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  • Water from a Deep Well: Christian Spirituality from Early Martyrs to Modern Missionaries, By Gerald L. Sittser
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    Water from a Deep Well

    Christian Spirituality from Early Martyrs to Modern Missionaries

    by Gerald L. Sittser
    Foreword by Eugene H. Peterson

    In Rome in A.D. 165, two men named Carpus and Papylus stood before the proconsul of Pergamum, charged with the crime of being Christians. Not even torture could make them deny Christ, so they were burned alive. Is my faithfulness as strong? In the fifth century, Melania the Younger and her husband, Pinian, distributed their enormous wealth to the poor and intentionally practiced the discipline ...

  • Vision: Living Under the Promises of God, By Scott Nelson
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    Vision

    Living Under the Promises of God

    Forge Guides for Missional Conversation

    by Scott Nelson
    Foreword by Alan Hirsch

    The mission of God has a church. So the church needs to be in sync with the mission of God. This is the guiding philosophy of the Forge Missions Training Network, which has helped church leaders and laypeople alike all over the world to reach their neighbors, their neighborhoods and their communities with the gospel. In these guides you and your friends will be equipped to be missionaries where ...

  • The Message of Deuteronomy, By Raymond Brown The Message of Deuteronomy, By Raymond Brown
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    The Message of Deuteronomy

    The Bible Speaks Today Series

    by Raymond Brown

    No Old Testament book has exerted a greater influence on the formation of both Jewish and Christian thought and practice than Deuteronomy. It presents the final message of Moses to the people of Israel, providing foundational theology for the rest of Scripture. When we read Deuteronomy today, we hear Moses address us as a future generation of the covenant people of God. The challenges ...

  • The Message of John, By Bruce Milne
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    The Message of John

    The Bible Speaks Today Series

    by Bruce Milne

    John's Gospel has long been a favorite among Christians. In it we encounter the living Jesus in his glory and his humanity, portrayed with both simplicity and depth. Through the eyes of faith John retells the story of the Word, drawing out its meaning for his readers so that they "may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God" and "have life in his name."

    In this Bible ...

  • Ephesians: An Introduction and Commentary, By Darrell L. Bock
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    Ephesians

    An Introduction and Commentary

    Tyndale New Testament Commentaries

    by Darrell L. Bock
    Series edited by Eckhard J. Schnabel
    Consulting Editor Nicholas Perrin

    Biblical Foundations Award Finalist

    Unlike Paul's letters to the Galatians or the Corinthians, the letter to the Ephesians contains almost no clues about the situation and issues its recipients faced. Nevertheless, the letter vividly depicts how God's will revealed in Christ reorients believers' lives toward unity, mutual respect, submission, and loveā€”in short, new life in ...

  • How Do We Know?, By James K. Dew Jr. and Mark W. Foreman
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    How Do We Know?

    An Introduction to Epistemology

    Questions in Christian Philosophy

    by James K. Dew Jr. and Mark W. Foreman

    What does it mean to know something? Can we have confidence in our knowledge?

    Epistemology, the study of knowledge, can often seem like a daunting subject. And yet few topics are more basic to human life. We are inquisitive creatures by nature, and the unending quest for truth leads us to raise difficult questions about the quest itself. What are the conditions, sources, and ...

  • The Lost World of the Flood: Mythology, Theology, and the Deluge Debate, By John H. Walton and Tremper Longman III
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    The Lost World of the Flood

    Mythology, Theology, and the Deluge Debate

    The Lost World Series

    by John H. Walton and Tremper Longman III
    Contributions by Stephen O. Moshier

    "The flood continued forty days on the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth . . . and the ark floated on the face of the waters" (Gen 6:17-18 NRSV).

    In modern times the Genesis flood account has been probed and analyzed for answers to scientific, apologetic, and historical questions. It is a text that has called forth "flood geology," fueled ...

  • We the Fallen People: The Founders and the Future of American Democracy, By Robert Tracy McKenzie
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    We the Fallen People

    The Founders and the Future of American Democracy

    by Robert Tracy McKenzie

    Christianity Today Book Award
    The Gospel Coalition Book Awards Honorable Mention
    Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist

    The success and survival of American democracy have never been guaranteed. Political polarization, presidential eccentricities, the trustworthiness of government, and the prejudices of the voting majority ...