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1-2 Thessalonians : A Self Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$12.48Although the apostle Paul was in Thessalonica only a short time, his teachings had an enormous effect on the young believers living there. His first letter was both a reminder of what he had taught them and a call for each believer to be prepared for the imminent return of Christ. In his second letter you will see how Paul handled misunderstanding and anxiety regarding the Day of the Lord. This Self-Study Guide will be an indispensable aid as you study Paul’s letters to the Thessalonians.
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1-2 Peter (Student/Study Guide)
$12.48Contents
Introduction
1. The Man Peter
1 PETER
2. Background And Survey Of 1 Peter
3. Suffering And Salvation
4. The Christian Pilgrimage
5. God’s Chosen People
6. Life Of Subjection
7. A Christian’s Attitudes In Suffering
8. Suffering And Glory2 PETER
9. Background And Survey Of 2 Peter
10. The Man Who Knows God
11. True And False Prophecy
12. A Final Exhortation
Geography Of 1 And 2 Peter
Bibliography P. 99Additional Info
1 & 2 PETERIf you’re experiencing trials you will find encouragement and comfort in the epistles of Peter. Writing to believers who were being persecuted for their faith, Peter shows how trials are an important part of spiritual development in the individual. This self-study guide will also help you explore Peter’s practical guidelines for handling everyday responsibilities relating to the church, the home, and the world. In his second letter Peter reveals God’s design for the future, including a graphic description of the destruction of the earth.
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Seasons Of Your Heart (Revised)
$13.991. Taking Off Your Shoes: The Season Of Wonder
2. Standing On Tiptoe: The Season Of Hope
3. Washing Feet: The Season Of Love
4. Racing To The Tomb: The Season Of Mystery
5. Walking With Strangers: The Season Of FaithAdditional Info
In this masterpiece of simplicity, Macrina Wiederkehr offers a series of meditations to bring us closer to a “God for all seasons,” revised and expanded into this new edition.Designed for daily use as well as for retreats, Seasons of Your Heart is an eloquent and lyrical invitation to journey through the spiritual seasons of wonder, hope love, mystery, and faith.
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God Creation And Revelation A Print On Demand Title
$51.99A theology that is real, readable, and relevant – such is Paul Jewett’s God, Creation, and Redemption. Writing from a distinctively evangelical and Reformed viewpoint, Jewett offers a general, systematic introduction to these doctrines of the Christian church: how we know God (revelation and Scripture); who God is (the divine nature); what God is like (the divine attributes); and what God has done (creation).
While upholding the historic Christian faith, Jewett’s approach to Christian teaching is uniquely “neo-evangelical” in that he seeks to expound and clarify orthodox Christianity for Christians today: Jewett purposely sets forth his systematic theology in light of scientific and social issues that confront the church in the contemporary world. Throughout the book Jewett also refers to literary masterpieces and to the church’s hymns, giving the reader a greater appreciation for the theological treasures in our literature and our hymnody.
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Matthew : Believers Church Bible Commentary
$34.99Richard B. Gardner invites readers to explore the dramatic story of Jesus which Matthew tells. He connects that story to the first-century world of its author and early readers. The commentary then shows how Matthew has shaped the church and still speaks to the life of the Christian community. Much of this presentation of Matthew was developed and tested in Christian education settings. The book helps readers wrestle with Jesus’ gospel and mission, starting small, but for all nations. This highly readable series of commentaries is for all who seek to understand the original message of the Scripture and its meaning for today.
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Handbook For Christian Philosophy
$32.84This handbook acquaints readers with philosophy in an introductory and nontechnical way. These materials, first developed for use in classes as a supplement to other formal textbooks, are designed to gain the confidence of students who have no technical level of expertise in the field of philosophy. There is a very useful glossary at the end that will be of help to all readers, listing more than just simple definitions. Often the glossary explanations are like brief essays in themselves. This handbook acquaints readers with philosophy in an introductory and nontechnical way. These materials, first developed for use in classes as a supplement to other formal textbooks, are designed to gain the confidence of students who have no technical level of expertise in the field of philosophy. There is a very useful glossary at the end that will be of help to all readers, listing more than just simple definitions. Often the glossary explanations are like brief essays in themselves. Many significant issues arise in the field, but this book treats three in particular: theistic proofs, evil, and creation. A Handbook for Christian Philosophy offers several contributions that make it unique. First, there is a section on logic that relates the subject of logic to biblical exegesis. Second, the treatment of evil puts special emphasis on the biblical themes that provide practical and theoretical help for people who are experiencing evil and going through suffering. Third, the chapter on creation includes an up-to-date critique of naturalistic evolution and a review of the recurrent Christian principles on this topic. The author provides an excellent worldview evaluation, something that is desperately needed today by all Christians. The chapters include: What is philosophy?; How to study philosophy; Learning to think logically; Recognizing worldviews; Testing worldviews; The existence of God; Creation, the reasonable alternative; and a final chapter on God and evil.
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Living On The Edge Cycle C
$12.95“It is here in these latter days of the 20th century that it often feels like we are living on the edge of something. Some days seem like it is the edge of despair…other days it is like the edge of a new world. Living on the edge calls for fresh words of judgment and hope for all who are called to preach the good news.”
— from the Introduction
These ten sermons offer Old Testament messages with many contemporary illustrations. The author uses scripture from 2 Kings, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Hosea to present ten sermons for use in the Common Lectionary. His sermon themes provide hope for 20th-century-believers.
Sermon titles include:
Living by a Hunch (2 Kings 4:8-17)
Who’s in Charge Here? (Jeremiah 18:1:11)
This Life Is Yours to Live! (Ezekiel 18:1-9, 25-29)
The Soft-touch God (Hosea 11:1-11)Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Until The King Comes Cycle C
$18.68“Over and over again Christ comes to our hiding places and our living spaces to offer us the gift of salvation. He calls the “treetop followers,” the “grandstand Christians,” and the cowering outcasts alike to accept his visit into their places. Life has its ways of driving us all up trees. Christ offers us a way to come down.”
— from the sermon on Zacchaeus
Using Pentecost season lectionary texts, Schneider speaks directly to Christians today. The author takes the stories of Luke and John and develops contemporary illustrations understood by all modern-day believers.
These thirteen sermons follow Common, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic lectionaries.
Sermon titles include:
– A Lesson from Prayers Overheard — Luke 18:9-14
– Captive to the Word of God — John 8:31-36
&full; Our Living Hope — Luke 20:27-35
– The Potentate of Time — Luke 23:35-43Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Prophets Pioneers And Possibilities
$16.18“We have been called to travel lightly. We are on a journey of faith. None of us has arrived. We may remember a thrilling moment of decision when we first responded to the awakening of God’s love for us… We never know in advance where submission to the kingship of Christ will lead us.”
— from the sermon for Christ the King Sunday
Richard A. Hasler draws upon countless incidents from contemporary settings to bring the words of the Minor Prophets and 2 Samuel to contemporary Christian believers.
Using scriptures from nine texts on the Old Testament, this book provides as many sermons for use in the Common Lectionary.
Sermon titles include:
– The Dreamer Within You — Joel 2:23-30
– When God’s “No” Means “Yes” — Habakkuk 1:1-3; 2:1-10
– Leaping for Joy — Malachi 4:1-6
– No One Enters into the Kingdom… Save with Empty Hands — 2 Samuel 5:1-5Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Blow The Silver Trumpets
$17.43“Larry Powell breathes life into scripture with a preacher’s imagination, a poet’s turn of the phrase, and a writer’s craftsmanship. He gathers vibrant illustrations from everywhere… but most of all, as you ponder these pages, you will look at Jesus Christ. You will listen to him, meditate on his messages, watch him in action.”
— Bishop Richard B. Wilke
The United Methodist Church
The Arkansas Area
Here are eleven sermons from John and Luke offering close inspection of texts and providing many modern illustrations. This book offers sermons for use in the Common, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic lectionaries.
Sermon titles include:
Show Us the Holy Father (John 14:8-17, 25-27)
Receive the Holy Spirit (John 20:19-23)
Just Speak the Word (Luke 7:1-10)
Fleshing Out the Word (Luke 10:1-12)Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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12 Steps To Destruction
$12.00Eastgate Publishers Title
12 STEPS TO DESTRUCTION: CODEPENDENCY RECOVERY HERESIES is written for those who are suffering from the trials of life and for those who want to help. It is for those who are thinking about joining a recovery group or entering a treatment center for codependency or addiction. It is for those who have tried Twelve-Step programs and recovery treatment centers and found them lacking. It is also for those who are currently in such programs. And, finally, it is to encourage Christians who offer such programs to return to the faith once delivered to the saints. Martin Bobgan holds four college degrees, including a doctorate from the University of Colorado, and is Vice President for Continuing Education at Santa Barbara City College. Deidre holds an M. A. in English form the University of California at Santa Barbara and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Other books they have written are: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WAY/THE SPIRITUAL WAY and HYPNOSIS AND THE CHRISTIAN (Bethany House), HOW TO COUNSEL FROM SCRIPTURE (Moody Press), LORD OF THE DANCE, PSYCHOHERESY, PROPHETS OF PSYCHOHERESY I, and PROPHETS OF PSYCHOHERESY II
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2 Corinthians : A Self 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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Communicating Christ Cross Culturally Second Edition (Reprinted)
$42.8445 Chapters
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This revised edition of Dr. David Hesselgrave’s great work Communicating Christ Cross-Culturally updates the original edition and interacts with the most recent literature on this increasingly important topic. The original edition went through fifteen printings and, very deservedly, has come to be one of the most widely used textbooks on Christian cross-cultural communications. The revisions in this new edition are extensive and carry on the high level of discussion maintained throughout the original edition, taking into account, for example, the current discussion on the relationship between form and function and the enormous body of literature that has sprung up recently on contextualization. To enhance the volume’s usefulness for students, Dr. Hesselgrave has added an extensive bibliography of twenty-five pages on various aspects of cross-cultural communications. This revision of Communicating Christ Cross-Culturally is superb. It raises a great book into a unique category, undoubtedly the finest book on this topic available today.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Ezra Nehemiah And Esther (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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Called To Care
$30.00Treating the whole of Scripture, Robert Kysar forges the connections between the practice of social ministry and the biblical images undergirding and motivating that ministry. Social ministry is more than charity: It wrestles with the very structures and systems that deprive and oppress. This book examines not only the usual “justice” texts but also those that seem to counter this position and shows how the Bible addresses practical, contemporary concerns and fears.
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Thus Says The Lord
$32.99This is a comprehensive and astute interpretive study of the prophetic tradition of ancient Israel. Ward interprets the whole of the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve Prophets, placing the religious/theological message of these prophets into its most probable historical context. But he also deals with the socioeconomic world of Israael’s prophets, so that readers are able to confront the message, the ideas, of the prophets in relation to the larger realities through which the people and the prophets were living.
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Disinheriting The Jews
$45.00Disinheriting the Jews is a scholarly work of great interest and significance for both Christians and Jews. Jeffery Siker shows how strongly the figure of Abraham has shaped our religious identities. He also uses the portrayals of Abraham by early Christians as a new means of understanding the dynamics involved in the church’s separation and estrangement from Judaism. Siker argues that the separation was precipitated by historical contingencies more so than by Christian identity, and in so doing suggests self-corrections that could mend the rift between Christianity and Judaism.
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Witness For Peace
$45.00In this graphic, thought-provoking book, Ed Griffin-Nolan depicts the experiences of Witness for Peace (WFP), a group of Americans who bore witness to the war in Nicaragua–an event that resulted in the killing and wounding of many innocent Central American civilians. Griffin-Nolan explains how WFP participants spent weeks in the war zones in order to understand the impact of U.S. policy on simple people living, as one member of the group phrased it, “at the end of a gun barrel.” He describes how WFP participants labored to bring stories of war back to the United States, and how many of them lost their jobs and even their marriages in the process. He concludes by showing that the efforts of WFP saved lives and possibly prevented “another Vietnam” from developing in Central America.
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Women In The Earliest Churches (Reprinted)
$57.00This book examines the roles and functions that women assumed in the early Christian communities from AD 33 to the Council of Nicaea. It surveys, too, the views about women held by various New Testament authors including Paul and the Evangelists.
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Theology Of The Second Letter To The Corinthians
$101.33The resonances in the dialogue of Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians are difficult to detect unless the reader has some knowledge of the social, religious, and economic situation of the community to which the apostle was writing. In this lucid and clear survey, Father Murphy-O’Connor attempts to provide such background information, which he integrates skillfully into a flowing exposition of Paul’s thought. St. Paul’s theology thus comes to life as the complex interplay of factors that prompted him to write as he did to the Corinthians are examined and explored. In addition to providing a particularly accessible picture of the distinctive theological contribution made by 2 Corinthians, the author’s book prompts new insights into the relation of Christ to the ministry of the Church.
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Theology Of The Johannine Epistles
$49.33The Johannine Epistles have long been recognized as contributing a vital element to the theology of the New Testament. Usually it is to the Gospel that the reader turns first in order to explore that contribution; the First Epistle is treated as a supplement, while 2 and 3 John–because of their brevity–receive little attention. This book allows the Epistles to speak for themselves, and shows that they sound a distinctive note within Johannine theology, in particular, and the thought of the New Testament, in general. Dr. Lieu carefully outlines their most important theological themes which, when understood in their original setting, are seen to have rich potential for the continuing theology of the Church.
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Abiding Astonishment : Psalms Modernity And The Making Of History
$22.00This examination of the “Psalms of Historical Recital” reviews this portion of Scripture’s social-political intention and function. Focusing on Psalms 78, 105, 106, and 136, Walter Brueggemann considers these psalms on their own terms and then takes up two issues that move in opposite interpretive directions: the Psalms in relation to the historical writing of modernity and the Psalms in relation to the voices of marginality. Brueggemann attempts to enter Israel’s past as that past is experienced, voiced, and advocated in the Psalms both as liberating affirmation and as controlling censure. Contains notes, bibliography and indices. Walter Brueggemann is Professor of Old Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia.
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Behind The Masks
$28.00A leading pastoral counselor describes in everyday language eight common personality disorders that result in destructive religious behavior. Dr. Oates discusses how the Christian faith can ”unmask” disorders so the real person can emerge. Recommended for pastoral counselors.
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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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Amor Debe Ser Firme – (Spanish)
$14.99Love must be tough not only offers practical advice for couples that are on the verge of divorce but also to every person that is in search of a better understanding of human conduct and the complexities in relationships between men and women.
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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
A Strange Kind Of Glory — John 13:31-35Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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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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