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  • Old Testament Ethics for the People of God, By Christopher J. H. Wright Old Testament Ethics for the People of God, By Christopher J. H. Wright
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    Old Testament Ethics for the People of God

    by Christopher J. H. Wright

    Nothing confuses Christian ethics quite like the Old Testament. Some faithful readers struggle through its pages and conclude that they must obey its moral laws but may disregard its ceremonial and civil laws. Others abandon its teaching altogether in favor of a strictly New Testament ethic. Neither option, argues Chris Wright, gives the Old Testament its due.In this innovative approach to ...

  • Old Testament Ethics for the People of God, By Christopher J. H. Wright
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    Old Testament Ethics for the People of God

    by Christopher J. H. Wright

    Nothing confuses Christian ethics quite like the Old Testament. Some faithful readers struggle through its pages and conclude that they must obey its moral laws but may disregard its ceremonial and civil laws. Others abandon its teaching altogether in favor of a strictly New Testament ethic. Neither option, argues Chris Wright, gives the Old Testament its due.In this innovative approach to Old Testament ...

  • Ministry in the Image of God: The Trinitarian Shape of Christian Service, By Stephen Seamands
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    Ministry in the Image of God

    The Trinitarian Shape of Christian Service

    by Stephen Seamands

    Christianity Today Book Awards Merit winner

    "As the Father has sent me, so I send you."

    Those of us called to Christian ministry are commissioned and sent by Jesus, just as he himself was called and sent by the Father. Thus we naturally pattern our ministries after Christ's example. But distinctively Christian service involves the Spirit as ...

  • Service: Ministry with Heart and Hands, By R. Paul Stevens Service: Ministry with Heart and Hands, By R. Paul Stevens
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    Service

    Ministry with Heart and Hands

    LifeGuide Bible Studies

    by R. Paul Stevens

    In this LifeGuide® Bible Study includes ten sessions exploring service in a variety of contexts: family, the physical creation, society, the city, neighbors, relationships, the church and the workplace. Looking inside ministry specifically, R. Paul Stevens examines examples of service that were motivated by imagination, passion, faith, hope and love—from Genesis to Revelation. ...

    Number of Studies: 10

  • The Crucifixion of Ministry: Surrendering Our Ambitions to the Service of Christ, By Andrew Purves
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    The Crucifixion of Ministry

    Surrendering Our Ambitions to the Service of Christ

    by Andrew Purves

    As a pastor, do you ever get the feeling that no matter what you try, nothing much seems to change?That is because the ministries themselves are not redemptive--they are not up to you. Only Jesus' ministry is redemptive. Jesus has to "show up."Theologian Andrew Purves explores at the deepest level the true and essential nature of Christian ministry. He says that the attempt to be an effective minister ...

  • The Holy Spirit in Mission: Prophetic Speech and Action in Christian Witness, By Gary Tyra
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    The Holy Spirit in Mission

    Prophetic Speech and Action in Christian Witness

    by Gary Tyra

    The church has been called to participate in God's mission in the world. But without a robust, biblical sense of the Spirit's action, how can we be sure we're fulfilling that call? Gary Tyra employs a biblical theology of the Holy Spirit to deepenand inform our understanding of life as the church, the people of God. Since the church's mission to and into the world is both evangelistic and prophetic, ...

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