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caseboundBusiness Ethics in Biblical Perspective
A Comprehensive Introduction
by Michael E. Cafferky
It is legal for CEOs to make 300 times the amount of the average worker. But is this fair and just? Is it ethical for a customer to purchase a digital camera for the sole purpose of using it on a ski trip and then return the item to the store afterwards? Should companies who purchase advertising space on websites that offer pirated videos for download be held accountable for breaking intellectual ...
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paperbackSabbath Keeping
Finding Freedom in the Rhythms of Rest
by Lynne M. Baab
Let's give ourselves an A for effort.
- We keep our minds so preoccupied with work projects that we act and think on autopilot.
- We keep our kids so occupied with activities that they need day planners before grade school.
- We keep our schedules so full with church meetings and housekeeping and even entertaining that down-time sounds like a mortal sin.
When we ...
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paperbackChrist Our Reconciler
Gospel, Church, World
Edited by Julia E. M. Cameron
Foreword by S. Douglas BirdsallThe Third Lausanne Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, convened in 2010, was hailed as the most representative gathering of the global church in the history of Christianity. Thousands of delegates from almost 200 nations gathered to hear from God and each other, as they cast new vision for world evangelization in the third millennium. Global leaders grappled with the most significant issues facing ...
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paperbackBloody, Brutal, and Barbaric?
Wrestling with Troubling War Texts
by William J. Webb and Gordon K. Oeste
Word Guild Award Shortlist — Biblical Studies
Word Guild Best Book Cover Award
Association of University Presses Design Show — Book, Jacket, and CoversChristians cannot ignore the intersection of religion and violence, whether contemporary or ancient. In our own Scriptures, war texts that appear to approve of genocidal killings and war rape—forcibly ...
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hardcoverIntercultural Theology, Volume Three
A Theology of Interreligious Relations
Missiological Engagements
by Henning Wrogemann
Ten Outstanding Books in Mission Studies, World Christianity and Intercultural Theology for 2019 — International Bulletin of Mission Research (IBMR)
Christianity is not only a global but also an intercultural phenomenon.
In this third volume of his three-volume Intercultural Theology, Henning Wrogemann proposes that we need to go beyond ...
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hardcoverIntercultural Theology, Volume Two
Theologies of Mission
Missiological Engagements
by Henning Wrogemann
Christianity is not only a global but also an intercultural phenomenon.
In this second volume of his three-volume Intercultural Theology, Henning Wrogemann turns to theologies of mission. Mission theologies, he argues, are found in a wide range of implicit as well as explicit forms, from the practice of Christian presence by a Pakistani Christian among a marginalized ...
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paperbackThe Future of the Global Church
History, Trends and Possibilities
Operation World Resources
by Patrick Johnstone
- The 2013 Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year in Global Outreach
In The Future of the Global Church, Patrick Johnstone, author of six editions of the phenomenal prayer guide, Operation World, draws on his fifty years experience to challenge us with his bold vision of the global Christian church. The Future of the Global Church weaves ...
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paperbackBuilding Your Volunteer Team
A 30-Day Change Project for Youth Ministry
by Mark DeVries and Nate Stratman
Do you find yourself again and again wondering what it would take to get some new volunteers onboard for your ministry? And yet does it seem that you are never able to focus your energy on recruitment? Maybe you find yourself saying things like: "It?s just easier for me to do it myself." At one level, of course, this is true. Almost always, it is easier to "do it ourselves." We avoid the ...
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paperbackFail
Finding Hope and Grace in the Midst of Ministry Failure
by J.R. Briggs
Foreword by Eugene H. PetersonBest Books About the Church from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore
"I thought God had called me to plant this church. Why did we have to shut our doors after only three years?"
"I was at my breaking point. Then I got the news that our nine-year-old daughter had leukemia. I would have quit ministry forever, but I had no other employable skills."
"False accusations ...
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paperbackDwell
Life with God for the World
by Barry D. Jones
Foreword by Michael FrostPopular notions of Christian spirituality today tend to focus on getting us out of the world or getting the world out of us. Many are looking to spirituality as a means of disengaging from this life—to experience the transcendent or discover personal wholeness. On the other hand, much of popular Christian thought seems to be about avoiding the corruption of the world by being pious and following ...
