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Sarah Shin
Sarah Shin is associate national director of evangelism for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF). She is a speaker and trainer in ethnicity, evangelism, and the arts, and she previously served IVCF as an area director in Boston and as a regional coordinator of multiethnicity. A fine artist and painter, Sarah has a master’s degree in theology from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and a master’s in city planning and development from MIT. She and her husband live in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
PaperbackAgents of Flourishing
Pursuing Shalom in Every Corner of Society
Made to Flourish Resources
by Amy L. Sherman
Outreach Resource of the Year
God calls Christians to participate in his redemptive mission in every sphere of life. Every corner, every square inch of society can flourish as God intends, and Christians ofany vocation can become agents of that flourishing.Amy Sherman offers a multifaceted, biblically grounded framework for enacting God's call to seek the ...
PaperbackCreated and Creating
A Biblical Theology of Culture
by William Edgar
The gospel of Jesus Christ is always situated within a particular cultural context. But how should Christians approach the complex relationship between our faith and our surrounding culture?Should we simply retreat from culture? Should we embraceour cultural practices and mindset? How important is it for us to be engaged in our culture? And how might we do that with discernment and faithfulness? ...
PaperbackThe Trinity in the Book of Revelation
Seeing Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in John's Apocalypse
Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture
by Brandon Dean Smith
Foreword by Lewis Ayres
Series edited by Kevin J. Vanhoozer and Daniel J. TreierHow should we read the book of Revelation?
Interpreting Scripture faithfully is a challenge with regard to any text and for any reader of the Bible. But perhaps no text confronts and confuses readers as much as the book ofRevelation. With its vivid imagery and rich prophetic language, John's Apocalypse provokes and stirs our imaginations. Some have viewed it primarily as ...
PaperbackFinding Holy in the Suburbs
Living Faithfully in the Land of Too Much
by Ashley Anderson Hales
Foreword by Emily P. FreemanSuburban life—including tract homes, strip malls, commuter culture—shapes our desires.More than half of Americans live in the suburbs. Ashley Hales writes that for many Christians, however: "The suburbs are ignored ('Your place doesn't matter, we're all going to heaven anyway'), denigrated and demeaned ('You're selfish if you live in a suburb; you only care about your own safety ...
PaperbackContemplative Vision
A Guide to Christian Art and Prayer
by Juliet Benner
While working as a docent in an art gallery, Juliet Benner began showing people how to meditate on Christian art treasures that are rooted in a passage of Scripture. She taught a way of encountering the Word behind both the words of Scripture andthe artist's meditation on Scripture. This became a way of seeing art as an aid to contemplative prayer.
This process resulted in her much-beloved ...
PaperbackThe Lost World of Adam and Eve
Genesis 2-3 and the Human Origins Debate
The Lost World Series
by John H. Walton
Contributions by N. T. WrightChristianity Today Biblical Studies Award of Merit
For centuries the story of Adam and Eve has resonated richly through the corridors of art, literature and theology. But for most moderns, taking it at face value is incongruous. And even for many thinking Christians today who want to take seriously the authority of Scripture, insisting on a "literal" understanding ...
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Makoto Fujimura
Makoto Fujimura is an internationally recognized contemporary artist whose work appears in major museums and galleries around the world. He is also an award-winning author of five books, including Art Is, Art and Faith, Beauty and Justice, and Silence and Beauty. He is the founder of IAMCultureCare and the Fujimura Institute. Fujimura served on the National Council on the Arts as a presidential appointee and he is a celebrated speaker and advocate for the arts.
PaperbackTelling God's Story
Narrative Preaching for Christian Formation
by John W. Wright
Here is Biblical narrative preaching that transforms.John W. Wright presents a new model of preaching that aims to connect the biblical text with a congregation so that they are formed into a true Christian community. Such formation calls for interpretative engagement with both the biblical narrative and the cultural narrative that shapes our society. Wright critically surveys current theories of ...
HardbackIn the Beginning We Create
Reflections on Collaboration, Creativity, and Rest
by Nathan Lloyd Nicholson
Connect Your Creativity with the Creator
In In the Beginning We Create, award-winning graphic designer and artist Nathan L. Nicholson reflects on God's timeless patterns of creation, offering practical insights forhow and what you create. Nicholson guides you through twenty-one reflective meditations inspired by God's creative process, each paired with the author's ...
