Abingdon Press: 1502 books
Godspeed
Voices of the Reformation
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
For the Protestant reformer, times were treacherous. The reformer lived, moved, and exercised his or her faith within the shadow of a powerful church that dominated Western culture. Many of these men and women paid the ultimate price for their faith.
Celebrating the 500th anniversary of the...
by James Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
With delightful disrespect and hilarious updated illustrations, the author takes you through the history of Western philosophy and religion. Beginning with classic Greek pigs, the author pokes good-natured fun as you learn the essentials of these most important thinkers and schools of thought. See...
Me and We
God's New Social Gospel
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
When Christians answer the clarion call to be missional, too often it is primarily to feel good or to grow in their own faith. But ultimately we remain unsatisfied because, in the end, it’s still about “me”—my church, my faith, my salvation. Then sometimes inspiration dries up. We forget that...
Travel the Highways of Advent
An Advent Study for Adults
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
This thematic Bible study is designed to be used by individuals and small groups during the Advent 2014 season. The book, written by Stan Purdum, is based on the particular pathways to Jesus during Advent. In addition to the main content, each chapter offers questions for reflection and discussion,...
by Rosario Picardo
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Clergy are trained to preach, teach, and lead a congregation in spiritual matters. However, there is very little training for clergy when it comes to the “business” matters of the church-finances, debt reduction, fundraising, and building maintenance. The added and sometimes unexpected load for...
True When Whispered
Hearing God's Voice in a Noisy World
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Some things are true when whispered, not shouted. Life’s finest qualities drain away, Escamilla writes, as intensity, volume, and speed increase. When we hear God’s whisper to us, we can address life in a fresher, simpler way - a way that will last beyond the everyday worry and noise.
All I Want For Christmas Youth Study
Opening the Gifts of God's Grace
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
From the time the Wise Men came to bring gifts, Christmas has been a time of giving gifts to our loved ones, to the less fortunate, to the church, to favorite charities, to family, to friends, and even to our pets. In the best spirit of Christmas we give and receive Christmas gifts, remembering the...
by John Schroeder
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
This book will be a basic resource for persons to use who are interested in starting and sustaining a faith-based small group for young adults. It will include how to start a young adult group, how to take the temperature of the group, how to prioritize and divide time, tips for lively discussions,...
The Advent Jesse Tree
Devotions for Children and Adults to Prepare for the Coming of the Christ Child at Christmas
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
LET YOUR TREE TELL THE STORY
Bring Christ back to Christmas by giving your children a devotional experience that adorns your tree with Christian symbols.
*** The Advent Jesse Tree
**DEVOTIONS
This book offers 25 devotions for each day from December 1st to December 25th, Christmas...
by Thompson, Sue
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
This ministry guide has been written to provide information about how to provide support ministry to the people with whom you work. This guide is also for people who work in many different ministry settings, a church or denominational administrative office, a small or medium size church, a parachurch...
The Long View
Reflections on Life, God, and Nature
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Pastor and cowboy Don Underwood’s weekly columns for the last thirty years have touched hearts and changed lives. This collection of some of his best reminds readers how God is ever present, in the heat of the summer and the prayed for rain, in the lives of the least likely acquaintance and the...
Old Testament Theology
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
In this first volume in the Library of Biblical Theology series, Walter Brueggemann portrays the key components in Israel's encounter with God as recorded in the Hebrew Bible. Creation, election, Torah, the divine hand in history; these and other theological high points appear both in their original...
You Are My People
An Introduction to Prophetic Literature
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Building on recent developments in biblical studies, this book introduces the prophetic literature of the Old Testament against the background of today's postmodern context and crisis of meaning. Pulsating with anxiety over the empire--Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian--the prophet corpus is a disturbing...
Ethics and Spiritual Care
A Guide for Pastors and Spiritual Directors
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Ethics and Spiritual Care responds to three phenomena of increasing importance:
• Although spiritual care is at the heart of ordained ministry, there is no text in professional ethics for clergy that focuses specifically on spiritual care. What ethical guidelines are needed to ensure that...