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PaperbackInterpreting the Prophets
Reading, Understanding and Preaching from the Worlds of the Prophets
by Aaron Chalmers
The prophetic books are some of the most captivating and fascinating texts of the Old Testament, but they are also some of the most misunderstood. Interpreting the Prophets equips the reader with the knowledge and skills they need to interpret the Prophets in a faithful and accurate fashion. Beginning with the nature of the prophetic role and prophetic books in Israel, Old Testament scholar ...
PaperbackSubverting the Power of Prejudice
Resources for Individual and Social Change
by Sandra L. Barnes
Prejudice. It's a serious problem whether you're on the giving or receiving end, no matter what kind it is--race, gender, age, status, wealth, looks or ability. It's serious not only because of the damage it does to all parties, but because we block what God wants to give us and what we need--his power and peace. Sandra L. Barnes helps us sort out why prejudice is unfair, what feeds our prejudices, ...
PaperbackMaking Peace with the Land
God's Call to Reconcile with Creation
Resources for Reconciliation
by Fred Bahnson and Norman Wirzba
Foreword by Bill McKibbenGod 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 ...
HardbackThe Journey Toward Wholeness
Enneagram Wisdom for Stress, Balance, and Transformation
by Suzanne Stabile
Going Deeper with Suzanne Stabile and the Enneagram
In everything from health care and politics to technology and economics, we are experiencing feelings of loss, anger, and anxiety. In the Enneagram's wisdom, our number determines how we respond. We automatically move to another number when we're feeling stress and to yet another when we're feeling secure. Such moves may ...
PaperbackReading Romans with Eastern Eyes
Honor and Shame in Paul's Message and Mission
by Brad Vaughn
Foreword by E. Randolph RichardsChristianity Today's 2020 Book of the Year Award of Merit - Biblical Studies
Biblical Foundations Award Finalist
What does it mean to “read Romans with Eastern eyes”?
Combining research from Asian scholars with his many years of experience living and working in East Asia, Brad Vaughn directs our attention to Paul's letter ...
PaperbackSex and the City of God
A Memoir of Love and Longing
by Carolyn Weber
When Carolyn Weber moved to Oxford University to study, she didn't expect to find God there. But she did. As she grappled with her newest and most important relationship, she also found that there was another invitation: to thinkbigger about love.
In these pages we follow the journey Weber began in her first memoir, Surprised by Oxford, from her relationship with ...
PaperbackJesus Without Religion
What Did He Say? What Did He Do? What's the Point?
by Rick James
Great. Another book about Jesus. Whose agenda will the author be lugging along this time?Author Rick James begins by clearing his throat. Free of creeds, quarrels and specialized theologies, he speaks of Jesus.No dogma, no politics, no moral at the end.Jesus. What he said. What he did. And what, exactly, was the point.The answers about Jesus, according to Rick James, are in the context. In his own ...
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Keith R. Anderson
Keith R. Anderson (DMin, George Fox Evangelical Seminary) is president of The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology. He is the author of A Spirituality of Listening, Spiritual Mentoring: A Guide for Those Giving and Receiving Direction, Friendships That Run Deep, Is This The One? and What They Don't Always Teach You at a Christian College. Anderson previously served as dean of spiritual formation and vocation at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, and as dean of spiritual formation/campus pastor at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was director of Vocare, a program for theological exploration of vocation funded by a $2 million grant from the Lilly Endowment, and has been the Senior Fellow for Spiritual Formation for the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities since 2000. His parish ministry experience includes serving urban parishes in Washington State, Michigan and Minnesota.
PaperbackThe Radical Pursuit of Rest
Escaping the Productivity Trap
by John Koessler
Foreword by Mark GalliEvangelical Christian Publishers Association Top Shelf Book Cover Award
We live in a culture that values activity, achievement and accomplishment. Whether in our careers, churches, schools or families, busyness is the norm in our lives, and anything less makes us feel unproductive and anxious. We have to work all the harder, then, to pursue true rest in a 24-7 world that ...
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