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  • Households of Faith: Practicing Family in the Kingdom of God, By Emily Hunter McGowin
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    Households of Faith

    Practicing Family in the Kingdom of God

    Read 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 ...

  • Understanding Sexual Abuse: A Guide for Ministry Leaders and Survivors, By Tim Hein
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    Understanding Sexual Abuse

    A Guide for Ministry Leaders and Survivors

    by Tim Hein
    Foreword by Debra Hirsch

    “It is said that the true test of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members.”As many as one in four girls and one in six boys experience sexual abuse during childhood, and it’s estimated that as many as half of the incidents are neverreported. This means that countless millions in our societies, both children and adults, carry this complex, often hidden pain. What does the path to healing ...

  • The Magna Carta of Humanity: Sinai's Revolutionary Faith and the Future of Freedom, By Os Guinness
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    The Magna Carta of Humanity

    Sinai's Revolutionary Faith and the Future of Freedom

    by Os Guinness

    In these stormy times, voices from all fronts call for change. But what kind of revolution brings true freedom to both society and the human soul?

    Cultural observer Os Guinness explores the nature of revolutionary faith, contrasting between secular revolutions such as the French Revolution and the faith-led revolution of ancient Israel. He argues that the story of ...

  • Sabbath Journal: What Your Soul Wants to Say to God, By Ruth Haley Barton
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    Sabbath Journal

    What Your Soul Wants to Say to God--Lined Blank Journal with Prompts in Back

    Transforming Resources

    by Ruth Haley Barton

    A Companion Journal for Your Sabbath Journey

    Sabbath Journal is a journaling resource designed to help you develop the habit of pausing and reflecting as part of your Sabbath practice. Paired with Ruth Haley Barton's book Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest, this journal is primarily a blank space for your thoughts, offering 52 prompts at the back of the ...

    Number of Studies: 52

  • Skills for Safeguarding: A Guide to Preventing Abuse and Fostering Healing in the Church, By Lisa Compton and Taylor Patterson
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    Skills for Safeguarding

    A Guide to Preventing Abuse and Fostering Healing in the Church

    by Lisa Compton and Taylor Ann Patterson

    The Only Textbook on Safeguarding for Faith-Based Ministries and Seminaries

    Christians are called to care for the vulnerable, but churches have not always led the way in becoming places safe from abuse. Increasingly, organizations and churches are recognizing the importance of the field of safeguarding: training and equipping people to prevent abuse, ...

  • Spiritual Disciplines Companion: Bible Studies and Practices to Transform Your Soul, By Jan Johnson
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    Spiritual Disciplines Companion

    Bible Studies and Practices to Transform Your Soul

    by Jan Johnson

    Spiritual disciplines connect us to the God who wants to transform our souls. We discover these time-tested practices in the Bible as we look at the everyday ways Jesus related to God. These companion studies and exercises will help you to exploresixteen core practices. Three segments on each practice (a total of forty-eight sessions) allow space to go beyond superficial understanding and to begin ...

  • When Your World Ends: God's Creative Process for Rebuilding a Life, By Dawn Sanders
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    When Your World Ends

    God's Creative Process for Rebuilding a Life

    by Dawn Sanders
    Foreword by Carol Kent

    How do you rebuild your life after it falls apart?

    Catastrophic events often feel like the end of the world. When we feel like we have nothing left, we sometimes wish for our own end too. Yet God keeps waking us up every morning—a sign that God wants us to keep living when our world ends. We must find our way to the new life that awaits us on the other side of loss. But how?

    Dawn ...

  • The Kingdom and the Cross, By James Bryan Smith
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    The Kingdom and the Cross

    Apprentice Resources

    by James Bryan Smith

    We believe a lot of false narratives about the nature of God, things like "God helps those who help themselves"; "God blesses the righteous"; "God might not be out for your good, and you might be missing something." But pastor and professor James Bryan Smith, author of the Apprentice Series, points us to the truth of who God is, revealed by Jesus: A God who loves to help the helpless. A God who ...

  • Spiritual Friendship, By Mindy Caliguire
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    Spiritual Friendship

    by Mindy Caliguire

    "Mindy Caliguire knows and cares about the deep things of the soul. She's been there. And she can be a wise guide here for you," says John Ortberg, author of The Life You've Always Wanted.We are tired. Many of us long for sources of nurture for our weary souls. But we don't know where to turn. We've tried various Christian plans for growth, yet sometimes these programs leave us even more ...

    Number of Studies: 20

  • In Search of Christ in Latin America: From Colonial Image to Liberating Savior, By Samuel Escobar
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    In Search of Christ in Latin America

    From Colonial Image to Liberating Savior

    by Samuel Escobar
    Foreword by C. René Padilla

    Ten Outstanding Books in Mission Studies, World Christianity and Intercultural Theology for 2019—International Bulletin of Mission Research

    Noted theologian Samuel Escobar offers a magisterial survey andstudy of Christology in Latin America. Starting with the first Spanish influence and moving through popular religiosity and liberationist themes in Catholic and Protestant ...