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PaperbackDo We Need the New Testament?
Letting the Old Testament Speak for Itself
by John Goldingay
Do we need the Old Testament? That's a familiar question, often asked. But as an Old Testament scholar, John Goldingay turns that question on its head: Do we need the New Testament? What's new about the New Testament? After all, the Old Testamentwas the only Bible Jesus and the disciples knew. Jesus affirmed it as the Word of God. Do we need anything more? And what happens when we begin to look ...
PaperbackThe Steward Leader
Transforming People, Organizations and Communities
by R. Scott Rodin
Coach. Entrepreneur. Mentor. Executive. Servant. Visionary. Everyone has a different idea of what a leader should be. How can any one person be everything? Scott Rodin brings unity and clarity to this confusing, demanding picture of leadership. Heoffers a comprehensive model that brings together a biblical understanding of holistic stewardship with the best in leadership studies.Whether in churches, ...
PaperbackThe Missional Quest
Becoming a Church of the Long Run
Forge Partnership Books
by Lance Ford and Brad Brisco
Foreword by Ed StetzerWhen Christ calls people, he invites them on a journey—a journey taken together in community. We have reached a point in history, however, when we think of the church as a fixed place where isolated individuals show up, consume a Christian message, drink some coffee, and get on with their lives. The times demand, and the gospel proclaims, that we recover our identity as a church that is a people ...
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
PaperbackBreaking Old Rhythms
Answering the Call of a Creative God
by Amena Brown
Foreword by Dan Kimball"When two fighters of equal ability and speed are matched . . . there is a greater advantage to the one who knows how to break the rhythm."-Bruce LeeRhythm is a blessing. By rhythm we dance, sing, clap, walk and breathe.Beyond the blessing is the Giver of Rhythm, who sometimes calls us past the patterns and habits we have established for ourselves into new understanding, new risk, new faith, hope ...
PaperbackCat & Dog Theology
Rethinking Our Relationship with Our Master
by Bob Sjogren and Gerald Robison
The God-given traits of cats ("you exist to serve me") and dogs ("I exist to serve you") are often similar to certain theological attitudes held by many Christians in their view of God and their relationship to him. Using the differences between cats and dogs in a light-hearted manner, the authors challenge this thinking in deep and profound ways..
This life-changing book will provide a new ...
PaperbackThe New Conspirators
Creating the Future One Mustard Seed at a Time
by Tom Sine
Foreword by Shane Claiborne"If you have faith as small as a mustard seed," Jesus says in the Gospel ofMatthew, "nothing will be impossible for you."That sounds good, but does it work in a world where seeds are geneticallyaltered by an impatient few and hard to come by for countless others? In aworld where the gulf between the very rich and the profoundly poor isconstantly growing, can a mustard-seed faith make any difference? ...
PaperbackActs
A Commentary on the New Testament
The IVP New Testament Commentary Series
by William J. Larkin
If ever there was a hostile environment for the gospel, it was the strife-torn, ethnically diverse backwater of the Roman Empire known as Palestine following the ascension of Jesus. But the gospel thrived--beginning from Jerusalem and spreading throughout Judea, Samaria and the rest of the known world.In Acts, the sequel to his Gospel, Luke tells how the Holy Spirit transformed a ragtag band of ...
PaperbackMapping Postmodernism
A Survey of Christian Options
by Robert C. Greer
By now we've all heard the word postmodernism.
- But what is it?
- Can it be defined?
- Does it really represent a monumental shift away from how we use to think about right and wrong, truth, the world, and even the whole cosmos?
- Most important, how should Christians respond?
Robert C. Greer helps us grasp the nature of the shifts in thinking and ...
PaperbackC. S. Lewis Francis Schaeffer
Lessons for a New Century from the Most Influential Apologists of Our Time
by Scott R. Burson and Jerry L. Walls
In some ways, they could not be more different: the pipe-smoking, Anglican Oxford don and the blue-collar scion of conservative Presbyterianism. But C. S. Lewis and Francis Schaeffer, each in his unique way, fashioned Christian apologetics that influenced millions in their lifetimes. And the work of each continues to be read and studied today.In this book Scott Burson and Jerry Walls compare and ...
