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  • Decisions: Seeking God's Guidance, By Donald Baker
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    Decisions

    Seeking God's Guidance

    LifeGuide Bible Studies

    by Donald Baker

    Do you sometimes wish that the Bible could make your decisions for you? Donald Baker is familiar with this desire. He writes, "God has given me free will, and while I appreciate his confidence in my ability to choose, there are times when I wish that he would make the decisions for me." The Bible won't give you a direct answer to each choice—or dilemma—you face. But the Bible will teach you how ...

    Number of Studies: 9

  • Life in the Presence of God: Practices for Living in Light of Eternity, By Kenneth Boa
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    Life in the Presence of God

    Practices for Living in Light of Eternity

    by Kenneth Boa

    • 2018 IVP Readers' Choice Award

    God is everywhere and always with us. So why don't we experience his presence more? Life is full of distractions, and our 24/7 news cycles and social media drown out the voice of God. It's hard to discern God's presence amid the hubbub. But experiencing God is not just for the super-spiritual or ultra-mature. Every Christian can ...

  • Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times, By Soong-Chan Rah
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    Prophetic Lament

    A Call for Justice in Troubled Times

    by Soong-Chan Rah
    Foreword by Brenda Salter McNeil

    Missio Alliance Essential Reading List
    Hearts Minds Bookstore's Best Books
    RELEVANT's Top 10 Books
    Englewood Review of Books Best Books

    When Soong-Chan Rah planted an urban church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, his first full sermon series was a six-week exposition of the book of Lamentations. Preaching on an obscure, depressing Old Testament book ...

  • The Unhiding of Elijah Campbell: A Novel, By Kelly Flanagan
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    The Unhiding of Elijah Campbell

    A Novel

    by Kelly Flanagan

    Illumination Book Award

    Nautilus Book Award

    Elijah Campbell is on the verge of losing his writing career, his faith, and his marriage when a recurring childhood nightmare drives him back to his hometown, Bradford's Ferry. There, his encounters with loved ones both past and present shed light on the reason his wife left him—and the meaning ...

  • Adventure of Ascent: Field Notes from a Lifelong Journey, By Luci Shaw
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    Adventure of Ascent

    Field Notes from a Lifelong Journey

    by Luci Shaw

    In this book, writer-poet Luci Shaw has given us a lifetime of exquisite reflections on nature, love, death, suffering, loss, faith, doubt, creativity, curiosity, lifelong learning—all of it drawn from the breadth of her own experience, harvested in penetrating and lyrical insights. Still active in her eighties, Luci now turns her attention to the season of edging toward the borders. Her spirit ...

  • Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling, By Andy Crouch
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    Culture Making

    Recovering Our Creative Calling

    by Andy Crouch
    Afterword by Tish Harrison Warren

    Christianity Today Book Award winner
    Publishers Weekly's best books

    The only way to change culture is to create culture.

    Most of the time, we just consume or copy culture. But that is not enough. We must also do more than condemn or critique it. The only way to change it is to create it.

    For too long, Christians have had ...

  • The Language of Science and Faith: Straight Answers to Genuine Questions, By Karl W. Giberson and Francis S. Collins
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    The 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 ...

  • The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community, By Curt Thompson
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    The Soul of Desire

    Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community

    by Curt Thompson
    Foreword by Makoto Fujimura

    A Spiritual and Neurobiological Redemption of Desire

    We are people of desire.

    In The Soul of Desire, psychiatrist Curt Thompson suggests that underneath all our longings is the desire to be known—and what's more, that this fundamental yearning manifests itself in our deep need to make things of beauty, revealing who we are to others. Desire and beauty go hand ...

  • Family Therapies: A Comprehensive Christian Appraisal, By Mark A. Yarhouse and James N. Sells
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    Family Therapies

    A Comprehensive Christian Appraisal

    Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books

    by Mark A. Yarhouse and James N. Sells

    In Family Therapies, Mark A. Yarhouse and James N. Sells survey the major approaches to family therapy and treat significant psychotherapeutic issues within a Christian framework. A landmark work, this volume was written for those studying counseling, social work, psychology, or marriage and family therapy. Fully updated and revised, this second edition includes new chapters on cohabitation, ...

  • Released from Shame: Moving Beyond the Pain of the Past, By Sandra D. Wilson
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    Released from Shame

    Moving Beyond the Pain of the Past

    by Sandra D. Wilson

    Do you feel

    • that your problem is not what you do but who you are?
    • caught in patterns of destructive relationships?
    • that you never get enough affirmation?
    • afraid you'll pass bad patterns along to your children?
    • that God probably loves you less than others?

    If these questions fit you, you may be experiencing shame. Often shame ...