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hardcoverClouds of Witnesses
Christian Voices from Africa and Asia
by Mark A. Noll and Carolyn Nystrom
As Africa and Asia take their place as the new Christian heartlands, a new and robust company of saints is coming into view. In seventeen inspiring narratives Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom introduce pivotal Christian leaders in Africa and Asia who had tenacious faith in the midst of deprivation, suffering and conflict. Spanning a century, from the 1880s to the 1980s, their stories demonstrate the ...
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paperbackJust Business
Christian Ethics for the Marketplace
by Alec Hill
When the daily business news breaks away from stories of profit and loss, it often shines a spotlight on ethical failures. But Christians aim to be ethical in all the areas of daily life and work—not just when the spotlight is on them. For those facing the many questions and quandaries of doing business with ethical integrity, Alec Hill offers a place to begin. In this third edition of a popular ...
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paperbackA Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers and Designers
by Ethan J. Brue, Derek C. Schuurman, and Steven H. VanderLeest
Our technology shapes the way we live, interact, work, play, and even worship. Technology and its power are both old and new—as is the wisdom we need to envision, design, build, and use it well. For Christians passionate about developing technology, it's not always clear how their faith and work intersect. How can designing and using technology actually be a way of loving God and ...
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paperbackContemplative Vision
A Guide to Christian Art and Prayer
by Juliet Benner
While working as a docent in an art gallery, Juliet Benner began showing people how to meditate on Christian art treasures that are rooted in a passage of Scripture. She taught a way of encountering the Word behind both the words of Scripture and the artist's meditation on Scripture. This became a way of seeing art as an aid to contemplative prayer. This process resulted in her much-beloved "O ...
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paperbackForgiving and Reconciling
Bridges to Wholeness and Hope
by Everett L. Worthington Jr.
A Templeton Foundation Book of Distinction
All of us have suffered painful emotional and relational hurts. God calls us to forgive those who have hurt us, but that's often easier said than done. We don't usually know how to forgive others, nor are we always sure if we have truly forgiven them.
Psychologist and counselor Everett L. Worthington Jr., the leading Christian ...
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paperbackEmbracing Contemplation
Reclaiming a Christian Spiritual Practice
Edited by John H. Coe and Kyle C. Strobel
What does a Christian life lived "by the Spirit" look like? For many Christians throughout history, fulfilling Paul's command in Galatians 5:25 included a form of contemplation and prayer that leads to spiritual formation. But in large part, contemporary Christians—perhaps especially evangelicals—seem to have lost or forgotten about this treasure from their own tradition. Bringing ...
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paperbackMaking Neighborhoods Whole
A Handbook for Christian Community Development
by Wayne Gordon and John M. Perkins
Foreword by Shane ClaiborneAlready with decades of experience speaking prophetically into the charged racial climate of the American south, John Perkins began to see a need for organized thinking and collaborative imagination about how the church engages urban ministry. And so the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) was born, with Wayne Gordon an immediate and enthusiastic participant. Nearly thirty years ...
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product setChristianity and Western Thought Series
From Socrates and the Sophists to Kant, from Augustine to Aquinas and the Reformers, from Marx to Kierkegaard and Darwin to Freud, this series traces the turbulent, often tension-filled, always fascinating story of the thinkers, ideas and movements that have shaped our intellectual landscape. As a result, the study of history, science, psychology, philosophy, sociology and religion have never been ...
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paperbackBusiness for the Common Good
A Christian Vision for the Marketplace
Christian Worldview Integration Series
by Kenman L. Wong and Scott B. Rae
Is business just a way to make money? Or can the marketplace a venue for service to others?
Scott B. Rae and Kenman L. Wong seek to explore this and other critical business issues from a uniquely Christian perspective, offering up a vision for work and service that is theologically grounded and practically oriented. Among the specific questions they address along the way are these:
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