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paperbackFaithful Politics
Ten Approaches to Christian Citizenship and Why It Matters
by Miranda Zapor Cruz
Christians who seek to relate their faith to politics have always encountered tensions. Instead of easy answers and simple checklists, we need tools to help us thoughtfully navigate the complexities of Christian faithfulness in an increasingly diverse and polarized society.
In this book, Miranda Zapor Cruz guides readers in forming a vision of citizenship that brings Christian ...
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paperbackThe Message of the Sermon on the Mount
The Bible Speaks Today Series
by John Stott
"The followers of Jesus are to be different," writes John Stott, "different from both the nominal church and the secular world, different from both the religious and the irreligious. The Sermon on the Mount is the most complete delineation anywhere in the New Testament of the Christian counter-culture." In the Sermon on the Mount, the "nearest thing to a manifesto" that Jesus ever ...
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paperbackConfessions of a Beginning Theologian
by Elouise Renich Fraser
I hate looking and sounding like a beginner. Making mistakes and asking questions. Not sure yet where I'm going, much less how I'm going to get from here to there. Afraid of what might happen along the way. But God loves beginners.Becoming a theologian is about becoming a beginner. It isn't about whether you're old enough, young enough, smart enough or good enough. . . .It ...
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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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hardcoverCommentaries on Romans and 1-2 Corinthians
Ancient Christian Texts
by Ambrosiaster
Edited and Translated by Gerald L. BrayAmbrosiaster ("Star of Ambrose") is the name given to the anonymous author of the earliest complete Latin commentary on the thirteen epistles of Paul. The commentaries were thought to have been written by Ambrose throughout the Middle Ages, but their authorship was challenged by Erasmus, whose arguments have proved decisive.
Here for the first time Ambrosiaster's commentaries on Romans and ...
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hardcoverCommentaries on Galatians--Philemon
Ancient Christian Texts
by Ambrosiaster
Edited and Translated by Gerald L. BrayAmbrosiaster ("Star of Ambrose") is the name given to the anonymous author of the earliest complete Latin commentary on the thirteen epistles of Paul. The commentaries were thought to have been written by Ambrose throughout the Middle Ages, but their authorship was challenged by Erasmus, whose arguments have proved decisive.
The commentaries, which serve as important witnesses to pre-Vulgate ...
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paperbackPopcultured
Thinking Christianly About Style, Media and Entertainment
by Steve Turner
There's no avoiding popular culture—we've been enculturated into it. What does it mean to be faithful Christians in a pop culture world? How do we think Christianly about celebrity and leisure? Some Christians try to abstain from "worldly" pursuits, while others consume culture indiscriminately, assuming it has little effect on them. But if Christ is Lord of all of life, then there ought to be Christian ...
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paperbackRedeemer
God's Lovingkindness in the Book of Ruth--A 6-Week Bible Study
IVP Bible Study Experience
by Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young
Illustrated by Octavia MingerinkA Different Kind of Love Story
The story of Ruth is usually viewed through a Hallmark-tinted lens: girl suffers hardship, girl overcomes hardship, boy meets girl, they fall in love, and then everyone lives happily ever after.
But there's so much more to Ruth's story!
Bible teacher and retreat leader Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young invites us to view the book ...
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paperbackHumble Confidence
A Model for Interfaith Apologetics
by Benno van den Toren and Kang-San Tan
Christianity Today Award of Merit
Today's cosmopolitan, multicultural, and multifaith environments call for new approaches to apologetics. The world still needs the good news of Jesus Christ, but to relate the transcultural gospel to diverse and ever-changing contexts, we must free Christian apologetics from dominant Western habits of mind ill-suited ...
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