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PaperbackHard Sayings of the Bible
The Hard Sayings Series
by Walter C Kaiser, Peter H. Davids, F. F. Bruce, and Manfred Brauch
- Replaces Hard Sayings of the Old Testament, which received a 1990 Christianity Today Critics' Choice Award
Are you grappling with a difficult verse in the Bible? And are you looking for a short, easy-to-read answer that really makes sense without explaining away the verse?
Hard Sayings of the Bible is the handy reference book you need. Here you will ...
PaperbackThe Meaning of the Millennium
Four Views
Spectrum Multiview Book Series
Contributions by George Eldon Ladd, Herman A. Hoyt, Loraine Boettner, and Anthony A. Hoekema
Edited by Robert G. ClouseChrist is coming again.
Since the first century, Christians have agreed that Christ will return. But since that time there have also been many disagreements. How will Christ return? When will he return? What sort of kingdomwill he establish? What is the meaning of the millennium? These questions persist today.
Four major views on the millennium have had both a long history ...
PaperbackSpiritual Mentoring
A Guide for Seeking Giving Direction
by Keith R. Anderson and Randy D. Reese
Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens . . . another. (Proverbs 27:17)As we seek God together we come to know him more deeply. That's the idea behind Spiritual Mentoring. Spiritual mentoring is an ages-old practice that Keith Anderson and Randy Reese introduce in a way that fits life as we know it today.Spiritual mentoring is not only for pastors or saints. Mentors are ordinary ...
PaperbackMapping Apologetics
Comparing Contemporary Approaches
by Brian K. Morley
Everyone believes something. But how and why do people believe? What counts as evidence? How much can be assumed or believed by faith alone? When it comes to religious faith, the questions become at once more difficult and more important. Over thecenturies, Christians have offered different approaches to explaining or defending the Christian faith, a discipline known as apologetics. But it has not ...
PaperbackFaith Has Its Reasons
Integrative Approaches to Defending the Christian Faith
by Kenneth Boa and Robert M. Bowman Jr.
Ever since the apostle Paul addressed the Stoic and Epicurean philosophers in Athens, relating the Christian worldview to a non-Christian world has been a challenge. And despite Peter's charge to be ready to make a defense to everyone who asks youto give an account for the hope that is in you (1 Peter 3:15), most Christian laypeople have left apologetics—the defense of the faith—to the ecclesiastical ...
PaperbackClosing the Window
Steps to Living Porn Free
by Tim Chester
Pornography is everywhere. Far too many Christians regularly use and are addicted to it, warping their perception of sexuality and relationships, destroying marriages and ministries. But Christians who struggle with porn also long for change. Whenwe realize the unfulfilling emptiness of porn, we come to yearn for freedom from it. But what do we do?Tim Chester says that we can be captured by a better ...
PaperbackWhen God Interrupts
Finding New Life Through Unwanted Change
by M. Craig Barnes
Our lives are constantly changing. It's hard to keep up, to keep our balance. It's hard to keep trusting in God. And it's especially difficult when the changes we're faced with are unwanted: the death of a loved one, a child leaving home, an illness, a frustrated dream.Craig Barnes knows the dark side of change. As a pastor, he has counseled many Christians through tough times of transition. And ...
PaperbackKierkegaard
A Christian Missionary to Christians
by Mark A. Tietjen
Foreword by Merold WestphalSøren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) had a mission. The church had become weak, flabby and inconsequential. Being a Christian was more a cultural heritage than a spiritual reality. His mission—reintroduce the Christian faith to Christians. How could he break through to people who were members of the church and thought they were Christians already? Like an Old Testament prophet, Kierkegaard used ...
PaperbackThe Magnificent Story
Uncovering a Gospel of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth
Apprentice Resources
by James Bryan Smith
We are story-making people. We love reading stories—and we love hearing the personal stories of others. We need stories, or narratives, to make sense of our world. And those stories shape our lives. What is the story you have been told about the gospel? About God? About the Christian life? About Jesus? About the cross? About yourself? About heaven?Your answers to these questions will form a story ...
PaperbackChristian Spirituality
Five Views of Sanctification
Spectrum Multiview Book Series
Contributions by Gerhard O. Forde, Sinclair B. Ferguson, Laurence W. Wood, Russell P. Spittler, and E. Glenn Hinson
Edited by Donald AlexanderHow can we grow closer to God? Is there a secret to spiritual life? Do we need a second blessing? Is sanctification God's work or ours? Is it instantaneous or is it a process?
The nature of Christian spirituality has been widely debated throughout the history of the church. The doctrine of sanctification was one of the main fissures separating Luther from the Catholic Church. ...
