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PaperbackThe Theological Turn in Youth Ministry
by Andrew Root and Kenda Creasy Dean
Christianity Today Book Award of Merit winner
What haunts your youth group? So often we avoid talking about doubts and fears because we feel inadequately equipped to address them in any meaningful way. Thecrisis of existence can't be answered with pat Sunday school formulas or a few Bible verses, let alone another relay race.
The questions our youth ...
PaperbackHoly Conversation
Talking About God in Everyday Life
by Richard Peace
Chicago Book Clinic Award of Excellence
God is back on the agenda.
Today people are fascinated by spirituality, and they have lots of questions. Who better to talk with them than Christians? Trouble is, many of us don't know how to talk about our faith or are uneasy about religious salesmanship and canned evangelistic formulas. We are afraid of button-holing ...
Number of Studies: 12
PaperbackWhen God Lets You Down
Trusting Again After Pain and Loss
by Alex Gee
"Emergency operator. May I help you?""Yes, my name is Alex Gee, my wife is nineteen weeks pregnant and I think her water just broke! This is her second pregnancy, and . . . we lost our first baby just like this . . .""Sir? Hello? Sir? Try to stay calm. Who is your wife's OB/GYN?""It's Dr. Koller! Uh . . . My wife is losing more fluid . . . Hurry!"Oh God, this isn't happening again. I can't handle ...
PaperbackLive Slowly
A Gentle Invitation to Exhale
by Jodi Heather Grubbs
Give yourself permission to slow down.
Jodi Grubbs did not give herself permission for too long, falling headlong into the endless rush and exhaustion of hustle culture. After leaving her childhood home on the island of Bonaire in the Caribbean, she had assumed the rapid pace and stress of city living in the States. Soon she realized God was bidding her to a return to the ...
PaperbackImages of Salvation in the New Testament
by Brenda B. Colijn
What does salvation in the New Testament look like?"The New Testament does not develop a systematic doctrine of salvation," writes Brenda Colijn. "Instead, it presents us with a variety of pictures taken from different perspectives. From one angle, the human predicament is rebellion against God. Salvation looks like living under God's universal reign. From another angle, the human predicament is ...
PaperbackC. S. Lewis's Case for Christ
Insights from Reason, Imagination and Faith
by Art Lindsley
There can be many obstacles to faith. As Art Lindsley says, "Lewis knew what it was like not to believe. He struggled with many doubts along the way to faith. Since he was an ardent atheist until age thirty-one, Lewis's experience and education prepared him to understand firsthand the most common arguments against Christianity." As a scholar and teacher of literature at Oxford, Lewis confronted ...
PaperbackA Student's Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible
Its History, Methods and Results
by Paul D. Wegner
The Bible has been on a long historical journey since its original composition. Its texts have been copied and recopied. And despite the most careful and painstaking efforts of scribes and publishers down through the centuries, errors of one sortor another have crept in and have been reproduced. Sorting out the errors and determining the original wording is the task of textual criticism.
In ...
PaperbackGalatians
Paul's Charter of Christian Freedom
by Leon L. Morris
Among the letters of Paul, Galatians burns like a firestorm of apostolic rebuke, persuasion and passion for the truth of the gospel. Paul directs his anger against those who would preach "another gospel." And he urgently warns the Christians at Galatia of spiritual bewitchment and its dire consequences.To battle these seductive enemies of truth, Paul deploys a powerful arsenal--both biblical-theological ...
PaperbackRevisiting Paul's Doctrine of Justification
A Challenge to the New Perspective
by Peter Stuhlmacher
Since 1963, substantial objections have been raised against the traditional view of the Pauline doctrine of justification, mainly by New Testament scholars such as Krister Stendahl, E. P. Sanders and James D. G. Dunn. This book evaluates the "New Perspective on Paul" and finds it wanting.With appreciation for the important critique already offered by Donald Hagner, which is included in this volume, ...
PaperbackImages of God
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Dale Larsen and Sandy Larsen
Rock. Warrior. Peacemaker. Builder. Husband. Potter. The pictures of God in Scripture are multifaceted. In each of these ten session LifeGuide® Bible Study guide, Dale and Sandy Larsen show you another aspect of your powerful and peaceful Lord. But the purpose of this guide goes far beyond surveying the images of God. The Larsens also lead you to focus on your relationship to the reality ...
Number of Studies: 10
