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  • Steve Hayner was healthy and fit and serving as president of Columbia Seminary when he found out he had pancreatic cancer. He and his wife, Sharol, embarked on a journey together with their children that soon included tens of thousands of visits from friends and acquaintances via CaringBridge. The overwhelming response to their posts on this website attested to the surprising and engaging way that they chose to live in the face of death. In the fall of 2015 InterVarsity Press will be releasing a compilation of those posts in the book Joy in the Journey: Finding Abundance in the Shadow of Death by Steve and Sharol Hayner.

  • When Changing Nothing Changes Everything: The Power of Reframing Your Life, By Laurie Polich Short
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    When Changing Nothing Changes Everything

    The Power of Reframing Your Life

    by Laurie Polich Short

    Reframing your perspective can transform your life. We often face circumstances that we cannot changeā€”a job we are forced to keep, a relationship that did not work out, a decision we cannot take back. The stress of life can overwhelm us, and we may not see past the obstacles in our path. In the face of unwanted challenges, we may despair over our lack of control and long for an ...

  • Wesley and the Anglicans: Political Division in Early Evangelicalism, By Ryan Nicholas Danker
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    Wesley and the Anglicans

    Political Division in Early Evangelicalism

    by Ryan Nicholas Danker

    Why did the Wesleyan Methodists and the Anglican evangelicals divide during the middle of the eighteenth century? Many would argue that the division between them was based narrowly on theological matters, especially predestination and perfection. Ryan Danker suggests, however, that politics was a major factor throughout, driving the Wesleyan Methodists and Anglican evangelicals apart. Methodism ...

  • Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice That Restores, By Dominique DuBois Gilliard
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    Rethinking Incarceration

    Advocating for Justice That Restores

    by Dominique DuBois Gilliard

    IVP Readers' Choice Award
    Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year

    The United States has more people locked up in jails, prisons, and detention centers than any other country in the history of the world. Mass incarceration has become a lucrative industry, and the criminal justice system is plagued with bias and unjust practices. And the church has unwittingly contributed ...

  • Christianity at the Crossroads: How the Second Century Shaped the Future of the Church, By Michael J. Kruger
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    Christianity at the Crossroads

    How the Second Century Shaped the Future of the Church

    by Michael J. Kruger

    The Gospel Coalition Book of the Year

    Biblical Foundations Award Winner

    Christianity in the twenty-first century is a global phenomenon. But in the second century, its future was not at all certain.

    Initially Christianity possessed little social or cultural influence and found itself fighting for its life. While apostolic tradition was emerging ...