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  • Paul and the Giants of Philosophy: Reading the Apostle in Greco-Roman Context, Edited by Joseph R. Dodson and David E. Briones
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    Paul and the Giants of Philosophy

    Reading the Apostle in Greco-Roman Context

    Edited by Joseph R. Dodson and David E. Briones
    Foreword by John M. G. Barclay

    Biblical Foundations Award Finalist

    What forces shaped the intellectual world of the apostle Paul? How familiar was he with the great philosophers of his age, and to what extent was he influenced by them? When he quoted Greco-Roman sources, what was his aim?

    Pauline scholars wrestle with such questions in journal articles and technical monographs, but ...

  • Together in Ministry: Women and Men in Flourishing Partnerships, By Rob Dixon
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    Together in Ministry

    Women and Men in Flourishing Partnerships

    by Rob Dixon
    Foreword by Ruth Haley Barton

    Women and men are designed to work together in fulfilling God's mission on earth. Yet God's original intent for equal partnership has been so distorted that churches and organizations continually struggle to foster healthy mixed-gender ministry collaboration. Is it even possible to return to the Genesis ideal of co-laborers in today's contexts?

    Longtime ministry leader Rob ...

  • New Testament Christological Hymns: Exploring Texts, Contexts, and Significance, By Matthew E. Gordley
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    New Testament Christological Hymns

    Exploring Texts, Contexts, and Significance

    by Matthew E. Gordley

    We know that the earliest Christians sang hymns. Paul encourages believers to sing "psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs." And at the dawn of the second century the Roman official Pliny names a feature of Christian worship as "singing alternately a hymn to Christ as to God." But are some of these early Christian hymns preserved for us in the New Testament? Are they right before our eyes? New Testament ...

  • Live the Questions: How Searching Shapes Our Convictions and Commitments, By Jeffrey F. Keuss
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    Live the Questions

    How Searching Shapes Our Convictions and Commitments

    by Jeffrey F. Keuss

    "Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer." —Rainer Maria Rilke Life is full of questions: questions about our identity, our relationships, our faith. Sometimes it seems like there are no easy answers. But our questioning can lead us on a journey into greater understanding and purpose. Jeffrey Keuss ...

  • Calling in Context: Social Location and Vocational Formation, By Susan L. Maros
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    Calling in Context

    Social Location and Vocational Formation

    by Susan L. Maros

    "I don't care for vocational books written in the United States; they're too American." When Susan Maros heard this comment from a Malaysian colleague, she was initially taken aback. Isn't the concept of calling universal? Why wouldn't resources with a biblical perspective on vocation apply to everyone? The reality is that each of us encounters our questions of calling from within ...

  • More Than Equals: Racial Healing for the Sake of the Gospel, By Spencer Perkins and Chris Rice
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    More Than Equals

    Racial Healing for the Sake of the Gospel

    The IVP Signature Collection

    by Spencer Perkins and Chris Rice

    "The first step in the reconciliation process," Spencer Perkins writes, "is admitting that the race problem exists and that our inability to deal with race has weakened the credibility of our gospel."

    When longtime ministry partners and friends Spencer Perkins and Chris Rice began writing More Than Equals in the early 1990s, their goal was to offer an example of how ...

  • The Myth of the American Dream: Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety, and Power, By D. L. Mayfield
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    The Myth of the American Dream

    Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety, and Power

    by D. L. Mayfield

    >2020 ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award

    Publishers Weekly starred review.

    Affluence, autonomy, safety, and power. These are the central values of the American dream. But are they compatible with Jesus' command to love our neighbor as ourselves?

    In essays grouped around these four values, D. L. Mayfield asks us to pay attention to the ...