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  • Ezekiel: An Introduction and Commentary, By John B. Taylor
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    Ezekiel

    An Introduction and Commentary

    Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries

    by John B. Taylor

    "For most Bible readers Ezekiel is almost a closed book," writes John Taylor. "Their knowledge of him extends little further than his mysterious vision of God's chariot-throne, with its wheels within wheels, and the vision of the valley of the dry bones.""Otherwise his book is as forbidding in its size as the prophet himself is in the complexity of his make-up," Taylor goes on. "In its structure, ...

  • Faith Is Like Skydiving: And Other Memorable Images for Dialogue with Seekers and Skeptics, By Rick Mattson
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    Faith Is Like Skydiving

    And Other Memorable Images for Dialogue with Seekers and Skeptics

    by Rick Mattson

    It can be hard to explain why you believe in God. But images and analogies can provide concrete handles for making the Christian faith more plausible.

    If someone claims that Christians make a "blind leap of faith," you can respond, "No, it's not a blind leap. Faith is like skydiving. You check out your parachute beforehand and make sure it's secure. You follow the safety instructions. And ...

  • Want more context as you begin to study Exodus? This introduction will give you the background you need as you read the Daily Quiet Time Bible Study. We hope you continue to discover the riches of Scripture and draw closer to God as you join the millions who have used this free devotional resource.

  • Want more context as you begin to study Zephaniah? This introduction will give you the background you need as you read the Daily Quiet Time Bible Study. We hope you continue to discover the riches of Scripture and draw closer to God as you join the millions who have used this free devotional resource.

  • An Explorer's Guide to John Calvin, By Yudha Thianto
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    An Explorer's Guide to John Calvin

    Explorer's Guides

    by Yudha Thianto

    Creation is the theater of God's glory. Scripture is like a pair of glasses that clarifies our vision of God. Justification is the hinge on which religion turns.

    These and other affirmations are often associated with John Calvin, the 16th-century French Protestant Reformer best known for his ministry in Geneva and his authorship of the Institutes of the Christian Religion. ...

  • Mirror for the Soul: A Christian Guide to the Enneagram, By Alice Fryling
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    Mirror for the Soul

    A Christian Guide to the Enneagram

    by Alice Fryling

    "Who in the world am I?"

    The Enneagram is like a mirror, reflecting dimensions of ourselves that are sometimes hard to see. In this helpful guide, spiritual director and Enneagram teacher Alice Fryling offers an introduction to each number of the Enneagram and their respective triads. More than just helping us discern our number, this book relates the Enneagram to our spiritual ...

  • How I Changed My Mind About Evolution: Evangelicals Reflect on Faith and Science, Edited by Kathryn Applegate and J. B. Stump
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    How I Changed My Mind About Evolution

    Evangelicals Reflect on Faith and Science

    BioLogos Books on Science and Christianity

    Foreword by Deborah Haarsma
    Edited by Kathryn Applegate and J. B. Stump

    Perhaps no topic appears as potentially threatening to evangelicals as evolution. The very idea seems to exclude God from the creation the book of Genesis celebrates. Yet many evangelicals have come to accept the conclusions of science while stillholding to a vigorous belief in God and the Bible. How did they make this journey? How did they come to embrace both evolution and faith?

    Here are ...

  • The Feasts of Repentance: From Luke-Acts to Systematic and Pastoral Theology, By Michael J. Ovey
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    The Feasts of Repentance

    From Luke-Acts to Systematic and Pastoral Theology

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Michael J. Ovey
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    In gospel proclamation today, the critical New Testament element of repentance can be far too often ignored, minimalized, or dismissed. Yet John the Baptist, Jesus himself, and those he commissioned to spread his gospel all spoke of the urgent need to repent.Michael Ovey was convinced that a gospel without repentance quickly distorts our view of God, ourselves, and each other by undermining grace ...

  • 'Return To Me': A Biblical Theology of Repentance, By Mark J. Boda
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    'Return To Me'

    A Biblical Theology of Repentance

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Mark J Boda
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    "Return to me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will return to you," (Zech 1:3 ESV).Repentance concerns the repair of a relationship with God disrupted by human sin. All the major phases of church history have seen diversity and controversy over the doctrine. The first of Luther?s famous ninety-five theses nailed to the church door in Wittenburg in 1517 stated that 'the entire life of believers should ...

  • Want more context as you begin to study Leviticus? This introduction will give you the background you need as you read the Daily Quiet Time Bible Study. We hope you continue to discover the riches of Scripture and draw closer to God as you join the millions who have used this free devotional resource.