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Western Christians in Global Mission
What's the Role of the North American Church?
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2012
The 2014 Christianity Today Book Award of Merit Winner (Missions/Global Affairs) 2014 Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year ("Also Recommended," Global Outreach) The world has changed. A century ago, Christianity was still primarily centered in North America and Europe. By the dawn of the...
Intergenerational Christian Formation
Bringing the Whole Church Together in Ministry, Community and Worship
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
"One generation commends your works to another; they tell of your mighty acts." —Psalm 145:4 Most churches and faith communities segment their ministries by age and generation. The kids go to children’s church, the teens go to youth group. Worship services are geared toward different...
Delivered from the Elements of the World
Atonement, Justification, Mission
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
Delivered from the Elements of the Worldtheeverything**must
Resilient Ministry
What Pastors Told Us About Surviving and Thriving
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2012
What does it take to have fruitful ministry over the long haul? The stresses of pastoring are well known and can be a match for even the best-prepared, most experienced in ministry--multiple tasks, long hours, taxing responsibilities and, yes, some challenging personalities. Too often the results...
Parents of Missionaries
How to Thrive and Stay Connected When Your Children and Grandchildren Serve Cross-Culturally
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2012
Parents of Missionaries
by Randal Rauser
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2012
The ShackThe ShackThe Shack**Finding God in The Shack
by Wayne A. Grudem
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
In 1 Peter, explains Wayne Grudem, readers are encouraged to grow in their trust in God and their obedience to him throughout their lives, but especially when they suffer. "Here is a brief and very clear summary both of the consolations and instructions needful for the encouragement and direction...
by John Stott
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
"The followers of Jesus are to different," writes John Stott, "different from both the nominal church and the secular world, different from both the religious and the irreligious. The Sermon on the Mount is the most complete delineation anywhere in the New Testament of the Christian...
by J. Alec Motyer
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2014
As a good communicator, James addressed his readers directly and pointedly with vivid images from ordinary life and attention-gripping statements. This rich exposition brings James's letter to life for today's reader. Alec Motyer is himself gripped by James's energy and concern for practical Christianity.The...
Do We Need the New Testament?
Letting the Old Testament Speak for Itself
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Do we need the Old Testament? That's a familiar question, often asked. But as an Old Testament scholar, John Goldingay turns that question on its head: Do we need the New Testament? What's new about the New Testament? After all, the Old Testament was the only Bible Jesus and the disciples knew. Jesus...
A Little Book for New Theologians
Why and How to Study Theology
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
Whenever we read, think, hear or say anything about God, we are doing theology. Yet theology isn't just a matter of what we think. It affects who we are. In the tradition of Helmut Thielicke's A Little Exercise for Young Theologians, Kelly Kapic offers a concise introduction to the study of theology...
Embodied Hope
A Theological Meditation on Pain and Suffering
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
2018 WORLD Magazine Book of the Year -Accessible Theology 2018 Creative Quarterly Professional Graphic Design Runner-Up Christianity Today's 2018 Book of the Year Winner - Theology/Ethics Evangelical Christian Publishers Association Top Shelf Book Cover Award 2017 "This book will make no attempt...
Story of Stories
A Guided Tour from Genesis to Revelation
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
Story of Stories
by John Goldingay
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
Approaching the Bible for the first time can be intimidating. At sixty-six books, nearly 800,000 words, and numerous kings, prophets, and deliverers, as well as priests and apostles, where should you begin? In what order should you read it? Why are there narratives here and over there, but other things...