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How can we discuss love in a way that makes sense to children? Ned Bustard, author of "Saint Valentine the Kindhearted," believes that the timing of Valentine's Day near the beginning of Lent offers the perfect opportunity to engage with your kids about the magnificent and unconditional love of God.
PaperbackI See You
How Love Opens Our Eyes to Invisible People
by Terence Lester
Foreword by Dave Gibbons2020 American Express NGen Leadership Award
We don't care about what we don't see.
Countless people are invisible to us. We overlook the poor and homeless, partly because we don't share much space with them. More seriously, we often choose not to see the realities around us. We hold misconceptions about who is deserving or not, or make false assumptions ...
HardbackPsalms 51-150
Volume 8
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Quentin F. Wesselschmidt
General Editor Thomas C. OdenThe Psalms have long served a vital role in the individual and corporate lives of Christians, expressing the full range of human emotions, including some that we are ashamed to admit. The Psalms reverberate with joy, groan in pain, whimper with sadness, grumble in disappointment, and rage with anger.
The church fathers employed the Psalms widely. In liturgy they used them ...
PaperbackThe Message of Ephesians
The Bible Speaks Today Series
by John Stott
A common blind spot for evangelical Christians is to overlook the central importance of the church, emphasizing individual salvation more than the saved community. Yet no one can come away from a careful reading of Ephesians witha privatized gospel. Paul's letter to the Ephesians clearly sets forth God's eternal purpose to create the church—God's new society.
In this revised ...
PaperbackMark
Volume 2
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Thomas C. Oden and Christopher A. Hall
Christianity Today Book Award Winner
The early church valued the Gospel of Mark for its preservation of the apostolic voice and gospel narrative of Peter. Yet the early church fathers very rarely produced sustained commentary on Mark. This brisk-paced and robust little Gospel, so much enjoyed by modern readers, was overshadowed in the minds of the fathers by the magisterial ...
PaperbackChristian Spirituality
Five Views of Sanctification
Spectrum Multiview Book Series
Contributions by Gerhard O. Forde, Sinclair B. Ferguson, Laurence W. Wood, Russell P. Spittler, and E. Glenn Hinson
Edited by Donald AlexanderHow can we grow closer to God? Is there a secret to spiritual life? Do we need a second blessing? Is sanctification God's work or ours? Is it instantaneous or is it a process?
The nature of Christian spirituality has been widely debated throughout the history of the church. The doctrine of sanctification was one of the main fissures separating Luther from the Catholic Church. ...
PaperbackGlobal Christianity and Islam
Exploring History, Politics, and Beliefs
by Wafik W. Wahba
Outreach Resource of the Year
A Comprehensive Overview of Christianity and Islam
Together, the adherents of Christianity and Islam make up over half of the world's population, and their numbers are expected to keep growing. The influence of these two faiths—and their relations with each other—is seen in politics, economics, and social interactions. ...
PaperbackScience & Christianity
Four Views
Spectrum Multiview Book Series
Contributions by Howard J. Van Till, Stephen C. Meyer, Jean Pond, Wayne F. Frair, and Gary D. Patterson
Edited by Richard F. CarlsonScience and Christianity. Are they partners or opponents?
Christians have long debated the relationship of science to faith. With the rise of Darwinism, however, the issue took on new significance. Darwinism appeared to undermine the authority of the Bible and the credibility of Christianity by freeing science of the need for a Creator. Rethinking the relationship between ...
PaperbackMeeting God in Scripture
A Hands-On Guide to Lectio Divina
by Jan Johnson
Dallas Willard Center Book Award Finalist
Jesus is speaking to us here and now.
Lectio divina is a practice of Scripture reading that treats the Bible not only as a text to be examined, but also as theliving Word of God spoken anew to us. Experienced Bible teacher Jan Johnson gives us forty Scripture meditations, organized topically, giving ...
Paperback1-3 John
A Commentary on the New Testament
The IVP New Testament Commentary Series
by Marianne Meye Thompson
Torn by conflict, the congregation to whom John addressed his letters stood in need of his strong exhortations to love and unity within the bounds of truth. His word to them is well suited to the church today, confronted by controversies within and without that challenge its ability and will to stand for the truth in a pluralistic society.In this careful study of John's letters, readers will find ...
