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paperbackKingdom Calling
Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good
by Amy L. Sherman
Afterword by Steven Garber
Foreword by Reggie McNealChristianity Today Book Award winner
Imagine the scenarios:
- a CEO successfully negotiates a corporate merger, avoiding hundreds of layoffs in the process
- an artist completes a mosaic for public display at a bank, showcasing neighborhood heroes
- a contractor creates a work-release program in cooperation with a local prison, growing the business ...
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paperbackFeathers of Hope
A Novel
Shades of Light Series
by Sharon Garlough Brown
"We fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen." (2 Corinthians 4:18) In a season of loss and change, Wren Crawford and her great-aunt, Katherine Rhodes, share the journey as companions in sorrow and hope. As Katherine prepares to retire as the director of the New Hope Retreat Center, she faces both personal and professional challenges—especially after the arrival of ...
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paperbackThriving with Stone Age Minds
Evolutionary Psychology, Christian Faith, and the Quest for Human Flourishing
BioLogos Books on Science and Christianity
by Justin L. Barrett
With Pamela Ebstyne KingWhat does God's creation of humanity through the process of evolution mean for human flourishing? The emerging field of evolutionary psychology remains controversial, perhaps especially among Christians. Yet according to Justin Barrett and Pamela Ebstyne King it can be a powerful tool for understanding human nature and our distinctively human purpose.
Thriving with Stone ...
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paperbackListening to Sexual Minorities
A Study of Faith and Sexual Identity on Christian College Campuses
Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books
by Mark A. Yarhouse, Janet B. Dean, Michael D Lastoria, and Stephen P. Stratton
Students arrive on campus with various boxes of belongings to unpack, some heavy, some tidy, some more valuable, some more private. For many students, two of these boxes could be labeled "My Faith" and "My Sexuality"—and these two can be among themost cumbersome to handle. How to balance the two without having to set one down? How to hold them both closely, both securely, but still move forward ...
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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 ...
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paperbackChurch, State and Public Justice
Five Views
Spectrum Multiview Book Series
Contributions by Clarke E. Cochran, Derek H. Davis, Corwin E. Smidt, Ronald J. Sider, and J. Philip Wogaman
Edited by Paul C KemenyAbortion. Physician-assisted suicide. Same-sex marriages. Embryonic stem-cell research. Poverty. Crime. What is a faithful Christian response?
The God of the Bible is unquestionably a God of justice. Yet Christians have hadtheir differences as to how human government and the church should bring about a just social order. Although Christians share many deep and significant ...
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paperbackInterpreting Old Testament Wisdom Literature
Edited by David G. Firth and Lindsay Wilson
In popular perception, Wisdom literature is a "self-help" or "philosophy" section of the Old Testament library—the odd and interesting bits of canonical mortar between History and Prophets. Themes that are prominent elsewhere in the Old Testament receive only scant attention in the wisdom books. Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes focus on everyday life rather than on God's special dealings with the ...
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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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hardcoverGenesis 1-11
Old Testament Volume 1
Reformation Commentary on Scripture
Edited by John L. Thompson
The first chapters of Genesis are the bedrock of the Jewish and Christian traditions. In these inaugural pages of the canon, the creation of the world, the fall of the human creature, the promise of redemption and the beginning of salvation history are found. Interwoven in the text are memorable stories of the ancient biblical patriarchs and matriarchs.Throughout the history of commentary, interpreters ...
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paperbackHear, My Son
Teaching Learning in Proverbs 1-9
New Studies in Biblical Theology
by Daniel J. Estes
Series edited by D. A. CarsonEven a cursory reading of the book of Proverbs reveals that it is dominated by the subject of education, or personal formation. The voice of the teacher addressing his pupils resounds from its pages. A wide array of topics is presented, and frequent exhortations challenge the learner to hear and heed the teacher's instruction. This material, however, comes for the most part without recognizable ...
