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paperbackExploring the Old Testament
A Guide to the Psalms and Wisdom Literature
Exploring the Bible Series
by Ernest C. Lucas
Israel's poets and sages left a scriptural legacy that has powerfully shaped the worship, thoughts and actions of the people of God. In the highs and lows and crossroads of life, we instinctively turn to their poetry, proverbs and discourses for the language we do not possess and the wisdom we desperately seek. Yet there is more to this literature than meets the eye--or fills the momentary need. ...
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hardcoverDictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets
The IVP Bible Dictionary Series
Edited by Mark J. Boda and J. Gordon McConville
ECPA Book Award finalist
With the Dictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets, IVP's Black Dictionary series completes its coverage of the Old Testament canonical books. A true compendium of recent scholarship, the volume includes 115 articles covering all aspects of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, the twelve "minor prophets" and Daniel. Each book's historical, cultural, ...
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paperbackExploring Protestant Traditions
An Invitation to Theological Hospitality
by W. David Buschart
Protestant is shorthand for a spreading family tree of church and theological traditions. Each tradition embodies a historically shaped perspective on the beliefs, practices and priorities that make up a Christian community. Whether you are an insider to one tradition, a hybrid of two or three, or--as many Christians today--an outsider to all, Exploring Protestant Traditions is ...
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Jacob Shatzer
Jacob Shatzer (PhD, Marquette University) is assistant professor and associate dean in the School of Theology and Missions at Union University. He is an ordained Southern Baptist minister and the author of A Spreading and Abiding Hope, editor of a volume of essays by A. J. Conyers, and assistant editor for Ethics and Medicine.
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paperbackThe Cross and Gendercide
A Theological Response to Global Violence Against Women and Girls
by Elizabeth Gerhardt
Violence against women and girls is a human rights epidemic that affects millions of lives around the world. While many Christians are addressing this crisis through education, advocacy and philanthropic support, there has been a reluctance to name gendercide as a theological and confessional issue, a matter that strikes at the very essence of the Christian faith. In The Cross and Gendercide, ...
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paperbackLuke: Historian & Theologian
by I. Howard Marshall
Apart from the apostle Paul, Luke is arguably the most influential force in the canon of the New Testament. His Gospel and Acts occupy almost a third of the New Testament, and together their narrative voice carries us over a span of more than sixty years, from the birth of Jesus to the imprisonment of Paul in Rome. It is difficult to imagine our understanding of the New Testament period without ...
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pamphletDesigner Sex
IVP Booklets
by Philip Yancey
Sex holds a mysterious power over us and our society. While sex can become an idolatrous obsession, it also reflects divine transcendence. Philip Yancey unveils the sacred nature of sex and shows how it was designed to point us not merely toward union with one another, but also with God.
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paperbackMaking Friends (& Making Them Count)
by Emory A. Griffin
- Recipient of a 1987 Campus Life Editor's Choice Award
- A 1987 Religious Speech Communication Association Book of the Year
Exploring the art of friendship, Em Griffin discusses what attracts one person to another, how self-concept affects relationships, how people form first impressions and what ingredients make for lasting friendships.
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paperbackThe Tower of Geburah
The Archives of Anthropos
by John White
One moment Wesley, Kurt and Lisa are poking around in their uncle's attic. The next moment they have stepped into the magical world of Anthropos, where their help is needed to free a king and defeat the powers of evil. Book Three in John White's Archives of Anthropos.
