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EbookThe Message of Mark
The Bible Speaks Today Series
by Donald English
The fast-paced vitality of Mark's narrative wins the hearts of today's readers on its own terms. Yet while at first glance Mark appears to be a simple account of Jesus' ministry, a serious study raises all kinds of questions: Whydoesn't Jesus make his true identity more obvious to the crowds? Why do his disciples find it so difficult to understand? Why is Jesus' work met with such ...
EbookGalatians
An Introduction and Commentary
Tyndale New Testament Commentaries
by R. Alan Cole
Paul's Epistle to the Galatians is "spiritual dynamite, and it is therefore almost impossible to handle it without explosions," says R. Alan Cole. "This letter is not one with a message simply for those of centuries earlier than ours, nor is it anEpistle that can be read in comfortable detachment without personal involvement. At every point it challenges our present-day shallow, easy acceptances ...
EbookHeart Speak
A Visual Interpretation of Let Your Life Speak
by Sherrill A. Knezel
With Parker J. PalmerIn this visual interpretation of a classic work, Sherrill Knezel brings Parker J. Palmer's bestselling book Let Your Life Speak to life. With more than seventy heartfelt images to go along with excerpts from Palmer, Heart Speak pairs these images with brief personal reflections. Readers are invited to explore and embrace both their own limits and potential, as ...
EbookLife in the Son
Exploring Participation and Union with Christ in John's Gospel and Letters
New Studies in Biblical Theology
by Clive Bowsher
Series edited by D. A. CarsonThe New Testament writers use spatial language and imagery to portray our relationship with God, speaking both about God or Christ in us and us in them. Believers are also described as possessing and participating in divine qualities such as life and glory. Both aspects are prominent in John's Gospel and letters. However, outside the Pauline writings, union with Christ has hardly ...
EbookTriune Relationality
A Trinitarian Response to Islamic Monotheism
New Explorations in Theology
by Sherene Nicholas Khouri
Foreword by Gary R. HabermasFor centuries, Christians and Muslims have engaged each other in debate and critique. A key area of disagreement is the nature of God: Is God a Trinity or absolutely one? To promote interfaith dialogue, Christians must understandthe history of the conversation and also articulate the doctrine of the Trinity in reasonable, compelling ways.
In this New Explorations in Theology ...
EbookThe Unbiased Self
The Psychology of Overcoming Cognitive Bias
by Erin Elizabeth Devers
A Christian Perspective on Overcoming Cognitive Bias
So much human behavior can be explained by two motives: we want to be right, and we want to feel good about ourselves. But the tension between these two motives makes us especially vulnerable to bias—and bias distorts our view of the world and of ourselves and can keep us from doing even what we know is right.
In The ...
EbookThe Message of Jeremiah
The Bible Speaks Today Series
by Christopher J. H. Wright
The prophet Jeremiah addressed the people of Judah over a forty-year period leading up to the destruction of Jerusalem in 587 BC. The book of Jeremiah addresses the exiles, especially those in Babylon, in the years after the catastrophe.
In this Bible Speaks Today volume, we encounter the prophet who delivered the word of God to the people of Israel at the most terrifying ...
EbookDiary of an Old Soul
Annotated Edition
by George MacDonald
With Timothy Larsen"Be thou the well by which I lie and rest;
Be thou my tree of life, my garden ground;
Be thou my home, my fire, my chamber blest,
My book of wisdom, loved of all the best;
Oh, be my friend, each day still newer found,
As the eternal days and nights go round!
Nay, nay—thou art my God, in whom all loves are bound!"In 1880, the prolific author George ...
EbookMore Than Equals
Racial Healing for the Sake of the Gospel
The IVP Signature Collection
by Spencer Perkins and Chris Rice
"The first step in the reconciliation process," Spencer Perkins writes, "is admitting that the race problem exists and that our inability to deal with race has weakened the credibility of our gospel."
When longtime ministry partners and friends Spencer Perkins and Chris Rice began writing More Than Equals in the early 1990s, their goal was to offer an example of how ...
EbookAfter College
Navigating Transitions, Relationships, and Faith
by Erica Young Reitz
Practical Tools for a Faithful, Flourishing Post-College Life
"The first year out was one of the hardest years of my life." —Curt
"It's much rougher than I thought. I thought things would just play out, and they didn't. I don't have friends, I don't have a job, and I hang out with my parents every night." —Kate
The years after college can be some ...
