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  • The Journey of Modern Theology: From Reconstruction to Deconstruction, By Roger E. Olson
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    The Journey of Modern Theology

    From Reconstruction to Deconstruction

    by Roger E. Olson

    Modernity has been an age of revolutions—political, scientific, industrial and philosophical. Consequently, it has also been an age of revolutions in theology, as Christians attempt to make sense of their faith in light of the cultural upheavals around them, what Walter Lippman once called the "acids of modernity." Modern theology is the result of this struggle to think responsibly about God within ...

  • Pilgrimage of a Soul: Contemplative Spirituality for the Active Life, By Phileena Heuertz
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    Pilgrimage of a Soul

    Contemplative Spirituality for the Active Life

    by Phileena Heuertz
    Foreword by Shauna Niequist

    You can only go so far for so long before you find the limits of yourself. For Phileena Heuertz that moment arrived, mercifully, around the same time as a sabbatical to mark her twelfth year of service with an international organization working with some of the most vulnerable people in the world. Activists often see contemplation as a luxury, the sort of thing necessarily set aside in the quest ...

  • James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Jude, Edited by Gerald L. Bray
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    James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Jude

    Volume 11

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Gerald L. Bray
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    Christianity Today Award of Merit winner

    Because the Catholic Epistles focus on orthodox faith and morals, the Fathers drew on them as a means of defense against the rising challenge of heretics. Many of the Fathers saw in these letters anticipatory attacks on Marcion and strong defenses against the Arians. They did so quite naturally because in their ...

  • James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Jude, Edited by Gerald L. Bray
    paperback

    James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Jude

    Volume 11

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Gerald L. Bray
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    Christianity Today Award of Merit winner

    Because the Catholic Epistles focus on orthodox faith and morals, the Fathers drew on them as a means of defense against the rising challenge of heretics. Many of the Fathers saw in these letters anticipatory attacks on Marcion and strong defenses against the Arians. They did so quite naturally because in their ...

  • Thirsting for Living Water: Finding Adventure and Purpose in God's Redemption Story, By Michael J. Mantel
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    Thirsting for Living Water

    Finding Adventure and Purpose in God's Redemption Story

    by Michael J. Mantel
    Foreword by Richard Stearns

    When a perfect storm of personal, professional, and natural disaster threw Mike Mantel into a dark night of the soul, he embarked on a journey through his own life and around the world to rediscover God's presence through the diverse body of Christ.

    In Thirsting for Living Water, Mantel invites readers to join him on this adventure and open their eyes to their own ...

  • My Soul Waits: Solace for the Lonely in the Psalms, By Marva J. Dawn
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    My Soul Waits

    Solace for the Lonely in the Psalms

    by Marva J. Dawn

    "An overwhelming number of us are lonely," writes Marva Dawn. "Sometimes we are lonely for a specific reason: our spouse has recently died or left us; our children have just gone from home or have been tragically killed; we are fighting a particular battle against illness or suffering the ravages of chemotherapy; we are new in the neighborhood; our values are different from those of our work colleagues; ...