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Heal Your Toxic Self-Narratives to Experience True Transformation
The Christian faith is not only about belief and practices, it is also about the kind of people that we become. Yet some of the biggest barriers to our transformation come from our toxic self-narratives. These narratives shape the way we see ourselves and the way we interact in the world. God designed us with ...
The most urgent call upon God?s people is to live as followers of Jesus.The most indicting critique against the church is as simple: its failure to do so. As the leader of an evangelical theological seminary that trains men and women as leadersfor the church and society, Mark Labberton writes: "People ask many questions about how their lives relate to the world. What are our lives in this world ...
"If I were to become a Christian, it would mean not only changing my religion but changing my whole identity and bringing shame upon my family. My whole family is Muslim, and my society and culture were Muslim. . . . Changing from Islam to Christianity would mess up my life forever."So writes Abu Atallah, who grew up in Cairo as an ordinary Egyptian Muslim. He was deeply embedded in his family, ...
The mysterious presence of Jesus haunts the whole story of Acts. Jesus is announced as King and Lord, not as an increasingly distant memory but as a living and powerful reality, a person who can be known and loved, obeyed and followed, a person who continues to act within the real world. We call the book "The Acts of the Apostles," but we should think of it as "The Acts of Jesus (II)." These studies ...
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Help Children Discover God’s Peace in Worry
It's bedtime again, but Isaiah can't sleep. It seems he's got too many things on his mind: things he’s worried about.
Isaiah is a thoughtful boy who loveshis family—but sometimes, his worries feel too heavy to carry. Thoughts of his family’s safety and his own fears weigh on him like heavy blocks. So, one ...
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 ...
In this new collection of songs inspired by the Gospel of Matthew, Michael Card provides an extended musical meditation on the identity of Jesus. Revolving around Jesus' momentous question to his disciples "Who do you say that I am?", the songs reflect on the person of Jesus as God's ultimate response to the "penultimate" question that has plagued humanity for ages—Who am I?