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paperbackTell Her Story
How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church
by Nijay K. Gupta
Foreword by Beth Allison BarrA Comprehensive Look at Women Who Built the Early Church
Women were there. For centuries, discussions of early Christianity have focused on male leaders in the church. But there is ample evidence right in the New Testament that women were actively involved in ministry, at the frontier of the gospel mission, and as respected leaders.
Nijay Gupta calls us to bring these ...
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paperbackInside Job
Doing the Work Within the Work
by Stephen W. Smith
Effective leaders work very hard to succeed, but often at the cost of their own souls. They are challenged to keep themselves emotionally and spiritually healthy in order to survive success—to keep their humanity intact. This is the work within the work. Stephen W. Smith helps leaders in the marketplace and in ministry set aside the life-draining values of power, fame, fortune and position and ...
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paperbackThe Ninefold Path of Jesus
Hidden Wisdom of the Beatitudes
by Mark Scandrette
What if we lived in a world of abundance?
In the Beatitudes, Jesus offers nine sayings that move us beyond our first instincts and instead embrace the deeper reality of the kingdom of God. They name the illusions and false beliefs that have kept us chained and imprisoned. We've learned to live from a mentality of anxiety and greed, but what if a world of abundance with solace ...
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paperbackWorshiping with the Church Fathers
by Christopher A. Hall
Christopher Hall invites us to accompany the fathers as they enter the sanctuary for worship and the chapel for prayer. He also takes us to the wilderness, where we learn from the early monastics as they draw close to God in their solitary discipline. The focus of this book is not liturgy but more broadly worship in its corporate and individual dimensions. We enter into the patristic understanding ...
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paperbackWandering Toward God
Finding Faith amid Doubts and Big Questions
by Travis Dickinson
Outreach Resource of the Year
Is it wrong to doubt? Many Christians assume that doubt is faith's opposite and that wandering among the hard questions of faith will lead us further and further away from God. True believers, the assumption goes, never waver in their confidence in the fundamental truths of the Christian faith.
Professor and philosopher ...
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paperbackThe Path Between Us
An Enneagram Journey to Healthy Relationships
by Suzanne Stabile
Strengthening Your Relationships with the Enneagram's Wisdom
Most of us have no idea how others see or process their experiences. And that can make relationships hard, whether with intimate partners, with friends, or in our professional lives. Understanding the motivations and dynamics of these different personality types can be the key that unlocks sometimes mystifying behavior ...
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paperbackSpirituality According to Paul
Imitating the Apostle of Christ
by Rodney Reeves
Spirituality often evokes images of quiet centeredness, meditative serenity and freedom from life's pressures. It?s become a chic commodity, with its benefits evoked by images of sunrises and secluded retreats. Contrast the apostle Paul, who promotes a cross-shaped spirituality for fools making their way though life's trials. Paul realized that images of crucifixion, burial and resurrection would ...
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paperbackSingle, Just Because
A Pilgrimage into Holy Aloneness
by Bridget Gee
"Why are you single?"
"Just because."
However we answer that question, what's more important than why we are single is how we live as singles. Regardless of our relationship status, all of us are called to a life of vital discipleship. And walking with God can reshape singleness into a pilgrimage of transformation.
Pilgrim and ...
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IVP expands its reach to kids ages four to eight with the October 12 release of the new children's picture book, Saint Nicholas the Giftgiver by Ned Bustard.
