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PaperbackThe 23rd Psalm
The Lord, Our Shepherd
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Juanita Ryan
Psalm 23 pictures life as deeply secure and richly blessed--life lived with awareness of God's intimate love for us. It speaks to our deepest longings and fears, which may be why we return to this psalm so often. Yet frequent exposure to it may result in overfamiliarity. These nine session LifeGuide® Bible Study studies help us discover its wisdom by pulling in other texts that show the ...
Number of Studies: 9
EbookGod, Freedom and Human Dignity
Embracing a God-Centered Identity in a Me-Centered Culture
by Ron Highfield
Does God's all-encompassing will restrict our freedom? Does God's ownership and mastery over us diminish our dignity? The fear that God is a threat to our freedom and dignity goes far back in Western thought. Such suspicion remains with us todayin our so-called secular society. In such a context any talk of God tends to provoke responses that range from defiance to subservience to indifference. ...
HardbackSacred Attachment
Escaping Spiritual Exhaustion and Trusting in Divine Love
by Michael John Cusick
From Spiritual Uncertainty to Joyful Divine Attachment
What do you do when the gap between what you believe and what you experience feels insurmountable? Where do you turn when trauma leaves you feeling lost, ashamed, and exhausted, spinning in spiritual uncertainty but still longing for relationship with God?
Michael John Cusick, a psychotherapist and spiritual ...
PaperbackConsider Your Calling
Six Questions for Discerning Your Vocation
by Gordon T. Smith
What on earth is God doing?
Who are you?
What is your stage of life?
What are your circumstances?
What is the cross you will have to bear?
What are you afraid of?
We ask these six critical questions—and then weask them again—at points of transition in our lives. They all lead us to the one core question: What is the good work to which I am called?
Gordon ...
HardbackSeeds of Racial Healing
Fifty-Two Devotions for Navigating Through Trauma
by Sheila Wise Rowe
A Spiritual Journey Toward Healing and Justice for Christians of Color
You are born from a seed that cannot die.
In a world filled with discrimination, racially motivated violence, and miscarriages of justice, hope and joy can feel unattainable, and lies denying your personhood try to dim the truth that you are created in the image of God.
In Seeds ...
PaperbackBeyond the Wager
The Christian Brilliance of Blaise Pascal
by Douglas Groothuis
Blaise Pascal, the seventeenth-century French philosopher and scientist, is perhaps best known for his "wager," an argument about the existence of God. But there was much more to Pascal and his brilliance.
In this accessibleand well-documented study, philosopher Douglas Groothuis introduces readers to Pascal's life as well as the breadth of his intellectual pursuits, including ...
PaperbackWorship in an Age of Anxiety
How Churches Can Create Space for Healing
Dynamics of Christian Worship
by John Michael Jordan
The history of the theology of worship is riddled with examples of clergy and worship leaders who have sought to manipulate their parishioners' anxiety in order to spur repentance and turn people toward God. Even if such ends may be desirable—at what cost?
In Worship in an Age of Anxiety, Jordan challenges this utilitarian approach, offering a critical assessment ...
EbookThe Reformation and the Irrepressible Word of God
Interpretation, Theology, and Practice
Edited by Scott M. Manetsch
According to Scripture, the Word of God is "living and active" (Heb 4:12).That affirmation was embraced by the Protestant Reformers, whose understanding of the Christian faith and the church was transformed by their encounter with Scripture.It is also true of the essays found in this volume, which brings together the reflections of church historians and theologians originally delivered at Trinity ...
PaperbackSpirituality of Gratitude
The Unexpected Blessings of Thankfulness
by Joshua Choonmin Kang
2015 Readers' Choice Award Winner
"Deep gratitude springs up from within," writes pastor and bestselling Korean author Joshua Choonmin Kang. "To become truly grateful is incredibly difficult, but the difficulty of the process makes the results all the more lovely."God invites us to enter into this world of thankfulness at every moment in our lives, even in the hard times—perhaps ...
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James A. Herrick
James A. Herrick is Guy Vander Jagt Professor of Communication at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. He has also written The Radical Rhetoric of the English Deists (University of South Carolina Press), Argumentation (Strata), The History and Theory of Rhetoric (Allyn Bacon) and The Making of the New Spirituality (InterVarsity Press).
