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  • These books follow the rich tradition of the church in the journey of spiritual formation. For spiritual directors, retreat leaders, and contemplative Christians alike, these books from our Formatio line highlight spiritual disciplines and facilitate deep and formative spiritual growth.

  • Cross-Cultural Servanthood: Serving the World in Christlike Humility, By Duane Elmer
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    Cross-Cultural Servanthood

    Serving the World in Christlike Humility

    by Duane Elmer

    Duane Elmer asked people around the world how they felt about Western missionaries. The response? "Missionaries could be more effective if they did not think they were better than us." The last thing we want to do in cross-cultural ministry is to offend people in other cultures. Unfortunately, all too often and even though we don't mean it, our actions communicate superiority, paternalism, imperialism ...

  • Mapping Apologetics: Comparing Contemporary Approaches, By Brian K. Morley
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    Mapping Apologetics

    Comparing Contemporary Approaches

    by Brian K. Morley

    Everyone believes something. But how and why do people believe? What counts as evidence? How much can be assumed or believed by faith alone? When it comes to religious faith, the questions become at once more difficult and more important. Over the centuries, Christians have offered different approaches to explaining or defending the Christian faith, a discipline known as apologetics. But it has ...

  • Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation, By M. Robert Mulholland Jr.
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    Invitation to a Journey

    A Road Map for Spiritual Formation

    Transforming Resources

    by M. Robert Mulholland Jr.
    Introduction & Study Guide by Ruth Haley Barton

    M. Robert Mulholland Jr. defines spiritual formation as "the process of being formed in the image of Christ for the sake of others." Compact and solid, this definition encompasses the dynamics of a vital Christian life and counters our culture's tendency to make spirituality a trivial matter or reduce it to a private affair between "me and Jesus."

    In Invitation to a Journey, Mulholland ...

  • A History of Western Philosophy: From the Pre-Socratics to Postmodernism, By C. Stephen Evans
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    A History of Western Philosophy

    From the Pre-Socratics to Postmodernism

    by C. Stephen Evans

    Plato. Aristotle. Augustine. Hume. Kant. Hegel. These names and the philosophies associated with them ring through the minds of every student and scholar of philosophy. And in their search for knowledge, every student of philosophy needs to know the history of the philosophical discourse such giants have bequeathed us. Noted philosopher C. Stephen Evans brings his expertise to ...

  • The Messiah: The Texts Behind Handel's Masterpiece, By Douglas Connelly
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    The Messiah

    The Texts Behind Handel's Masterpiece

    LifeGuide Bible Studies

    by Douglas Connelly

    Prophets prophesied about him. Angels and shepherds rejoiced at his birth. Friends cried for joy at his resurrection. And we still celebrate him today. He is Jesus, the Messiah. Perfect for Advent or Lent, this eight-session LifeGuide® Bible Study guide explores some of the key passages in the Old Testament about the Messiah and their completion in the life and saving work of Jesus. ...

    Number of Studies: 8

  • Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds, By Phillip E. Johnson
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    Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds

    by Phillip E. Johnson

    Christianity Today's Books of the Year

    For decades, Christians have felt voiceless in the critical debate over evolution. Until now. Finally, ordinary Christians have the opportunity and the resources to defeat the false claims of Darwinism.

    With all of the complicated scientific debate swirling around the topic of evolution, Christians need an easy way to understand ...