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PaperbackSaving the Bible from Ourselves
Learning to Read and Live the Bible Well
by Glenn R. Paauw
ECPA Christian Book Award Finalist
Does the Bible need to be saved?Over the course of the centuries, Bible scholars and publishers have increasingly added "helps"—chapter divisions, verses, subheads, notes—to the Bible in aneffort to make it easier to study and understand. In the process, however, these have led to sampling Scripture rather than reading deeply. According to ...
HardbackThe Soul of Desire
Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community
by Curt Thompson
Foreword by Makoto FujimuraA Spiritual and Neurobiological Redemption of Desire
We are people of desire.
In The Soul of Desire, psychiatrist Curt Thompson suggests that underneath all our longings is the desire to be known—and what's more, that this fundamental yearning manifests itself in our deep need to make things of beauty, revealing who we are to others. Desire and beauty go hand ...
PaperbackBeyond Colorblind
Redeeming Our Ethnic Journey
by Sarah Shin
Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year
Foreword INDIES Award FinalistFor a generation or so, society has tried to be colorblind. People say they don’t see race. But this approach has limitations. In our broken world, ethnicity and racial identity are often points of pain and injustice. We can’t ignore that God created us with our ethnic identities. ...
PaperbackBreaking Free
Understanding Sexual Addiction and the Healing Power of Jesus
by Russell Willingham
Our world is awash in sex. We are bombarded with it everywhere we turn--TV, newspapers and magazines, music, movies and the Internet. When this ever-present temptation mixes with human weaknesses and unmet needs, many get pulled into addiction tosexually sinful behavior. They may detest their own habits, but they can't seem to break free. Is there any hope?Russell Willingham speaks from his own ...
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PaperbackReconciling All Things
A Christian Vision for Justice, Peace and Healing
Resources for Reconciliation
by Emmanuel Katongole and Chris Rice
Christianity Today Book Award winner
Our world is broken and cries out for reconciliation.
But mere conflict resolution and peacemaking are not enough. What makes real reconciliation possible?How is it that some people are able to forgive the most horrendous of evils? And what role does God play in these stories? Does reconciliation make any ...
PaperbackBeing White
Finding Our Place in a Multiethnic World
by Paula Harris and Doug Schaupp
What does it mean to be white?When you encounter people from other races or ethnicities, you may become suddenly aware that being white means something. Those from other backgrounds may respond to you differently or suspiciously. You may feel ambivalence about your identity as a white person. Or you may feel frustrated when a friend of another ethnicity shakes his head and says, "You just don't ...
PaperbackWhen Work Hurts
Building Resilience When You're Beat Up or Burnt Out
by Meryl Ashley Cantley Herr
Sometimes Work Hurts
We might be discouraged, disillusioned, or devastated by our work. We might experience trauma or harassment on the job, or we may have experienced work loss by getting fired. If you've been beat up, burnt out, or brokenhearted by work, you're not alone.
The Bible tells us that work will be difficult—filled with thorns and thistles—but no one prepares ...
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 ...
PaperbackRescuing the Gospel from the Cowboys
A Native American Expression of the Jesus Way
by Richard Twiss
Missio Alliance Essential Reading List
One of Seedbed's 10 Notable BooksThe gospel of Jesus has not always been good news for Native Americans.
The history of North America is marred by atrocities committed against Native peoples. Indigenous cultures were erased in the name of Christianity. As a result, to this day few Native Americans are followers ...
