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  • Shaping the Journey of Emerging Adults: Life-Giving Rhythms for Spiritual Transformation, By Richard R. Dunn and Jana L. Sundene
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    Shaping the Journey of Emerging Adults

    Life-Giving Rhythms for Spiritual Transformation

    by Richard R. Dunn and Jana L. Sundene

    Between adolescence and adulthood is a new stage of life: emerging adulthood. Those in their twenties and early thirties find themselves in transition. This "provisional adulthood" is a time of identity exploration and instability in which one's vocation, purpose, relationships and spirituality are all being renegotiated. Many emerging adults lose sight of God and experience significant ...

  • Pocket Dictionary of the Reformed Tradition, By Kelly M. Kapic and Wesley Vander Lugt
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    Pocket Dictionary of the Reformed Tradition

    The IVP Pocket Reference Series

    by Kelly M. Kapic and Wesley Vander Lugt

    Beginning to study Reformed theology is like stepping into a family conversation that has been going on for five hundred years. How do you find your bearings and figure out how to take part in this conversation without embarrassing yourself?

    The Pocket Dictionary of the Reformed Tradition takes on this rich, boisterous and varied tradition in its broad contours, filling you in on ...

  • Pocket History of the Church, By D. Jeffrey Bingham
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    Pocket History of the Church

    The IVP Pocket Reference Series

    by D. Jeffrey Bingham

    The story of Christianity is a fascinating tale. Here we find drama, vision and expansion along with failure, setbacks and tragedy. Yet during the past two thousand years the power of Jesus is felt throughout the interplay of human actors and the forces of world events.

    How can you grasp the story played out on such a gigantic stage? This book is an ideal place to start. D. Jeffrey Bingham ...

  • Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0: Moving Communities into Unity, Wholeness and Justice, By Brenda Salter McNeil
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    Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0

    Moving Communities into Unity, Wholeness and Justice

    by Brenda Salter McNeil
    Contributions by J. Derek McNeil
    Foreword by Eugene Cho

    We can see the injustice and inequality in our lives and in the world. We are ready to rise up. But how, exactly, do we do this? How does one reconcile? What we need is a clear sense of direction. Based on her extensive consulting experience with churches, colleges and organizations, Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil has created a roadmap to show us the way. She guides us through the ...

  • Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels, By Kenneth E. Bailey
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    Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes

    Cultural Studies in the Gospels

    by Kenneth E. Bailey

    Removing Western Cultural Blinders to See Jesus in Context

    Beginning with Jesus' birth, Ken Bailey leads you on a kaleidoscopic study of Jesus throughout the four Gospels. Bailey examines the life and ministry of Jesus with attention to the Lord's Prayer, the Beatitudes, Jesus' relationship to women, and especially Jesus' parables.

    In Jesus Through Middle Eastern ...

  • Upheld: Meeting Our Trustworthy God Through Isaiah—A 6-Week Bible Study Experience, By Kori de Leon
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    Upheld

    Meeting Our Trustworthy God Through Isaiah—A 6-Week Bible Study

    IVP Bible Study Experience

    by Kori de Leon

    Over and over again, Scripture reminds us of God's faithfulness and mercy. God's stunning promises to his followers in Isaiah 40–48—I am with you, I will strengthen and help you, I will uphold you—offered reassurance and comfort during difficult days.

    We are also desperate for God's comfort and help today. Life is filled with challenges and heartache, and we long ...

  • Redeemer: God's Lovingkindness in the Book of Ruth--A 6-Week Bible Study, By Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young
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    Redeemer

    God's Lovingkindness in the Book of Ruth--A 6-Week Bible Study

    IVP Bible Study Experience

    by Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young
    Illustrated by Octavia Mingerink

    A Different Kind of Love Story

    The story of Ruth is usually viewed through a Hallmark-tinted lens: girl suffers hardship, girl overcomes hardship, boy meets girl, they fall in love, and then everyone lives happily ever after.

    But there's so much more to Ruth's story!

    Bible teacher and retreat leader Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young invites us to view the book ...

  • The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog, By James W. Sire
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    The Universe Next Door

    A Basic Worldview Catalog

    by James W. Sire
    Foreword by Jim Hoover

    Your Trusted Introduction to the Worldviews That Shape the Western World

    For more than forty years, The Universe Next Door has set the standard for a clear, readable introduction to worldviews. Using his widely influential model of eight basic worldview questions, James Sire examines prominent worldviews that have shaped the Western world:

    • theism
    • deism
    • naturalism
    • Marxism
    • nihilism
    • existentialism
    • Eastern ...