hunter McGowin
Christianity Today Book Awards Finalist—Marriage, Family, and Singleness
A Holistic Vision of Family in God's Kingdom
The Christian world tends to have a blueprint for what families should look like, and these models of the family can be hard to live up to. In some circles, picture-perfect families are idealized and even idolatrized. Many Christians ...
PaperbackThe Roar of Justice
Hearing God's Relentless Call in the Book of Amos—An 8-Week Bible Study with Video Access
IVP Bible Study Experience
by Vanessa K. Hawkins
Learn Why Justice Matters to God Through the Book of Amos
The prophet Amos was a simple shepherd and an unlikely prophet, yet he delivered a powerful message to Israel and its neighbors—a declaration of God's heart for justice. Trusted Bible teacher Vanessa Hawkins invites us to lean in and listen closer to Amos because what was true about God's justice for ancient Israel ...
Number of Studies: 8
PaperbackLeadership and the Liberal Arts
An Education to Last a Lifetime
Edited by Gayle D. Beebe
How Christian Liberal Arts Education Shapes Effective Leaders
A flourishing society depends on effective leadership, and a quality education is the key to forming leaders. Yet our modern understanding of what it means to beeducated often lacks unifying values and purpose. This is where the rich, centuries-old tradition of Christian liberal arts education remains more crucial ...
PaperbackSpeaking by the Numbers
Enneagram Wisdom for Teachers, Pastors, and Communicators
by Sean Palmer
Foreword by Suzanne StabileIt's not just what you say, but how you say it.
Good communicators know this, but it's often easier said than done. Teachers, leaders, and speakers are often left bewildered, wondering why the content that was so carefully planned and delivered seems to fall flat with the audience. The art of communication requires more than the transfer of information; it both connects with ...
