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  • Redeeming Creation: The Biblical Basis for Environmental Stewardship, By Fred H. Van Dyke and David C. Mahan and Joseph K. Sheldon and Raymond H. Brand
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    Redeeming Creation

    The Biblical Basis for Environmental Stewardship

    by Fred H. Van Dyke, David C. Mahan, Joseph K. Sheldon, and Raymond H. Brand

    "Preeeeep." The sound of the peepers, tiny frogs an inch or two long, penetrated the dusk. Beneath the jack pines at the edge of a small pond in the northern Michigan woods, the males were calling their mates. A professor and a group of ecology students sat speechless as closer and closer, louder and louder, more and more peepers joined in chorus.There was just light enough to see them, crawling ...

  • Beauty, Order, and Mystery: A Christian Vision of Human Sexuality, Edited by Gerald L. Hiestand and Todd Wilson
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    Beauty, Order, and Mystery

    A Christian Vision of Human Sexuality

    Center for Pastor Theologians Series

    Edited by Todd A Wilson and Gerald L. Hiestand

    Humans are sexual creatures.

    Our sexuality can be a beautiful and mysterious expression of what it means to be human. But it can also become distorted and sinful.

    Perhaps no issue is as urgent for the church today, orconfronts it with as many questions, as human sexuality: What does it mean to fulfill God’s will through our sexuality? To what extent should our sexuality ...

  • Refuse to Do Nothing: Finding Your Power to Abolish Modern-Day Slavery, By Shayne Moore and Kimberly McOwen Yim
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    Refuse to Do Nothing

    Finding Your Power to Abolish Modern-Day Slavery

    by Shayne Moore and Kimberly McOwen Yim
    Foreword by Elisa Morgan

    2014 Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year

    Slavery didn't end in 1833, when William Wilberforce's decades-long campaign finally resulted in the Slavery Abolition Act. It didn't end in 1863, when Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. It didn't end in 1949, when the United Nations declared trafficking "incompatible with the dignity and worth of the ...

  • Patron Saints for Postmoderns: Ten from the Past Who Speak to Our Future, By Chris R. Armstrong
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    Patron Saints for Postmoderns

    Ten from the Past Who Speak to Our Future

    by Chris R Armstrong

    Are you feeling discouraged in your efforts to reflect Christ each day in our broken world? Does it feel lonely? Too difficult? Too overwhelming?The saints can help you. Especially the ones whose stories Chris Armstrong tells here, because he's chosen them for the ways they've inspired him and deepened his own faith. A professor of church history, Armstrong provides rich portraits of ten people ...

  • Philippians, Colossians, Edited by Graham Tomlin
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    Philippians, Colossians

    New Testament Volume 11

    Reformation Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Rt Rev Dr Graham Tomlin

    Preaching's Preacher's Guide to the Best Bible Reference

    Paul's letters to the Philippians and Colossians celebrate the glory and supremacy of Jesus Christ and his saving work, a refrain that the reformers never grew tired of singing. While their tones are diverse, the clarity of their compositions and the power of their voices still reverberate today.

    Reformation ...

  • Knowing Scripture, By R. C. Sproul
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    Knowing Scripture

    by R. C. Sproul
    Foreword by J. I. Packer

    Over 250,000 Copies Sold!

    Learn the Commonsense Approach to Studying Scripture

    The Bible is the written Word of God, and it is treasured by many. But it is also an ancient book about people and cultures very different than us. While we know we should read it, many of us have a hard time understanding the Bible.

    In this expanded edition of Knowing ...

  • Love, Honor and Forgive: A Guide for Married Couples, By Bill Farrel and Pam Farrel
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    Love, Honor and Forgive

    A Guide for Married Couples

    by Bill Farrel and Pam Farrel

    How can you stay in love with your spouse? Practice forgiveness.It's that simple. But it's also really difficult. Saying "I'm sorry" and meaning it may be one of the biggest challenges you've ever faced. But your marriage may depend on it.Bill and Pam Farrel write from many years of experience as counselors to engaged and married couples. Over ...

  • Psalms 1-50, Edited by Craig A. Blaising and Carmen S. Hardin
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    Psalms 1-50

    Volume 7

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Craig A. Blaising and Carmen S. Hardin
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    The Psalms have long served a vital role in the individual and corporate lives of Christians, expressing the full range of human emotions, including some that we are ashamed to admit. The Psalms reverberate with joy, groan in pain, whimper with sadness, grumble in disappointment, and rage with anger.

    The church fathers employed the Psalms widely. In liturgy they used them ...

  • The New Testament in Color: A Multiethnic Bible Commentary
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    The New Testament in Color

    A Multiethnic Bible Commentary

    Contributions by Lisa M. Bowens, Jordan J. Cruz Ryan, Jarvis J Williams, Gene L. Green, Eric Clark Redmond, M Sydney Park, Dennis R Edwards, Marcus Stephen Jerkins, Madison Pierce, Christin Joy Fort, Ekaputra Tupamahu, Rodolfo Galvan Estrada, Mateus de Campos, Daniel Ishmael Morrison, Julie Newberry Douce, T. Christopher Hoklotubbe, Daniel Zacharias, Michael Gorman, Kay Higuera Smith, Diane Chen, and Miguel Echevarría
    Associate Editor Janette H. Ok, Osvaldo Padilla, and Amy Peeler
    General Editor Esau McCaulley

    Christianity Today Book Award—Biblical Studies

    Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Honorable Mention

    SOLA Network's Asian American Book Awards Honorable Mention

    In a first-of-its-kind volume, The New Testament in Color offers biblical commentary that is:

    • Multiethnic
    • ...
  • Disabling Leadership: A Practical Theology for the Broken Body of Christ, By Andrew T. Draper and Jody Michele and Andrea Mae
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    Disabling Leadership

    A Practical Theology for the Broken Body of Christ

    Center For Disability and Ministry Books

    by Andrew Thomas Draper, Jody Michele Courtney, and Andrea Mae

    People with disabilities are often excluded from full participation in church communities. Accessibility is a key component of the biblical ministry of reconciliation—but it's not enough. To truly work toward reconciliation, churches must both consider the theological implications of disability and also become places where people with disabilities lead.

    Disabling ...