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paperbackTransforming Leadership
Jesus' Way of Creating Vision, Shaping Values Empowering Change
by Leighton Ford
A book for leaders, by leaders, about the greatest leader of them all.
In our rapidly changing and ever more complex world, we suffer a crisis of leadership. Leighton Ford sees the growing dearth of bold leaders--in the marketplace, religion and public life. In this powerful book, Ford calls Christians to be transformational leaders.
Many leaders work within situations; transformational ...
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paperbackThe Great Quest
Invitation to an Examined Life and a Sure Path to Meaning
by Os Guinness
"The unexamined life is not worth living." —Socrates What is life all about? What are we here for? Is there any meaning or purpose to our existence? Thinkers throughout the centuries have pondered these questions. While the distractions of the modern world prevent many from grappling seriously with such matters, the truth is that humans cannot live without meaning any more than ...
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paperbackThe Path of Celtic Prayer
An Ancient Way to Everyday Joy
by Calvin Miller
Discover an ancient way of prayer that leads us to new union with God. "Long ago," Calvin Miller writes, "when the Celts built their own rustic kingdom of God in what would later be the British Isles, their fervor in prayer washed their world in a vital revival." In uncertain and dangerous days of high infant-mortality rates, leprosy and plagues, the Celts breathed candid prayers out of the reality ...
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paperbackHopeful Realism
Evangelical Natural Law and Democratic Politics
by Jesse Covington, Bryan T. McGraw, and Micah Watson
A Natural Law Framework for Evangelicals Today
During a time when political conversations are marked by deep polarization and difficult decision-making, what resources do evangelicals have to think critical and theologically about public life?
For political theorists Bryan T. McGraw, Jesse Covington, and Micah Watson, a crucial resource is to be found in natural law, ...
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paperbackRefuge from Abuse
Healing and Hope for Abused Christian Women
by Nancy Nason-Clark and Catherine Clark Kroeger
Abuse is ugly. It is always wrong. It is never part of God?s design for healthy family living. It distorts relationships and shatters dreams. It creates pain and despair. It never produces hope.You know this all too well--that's why you've picked up this book. Nancy Nason-Clark and Catherine Clark Kroeger know the pain of women who have been abused, especially the unique pain ...
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paperbackPlowshares and Pruning Hooks
Rethinking the Language of Biblical Prophecy and Apocalyptic
by Brent Sandy
What are we to make of Isaiah's image of Mount Zion as the highest of the mountains, or Zechariah's picture of the Mount of Olives split in two, or Daniel's "beast rising out of the sea" or Revelation's "great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns"? How can Peter claim that on the day of Pentecost the prophecy of Joel was being fulfilled, with signs in heaven and wonders on earth, the sun turned ...
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paperbackSpirituality According to John
Abiding in Christ in the Johannine Writings
by Rodney Reeves
Biblical Foundations Book Awards Finalist
Through all of John's works, a consistent message is woven: being a Christian is about abiding in Christ and in his words. The Gospel of John, the epistle of 1 John, and the Apocalypse all begin in the same way: by pointing to the importance of knowing the Word, both written and incarnate. Using an artistic, storytelling ...
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paperback1 & 2 Timothy and Titus
N. T. Wright for Everyone Bible Study Guides
by N. T. Wright
With Phyllis J. Le PeauWhen you need to know how to do something, a manual is the best place to start. 1 2 Timothy and Titus might be called "the Teacher's Manual," because so much of what they contain is about the kind of teaching that Christian leaders should--and shouldn't--be giving. Just as Timothy and Titus needed help to lead their young churches well in the midst of powerful cultural forces, we need guidance ...
Number of Studies: 12
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paperbackThe Pastoral Epistles
An Introduction and Commentary
Tyndale New Testament Commentaries
by Osvaldo Padilla
Series edited by Eckhard J. Schnabel
Consulting Editor Nicholas PerrinIn his New Testament letters to Timothy and Titus, the apostle Paul is concerned with church order, defending correct doctrine, and passing on the faith.
In this introduction and commentary to both letters, Osvaldo Padilla sets them in their distinct context of Paul's later ministry and draws out their pastoral wisdom. With thoughtful exposition he shows how the lessons Paul ...
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paperbackPocket Dictionary for the Study of Biblical Hebrew
The IVP Pocket Reference Series
by Todd J. Murphy
Of Greek and Hebrew, Hebrew strikes the most fear in the heart of the Bible student. The alphabet does not look anything like English. The vocabulary offers almost no points of contact with English. The verb system is utterly alien. And the lexicons, grammars and textbooks are wrapped up in a metalanguage--spiked with Latin--that is daunting in itself. For those who feel that studying the English ...
