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  • 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, Edited by Derek Cooper and Martin J. Lohrmann
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    1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles

    Old Testament Volume 5

    Reformation Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Derek Cooper and Martin J. Lohrmann

    "Then David said to the Philistine, 'You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts.'" (1 Samuel 17:45) Reflecting upon David's victory over Goliath, Reformation translator, theologian and commentator William Tyndale compared it to Christ's victory over sin and death: "When David had killed Goliath the giant, glad tidings came ...

  • Beyond Church and Parachurch: From Competition to Missional Extension, By Angie Ward
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    Beyond Church and Parachurch

    From Competition to Missional Extension

    by Angie Ward
    Foreword by Jerry E White

    Discovering New Dimensions in Faith-Based Community Work

    "A welcome and needed book addressing the current tensions and opportunities. . . . Dr. Ward's foundational book points us to a way forward. I am enthused at what this book can do to lead us as church leaders and agency leaders to a new synergy." – Jerry E. White, international president emeritus of The Navigators, ...

  • Becoming the Church: God's People in Purpose and Power, By Claude R. Alexander
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    Becoming the Church

    God's People in Purpose and Power

    by Claude Richard Alexander

    Many today have given up on church. But God has not and does not give up on the church. The church is God's idea. And once we truly understand what God has in mind for his people, we can become who he wants us to be.

    BishopClaude Alexander shows how the original Christians did not always understand what the church was supposed to be, but God worked in them anyway to become ...

  • When the Spirit Comes with Power: Signs  Wonders Among God's People, By John White
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    When the Spirit Comes with Power

    Signs and Wonders Among God's People

    by John White

    John White has extensively interviewed many people, including those from John Wimber's Vineyard Christian Fellowship. His years of work as a psychiatrist and as a missionary in the Third World qualify him in a special way to analyze the experiences described in this book. In addition he has thoroughly studied revivals of the past, highlighting the differences and the similarities to what is happening ...

  • Making Neighborhoods Whole: A Handbook for Christian Community Development, By Wayne Gordon and John M. Perkins
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    Making Neighborhoods Whole

    A Handbook for Christian Community Development

    by Wayne Gordon and John M. Perkins
    Foreword by Shane Claiborne

    Already with decades of experience speaking prophetically into the charged racial climate of the American south, John Perkins began to see a need for organized thinking and collaborative imagination about how the church engages urban ministry. And so the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) was born, with Wayne Gordon an immediate and enthusiastic participant. Nearly thirty years later ...

  • When the Journey Hurts: Finding Meaning in Suffering for Heart, Mind, and Soul, By Kelly M. Kapic and M Elizabeth Lewis Hall and Jason McMartin
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    When the Journey Hurts

    Finding Meaning in Suffering for Heart, Mind, and Soul

    by Kelly M. Kapic, M Elizabeth Lewis Hall, and Jason McMartin

    Transform Your Suffering with Tools from Theology, Psychology, and Spiritual Formation

    We don’t like pain.

    So, we find creative ways to go around it. We try to ignore, minimize, or deny our suffering, but we're stillleft hurting. The twisting and defiling work of sin on this world is overwhelming and shatters our assumptions about ourselves and our place in the world. ...