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  • Disarming Leviathan: Loving Your Christian Nationalist Neighbor, By Caleb E. Campbell
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    Disarming 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 ...

  • Good News: The Meaning of the Gospel, By Jack Kuhatschek
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    Good News

    The Meaning of the Gospel

    LifeGuide Bible Studies

    by Jack Kuhatschek

    This nine-session LifeGuide® Bible Study explores not only the question, "What must I do to be saved?" but also will help groups understand the meaning of the good news: that is, the incredibly broad scope of what God has done, is doing, and will do in the future to reconcile all things to himself through Jesus Christ.

    For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided ...

    Number of Studies: 9

  • Reimagining Evangelism: Inviting Friends on a Spiritual Journey, By Rick Richardson
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    Reimagining Evangelism

    Inviting Friends on a Spiritual Journey

    by Rick Richardson
    Foreword by Brian McLaren and Luis Palau

    Finalist, Fourth Annual Outreach Resource of the Year

    Sometimes talking about Jesus with your friends can feel like trying to close a deal on a sales call, pushing something on people they may not really want. But what if you thought of it more like inviting them on a spiritual journey?

    Imagine being free to be yourself and free for the Spirit to work in you. Imagine ...

  • Together for the City: How Collaborative Church Planting Leads to Citywide Movements, By Neil Powell and John James
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    Together for the City

    How Collaborative Church Planting Leads to Citywide Movements

    by Neil Powell and John James

    We need a bigger vision for the city.It's not enough to plant individual churches in isolation from each other. The spiritual need and opportunity of our cities is too big for any one church to meet alone. Pastors Neil Powell andJohn James contend that to truly transform a city, the gospel compels us to create localized, collaborative church planting movements. They share lessons ...

  • From Jerusalem to Timbuktu: A World Tour of the Spread of Christianity, By Brian C. Stiller
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    From Jerusalem to Timbuktu

    A World Tour of the Spread of Christianity

    by Brian C. Stiller

    Christianity started in Jerusalem. For many centuries it was concentrated in the West, in Europe and North America. But in the past century the church expanded rapidly across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Thus Christianity's geographic center of density is now in the West African country of Mali—in Timbuktu.What led to the church's vibrant growth throughout the Global South? Brian Stiller identifies ...

  • The Accidental Anglican: The Surprising Appeal of the Liturgical Church, By Todd D. Hunter
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    The Accidental Anglican

    The Surprising Appeal of the Liturgical Church

    by Todd D. Hunter
    Foreword by J. I. Packer

    Many are longing for historical connectedness and for theology that is "not tied to the whims of contemporary culture, but to apostolic-era understandings of Christian faith and practice." They also yearn for rhythms and routines that build spiritual health. Still others are responding to a call to participate in worship rather than merely sitting back and looking at a stage. Liturgy offers all ...

  • Reimagining Apologetics: The Beauty of Faith in a Secular Age, By Justin Ariel Bailey
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    Reimagining Apologetics

    The Beauty of Faith in a Secular Age

    by Justin Ariel Bailey

    How should one proclaim of the gospel of Jesus Christ in a secular age?

    For many Christians, the traditional approach of apologetics has grown stale. In light of the current secular climate, as described by Charles Taylor and others, rhetorical strategies that previously served the church and apologists well are no longer effective.

    Justin Bailey seeks to address this ...

  • The Gospel of Peace in a Violent World: Christian Nonviolence for Communal Flourishing, Edited by Shawn Graves and Marlena Graves
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    The Gospel of Peace in a Violent World

    Christian Nonviolence for Communal Flourishing

    Edited by Shawn Graves and Marlena Graves

    "Blessed are the peacemakers."

    The gospel of Jesus Christ is the good news of peace: peace between God and humanity, peace among humans. And yet it can be difficult to see that peace in our broken, violent world.

    In this volume, Shawn Graves and Marlena Graves have gathered contributions from theologians, pastors, and practitioners on the importance and implementation ...

  • The Spirit, Ethics, and Eternal Life: Paul's Vision for the Christian Life in Galatians, By Jarvis J. Williams
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    The Spirit, Ethics, and Eternal Life

    Paul's Vision for the Christian Life in Galatians

    by Jarvis J Williams

    What should the Christian life look like? What vision does Scripture cast for living as a follower of Christ?

    The New Testament scholar Jarvis Williams considers how Paul's letter to the Galatians can inform our understanding of the Christian life here and now as well as into eternity. What emerges from this careful study is a multifaceted vision of God's saving action in ...

  • The Art of Pastoring: Ministry Without All the Answers, By David Hansen
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    The Art of Pastoring

    Ministry Without All the Answers

    by David Hansen

    • Named one of the Top Ten Books of 1994 by the Academy of Parish Clergy

    What should a pastor do?

    What makes a pastor good or effective?

    What is a pastor, after all?

    Hundreds of books, tapes, workshops and seminars promise to answer these impossible questions. Some offer a set of practical guidelines; others suggest a system or pattern to follow. Some ...