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EbookFreeing Congregational Mission
A Practical Vision for Companionship, Cultural Humility, and Co-Development
by B. Hunter Farrell
With Shankur Balajiedlang KhyllepThere is a deepening crisis in mission as practiced by North American congregations. Many mission activities are more effective at satisfying church members than making a lasting difference, producing what's too often consumer-oriented "selfie mission." Too much effort is based on colonial-era assumptions of mission launched from a position of power. These practices are not just ...
EbookWhat Is Jesus Doing?
God's Activity in the Life and Work of the Church
Edited by Edwin Chr. van Driel
Jesus is present here and now, Christians have always affirmed. But how are we to understand his present activity in a challenging, post-Christian context? In what ways is he at work in our congregational worship, pastoral care, preaching—and even our board meetings?
At a time when many feel uncertain about the future of the church, What Is Jesus Doing? brings together ...
EbookBloody, Brutal, and Barbaric?
Wrestling with Troubling War Texts
by William J. Webb and Gordon K. Oeste
Word Guild Award Shortlist — Biblical Studies
Word Guild Best Book Cover Award
Association of University Presses Design Show — Book, Jacket, and CoversChristians cannot ignore the intersection of religionand violence, whether contemporary or ancient. In our own Scriptures, war texts that appear to approve of genocidal killings and war rape—forcibly ...
EbookHope Ain't a Hustle
Persevering by Faith in a Wearying World--Wisdom from the Book of Hebrews
by Irwyn Ince
Foreword by Christina Edmondson"This wonderful book is a pastoral, homiletical gift to those in need of encouragement. Diagnosing the problem of our era as a failure of hope, Irwyn Ince shares the fruit of his profound meditations, study, and preaching of the book of Hebrews. This is the kind of strong medicine needed to restore hope in a generation that has been disappointed by apathy, injustice, and scandal. He shows us that ...
EbookRebels and Exiles
A Biblical Theology of Sin and Restoration
Essential Studies in Biblical Theology
by Matthew S. Harmon
Series edited by Benjamin L. GladdBiblical Foundations Book Awards Finalist
Deep within the human psyche lies a sense that we were made for something more than this broken world. We all share an experience of exile—of longing for our true home.
In this ESBT volume, Matthew S. Harmon explores how the theme of sin and exile is developed throughout Scripture. He traces a common pattern ...
EbookFamily Discipleship That Works
Guiding Your Child to Know, Love, and Act Like Jesus
by Brian Dembowczyk
Christianity Today Book Awards Finalist—Marriage, Family, and Singleness
Family discipleship is one of the most basic ways God has ordained to build his kingdom—and yet most parents struggle to do it consistently.
Amid our busyness, the multitude of different approaches, and our own self-doubts, the deck seems stacked against us. But Brian Dembowczyk ...
EbookMarks of the Messenger
Knowing, Living and Speaking the Gospel
by J. Mack Stiles
Foreword by Mark DeverMany think evangelism is rooted in a method. It is rooted in something much deeper. It is found in what makes us whole and healthy messengers of God's truth about Jesus.Mack Stiles has lived the life of the healthy evangelist in homes and coffee shops, at universities and farms. He has lived out and spoken about the gospel to Kenyans, Koreans, Arabs and North Americans. What he has learned around ...
EbookThe Hopeful Skeptic
Revisiting Christianity from the Outside
by Nick Fiedler
Nick Fiedler (of Nick and Josh Podcast fame) decided to travel the world for a year or so, and in the process of figuring out what to set aside, what to carry along and what to throw out, heard a little voice telling him to set aside the faith ofhis childhood.So Nick changed his Facebook religion status from Christian to "Hopeful Skeptic" and set out to see where God would take him.If you find yourself ...
EbookExalted Above the Heavens
The Risen and Ascended Christ
New Studies in Biblical Theology
by Peter C. Orr
Series edited by D. A. CarsonChristians usually focus on what Jesus has done (his life, death and resurrection) and what he will do (his second coming and eternal reign). While there has been something of a revival of interest in his ascension, studies of Jesus in his exalted state are relatively rare. However, the Christ that Christians trust in, relate to and love is not only the one who lived, died, rose ...
EbookRaising Sons of Promise
A Guide for Single Mothers of Boys
by Roland Warren
With Heather CreekmoreMillions of single mothers find themselves in the difficult position of raising boys alone. Many of those boys are at risk of falling behind in school or repeating the patterns of their own absent or neglectful fathers. Single mothers, who are often the only parental influence on their sons, are critical to reversing this troubling trend. But how?
You might be wounded by the ...
