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paperbackTruth or Consequences
The Promise Perils of Postmodernism
by Millard J. Erickson
- A 2002 Christianity Today Book of the Year
Postmodernism. The term slowly filtered into our vocabularies about three decades ago and now permeates most discussions of the humanities. Those who tout the promises and perils of this twentieth-century intellectual movement have filled many a bookshelf. And in a previous book, Postmodernizing the Faith: ...
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paperbackLove, Honor and Forgive
A Guide for Married Couples
by Bill Farrel and Pam Farrel
How can you stay in love with your spouse?Practice forgiveness. It's that simple. But it's also really difficult. Saying "I'm sorry" and meaning it may be one of the biggest challenges you've ever faced. But your marriage may depend on it. Bill and Pam Farrel write from many years of experience as counselors to engaged and married couples. Over ...
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paperbackKnowing Christianity
by J. I. Packer
When so many crave the latest self-improvement plan or the most recent religious experience, J. I. Packer turns our attention to realities far larger and longer-lasting than anything our self-absorbed society can offer. In this book he lays out before us his grandest panorama yet of the magnificent landscape we call the Christian faith. He begins with the only proper foundation for spiritual ...
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paperbackSingles at the Crossroads
A Fresh Perspective on Christian Singleness
by Albert Y. Hsu
- One of the 1998 Academy of Parish Clergy Top Ten Books of the Year
Nearly half of adults today are unmarried. But most churches emphasize marriage and family, leaving many Christian singles feeling marginalized or alienated. Though they look to Jesus and Paul as role models, many suspect they would be more acceptable to the church--and God--if they settled down ...
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paperbackThe Battle of Beginnings
Why Neither Side Is Winning the Creation-Evolution Debate
by Del Ratzsch
- Voted one of Christianity Today's 1997 Books of the Year
Creation versus evolution. The debate is growing louder and hotter--whether in lecture halls or in between the pages of bestselling books. But neither side seems to be winning. Why?
In The Battle of Beginnings Del Ratzsch examines the history of the debate and critiques the entrenched ...
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paperbackTruth Is Stranger Than It Used to Be
Biblical Faith in a Postmodern Age
by J. Richard Middleton and Brian J. Walsh
- Voted one of Christianity Today's 1996 Books of the Year
The carnivalesque, pluralistic culture in hich we live can be seen as a consequence of the breakdown of modernity (which touted itself as the "greatest show on earth"), combined with a recognition of the socially constructed character of reality.
Since the old construction has ...
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paperbackChristian Apologetics in the Postmodern World
Wheaton Theology Conference Series
Edited by Timothy R. Phillips and Dennis L. Okholm
Evangelicals are beginning to provide analyses of our postmodern society, but little has been done to suggest an effective apologetic strategy for reaching a culture that is pluralistic, consumer-oriented, and infatuated with managerial and therapeutic approaches to life. This, then, is the first book to address that vital task. In these pages some of evangelicalism's most stimulating thinkers ...
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paperbackFamilies at the Crossroads
Beyond Tradition Modern Options
by Rodney R. Clapp
"Scant decades ago most Westerners agreed that . . . Lifelong monogamy was ideal . . . Mothers should stay home with children . . . premarital sex was to be discouraged . . . Heterosexuality was the unquestioned norm . . . popular culture should not corrupt children. Today not a single one of these expectations is uncontroversial." So writes Rodney Clapp in assessing the status of the family in ...
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paperbackChris Chrisman Goes to College
and faces the Challenges of Relativism, Individualism and Pluralism
by James W. Sire
Chris Chrisman, a young Christian, goes to college only to have his world turned upside down. On campus he finds the challenges to his faith -- both intellectual and personal -- almost more than he can bear. Then he meets Bill Seipel and Bob Wong. Together, the three young men, two of them Christians and the other a self-styled atheist, forge a common bond in the quest for truth. In the process ...
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paperbackPowers of Darkness
Principalities Powers in Paul's Letters
by Clinton E. Arnold
Satan worship. Witches. New Age channelers. The last two decades have witnessed a vast upsurge in occult activity. Scores of popular books have warned Christians of the dangers and urged them to do battle against these spiritual forces. Few books, however, have developed a careful biblical theology on demons, principalities and powers. Clinton Arnold seeks to fill this gap, providing an in-depth ...
