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  • Good Ideas from Questionable Christians and Outright Pagans: An Introduction to Key Thinkers and Philosophies, By Steve Wilkens
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    Good Ideas from Questionable Christians and Outright Pagans

    An Introduction to Key Thinkers and Philosophies

    by Steve Wilkens

    "What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? What concord is there between the Academy and the church?" (Tertullian, 3rd century). Such skepticism about the place of philosophy in the life of Christians persists down through the ages. As a student, author Steve Wilkens had deep reservations about studying the works of "pagans" or even "questionable Christians." Now a teacher at a Christian university, ...

  • Growing Your Faith by Giving It Away: Telling the Gospel Story with Grace and Passion, By R. York Moore
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    Growing Your Faith by Giving It Away

    Telling the Gospel Story with Grace and Passion

    by R. York Moore

    Talking about Jesus isn't just good for the people who hear. It's good for you too. Sometimes the Christian life seems to lose its zip. We fall into a spiritual rut and wonder why our faith seems so dead. Maybe it's because faith stagnates when it's kept to yourself. But when you share it with others, the Holy Spirit energizes you and awakens you to experience life as God intended. Ordinary people ...

  • Eternal Living: Reflections on Dallas Willard's Teaching on Faith and Formation, Edited byGary W. Moon
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    Eternal Living

    Reflections on Dallas Willard's Teaching on Faith and Formation

    Edited by Gary W. Moon
    Contributions by John Ortberg, Jane Willard, Richard J. Foster, James Bryan Smith, and J. P. Moreland
    Featuring Dallas Willard

    Dallas Willard spent his life making eternal living concrete for his friends. With his unexpected passing in 2013, the world lost a brilliant mind. The wide breadth of his impact inspired friends, family, colleagues, students and leaders of the church to gather their reflections on this celebrated yet humble theologian and philosopher. Richard Foster, a friend for over forty years, writes of Dallas: ...

  • The Relational Soul: Moving from False Self to Deep Connection, By Richard Plass and James Cofield
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    The Relational Soul

    Moving from False Self to Deep Connection

    by Richard Plass and James Cofield

    What does loneliness tell us? "Be it chronic or acute, slight or significant, loneliness is proof of our relational design. At the core of our being is this truth—we are designed for and defined by our relationships," former pastors Plass and Cofield write. "We were born with a relentless longing to participate in the lives of others. Fundamentally, we are relational souls." ...

  • The Shape of Practical Theology: Empowering Ministry with Theological Praxis, By Ray S. Anderson
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    The Shape of Practical Theology

    Empowering Ministry with Theological Praxis

    by Ray S. Anderson

    Too often in the life of the church, theological reflection and the practical matters of leading and serving have been considered independently. The result has been the impoverishment of both Christian faith and Christian practice. In this groundbreaking book Ray Anderson reflects theologically and practically on preaching, worship, ethics, social justice, therapy, family, homosexuality, ...