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  • Impossible People: Christian Courage and the Struggle for the Soul of Civilization, By Os Guinness
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    Impossible People

    Christian Courage and the Struggle for the Soul of Civilization

    by Os Guinness

    • ECPA 2017 Christian Book Award Finalist

    The church in the West is at a critical moment. While the gospel is exploding throughout the global south, Western civilization faces militant assaults from aggressive secularism and radical Islam. Will the church resist the seductive shaping power of advanced modernity?

    More than ever, Christians must resist the negative cultural forces ...

  • Unmasking the New Age, By Douglas Groothuis
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    Unmasking the New Age

    by Douglas Groothuis

    What is the New Age movement? Is it a conspiracy? What can Christians do about it?In the last ten years the New Age has shifted out of the counterculture into the mainstream of society. Today its effects are felt in almost every aspect of life--medicine, politics, science, psychology and even religion.--Fortune 500 corporations routinely send their managers to New Age seminars to expand their minds ...

  • A Deeper Look at the Fruit of the Spirit: Growing in the Likeness of Christ, By Hazel Offner
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    A Deeper Look at the Fruit of the Spirit

    Growing in the Likeness of Christ

    LifeGuide in Depth Series

    by Hazel Offner
    With Dale Larsen and Sandy Larsen

    A deep look at Scripture—God's very words—is never wasted. In fact, not only is it never wasted; it's richly rewarded. The more deeply we dive into the riches of the Bible, the more deeply we can experience and serve God, the giver of all truth, wisdom, love and understanding.The new LifeGuide® in Depth Bible Studies help you do just that, taking you further into themes and books of Scripture than ...

    Number of Studies: 9

  • A Supreme Love: The Music of Jazz and the Hope of the Gospel, By William Edgar
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    A Supreme Love

    The Music of Jazz and the Hope of the Gospel

    by William Edgar
    Foreword by Carl F. Ellis and Karen Ellis

    The Gospel Coaltion Award of Distinction—Arts and Culture

    ECPA Top Shelf Award Winner

    For practitioners and fans, jazz expresses the deepest meanings of life. Its rich history and itsdistinctive elements like improvisation and syncopation unite to create an unrepeatable and inexpressible aesthetic experience. But for others, jazz is ...

  • Lay Me in God's Good Earth: A Christian Approach to Death and Burial, By Kent Burreson and Beth Hoeltke
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    Lay Me in God's Good Earth

    A Christian Approach to Death and Burial

    by Kent Burreson and Beth Hoeltke

    ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award

    A Christian case for natural burial

    The promises of the Christian gospel are never more precious or more beautiful than in the context of death and burial. And yet current burial practices in Western society are archaic and impersonal. They fail to confront us with the reality of death, and they make it harder to process ...

  • Passing the Torch: An Apology for Classical Christian Education, By Louis Markos
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    Passing the Torch

    An Apology for Classical Christian Education

    by Louis Markos

    What is the purpose and meaning of classical education?

    Imagine a world where education isn't just about information transfer but about shaping the soul, where students are nurtured to become virtuous, morally self-regulating citizens. Passing the Torch makes an energetic case for the critical role of classical Christian education in today's world. From the pre-Christian ...

  • Looking Up: A Birder's Guide to Hope Through Grief, By Courtney Ellis
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    Looking Up

    A Birder's Guide to Hope Through Grief

    by Courtney Ellis
    Foreword by Kay Warren

    ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award

    "Perfect for fans of faith writing by Madeline L'Engle and Anne Lamott, Ellis's exquisite book resounds with hope and birdsong."Booklist, April 2024

    "Look at the birds"

    Through the painful days of the pandemic stuck in her home, Courtney Ellis found herself looking down in despair. ...

  • Comfort in the Ashes: Explorations in the Book of Job to Support Trauma Survivors, By Michelle K. Keener
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    Comfort in the Ashes

    Explorations in the Book of Job to Support Trauma Survivors

    by Michelle Kathleen Keener
    Foreword by Scot McKnight

    Navigating Trauma in the Church

    It's time for church leaders and believers to stop offering prettily packaged responses from a safe distance. It's time for us to sit in the ashes with the hurting, our Sunday clothes covered in dirt and grime, our faces lined with tears. Trauma brings people to the ash heap, so that is where the church needs to go.

    The church ...

  • Mark: Follow Me, By James Hoover
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    Mark

    Follow Me

    LifeGuide Bible Studies

    by James Hoover

    In the New Testament Gospel of Mark, we meet Jesus, the man who is King. But this king comes to serve--not to be served. He eats with sinners rather than royalty. His crown is made of thorns instead of gold. This twenty session LifeGuide® Bible Study guide introduces you to the compassionate, suffering, astonishing king who calls us to follow him.

    For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies ...

    Number of Studies: 20

  • The Jesus Paul Knew, By James W. Reapsome
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    The Jesus Paul Knew

    LifeGuide Bible Studies

    by James W. Reapsome

    “For to me, to live is Christ,” (Philippians 1:21).

    Many of us may have thought more about Paul's foundational theology than about how Paul learned more about Jesus and what it meant to obey him in the everyday tests of hisfaith. This ten-session LifeGuide® Bible Study guide leads us through the growth in the apostle Paul's knowledge of Jesus and how it changed his life, when ...

    Number of Studies: 10