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PaperbackHospitality
God's Call to Compassion
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Patty Pell
Over 15 Million LifeGuide Bible Studies Sold Worldwide!
The word hospitality brings to mind tables filled with cookies and pots of good coffee.
Offering food to friends is a wonderful ministryindeed, but the biblical concept of hospitality is much deeper and more significant. In this nine session LifeGuide® Bible Study, Patty Pell you'll discover ...
Number of Studies: 9
PaperbackMarriage and Family in the Biblical World
Edited by Ken M. Campbell
Current debates about marriage and the family assume much about the history of these institutions. But what do we really know about the social and ethical arrangements of these institutions, especially during biblical times? Placing the history of marriage and family in context requires not only a study of biblical literature that traverses several millennia but also a grasp of extrabiblical literature ...
HardbackCommentaries on Job, Hosea, Joel, and Amos
Ancient Christian Texts
by Julian of Eclanum
Edited and Translated by Thomas P. Scheck"Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind . . . "
Julian of Eclanum (c. 386–455) was the bishop of Eclanum, located in modern-day Italy. In this volume in IVP's Ancient Christian Texts series, Thomas Scheck provides anew translation of Julian's commentaries on the biblical books of Job and those of three Minor Prophets: Hosea, Joel, and Amos. Here, readers will gain ...
PaperbackSongs from Scripture
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by James W. Reapsome
"Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises unto our King, sing praises. For God is King of all the earth; sing ye praises with understanding," (Psalm 47:6-7).
Throughout the Bible there are songs. Some are songs of celebration and hope while others express despair or humility and still others recount God's redemption. "Songs lift our hearts and minds," writes James Reapsome. "They powerfully ...
Number of Studies: 9
PaperbackSlow Church
Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus
by C. Christopher Smith and John Pattison
Foreword by Jonathan Wilson-HartgroveReaders' Choice Award Winner
Best Books About the Church from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore
Fast food. Fast cars. Fast and furious. Fast forward. Fast . . . church?
The church is oftenidealized (or demonized) as the last bastion of a bygone era, dragging our feet as we're pulled into new moralities and new spiritualities. We guard our ...
PaperbackFinding Favour in the Sight of God
A Theology of Wisdom Literature
New Studies in Biblical Theology
by Richard P Belcher
Series edited by D. A. CarsonThere has been an explosion of interest in wisdom literature, and many studies are now available. There is every opportunity for people to "get wisdom, get insight" (Prov. 4:5). However, in today's world it seems the practical sensibilities that come from wisdom are found in very few places. Wisdom literature is needed now more than ever. By walking in the way of wisdom, we will "find favour and ...
HardbackThe Offensive Church
Breaking the Cycle of Ethnic Disunity
by Bryan Loritts
ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award
Crises around race have put the church in a defensive posture, always reacting to racial conflicts in society. But Jesus wants more. He wants Christians to play offense by discipling people into a new humanity, where we push beyond mere diversity and into a biblical vision for ethnic unity.
Bryan Loritts calls Christians ...
PaperbackLearning to Be
Finding Your Center After the Bottom Falls Out
by Juanita Campbell Rasmus
Foreword by Tina Knowles LawsonJuanita called it "The Crash."
Her counselor labeled it "a major depressive episode." Others called it a nervous breakdown. On the spiritual front, it was a dark night of the soul.
This experience landed Juanita, a busy pastor, mother, and community leader, in bed. When everything in her life finally came to a stop, she found that she had to learn to be—with herself ...
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Samantha Beach Kiley
Samantha Beach Kiley is a writer and performer, and the creative arts pastor at Austin New Church in Austin, Texas. Samantha's creative work has appeared in theatres, churches, and non-profit spaces. She has taught at Northwestern's National HighSchool Institute and Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre, where she is the co-education director with her husband, Will.
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