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hardcoverProverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs
Reformation Commentary on Scripture
Edited by David Fink
"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die..."
When the reformers of the sixteenth century turned to this well-known text from the Book of Ecclesiastes, they did not find a reason to despair, but rather confirmation of their hope and faith in God. For example, Martin Luther pointed ...
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paperbackWhat Hath Darwin to Do with Scripture?
Comparing Conceptual Worlds of the Bible and Evolution
by Dru Johnson
Believe it or not, the book of Genesis might have been the most Darwinian text in the ancient world. And throughout the opening books of Scripture, we find ideas that would also become prominent insights of the biologist Charles Darwin interlaced with the Bible's one-of-a-kind origin story. Key plot markers come to the surface again and again, driving the history of Israel and the ...
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paperbackReading Scripture like Dallas Willard
Experiencing the Bible as an Apprentice of Jesus
by Dave Ripper
Foreword by Gary W. MoonExperience Dallas Willard's Transformative Approach to the Bible
Don't just read the Bible. Let the Bible open you to knowing its Author.
Dallas Willard is one of the most beloved figures in the modern spiritual formation movement, and his insights into Scripture have been described as revolutionary. Willard read the Bible with the reverence of a Southern Baptist, the ...
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hardcoverRelational Spirituality
A Psychological-Theological Paradigm for Transformation
Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books
by Todd W. Hall
With M. Elizabeth Lewis HallMIDWC Book Award
As our society becomes more socially fragmented, many Christians feel disconnected and struggle to grow spiritually. Common models of spiritual transformation are proving inadequate to address "the sanctification gap." In recent decades, however, a new paradigm of human and spiritual development has been emerging from multiple fields. It's ...
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paperbackSpiritual Care: A Guide for Caregivers
by Judith Allen Shelly
What did I do to deserve cancer?I don't understand it, but I can't seem to pray anymore. Why does God seem so far away?The idea of dying scares me. How can I cope? What do you say to a person in crisis? When illness or tragedy strikes, you may find yourself caring for a family member, friend or neighbor who asks you for answers to some of life's ultimate questions. How ...
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paperbackBeyond Ethnic Loneliness
The Pain of Marginalization and the Path to Belonging
by Prasanta Verma
"So what are you? Go back where you belong!"
Majority white American culture has historically marginalized people of color, who at times feel invisible and alienated and at other times are traumatized by oppression and public discrimination. This reality leads to a particular kind of aloneness: ethnic and racial loneliness.
An Indian American immigrant who grew up in ...
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Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen is the co-host of the radio show and podcast Filmspotting, as well as editor and film critic at Think Christian, a faith and culture website. He’s been writing and speaking about movies professionally for more than two decades. Josh’s career began in the mainstream newspaper business, where he started out as a beat reporter for a weekly community newspaper and went on to become the film critic for the Chicago-based Sun-Times Media for more than ten years. In 2011, he joined the Christian media landscape as editor of Think Christian, and in 2012 he joined the long-running weekly podcast Filmspotting, aired on WBEZ in Chicago. A veteran of the Sundance, Toronto, and Chicago International Film Festivals, Josh has given talks on film and faith at various Christian colleges. He also led the “Ebert Interruptus,” a tradition established by Roger Ebert that analyzes a single film scene by scene over several days, at the University of Colorado’s Conference on World Affairs. Josh lives in the Chicago area with his wife and two daughters.
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Judith Couchman
Judith Couchman is the author or compiler of more than forty books, and she teaches art history part-time for the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Her books include Art of Faith, The Shadow of His Hand and Designing a Woman's Life.
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paperbackA Mind for God
by James Emery White
To be fully human is to think. The apostle Paul calls us to "take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ" (2 Cor 10:5). But James Emery White fears that Western Christians are failing in this task. Because we have not developed good intellectual habits, our minds instead have been captured by our culture. A Mind for God is written to help us break free from this ...
