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  • Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
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    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Thomas C. Oden

    Volumes in the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (ACCS) offer you the opportunity to study for yourself key writings of the early church fathers. Arranged canonically and employing the RSV, each volume allows the living voices of the church in its formative centuries to speak as they engage the sacred page of Scripture. This thirty-volume series—now in paperback for the first time—includes ...

  • Shaped by the Cross: Meditations on the Sufferings of Jesus, By Ken Gire
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    Shaped by the Cross

    Meditations on the Sufferings of Jesus

    by Ken Gire

    "Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps." 1 Peter 2:21What must it have been like to draw near to Christ as he drew near to the cross? Reflecting on Michelangelo's majestic Pieta, in which Mary gathers the suffering Jesus into her arms, Ken Gire offers seven meditations on a costly discipleship that invites us to take up our cross and follow ...

  • When the Spirit Comes with Power: Signs  Wonders Among God's People, By John White
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    When the Spirit Comes with Power

    Signs and Wonders Among God's People

    by John White

    John White has extensively interviewed many people, including those from John Wimber's Vineyard Christian Fellowship. His years of work as a psychiatrist and as a missionary in the Third World qualify him in a special way to analyze the experiences described in this book. In addition he has thoroughly studied revivals of the past, highlighting the differences and the similarities to what is happening ...

  • Finding Holy in the Suburbs: Living Faithfully in the Land of Too Much, By Ashley Hales
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    Finding Holy in the Suburbs

    Living Faithfully in the Land of Too Much

    by Ashley Anderson Hales
    Foreword by Emily P. Freeman

    Suburban 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 ...

  • The Essential Jesus: 100 Readings Through the Bible's Greatest Story, By Whitney T. Kuniholm
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    The Essential Jesus

    100 Readings Through the Bible's Greatest Story

    by Whitney T. Kuniholm

    Jesus is the most influential person of human history."Jesus never became a political, military or government leader; he never wanted to. He never owned a multinational corporation or acquired any wealth to speak of; he didn't need it. He never wrote a book, never staged a concert tour, never appeared on television and never had a radio talk show--or even his own blog. . . . What's so special about ...

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