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HardbackThe Path of Christianity
The First Thousand Years
by John Anthony McGuckin
John Anthony McGuckin, one of the world's leading scholars of ancient Christianity, has synthesized a lifetime of work to produce the most comprehensive and accessible history of the Christian movement during its first thousand years. The Pathof Christianity takes readers on a journey from the period immediately after the composition of the Gospels, through the building of the earliest ...
PaperbackThe Community of the Word
Toward an Evangelical Ecclesiology
Wheaton Theology Conference Series
Edited by Mark Husbands and Daniel J. Treier
Do North American evangelicals have a clear and strong doctrine of the church? Can we generate one?In this volume, editors Mark Husbands and Daniel J. Treier bring together thirteen scholars and teachers to explore the history of evangelical ecclesiology and the continuing discussion regarding the nature of the church, the question of sacraments, the relation of church to society, and the church's ...
PaperbackThe Economics of Neighborly Love
Investing in Your Community's Compassion and Capacity
by Tom Nelson
The Gospel Coalition Book Award
What does the good news of Jesus mean for economics?
Too often, Christian teaching and ministry have focused only on the gospel's spiritual significance and ignored its physical, real-world ramifications. But loving our neighbor well has direct economic implications, and in our diverse and stratified society we need to grapple with them ...
PaperbackLove All Our Neighbors
How Churches That Hold a Traditional Sexual Ethic Can Care for LGBTQ People
by Tony Scarcello
Foreword by Preston M Sprinkle"When we interact with our LGBTQ+ neighbors we are not interacting with an ideology, a political movement, a social media post, a caricature from a movie, or a law being debated in Congress. We are interacting with people made in the image of God, who our Savior bled and died to redeem. We are interacting with someone God literally loved to the point of his own death."
Cultivate ...
PaperbackBack To Jerusalem
Three Chinese House Church Leaders Share Their Vision to Complete the Great Commission
by Brother Yun, Peter Xu Yongze, and Enoch Wang
With Paul HattawayNapoleon once said "When China is moved it will change the face of the globe." Today those words are becoming a reality through the powerful spiritual vision of the Chinese church to send 100,000 missionaries across China's borders to complete theGreat Commission, even in this generation. Here Brother Yun, Peter Xu Yongze, and Enoch Wang, three Chinese house church leaders who between them have ...
PaperbackSpiritual Direction
A Guide to Giving and Receiving Direction
by Gordon T. Smith
We are not alone.God is present with us. And God gives us companions on the journey. A spiritual director is one such companion, offering spiritual guidance to help
- make sense of the faith journey
- interpret the significant markers on the road
- encourage us, particularly through the more difficult transitions and valleys of our pilgrimage
- and, most of all, to notice ...
HardbackThe Celebration Place
God's Plan for a Delightfully Diverse Church
by Dorena Williamson
Illustrated by Erin Susanne BanksBlack Authors Matter Children's Book Award
No longer is church a divided space
Now it's a celebration place!Church is more than just a building—it's a gathering of God's people to celebrate who he is and all that he has done. Welcome to The Celebration Place, a beautifully illustrated book that invites children to envision God's ...
PaperbackThe History of Christian Thought
by Jonathan Hill
Why read about the history of Christian thought? Because, if you are Christian yourself, it helps you to understand the faith--addressing everything from where Christians got their ideas of the Trinity and how Christ can be both human and divine to what they think about issues like feminism, globalization and social justice. And because, even if you are not, all Western society has been shaped by ...
PaperbackClothed in the Word
The Embodiment of Scripture in Church History
by David Ney
Explore the Enscripturation of Christian Identity Across History
Every time we read the Bible, it invites us to find ourselves within its pages. When we do so, we do more than interpret Scripture—Scripture interprets us. And it interprets us by naming us as we stand before the crucified and risen Lord.
In Clothed in the Word, David Ney combines historical analysis ...
PaperbackThe Accidental Anglican
The Surprising Appeal of the Liturgical Church
by Todd D. Hunter
Foreword by J. I. PackerMany are longing for historical connectedness and for theology that is "not tied to the whims of contemporary culture, but to apostolic-era understandings of Christian faith and practice." They also yearn for rhythms and routines that build spiritual health. Still others are responding to a call to participate in worship rather than merely sitting back and looking at a stage. Liturgy offers all ...
