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PaperbackThe Beautiful Community
Unity, Diversity, and the Church at Its Best
by Irwyn Ince
Outreach Resource of the Year
The Gospel Coalition Book AwardThe church is at its best when it pursues the biblical value of unity in diversity.
Our world has been torn asunder by racial, ethnic, and ideological differences. It is seen in our politics, felt in our families, and ingrained in our theology. Sadly, the church has often reinforced ...
PaperbackThe Message of Numbers
Journey to the Promised Land
The Bible Speaks Today Series
by Raymond Brown
What does it mean to be pilgrims in a confusing world? What vision of the good life drives us?In this Bible Speaks Today volume, Raymond Brown explores how the book of Numbers offers a picture of a better life. He shows how its message is eminently suited to our world today, a world without firm spiritual and moral foundations. Numbers pictures life as an accompanied journey, and ...
PaperbackThe Gospel According to Eve
A History of Women's Interpretation
by Amanda W. Benckhuysen
Word Guild Awards Shortlist — Academic
What does it mean to be male and female? Do women and men have different intellectual, spiritual, moral, or emotional capacities? Are women especially suited for serving and men for leading? Are women and men equal?
While these may seem like relatively recent questions, they have been a topic of conversation throughout Christian ...
PaperbackConformed to the Image of His Son
Reconsidering Paul's Theology of Glory in Romans
by Haley Goranson Jacob
Foreword by N. T. WrightWith its soaring affirmations and profound statements of salvation in Christ, Romans 8 is a high point in Pauline theology. But what does Paul mean when in 8:29 he speaks of being "conformed to the image of his Son"?Remarkably, there has been little scholarly attention awarded to this Pauline statement of the goal of salvation. And yet in Christian piety, preaching, and theology, this is a treasured ...
PaperbackThe Art of Dying
Living Fully into the Life to Come
by Rob Moll
Afterword by Clarissa MollDeath will come to us all, but most of us live our lives as if death did not exist. Medicine has made dying more complicated and more removed from the experience of most people. Death is partitioned off to hospital rooms, separated from our daily lives. Most of us find ourselves at a loss when death approaches. We don't know how to die well.
For centuries Christians have prepared ...
PaperbackA Spirituality of Listening
Living What We Hear
by Keith R. Anderson
Foreword by Dan B. Allender"Biblical spirituality . . . asserts that God is not done with the business of revelation and creation but instead continues to have something to say and something yet to be accomplished in the very culture that isn't sure if God is done speaking. So begins Keith Anderson as he invites us on a journey to relearn how to listen. "My claim is simple: spirituality is grounded in ordinary life experiences. ...
EbookInvitation to Retreat
The Gift and Necessity of Time Away with God
Transforming Resources
by Ruth Haley Barton
Academy of Parish Clergy Top Ten List
"Come away and rest awhile."
Jesus invites us to be with him, offering our full and undivided attention to him. When we choose retreat, we make a generous investment in our friendship with Christ. We are not always generous with ourselves where God is concerned. Many of us have tried to incorporate regular times ...
PaperbackOur Deepest Desires
How the Christian Story Fulfills Human Aspirations
by Gregory E. Ganssle
As human beings, we are created with desires. We all long for meaningful relationships, lives that reflect goodness, engagements with beauty, and the freedom to pursue our lives with integrity. But where can our restless hearts find fulfillment for these universal longings? Philosopher and apologist Greg Ganssle argues that our widely shared human aspirations are best understood and explained in ...
HardbackInto the Region of Awe
Mysticism in C. S. Lewis
by David C. Downing
C. S. Lewis is generally thought of as a commonsense Christian, one who offers theology that is understandable and morality that is practical. And yet, when writing about Narnia to a class of fifth graders who asked if it were possible to visit Aslan's country, Lewis replied that the only way he knew of was through death but then added this curious qualifier: "Perhaps some very good people get just ...
PaperbackBusyness
Finding God in the Whirlwind
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Juanita Ryan
"How have you been?" a friend asks. "Busy," we say.
Much of our busyness is necessary to our survival or to the wellbeing of others and ourselves. In the whirlwind of our lives, however, it may seem impossible to focus beyond the noise of daily demands. We long for a greater awareness of God with us. This eight-session LifeGuide® Bible Study explores ways of conversing with God in the midst ...
Number of Studies: 8
