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paperbackEzra and Nehemiah
An Introduction and Commentary
Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries
by Geert Lorein
Series edited by David G. Firth
Consulting Editor Tremper Longman IIIThe checkered story of the kings, lasting nearly five centuries, ended disastrously in 587 BC with the sack of Jerusalem, the fall of the monarchy, and the removal to Babylonia of all that made Judah politically viable. It was a death to make way for a rebirth. The closely related books of Ezra and Nehemiah chart the Jews' return from exile to Jerusalem and the beginnings of that ...
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paperbackThe Message of Luke
The Bible Speaks Today Series
by Michael Wilcock
Luke the physician was fascinated by people—rich and poor, Jews and Gentiles, men and women, rulers and slaves. In his Gospel he delights to portray Jesus as the Savior not of an elite group but of anyone, in any condition, who turns to him. Jesus is indeed the Savior of the world.
Luke knew exactly what he was doing when he wrote his Gospel. He tells us his goal in the opening ...
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paperbackFaith
Depending on God
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Dale Larsen and Sandy Larsen
Why don't I get what I pray for?
Do I wait in faith for God to change a bad situation, or do I step out in faith to look for change?
Why don't I feel more confident that God will help me?
If you ever struggle with uncertaintiesabout faith, you'll find good company in the pages of the Bible. Dale and Sandy Larsen lead you through nine LifeGuide® Bible studies on people who struggled ...
Number of Studies: 9
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paperbackDisarming Leviathan
Loving Your Christian Nationalist Neighbor
by Caleb Campbell
Christianity Today Book Awards — Award of Merit for Politics and Public Life
ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award
A Mission-Field to Reach, Not an Enemy to Attack
Pastor Caleb Campbell has watched as Christian nationalism has taken over large swaths of the United States. And he's suffered the relational fallout of standing ...
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paperbackThe Bible
God's Word for Today
by John Stott
With Tim ChesterHow can Christians effectively engage today's world while staying true to Scripture? Calling us to listen well to both the Word and the world, John Stott shows how Christianity can preserve its authentic identity and remain relevant to current realities. With the God's Word for Today series, pastor Tim Chester has updated Stott's classic book The Contemporary Christian ...
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Jake Meador
Jake Meador is the editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy, a contributing editor with Plough, and a contributing writer at The Dispatch. He is the author of What Are Christians For? and In Search of the Common Good. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Commonweal, National Review, First Things, Books and Culture, and Christianity Today. He lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, with his wife and children.
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paperbackKnowing God's Will
by M. Blaine Smith
How can we discover God's will for the complicated decisions of time, money, relationships, education and career? How do we know which is best among a variety of "good" options? In this updated and substantially expanded edition, M. Blaine Smith shows how God unfolds his plan for our lives—through the Bible, prayer, reason, abilities, circumstances, desire and the counsel of others. He packs each ...
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paperbackFree
Spending Your Time and Money on What Matters Most
by Mark A. Scandrette
With Lisa Scandrette
Foreword by Richard RohrIf you already own a copy of Free, use the password found on page 223 in the Group Learning Guide to access eight supplementary videos.Why does chasing the good life make us feel so bad? We dream big and spend our money and time chasing our dreams—only to find ourselves exhausted, deeply in debt and spiritually empty. Mark and Lisa Scandrette realized at the beginning of ...
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paperbackEarly Christian Readings of Genesis One
Patristic Exegesis and Literal Interpretation
BioLogos Books on Science and Christianity
by Craig D. Allert
Do the writings of the church fathers support a literalist interpretation of Genesis 1? Young earth creationists have maintained that they do. And it is sensible to look to the Fathers as a check against our modern biases.
But before enlisting the Fathers as ammunition in our contemporary Christian debates over creation and evolution, some cautions are in order. Are we correctly representing ...
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paperbackDawn
A Proton's Tale of All That Came to Be
BioLogos Books on Science and Christianity
by Cees Dekker, Corien Oranje, and Gijsbert van den Brink
Afterword by Deborah Haarsma
Translated by Harry CookThis is an adventure that began almost fourteen billion years ago, one that so often threatened to fail. It's truly a miracle I'm still here. Despite everything, I wouldn't have wanted to miss one second of it. And the best is yet to come.
With the help of an extraordinary narrator, you're invited to discover the wonder and drama of the history of the cosmos. In this ...
