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PaperbackIn the Shadow of the Temple
Jewish Influences on Early Christianity
by Oskar Skarsaune
Oskar Skarsaune makes a fresh contribution to our understanding of the development of the early church in its practice (e.g., worship, baptism and Eucharist) and doctrine (e.g., Scripture, Christology, pneumatology). This book offers the new perspective that Christians were in ongoing and deep conversation with Jews during the early centuries leading up to Constantine. .
The common perception ...
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Mindy Caliguire
Mindy Caliguire is founder and president of Soul Care®, a spiritual formation ministry. She serves as the director of transformation ministry for the Willow Creek Association. Mindy is a frequent speaker and retreat leader, working with groups such as the Spiritual Formation Alliance. Her books include Faith Books Spiritual Journaling (with Sharon Soneff) and Write for Your Soul: The Whys and Hows of Journaling (with Jeff Caliguire).
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Gem Fadling
Gem Fadling is a founding partner of Unhurried Living Inc., a nonprofit that trains people to rest deeper, live fuller, and lead better. She is a certified life coach and trained spiritual director who coaches women at the intersection of spiritual leadership and soul care. Gem is the host of the I Can Do That! Podcast and the coauthor of What Does Your Soul Love? Eight Questions That Reveal God’s Work in You.
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Eric L. Johnson
Eric L. Johnson trained as an academic psychologist and is Lawrence and Charlotte Hoover Professor of Pastoral Care at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He is the author of Foundations for Soul Care and the director of the Society for Christian Psychology.
PaperbackKneeling with Giants
Learning to Pray with History's Best Teachers
by Gary Neal Hansen
Christian Resources Together Devotional Book of the Year
Do you sometimes find yourself searching for a way to approach God or wondering how to get out of a devotional slump? Do you long for spiritual guides you cantrust?
This guide to prayer is rooted in centuries of Christian tradition. In each chapter you'll meet a figure from church history, such as St. ...
PaperbackA Big Gospel in Small Places
Why Ministry in Forgotten Communities Matters
by Stephen Witmer
Foreword by Raymond C Ortlund, Jr.2019 World Magazine Book of the Year Short List
2019 The Gospel Coalition Book Award
2019 Send Institute's Top Ten Church Planting Related Books of 2019
Kevin DeYoung's Top 10 Books of 2019
Jesus loves small, insignificant places.
In recent years, Christian ministries have ...
HardbackA Non-Anxious Life
Experiencing the Peace of God's Presence
by Alan Fadling
Do you, like so many of us, see anxiety as an incentive to perform? Or a proof of how much you care? Or is anxiety simply an unwelcome shadow over your days, bringing with it clenched teeth and an upset stomach?
Anxiety leads us to succumb to fear and fight peace. Anxious living is a distortion of good motives, blocking the clarity of stillness and rest.
Alan Fadling ...
PaperbackBeyond Hashtag Activism
Comprehensive Justice in a Complicated Age
by Mae Cannon
The world is not as God intends it to be. God's heart is to make things right, and for the world to be just. But complex problems warrant more sustained attention than quick posts on social media. How can we actually make a difference?Activist Mae Elise Cannon takes us beyond the hashtags to serious engagement with real issues. God calls the church to respond substantively to the ...
PaperbackUnderstanding Postmodernism
A Christian Perspective
by Stewart E. Kelly
With James K. Dew Jr.Postmodernity has matured. But the challenge of navigating our contemporary culture remains. In order for Christians to make wise decisions, we first need to understand the many facets of our postmodern context.If René Descartes is often identified as the first truly modern philosopher in light of his confidence in human reason, then postmodernism has taken Descartes to the woodshed. Stewart Kelly ...
PaperbackMixed Blessing
Embracing the Fullness of Your Multiethnic Identity
by Chandra Crane
Foreword by Jemar TisbyECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award
"So what are you?"
Chandra Crane knows what it's like to get that question. She has a Thai birth father, a European American mother, and an African American father who adopted her when she was five. With this mixed multiethnic and multicultural background, she has keenly felt the otherness of never quite fitting in. Where ...
