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  • The Atonement: Its Meaning and Significance, By Leon L. Morris
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    The Atonement

    Its Meaning and Significance

    by Leon L. Morris

    Why is the cross the crux of Christianity? What are the meaning and significance of the atomement? The Bible uses a host of terms to illuminate the answers to these questions: covenant, sacrifice, the Day of Atonement, Passover, redemption, reconciliation, propitiation, justification. In plain English Leon Morris explains each of these words, thus opening up for students, pastors and teachers the ...

  • Called to Be Saints: An Invitation to Christian Maturity, By Gordon T. Smith
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    Called to Be Saints

    An Invitation to Christian Maturity

    by Gordon T. Smith

    Christianity Today Award of Merit

    Best Book of Spirituality—Academic, from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore

    Evangelicals are known for their emphasis on conversion. But what about lifeafter conversion and beyond justification?

    Desperately needed is a comprehensive theology of the Christian life from beginning ...

  • Dead Church Walking: Giving Life to the Church That Is Dying to Survive, By Jimmy Dorrell
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    Dead Church Walking

    Giving Life to the Church That Is Dying to Survive

    by Jimmy Dorrell

    Most everyone recognizes that the traditional Western way of doing church is in deep trouble and has been struggling for years to survive. While the successful rise of some new, non-traditional churches often take the sting out of the demise of the average church, the truth is that God still can renew congregations that have a rich history but are struggling to adjust in today's postmodern culture. ...

  • Christ's Empowering Presence: The Pursuit of God Through the Ages, By Gary Tyra
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    Christ's Empowering Presence

    The Pursuit of God Through the Ages

    by Gary Tyra

    We all have deep longings and desires that can only be filled by His empowering presence. While many spiritual classics contain repeated references to a particular spiritual exercise: the cultivation of an ongoing awareness of Christ's empowering presence, Gary Tyra makes the claim that this particular activity is at the heart of Christian spirituality and provides the reader with:

    • A ...
  • No Argument for God: Going Beyond Reason in Conversations About Faith, By John Wilkinson
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    No Argument for God

    Going Beyond Reason in Conversations About Faith

    by John Wilkinson

    Religion is irrational! New atheists trumpet the claim loudly, so much so that it's become a sort of conventional wisdom. Professing your faith in God sounds increasingly like a confession of intellectual feebleness. Belief in God sounds as cute and quaint as it does pointless.John Wilkinson contends that the irrationality of faith is its greatest asset, because rationalism itself sets artificial ...

  • Life in the Spirit: Spiritual Formation in Theological Perspective, Edited by Jeffrey P. Greenman and George Kalantzis
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    Life in the Spirit

    Spiritual Formation in Theological Perspective

    Wheaton Theology Conference Series

    Edited by Jeffrey P. Greenman and George Kalantzis

    This volume, edited by Jeffrey P. Greenman and George Kalantzis, marks another compilation from the Wheaton Theology Conference. 2009's event produced the wealth of work represented here exploring the theological foundations for a faithful approach to the church practices that contribute to spiritual formation, that is, to our sanctification in the power of the Holy Spirit. Including essays from ...

  • Losing God: Clinging to Faith Through Doubt and Depression, By Matt Rogers
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    Losing God

    Clinging to Faith Through Doubt and Depression

    by Matt Rogers

    It was the perfect irony. To lose God at a missions conference.What's worse, Matt Rogers will tell you, is that it all felt like fate. Years later, even after Matt's depression subsided, the feeling of being forgotten had not left him. So he knewhe had to write it down.Recounting his own experience with depression, Matt Rogers explores the question of how, in a world of suffering, we can call God ...

  • Serious Times: Making Your Life Matter in an Urgent Day, By James Emery White
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    Serious Times

    Making Your Life Matter in an Urgent Day

    by James Emery White

    2005 Gold Medallion Fiinalist

    John Adams and Thomas Jefferson lived in serious times. And, because they chose to live serious lives, they changed the course of history. Serious times met with serious lives. This is the means by which the kingdom of God is advanced and the life of a Christ follower is measured.

    • How can you make a difference in the world today?
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  • The Soul Tells a Story: Engaging Creativity with Spirituality in the Writing Life, By Vinita Hampton Wright
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    The Soul Tells a Story

    Engaging Creativity with Spirituality in the Writing Life

    by Vinita Hampton Wright

    "Encouraging and inspiring. . . . Think Julia Cameron meets Madeleine L'Engle. This book is a marvelous resource." —Publishers Weekly Starred Review

    There is a reason artists tend to feel a sense of the sacred in their work. It's the same reason those on the path of spiritual formation find that creative exercises lead them into a deeper, more authentic ...

  • Justification: What's at Stake in the Current Debates, Edited by Mark Husbands and Daniel J. Treier
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    Justification: What's at Stake in the Current Debates

    Wheaton Theology Conference Series

    Edited by Mark Husbands and Daniel J. Treier

    JustificationIt is not just one word among many, but it is a central reality for which Christians are thankful to God.Consequently, a faithful understanding of justification is not merely a concern of academic theologians but of all Christians. Discussion of this crucial matter reached a watershed during the Reformation, but concerns raised since then have not all been resolved throughout ...