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paperbackA Community Called Taize
A Story of Prayer, Worship and Reconciliation
by Jason Brian Santos
Foreword by Desmond TutuTaizé--the word is strangely familiar to many throughout the contemporary church. Familiar, perhaps, because the chanted prayers of Taizé are well practiced in churches throughout the world. Strangely, however, because so little is known about Taizé--from its historic beginnings to how the word itself is pronounced. The worship of the Taizé community, as it turns out, is best understood ...
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hardcoverThe Language of Science and Faith
Straight Answers to Genuine Questions
by Karl W. Giberson and Francis S. Collins
Christians affirm that everything exists because of God--from subatomic quarks to black holes. Science often claims to explain nature without including God at all. And thinking Christians often feel forced to choose between the two. But the good news is that we don't have to make a choice. Science does not overthrow the Bible. Faith does not require rejecting science. World-renowned scientist Francis ...
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paperbackPatron Saints for Postmoderns
Ten from the Past Who Speak to Our Future
by Chris R. Armstrong
Are you feeling discouraged in your efforts to reflect Christ each day in our broken world? Does it feel lonely? Too difficult? Too overwhelming? The saints can help you. Especially the ones whose stories Chris Armstrong tells here, because he's chosen them for the ways they've inspired him and deepened his own faith. A professor of church history, Armstrong provides rich portraits of ten people ...
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paperbackThe Bible, Rocks and Time
Geological Evidence for the Age of the Earth
by Davis A. Young and Ralph F. Stearley
Is the Earth relatively young or very old?
We've all heard the controversy. The consensus regarding the age of the Earth, based on the best geological evidence, is that it is billions of years old. But many Christians believe that the Bible teaches the Earth is only a few thousand years old at best. What are we to make of this discrepancy? Geologists Davis Young and Ralph Stearley tackle this ...
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paperbackThe Blessing of Africa
The Bible and African Christianity
by Keith Augustus Burton
According to some estimates, Africa will soon have the highest concentration of Christians in the world. But African Christianity has had a long and conflicted history. Even today, modern misinterpretations of Scripture argue for God's curse upon the dark-skinned peoples of Africa. In this comprehensive study, Keith Burton traces the story of biblical Africa and the place of the Bible in the land ...
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paperbackThe Triumph of God over Evil
Theodicy for a World of Suffering
Strategic Initiatives in Evangelical Theology
by William Hasker
Noted philosopher William Hasker explores a full range of issues concerning the problem of evil. Having taken account of the current state of the discussion and squarely facing some of the most trenchant arguments marshaled by John K. Roth and D. Z. Phillips, Hasker forges a constructive answer in some depth showing why the evil in the world does not provide evidence of a moral fault in God, the ...
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paperbackGraven Ideologies
Nietzsche, Derrida Marion on Modern Idolatry
by Bruce Ellis Benson
What do the philosophers Friedrich Nietzsche, Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Marion have in common with Christianity? Surprisingly, they are all concerned about idolatry, about the tendency we have to create God in our own image and about what we can do about it. Can we faithfully speak of God at all without interposing ourselves? If so, how? Bruce Ellis Benson explores this common concern by clearly ...
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paperbackIntelligent Design
The Bridge Between Science Theology
by William A. Dembski
Foreword by Michael BeheVoted a Book of the Year by Christianity Today
The Intelligent Design movement is three things:
- a scientific research program for investigating intelligent causes
- an intellectual movement that challenges naturalistic evolutionary theories
- a way of understanding divine action
Although the fast-growing movement has gained considerable ...
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paperbackMere Creation
Science, Faith Intelligent Design
Edited by William A. Dembski
For over a century, the scientific establishment has ignored challenges to the theory of evolution. But in the last decade such complacency about its scientific and philosophical foundations has been shaken. As cracks in the Darwinian edifice have begun to appear, many are asking whether a defensible alternative exists. In response to this growing crisis, a movement has emerged among scholars exploring ...
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paperbackThe Battle of Beginnings
Why Neither Side Is Winning the Creation-Evolution Debate
by Del Ratzsch
- Voted one of Christianity Today's 1997 Books of the Year
Creation versus evolution. The debate is growing louder and hotter--whether in lecture halls or in between the pages of bestselling books. But neither side seems to be winning. Why?
In The Battle of Beginnings Del Ratzsch examines the history of the debate and critiques the entrenched ...
