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  • The Genealogical Adam and Eve: The Surprising Science of Universal Ancestry, By S. Joshua Swamidass The Genealogical Adam and Eve: The Surprising Science of Universal Ancestry, By S. Joshua Swamidass
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    The Genealogical Adam and Eve

    The Surprising Science of Universal Ancestry

    by S Joshua Swamidass

    Evolutionary science teaches that humans arose as a population, sharing common ancestors with other animals. Most readers of the book of Genesis in the past understood all humans descended from Adam and Eve, a couple specially created by God. These two teachings seem contradictory, but is that necessarily so? In the fractured conversation of human origins, can new insight guide us to solid ground ...

  • How to Keep the Pastor You Love, By Jane A. Rubietta How to Keep the Pastor You Love, By Jane A. Rubietta
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    How to Keep the Pastor You Love

    by Jane A. Rubietta

    • Who cares for your pastor in times of special need?
    • What can you do to help your pastor's family on a regular basis?
    • Are there steps you can take to ensure your pastor is personally and spiritually nurtured?

    While Paul urges the church to "overwhelm them with appreciation and love" (1 Thessalonians 5:13), research and anecdotal evidence shows that most pastors experience ...

  • Language for God in Patristic Tradition: Wrestling with Biblical Anthropomorphism, By Mark Sheridan Language for God in Patristic Tradition: Wrestling with Biblical Anthropomorphism, By Mark Sheridan
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    Language for God in Patristic Tradition

    Wrestling with Biblical Anthropomorphism

    by Mark Sheridan

    Criticism of myth in the Bible is not a modern problem. Its roots go back to the earliest Christian theologians, and before them, to ancient Greek and Jewish thinkers. The dilemma posed by texts that ascribe human characteristics and emotions to the divine is a perennial problem, and we have much to learn from the ancient attempts to address it.

    Mark Sheridan provides a theological and historical ...

  • Deep Mentoring: Guiding Others on Their Leadership Journey, By Randy D. Reese and Robert Loane Deep Mentoring: Guiding Others on Their Leadership Journey, By Randy D. Reese and Robert Loane
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    Deep Mentoring

    Guiding Others on Their Leadership Journey

    by Randy D. Reese and Robert Loane
    Foreword by Eugene H Peterson

    "God is in the business of raising up leaders." —J. Robert (Bobby) ClintonWhen good leaders are needed, when the work is urgent, our immediate reaction is to enlist new leaders. Instead we are called to invest in new leaders.Goodleaders are developed in and through slow, deep mentoring. To think otherwise is to embrace the myth of the quick fix. We proceed, instead, by paying careful ...

  • Inside Job: Doing the Work Within the Work, By Stephen W. Smith Inside Job: Doing the Work Within the Work, By Stephen W. Smith
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    Inside Job

    Doing the Work Within the Work

    by Stephen W. Smith

    Effective leaders work very hard to succeed, but often at the cost of their own souls. They are challenged to keep themselves emotionally and spiritually healthy in order to survive success—to keep their humanity intact. This is the work within the work. Stephen W. Smith helps leaders in the marketplace and in ministry set aside the life-draining values of power, fame, fortune and position and instead ...

  • The Magna Carta of Humanity: Sinai's Revolutionary Faith and the Future of Freedom, By Os Guinness The Magna Carta of Humanity: Sinai's Revolutionary Faith and the Future of Freedom, By Os Guinness
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    The Magna Carta of Humanity

    Sinai's Revolutionary Faith and the Future of Freedom

    by Os Guinness

    In these stormy times, voices from all fronts call for change. But what kind of revolution brings true freedom to both society and the human soul?

    Cultural observer Os Guinness explores the nature of revolutionary faith, contrasting between secular revolutions such as the French Revolution and the faith-led revolution of ancient Israel. He argues that the story of ...