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  • Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times, By Soong-Chan Rah
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    Prophetic Lament

    A Call for Justice in Troubled Times

    by Soong-Chan Rah
    Foreword by Brenda Salter McNeil

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    When Soong-Chan Rah planted an urban church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, his first full sermon series was a six-week exposition of the book of Lamentations. Preaching on an obscure, depressing Old Testament book ...

  • The People's Book: The Reformation and the Bible, Edited by Jennifer Powell McNutt and David Lauber
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    The People's Book

    The Reformation and the Bible

    Wheaton Theology Conference Series

    Edited by Jennifer Powell McNutt and David Lauber

    Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses caught Europe by storm and initiated the Reformation, which fundamentally transformed both the church and society. Yet by Luther's own estimation, his translation of the Bible into German was his crowning achievement. The Bible played an absolutely vital role in the lives, theology, and practice of the Protestant Reformers. In ...

  • Nourishing Narratives: The Power of Story to Shape Our Faith, By Jennifer L. Holberg
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    Nourishing Narratives

    The Power of Story to Shape Our Faith

    by Jennifer L. Holberg

    Humans are story-shaped creatures.

    We make sense of our world, pattern our lives, and reflect on what is ultimately significant through language and the words that compose our stories. But how does this relate to the narrative of the Bible and the story that God is writing through history?

    In Nourishing Narratives, writer and professor Jennifer Holberg engages ...

  • Changing for Good: Practical Steps for Breaking Your Negative Patterns, By Raymond Causey
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    Changing for Good

    Practical Steps for Breaking Your Negative Patterns

    by Raymond Causey

    Do you feel stuck? Are you trying to find a way to do the right thing? Do you long to overcome sin? Everyone faces barriers and difficulties at some time in life. Everyone has a history including mistakes and failures. But sometimes you may feel as though you cannot go on. Or you may think that your choices are limited, your actions curtailed. If you are ready to see true and lasting change ...

  • Awakening to Justice: Faithful Voices from the Abolitionist Past, By The Dialogue on Race and Faith Project and Jemar Tisby and Christopher P. Momany and Sègbégnon Mathieu Gnonhossou and David D. Daniels III and R. Matthew Sigler and Douglas M. Strong and Diane Leclerc and Esther Chung-Kim and Albert G. Miller and Estrelda Y. Alexander
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    Awakening to Justice

    Faithful Voices from the Abolitionist Past

    by The Dialogue on Race and Faith Project, Jemar Tisby, Christopher P. Momany, Sègbégnon Mathieu Gnonhossou, David D. Daniels III, R. Matthew Sigler, Douglas M. Strong, Diane Leclerc, Esther Chung-Kim, Albert G. Miller, and Estrelda Y. Alexander

    "O where are the sympathies of Christians for the slave and where are their exertions for their liberation? . . . It seems as if the church were asleep."

    David Ingraham, 1839

    In 2015, the historian Chris Momany helped discover a manuscript that had been forgotten in a storage closet at Adrian College in Michigan. He identified it as the journal of a ...

  • Busyness: Finding God in the Whirlwind, By Juanita Ryan
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    Busyness

    Finding God in the Whirlwind

    LifeGuide Bible Studies

    by Juanita Ryan

    "How have you been?" a friend asks. "Busy," we say. Much of our busyness is necessary to our survival or to the wellbeing of others and ourselves. In the whirlwind of our lives, however, it may seem impossible to focus beyond the noise of daily demands. We long for a greater awareness of God with us. This eight-session LifeGuide® Bible Study explores ways of conversing with God in ...

    Number of Studies: 8

  • The Living Church: Convictions of a Lifelong Pastor, By John Stott
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    The Living Church

    Convictions of a Lifelong Pastor

    by John Stott

    At the 150th anniversary of the dedication of his church, John Stott gave voice to his dream for All Souls, London, and all souls everywhere: "I have a dream of

    • . . . a biblical church
    • . . . a worshiping church
    • . . . a caring church
    • . . . a serving church
    • . . . an expectant church

    Reflecting on his ...

  • Sex and Dating: Questions You Wish You Had Answers To, By Mindy Meier
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    Sex and Dating

    Questions You Wish You Had Answers To

    by Mindy Meier

    Just the FAQs! "Are we friends or are we dating? How can I tell?" "I'm addicted to male attention. How can I break free?" "I've been sexually abused. Will that affect my ability to have a good sex life?" "What's so bad about having friends with benefits?" "I've been hurt before. How can I ever trust anyone again?" Real people. Honest questions. In this complicated age of hooking up and uncertain ...

  • The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament, By Craig S. Keener
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    The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament

    IVP Bible Background Commentary Set

    by Craig S. Keener

    Christianity Today's Books of the Year and Preaching's Preacher's Guide to the Best Bible Reference

    A Revised Edition of the Bestselling Reference Work from IVP

    This revised edition of the standard reference work in its field has been expanded throughout to now provide even more up-to-date information by Craig Keener, one of the leading ...