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  • Esther: An Introduction and Commentary, By Debra Reid
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    Esther

    An Introduction and Commentary

    Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries

    by Debra Reid

    The place: Persia. The time: fifth-century BC. The Jews were threatened with genocide. A decree ordered the extermination of young and old, women and children. The book of Esther describes how this crisis was averted through the bravery of Esther, the wisdom of Mordecai and the unity of the Jewish people. Debra Reid's approachable commentary helps us see even more clearly in the book of Esther the ...

  • Faith on the Edge: Daring to Follow Jesus, By Kevin Blue and Amy L. Brooke and Robbie F. Castleman and Bobby Gross and Jon Tran
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    Faith on the Edge

    Daring to Follow Jesus

    Edited by Paul Tokunaga
    by Kevin Blue, Amy L. Brooke, Robbie F. Castleman, Bobby Gross, and Jon Tran

    Do you want to live for Jesus but struggle with what that means day by day? The deep desire of our hearts to be close to God is so easily sidetracked by daily realities. This book is designed to cover the areas of faith and life that you most want to bring together under God's leadership:

    • decision-making
    • dating and relationships
    • racial reconciliation
    • suffering ...
  • Reimagining Evangelism Participant's Guide, By Judy Johnson and Terry Erickson
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    Reimagining Evangelism Participant's Guide

    by Judy Johnson and Terry Erickson
    With Rick Richardson

    "The time has come to reimagine how we picture and practice sharing the good news about Jesus. The time has come because the old pictures and practices aren't wearing well and aren't working well. People in our culture aren't responding. And people in the church aren't excited or engaged. . . . The time has come because our culture is shifting." (Rick Richardson, Reimagining Evangelism) ...

  • Providence & Prayer: How Does God Work in the World?, By Terrance L. Tiessen
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    Providence & Prayer

    How Does God Work in the World?

    by Terrance L. Tiessen

    • Recipient of an Honourable Mention in the 2001 God Uses Ink Contest

    "Lord, please give me a parking space!"

    That prayer sounds right on your third time around the block, frustrated and late for an appointment. But is it consistent with how God works in the world?

    Does prayer change God's mind or only our feelings? Does God do things because ...

  • The Bible Study Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to an Essential Practice, By Lindsay Olesberg
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    The Bible Study Handbook

    A Comprehensive Guide to an Essential Practice

    by Lindsay Olesberg
    Foreword by Ajith Fernando

    There are Bibles literally all over the place. You can find them in the drawer of the end table in your hotel room, under the pews at your local church, on the shelves of your local library or bookstore, posted in full and in multiple versions on any number of websites. You can find them in every corner of the earth, even (if you look carefully enough) in places where they're forbidden.

    So ...

  • Grassroots Asian Theology: Thinking the Faith from the Ground Up, By Simon  Chan
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    Grassroots Asian Theology

    Thinking the Faith from the Ground Up

    by Simon Chan

    A dynamic chapter of church history is now being written in Asia. But the theological inflections at its heart are not well understood by outsiders. The published voices of elite academic theologians have drowned out the cadences of Christian faith as it is spoken, lived and prayed in the homes and churches of Tokyo or Shanghai or Madras. Now, in Grassroots Asian Theology, Simon Chan ...

  • Communication, By Dan B. Allender and Tremper Longman III
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    Communication

    by Dan B. Allender and Tremper Longman III

    Do you know how to listen to your spouse? How can you "give life" to your marriage with your words? Dan B. Allender and Tremper Longman III have together written this inductive Bible study guide to help couples build healthy and happy marriages. Through six study sessions for individuals, couples or groups, they help you explore differences that might hinder communication and learn strategies ...

    Number of Studies: 6

  • Is Reality Secular?: Testing the Assumptions of Four Global Worldviews, By Mary Poplin
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    Is Reality Secular?

    Testing the Assumptions of Four Global Worldviews

    Veritas Books

    by Mary Poplin
    Foreword by Dallas Willard

    What is the nature of reality? At the root of our society's deepest political and cultural divisions are the conflicting principles of four global worldviews. While each of us holds to some version of one of these worldviews, we are often unconscious of their differences as well as their underlying assumptions. Mary Poplin argues that the ultimate test of a worldview, philosophy or ideology is ...