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  • ChurchNext: Quantum Changes in How We Do Ministry, By Eddie Gibbs
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    ChurchNext

    Quantum Changes in How We Do Ministry

    by Eddie Gibbs

    • A 2001 Christianity Today Book of the Year

    What will the church be next? CHANGE IS NOW. Competition from nontraditional and Eastern religions join with the pressures of both modernism and postmodernism to squeeze Christianity. While new church models have sprung up to meet these challenges, they each have strengths and limitations. Eddie Gibbs, a well-known church strategist ...

  • Written on the Heart: The Case for Natural Law, By J. Budziszewski
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    Written on the Heart

    The Case for Natural Law

    by J. Budziszewski

    Voted one of Christianity Today's Books of the Year

    With uninterrupted clarity, frequent eloquence and occasional humor, J. Budziszewski presents and defends the natural law tradition in what is at once a primer forstudents and a vigorous argument for scholars.

    Written on the Heart expounds the work of the leading architects of theory on natural law, ...

  • Life in the Trinity: An Introduction to Theology with the Help of the Church Fathers, By Donald Fairbairn
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    Life in the Trinity

    An Introduction to Theology with the Help of the Church Fathers

    by Donald Fairbairn

    What can the early church contribute to theology today?Although introductions to Christian theology often refer to its biblical foundations, seldom is much attention paid to the key insights the early church had into the nature of Christian faithand life. Donald Fairbairn takes us back to those biblical roots and to the central convictions of the early church, showing us what we have tended to overlook, ...

  • The Next Worship: Glorifying God in a Diverse World, By Sandra Maria Van Opstal
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    The Next Worship

    Glorifying God in a Diverse World

    The IVP Signature Collection

    by Sandra Maria Van Opstal
    Foreword by Mark Labberton

    Christianity Today's Book of the Year Award of Merit

    What happens when a diverse church glorifies the global God?

    We live in a time of unprecedented intercultural exchange, where our communities welcome people from around the world. Music and media from every culture are easily accessible, and our worship is infused with a rich variety of musical ...

  • Breaking the Idols of Your Heart: How to Navigate the Temptations of Life, By Dan B. Allender and Tremper Longman III
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    Breaking the Idols of Your Heart

    How to Navigate the Temptations of Life

    by Dan B. Allender and Tremper Longman III

    We all want to know our lives matter.So did the Teacher in Ecclesiastes. He invested time and energy in every activity he could think of that might bring meaning and purpose to his life but found only disappointment, frustration, hopelessness.In our thirst for significance we, like the Teacher, give our lives--our time, talents, strength, heart--to anything we think will give us worth and purpose: ...

  • Created and Creating: A Biblical Theology of Culture, By William Edgar
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    Created and Creating

    A Biblical Theology of Culture

    by William Edgar

    The gospel of Jesus Christ is always situated within a particular cultural context. But how should Christians approach the complex relationship between our faith and our surrounding culture?Should we simply retreat from culture? Should we embraceour cultural practices and mindset? How important is it for us to be engaged in our culture? And how might we do that with discernment and faithfulness? ...

  • Cultivating Mentors: Sharing Wisdom in Christian Higher Education, Edited by Todd C. Ream and Jerry Pattengale and Christopher J. Devers
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    Cultivating Mentors

    Sharing Wisdom in Christian Higher Education

    Foreword by Mark R. Schwehn
    Edited by Todd C. Ream, Jerry Pattengale, and Christopher J. Devers

    Many colleges and universities informally highlight the value of mentoring among academic professionals. Yet scholars often lack clear definitions, goals, practices, and commitments that help them actually reap the benefits mentoring offers. As new faculty members from younger generations continue to face evolving challenges while also reshaping institutions, their ability to connect ...

  • Cultivating Mentors: Sharing Wisdom in Christian Higher Education, Edited by Todd C. Ream and Jerry Pattengale and Christopher J. Devers
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    Cultivating Mentors

    Sharing Wisdom in Christian Higher Education

    Foreword by Mark R. Schwehn
    Edited by Todd C. Ream, Jerry Pattengale, and Christopher J. Devers

    Many colleges and universities informally highlight the value of mentoring among academic professionals. Yet scholars often lack clear definitions, goals, practices, and commitments that help them actually reap the benefits mentoring offers. As new faculty members from younger generations continue to face evolving challenges while also reshaping institutions, their ability to connect ...