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paperbackLiving in Color
Embracing God's Passion for Ethnic Diversity
by Randy Woodley
"We would never give Picasso a paintbrush and only one color of paint, and expect a masterpiece," writes Randy Woodley. "We would not give Beethoven a single piano key and say, 'Play us a concerto.' Yet we limit our Creator in just these ways." Though our Christian experience is often blandly monochromatic, God intends for us to live in dynamic, multihued communities that embody his vibrant creativity. ...
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paperbackThe Matrix of Christian Ethics
Integrating Philosophy and Moral Theology in a Postmodern Context
by Patrick Nullens and Ronald T. Michener
In today's world, many Christians don't know how to live ethically, let alone know what ethics is. Christian ethics probes our deepest sensibilities as humans and how we seek the good for others as well as for ourselves as followers of Christ. This book begins to delve into this relevant and contemporary subject through methodological reflection on the commands, purposes, values, and virtues of ...
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paperbackOriginal Sin and the Fall
Five Views
Spectrum Multiview Book Series
Edited by J. B. Stump and Chad Meister
"What is this that you have done?"
Throughout the church's history, Christians have largely agreed that God's good creation of humanity was marred by humanity's sinful rebellion, resulting in our separation from God and requiring divine intervention in the saving work of Christ.
But Christians have disagreed over many particular questions surrounding humanity's fall, ...
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paperbackFaith, Freedom and the Spirit
The Economic Trinity in Barth, Torrance and Contemporary Theology
by Paul D. Molnar
Distinguished scholar Paul Molnar adds to his previous work, Divine Freedom and the Doctrine of the Immanent Trinity, to help us think more accurately about the economic Trinity, about divine and human interaction in the sphere of faith and knowledge within history. Exploring why it is imperative to begin and end theology from within faith, Molnar relies on the thinking of Karl Barth and ...
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paperbackActs
The IVP New Testament Commentary Series
by William J. Larkin Jr.
If ever there was an environment hostile to the gospel, it was the strife-torn, ethnically diverse backwater of the Roman Empire known as Palestine following the ascension of Jesus. But the gospel thrived--beginning from Jerusalem and spreading throughout Judea, Samaria and the rest of the known world. In Acts, the sequel to his Gospel, Luke tells how the Holy Spirit transformed a ragtag band of ...
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hardcoverReading the Times
A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News
by Jeffrey Bilbro
Christianity Today Book Award
The Gospel Coalition Book Awards Honorable Mention
Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist
ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award"Reading the morning newspaper is the realist's morning prayer."—G. W. F. Hegel
Whenever we reach for our phones or scan a newspaper to get "caught up," we ...
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paperbackThe Bible, Rocks and Time
Geological Evidence for the Age of the Earth
by Davis A. Young and Ralph F. Stearley
Is the Earth relatively young or very old?
We've all heard the controversy. The consensus regarding the age of the Earth, based on the best geological evidence, is that it is billions of years old. But many Christians believe that the Bible teaches the Earth is only a few thousand years old at best. What are we to make of this discrepancy? Geologists Davis Young and Ralph Stearley tackle this ...
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paperbackThe Adolescent Journey
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Practical Youth Ministry
by Amy E. Jacober
Adolescence is a time of individuation--children are slowly finding their identity as adults, separate from their parents and other adult influences. Such a critical time of psychological development is complicated by cultural influences that shape their expectations of adulthood and color how they relate to other people and even God. The task of the youth pastor becomes to help adolescents navigate ...
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paperbackRenew Your Life
Discovering the Wellspring of God's Energy
by Kai Mark Nilsen
Foreword by James Bryan Smith"I was dying from the inside out and could envision nothing life giving, nothing energizing, nothing vital happening in my life. Ever. Again." Many of us can identify with pastor Kai Nilsen in this place of exhaustion and long to find a source of refreshment. This book shows us the way to the wellspring of the Holy Spirit. When we find the energy for creative life change in God, we discover the ...
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paperbackDiscovering Church Planting
An Introduction to the Whats, Whys, and Hows of Global Church Planting
by J. D. Payne
Foreword by David J. HesselgraveIn Discovering Church Planting, J. D. Payne explores the biblical, historical and missiological principles of global church planting as well as unfolding practical strategies for confronting contemporary challenges to our vital task in reaching a lost world. This comprehensive introduction to church planting shows the reader how to apply effective, international church planting practices ...
