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paperbackFrom Cairo to Christ
How One Muslim's Faith Journey Shows the Way for Others
by Abu Atallah and Kent A. Van Til
"If I were to become a Christian, it would mean not only changing my religion but changing my whole identity and bringing shame upon my family. My whole family is Muslim, and my society and culture were Muslim. . . . Changing from Islam to Christianity would mess up my life forever." So writes Abu Atallah, who grew up in Cairo as an ordinary Egyptian Muslim. He was deeply embedded in his family, ...
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paperbackThe Message of 1 & 2 Thessalonians
The Bible Speaks Today Series
by John Stott
The gospel shapes the church and the church spreads the gospel. In his heartfelt letters to the Thessalonians, the apostle Paul calls believers again and again to these essential truths. To encourage and correct the young church in Thessalonica, Paul addresses many issues that are still of vital importance today, such as Christian community, church leadership, moral living, evangelism, ...
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ebookBalanced Christianity
by John Stott
Christians tend to polarize. Some have an intellectual faith, while others are more emotional. Some focus on structure while others focus on freedom. And some champion evangelism while others advocate for social action. John Stott's classic statement of balanced Christianity shows how we can hold these tensions together in biblical, faithful ways. Also includes an interview with John Stott with ...
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ebookFinding Holy in the Suburbs
Living Faithfully in the Land of Too Much
by Ashley Hales
Foreword by Emily P. FreemanSuburban life—including tract homes, strip malls, commuter culture—shapes our desires. More than half of Americans live in the suburbs. Ashley Hales writes that for many Christians, however: "The suburbs are ignored ('Your place doesn't matter, we're all going to heaven anyway'), denigrated and demeaned ('You're selfish if you live in a suburb; you only care about your own safety ...
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ebookA 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 ...
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ebookCalled by Triune Grace
Divine Rhetoric and the Effectual Call
Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture
by Jonathan Hoglund
Christians confess that God calls people to salvation. Reformed Christians, in particular, believe this is an effectual calling, meaning that God sovereignly brings about salvation apart from human works. But in what sense does God actually 'call' us? Does a doctrine of effectual calling turn people into machines that lack any personal agency?
In this lucidly ...
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ebookTheology Questions Everyone Asks
Christian Faith in Plain Language
Edited by Gary M. Burge and David Lauber
Foreword by Philip RykenEveryone has questions about God and what matters most in life. When we ask those questions, we are asking about theology.
- Isn't talk about God really a guessing game?
- What good is the Old Testament?
- How can we have free will if God controls everything?
- The virgin birth. Really?
- What does an earthquake say about God?
- Is the Holy Spirit still at ...
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paperbackThe Art of New Creation
Trajectories in Theology and the Arts
Studies in Theology and the Arts Series
Edited by Jeremy Begbie, Daniel Train, and W. David O. Taylor
The biblical themes of creation and new creation are inextricably bound to each other. For the God who created the world is the same God who recreates humanity in Jesus Christ and the same God who promises a new heaven and a new earth.
How might the relationship between creation and new creation be informed by and reflected in the arts? This volume, based on the DITA10 conference ...
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paperbackEngaging the Soul of Youth Culture
Bridging Teen Worldviews and Christian Truth
by Walt Mueller
Before we can reach today's youth with the truth of the gospel, we need to see what they see and hear what they hear. We need to catch the messages encrypted in their culture and understand what's really being communicated. In Engaging the Soul of Youth Culture Walt Mueller, founder and president of the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding, helps us to navigate the troubling and confusing ...
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paperbackThe Holy Spirit in Mission
Prophetic Speech and Action in Christian Witness
by Gary Tyra
The church has been called to participate in God's mission in the world. But without a robust, biblical sense of the Spirit's action, how can we be sure we're fulfilling that call? Gary Tyra employs a biblical theology of the Holy Spirit to deepen and inform our understanding of life as the church, the people of God. Since the church's mission to and into the world is both evangelistic and prophetic, ...
