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  • 1 Corinthians: An Introduction and Commentary, By Thomas R. Schreiner
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    1 Corinthians

    An Introduction and Commentary

    Tyndale New Testament Commentaries

    by Thomas R. Schreiner
    Series edited by Eckhard J. Schnabel
    Consulting Editor Nicholas Perrin

    The cosmopolitan city of Corinth was the site of one of the apostle Paul's greatest evangelistic successes. However, the church he founded was full of contention, ranging from questions about leadership to incest. Some Christians were taking fellow believers to court. There were issues concerning marriage, celibacy, food offered to idols, public worship, and spiritual gifts. In response, Paul offered ...

  • Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church, By Nijay K. Gupta
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    Tell Her Story

    How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church

    by Nijay K. Gupta
    Foreword by Beth Allison Barr

    A 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 ...

  • The Pursuit of God in the Company of Friends, By Richard C. Lamb Jr.
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    The Pursuit of God in the Company of Friends

    by Richard C. Lamb Jr.

    You were not meant to walk alone. Many of us struggle to forge deep relationships with God and other people. Modern society has isolated us as rugged individuals, deceiving us into thinking we can make it through life on our own. Individualism has likewise shaped the pattern of Christian discipleship, privatizing faith and separating us from fellow believers. But we come to know God best when ...

  • Living in Christ's Presence: Final Words on Heaven and the Kingdom of God, By Dallas Willard
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    Living in Christ's Presence

    Final Words on Heaven and the Kingdom of God

    by Dallas Willard

    • Logos Bookstores' 2014 Best Book in Spirituality
    • 2014 Readers' Choice Award Winner
    • 2014 Leadership Journal Best Books for Church Leaders (The Leader's Inner Life)
    • A Special Award of Merit, from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore

    In these pages Dallas Willard explores what it means to live well now in light of God's kingdom. ...

  • Free at Last?: The Gospel in the African American Experience, By Carl F. Ellis Jr.
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    Free at Last?

    The Gospel in the African American Experience

    The IVP Signature Collection

    by Carl F. Ellis Jr.
    Foreword by Amisho Baraka

    The words of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech have become enshrined in US history. But after the end of King's generation of leadership, what happened to the African American struggle for freedom? Like the ancient Israelites, the African American community has survived a four-hundred-year collective trauma. What will it take for them to reach the promised land that ...

  • 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 ...