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Destined For The Throne (Reprinted)
$16.00Add to cartFirst published nearly 30 years ago, Destined for the Throne continues to train believers for their heavenly destiny. God’s eternal purpose, Billheimer says, has been the preparation of an eternal companion for His Son. This preparation takes place as Christians engage in spiritual warfare and practice believing prayer. “[A] thorough presentation of God’s total purpose and destiny for the church…satisfying and demanding,” said Norman Grubb, former International Director of WEC.
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Isaiah
$14.99Add to cartThe Nelson Impact Bible Study series will introduce in-depth Bible study to Christian laypeople. Each book will help readers experience the true meaning of the messages in the book of Genesis, and in turn, empower the reader to truly make a difference in the world for Christ.
Designed for individual or group study, the study guide will provide a foundation for Bible study and encourage the reader to return to the Bible. All necessary background information will be given so that the reader needs only a Bible and the study guide. The messages will be thorough but easily understood and will be complimented by application questions to guide the readers into a deeper relationship with the Bible that will impact their lives with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Other study guides in the series include:
1 Corinthians ISBN: 1418506192
Exodus ISBN: 1418506168
Genesis ISBN: 1418506087
Isaiah ISBN: 1418506095
John ISBN: 1418506109
Mark ISBN: 1418506184
Romans ISBN: 1418506117
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Pipers Great Adventures
$16.99Add to cartJoin Piper in the first collectin of Piper’s fun-filled adventures. Young children will love the little mouse’s struggles to tall asleep in “Nightime is Just Daytime with Your Eyes Closed” and will laugh along with Piper as he learns the meaning of Christmas in “Piper’s Night Before Christmas”. Join in “Piper’s Twisted Tale” as he realizes the importance of telling the truth. Piper learns that stealing hurts others, as well as himself, in “Piper Steals the Show!” Renew your acquaintance with Piper, or meet him for the first time, in this four-in-one collection of stories to warm your heart and fire your imagination.
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Jesus And His Death
$44.99Add to cartRecent scholarship on the historical Jesus has rightly focused upon how Jesus understood his own mission. But no scholarly effort to understand the mission of Jesus can rest content without exploring the historical possibility that Jesus envisioned his own death. In this careful and far-reaching study, Scot McKnight contends that Jesus did in fact anticipate his own death, that Jesus understood his death as an atoning sacrifice, and that his death as an atoning sacrifice stood at the heart of Jesus’ own mission to protect his own followers from the judgment of God.
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Fire : 1740-1741
$23.99Add to cartLike a deadly disease, sin has infected the American colony of Havenhill, Connecticut, and Josiah Rush seems to be the only person who sees the evil that has gripped the town. Blamed for a fire that nearly destroyed the colony seven years ago, Josiah spent seven years in exile. Now, having returned as pastor of First Church, his cries of alarm fall on deaf ears. Determined to save the town he loves, Josiah Rush endures personal attacks as he battles an insidious unseen enemy who is equally determined to use the town for its own immoral purposes.
With historical appearances by Great Awakening preachers Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield, this novel portrays spiritual revival as the only cure for a sin-sick nation. -
Kathyrn Kuhlman : A Spiritual Biography Of Gods Miracle Worker
$16.99Add to cart1. A Miracle Service
2. The Legend Begins
3. Defining Moments
4. The Call Of God
5. The Day Kathryn Kuhlman “Died”
6. The First Miracle
7. Her Best Friend
8. The Glory Belongs To GodAdditional Info
Join historian Roberts Liardon on a riveting journey through the life of Kathryn Kuhlman, one of the most fascinating women of the 20th century.
In this study of a miraculous healing ministry that spanned a half a century, you will:
*Read about the countless thousands who were healed in her presence-often without her ever laying a hand on them.
*Learn all about her vitality and victory, her tragedies and triumphs, and how she used them all to draw her ever closer to Jesus.
*Find out how she was able to allow the Holy Spirit to become her best Friend and greatest Teacher-and how you can, too. -
1st In Thirst
$19.95Add to cartRemember the Cola Wars, with Coke and Pepsi battling it out year after year for supremacy in the soft drink market? Or what about the Burger Wars, the legendary slugfests between McDonald’s and Burger King? Then of course, there were the Sports Drink Wars. If you blinked, you might have missed them, because Gatorade has swiftly and decisively fended off every would-be rival. Although a few other brands hold slim market shares, the fact is that Gatorade single-handedly created the sports drink industry 40 years ago and has absolutely ruled it ever since. But Gatorade is more than just a triumph of branding. First, it’s a trusted product that has been scientifically proven to do what it claims to do. Second, Gatorade is an enthralling story, brought to life in bright color and sharp detail in First in Thirst. Author Darren Rovell, a skilled, objective, and passionate journalist, chronicles every astonishing milestone of the company’s history. With unprecedented access to the inventors, the marketers, the analysts and observers, and key company figures past and present, Rovell recounts the sweat-drenched University of Florida football practices, the first (unpalatable) prototypes, and the commercial and financial interest that quickly took hold following the drink’s first on-field successes. Then came the advertising, sponsorships, product placements (many of them fortuitous), and finally the two milestones that cemented Gatorade’s iconic status once and for all — the ubiquitous Gatorade bath and the Michael Jordan “Be Like Mike” endorsement deal. With refreshing candor, First in Thirst also offers an inside look at the negotiations, battles, lawsuits, mergers and acquisitions, product strategies, lucky breaks, and even the missteps (there have not been many) that have attended Gatorade’s reign as the 800-pound gorilla of the sports-drink scene. Rovell places the reader inside labs and brainstorming sessions, at board meetings and ad shoots, on the sidelines and in the dugouts, even in the winner’s circle at NASCAR events — where Gatorade manages maximum exposure even at tracks whose official sponsors include chief rival POWERade. The book identifies the nine Gatorade Rules, business principles that have helped Gatorade become one of the most dominant brands ever. By adhering to these principles, businesses in other industries may achieve greater brand recognition and market share. Long before America knew what “deep-down body thirst” was, a team of univer
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Ordinary Joy : Finding Fresh Promise In Routine Moments
$15.00Add to cartJoy involves seeing ordinary things in new ways. This book helps readers revive the joy contained in ordinary living. The discovery of true joy, says Joe Campeau, begins not by breaking out of the daily grind, but by learning to recognize a joy that is already at hand. God draws nearest not only in extraordinary moments of powerful faith, but right in the middle of all the stressed-out, maddening events of daily living.
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How The Bible Was Built
$31.99Add to cartThe Bible continues to be the world’s runaway best-seller. But very few people could say just how its seemingly disparate jumble of writings – stories, letters, poems, collections of laws, religious visions – got there. Filling this knowledge gap, How the Bible Was Built clearly tells the story of how the Bible came to be.
Penned by Charles Merrill Smith in response to his teenage granddaughter’s questions, the manuscript was discovered after Smith’s death and has been reworked by his friend James Bennett for a wider audience. Free of theological or sectarian slant, this little volume provides a concise, factual overview of the Bible’s construction throughout history, outlining how its various books were written and collected and later canonized and translated.
Written in an easy conversational style and enhanced by two helpful appendixes (of biblical terms and dates), How the Bible Was Built will give a more informed understanding of the Bible to people of virtually any reading level and any religious persuasion.
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Religion Politics And The Christian Right
$17.00Add to cartIntroduction: Faith, American Empire, And Spirit
1.Evil In Public Life Today
2.The 9/11 Moment
3.The Specter Of American Romanticism
4.The Specter Of Contractual Liberalism
5.The Specter Of Prophetic Spirit
6.Revolutionary Belonging
7.Revolutionary ExpectationEpilogue: Christian Faith And Counter Imperial Practice
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Princeton theologian Mark Taylor analyzes right-wing Christian movements in the United States amid the powers of religion, politics, empire, and corporate classes in post-9/11 USA.The real gift of Taylor’s book is his argument that this militant Christian faith must be viewed against a backdrop of the American political romanticism and corporatist liberalism of U.S. past and present. Taylor uses the best of cultural and historical studies, while deftly drawing lessons for American readers from theologian Paul Tillich’s analysis of power and religion during the rise of fascism and nationalism in Germany of the 1930s.
The result is an innovative framework for interpreting how Christian nationalists, Pentagon war planners and corporate institutions today are forging alliances in the U.S. that have dramatic and destructive global impact. Moving beyond lament, Taylor also leaves readers with a new romance of revolutionary traditions and a new more radical liberalism, revitalizing American visions of spirit that are both prophetic and public for U.S. residents today.
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Into The Wardrobe
$19.95Add to cartPublished in the early 1950s, C. S. Lewis’s seven Chronicles of Narnia were proclaimed instant children’s classics and have been hailed in The Oxford Companion to Children’s Literature as “the most sustained achievement in fantasy for children by a 20th-century author.” But how could Lewis (a formidable critic, scholar, and Christian apologist)conjure up the kind of adventures in which generations of children (and adults) take such delight? In this engaging and insightful book, C. S. Lewis expert David C. Downing invites readers to join his vivid exploration of the Chronicles of Narnia, offering a detailed look at the enchanting stories themselves and also focusing on the extraordinary intellect and imagination of the man behind the Wardrobe.
Downing presents each Narnia book as its own little wardrobe – each tale an opportunity to discover a visionary world of bustling vitality, sparkling beauty, and spiritual clarity. And Downing’s examination of C. S. Lewis’s personal life shows how the content of these classic children’s books reflects Lewis’s love of wonder and story, his affection for animals and homespun things, his shrewd observations about human nature, along with his vast reading, robust humor, theological speculations, medieval scholarship, and arcane linguistic jokes. A fun glossary of odd and invented words will allow readers to speak with Narnian flair, regaling friends and family with unusual words like cantrips, poltoonery, hastilude, and skirling. A masterful work that will appeal to both new and seasoned fans of Narnia, Into the Wardrobe offers a journey beyond Narnia’s deceptively simple surface and into its richly textured and unexpected depths. -
Leading From The Second Chair
$26.95Add to cartAbout Leadership Network.
Foreword (Greg L. Hawkins).Preface.
1. Living In The Paradoxes.
2. Am I A Second Chair Leader?
THE FIRST PARADOX
Subordinate-Leader.3. Taking It From The Top.
4. Crossing The Line.
A Word To First Chairs On The Subordinate-Leader Paradox.
THE SECOND PARADOX
Deep-Wide.5. A Matter Of Perspective.
6. Building The Team . . . One Relationship At A Time.
7. Putting It Into Practice.
A Word To First Chairs On The Deep-Wide Paradox.
THE THIRD PARADOX
Contentment-Dreaming.8. Contentment In The Second Chair.
9. Dreaming In The Second Chair.
10. Leaving The Second Chair.
A Word To First Chairs On The Contentment-Dreaming Paradox.
Epilogue.
The People Behind The Stories: Profiles Of Second Chair Leaders.
Bibliography.
Acknowledgments.
About The Authors.
Index.
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LEADING FROM THE SECOND CHAIR will raise awareness of the need for strong leaders in secondary positions. It will describe the value they can bring to their organization and to primary leaders when they are serving at their full potential. It will reshape the way they view their role, with an emphasis on their own responsibility as leaders. It recognizes the unique challenges and frustrations of serving in a subordinate position and equips these leaders with the attitudes and skills that they will need to survive and thrive in this new paradigm.
Because of the scarcity of resources for second chair leaders, particularly those in the church, this book will offer a practical way to improve the performance of any organization. Leading Congregational Change discussed the importance of a “vision community”–a diverse group of key members who discern and implement the vision for a congregation–to guide the transformation of a church. This work will extend the theme of an empowered leadership team as we explore how individual clergy and laity can lead effectively. -
Life Balance : A Five Session Course On Rest Work And Play For Lent (Student/Stu
$9.99Add to cartChurch House Publishing
21st century living is hectic. Getting the right ‘life balance’ between rest, work and play seems almost impossible. In five interactive sessions, Life Balance aims to help groups explores:”How to build Sabbath time into the crazy pressures of everyday life. ‘How ‘Sabbath attitudes’ can transform the way we spend our time.”Each session contains enough material for a 90-minute session and includes guidelines for group study, with full background notes for leaders, interactive activities, questions for discussion and multimedia ideas, and ideas for practical action.
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Old Testament Prophecy
$52.00Add to cartThis volume by Old Testament scholar Ronald Clements covers many aspects of research on the forms, structure, and theological message of the prophetic writings of the Old Testament. An introductory essay by Clements assesses the changing perspectives of literary and theological approaches to the study of the prophets during this same period. This book is for all who are interested in reading some of the most compelling Old Testament scholarship from one of the most respected scholars in the field.
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Theology Of The New Testament
$49.99Add to cart34 Chapters Divided Into Three Parts Plus A Conclusion
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Emphasizing the theological unity—and recognizing the cultural diversity—of the New Testament, Thielman provides an orientation to each individual book and an overview of the NT as a whole. Pastors, scholars, teachers, and laypeople will appreciate this review of historical, doctrinal, and cultural contexts and their relationship to contemporary scholarly debate. Complete and cohesive. -
Communication : 6 Studies (Student/Study Guide)
$12.99Add to cartHow can you “give life” to your marriage with your words?
Dan B. Allender and Tremper Longman III have together written this inductive Bible study guide to help couples build healthy and happy marriages. Through six study sessions for individuals, couples or groups, they help you explore differences that might hinder communication and learn strategies that can strengthen your marriage.
Intimate Marriage Bible studies bring spouses into deeper communion with God and with each other. In marriage a man and a woman are called to leave their families of origin, to weave their individual lives into a unity and to cleave to each other. How can fallen human beings even begin to contemplate this ideal–God’s ideal?
These studies will help you take small but real steps toward honoring the image of God in each other and living out God’s goal for marriage. As you explore and respond to Scripture together, you will discover strength and beauty in your marriage and become even more intimate companions.
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Busy Womans Guide To Prayer
$18.99Add to cartToday, women are busy as they struggle to find time to pray in the midst of work, family, kids, marriage and even obligations at church. Award-winning author, inspirational speaker and contributing writer of “Today’s Christian Woman” Cheri Fuller writes about prayer with vulnerability and hope. As a woman who juggles many roles, Cheri shares her secrets of living, continual prayer that is a deep joy, not a duty or obligation that brings more guilt. Instead of another task to be checked off their already crowded “To-Do” list, readers will experience the power of having a vibrant life of prayer and relationship with God and discover creative ideas to weave prayer into the fabric of their day.
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Sacred Diary Of Adrian Plass Christian Speaker Aged 45 And Three Fourths
$17.99Add to cartAdrian Plass lovers got their initial baptism of laughter through his bestseller, The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass (aged 37 3/4). The author’s account of ‘serious spiritual experiences’ naturally made him in demand as a public speaker – so of course another diary was inevitable. The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass, Christian Speaker (aged 45 3/4) continues the misadventures of Adrian’s fictional alter-ego. As Plass gathers regularly with his support group, we meet old friends, including his longsuffering wife, Anne; son Gerald, now grown but no less irrepressible; loony and loveable Leonard Thynn; Edwin, the wise church elder; and Richard and Doreen Cook, who are just as religious as ever. We also meet some new characters, such as Stephanie Widgeon, who only seems to have one thing to say, ever. . . and who knows, we might even find out why Leonard Thynn borrowed Adrian’s cat all those years ago. And finally – what is a banner ripping seminar?
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Lord Jesus Christ
$70.99Add to cartThis outstanding book provides an in-depth historical study of the place of Jesus in the religious life, beliefs, and worship of Christians from the beginnings of the Christian movement down to the late second century.
Lord Jesus Christ is a monumental work on earliest Christian devotion to Jesus, sure to replace Wilhelm Bousset’s Kyrios Christos (1913) as the standard work on the subject. Larry Hurtado, widely respected for his previous contributions to the study of the New Testament and Christian origins, offers the best view to date of how the first Christians saw and reverenced Jesus as divine. In assembling this compelling picture, Hurtado draws on a wide body of ancient sources, from Scripture and the writings of such figures as Ignatius of Antioch and Justin to apocryphal texts such as the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Truth.
Hurtado considers such themes as early beliefs about Jesus’ divine status and significance, but he also explores telling devotional practices of the time, including prayer and worship, the use of Jesus’ name in exorcism, baptism and healing, ritual invocation of Jesus as “Lord,” martyrdom, and lesser-known phenomena such as prayer postures and the curious scribal practice known today as the nomina sacra.
The revealing portrait that emerges from Hurtado’s comprehensive study yields definitive answers to questions like these: How important was this formative period to later Christian tradition? When did the divinization of Jesus first occur? Was early Christianity influenced by neighboring religions? How did the idea of Jesus’ divinity change old views of God? And why did the powerful dynamics of early beliefs and practices encourage people to make the costly move of becoming a Christian?
Boasting an unprecedented breadth and depth of coverage – the book speaks authoritatively on everything from early Christian history to themes in biblical studies to New Testament Christology – Hurtado’s Lord Jesus Christ is at once significant enough that a wide range of scholars will want to read it and accessible enough that general readers interested at all in Christian origins will also profit greatly from it.
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Secrets Of Special Ops Leadership
$22.99Add to cartThe Navy SEALs. The Green Berets. Delta Force. These are just a few examples of what are known as “special ops” — unique fighting forces trained to beat overwhelming odds on every mission. Using principles like speed, purpose, repetition, surprise, and simplicity, elite units such as these have throughout history accomplished extremely challenging tasks against vastly superior forces. When something seemingly impossible must be achieved, special ops forces are the ones called upon for a miracle. Just as special ops are needed for critical tasks in battle, ultra-high achievers are needed for special circumstances in business: situations where time is important, when resources are low or insufficient, where you are challenging conventional wisdom or established competitors, or where crisis is imminent. But can commando techniques really work in business? If you can inspire and lead your employees to work at peak performance, they will accomplish dramatic, almost fantastic feats for you — just as fighting commandos do in battle situations. Secrets of Special Ops Leadership reveals the essential methods commando leaders employ, using dramatic real-life stories of commando leadership from biblical times all the way up through Iraq and Afghanistan in 2005, and showing how similar techniques are used by present-day business leaders such as Steve Jobs, Mary Kay Ash, Robert Townsend, and others. You’ll learn the fourteen core practices of special ops leadership, including how to: * Create the Best If you think you can just call some of your regular employees together and give them a pep talk and an impossible task to do, you’re wrong. Business commandos aren’t born. They must be created. Your first task as a special ops business leader is to recruit, select, train, and motivate the right people. * Build a Commando Team Using models such as Carlson’s Raiders, who fought for the U.S. Marines during World War II, the book explains how to work with different personalities, agendas, priorities, and motivations to create a team that works efficiently and effectively to get the job done. * Dare the Impossible Like the Sayeret Mat’kal, the Israeli Special Ops unit that staged the miraculous raid on Entebbe to free hostages on an Air France plane hijacked by terrorists in 1976, successful business ops must aggressively seek out opportunities and know when to transcend conventional thinking to stage an assault and take action. When they’ve got the right problems to work o
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Always In September
$15.99Add to cartThe body of the American Ambassador lies in front of her. Suddenly, the gunman flees the scene, leaving her alone with the body. Andrea gets away with her life only to find that she is a suspect in a killing and is wanted by the CIA and the French police. She escapes to Canada with a friend, Ryan Ebsworth, only to find out that he is actually a terrorist involved in the assassination plot. During this journey, she crosses paths with businessman, Sherm Prescott, and the two begin to develop a relationship that forces her to face the neglected areas in her personal life, including her forgotten relationship with God. Will she turn her life around before it’s too late?
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Welcome Pastor : Building A Productive Pastor Congregation Partnership In 4
$12.95Add to cartA 40-day devotional guide to help churches with new pastors strengthen their relationships with God and one another. Much time, effort, and prayer goes into selecting a new pastor. However many pastors get off to a poor start because the members of the congregation and the new pastor don???t have an effective means for getting to know each other.
This study helps congregations and pastors get off on the right foot and build a successful partnership that starts strong and endures. A poorly begun pastor-congregation relationship results in hurt and frustration, eventually lurching to a miserable conclusion. Churches invest a lot into finding a pastor, and this book will help make sure your church gets the relationship off to a great start.
Getting a new pastor off to a good start is critical to the over 100,000 churches facing changes in leadership each year. This 40-day congregation-wide study provides the foundation for a successful ministry partnership.
“Welcome Pastor” is the first book to offer a clear, simple process for building a successful partnership between a new pastor and a congregation. Its combination of devotional readings and dialogue is easy and pleasurable to read without being simplistic or trite.
People Who Will Benefit From This Book
Congregational Group Study
Pastors and Church Leaders
Pastoral Search Committees
Denominational Leaders
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Marvelous Riches Of Savoring Christ
$25.00Add to cartPrint on demand
Ruth Bryan stands in a class of great female devotional writers, such as Anne Dutton and Mary Winslow, whose Christ-centered correspondence has helped hundreds of God’s people drink more deeply of the wells of salvation. These nineteenth-century letters are a rich treasury of mature, experiential, and practical divinity that still meets the needs of believers today. Would you like guidance in learning how to live more closely to Christ, how to walk more by faith in adversity, and how to lay hold of God in prayer? Read this book prayerfully, preferably as a daily devotional, and let Ruth Bryan be your spiritual mentor. -
Genesis
$14.99Add to cartThe Nelson Impact Bible Study series will introduce in-depth Bible study to Christian laypeople. Each book will help readers experience the true meaning of the messages in the book of Genesis, and in turn, empower the reader to truly make a difference in the world for Christ.
Designed for individual or group study, the study guide will provide a foundation for Bible study and encourage the reader to return to the Bible. All necessary background information will be given so that the reader needs only a Bible and the study guide. The messages will be thorough but easily understood and will be complimented by application questions to guide the readers into a deeper relationship with the Bible that will impact their lives with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Other study guides in the series include:
1 Corinthians ISBN: 1418506192
Exodus ISBN: 1418506168
Genesis ISBN: 1418506087
Isaiah ISBN: 1418506095
John ISBN: 1418506109
Mark ISBN: 1418506184
Romans ISBN: 1418506117
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Becoming Anabaptist : The Origin And Significance Of 16th Century Anabaptis (Rep
$26.99Add to cart1. Introduction
2. Anabaptism In Switzerland
3. South German And Moravian Anabaptism
4. Anabaptism In The Low Countries
5. The Meaning Of AnabaptismAdditional Info
When Becoming Anabaptist appeared in 1987, it was the first major study to incorporate the new history of multiple beginnings and diverse history of Anabaptism into a synthesis of meanings for the contemporary church. J. Denny Weaver’s second edition will continue to be welcomed by scholars and by church leaders alike. -
New Perspectives On Breaking The 200 Barrier
$12.99Add to cart1. What Are Choice Points?
2. Common Choice Points
3. A Choice Point Growth Strategy
4. The 200 Barrier
5. Spiritual Preparations
6. Planning
7. Implementing
8. Leading
9. Conclusion: You Can!Additional Info
Your church can rise from its plateau and Break The 200 Barrier!New Perspectives On Breaking The 200 Barrier is directed to both the pastor and the layperson and offers insights and strategies that will help your church move beyond the average and into the extraordinary. Based on current church trends, new research, and years of experience, strategist Dr. Bill Sullivan returns to the topic of his earlier work, Ten Steps To Breaking The 200 Barrier (1988), and revisits the challenges churches face when trying to grow beyond an attendance of 200. This time he focuses on how the decisions of the congregation affect the church as a whole. He stresses why it is important to train the people, as well as the pastor and church leaders, to understand and accept the changes that come with growth and the desire to expand Christ’s kingdom.
New Perspectives On Breaking the 200 Barrier will help your church:
* Examine the decisions made toward church growth and understand how to make better choices
* Develop a strategy for dealing with tacit assumptions that remain fixed and unresponsive to change without placing all of the responsibility on the pastor
* Focus on prayer and faith with new insight
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Pastoral Care In Hospitals (Reprinted)
$38.95Add to cartBringing comfort to the sick or dying is never easy. Drawing from his own experience, Kirkwood shows laypeople and clergy what’s helpful—and what’s not—and provides a “theology of visitation” to guide your time with friends and patients. Includes an all-new section on the best practices for hospital chaplains; and prayers for specific circumstances.
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How Can I Let Go If I Dont Know Im Holding On
$23.95Add to cartLetting go isn’t just saying good-bye to people, places, and things-as important as they may be. It’s also about letting go of attitudes and ideas-such as perfectionism, resentment, worry, and judgementalism-that keep us from growing in our relationships with God and others. Letting go is crucial to our spiritual-and emotional-health.
In How Can I Let Go If I Don’t Know I’m Holding On?, Linda Douty examines a variety of letting-go struggles and offers ways to move on to a deeper spirituality. Weaving together her own experiences and the stories of others, she offers strategies for letting go of the things that keep us from a deeper relationship with the Divine. With practical suggestions and updated versions of spiritual classics such as lectio divina, plus questions for study and reflection, this book is a rich resource for personal spiritual growth as well as for group study.
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Gospel Of John Volume 1 (Reprinted)
$24.00Add to cartExploring chapters 1-4, this first volume on the Gospel of John is an insightful study and devotional guide for serious Bible students as well as interested laypersons. This commentary explores the coming of Jesus Christ and discusses the initial reaction some people had toward him. The Boice Commentary Series combines careful scholarship and clear communication in a verse-by-verse and section by section reading of various biblical texts. James Montgomery Boice, a former pastor, combines thoughtful interpretation with contemporary insight for daily living, and explains the meaning of the text and relates the text’s concerns to the church, Christianity, and the world in which we live.
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Ending Hunger Now
$12.00Add to cartVeteran statesmen George McGovern and Robert Dole here find common cause with theologian and activist Donald Messer in this powerful testimony and appeal to people of faith. They are each convinced we can overcome global hunger now, and their informed, strategic, impassioned thoughts encourage and equip. This book brings together their disparate yet powerful voices behind a shared conviction: that helping the millions who lack basic provision for food has become a religious imperative and human priority.Writing for congregations and individuals of faith, McGovern, Dole, and Messer appeal to the biblical, theological, and ethical foundations of action against hunger.
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Junia : The First Woman Apostle
$24.00Add to cartThe name “Junia” appears in Romans 16:7, and Paul identifies her (along with Andronicus) as “prominent among the apostles.” In this important work, Epp investigates the mysterious disappearance of Junia from the traditions of the church. Because later theologians and scribes could not believe (or wanted to suppress) that Paul had numbered a woman among the earliest churches’ apostles, Junia’s name was changed in Romans to a masculine form. Despite the fact that the earliest churches met in homes and that other women were clearly leaders in the churches (e.g., Prisca and Lydia), calling Junia an apostle seemed too much for the tradition. Epp tracks how this happened in New Testament manuscripts, scribal traditions, and translations of the Bible. In this thoroughgoing study, Epp restores Junia to her rightful place.
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Encounters With Biblical Theology
$23.00Add to cartThis important book for use in Old Testament courses is also a valuable resource for those exploring the role of the Bible in culture today. The articles include:
Theoretical Issues
“Is a Critical Biblical Theology Possible?”
“Biblical Theology and the History of Israelite Religion”
“The Politics of Biblical Interpretation”The Pentateuch
“Faith without Works: Biblical Ethics and the Sacrifice of Isaac”
“The Development of the Exodus Tradition”
“The Exodus and Biblical Theology”
“The Biblical Vision of the Common Good”Wisdom and Biblical Theology
“The Biblical Precedent for Natural Theology”
“Proverbial Wisdom and the Yahwist Vision”
“Natural Theology and Biblical Tradition: The Case of Hellenistic Judaism”Apocalyptic Literature
“Temporality and Politics in Jewish Apocalyptic Literature”
“The Book of Truth: Daniel as Reliable Witness to Past and Future in the United States of America”
“The Legacy of Apocalypticism: Christian Adaptations of Jewish Tradition”
“Jesus and the Messiahs of Israel”
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Daring Trusting Spirit
$21.00Add to cartIntroduction
1.Only A Country Boy
Called To Be A Pastor
A Decisive Turn
2.Beginnings Of A Friendship
Finkenwalde
The House Of Brethren
3.Entering A New World
A Growing Intimacy
The Collective Pastorates
4.Sharing A Double Life
First Steps Into Resistance
The Gossner Mission And Military Intelligence
5.A ‘Singular Friendship’
Friendship, Romance And Marriage
Letters From Prison
6.A Soldier In Italy
Growing Disgust
The ‘Theological Letters’
7.Amidst The Ruins
Imprisonment And Escape
Pastor To The Desolate
8.Post-War Reconstruction
The Future Of The Church?
Recovering The Truth
9.Retrieving A Legacy
First Steps In Publishing
Abroad And At Home
10.Interpreting Bonhoeffer
Giving Structure To The Task
Going Beyond Bonhoeffer?
11.The Rengsdorf Years
Teacher, Traveller, Host
The Biography
12.The Church Struggle Revisited
A Confessing Church In South Africa?
Confession And Resistance
13.Remembering The Past Rightly
Mediator Of Resistance Memories
Bethge, Bonhoeffer And The Holocaust
14.A Remarkably Fulfilled Life
Senior Colleague
‘Church Father’
Faithful Friend
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How did Bonhoeffer’s fame and influence happen? Much of the credit goes to Bonhoeffer’s close friendship with his student and colleague Eberhard Bethge, says theologian John de Gruchy. In this important and fascinating work, de Gruchy narrates the course of that friendship, building on interviews and newly available primary sources. -
Winning With People Workbook
$17.99Add to cartWhat kind of price would you put on good people skills? Ask the successful CEOs of major corporations, entrepreneurs, top salespeople, teachers, pastors, and parents what characteristic is most needed for success in leadership positions, and they’ll tell you– it’s the ability to work with people.
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15 Minutes With God For Grandma
$16.99Add to cartBeloved author Emilie Barnes has a brand-new book on a topic close to her heart! 15 Minutes Alone with God for Grandmothers has the same timeless wisdom and sweet encouragement Emilie is famous for. Grandmothers will discover…
*Daily devotions that include Scripture, a brief message, an action step, and a prayer.
*”From Grammy’s Kitchen” sections that feature easy-to-make recipes that will delight tummies as grandmas and grandchildren create and eat delicious treats together.
*”Spirit Lifters” that offer fun activities grandparents can do to enrich their minds and stretch their muscles.Drawing on biblical knowledge and her own experiences, Emilie helps readers become more relaxed while they actively take part in the lives of their children and grandchildren.
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Proclamation And Theology
$14.99Add to cartThis first volume in the Abingdon Press series Horizons in Theology addresses the major concerns and questions for preaching as it intersects with theology. William H. Willimon, recognized as one of today’s master interpreters of the theology and practice of preaching, explains why, in the words of the Second Helvetic Confession, “The preaching of the word of God is the Word of God.” Drawing from classical theology and practical experience, he provides a cogent, powerful explanation of what it means to live the preaching life.
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When Deborah Met Jael
$35.99Add to cartWhen Deborah Met Jael defines and situates the significant elements that might constitute lesbian-identified readings of scripture. Deryn Guest explores the instability of the lesbian label and the concept of a “lesbian sensibility” while defending the need to retain the ‘lesbian’ identifier despite shifts to queer terminology. An exploration of the differing social locations of lesbian-identified hermeneutics, noting in particular the adverse positions of lesbians socially, economically and religiously, grounds the subsequent proposal of three principles (and accompanying reading strategies) that might characterize lesbian-identified hermeneutics. These principles, which are not to be read as progressive linear movements but rather as interweaving commitments, include a commitment to a hermeneutic of hetero-suspicion, a commitment to strategies of appropriation, a commitment to the disruption of sex-gender binaries and a commitment to making a difference (which involves a willingness to confront the issue of biblical authority). Throughout, the author evaluates strategies that have been used to date by lesbians reading scripture, identifying those strategies that are most likely to provide empowerment contemporary lesbians in a variety of social contexts and she engages closely with relevant biblical texts to demonstrate how these strategies can be applied.
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Not Just Science
$24.99Add to cartThis book questions where Christian faith and natural science intersect. What should liberal arts students studying at Christian colleges and universities be asking themselves as they natural science? This book enables students to think critically about how the Christian worldview influences our perceptions in the area of natural science. It acquaints students with foundational questions important to the practice of natural science, as well as God’s mandate to care for His creations.
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2 Views On Women In Ministy (Revised)
$22.99Add to cartThis revised and strengthened edition presents two essays representing the egalitarian and the complementarian/hierarchical views of women and ministry.
From the Back Cover
What does the Bible say about the role of women in the church? With pros and cons on either side of a heated, ongoing debate, no definitive conclusions have emerged. The purpose of this book is to furnish concerned readers with a clear and thorough presentation of the two primary views on women in the ministry so they can better understand each one’s strengths, weaknesses, and complexities. This revised and strengthened edition presents two essays representing the “egalitarian” and the “complementarian/hierarchical” views of women in ministry. Each contributor offers thoroughly qualified insights based on careful biblical scholarship and personal experience. At the end of each of the four essays, a brief question-and-answer section provides further clarification. The general editor adds a commentary at the conclusion of both the hierarchical and egalitarian sections. Contributors Include: * Linda L. Belleville (Egalitarian View) * Craig L. Blomberg (Complementarian View) * Craig S. Keener (Egalitarian View) * Thomas R. Schreiner (Complementarian View) -
Call To Conversion (Revised)
$13.95Add to cart1. The Call
2. The Betrayal
3. The Injustice
4. The Peril
5. The Vision
6. The Roots
7. The VictoryAdditional Info
Put your faith into action. A leading voice at the crossroads of faith and politics offers a prophetic appeal for our times: faced with a growing gap between the rich and poor, bombarded by national security alerts that ratchet up our stress levels, taxed by a government that spends billions of dollars on war-where do we find hope? In this revised and updated edition of his classic, Jim Wallis insightfully critiques contemporary culture and politics, inspiring us with stories to convert our way of thinking and point to a solution to our current social and political dilemmas. -
What Every Manager Needs To Know About Sexual Harassment
$22.99Add to cartSexual harassment is a malign specter hovering over workplaces everywhere. One touch of its foul breath can devastate businesses, causing them to lose millions of dollars, not to mention waste bundles of time and energy. Needless to say, organizations are running scared. This book provides managers with vital information to protect themselves and their companies from lawsuits, bad publicity, decreased employee morale, and other associated miseries. Topics covered include: * laws and court decisions (including the most recent Supreme Court rulings) * what behavior is acceptable–and what isn’t * preventive policies and staff training * investigating complaints, and more. With one of every three cases filed with the EEOC involving a sexual harassment claim, managers need help. This complete “answer book”–with real-life scenarios, self-help quizzes, checklists, and thoughtful analysis–gives them just the guidance they need.
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Heart Of The Chronicles Of Narnia
$18.99Add to cartThe Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is more than a children’s literature classic or a certain box-office hit – its an absorbing and inspiring story. This magnificent companion to Lewis’ beloved fantasy reveals the deeper spiritual lessons of Narnia and exposes the loving God who wants his creatures to experience ecstatic joy. At the conclusion of each chapter are discussion questions. 204 pages, Paperback from W Publishing Group.
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Homeplace
$16.99Add to cartLanie took out her journal and dated it April 12, 1928. She started the habit of writing down everything that happened to her when she was no more than eight years old, and now she had six journals completely full. She thought about the prize at school, almost prayed to win, but somehow she could not. “God,” she finally said, “I’ll do my best, and if you’ll help me, that’s all I ask.”
Fourteen-year-old Lanie Belle Freeman of Fairhope, Arkansas, has high hopes for her future. Happy on the five-acre family homeplace, she dreams of going to college and becoming a writer. And with her father launching a new business and her mother expecting the fifth baby, the bright days of an early Southern spring seem to herald expansive new beginnings for the Freeman family.
But her mother isn’t as strong as she should be, and it’s going to take time for the business to pay back the mortgage. When unexpected tragedy strikes, it is left to Lanie to keep the family together and hold on to their home. In a world shaken by the Great Depression, it is faith in God and love in a tightly knit family that will help Lanie and her siblings overcome the odds and create a future that promises the fulfillment of love.
The Homeplace offers a warmhearted and inspiring saga of a courageous young woman who holds her family together through the Depression era.
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Night Before Christmas (Anniversary)
$9.95Add to cartRunning Press is proud to be the publisher of the best-selling edition among all the available versions of Clement C. Moore’s classic Christmas Eve poem. With appearances at the top of the New York Times bestseller list over the past ten years, illustrator Christian Birmingham’s stunning interpretation of this holiday favorite has been clearly embraced by the market. Now, for the second year in row, we are thrilled to have Birmingham’s gorgeous illustrations available in a board book edition. These two unbelievably priced treasures have become as much a tradition for booksellers as the classic tale itself.
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Unforgotten : The Sequel To Secrets (Reprinted)
$19.00Add to cartAntonia quivered as the door closed behind them. Why wouldn’t Lance leave it alone? She had done all she could. She couldn’t change the past. Couldn’t….
As the past and present interweave in her mind, Antonia relives the terror that cast her from her Sonoma home and carried her to New York with Marco Michelli, the man who vowed to protect her…who became the husband she now realizes she hardly knew.
Two generations after Antonia’s exile, Rese Barrett is swept into Lance Michelli’s volatile family in the Little Italy of the Bronx, where she finds a culture and way of life as baffling as it is welcoming. These are the people Lance loves with the fierce, unflagging devotion that pulled him back from Sonoma-where her own uncertain future waits.
Some things might be better left in the shadows of the past, but Lance doesn’t have that option. With his grandmother clinging to life, as fragile as spider’s thread, he struggles to unravel a complex web of lies and secrets. Is his family’s history as shameful as Nonna Antonia believes, or is it more treacherous than anyone imagines?
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Call To The Blue Ridge
$24.99Add to cartBreaking with tradition, Matthew and Helen Slater leave city jobs to accept the pastorate of a small church in the mountains of North Georgia. Among the church members and townspeople they encounter are Tommy Jones, a young veteran dealing with the aftermath of war; Pa and Ma Mac, a beloved elderly couple; Paula Mason, a graduating nursing student; Ben and Bart, the “hell-raisers” of the county; the hermit, Ole Silas, whose past and present are shrouded in mystery; and Robin, a beautiful “Little Yankee” in a wheelchair. As characters blend like colors on a canvas, you will experience the tragic, the comical, the intriguing, and the inspirational. Chapters of love and tenderness interspersed with hunting, fishing, and hiking make this a must-read for male and female alike. Such is the enduring essence of the human spirit, which continues to inspire the call-the Call to the Blue Ridge.
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Every Single Mans Battle (Workbook)
$17.00Add to cartAs a single man, you’re in a war against sexual temptation.
But God has given you powerful ammunition.
A comprehensive workbook for personal or group study!You’re bombarded by sexual images. You’re constantly battling inner urges. You want to do right-in fact, you want to meet God’s standard of avoiding any hint of sexual immorality. But accomplishing that goal is a challenge.
If you are a single man struggling to remain sexually pure, you are not alone. Now there’s practical, hard-hitting help from the authors of the blockbuster Every Man series. Every Single Man’s Battle Workbook guides you-or your men’s group-through an honest and clear exploration of God’s Word. You’ll undertake a personal journey into key Scriptures, wrestle with questions for reflection and examination, and discover the practical tools and Biblical strategies you need to live the pure life God is calling you to– even while living in a sexually soaked culture.
Make a frontal assault on the temptation every single man faces. This workbook provides all the resources you need.
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Undertakers Wife : Wisdom And Musings Life In A Small Town Funeral Home
$15.49Add to cartStories on living well and dying well from an undertaker” wife.
A celebration of life through the lens of a small town funeral home and a woman” journey of faith. Written in a James Herriott/All Things Bright and Beautiful style makes The Undertaker’s Wife both engaging and readable just for its pure story. There are few authors with Celia Hastings’ credentials which include both the first hand knowledge of running of a funeral home and an advanced theological degree. Delightful and informative, full of wit and widsom. Includes extensive appendix on funeral planning and scriptural references commonly used in funeral services.
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Big Dummies Of The Bible
$9.99Add to cartHave you ever done something so dumb you wince at the thought of it? Well, you’re not alone. The Bible is full of characters who made some shockingly dumb moves. Here are a few examples:
A guy who sold his right to his family’s estate for a bowl of soup.
The couple who had the pleasure of having no rules, no boundaries–except one . . . a rule they decided to break anyway.
The guy who fell in love with a woman who clearly was doing her best to have him killed.
In Big Dummies of the Bible, bestselling author Stephen Miller shows readers some shockingly dumb moves by men and women of the Bible. Yet thousands of years later, we’re still making the same mistakes, and the results often turn out to be as grievous now as they were for these biblical characters. Miller teaches us how to avoid these mistakes and the inevitable accompanying pain and heartache. -
Child Of The Light
$11.99Add to cartIf the Christmas season has become more of a chaotic consumer ritual rather than a nurturing spiritual one, you need this brilliant “Advent Survival Guide!”
If you set aside just 10 minutes per day, Child of the Light will help you find your quiet center amid the stressful flurry of the November/December busyness. As you read the book’s brief readings inspired by the season’s carols and hymns, your spirit will be lifted, and your thoughts will be redirected to the purpose of the season: preparing for the coming.
“Take time for God: that’s exactly the challenge God gives us during this season of preparation,” writes Richardson. “Personally and culturally this time of year already seems to race out of control toward a Christmas finish line. In Advent, we are invited to take time out…. [In] doing so, we nurture our spiritual self, that sometimes fragile part of us who longs for a connection with God.”
The reflections extend past Christmas to Epiphany, January 6, encouraging you to live into the joy of Christmas beyond traditional seasonal celebrations.
A small-group guide is included among the daily meditations, recommended spiritual disciplines for the week, reflection questions, and leader helps. The use of hymns and carols will engage even the most non-musical among us to fully appreciate the lyrical richness of the season.
Long for a more sacred and measured observance this year? Be joyfully carried through the pre- and post-Christmas pandemonium as a child of the light!
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Ultimate Things : An Introduction To Jewish And Christian Apocalyptic Liter
$27.99Add to cart“Hearty thanks to Greg Carey for this wide-ranging survey of classical Jewish and Christian apocalyptic discourse. Uniquely comprehensive, the volume treats the full range of ancient apocalyptic imagination from 1 Enoch to the apocalypses of Peter and Paul. Such key topics as the Dead Sea Scrolls, the thought of Jesus and Paul, and the Shepherd of Hermas are all included. Readers are sure to appreciate Carey’s keen insights, balanced summaries of scholarship, and sane direction amid heated controversies. His introduction should become one of the first places instructors direct students interested in both scriptural and extra-canonical apocalyptic writings.”
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Does Human Rights Need God
$43.99Add to cartWhen the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was drafted in 1945, French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain observed, “We agree on these rights, providing we are not asked why. With the ‘why,’ the dispute begins.” The world since then has continued to agree to disagree, fearing that an open discussion of the divergent rationales for human rights would undermine the consensus of the Declaration. Is it possible, however, that current failures to protect human rights may stem from this tacit agreement to avoid addressing the underpinnings of human rights?
This consequential volume presents leading scholars, activists, and officials from four continents who dare to discuss the “why” behind human rights. Appraising the current situation from diverse religious perspectives – Jewish, Protestant, Orthodox, Muslim, Confucian, and secular humanist – the contributors openly address the question whether God is a necessary part of human rights. Despite their widely varying commitments and approaches, the authors affirm that an investigation into the “why” of human rights need not devolve into irreconcilable conflict.
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Jesus In Context
$33.00Add to cartKnowing the historical and cultural background of the Bible is crucial to properly understanding and interpreting it. But the passing of 2,000 years often prevents today’s reader from fully understanding the significance of various actions and teachings of Jesus in the Gospels. For example, the radical nature of Jesus’s healings on the Sabbath may go unnoticed without an awareness of first-century Jewish teaching on what was and was not permissible.
Pastors and other serious Bible students may not have access to important early writings that would provide this background, nor the time to wade through volumes of source material to find relevant tidbits. This unique reference work gathers into one handy volume the key extrabiblical texts that provide the necessary background for passages in the Gospels, along with introductory comments by the editors.
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Tween Bible Puzzles
$18.99Add to cartTween Bible Puzzles is a reproducible book of Bible activities that can be used with Tweens in Transition or can be used as a stand-alone activity book for tweens. Tween Bible Puzzles contains two puzzles per week for an entire year and covers the Old and New Testaments. Reproducible puzzles allow teachers to select activities that supplement learning in their classroom for only pennies a week. Through reflection questions included with each puzzle the students will begin discussion of the lesson to assist in long-term memory and life application.
Tweens Bible Puzzles contains 104 Bible activities, a scripture index, topical index and answers sheets for all the puzzles. Clear, easy to use indexes help teachers find just the right activity in a snap!
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Invitiation To The Old Testament (Teacher’s Guide)
$19.99Add to cartInvites participants to listen afresh to the various narrators of stories from the Torah, the Law, the Prophets, and the Wisdom writings. Participants gain a broad perspective of how the Old Testament clarifies God’s call in the Bible and encourages our response.
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Paul And The Religious Experience Of Reconcilation
$40.00Add to cartIn the ancient world as in contemporary times, religion provides a vital context in which people become who they are and establish themselves with a unique identity. This process of constructing the self is not only a psychological process and a phenomenological reality; it can also be a deeply religious experience. Using the phenomenological tradition of Edmund Husserl and the understanding of religious experience as delineated by William James, Gilbert Bond reaches back to the New Testament to interpret the story of Paul’s conversion as a religious community experience of the self’s creation, mixed with a variety of unique people and thought. Just as Paul experienced Self and Other in the midst of a culture of diaspora and a religion that emphasized the reconciliation of people, today there can be communities of reconciliation that produce such fundamental changes in self-consciousness.
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Enjoy The Silence
$9.99Add to cart* Deepen your experience with Scripture* Discover the power of God’s Word* Is the Bible speaking to you?* Learning to listen to Scripture* Listen to what God’s Word is saying to youPeople talk about the power of the Bible, but sometimesScripture just looks like normal words. However, insidethese thin, innocent-looking pages is the divinerevelation of a God who wants you to hear him.Enjoy the Silenceis about the spiritual discipline of LectioDivina. This ancient practice can help you develop anawareness of God’s presence and power found in theBible. The book’s simple exercises take you through theprocess of reading Scripture, meditating on Scripture,listening to God through Scripture, and responding toScripture.If you feel like you’ve been reading the Bible in theshallow end, it’s time to start scaling the cliffs and getready to plunge headlong into the deep experience ofGod’s Word.
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Guide To Preaching
$20.99Add to cartPreaching can be an extremely daunting experience for many but is an essential part of any service or Christian occasion. It is so important for the preacher to engage with their listeners and present their message clearly. A Guide to Preaching will do just that – an authoritative, comprehensive yet immensely readable book containing a treasure chest of facts, styles, inspiration and lively examples from around the world for old hands or those new to preaching. A Guide to Preaching covers every aspect of the task of preaching, from planning a sermon that takes account of biblical, personal, church and liturgical background through to using stories, imagination, dialogue, drama, news bulletins and much more. An entire chapter is devoted to developing the skills of rhetoric, and it includes plenty of practical advice and examples to help you understand, develop and review your own style. Roger Bowen has edited this guide with contributions from David Edwards, David Gitari, Simea Meldrum, Esther Mombo and Vinoth Ramachandra. “”This is a helpful book from which most preachers will learn something.”” Stella Mills, Rural Theology (vol. 5, issue 68)
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Prayer Of Achsah
$13.49Add to cart“And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field…and Caleb said unto her, what wouldest thou? Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.” -Joshua 15:16-19 What is sealing up your springs of blessings and spiritual inheritance? The Prayer of Achsah is a life-transforming prayer that reveals how to approach our heavenly Father as covenant people and how to answer the question, “What wouldest thou?” Embedded within this short petition and beyond the literal reading of Achsah’s story is hidden treasure. The Prayer of Achsah unfolds the message that we can have God’s best here on earth. Achsah was convinced of her father’s love for her and embraced the reality that what he promised he would perform. God is no respecter of persons; we can receive the fullness of life here on earth that He intended us to have. The book concludes with the prayer pattern of Achsah’s petition, teaching us how to ask of our Father with wisdom to secure streaming waters for our own life garden. Let The Prayer of Achsah show you how to receive your spiritual inheritance!
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Walking With God On The Road You Never Wanted To Travel
$18.99Add to cartThe Christian life isn’t always a walk in the park. Children of Christian parents do die. Christian businessmen do lose their jobs. And husbands of Christian wives do cheat. Being a Christian doesn’t protect you from the tough punches life throws.
Taking fourteen strategies from the biblical account of the Israelite journey, Walking with God on the Road You Never Wanted to Travel offers real hope to those on an unexpected, difficult journey. For forty years the Israelites wandered through a devastating wilderness, suffering many losses, and yet learning some timeless lessons. These lessons, presented here as strategies for modern believers, are simply stated, clearly explained, and beautifully illustrated with dramatic and inspiring stories.
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Ready To Go Youth Group Activities (Teacher’s Guide)
$23.99Add to cartReady-Made Event Packages
…Just Add Youth Group
FULLY LOADED
All Options, Extras & Side Items Included
These ready-made event packages are completely accessorized with everything you need to easily prepare and smoothly execute fun and instructive youth activities.You can spend less time on planning event details, and more time directly engaging your teens.
These plans cover every detail, even laying out hour-by-hour schedules for you.
Think of the convenience. Think of all the up-front prep time you can save.
The unique benefit of the Ready-To-Go series is that these activity materials go beyond merely offering ideas.
Ready to Go resources instead provide fully developed activity & event plans. These allow the youth leader to host youth events of substance & quality, with a minimal up-front time investment.
It’s like offering a baked cake instead of a cake recipe & ingredients. Or, offering a fully-assembled ready-to-use playground set…instead of loose components in a box with assembly instructions.
This book features 101 ready-to-go lessons that Youth Leaders can use in a Sunday School setting, in youth meetings, or retreats.
It also contains meeting ideas and lessons that can be utilized quickly and effectively when the need arises. Ready-to-Go Youth Group Activities includes —
Meeting starters
Short Bible studies
Test worksheets
Fliers
Parable studies with skits
Games
Small events with little or no prep time
Meeting closers
A scripture index.
All materials are reproducible.Ready-To-Go resources are equipped with event themes that target contemporary issues teens face in the real world. These relevant messages are delivered with impact, through coordinated devotional plans, discussion frameworks, and captivating activities.
All the event accessories you need, down to publicity fliers and parental forms are included.
Just add youth.
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Call To The Blue Ridge
$15.99Add to cartBreaking with tradition, Matthew and Helen Slater leave city jobs to accept the pastorate of a small church in the mountains of North Georgia. Among the church members and townspeople they encounter are Tommy Jones, a young veteran dealing with the aftermath of war; Pa and Ma Mac, a beloved elderly couple; Paula Mason, a graduating nursing student; Ben and Bart, the “hell-raisers” of the county; the hermit, Ole Silas, whose past and present are shrouded in mystery; and Robin, a beautiful “Little Yankee” in a wheelchair. As characters blend like colors on a canvas, you will experience the tragic, the comical, the intriguing, and the inspirational. Chapters of love and tenderness interspersed with hunting, fishing, and hiking make this a must-read for male and female alike. Such is the enduring essence of the human spirit, which continues to inspire the call-the Call to the Blue Ridge.
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Soul Of The Night
$15.95Add to cartProbing the depths of science and faith, scientist Chet Raymo investigates the mysteries of human spirituality and meaning contained in astronomy. Ranging through the stars and the myths humans have told about them for millennia, Raymo delves into “a pilgrimage in quest of the soul of the night.”
Chet Raymo’s elegant essays link the mysterious phenomena of the night sky with the human mind and spirit, as he ranges through the realms of mythology, literature, religion, history, and anthropology. Originally published two decades ago, The Soul of the Night is a classic work that is a must for those interested in the relationship between science and faith
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Comforting Whirlwind : God Job And The Scale Of Creation
$13.95Add to cartIn The Comforting Whirlwind, acclaimed environmentalist and writer Bill McKibben turns to the biblical book of Job and its awesome depiction of creation to demonstrate our need to embrace a bold new paradigm for living if we hope to reverse the current trend of ecological destruction.
With reference to the consequences of our poorly considered and self-centered environmental practices-global warming, ozone degradation, deforestation-McKibben combines modern science and timeless biblical wisdom to make the case that growth and economic progress are not only undesirable but deadly. If we continue to accelerate the pace of development, we will inevitably complete the “decreation” of our planet and everything on it, including ourselves.
In his signature lyrical prose, and using Stephen Mitchell’s powerful translation of Job, McKibben calls readers to truly appreciate both the majesty of creation and humanity’s rightful-and responsible-place in it.
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Discovering Girard
$16.95Add to cart“Really wonderful; an elegantly written initiation into the mimetic theory. I am lucky to have interpreters who understand what I want to say and who can write so well.”
-Rene GirardThe work of Rene Girard is hugely influential in literature and cultural studies. But it is in understanding the relationship between religion and violence that his theory has created its greatest impact. Girard’s understanding of mimetic rivalry and conflict and of scapegoating is seen by many to be the key to a completely new understanding of Christianity.
Girard’s name evokes curiosity and-often-strong feelings among devotees and skeptics. Discovering Girard is the first book to present Girard’s work to a wider audience. It explains and appraises Girard’s mimetic theory, shows its impact on theology and other disciplines, and manages to convey the excitement that a discovery of Girard’s ideas often generates in readers.
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Substance Of Faith
$26.00Add to cartTo read The Substance of Faith is once again to experience Clarence Jordan at his best: the flashing witt that could illuminate even as it entertained, the blazing concern that knew how to lay its burden on the heart of even the causual listerner, the biting irony that pierced shame and pretense, the depth of spirit that saw fresh meaning in the most familar passage of Scripture. With in the pages of this book, you’ll discover the basic themes of Clarence Jordan’s life: “Incartational Evangelishm”, the “God Movement” and his prophetic insight into the enemies of authentic faith, such as Mammon. Dallas Lee has brought all this together from what Clarence Jordan siadn in the pulpit, classroom and lecture hall.
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Release The Power Of Prayer
$14.99Add to cartGeorge Muller was the worst of sinners–a thief and a liar. But after turning to Christ, he provided for over 10,000 orphans–without ever asking anyone but God to supply his needs! He testified that he knew of at least 50,000 specific answers to his prayers. Here are his reports of a few of the most spectacular ones.
From his amazing personal experiences, you will find the secret to receiving miraculous answers to your prayers.
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Date Or Soul Mate
$15.99Add to cartIn Date or Soul Mate? author Neil Clark Warren, founder of eharmony.com, offers practical advice for those wanting to know if the one they are dating is “the one.” Dr. Warren encourages readers to hold out for God’s best and not settle for the first one to come along.
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Dearest Dorothy Who Would Have Ever Thought
$22.00Add to cartWelcome to Partonville Book Four
Charlene Ann Baumbich has won a loyal following of readers with the first three books in the Dearest Dorothy series, featuring the amusing and touching adventures of the townspeople of Partonville. Now Charlene Baumbich uses her wonderful gift of storytelling to celebrate the simple pleasures of life in this heartwarming and hilarious story. The fourth book in the series finds the residents of Partonville preparing for a festive Thanksgiving dinner at the local church. Amid assigning duties and preparing recipes, everyone tries to ignore bossy acting mayor Gladys McKern. Meanwhile, Jessica Joy struggles with an unexpected turn of events, Katie Durbin considers another real estate project, and Dearest Dorothy doles out advice and love in equal amounts to everyone.
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Christian Ethics In Plain Language
$29.99Add to cartThis is Book #2 in the newly branded Nelson’s Plain Language series. This volume will offer a comprehensive introduction to Christian ethics, suitable for individual study or textbook use in a Bible college or seminary. The first four chapters will overview the field of Christian ethics before beginning to focus on specific issues. Eighteen chapters confront all of the issues faced by believers today, including a discussion of racial issues that goes beyond black and white, business ethics on this side of Enron, and war and international relations in light of today’s headlines.
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Thunder Of Heaven (Reprinted)
$17.99Add to cartDeep in the Amazon jungle a young American woman and the son of plantation owners fall madly in love. For Tanya and Shannon, life is a paradise most only dream about. But today paradise ends. The jungle has hatched more than idyllic love. It has also spawned insidious evil. An evil shrouded in a plot so diabolically brilliant that all of America will be brought to her knees at the hands of a few terrorists. The plan is executed to perfection; America’s worst fears have dawned. Nothing stands in the way of terrible destruction.
Except for the love of one woman.
Step into the pages of a story taken from tomorrow’s headlines. A story about the true power found in the face of all our fears. The power of love.
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Heavens Wager : A Novel (Reprinted)
$17.99Add to cartThink Satan doesn’t care whose side you’re on? Don’t count on it! Kent Anthony has everything—wealth, success, a beautiful family. Why on earth would he need God? That’s Lucifer’s challenge to the Almighty—and he dares him to win Kent’s heart away from the wonderful life. All heaven waits as the wager begins.
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Dietrich Bonhoeffers Meditation On Psalms
$14.99Add to cartAt the time of his execution by the Nazis in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was not quite forty years old. Yet already his influence as a theologian was felt not only in Germany, but throughout the world. His interactions with the Psalms reveal a passionate heart and brilliant mind grappling with the Bible’s eternal truths and their application to human nature and temporal realities.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Meditations on Psalms is vintage Bonhoeffer: eloquent, incisive, encouraging, challenging. Bonhoeffer invites us to find in the Psalms both a path toward rest in God and a call to Christ-like living and practical action as followers of the Lord Jesus. -
When God Speaks (Reprinted)
$15.00Add to cartHearing the voice of God is not as difficult as some might think. It may even happen without our realization. As God has spoken throughout the ages, He continues to speak today in many different ways, including through an impression in a person’s spirit or through a passage of Scripture or via a prophetic dream. Since we were created to commune with God, He longs for us to draw near to Him so that we can know His heart and understand His will for our lives.
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LifeKeys : Discover Who You Are (Revised)
$19.00Add to cart1. LifeKeys To Discovering Who You Are, Why You’re Here, And What You Do Best
2. Life Gifts-Doing What Comes Naturally
3. Spiritual Gifts-God’s Special Instruments
4. Personality Types-Melodies For Life
5. Values-Chords That Touch Your Soul
6. Passions-What God Puts In You Heart
7. Life Choices-Orchestrating Your Priorities
8. Service-For Whom Will You Play?
9. A Final Note Of Encouragement
10. Writing A Personal Mission StatementAdditional Info
Discover where YOU fit best and how YOU can live more effectively. LifeKeys: Discover Who You Are is a powerful guide to uncovering your talents, spiritual gifts, passions, values, and personality-all that God made you to be. Now revised, it includes new material as well as the engaging stories, inventories, self-tests, and other easy-to-use exercises that make LifeKeys a one-of-a-kind tool. Whether you use it alone or in a group, it will help you
*Find deeper meaning in life
*Consider significant volunteer opportunities in or outside of church
*Work through career changes
*Develop your usefulness to God
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This Bread And This Cup Childs Book
$10.95Add to cart1. Companionship: Sharing A Meal
2. Storytelling: How The Gospel Stories Tell Our Story
3. These Holy Things: What We Use In The Eucharist
4. Praying Together: The Shape Of The Eucharist
5. Manner And Customs: The Body Language Of PrayerAdditional Info
With This Bread and This Cup, children will learn about the sacrament of Eucharist while they’re having fun! From a guided tour of the church to hands-on time with the elements of communion to unique activities that explore the eucharistic service from The Book of Common Prayer, children will thoroughly enjoy these experiences designed to help them to join more fully with their parish community and the larger communion of saints. The program includes with an interactive Communion Service just for them!This full-color, interactive guidebook for children offers: Individual and shared activities Prayers and reflections Explanations and definitions of terms Writing and drawing space for personalizing
This Bread, This Cup is a program for children and their families. The intended age is 6-9 but younger works too in the program. The Child’s Book assumes the child can read, or it is used with a parent who does the reading.
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Walking The Bible
$14.99Add to cartBoth a heart-racing adventure and an uplifting quest, Walking the Bible describes one man’s epic odyssey-by foot, jeep, rowboat, and camel-through the greatest stories every told. From crossing the Red Sea to climbing Mount Sinai to touching the burning bush, Bruce Feiler’s inspiring journey will forever change your view of some of history’s most storied events.
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Up 2 U
$13.99Add to cartYou Can Have the Life You Want
You’re on the brink of life! Sure, you’ve had one for a while now, but the teen years are the prime time to define the rest of your life. But how, realistically, can you secure a regretless future in the face of so many major, life-changing decisions? Now, by asking just one simple question, you’ll make the best decision every time. And a bright future–one with no lumps in your throat, sinking sensations in your chest, or weight on your shoulders–will be yours! From dating dilemmas to career aspirations, you can confidently chart a successful course in every area of your life. But no one else will do it for you. It’s entirely up to you. -
Every Single Womans Battle (Workbook)
$13.99Add to cartPowerful Tools for Guarding Your Body, Mind, and Heart
Remaining pure while single isn’t easy in a culture that encourages women to use their bodies to gain power and personal fulfillment. The longing for emotional and physical connection can gradually and subtly lead you into compromises you never intended to make. But you can resist the pressures or reclaim your purity by building a strong foundation of integrity.
This companion workbook for Every Woman’s Battle designed specifically for single women will give you the tools you need to resist temptation and help you discover true fulfillment. Through practical and biblical lessons you’ll be equipped to:
*understand the unique components of female sexuality
*discern your personal areas of vulnerability
*design a defense plan to protect your heart and mind, as well as your body
*allow God to satisfy the desires he placed within youEach weekly study section perfect for use by both individuals and small groups in either 8-week or 12-week tracks guides you deeper into God’s Word, then helps you personalize and apply the principles that will help you win the war for sexual and emotional purity.
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Growing Older And Wiser (Student/Study Guide)
$12.99Add to cartYou can’t change the fact that you are getting older.
And, indeed, you may not want to! Age brings many gifts and opportunities for continued growth. In nine study sessions, Dale and Sandy Larsen help you discover the Bible’s perspective on aging. You’ll discover how God can effectively and powerfully use those who have grown wiser with the passing years.
This LifeGuide Bible Study in IVP’s revised format features questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, as well as a new “Now or Later” section following each session to help you act on what you learn.
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This Bread And This Cup Leaders Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
$28.95Add to cartWhether you have a small group or a larger one, whether you want to structure the program in 2 sessions or 5, whether the children in your group are all the same age or not, you’ll have all the tools you need to customize a Communion instruction program that’s just right for your parish with these rich, adaptable resources.This Leader’s Guide is a comprehensive resource for clergy and lay people offering:
Background information on theology, leader reflection, goals, overview and materials lists Ways to invite children to participate more fully in the eucharistic service Explanations of what we do and say at Eucharist Prayers, activities and scripture stories Reproducible handouts to send home
This Bread and This Cup is a program for children and their families. The intended age is 6-9 but younger works too in the program. The Child’s Book assumes the child can read, or it is used with a parent who does the reading.
This invaluable new resource brings greater understanding and meaning to a key aspect of Christian formation: Holy Communion. With solid information, including a brief history of children at the Eucharist, current theological perspectives and practices and flexible, user-friendly sessions, leaders will find that this program fits a wide variety of parish needs.
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Saving Power : Theories Of Atonement And Forms Of The Church
$41.99Add to cartJesus’ death and resurrection are undeniably central to the Christian faith. But how, precisely, is their significance to be understood?
Concerned to reinvigorate the church’s teaching on the cross, the resurrection, and salvation – the atonement – Peter Schmiechen here invites readers to rediscover the wealth of the Christian tradition. In Saving Power he makes ample use of primary sources to unpack ten distinct theories of atonement, welcoming aspects of each rather than championing only one. Along the way, he demonstrates that while most Christians assume the basic theme of atonement to be sin and forgiveness, other powerful themes – liberation from oppressive powers, reconciliation in the face of division, and the hope of resurrection in the face of death, for instance – also deserve to be studied and preached.
Affirming orthodox teaching while offering a positive take on marginal views, Saving Power is a crucial resource for anyone who seeks a fuller understanding of Christ’s work.
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Cross Cultural Paul
$31.99Add to cartThe apostle Paul was a cross-cultural missionary, a Hellenistic Jew who sought to be “all things to all people” in order to win them to the gospel. In this provocative book Charles Cosgrove, Herold Weiss, and K. K. Yeo bring Paul into conversation with six diverse cultures of today: Argentine/Uraguayan, Anglo-American, Chinese, African American, Native American, and Russian. No other book on the apostle Paul looks at his thought from multiple cultural perspectives in the way that this one does. From the introduction outlining the authors’ cultural backgrounds to the conclusion drawing together what they learn from each other, Cross-Cultural Paul orients readers to the hermeneutical struggles and rewards of approaching texts cross-culturally.
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Truth Aflame : Theology For The Church In Renewal (Revised)
$32.99Add to cartMost systematic theologies are long, detailed works of over one thousand pages, or even multiple volumes. This book is a much briefer and more accessible systematic theology written from an evangelical Pentecostal/charismatic position. This book is ideal for college students and busy pastors who want to be aware of the Pentecostal charismatic positions on various doctrines, but who do not wish to wade through pages and pages of analyses and rebuttals. While author Larry Hart does not ignore other theological interpretations, he does not write detailed apologies against other points of view to defend his position. In a writing style that is easy to follow, with a practical pastoral flavor, Hart presents the structure of his systematic theology in a succinct, clear manner. This book includes both brief and detailed tables of contents.
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Song Of Songs
$40.00Add to cartHere Robert Jenson offers a systematic theologian’s careful reading of the Song of Songs. Jenson focuses on the overt sense of the book as an erotic love poem in order to discover how this evocative poetry solicits a theological reading. Jenson finds a story of human love for God in this complex poetic book and offers a commentary that elucidates and inspires.
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Elijah : Living Securely In An Insecure World (Student/Study Guide)
$12.99Add to cartTerrorism. Diseases. Hurricanes.
Every day the news reinforces what you want to forget–you live in an insecure world. Elijah’s times were no safer. He faced famine, murder and corruption–with both courage and fear. In these eight studies on Elijah’s life, Douglas Connelly helps you look beyond the insecurity of the world to our sovereign God who reigns forever.
This LifeGuide Bible Study in IVP’s revised format features questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, as well as a new “”Now or Later”” section following each session to help you act on what you learn.
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Contagious Holiness : Jesus’ Meals With Sinners
$28.99Add to cartSeries Preface
Author’s Preface
Abbreviations1. The Current Debate
2. Forming Friendships But Evading Enemies
3. Contagious Impurity
4. Jesus The Consummate Party Animal?
5. Pervasive Purity
6. The Potential Of Contemporary Christian MealsBibliography
Index Of Modern Authors
Index Of Scripture References
Index Of Ancient SourcesAdditional Info
Honored in 2006 as a “Year’s Best Book for Preachers” by Preaching magazine.One of humanity’s most basic and common practices-eating meals-was transformed by Jesus into an occasion of divine encounter. In sharing food and drink with his companions, he invited them to share in the grace of God. He revealed his redemptive mission while eating with sinners, repentant and unrepentant alike.
Jesus’ “table fellowship” with sinners in the Gospels has been widely agreed to be historically reliable. However, this consensus has recently been challenged, for example, by the claim that the meals in which Jesus participated took the form of Greco-Roman symposia-or that the “sinners” involved were the most flagrantly wicked within Israel’s society, not merely the ritually impure or those who did not satisfy strict Pharisaic standards of holiness.
In this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, Craig L. Blomberg engages with the debate and opens up the significance of the topic. He surveys meals in the Old Testament and the intertestamental period, examines all the Gospel texts relevant to Jesus’ eating with sinners, and concludes with contemporary applications.
Addressing key issues in biblical theology, the works comprising New Studies in Biblical Theology are creative attempts to help Christians better understand their Bibles. The NSBT series is edited by D. A. Carson, aiming to simultaneously instruct and to edify, to interact with current scholarship and to point the way ahead.
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Real Time Contact Center
$27.95Add to cartTo get a competitive edge in a world of commoditized service, companies have to convert their reactive, cost-oriented contact centers into predictive, engaged, revenue-generating, real-time profit centers. A real-time contact center provides an outstanding customer experience, enhances loyalty, increases sales, reduces expenses, and streamlines information flow between the center and the company at large — all of which adds up to substantial bottom-line improvement. The Real-Time Contact Center is a practical guide to building a service infrastructure that will simultaneously exceed your customers’ expectations, and build revenues. This timely book will help you: Establish the business case for transforming your contact center into a real-time profit center. * Sort through the technologies and systems that enable real-time contact centers, and learn the best ways to use them. * Build profitable relationships with sales and marketing. * Strengthen your self-service applications to improve their efficiency and to reduce dependence on service representatives, enabling significant cost reductions. * Hire, train, and motivate staff to keep your contact center at the top of its game. * Make smart, ethical decisions regarding offshore outsourcing. The book is packed with step-by-step implementation plans for migrating from your current model to the real-time contact center, and offers a complete package of winning strategies, practical guidelines, and best practices. Each chapter includes self-assessment checklists for use by all the crucial players in your contact environment. The Real-Time Contact Center analyzes the business trends that are driving change in the contact center market, and provides vendor names and a market overview of key call center technology, systems, and applications. The book also discusses how to optimize management and processes to ensure your people are well positioned to deliver extraordinary service with every interaction. Most importantly, The Real-Time Contact Center will show you how to make this crucial transformation without disrupting your current service initiatives. With the powerful tools and practical recommendations in this book, you will transfer quickly and seamlessly to a world-class contact center that’s designed to generate substantial revenue, delight your customers, reduce expenses, and make your organization the envy of its industry.
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Being Human : Race Culture And Religion
$29.00Add to cartIntroduction: Who Are We?
1.Contemporary Models Of Theological Anthropology
2.Culture: Labor, Aesthetic, And Spirit
3.Selves And The Self: I Am Because We Are
4.Race: Nature And Nurture
5.Conclusion As IntroductionAdditional Info
Dwight Hopkins, whose important work in Black Theology has mediated class theological concerns through the prism of African American culture, here offers a fresh take on theological anthropology. Rather than defined “the human” as one eternal or inviolable essence, however, Hopkins looks to the multiple and conflicting notions of the human in contemporary thought, and particularly three key variables: culture, self, and race. Hopkins’ critical reframing of these concepts firmly locates human endeavor, development, transcendence, and liberation in the particular messiness of struggle and strife. -
Revival : Gods Proven Method Of Awakening His Church
$14.99Add to cartGod longs to send a nationwide revival wherever He finds a people totally obedient to His will and given to desperate prayer. Revival-God’s Proven Method of Awakening His Church is the result of the author being deeply touched by God for revival, which led to his becoming involved in the awakening experienced in central India in 1969. In this study you’ll find examples of God’s response to the prevailing prayer of His people in the Old and New Testaments, in church history, and in Europe, Asia, and America, as well as His work in the lives of individuals, churches, and colleges in America and large areas of many nations-all of which have been changed by the work of His Spirit. In answer to God’s promise in 2 Chronicles 7:14, “If my people will…I will…,” Christians in India prayed and God answered. Even so, our hearts resonate with Habakkuk, as he prayed, “In this time of our deep need, begin again to help us, as you did in years gone by” (LB).
