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paperbackVision
Living Under the Promises of God
Forge Guides for Missional Conversation
by Scott Nelson
Foreword by Alan HirschThe mission of God has a church. So the church needs to be in sync with the mission of God. This is the guiding philosophy of the Forge Missions Training Network, which has helped church leaders and laypeople alike all over the world to reach their neighbors, their neighborhoods and their communities with the gospel. In these guides you and your friends will be equipped to be missionaries where ...
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hardcoverEvil and the Justice of God (with DVD)
by N. T. Wright
- Merit Award, 2007 Christianity Today Theology/Ethics Book
With every earthquake and war, understanding the nature of evil and our response to it becomes more urgent. Evil is no longer the concern just of ministers and theologians but also of politicians and the media. We hear of child abuse, ethnic cleansing, AIDS, torture and terrorism, and rightfully we are ...
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paperbackWhat God Thinks When We Fail
Finding Grace and True Success
by Steven C. Roy
What does God think of us when we fail? Does he think
- You're a loser.
- There's no hope for you.
- What a wimp!
- You're good for nothing!
Or does he think something very different? If you've ever lost a job or a relationship, let your friends down, seen your finances collapse, found your ministry crumbling or failed to meet your own ethical standards, you ...
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paperbackThe Renewal of Trinitarian Theology
Themes, Patterns & Explorations
by Roderick T. Leupp
Everyone seems to be talking about trinitarian theology these days--theologians, pastors and theologically smart laypeople. If you have felt like an outsider to these conversations, or just wondered why trinitarian theology has generated so much talk, this book is for you. Roderick Leupp describes the renewal of trinitarian theology in recent decades and introduces us to the trinitarian thought ...
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paperbackThe Folly of Prayer
Practicing the Presence and Absence of God
by Matt Woodley
Prayer can feel mysteriously difficult, boringly perfunctory and frustratingly out of our control. Often prayer brings us comfort, but sometimes, especially when there aren?t easy resolutions or prayers go unanswered, it intensifies and focuses our sense of longing, pain and care. And often God uses our times of darkness and desperation to awaken our hearts to the ache within us--and the cries of ...
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paperback20th-Century Theology
God and the World in a Transitional Age
by Stanley J. Grenz and Roger E. Olson
- Recipient of a Christianity Today 1993 Critics' Choice Award
Now in paperback! Stanley Grenz and Roger Olson offer in this text a sympathetic introduction to twentieth-century theology and a critical survey of its significant thinkers and movements. Of particular interest is their attempt to show how twentieth-century theology has moved back and forth ...
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paperbackFrom Adam and Israel to the Church
A Biblical Theology of the People of God
Essential Studies in Biblical Theology
by Benjamin L. Gladd
Biblical Foundations Award Finalist
What does it mean to be created in God's image? How has the fall affected this image? Who are the people of God?
Addressing these core questions about spiritual identity, From Adam and Israel to the Church examines the nature of the people of God from Genesis to Revelation through the lens of being ...
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paperbackCommunity
Living as the People of God
Forge Guides for Missional Conversation
by Scott Nelson
Foreword by Alan HirschThe mission of God has a church. So the church needs to be in sync with the mission of God. This is the guiding philosophy of the Forge Missions Training Network, which has helped church leaders and laypeople alike all over the world to reach their neighbors, their neighborhoods and their communities with the gospel. In these guides you and your friends will be equipped to be missionaries where ...
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hardcoverBreaking the Rules
Trading Performance for Intimacy with God
by Fil Anderson
Foreword by Brennan ManningAfter years of living with a set of religious demands that he could never live up to, Fil Anderson found himself spiritually bankrupt and emotionally drained. Following a crash-and-burn in professional ministry, he experienced relief in learning to be with God rather than doing for God. Instead of desperation, he found healing, and a rich new life with God. In Breaking the Rules, ...
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paperbackImitating God in Christ
Recapturing a Biblical Pattern
by Jason B. Hood
Should we imitate Jesus? Some Christians answer with a cheerful "Yes," seeing it as the sum of the Christian life. Others believe we should rely on the work of Christ alone, throwing off any hint of the moralism or "works righteousness" they associate with imitating Jesus. Jason Hood takes us on a tour of what the Bible has to say about imitating Jesus. He draws our attention to what Paul told ...
