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  • Creating a Missional Culture: Equipping the Church for the Sake of the World, By JR Woodward
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    Creating a Missional Culture

    Equipping the Church for the Sake of the World

    Forge Partnership Books

    by JR Woodward
    Foreword by Alan Hirsch

    Once upon a time, Moses had had enough. Exhausted by the challenge of leading the Israelites from slavery to the Promised Land, Moses cried out to God, "What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me? . . . If this is how you are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me" (Exodus 11:11, 15). If that sounds hauntingly familiar to you, you may be the senior ...

  • Lectures on the Psalms, By Didymus the Blind
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    Lectures on the Psalms

    Ancient Christian Texts

    by Didymus the Blind
    Edited and Translated by Jonathan Douglas Hicks

    "The Lord shepherds me, and nothing will be lacking for me. In a place of tender grass, there he causes me to encamp."

    In his reading of Psalm 23, early Christian theologian Didymus the Blind perceived the comfort that is provided only by Christ, the good shepherd: "The disciples of Christ who have become perfect in his instruction . . . do not simply hear a voice, ...

  • Divorce and Remarriage in the Church: Biblical Solutions for Pastoral Realities, By David Instone-Brewer
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    Divorce and Remarriage in the Church

    Biblical Solutions for Pastoral Realities

    by David Instone-Brewer

    Will God allow me to divorce my abusive husband? Would it be a sin if I remarried? Divorce and remarriage are major pastoral issues facing every church. Yet when we turn to Scripture for guidance, we often hear conflicting messages about its teachings. David Instone-Brewer shows how, when properly understood, the New Testament provides faithful, realistic and wise guidance of crucial importance ...

  • Single, Gay, Christian: A Personal Journey of Faith and Sexual Identity, By Gregory Coles
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    Single, Gay, Christian

    A Personal Journey of Faith and Sexual Identity

    by Gregory Coles
    Foreword by Wesley Hill

    Foreword INDIES Award Finalist
    IVP Readers' Choice Award

    In an age where neither society nor the church knows what to do with gay Christians, Greg Coles tells his own story.

    Let's make a deal, you and me. Let's make promises to each other.

    I promise to tell you my story. The whole story. I'll tell you about a boy in love with Jesus who, at the ...

  • Jeremiah, Lamentations, Edited by J. Jeffery Tyler
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    Jeremiah, Lamentations

    Old Testament Volume 11

    Reformation Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by J. Jeffery Tyler

    The prophetic ministry of Jeremiah, described in the Old Testament books of Jeremiah and Lamentations, took place during a time of chaos and tragedy for the people of Israel: the fall of Jerusalem, the destruction of the temple, and the exile to Babylon. Yet, in the midst of this loss and in hope of the restoration of God's people, Jeremiah is able to declare: "The steadfast love of the Lord never ...

  • The Good and Beautiful God: Falling in Love with the God Jesus Knows, By James Bryan Smith
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    The Good and Beautiful God

    Falling in Love with the God Jesus Knows

    The Good and Beautiful Series

    by James Bryan Smith

    Train Your Soul to Know the God Jesus Knows

    "God wants me to try harder."
    "God blesses me when I'm good and punishes me when I'm bad."
    "God is angry with me."

    We all have ideas that we tell ourselves about God and how he works in our lives. Some are true—but many are false. James Bryan Smith believes those thoughts determine not only who we are, but how ...