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paperbackThe Acts of the Risen Lord Jesus
Luke's Account of God's Unfolding Plan
New Studies in Biblical Theology
by Alan J. Thompson
Series edited by D. A. CarsonWhen the book of Acts is mentioned, a cluster of issues spring to mind, including speaking in tongues and baptism with the Holy Spirit, church government and practice, and missionary methods and strategies. At the popular level, Acts is more often mined for answers to contemporary debates than heard for its natural inflections. Instead of using Acts as a prooftext, this New Studies in Biblical ...
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paperbackRenewal Worship
A Theology of Pentecostal Doxology
Dynamics of Christian Worship
by Steven Félix-Jäger
At its best, all Christian worship is led by the Holy Spirit. But is there a distinctive theology of Pentecostal worship?
The Pentecostal church or the renewal movement is among the fastest-growing parts of the body of Christ around the world, which makes understanding its theology and practice critical for the future of the church.
In this volume in IVP Academic's Dynamics ...
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paperbackAbundant Simplicity
Discovering the Unhurried Rhythms of Grace
by Jan Johnson
Which activities give you energy and connect you with God? Do you know what behaviors are life-draining for you, separating you from God? Simplicity is about choosing the engaging, relational life we were meant to live. It means shedding obligation and pretension. It means spending
- time
- energy
- money
in ways that help us become clear-headed. It means being ...
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paperbackParenting in the Pew
Guiding Your Children into the Joy of Worship
by Robbie F. Castleman
"Daddy, I'd like you to meet my children." That's Robbie Castleman's attitude about taking her children to church. She believes that Sunday morning isn't a success if she has only managed to keep the kids quiet. And she knows there's more to church for kids than trying out their new coloring books. Children are at church for the same reason as their parents: for the privilege of worshiping God. ...
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paperbackBeing Latino in Christ
Finding Wholeness in Your Ethnic Identity
by Orlando Crespo
Life as a Latino in America is complicated. Living between the two worlds of being Latino and American can generate great uncertainty. And the strange mixture of ethnic pride and racial prejudice creates another sort of confusion.
- Who are you as a Latino?
- Who are you as an American?
- What has Christ to say about your dilemma?
- How can you accept who you are in Christ ...
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paperbackA Guidebook to Prayer
24 Ways to Walk with God
by MaryKate Morse
Foreword by Joshua Choonmin KangWhy is prayer so hard? Many of us have asked that question. We want to pray. We intend to pray. But, as spiritual director and professor MaryKate Morse notes, "We don't pray as consistently or as meaningfully as we might like." And yet prayer offers us such spiritual riches. Prayer
- draws us to experience love and to be love
- increases our faith
- expands our vision of God
- helps ...
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paperbackChanging Faith
Questions, Doubts and Choices About an Unchanging God
by Michael Hidalgo
Foreword by Hugh HalterA friend of mine told me recently, "There are so many things I am not comfortable with claiming as 100% true, but I cannot say they are 100% false either." It hasn't always been this way for him. Most of his life he believed he had all the answers to any and all of life's difficult questions. He continued, "I do not know what is ahead, but I do know I cannot and will not go back to the faith ...
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paperbackYour Vocational Credo
Practical Steps to Discover Your Unique Purpose
by Deborah Koehn Loyd
We know God has created each one of us in unique ways, but we often struggle to understand his divine plans. Instead, we live with a vague sense of discontent as we question who we are and what God has designed us to do. Vocational coach Deborah Koehn Loyd believes that every person has a voice that must be heard and expressed through vocation. She walks you through a transformational journey of ...
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paperbackThe Coming Race Wars
A Cry for Justice, from Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter
by William Pannell
Introduction by Jemar TisbyIn the wake of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, Fuller Seminary theologian William Pannell decried the sentiment among white evangelicals that racism was no longer an urgent matter. In The Coming Race Wars? he meticulously unpacked reasons why our nation—and the church—needed to come to terms with our complicity in America's racial transgressions before we face a more dire reckoning. ...
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paperbackThe Amazing John Wesley
An Unusual Look at an Uncommon Life
by H. Newton Malony, Jr.
Much has been written about John Wesley's heartwarming experience that propelled him to preach salvation all over the UK, but little is known about the other facets of his life that made the movement he started have the effect of saving England from the ravages of the French Revolution. You will be surprised to discover much about Wesley that you never knew, his skills in organizing prayer groups, ...
