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Prayer Book Through The Ages
$24.95Add to cartAn exploration of the history of the Book of Common Prayer and its revisions, beginning with the 1549 English Prayer Book and continuing up to the present. This revised and expanded version of The Story of the Real Prayer Book (this book’s original title) finishes the story of the final adoption of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. Sydnor explores why each revision was necessary, what was changed, added, omitted, as well as what was retained in the “new” book.
By understanding the delicate balance between the need for change and the preservation of what is timeless, William Sydnor believes that Episcopalians will “find anew that common ground of common prayer which is our legacy, our inspiration, and our joy.”
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Jeremiah And Lamentations
$12.99Add to cart57 Chapters
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The Scriptures come alive with America’s best-loved Bible teacher Dr. J. Vernon McGee. Whether you are a new believer or a longtime Bible student, Dr. McGee’s Thru the Bible Commentary Series offers sound biblical scholarship and practical, down-to-earth suggestions for applying the principles of Scripture to everyday life.The studies in the series have been taken from Dr. McGee’s “Thru the Bible” radio messages. With his familiar, anecdotal style and lively approach, Dr. McGee makes biblical truth understandable and Bible study more enjoyable.
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Psalms Chapters 90-150
$12.99Add to cartThe Scriptures come alive with America’s best-loved Bible teacher Dr. J. Vernon McGee. Whether you are a new believer or a longtime Bible student, Dr. McGee’s Thru the Bible Commentary Series offers sound biblical scholarship and practical, down-to-earth suggestions for applying the principles of Scripture to everyday life. The studies in the series have been taken from Dr. McGee’s “Thru the Bible” radio messages. With his famliar, anecdotal style and lively approach, Dr. Mcgee makes biblical truth understandable and Bible study more enjoyable.
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Psalms Chapters 42-89
$9.99Add to cartRadio messages from J. Vernon McGee delighted and enthralled listeners for years with simple, straightforward language and clear understanding of the Scripture. Now enjoy his personable, yet scholarly, style in a 60-volume set of commentaries that takes you from Genesis to Revelation with new understanding and insight. Each volume includes introductory sections, detailed outlines and a thorough, paragraph-by-paragraph discussion of the text. A great choice for pastors – and even better choice for the average Bible reader and student! Very affordable in a size that can go anywhere, it’s available as a complete 60-volume series, in Old Testament or New Testament sets, or individually.
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Ezra Nehemiah Esther
$12.99Add to cart3 Chapters
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The Scriptures come alive with America’s best-loved Bible teacher Dr. J. Vernon McGee. Whether you are a new believer or a longtime Bible student, Dr. McGee’s Thru the Bible Commentary Series offers sound biblical scholarship and practical, down-to-earth suggestions for applying the principles of Scripture to everyday life. The studies in the series have been taken from Dr. McGee’s “Thru the Bible” radio messages. With his familiar, anecdotal style and lively approach, Dr. McGee makes biblical truth understandable and Bible study more enjoyable. -
Joshua And Judges
$12.99Add to cartThe book of Joshua completes the redemption of Israel that was begun in Exodus. Exodus is the book of redemption out of Egypt: Joshua is the book of redemption into the Promised Land.
The book of Judges takes its title from the twelve men and one women who served as judges during the period from Joshua’s death to the time of Samuel.
The Scriptures come alive with America’s best-loved Bible teacher Dr. J. Vernon McGee. Whether you are a new believer or a longtime Bible student, Dr. McGee’s Thru the Bible Commentary Series Offers offer sound biblical scholarship and practical, down-to-earth suggestions for applying the principles of Scripture to everyday life.
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Student Ministry For The 21 Century
$26.99Add to cartWhy settle for a “youth group” . . . . . . when you can build a dynamic student ministry that keeps more and more students coming — and keeps them growing! From the director of Student Impact, one of the country’s largest and most effective student ministries, here is a clear, step-by-step approach that takes you for a quantum leap beyond merely:
Maintaining a Youth Group . . . to Building a Student Ministry
Activity-driven . . . To purpose-driven
Unclear vision . . . To clear vision Inward focus
Content with the “clique” . . . To outward focus, compassion for lost people
Minimum growth . . . To consistent growth
Songs and games . . . To worship and prayer
Keeps the traditions . . . To evaluates for effectiveness
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Sacred Romance
$19.99Add to cart12 Chapters
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The God who saves is also a God who woos His own to a relationship primarily of the heart. As we draw closer to Him, we must choose to let go of other “less-wild lovers,” such as perfectionistic driveness and self-indulgence. Eldredge and Curtis identify the lies offered by “false loves” and instruct us on the journey back to the Lover of our souls.In carefully crafted words and images, the authors entice the reader to his or her own journey of the heart, promising, “It is possible to recover the lost life of our heart and with it the intimacy, beauty, and adventure of life with God.” -
Book Of Acts
$16.99Add to cartIn these days of renewed outpouring of the Holy Spirit, God’s people are looking once again at the book of Acts. The Book Of Acts is designed to give emphasis to early church history and the ministry of the Holy Spirit. This insightful text unlocks the keys to the success and impact of the early Christian church and its relevance today.
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When Men Think Private Thoughts (Student/Study Guide)
$18.99Add to cartContents
14 Chapters in 249 pages
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AM I COMPETENT AND SUCCESSFUL? AM I A DESIRABLE HUSBAND AND A GOOD FATHER? AM I IN CHARGE OF MY LIFE, OR IS MY LIFE IN CHARGE OF ME?Men ask these measure-up questions of ‘themselves in times of quiet contemplation as they consider what they are not, what they think they ought to be, and what they ultimately want to be. Author and pastor Gordon MacDonald addresses them all in When Men Think Private Thoughts.
MacDonald explores avenues that include sexuality and masculinity; intimacy, romance, and friendship; and achievement, and definitions of success, revealing how each road intersects with a man’s soul. You’ll be able to put, aside the stereotypical definitions of maleness that plague men’s private thoughts-and will see instead a Christ-centered model.
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Life God Blesses
$19.99Add to cartIn The Life God Blesses, author and pastor Gordon MacDonald asks the question, are we prepared to weather the storms of life? In this book, MacDonald steers us toward the disciplines, convictions, silence, beauty, and spirit that feed and prepare the soul to recognize and recieve God’s blessing.MacDonald reaches into the Bible and into the experiences of godly men and women of history to discover what can be done to lead a blessed life, then leads you through the steps that are necessary to develop a mature soul.
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Transforming God : An Interpretation Of Suffering And Evil
$40.00Add to cartTheologian Tyron Inbody suggests a new understanding of God in this highly accessible introduction to Christian perspectives of suffering and evil. Interpreting suffering and evil as religious problems, Inbody analyzes and assesses the notion of an all-loving and omnipotent Deity found in classical theism. He concludes with a radical reinterpretation of the Christian Deity as a vulnerable, transforming God, one recognized by both process and Trinitarian theology.
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Ideology In America
$29.00Add to cartIn this prophetic and inspiring call to justice, peace, and economic democracy, Alan Geyer proposes strategies for mainline churches and ecumenical institutions as they encounter assaults from conservative religious groups. Carefully tracing the changing political and social landscape of America since the era of Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society, and the role of the Christian Right in that change. Geyer denounces the smug creed that “business is good; government is bad.” With passion and trademark clarity he urges all people of goodwill to renew their commitment to the poor and the disadvantaged
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Mystery Of God
$38.00Add to cartMoving beyond traditional ways of reading Karl Barth, William Stacy Johnson proposes an approach that makes Barth relevant for the postmodern period. Recognizing Barth’s insight that God is mystery, he suggests that theology is best seen not as a restating of old orthodoxies but as an ongoing response to that divine mystery. Johnson’s reassessment of Barth opens exciting possibilities for a new appropriation of Barth’s insights for contemporary theology and the church.
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. This series examines theological and ethical issues that confront church and society in our own particular time and place.
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After God : The Future Of Religion
$30.00Add to cartHow can religion survive if, as the renowned scholar Don Cupitt claims, God is dead? In “After God” he takes us through the evolution of religious belief from the dawn of the gods to their twilight. Drawing on examples ranging from Plato to Donald Duck, he eloquently steers us back to an understanding of the supernatural world that every child instinctively has.
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Renewing Your Spiritual Passion (Student/Study Guide)
$18.99Add to cartCONTENTS
PREFACE
1. It’s Got to Glow in You All the Time
2. Doing More and Enjoying It Less
3. It’s All Over!
4. Running on Empty
5. Further Threats to Spiritual Passion
6. Those Who Bring Joy
7. The Happy and the Hurting
8. Friendly Fire
9. He Knew I Couldn’t Handle It!
10. It’s What’s Inside That Counts
11. Rack ‘Em Up
12. Safe Places
13. The Place of Secrets
14. The Still Times
15. Special Friends
16. More Special Friends
17. Renewing Your Spiritual Passion
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Have- you ever been too far- from home to turn back yet too weary to want to continue toward your destination? Renewing, Your Spiritual Passion looks at the journey we-are on, as. Christians, and poses just that question: All of us want to have the passion to be godly people. But too many times, having that passion is easier to talk about than to actually find or maintain.
Do you have so many things to do, and, do well, that you are unable to do them all? Are, you tired and passionless about your spiritual journey? In Renewing Your Spiritual Passion, Gordon MacDonald asks if there is a growing weariness of spirit -among Christians and discusses what they can do to change that.Learn what is happening to you, why it is happening, and what you can do about it by Renewing Your Spiritual Passion.
For years, Gordon MacDonald has been giving -readers, conference-goers, and church members guidance and encouragement on a variety of important issues. Now, his, best-loved works can be found in The Gordon MacDonald. Bestseller Series, each including a study guide for individual of group use. Look for all four titles in the series: Ordering Your Private World, Renewing Your-Spiritual Passion, The Life God Blesses and When Men Think-private Thoughts.
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Standing On The Promises
$15.95Add to cartGod has designed each family to be a culture – with a language, customs, traditions, and countless unspoken assumptions. The culture of the family intimately shapes the children who grow up in it. It is the duty of the father to ensure that the shaping takes place according to biblical wisdom.
Some fathers establish a rebellious culture for their children and bring upon their children the wrath of God, sometimes for generations. Other fathers fail to establish any distinct culture, and outside cultures rush to fill the void.
Through the Messiah, God promised blessings to His people, “their children, and their children’s children forever.” The norm for faithful members of the covenant is that their children will follow them in their faithfulness.
This book is part of Douglas Wilson’s series of books on the family, which has helped many people trying to deal with the everyday messes that come with sinners trying to live under the same roof.
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Concept Of Woman Volume 1
$53.99Add to cartA careful and well-written historical study of the thinking about women in the Western world. It provides a sympathetic justification for some feminist intuitions that, at this point, are not well grounded philosophically. It will be well received by those who respect the difficulties feminism points to but see the exaggerastion and false directions it is going in.
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Text And Truth A Print On Demand Title
$33.99Add to cartThis is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.
The disciplines of biblical studies and systematic theology have in modern times been practised in relative isolation from one another. Francis Watson argues that the separate development of Old and New Testament studies and systematic theology impoverishes all three disciplines and distorts the object of their study.
In the past, a ‘biblical theology’ that took seriously the theological responsibilities of the biblical interpreter was criticised by some scholars as detrimental to the practice of both the exegetical and the theological disciplines. Here Francis Watson argues for more theological involvement with exegesis and hermeneutics rather than less: biblical theology, he contends, must be practised in an interdisciplinary approach that can draw freely on the resources and perspectives of the two exegetical disciplines and of systematic theology.
The first part of the book examines particular themes in theological hermeneutics. Contemporary hermeneutical debates – such as the relationship of history-writing and fiction, textual indeterminacy, and interpretative pluralism – are engaged from an explicitly theological point of view. The second part analyses Christian theological use of the Old Testament. It advocates an approach to Old Testament interpretation in which the retrospective Christian re-reading of Jewish scripture as preparing the way for the coming of Christ is once again taken seriously.
This work builds on Francis Watson’s previous book Text, Church and World: Biblical Interpretation in Theological Perspective (Eerdmans, 1994) in advocating an approach in which biblical interpretation seeks to contribute directly to the work of Christian theological construction. It is only through this interdisciplinary approach, Watson contends, that the Bible will be interpreted in a manner consistent with its status as the holy scripture of the Christian community.
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Rise Of Christianity
$18.99Add to cartThis “fresh, blunt, and highly persuasive account of how the West was won-for Jesus” (Newsweek) is now available in paperback. Stark’s provocative report challenges conventional wisdom and finds that Christianity’s astounding dominance of the Western world arose from its offer of a better, more secure way of life.
“Compelling reading” (Library Journal) that is sure to “generate spirited argument” (Publishers Weekly), this account of Christianity’s remarkable growth within the Roman Empire is the subject of much fanfare. “Anyone who has puzzled over Christianity’s rise to dominance…must read it.” says Yale University’s Wayne A. Meeks, for The Rise of Christianity makes a compelling case for startling conclusions. Combining his expertise in social science with historical evidence, and his insight into contemporary religion’s appeal, Stark finds that early Christianity attracted the privileged rather than the poor, that most early converts were women or marginalized Jews-and ultimately “that Christianity was a success because it proved those who joined it with a more appealing, more assuring, happier, and perhaps longer life” (Andrew M. Greeley, University of Chicago).
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Covenant And Commitments
$37.00Add to cartRecognizing the inadequacy of current family values rhetoric, ethicist Max L. Stackhouse proposes a covenantal ethic of the family that accounts for the changing landscape of our homes and our workplaces. His brilliant analysis of how religious images of the family impact culture, the Protestant notion of covenated marriage in relation to economic structures, and the role of state welfare policies on the development of children constitutes a crucial turning point in the debate over the American family.
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Presumption Of Guilt
$17.99Add to cartBeth Wright, a newspaper reporter, is hot on the trail of a story that could expose something very ugly at the St. Clair Children’s Home. Someone else is hot on Beth Wright’s trail — someone who wants to make sure her story never sees the press. Between them stands Nick Hutchins, a social worker who finds his own gut hunches about the children’s home increasingly confirmed, first by Beth’s investigation . . . Then by a high-speed attempt on her life . . . And finally, by an intruder’s startling confession. As the drama unfolds, a horrifying picture emerges of helpless children under the sway of a modern-day Fagin. Just one person holds the key that can save them: Beth herself. But using that key could cost Beth her reputation . . . If it doesn’t first cost her life. Presumption of Guilt is a gripping portrayal of the depths of human evil, the soul-twisting influence of lies . . . And of the liberating power of truth and the far-reaching freedom of God’s mercy and grace. Presumption of Guilt is book four in the Sun Coast Chronicles series by award-winning author Terri Blackstock. From absorbing legal drama to lightning-paced action, the Sun Coast Chronicles offers suspense at its finest, tempered with remarkable realism and penetrating insights into the human heart.
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Liturgical Spirituality
$74.95Add to cartWell-known liturgical scholar and author Philip Pfatteicher turns his attention in this book to “liturgical spirituality,” a holistic concept that brings together both liturgy and spirituality with reference to the interior life of the spirit that is formed and nurtured by the church’s liturgy – the ordered form of Christian worship, East and West, Catholic and Protestant.
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To Walk And Not Faint
$24.99Add to cartCompletely revised more than fifteen years after its first printing, To Walk and Not Faint is Dawn’s popular first book. Her devotional reflections examine the fortieth chapter of Isaiah as it deals with many of the critical issues of daily life. Dawn’s meticulous study opens up each verse of Isaiah 40 to challenge us with significant insights for faith and profound motivation for growth in discipleship.
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Light Of Truth And Fire Of Love A Print On Demand Title
$33.99Add to cartThe Doctrine of the Holy Spirit has often been a neglected theme in Christian thought. In Light of Truth and Fire of Love Gary D. Badcock attempts to redress this theological imbalance and to reassert the centrality of the doctrine of the Spirit in Christian theology.
Badcock begins by surveying what both the Old and New Testaments have to say about the Spirit. Next he traces the history of the theology of the Spirit, examining a number of crucial episodes and questions in the field of pneumatology in the history of Christian thought, and then proceeds to develop a contemporary theology of the Spirit. Badcock goes on to relate this theology of the Spirit to the theological enterprise initiated by Karl Barth earlier in this century – a return to the doctrine of the Trinity as the framework for Christian reflection. Setting forth the positive and negative results of much of contemporary trinitarian theology, Badcock ultimately makes a case for a balanced doctrine of the Word and the Spirit in which neither is subordinated to the other. -
Relating To People Of Other Religions
$14.99Add to cartThis book is an autobiographical, anecdotal, and practical reflection on the different approaches and attitudes Christians bring to encounters with people of other faiths. Thangaraj favors plurality as a way of understanding and relating to non-Christians.
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Paul Between Damascus And Antioch
$60.00Add to cartWhat happened between Paul’s conversion on the road to Damascus and his first missionary journey to Antioch? During these crucial years Paul rethought the implications of Christ’s life in light of the Old Testament in ways that have since become normative. Well-researched and thought-provoking.
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Families In The New Testament World
$60.00Add to cartIn many places the New Testament reflects the Roman Empire’s values of social stability, but at the same time, other passages make strong statements that seem to be against the family. What was the family like for the first Christians? How did they combine their family values and their new faith? When there were conflicts between family and faith, how did early Christians make choices between them? Osiek and Balch provide solid scholarship on these issues, informed by archaeological work and illustrated by figures and photographs.
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Jesus As A Healer
$30.99Add to cartThis book presents in readable, nontechnical language the findings of the latest biblical scholarship on one important aspect of “who Jesus was”–Jesus as healer. It guides readers through the New Testament’s portraits of Jesus, setting the stage for these portraits by looking at sickness and its treatment in Jesus’ day. The author concludes with a carefully weighed answer to the question “did Jesus really heal?”, and offers topics for discussion and suggestions for further reading that allow the interested reader to explore the subject in more detail.
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Revelation Of Love
$15.00Add to cartFew texts have had held such interest or been the object of such enduring devotion as has Julian of Norwich’s 14th-century classic A Revelation of Love. This great work–along with The Cloud of Unknowing and Teresa of Avila’s The Interior Castle–form the very heart of Western mysticism, and each generation has cherished its beautiful poetry and profound account of a soul’s quest for the divine. This new translation of Julian’s mystical writings offers today’s reader immediate access to this most powerful spiritual of books written in English. Julian’s message of God’s intimate and enabling love is revealed as both beguiling and inescapable. The poetry and rhythmic structure of the original Middle English text are respected, yet it is given fresh immediacy since it is now rendered in inclusive language for the first time ever. Moreover Julian’s key ideas are easily identified-even by newcomers to her unique system of thought-by means of an original and authoritative linking commentary at the head of each key chapter, as well as continuing support from highly informative footnotes and a detailed glossary of the main terms used.
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Listening To God In Times Of Choice
$24.99Add to cartWe sometimes think there are only two ways to discern God’s will—the “divine blueprint” plan and the “grow in wisdom” school. Smith offers a third way! Drawing on centuries of teaching and experience, he suggests that discernment is a spiritual discipline—a deepening relationship that helps us see God’s will in crisis and in daily life.
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Women Gender And Christian Community
$31.00Add to cartDespite progress in recent years, women and men continue to find it difficult to talk together about gender and religion. In this thorough and responsible discussion, the authors answer such questions as, does the Bible truly speak good news to women, or only the bad news of subjection to men? Why has the church insisted on referring to God with male pronouns and images? Can a spirituality developed by men out of their experience nourish the lives of women? How can men and women work in the church together? This book encourages conversation between women and men about these and other gender issues facing the church today.
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Suffer The Little Children
$17.99Add to cartAfter traveling to Washington to receive a commendation before Congress for foiling a plot to assassinate President Ulysses S. Grant, Breanna Baylor is recruited to help out on an “orphan train” carrying children to adoptive families out West. As they travel, a special bond forms between Breanna and three of the children, whom she leads to the Lord. But when Jared, Susan, and Nathan are faced with a terrible new threat their very survival depends upon Breanna, just as her life depends on them.
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When The Heavens Are Brass
$17.99Add to cart1. Devilish Dominion Under Brassy Skies
2. The Devil Traffics In Dry Places
3. Eight Obstacles To Brass-Shattering Prayer
4. Cleanse The Waters So The River Will Flow
5. God’s Prescription For A Breakthrough
6. Is There Leprosy In Your House?
7. Opening The Heavens Over Your Home
8. Reaping Under An Open Heaven P. 137Additional Info
Why are the heavens brass?What are the spiritual and eternal dynamics that prepare the soil of our hearts for revival?
Pastor John Kilpatrick longed for revival. He ached for more than what he was seeing in the Church and in his own life. In this provocative book, John Kilpatrick shares the principles that prepared his church for God’s sudden appearing on Father’s Day, 1995, and for the mighty revival that followed.
Discover the keys to effective prayer and the arrival of revival!
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To Follow Him
$19.00Add to cart1. The Ultimate Personal Trainer
2. A Tunnel-Vision Romance
3. God’s Gymnasium
4. The Reflection In God’s Mirror
5. Bring Your Own Cyanide
6. Follow The Leader
7. The Eternity-Based Investment Guide
8. They’ll Know We Are His Disciples
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“‘WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN TO FOLLOW CHRIST?”Most Christians know that Jesus commanded His followers to “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations.” Yet many of us remain unclear about what Christ intended such a disciple to be or do.
Recognizing that now, more than ever, believers need clear, biblical teaching ion this all important subject, author Mark Bailey cuts through the confusion surrounding the term “discipleship,” providing a scriptural measuring stick to help us discern what it means to follow a Christ.
Learn how to recognize the seven biblical marks of a disciple, and make these qualities a part of your own life as you whole – heartedly answer Jesus’ call To Follow Him.
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More Welcome Speeches
$10.99Add to cartSome General Words Of Welcome
Welcome Speeches And Responses For Specific Occasions
Children’s Day
Youth Sunday
Mother’s Day
Father’s Day
Graduate Recognition Day
Deacon Ordination
Pastor Anniversary/Appreciation
Choir Day
Missions
For Christian Unity
Welcome Speeches Given By Children
So Glad
A Secret
Too Little
About To Start
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Sample speeches and responses for a variety of special occasions are included in this book, along with appropriate Scripture verses. These samples reflect the ways we honor God in both celebration and meditation. Use them as a handle when you are asked to give a speech or a response. You will find speeches for Pastor Appreciation Day, Church Anniversary, Choir Anniversary or Appreciation Day, Usher Board Day, Women’s Day, Men’s Day, and more. Another section contains poetry and prayers for use in speeches or short devotionals. -
1-2 Samuel : History Of Israel
$14.99Add to cartRadio messages from J. Vernon McGee delighted and enthralled listeners for years with simple, straightforward language and clear understanding of the Scripture. Now enjoy his personable, yet scholarly, style in a 60-volume set of commentaries that takes you from Genesis to Revelation with new understanding and insight. Each volume includes introductory sections, detailed outlines and a thorough, paragraph-by-paragraph discussion of the text. A great choice for pastors – and even better choice for the average Bible reader and student! Very affordable in a size that can go anywhere, it’s available as a complete 60-volume series, in Old Testament or New Testament sets, or individually.
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Other Side Of Death
$18.99Add to cart247 Pages/9 Chapters
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Dozens of cults members commit suicide in order to rendezvous with a spaceship stationed behind a comet. A suicide bomber kills himself and a number of innocent bystanders in order gain entrance into a heavenly paradise. The headline of a supermarket tabloid declares “Hell located beneath Antarctica!” Proponents of euthanasia promise that death relieves all pain suffering. What is the truth about life after death?Noted Bible teacher and author J. Sidlow Baxter examines the Bible’s teaching on heaven and hell and addresses the contemporary confusion over universalism, New Age spirituality, and Eastern Mysticism. Some of the specific topics addressed include marriage in heaven, infant death, purgatory, and the location of heaven. This intriguing study offers both guidance and spiritual comfort for readers wanting to understand God’s plan for human existence on the other side of death.
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Hebrews : A Bible Commentary For Teaching And Preaching
$40.00Add to cartSaturated with references to the Old Testament and Christian reinterpretations of important symbols and imagery, the Book of Hebrews can be read as an early church sermon against discouragement and lack of faith. So what better commentator than the celebrated professor of homiletics at Princeton Seminary?
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Living Alone
$28.00Add to cartThis series examines major changes that occur in the life cycle of a family: leaving home, becoming married, raising children, recommitting to a relationship–or committing to a new one–and living alone. Books address the major tasks of the family; rituals that enable effective transitions as those tasks change; beliefs and values from the Christian tradition that shape and are shaped by those family tasks; and pastoral opportunities in response to family life-cycle generations.
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Super Natural Christians
$29.00Add to cartIn a readable and concrete style, Sallie McFague crafts a Christian spiritualilty centered on nature as the focus of our encounter with the divine. Reorienting our religious life from the “supernatural” to the “super, natural,” she suggests, can help us “see these earth others…as both subjects in themsleves and as intimations of God.
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Being Gods Partner
$17.95Add to cartA book that will challenge people of every faith to reconcile the cares of their work and the strivings of their souls and restore the hidden link between them. By exploding our assumptions that work and spirituality are irreconcilable, Salkin explores how spirituality can enhance our 9-to-5 lives, offering us ways to smuggle religion into our workplace.
Thought-provoking, practical, and exhilarating, Being God s Partner goes beyond just talking about the subject to give the reader specific actions to take right now to find greater meaning in their work, and see themselves continuing God s work in the world.
1996 Award of Excellence, Body Mind Spirit Magazine
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Living Wisely In A Foolish World
$17.99Add to cart1. The Wisdom Of Proverbs
2. Financial Wisdom
3. Family Wisdom
4. MArtial Wisdom
5. Moral Wisdom
6. Sexual Wisdom
7. Religious Wisdom
8. Educational Wisdom
9. Political Wisdom
10. Vocational Wisdom
11. Social Wisdom
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Everyday we are bombarded with advice from magazines, newspaper columns, and radio and television talk shows – finding sound advice and making wise decisions becomes a constant struggle. Where can we turn for reliable guidance on the important issues of money, family, work and morality?
Authors Wayne House and Kenneth Durham believe that the guidance we all need can be found in the book of Proverbs. This biblical book was designed to teach wise living and help readers find a safe path through the minefields of life. Living Wisley In A Foolish World shows how to apply the practical wisdom of Proverbs to everyday decisions regarding finances, politics, marriage, education, work, sexuality, and much more. Unlock the wisdom of Proverbs and begin living wisely! -
Accountable Leadership : A Resource Guide For Sustaining Legal Financial An (Rev
$29.95Add to cartWith reports of financial impropriety and clergy misconduct making headlines, accountable leadership and sound management practices have become priority concerns in congregations of every faith. Accountable Leadership speaks to congregation leaders, both clergy and laity, and to individuals who love the worshiping community and seek the tools that can enable everyone in it to better care for one another.
This is a practical compAndium of resources for creating and managing a sound, effective, and fair congregation. This new edition has been extensively revised and updated to include contemporary topics such as disturbing trAnds in reduced giving, new church-state issues, clergy misconduct and troublesome members, and legal issues associated with the congregation’s role as employer and provider of pastoral counseling.
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Ephesians : NRSV
$24.99Add to cart240 Pages
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“From the Publisher:” Abingdon New Testament Commentary Series Ephesians by Pheme Perkins This commentary for students of theology includes introduction, commentary, annotated bibliography, and selective index. The New Revised Standard Version is the principal translation. -
Theology For Preaching
$28.99Add to cartThe heart of the postmodern mind-set is an awareness of the relativity of all human thought and action. In Theology for Preaching, three authors collaborate to discuss the implications for proclamation when the culture behaves as if all human thought and practices are relative. Tips for sermon composition and theme are proposed. Sample sermons are supplied to demonstrate awareness of the cultural shifts that make preaching a worthwhile challenge in a postmodern ethos.
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Kara : The Lonely Falcon
$12.95Add to cart6 Chapters
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Kara, The Lonely Falcon is a tale of life, love, and self sacrifice, as they all occur among the meek and powerful animals on the forest.Kara is the swiftest, fiercest, and the loneliest falcon in the forest – until he vows, as the result of a moving experience, never to kill another animal again, even if it threatens his own survival.
The story of Kara’s gentle, friend -filled life and his gradual preparation for Heaven, is one with universal appeal – children, grandparents, and young adults alike will read it and be moved.
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Clergy Killers : Guidance For Pastors And Congregation Under Attack
$30.00Add to cartIn a startling survey by Leadership, it was discovered that 23 percent of Protestant clergy have been fired at least once, and, even more significantly, 41 percent of congregations have fired at least two pastors. Rediger offers conflict management tactics for these “abusive” congregations.
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Where The Red Fern Grows
$8.99Add to cartBilly, Old Dan and Little Ann — a Boy and His Two Dogs…
A loving threesome, they ranged the dark hills and river bottoms of Cherokee country. Old Dan had the brawn, Little Ann had the brains — and Billy had the will to train them to be the finest hunting team in the valley. Glory and victory were coming to them, but sadness waited too. And close by was the strange and wonderful power that’s only found…An exciting tale of love and adventure you’ll never forget.
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Unholy In Holy Scripture
$35.00Add to cartThe Bible is the most widely read and translated book in the world, and its influence is immeasurable. Nonetheless, according to Gerd Ludemann, its use by Christians is highly selective. Ludemann asks, what about those parts of the Bible that contain God’s command to exterminate entire peoples or those texts which demonize other faiths? He focuses first on the practice of Holy War and then on the anti-Judaism of New Testament writings. He also tackles the question of how, given this destructive side of Scripture, we can continue to be Christians. In response, he points to the person of Jesus and his example.
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Distant Partner : How To Tear Down Emotional Walls And Communicate With You
$18.99Add to cart‘I’m always the one willing to go the extra mile for the sake of my marriage’, ‘His eyes glaze over when I try to talk intimately about things that matter.’ Maybe you’ve heard these words from your spouse. Maybe you’ve said these words about your marriage. Distant Partner is a book for those who have a relationship with too much busyness and not enough personal sharing. You don’t have to stay locked into this merry-go-round battle. Once you understand the dynamics between evasive husbands and emotionally eager wives, you can begin to take the initiative and move forward with healthy actions and choices.
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Contemporary Worship : A Sourcebook For Spirited Traditional Praise And See
$31.99Add to cartThis handbook contains everything a congregation needs in order to plan, launch, and stabilize contemporary worship services. Three formats for contemporary worship are shown: spirited-traditional, contemporary praise, and contemporary seeker (or outreach-oriented) services. The resources include sample formats, sample messages that are appropriate for the format, sample skits, interviews, or dramas, and a database of worship choruses that are appropriate to each of the three contemporary formats.
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Gospel Of Matthew
$24.99Add to cartThe Interpreting Biblical Texts series are well suited as basic textbooks for upper level college an seminary courses in Old and New Testament. Used along with other resources, such as commentaries, these volumes can help students learn to interpret the text. Donal Senior’s clear guide to Matthew provides treatment of the Gospel’s themes, a survey of modern scholarship, and solid exposition of the text
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Living Somewhere Between Estrogen And Death
$18.99Add to cartFor women only, this is one of Barbara Johnson’s most unique books. With her zany collection of observations about “life between the Blue Lagoon and Golden Pond,” Barbara jumps right in, showing women how to survive growing older with courage and joy.
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Feuerbach And The Interpretation Of Religion
$59.99Add to cartLudwig Feuerbach is best known as the author of a sensational criticism of Christianity in the mid-nineteenth century. Although some scholars regard this criticism of Christianity as important in its own right, most view it as pertinent because of its anticipation of the views of Nietzsche, Marx, and Freud. Harvey’s book argues that this is an inadequate interpretation of Feuerbach’s significance. By exploring works of Feuerbach that have been virtually ignored, he convincingly demonstrates their contemporary relevance.
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Barrier Free Friendships
$16.99Add to cart1. Where Can I Find A Friend?
2. Making A Difference In Spite Of Barriers
3. A True Friend Identifies
4. Now You Know
5. What To Say, How To Listen
6. More Than Words
7. God’s Friendliest Church
8. Eye To Eye
9. It’s A Two-Way Street160 Pages
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1. Where Can I Find A Friend?
2. Making A Difference In Spite Of Barriers
3. A True Friend Identifies
4. Now You Know
5. What To Say, How To Listen
6. More Than Words
7. God’s Friendliest Church
8. Eye To Eye
9. It’s A Two-Way Street160 Pages
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3 Most Important Things In Your Life
$15.00Add to cartNo Student of Success Should Be Without This Book. If you are seriously interested in succeeding, you need this book! The Holy Spirit / The Assignment / The Seed / 17 Facts About The Holy Spirit / 7 Secrets of Survivors / The Power of Expectation / Singing To The Holy Spirit. Proven Results That Will Last You A Lifetime. 31 Chapters!
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Angels Love Children
$11.99Add to cartContents
A Word From The Author
Angel Of Rainbows
Angel Of Hearts
Angel Of Parties
Angel Of The Cross
Angel Of Honor
Angel Of Love
Angel Of Mercy
Angel Of Believing
Angel Of On High
Angel Of Wonderful
Angel Of Peace
Angel Of Safety
Angel Of Seed
Angel Of Brightness
Angel Of Praise
Angel Of Joy
Angel Of Tears
Angel Of Glory Light
Angel Of Birth
Angel Of Royal
Angel Of Welcome
Angel Of Blue
Angel Of Hope
Angel Of Good News
Angel Of Behold
Angel Of Earth
Angel Of Balance
Angel Of Circles
Angel Of Time
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Inspired by children’s drawings of angels, Herbert Brokering offers thirty fresh understandings of God. From his conversations with the young artists, Brokering spins exciting new insights about heavenly messengers and the God they serve. Plus, there are imaginative, provocative ideas to think about and talk about together. A brief prayer concludes each devotion. Wonderful read-aloud fare for bedtime, mealtime – anytime! -
Disiciplined Heart : Love Destiny And Imagination (Reprinted)
$25.99Add to cartMuch like The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis, Simon’s illuminating book richly and insightfully probes the vagaries of human love through perceptive discussion of the works of theologians, philosophers, and novelists including Flannery O’Connor, Leo Tolstoy, William Kennedy, F. Scott Fitzgerald, George Eliot, and Isak Dinesen.
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Pauls Gift From Philippi
$129.00Add to cartThis book is a study of Paul’s response to the financial help he received from the church in Philippi while he was a prisoner in Rome. It examines Philippians 4.10-20 in the light of Greek and Roman practices and language regarding the exchange of gifts and favors in society. Dr. Peterman concludes that “gift exchange” or “social reciprocity” permeated every level of society in Paul’s day, and that Paul’s seemingly ungracious response was an attempt to create a new, Christian attitude to gifts and to giving.
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In Defense Of Miracles
$44.99Add to cartFourteen expert philosophers, theologians, and apologists refute every objection ever raised to the validity of miracles—from David Hume’s landmark 1748 “Essay on Miracles” to Antony Flew’s current arguments. You’ll get careful, comprehensive insight into fulfilled prophecy, the virgin birth and incarnation of Christ, the empty tomb and post-resurrection appearances, and more.
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Memory Verse Games For Kids
$14.99Add to cartContents
To Our Friends…
1. Our Awesome God
2. Jesus Our Savior
3. Our Helper, The Holy Spirit
4. The Wonders Of Salvation
5. Our Answer Book, The Bible
6. Living The Christian Life
7. Loving Our Family And Friends
8. God’s Promises To YouAnswers P. 129
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Harvest House Print On Demand TitleExciting adventures ahead!
Test your detective skills! Crack secret codes, find hidden words, follow mazes, and unscramble mysterious clues to discover some truly awesome Bible messages. You and your friends will be amazed to find out what God has to say to you-not your parents, not your aunts or uncles, not your dogs-you!With 100 mind-benders, mazes, and secret messages, MEMORY VERSE GAMES FOR KIDS promises you hours of fun at home, on trips, at Sunday school, on church activity nights, at family gatherings-anywhere you want to have a good time?
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To Forgive Is Human
$30.99Add to cartIVP Print On Demand Title
Forgiving can be one of the hardest things we’ll ever do. We sense deep down that it will be good for us and others to put the past in the past. But sometimes no matter what we do, we just can’t seem to forgive and get on with life. We still feel hurt, bitter and angry. How can we break the cycle? Grounding their analysis and advice in the latest psychological research, the authors of To Forgive Is Human reveal how we can forgive and begin to repair broken relationships
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Woman Battering
$18.00Add to cartThis is a comprehensive resource for pastoral care in response to the trauma of woman-battering. Theologically grounded and practically applied, Woman Battering is the perfect combination to equip pastors and pastoral counselors to minister with battered women and battering men.
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All Gods Children
$30.00Add to cartRacism is as contemporary a problem as the church burnings on the nightly television news, but it is not a new problem. A century ago, many people used the Bible to defend racist beliefs and practices. Now, Steven McKenzie insists that the Bible’s true message leads Christians away from the evils of racism and narrowness of bigotry to God’s vision of humanity, free from racial division.
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Concerning The Eternal Predestination Of God
$35.00Add to cartThe name of John Calvin is often associated with the doctrine of predestination. Readers will witness Calvin masterfully arguing his points, wrestling with the scriptures, and fully engaged in the polemical world of sixteenth-century theological debate.
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Discovering Images Of God
$40.00Add to cartIn the middle of a predjudice society, the experiences of lesbians and gays who give and recieve care can provide powerful resources for all people to develop their images of God. Larry Graham has interviewed lesbians and gays across the country and has discovered a new sense of God at work through all people. These insights bring new images of God that are more true, more faithful, and more deeply connected to the joys and pains of everyone’s life.
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Wilderness Time : A Guide For Spiritual Retreat
$14.99Add to cartTime in “the wilderness” — solitary meditation on simplicity, prayer, and other key disciplines of faith — is directly in keeping with Jesus’ example of going apart to pray. Now, with the clarity and encouragement that distinguish the Renovare collection of spiritual resources, this gentle guide to retreat unshrouds that historical tradition — and so reveals marvelous opportunities for spiritual renewal in contemporary Christian practice.
Helping us to create self-guided retreats — for individuals or groups — Emilie Griffin offers plans, encouragements, and suggestions based on her own experience and fortified by the inspiring words of contemporary Christian writers such as Eugene Peterson, Luci Shaw, and Virginia Stem Owens.
A virtual primer for retreat, this volume defines the basics and provides practical tips on setting realistic expectations and on achieving the relaxation and freedom necessary for the soul to become, in the words of de Caussade, “light as a feather.” A detailed one-day retreat makes an ideal model for first-timers, and several different examples illustrate how time in the wilderness can be both accessible and wonderfully illuminating — no matter what your schedule. Wilderness Time is another balanced, practical strategy from Renovare helping us grow closer to God.
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You Are Special
$17.99Add to cartPunchinello is a chipped, ugly puppet who thinks he’s not worth much; that is, until Eli the Woodcarver helps him understand how special he is—marks and all. Originally published in Tell Me the Secrets, this delightfully illustrated tale shows your kids that no matter how the world evaluates them, God loves them just as they are.
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1 Corinthians : The Epistles
$12.99Add to cart16 Chapters
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The Scriptures come alive with America’s best-loved Bible teacher Dr. J. Vernon McGee. Whether you are a new believer or a longtime Bible student, Dr. McGee’s Thru The Bible Commentary Series offers sound biblical scholarship and practical, down-to-earth suggestions for applying the principles of Scripture to everyday life.The studies in the series have been taken from Dr. McGee’s “Thru the Bible” radio messages. With his familiar, anecdotal style and lively approach, Dr. McGee makes biblical truth understandable and Bible study more enjoyable.
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May I Quote You General Lee
$7.95Add to cartMay I Quote You, General Lee? edited by Randall Bedwell. Robert E. Lee, long regarded as preeminent among the southern generals, has been described as a wholly human gentleman. Quotations from General Lee and comments about him from leaders who knew him well, the book illuminates the beliefs of the fighting men whose steadfast convictions kept them loyal to their cause.
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Abandoned : What Is Gods Will For The Jewish People And The Church (Reprinted)
$22.00Add to cartPart 1: Information You Need
1. “We Can’t Afford To Lose You!”
2. The Greatest Battle In The Universe
3. Reading The Rest Of Romans
4. Let’s Look At Church History
5. Why The Holocaust?Part 2: Increasing Your Understanding
6. Who Is A Jew?
7. What Does It Mean To Be A Jew Today?
8. What Do Today’s Jews Believe About God And The Bible?
9. What Do Today’s Jews Think About Jesus?Part 3: Questions You Are Now Ready To Ask
10. Do The Jewish People Really Need Jesus?
11. At The Heart Of The Matter
12. How Do We Reach The Jewish People?
13. The Special Needs Of Jewish Believers
14. What Does The Church Need To Do?
A Personal Note
Appendix 1: What’s Happening In Israel?
Appendix 2: Denominational Judaism In America
Appendix 3: Agencies That Minister To Jewish People272 Pages
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Has God abandoned the Jewish people?In ABANDONED, we meet the modern, often secular face of contemporary Jewry. Telchin asks: What do today’s Jews believe about God and the Bible? What keeps them from considering the Gospel? Then he addresses the big lie: “You cannot be Jewish and believe in Jesus.” Finally, he guides us to the heart of the matter: why the Jewish people really need Jesus and how we can develop a faithful, loving witness to them.
ABANDONED is an invaluable guide to help us share God’s love with the people who are always on His heart.
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Tres Meses En La Escuela Del E (Student/Study Guide) – (Spanish) (Student/Study
$14.99Add to cartEach of the volumes in this series contains 13 major Bible studies, one for each week during a three-month period. In between each week’s study are six short, personal daily studies.
Written in Spanish, the volumes are adaptable for use in various Bible study settings, including Sunday school, week-night studies, retreats, and personal Bible study. -
Reclaiming The Church
$29.00Add to cartWhat has happened to the mainline church, once a bastion of faith, power, and commitment? John Cobb argues that the very term “mainline” is no a misnomer and that “oldline” more aptly describes this formerly robust body. Should this church opt to survive at the margin? If it attempts to do so, Cobb contends, what has been valuable and relevant for generations will disappear. Honest and provocative, this book will both disturb and inspire all those who care about the fate of the mainline church.
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Ruth
$50.00Add to cart120 Pages
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A love story with a happy ending! Ruth, a Moabite widow, accompanies her mother-in-law back to Bethlehem, where she meets her magnanimous kinsman, Boaz, and eventually marries him. Nielsen comments on characterization and puts the book in the wider context of related stories in the ancient world. -
Doctrine Of Humanity
$35.99Add to cartAt the end of the twentieth century the forces of race, gender, ethnicity, culture, social status, life-style and sexual preference threaten to disassemble any notion of universal “human nature” or “human condition.” In light of this historical moment, the Christian doctrine of human nature is ripe for rethinking and reformulation.
Charles Sherlock sees this theological task as demanding a “double focus.” To reflect on the subject of human nature, he says, is like “moving around the different areas of an ellipse with two focal points”: humans as made in the image of God and the particular realities of human existence. Both must be brought into sharper, more detailed focus in our quest to understand human nature.
The result of Sherlock’s “double focus” is The Doctrine of Humanity, a new volume in IVP’s Contours of Christian Theology. Sherlock notably engages the communal dimension of humanity in its social, creational and cultural aspects before examining the human person as individual, as male and female, and as whole being. He offers a timely and engaging look at what it means to be human on the continuum between our creation in the divine image and our recreation in the image of Christ.
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Complete Human Resources Writing Guide
$55.00Add to cartLetters, forms, policies, evaluations, and handbooks–these are just a few of the documents that HR professionals produce every day. And it’s not just the quantity that counts, it’s the clarity and accuracy of the communications that are key. Here’s the first writing manual designed especially for HR professionals. It combines clear, complete, how-to-do-it guidelines on writing with more than 100 actual samples of HR documents. Readers discover how to: * master the 7 stages of writing, from outline to revision * avoid employee and legal problems that can arise from poorly written communications * overcome “”blank page syndrome”” * save time and effort * make every document achieve its purpose.
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Unholy Alliance : Religion And Atrocity In Our Time
$16.00Add to cartIn this searing work Marc Ellis asks whether Christianity and Judaism are irredeemably scarred by tragic violence, vengence, repression, and war. Or can genuine, life-giving elements in these traditions renew them and halt the cycle of violence? Is there God beyond violence?
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Introduction To Christian Theology
$49.00Add to cartAn attractive, accessible introduction to systematic theology for college students. Rooted in classical theology with strong sensitivities to ecumenical, liberation, and feminist concerns, the book creates exciting and pertinent presentations of major topics, illumines options, and nudges students to formulate a personal stance
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Ruth : A Commentary
$42.00Add to cartKirsten Nielsen’s comments on the book of Ruth paint a rich and subtle portrait of its characters, carefully tracing the many connections between this story and other biblical passages, such as the stories of Judah and Tamar. This volume is a powerful addition to this critically acclaimed Old Testament Libraryseries.
The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing.
