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PaperbackReconstructing the Gospel
Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion
by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Foreword by William J. Barber2018 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist—Multicultural
"I am a man torn in two. And the gospel I inherited is divided."
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove grew up in the Bible Belt in the American South as a faithful church-going Christian. But he gradually came to realize that the gospel his Christianity proclaimed was not good news for ...
PaperbackExcellence in Leadership
Reaching Goals with Prayer, Courage and Determination
by John White
- Short deadlines
- Not enough staff
- Tight budgets
- Personal attacks
- External opposition
- Internal conflicts
- A huge task
Every leader faces these problems. But as Christians, should we solve them by using the secular strategies of best-selling management books? Or is there another way?John White says there is. Nehemiah provides the model ...
PaperbackThe Spirit of Methodism
From the Wesleys to a Global Communion
by Jeffrey W. Barbeau
"I felt my heart strangely warmed."That was how John Wesley described his transformational experience of God's grace at Aldersgate Street on May 24, 1738, an event that some mark as the beginning of the Methodist Church.Yet the story of Methodism, while clearly shaped by John Wesley's sermons and Charles Wesley's hymns, is much richer and more expansive. In this book, Methodist ...
Hardback1-2 Corinthians
Volume 7
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Gerald Bray
General Editor Thomas C. OdenIn Paul's letters to the Corinthian church, the pastoral issues of a first-century Christian community stand out in bold relief. And as the apostle responds to these challenges, the fathers lean over his shoulder, marveling and commenting on his pastoral wisdom.Best known among these patristic commentators is Chrysostom, whose seventy-seven homilies on the two Corinthian epistles ...
Paperback1-2 Corinthians
Volume 7
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Gerald Bray
General Editor Thomas C. OdenIn Paul's letters to the Corinthian church, the pastoral issues of a first-century Christian community stand out in bold relief. And as the apostle responds to these challenges, the fathers lean over his shoulder, marveling and commenting on his pastoral wisdom.Best known among these patristic commentators is Chrysostom, whose seventy-seven homilies on the two Corinthian epistles ...
PaperbackThe Barnabas Factor
How Crosscultural Partnership Amplifies Global Mission
Foreword by Paul Borthwick
Edited by Joshua Thomas IrbyGlobal Voices on Global Mission
Global mission has moved into a new era when it is no longer just "from the West to the rest" but rather "from everywhere to everywhere." But too often mission workers have not partnered wellwith local communities, hurting Christian witness and ministry efforts. And as the global church sends more and more missionaries, how can we learn from ...
PaperbackChurches, Cultures, and Leadership
A Practical Theology of Congregations and Ethnicities
by Mark Branson and Juan F. Martinez
We live in a culturally diverse society. As the church continues to heed Christ's call to reflect the multiethnic character of his people, pastors and lay leaders need to gain skills and competencies to serve in multicultural contexts, both inside and beyond their congregations. With this book, Mark Lau Branson and Juan F. Martínez equip leaders to create environments that make ...
PaperbackMartin Luther and the Rule of Faith
Reading God's Word for God's People
New Explorations in Theology
by Todd R. Hains
Foreword by Robert KolbMartin Luther considered the reading of God's word to be his primary task as a theologian, a pastor, and a Christian. Though he is often portrayed as reading the Bible with a bare approach of sola Scriptura—without any concern forprevious generations’ interpretation—the truth is more complicated.
In this New Explorations in Theology (NET) volume, Reformation scholar Todd ...
PaperbackBalm in Gilead
A Theological Dialogue with Marilynne Robinson
Wheaton Theology Conference Series
Contributions by Timothy George, Han-luen Kantzer Komline, Lauren F. Winner, Patricia Andujo, Tiffany Eberle Kriner, Marilynne Robinson, and Rowan Williams
Edited by Timothy Larsen and Keith L. JohnsonPulitzer Prize–winning novelist Marilynne Robinson is one of the most eminent public intellectuals in America today. In addition to literary elegance, her trilogy of novels (Gilead, Home, and Lila) and her collections of essays offer probing meditations on the Christian faith. Many of these reflections are grounded in her belief that the sixteenth-century ...
