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City Of God City Of Satan
$26.99Why is the city a battleground of hostile principalities and powers? What is the mission of the church in the city? How can the church be supported in accomplishing that mission? These are the questions that Robert Linthicum treats in his comprehensive and probing biblical theology of the city. In the Bible the city is depicted both as a dwelling place of God and his people and as a center of power for Satan and his minions. The city is one primary stage on which the drama of salvation is played out. And that is no less the case at the end of this pivotal century as megacities become the focal point of most human activity and aspirations around the world. This is a timely theology of the city that weaves the theological images of the Bible and the social realities of the contemporary world into a revealing tapestry of truths about the urban experience. Its purpose is to define clearly the mission of the church in the midst of the urban realities and to support well the work of the church in the urban world.
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Works Of John Wesley 20
$80.99This is the third volume of Wesley’s Journal to appear in the critical edition from the period of The Works of John Wesley. Covering the period from late 1743 through 1754, it contains four “Extracts” from Wesley’s Journal (6-9) which documents in Wesley’s own words, an important period of expansion and organization in the Wesleyan revival.
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From Father To Son
$40.00The family narratives in the book of Genesis are important in understanding the meaning of the book and are fundamental to the unfolding story of the birth of the Israelite nation. Devora Steinmetz sees kinship in ancient narratives as a symbolic structure representing the ability of the emerging culture to survive despite conflict that threatened society’s existence. The family narratives in Genesis reflect a culture’s capacity to survive as a united people.
The Literary Currents in Biblical Interpretation series explores current trends within the discipline of biblical interpretation by dealing with the literary qualities of the Bible: the play of its language, the coherence of its final form, and the relationships between text and readers. Biblical interpreters are being challenged to take responsibility for the theological, social, and ethical implications of their readings. This series encourages original readings that breach the confines of traditional biblical criticism.
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Secret Communion With God
$16.99Introduction By Sherwood Wirt
Note To The Reader
Discourse I. How To Begin Every Day With God
Discourse II. How To Spend The Day With God
Discourse III. How To CLose The Day With God P. 81Additional Info
As Matthew Henry himself says,”Great is the mystery of serious godliness”; and it is the cultivation of godliness that makes up the burden of this book. The person who reads Matthew Henry without seeking to seriously examine his personal devotional life would be hard to find.
As the reader persuses the pages of this classic look at what is involved in a daily walk with God, he will encounter such pity thoughts as these: “If ever we be good for anything, it is in the morning.”
“The conclusion of every day should put us in mind of the conclusion of all our days.” “God is more willing to be prayed to, and more ready to hear prayer, than we are to pray.” “Those that touch the top of the golden scepter must be ready to tell what is their petition and what is their request.”
“God understands the language of the heart.” “Let us lie down in peace with all men.” In the secret of Communion with God, Henry tells us how to: Begin the Day with God, Spend the Day with God, Close the Day with God.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Exodus : A Bible Commentary For Teaching And Preaching
$52.00This new volume in the helpful Interpretation series competently steers preachers and teachers through theological and literary difficulties in the second book of Moses. Fretheim begins by reviewing issues of faith and history, drawing out ways in which the Hebrew story of redemption can be applied to modern Christian experience. In his commentary, he pays special attention to the significance of the hardening of Pharaoh’s heart, the relationship between law and narrative, and the shaping of literature by liturgy.
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Day Christ Died
$16.99“This is a book about the most dramatic day in the history of the world, the day on which Jesus of Nazareth died. It opens at 6 P.M.-the beginning of the Hebrew day-with Jesus and ten of the apostles coming through the pass between the Mount of Olives and the Mount of Offense en route to Jerusalem and the Last Supper. It closes at 4 P.M. the following afternoon, when Jesus was taken down from the cross. . . . The fundamental research was done a long time ago by four fine journalists: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The rest has been added in bits and pieces from many men whose names span the centuries.”
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Holy War In Ancient Israel A Print On Demand Title
$21.99From the earliest days of Israel’s existence as a people, holy war was a sacred institution, undertaken as a cultic act of a religious community. The concept of holy war, an intriguing and sometimes disturbing theme in the Old Testament, is given its most articulate expression in this classic study by the distinguished German scholar Gerhard von Rad.
For Israel, the most important feature of holy war was the demand for faith in Yahweh’s saving acts. However, von Rad argues, it was not Yahweh alone who acted; rather, because they envisioned Yahweh fighting in their behalf the Israelites themselves were inspired – and obliged – to fight even harder.
In this regard, the actual events differed vastly from the picture given by the biblical narratives, which downplay and often exclude the human factor and stress the exclusive warlike action of Yahweh, thus equating holy war with absolute miracle.
So persuasive was von Rad’s work on the Old Testament understanding of holy war that it set the standard for all subsequent work on the subject. Appearing here in English for the first time, this definitive study will prove valuable not only for students and scholars, but for anyone interested in the theory of holy war and its development throughout biblical history.
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Interpretation And Obedience
$36.66Brueggemann demonstrates the essential connection between faithful reading of the biblical text and faithful living in a world ordinary yet threatening values. He assesses the nature of obedience today in such areas as ministry, justice, education, hospitality, and the contemporary imagination. Walter Brueggemann is professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia.
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Calvins Ecclesiastical Advice
$34.00“From the Publisher:” The Columbia Series in Reformed Theology represents a joint commitment by Columbia Theological Seminary and Westminster John Knox Press to provide theological resources from the Reformed tradition for the church today. Volumes in this series are intended for scholars, theologians, pastors, and lay people who are committed to faith in search of understanding.
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Studying Classical Judaism
$39.00What do we know about early Judaism? And how do we know it? Using the same scholarly methods usually applied to documents of the early church, Neusner investigates early Jewish literature to produce an astonishingly full portrait of Judaism in its formative years. Since Christianity was developing at the same time, Neusner’s outline suggests some intriguing comparisons.
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How To Get Along With Almost Anyone
$11.98In this book, Norman Wright offers practical, step-by-step help in dealing with all the different people who affect our lives. In a thought-provoking and anecdotal style, Wright shows how to translate biblical wisdom into practical ways of relating to those around us. This book is filled with case histories, dialogue, self inventories and practical suggestions for building better loving and lasting relationships.
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What Paul Really Said
$15.991. Where The Idea That Women Are Inferior To Men Really Began
2. New Roles For Husbands And Wives
3. Women As Leaders In The Church
4. Educating Women
5. The Question Of Dress And Hairstyles
6. Is Celibacy Holy?
7. The Slandered ApostleAdditional Info
This book presents a convincing case for equality of the sexes based on the very passages that are all too often used as proof texts to uphold male dominance and female subordination. This book is of value to the person who reveres Scripture but who struggles with traditional interpretations of passages concerning women and who fears that a desire for equality between the sexes is a violation of biblical principles. The author acquits Paul of misogyny and restores him to his rightful stature as a great architect of human liberation.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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1-2 Timothy And Titus (Student/Study Guide)
$12.48Exploring the Bible’s message is easy and exciting with these complete do-it-yourself Bible study guides. Each study includes helpful outlines, charts, maps, diagrams and explanations. For personal, group or classroom use.
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Christian Basics A Print On Demand Title
$21.99A critically acclaimed resource perfect for your membership classes—and a lively refresher for long-time believers. The Fackres begin their introduction to Christianity by answering the question “Who is God?” From there they explain—in clear language—the creation, the fall, the covenant, Jesus, the church, salvation, and consummation. Includes a study guide, challenging questions, and more.
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Ecclesiastes And Song Of Solomon
$12.48Exploring the Bible’s message is easy and exciting with these complete do-it-yourself Bible study guides. Each study includes helpful outlines, charts, maps, diagrams and explanations. For personal, group or classroom use.
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Pagan And Christian In An Age Of Anxiety
$45.99Drawing on the abundant material available for the study of religious experience in late antiquity, Professor Dodds examines the personal religious attitudes and experiences common to pagans and Christians in the period between Marcus Aurelius and Constantine. World-hatred and asceticism, dreams and states of possession, and pagan and Christian mysticism are all discussed. Finally, Dodds considers both pagan views of Christianity and Christian views of paganism as they emerge in the literature of the time. Although primarily written for social and religious historians, this study will also appeal to all those interested in the ancient world and its thought.
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Haggai Zechariah And Malachi
$12.48Exploring the Bible’s message is easy and exciting with these complete do-it-yourself Bible study guides. Each study includes helpful outlines, charts, maps, diagrams and explanations. For personal, group or classroom use.
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From Bondage To Bonding
$18.991. Codependency: A Self-Focused Way Of Life
2. Self-Forfeiture: Resigned To Helplessness
3. Self-Contempt: Inclined To Feet Worthless
4. Self-Aggrandizement: Desperate To Control
5. Self-Sufficiency: Determined To Stay Safe
6. Self-Deception: Committed To Denial
7. Fervent Longings
8. Painful Losses
9. Self-Protective Pretense
10. Autonomous Independence
11. The Healing Of Grief
12. The Wonder Of Grace
13. The Freedom Of Surrender
14. Reciprocal Grace: Free To Love And Forgive
15. Courageous Vulnerability: Free To Abandon Denial
206 Pages
16. Mutual Freedom: Free To Relinquish Control
17. Spiritual Vitality: Free To Trust And Obey
18. Sacrificial Love: Free To Risk And SufferAdditional Info
Codependency is a hot topic these days; dozens of new books about it appear each month. Trouble is, many of them deal only with escaping damaging codependent relationships—not with healing and rebuilding them. Groom (author of Married Without Masks) takes a more biblical approach. In uncomplicated language, she helps you see how codependency is actually bondage to sin and how the Gospel can restore you to healthy biblical bonding with God and others.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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44 Questions For Church Planters
$26.99Answers the question “Why start new churches?” and shows how to reverse the decline of new church development. Schaller offers tested advice based on more than thirty years of working with leaders responsible for developing new churches.
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Season Of Joy
$9.93Drama 1
These Things Belong to Christmas
For Advent or Christmas Eve
By Emmeline S. Miller and Char SchultzDrama 2
Three Gifts Of Love
For Advent Or Christmas Eve
By Linda ArandaSeason Of Joy offers two short, easy-to-produce plays for the season of Advent-Christmas-Epiphany.
These Things Belong to Christmas, suitable for Advent or Christmas, offers five scenes in modern-day settings with parts for youths and adults. It also includes a one-scene monologue by the prophet Isaiah. The play provides an order of service with four suggested Advent-Christmas hymns. Performance time is 20-25 minutes.
Three Gifts Of Love, a play in two acts, is appropriate for Christmas or Epiphany. Its setting is the time of Jesus’ birth. The play’s focus is on the pilgrimage of the three magi. Parts are for two women and nine men. The play’s performance time is 25 minutes.
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Armed And Dangerous
$6.99Arm your teenagers with Bible truths and they’ll become quite dangerous—they’ll possess the knowledge that changes attitudes, hearts, and lives! Let the transformation begin with this handy-sized book that arranges key Scripture verses by topic, so teens can consult God’s Word regarding self-control, temptation, dating, loneliness, and many more relevant issues.
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Prophecy And Apocalypticism
$43.33Did Israelite Jewish apocalyptic literature originate among alienated or disenfranchised groups? In this overview of apocalypticism in the Hebrew Bible, Stephen Cook contends that such thinking and writing stems from priestly groups that held power.
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Sex In The Parish
$52.00Karen Lebacqz and Ronald Barton examine the gift of sexuality in relation to the parish and the dynamics of sexual desire and temptation. Included in this book are the expreiences of a pastor who did not set appropriate limits; explainations of how the pastoral role affects sexual contact between pastor and parishioner; suggestions for a framework of ethical analysis; an examination of questions for women in ministry, single pastors, and pastors who are gay, lesbian, or bisexual; and a review of ethical issues related to persons who carry responsibilities for the structures of ministerial practice.
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Travail Of Nature
$40.00274 Pages
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H. Paul Santmire answers the accusation that Christianity is directly responsible for the present ecological crisis with an historical survey of the theology of nature. He demonstrates that while a theology of nature has not enjoyed a dominate place in the history of Christian thought, there lie within the Christian tradition the building blocks for a positive theology of nature. He contrasts the metaphor of ascent, which has led Christians to the Gnostic tendancy to devalue the natural world, with the metaphors of fecundity and migration to a good land, which include the natural world in the scope of our theological and biblical thought. Finally, Santmire makes limited suggestions for the development of a new perspective on biblical interpretation. H. Paul Santmire is a Lutheran pastor in Hartford Connecticut.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Beginners Guide To The Books Of The Bible
$21.65Before starting to read one of the 66 books in the Bible, it is helpful to have an overview of the book. This book provides accurate, concise, and easy-to-understand introductions to each of the 39 books of the Old Testament and 27 books of the New Testment. Each description discusses the book’s purpose, approximate date of composition, authorship, contents, and distinctive features. Also included are introductions to larger sections of the Bible, such as the major and minor prophets.
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Satan : His Motives And Methods
$16.991. The Career Of Satan
2. The Ages
3. The Course Of This Age
4. The Age And The Satanic System
5. The Satanic Host
6. Satan’s Motive
7. Satan’s Methods
8. The Man Of Sin
9. The Fatal Omission
10. Modern Devices
11. The Believer’s Present Position
12. The Believer’s Present Victory141 Pages
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Beginning with a sweeping overview of the past, present and future of Satan, Dr. Chafer launches into an in-depth evaluation of the old Serpent. He traces him from the early pages of Genesis through the Book of Revelation.A classic study again made available at a time when Satanism is on the rise and the occult is capturing today’s headlines. Expounded by one of the greatest Bible expositors of all time, this series of studies exposes the Great Deceiver in all his subtlety under the searchlight of the Scriptures. An exhaustive Subject Index and a comprehensive Scripture Index add to the value of this thorough study.
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Study Of Theology
$28.55The Study of Theology address two major concerns — the place of biblical hermeneutics and practical theology. The author discusses the hermeneutical implications of biblical, historical, systematic, and practical theology and presents a case for the relationship between exegesis and the other theological disciplines. However, the relationship between hermeneutics and practical theology is also essential. According to the author, “the traditional forms of theology and preaching frequently fail the tests of exegesis and contemporary theologizing while, at the same time, most contemporary theology and exegesis fails to address directly the needs of the church.” Muller presents a case for the structure of hermeneutics and argues that it is essential to the church because “theological training as a whole . . . ought to reflect the life of the church and be of value to the life of the church.”
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Questions And Answers On Spiritual Gifts
$13.73The importance of the gifts of the Holy Spirit to the essential functioning of the Church of Jesus Christ cannot be over-estimated. Without them, the Church lacks the spiritual equipment so necessary for an aggressive conflict with the powers of darkness; she is also deprived of that edifying enrichment derived from the manifestation of the Holy Spirit’s presence and power in her midst. If a person is ‘called’ to be a son of God, that person is also a prospective recipient of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.”-Howard Carter
Howard Carter pioneered a quest for revelation of this supernatural subject and was regarded as an authority on the gifts of the Spirit. He founded England’s first Pentecostal Bible School and helped to establish a major denomination in that country.
Questions and Answers on Spiritual Gifts was taken from a series of discussions at Hampstead Bible College in London, England. Howard Carter answered a broad range of questions like: How do you explain the visions of Daniel? If someone has the gift of healing, does it mean that he can heal anyone? Do the gift of discernment and the word of wisdom sometimes overlap?
The questions and answers in this book provide an eye-opening, easy-to-understand education on spiritual gifts. “If we ignore the gifts of the Holy Spirit we despise the heritage which is granted to us in Christ.” Prepare to receive and to move in the gifts and callings God has placed in your life!
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God Dreams And Revelation (Revised)
$48.33Morton T. Kelsey, well-known for his writings that connect psychology and religion, puts the meaning of dreams into perspective and helps the reader discover again, the richness of the Christian tradition. In this revised and expanded edition, he summarized new findings in dream research and provides an updated bibliography. A substantial appendix of additional material and an index give further assistance to readers. In his overview of the history of the interpretation of dreams, the author traces the development of Judeo-Christian attitudes about dreams from Old and New Testament times, through the period of the Enlightenment, to the present. He sets down some practical suggestions for Christians today who wish to understand and learn from their dreams and appreciate the richness of the images and symbols they contain.
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Shaped By The Bible
$16.99Shaped by the Bible offers sound information about the ways congregations are formed and reformed by the biblical message and the living Word. William Willimondiscusses the ways Scripture can form us, reform us, and challenge us, as well as the ways we hide from, close our ears to, and evade the Bible’s claims on us.
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Coming Out To God
$23.00Chris Glaser believes that spirituality and sexuality are not opposing forces, but that they are both important parts of the human experience that ought to be embraced. This book of prayers encourages readers to “come out” to God as sexual and spiritual beings.
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Homiletics
$30.00To Barth, one of this century’s most influential theologians, theology should never be an end in itself. Instead, it should be ”nothing other than sermon preparation.” Now, in this new translation by Geoffrey Bromiley and Donald Daniels, students can meet and wrestle with Barth’s homiletical definitions and ideas on sermon preparation, including his understanding of the ways preachers should interpret Scripture. Barth presented this material as seminar lectures in Bonn in 1932-33.
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Lectionary Stories Cycle C
$17.43All these stories will touch the heart; some will evoke laughter and tears.
Here is a collection of 40 stories, each simple and to the point. They are based on lectionary cycle C. The stories examine basic theological and moral questions.
Very often the story offers a surprise, an ironic; twist or reversal as in the parables of Jesus. The collection will assist the lectionary preacher. Although created for adults, the stories appeal to children and youth.
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Greatest Wonder Of All Cycle C
$18.68ohn Braaten takes biblical passages from the Lent and Easter season and weaves them into messages for today’s Christians. This book of sermons follows Common, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic Lectionaries. The 17 messages include texts from Matthew, Luke, and John.
Sermon titles include:
The Pitfalls Of Practicing Piety — Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Our Christian I.D. — Luke 4:1-13
The King Who Came To Die — John 19:16b-22
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Beginners Guide To Reading The Bible
$21.65Many of us would like to know more about the Bible, but don’t know where to begin. A Beginner’s Guide to Reading the Bible is a concise introduction that assumes no previous acquaintance with Scripture. The author provides an overview of the content of the Bible, a look at the kinds of literature it contains, describes how the Old and New Testaments were formed, discusses some commonly used English translations, and lists resources that can be helpful to beginning readers.
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Thinking The Faith
$50.00This work is an attempt to think through the faith in ways that is relevant to North American Christians. Hall states that world-wide currents are at work in North America altering the face of Christendom. The Christian hope lies in the direction, not of ignoring or minimizing these influences, but of facing them forthrightly and seeking the positive meaning that they may contain for serious faith.
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Making Moral Decisions
$28.33The question “what am I to do?” needs the balance and completion of “what are we to do?” With clarity and insight Jersild addresses the particular need of our time; a greater awareness of our interdependence as a world community. Using critical incidents or cases to illustrate ethical points, Jersild examines such contemporary issues as euthanasia, employment and one’s sense of vocation, homosecuality, and more.
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Embodied Word : Preaching As Art And Liturgy
$26.66Liturgy as the work of God’s people gives the preacher a place to stand-an organic connection with an intentional sacramental community, says Rice. The place of preaching is the community, Christ’s body, and the hermeneutic that governs homiletical exegesis, style, and presentation comes from the liturgical situation of the sermon.
The Embodied Word puts preaching in its proper place-in the presence of the baptistry and close to the table. As Rice explores the implications of that placement for the specific concerns of homiletics, the use of Scripture, and the appropriation of the arts, he concludes that the movement of the sermon is from text to table and that the action of the liturgy both depends upon and empowers the word.
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Social Ministry (Revised)
$45.00This work challenges pastors, seminarians, and active members of the laity to rethink the social character of their ministry. Dieter Hessel calls on parish communities to “meet human need with good Samaritan love while acting for justice with prophetic boldness.” In this updated edition, Hessel assesses major new developments that have occurred in both church and society since the first publication of Social Ministry. He gives special attention to the uncertainty that churches face today in regard to their public role.
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Organizational Revolution
$45.00SKU (ISBN): 9780664251970ISBN10: 0664251978Editor: Milton Coalter | Editor: John Mulder | Editor: Louis WeeksBinding: Cloth TextPublished: January 1991Presbyterian Presence Twentieth Century ExperiencePublisher: Geneva Press Print On Demand Product
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Teaching Minister
$28.00The authors says the clergy, regardless of their appointment (as parish clergy or judicatory executives, for example), should understand themselves primary as teachers of the Christian faith. They claim it is both wrong and disadvantageous to mainline churches when clergy act as administrators or psychotherapists or in any other way that is fundamentally different from acting as a teacher. The first half of the book shows the urgency of recovering the understanding of ministry and demonstrates that the church has always witnessed to the importance of teaching as an indispensable component of ministry and of the life of faith itself. The latter half of the book provides examples of how the primary role of teaching can be used in the church.
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Black Preaching : The Recovery Of A Powerful Art (Revised)
$21.99Learn how black culture and preaching style empower black congregations—and what methods all preachers should know. In this one-volume collection of The Recovery of Preaching and Black Preaching, Mitchell shows you how to add power and vision to your sermons through storytelling, imagination, and other aspects of preaching style that are rooted in black culture. .
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Mennonite Encyclopedia 5
$99.99Purchase Volume 5 of the Mennonite Encyclopedia, containing updates on materials in the first four volumes plus nearly 1,000 new articles edited by Cornelius J. Dyck and Dennis D. Martin.
This gigantic resource covers the 435-year history of the faith, life, and culture of Anabaptists in Europe and Mennonites throughout the world. Presented are people, movements, and places in their relation to Mennonites. A few of the many articles covered are Argentina, Arminianism, Baptism, Baptist, Brazil, Calvin, Church, Communion, Congo, Deaconess, Education, Farming, Furniture, Grebel, Hubmaier, Hymnology, Industry, Literature, Marriage, Publishers, Reedley, Ukraine, and Zurich.
The Mennonite Encyclopedia was jointly edited by historians and scholars of the Mennonite Church, General Conference of Mennonites, and Mennonite Brethren Church. More than 2,700 writers contributed articles to this reference work.
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Gods Power : Traditional Understandings And Contemporary Challenges
$40.00With this book, Anna Case-Winters provides a reconstruction of the doctrine of God based on process theology and feminist thought. She takes a fresh approach to the problem of theodicy (the justification of God’s goodness and omnipotence in view of the existence of evil) and contends that traditional attempts to address this problem are unsuccessful because they do not discuss the meaning of omnipotence. Once the dispute is recast, it is not a question of how much power is attributed to God, but what kind. Case-Winters provides a coherent and theologically viable doctrine of omnipotence that avoids the pitfalls of traditional beliefs.
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Theological Approaches To Christian Education
$31.99This sequel to Seymour and Miller’s popular Contemporary Approaches to Christian Education offers new information and ideas regarding the major theological issues within Christian education today. In one volume, the world’s leading Christian educators reflect on such issues as tradition in the church, religious pluralism, human development, spirituality, ecumenical learning, feminist and liberation theology, practical theology, and hermeneutics.
Contributors include Charles R. Foster, Susanne Johnson, Fumitaka Matsuoka, Melanie A. May, David Merritt, Mary Elizabeth Mullino Moore, Romney Moseley, Robert T. O’Gorman, Richard R. Osmer, Marianne Sawicki, and Choan-Seng Song.
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Gods People In Gods Land
$32.99In recent sociological approaches to the Old Testament, Christians have been finding unexpected resources for their ethical reflection and action relative to the modern world’s pressing social and economic dilemmas.
This unique survey by Christopher Wright examines life in Old Testament Israel from an ethical perspective by considering how the economic facts of Israel’s social structure were related to the people’s religious beliefs. Observing the centrality of the family in social, economic and religious spheres of Israelite life, Wright analyzes Israel’s theology of land, the rights and responsibilities of property owners, and the socioeconomic and legal status of dependent persons in ancient Israel – wives, children, and slaves – showing the mutual interaction between such laws, institutions, and customs and the nation’s covenant relationship with God.
While primarily exegetical, God’s People in God’s Land contains many useful insights for Christian social ethics: Wright suggests how the ethical application of his findings might proceed as Christians with different theological perspectives and cultural contexts seek to work out the relevance of the Old Testament for today.
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Jews And Christians
$25.99This eye-opening dialogue between a rabbi and a Christian scholar challenges Jews and Christians to examine their misconceptions and prejudices about each other’s faith. Here a Christian and a Jew stand on common ground. Rather than simply interpreting their own respective heritages each seeks to present his own insights into the other’s religions. Topics discussed in this volume include Scripture,God concepts, Jesus, the Holocaust, election, covenant, and mission. This book is a living dialogue of faith designed to foster mutual understanding and respect between the two religions.
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Good News To The Poor
$28.99This provocative volume illuminates a dimension of John Wesley’s theology that has received insufficient attention: his deep and abiding commitment to the poor. By focusing on the radical nature of Wesley’s “evangelical economics,” Theodore W. Jennings, Jr., provides an important corrective to the view that Wesley was concerned with the salvation of souls only, and not also with the social conditions of human beings.
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Recovery Of Virtue
$39.00By developing a philosophical reconstruction of the moral philosophy that underlies the Secunda Pars of the Summa Theologiae of Thomas Aquinas, Jean Porter illuminates Aquinas’ theory of morality and shows its relevance to contemporary Christian ethics.
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God Does Not Foreclose
$26.99David Lowes Watson wants to remove a major blockage in the church–the self-centered pursuit of spiritual amphetamines–by acknowledging the responsibilities of universal salvation and the demands placed upon faithful discipleship:
How can Christians effectively hold the tension between the gospel and the seductions of the world?
How can we be committed to the church in a way that guards against thoughtless or self-centered discipleship?
How can we be committed to discipleship in a way that guards against theological procrastination?
David Lowes Watson demonstrates through careful biblical exegesis that all persons are the benefactors of divine grace, but that persons known as Christians are called to a disciplined discipleship. When identifying the role of the clergy and laity as facilitators of these disciplined leaders, Watson explains why no person has the right to declare who is inside or outside of God’s universal love.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Colossians And Philemon
$12.48This study guide to the Books of Colossians and Philemon is part of a series that has enabled millions to effectively explore and understand God’s eternal message, and which continues to be the most widely used tool for Bible study today.
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Church With Aids
$40.00This book looks at the experiences of people with AIDS as a means of examining the way Christianity views the problem and deals with it on both personal and community levels. This book begins by sharing the experience and ministry of those living with AIDS. Also presented is a series of theological reflections on what living with AIDS means for the renewal of the church. Russell also asks how the traditional church might be seen differently by those struggling with AIDS. The final section, is designed as a tool for study and discussion groups.
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Call To Personhood
$70.66“What is a person?” Although the answer is given in largely theoretical terms, the primary concern of this book is to identify the personal, social and political practices required to live as a human in community with others. Christian trinitarian theology is accordingly interwoven with contemporary social thought to provide an account of individuality and of the various dimensions of personal existence (the psychological, the interpersonal, the material, the institutional, the political, the spiritual) in terms of communication. The basic theme of this book is that we become the people we are as our identities are shaped through the patterns of relation, communication and exchange that surround and incorporate us.
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Meaning And The End Of Religion
$56.66The Meaning and End of Religion is a classic in the study of religion. Smith integrates care in examining historical and philosophical particulars with a large scope in the range of data he considers. He makes us conscious of the way we have perceived religious life and invites us to look at it again in a new way.
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Luke (Student/Study Guide)
$12.48Exploring the Bible’s message is easy and exciting with these complete do-it-yourself Bible study guides. Each study includes helpful outlines, charts, maps, diagrams and explanations. For personal, group or classroom use.
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Preaching In And Out Of Season
$23.00This excellent resource provides help for ministers who must plan their sermons not only according to the liturgical church year but also in response to the secular calendar of national holidays and public ceremonies, and in response to the program calendar of local and denominational emphases. Individual chapters discuss preaching about racial relations; family, church, and nation; the global witness of the church; work; evangelism; stewardship; and giving thanks. Suggestions for sermons on each theme are provided as well.
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Addictive Organization
$15.00Schaef and Fassel show how managers, workers, and organization members exhibit the classic symptoms of addiction: denying and avoiding problems, assuming that there is no other way of acting, and manipulating events to maintain the status quo.
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Theology Of Peace
$35.00This gift from one of the greatest twentieth-century Protestant theologians, Paul Tillich, is a collection of hopeful, realistic writings on peace from the years Tillich spent in America. Beginning in 1937, the book documents Tillich’s pre-World War II hope and resistance to Hilter and moves to the time before his death in 1965, when Tillich preached frequently on hope. It includes the first public political speech in America, on anti-Semitism, essays on planning for peace, and criticism of the peace thought of John Foster Dulles and Pope John XXII. The essays on nuclear weapons and German boundary questions illustrate the continuing timeliness of Tillich’s thought.
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New Testament Theology
$35.70This work is not a history of New Testament times, nor an account of New Testament religion. Nor does it proceed from a view that the New Testament was written as theology. We must bear in mind that the writers of the New Testament books were not writing set theological pieces. They were concerned with the needs of the churches for which they wrote. Those churches already had the Old Testament, but these new writings became in time the most significant part of the Scriptures of the believing community. As such, they should be studied in their own right, and these questions should be asked: What do these writings mean? What is the theology they express or imply? What is of permanent validity in them? We read these writings across a barrier of many centuries and from a standpoint of a very different culture. We make every effort to allow for this, but we never succeed perfectly. In this book I am trying hard to find out what the New Testament authors meant, and this not as an academic exercise, but as the necessary prelude to our understanding of what their writings mean for us today. — From the Introduction.
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Ill Quit Tomorrow
$15.99This bestselling recovery classic has helped untold thousands of alcoholics onto the road to recovery. Written by the founder of the Johnson Institute in Minneapolis, one of the country’s most successful training programs for treatment providers, I’ll Quit Tomorrow present the concepts and methods that have brought new hope to alcoholics and their families, friends, and employers. Abstinence is not the only objective of Johnson’s breakthrough methods — his therapy aims at restoring the ego strength of the victim to assure permanent recovery. Johnson outlines a dynamic plan of intervention and treatment that will block the progress of alcoholism and lead to a richer, more productive life.
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Matthew : A Self Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$12.48Exploring the Bible’s message is easy and exciting with this complete do-it-yourself Bible study guide on Matthew. Each study includes helpful outlines, charts, maps, diagrams, and explanations. For personal, group, or classroom use.
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General Introduction To The Bible
$22.99There are two strands woven together in the history of the Bible and its translations. One is the development of the biblical text: its materials, texts, and translations. The second is the story of the men and women who went to great extremes, at times risking death, in order to provide their generation with the Word of God in a language that could be understood. David Ewert skillfully combines both these elements in this informative and captivating book, beginning with what “Bible” means, how the Bible is organized, and how various books were named. He explores such other matters as the development of the biblical languages, the canon and the history of the testaments, and early versions of the Bible. English translations, from the time of Wycliffe to the present, are the focus of several chapters. A General Introduction to the Bible is filled with photographs of ancient texts, pages from various Bibles, photographs of key individuals and settings — all of which add understanding to the Bible’s history. Maps and charts show the development of languages, textual families, and the relationship of various translations and revisions. There are suggested readings and an extensive glossary and index.
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Mark
$30.41The Augsburg Commentary on the New Testament is written for laypeople, students and pastors. Laypeople will use it as a resource for the Bible study at home and at church. Students and instructors will read it to probe the basic message of the books of the New Testament. And pastors will find it to be a valuable aid for sermon and lesson preparation.
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Mark : A Self Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$12.48Contents
Introduction
1. Background
2. Survey
3. Jesus Came
4. Jesus’ Fame
5. Hostility Sets In
6. Ministries To The Disciples And The Multitudes
7. Jesus The Miracle Worker
8. Renewed Surge Of Opposition
9. The Turning Point Of Jesus’ Public Ministry
10. Concluding Ministries In Perea
11. Jesus As Lord
12. Events Prior To Jesus’ Arrest
13. Arrest, Trials , And Crucifixion
14. Resurrection And Final Appearances
Geography Of Mark
Bibliography P. 125Additional Info
Christ the servant is the basic theme of the gospel of Mark. Great care us taken to show the submissive attitude of Jesus Christ as He cares for the afflicted, heals the sick, and comforts the tormented. This Self-Study Guide points out the key verse (Mark 10:45), which divides the gospel into two parts – the service and the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus. By studying verse by verse this “book of action” you will experience what Christ did as well as what He said.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Epistles Of John And Jude (Student/Study Guide)
$12.48Exploring the Bible’s message is easy and exciting with these complete do-it-yourself Bible study guides. Each study includes helpful outlines, charts, maps, diagrams and explanations. For personal, group or classroom use.
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Preaching The Tradition
$169.33This book compares the addresses in the Books of Chronicles with similar material in the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah and in the post-exilic prophets. Dr. Mason contends that there are many features of style, theme, and purpose in these latter books that closely echo features found in the addresses. The striking parallels suggest that the later material has been influenced by homiletical style and preaching practice in the second temple period. Mason shows how the careful reinterpretation of tradition kept faith alive for the post-exilic community in the most challenging circumstances.
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Ministry Of Nurture
$24.99Discipling teenagers means building a real-life faith into them. Which is exactly what youth ministry veteran Duffy Robbins explains how to do — definitively — in this sensitive, in-depth, and practical look at leading your kids into discipleship. No stranger to the challenge of discipling young people, Duffy draws from his decades of youth ministry experience as he describes a thorough, flexible discipleship program you can use with your students. In The Ministry of Nurture you’ll find– How to make faith practical in everyday life – How to help your kids develop their own faith – Seven keys to effective discipleship – How to help your kids build a faith that lasts – How you can help your kids apply their real-life faith in three key areas of the Christian life: outreach, nurture, and service – An important look at the two sides of peer pressure in the lives of young people — Whether you’re new to youth work or a veteran, The Ministry of Nurture is an indispensable addition to your youth ministry library.
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Manana : Christian Theology From A Hispanic Perspective
$24.99An in-depth look at Christian theology through Hispanic eyes. It weaves the doctrinal formulations of the early church on creation, the Trinity, and Christology into contemporary theological reflection on the Hispanic struggle for liberation
This volume offers a major theological statement from a respected theologian and author. Richly insightful and unique, Manana is one of the few major theological works from a Protestant representative of the Hispanic tradition. Justo L. Gonzalen offers theological reflections based upon unique insights born of his minority status as a Hispanic American.
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Spurgeons Sermon Notes
$22.99Manufactured On Demand Title
Charles H. Spurgeon was a master preacher whose passionate and powerful sermons are still pertinent and applicable to contemporary society. What preacher wouldn’t want Spurgeon’s thoughts on Sunday’s text!
More than 190 of Spurgeon’s finest sermons have been broken down into comprehensive outlines by David Otis Fuller. Covering texts from Genesis through Revelation, pastors, teachers, and Bible students can easily locate on-target, ready-to-use outlines for their sermon series or Sunday school class.
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Faiths Freedom : A Classic Spirituality For Contemporary Christians
$31.66Faith’s Freedom is a refreshingly personal synthesis of key spiritual concepts written in a truly ecumenical way for the contemporary situation. By avoiding most technical terminology, it formulates for intelligent readers an outlook on God and the world that expresses many foundational insights of classic spirituality in terms understandable to the modern mindset. It translates basic notions like creation, freedom, revelation, sin, and faith into contemporary language, then applies them to prayer, power, possessions, anger, sexuality, evil, and life in the Spirit.
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Triumph Of God
$30.00Preface
PART ONE: THE PAULINE LETTER
1.The Hermeneutical Problem
Three Solutions
Summary2.Primary Themes In Pauline Thought
The Dialectic Of Coherence And Contingency
Apocalyptic As The Basis Of Paul’s GospelPART TWO: THEOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES
3.The Contingency Of The Gospel
Paul’s Occasional Letters
Galatians And Romans4.The Coherence Of The Gospel
Objections To Apocalyptic
Apocalyptic And The Resurrection Of Christ
The Cross Of Christ And The Demonic Powers
Christian Life And The Church: The Appropriation And Practice Of The Gospel In The Horizon Of Hope5.The Enigma Of The Law And The Struggle Between Sin And Death
The Law Amid The Struggle Between The Powers
The Dilemma Of Sin And Death: Equal Or Disparate Powers?6.Summary
Appendix: Paul The Theologian: Major Motifs In Pauline Theology
Bibliography
IndexesAdditional Info
This book posits two pillars as the foundations of Paul’s thought: 1) the interaction between coherence and contingency in Paul’s interpretation of the gospel and 2) the apocalyptic character of his gospel. The author ventures to demonstrate how Paul’s interpretation of the gospel as coherent is integral with Paul’s communication of the gospel as situationally contingent. These ostensibly opposing perspectives actually combine to form a fluid Pauline hermeneutic. The centrality of Christological apocalyptic in Paul’s interpretation is posited and involves a radical shift in traditional conceptions of Paul’s theology. The author is “recasting Paul’s theology as a theocentric theology of hope rather than as a Christocentric salvation-history (O. Cullmann) or as an existentialist theology of the cross (R. Bultmann). A theology of hope views the present as the dawn of the future and the future as the full actualization of the present.” Examining the implications of this approach-the ultimacy of God’s sovereignty and triumph beside the Christ- event, the formation of a “biblical- theology,” a rethinking of traditional concepts of salvation and ethics-the author intends to reveal a fresh and most enlightening view of Paul’s theology.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Women In Travail And Transition
$40.00Greater knowledge of woman’s experience, this book argues, will enable all caregivers whether female or male to provide better pastoral care when the gender specific presuppositions of that care are examined. Nine women collaborate to explore how women’s life experience both necessitates and models a new, systematic pastoral care. It is the first book to address the broad range of women’s pastoral care needs.
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Studying Interpreting And Applying The Bible (Student/Study Guide)
$24.99Studying, Interpreting, and Applying the Bible combines into one volume the popular trilogy by Walter Henrichsen and Gayle Jackson: – A Layman’s Guide to Studying the Bible – A Layman’s Guide to Interpreting the Bible – A Layman’s Guide to Applying the Bible This book will help students as well as ministers, young people and old alike, as they learn to study Scripture more easily and conveniently. The chapters on studying the Bible help the beginning or experienced Bible student mine God’s Word for its riches through verse analysis, chapter analysis, the overview of a book, the study of a topic, and the study of Bible characters (including charts, diagrams, and other helpful illustrations). The unit on interpreting the Bible explains Bible interpretation based on grammar, history, and theology. The section on applying the Bible moves beyond study to life applications, enabling a person to – be motivated to make personal application – move beyond a “to do” list to an internal desire to obey – consider the risks involved in obeying – use specific application principles.
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Prewrath Rapture Of The Church
$26.99CONTENTS
PART 1: JESUS IS COMING
1. The Tension And Anguish Surrounding A Consideration Of The Timing Of The Rapture
2. The Ultimate Absolute Of History
3. The Options Of “When” Laid Out
4. The Conflict That Makes It Necessary
5. But First The Counterfeit
6. The Background That Must Be Understood
7. The Question That Had To Be Answered
8. And What Of The Tribulation Period?
9. And Then The Day Of The Lord
PART 11: THE DAY OF THE LORD
10. Cosmic Disturbance
11. Elijah Must Appear First
12. The Day Of His Wrath
13. The 144,000 And A Great Multitude No Man Could Number
14. The Last Trump
15. The Apostasy And The Man Of Sin
PART III: THE PREWRATH RAPTURE
16. The Coming And The End
17. Kept From The Hour
18. Are Pretribulation Rapture Arguments Really Unanswerable?
19. The Prewrath Rapture: Why This View Now?
20. The Prewrath Rapture: Catalyst For Holy Living
Benediction
Notes
Scripture Index
About The AuthorAdditional Info
For thirty years a confirmed pretribulationist, he now believes that the Church will have to endure the persecution of the Antichrist: “God never promised Hs children immunity from the trials of this godless world or the assault of the Antichrist. He did promise, ‘greater is he [the Holy Spirit] that is in you, than he that is in the world’ (1 John 4:4). ” In view of the fact that Christians will not escape all of the oppression of the “Tribulation” period, Rosenthal urges godly living in light of a clear understanding of the last days so that we will be prepared for Satan’s intense opposition. Rosenthal does, however, believe that the Church win escape the wrath of God, which will be poured out beginning with the opening of Revelation’s seventh seal sometime during the second half of the “Tribulation” period. “For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thess. 5:9).Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Gospel Treasury Cycle B
$21.18Would you like to add something new, something fresh, to your lectionary worship experience? If you answered “Yes!” you will love this new collection by Andrew Daughters for Cycle B.
Use these inspirational poems in your church’s worship service as corporate readings, pastoral prayers, opportunities for lay involvement, or as private meditations. Or duplicate them for insertion in your parish newsletter or bulletin. However you choose to use them, this special collection will add vitality and meaning to your worship experience all year long.
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John Calvin And The Church
$35.00The coherence of this volume arises from the way in which John Calvin serves as the centering focus of various disciplines and scholarly approaches that touch on the life of the church. Its five sections convey a wide range of interests among the contributors: Calvin and his times, theology, ecclesiology, interpretation of Holy Scripture, and worship and preaching.
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Women And The Genesis Of Christianity
$45.99This study explores the role of women in New Testament times. Beginning with the woman’s place in Judaism, in the Hellenistic world, and in the Roman Empire, Witherington demonstrates how Jesus broke significantly with convention in how he viewed women, offering as he did a wholly new conception of the legitimate rights of women in society.
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Love You Forever
$5.95Firefly Books publication
The mother sings to her sleeping baby: “I’ll love you forever / I’ll love you for always / As long as I’m living / My baby you’ll be.” She still sings the same song when her baby has turned into a fractious 2-year-old, a slovenly 9-year-old, and then a raucous teen. So far so ordinary–but this is one persistent lady. When her son grows up and leaves home, she takes to driving across town with a ladder on the car roof, climbing through her grown son’s window, and rocking the sleeping man in the same way. Then, inevitably, the day comes when she’s too old and sick to hold him, and the roles are at last reversed. Each stage is illustrated by one of Sheila McGraw’s comic and yet poignant pastels.
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Experiencing The Bible With Children
$23.99Using music, movement, games, and art, this resource provides a teacher-training resource that features individual and group study options, flexible training schedules, tips for leading a successful training event, a guide for choosing age-appropriate Bible material, and instructions for tailoring stories to children ages 4-12
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Follys Bride
$18.55In a time of social unrest, slave rebellions, and growing political dissent, Sara, once impetuous and flirtatious, learns to overcome her pride as she comes under the influence of Clayborn Montrose, scion of the Montrose family and Master of Montclair. Her unusual beauty and her independent spirit places her on a collision course with romance, frustration, disappointment, and finally, true love.
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Understanding The Trinity
$12.99McGrath gives new life and vitality to traditional answers by refusing to be trapped in outdated or facile jargon and models. In doing so, he triggers sometimes unexpected trains of thought in the reader’s mind, making theology relevant to today without surrendering truth.
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