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paperbackThriving with Stone Age Minds
Evolutionary Psychology, Christian Faith, and the Quest for Human Flourishing
BioLogos Books on Science and Christianity
by Justin L. Barrett
With Pamela Ebstyne KingWhat does God's creation of humanity through the process of evolution mean for human flourishing? The emerging field of evolutionary psychology remains controversial, perhaps especially among Christians. Yet according to Justin Barrett and Pamela Ebstyne King it can be a powerful tool for understanding human nature and our distinctively human purpose.
Thriving with Stone ...
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paperbackEmbodying Integration
A Fresh Look at Christianity in the Therapy Room
Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books
by Megan Anna Neff and Mark R. McMinn
Discussing spirituality and religion in the therapy room is increasingly accepted, some even forgetting that integration of psychology and Christianity was once a rare thing. Yet even as the decades-long integration movement has been so effective, the counselor's lived context in which integration happens grows increasingly complex, and the movement has reached a new turning point. ...
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paperbackVirtuous Minds
Intellectual Character Development
by Philip E. Dow
Templeton Foundation Character Project's Character Essay and Book Prize Competition award winner
What does it mean to love God with all of our minds?
Our culture today is in a state of crisis where intellectual virtue is concerned. Dishonesty, cheating, arrogance, laziness, cowardice--such vices are rampant in society, even among the world's most prominent leaders. ...
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paperbackBeyond the Clinical Hour
How Counselors Can Partner with the Church to Address the Mental Health Crisis
Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books
by James N. Sells, Amy Trout, and Heather C. Sells
Foreword by Ed StetzerThe global mental health crisis is growing faster than our existing mental health care system can address. To meet the scope of human need, we need new models of care. The good news is that there is an institution uniquely positioned with the resources and the heart to help: the church.
Psychologists James Sells and Amy Trout and journalist Heather Sells know firsthand the ...
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paperbackHoly War in the Bible
Christian Morality and an Old Testament Problem
Edited by Heath A. Thomas, Jeremy A. Evans, and Paul Copan
The challenge of a seemingly genocidal God who commands ruthless warfare has bewildered Bible readers for generations. The theme of divine war is not limited to the Old Testament historical books, however. It is also prevalent in the prophets and wisdom literature as well. Still it doesn?t stop. The New Testament book of Revelation, too, is full of such imagery. Our questions multiply.
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paperbackPolitical Visions & Illusions
A Survey & Christian Critique of Contemporary Ideologies
by David T. Koyzis
Foreword by Richard J. MouwWhat you believe about politics matters. The decades since the Cold War, with new alignments of post–9/11 global politics and the chaos of the late 2010s, are swirling with alternative visions of political life, ranging from ethnic nationalism to individualistic liberalism. Political ideologies are not merely a matter of governmental efficacy, but are intrinsically and inescapably ...
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hardcoverIntercultural Theology, Volume One
Intercultural Hermeneutics
Missiological Engagements
by Henning Wrogemann
Translated by Karl E. BöhmerChristianity is not only a global but also an intercultural phenomenon. The diversity of world Christianity is evident not merely outside our borders but even within our own neighborhoods.
Over the past half century theologians and missiologists have addressed this reality by developing local and contextual theologies and by exploring issues like contextualization, inculturation, ...
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paperbackUnapologetic Apologetics
Meeting the Challenges of Theological Studies
Edited by William A. Dembski and Jay W. Richards
Foreword by Phillip E. Johnson
Afterword by James Parker IIIAs objective truth has come under suspicion in theological study during recent years, scholars and students have also begun to take less seriously the task of persuading others to believe. Apologetics has been neglected, misunderstood and misrepresented. Unwilling to accept this new status quo, editors William Dembski and Jay Wesley Richards, along with their team of expert contributors, firmly ...
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paperbackMy Soul Waits
Solace for the Lonely in the Psalms
by Marva J. Dawn
"An overwhelming number of us are lonely," writes Marva Dawn. "Sometimes we are lonely for a specific reason: our spouse has recently died or left us; our children have just gone from home or have been tragically killed; we are fighting a particular battle against illness or suffering the ravages of chemotherapy; we are new in the neighborhood; our values are different from those of our work colleagues; ...
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hardcoverIsaiah 1-39
Volume 10
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Steven A. McKinion
General Editor Thomas C. OdenFor to us a child is born,
to us a son is given;
and the government will be upon his shoulder
and his name shall be called
"Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."For the early church fathers the prophecy of Isaiah was not a compendium of Jewish history or theology but an announcement of the coming Messiah fulfilled in the ...
