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paperbackBeyond Racial Division
A Unifying Alternative to Colorblindness and Antiracism
by George A. Yancey
Christianity Today Book Award—Politics and Pubilc Life
Efforts at colorblindness and antiracism have not been very effective in addressing racial tensions in the United States. Colorblindness ignores the realities of race and the history of injustice. On the other hand, antiracism centers racial concerns and in so doing often alienates people who ...
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paperbackSustainable Youth Ministry
Why Most Youth Ministry Doesn't Last and What Your Church Can Do About It
by Mark DeVries
You're looking for a youth pastor. Again. What goes wrong? Why do youth ministries crumble? And what is the cost to students, parents, volunteers and church staff? Is a sustainable youth ministry possible, even after a youth pastor leaves? Youth ministry expert Mark DeVries knows the answer is yes, because he helps build sustainable youth ministries through his coaching service called Youth Ministry ...
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Outreach magazine named Radiant Church as a 2022 Resource of the Year in the church category. Two additional titles,Lead Like It Matters to God and Tempered Resilience, made the shortlist for the "Also Recommended" resources in the leadership category.
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paperbackStruggling with Evangelicalism
Why I Want to Leave and What It Takes to Stay
by Dan Stringer
Foreword by Richard J. MouwWhen evangelicals make a mess, who cleans it up?
Many today are discarding the evangelical label, even if they still hold to the historic tenets of evangelicalism. But evangelicalism is a space, not just a brand, and living in that space is complicated.
As a lifelong evangelical who happens to be a biracial Asian/White millennial, Dan Stringer has felt both included ...
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paperbackFinding Freedom in Constraint
Reimagining Spiritual Disciplines as a Communal Way of Life
by Jared Patrick Boyd
Foreword by Todd HunterThe constraints of the spiritual life, practiced in community, are what set us free. Practicing spiritual disciplines can seem difficult, especially when we undertake them as isolated individuals. But we were never meant to practice them alone.
Jared Patrick Boyd reveals how the constraints practiced in Christian community shape us into the way of Christ. He re-anchors the ...
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paperbackJoshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel
Volume 4
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by John R. Franke
General Editor Thomas C. OdenThe history of the entry into the Promised Land followed by the period of the Judges and early monarchy may not appear to readers today as a source for expounding the Christian faith. But the church fathers readily found parallels, or types, in the narrative that illumined the New Testament. An obvious link was the similarity in name between Joshua, Moses' successor, and Jesus—indeed, ...
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paperbackA Multitude of All Peoples
Engaging Ancient Christianity's Global Identity
Missiological Engagements
by Vince L. Bantu
Christianity Today Award of Merit
Christianity is not becoming a global religion. It has always been a global religion. The early Christian movement spread from Jerusalem in every direction, taking on local cultural expression all around the ancient world. So why do so many people see Christianity as a primarily Western, white religion?
In ...
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product setEssential Studies in Biblical Theology
Series edited by Benjamin L. Gladd
Essential Studies in Biblical Theology (ESBT) explores the central or "essential” themes of the Bible's grand storyline. Whereas existing series on biblical theology are generally open-ended, the ESBT will be limited to ten or so volumes. By restricting the entire series, the scope of the project is established from the beginning.
Taking cues from Genesis 1-3, each author teases out a unique ...
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product setLutheran Hour Ministries Resources
The books within Lutheran Hour Ministries Resources are the products of a collaboration between IVP, Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM), and Barna Group. In 2018 – 2020, LHM partnered with Barna Group—an industry leader for research-based insights about faith and culture, leadership, and vocation, and generational groups—on a critical three-year study of faith in America. This research is the backbone ...
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paperbackThe Temple and the Church's Mission
A Biblical Theology of the Dwelling Place of God
New Studies in Biblical Theology
by G. K. Beale
Series edited by D. A. Carson"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. . . . And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem. . . . And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man." (Revelation 21:1-3, ESV). In this comprehensive study, a New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, G. K. Beale argues that the Old Testament tabernacle and temples were symbolically designed to point to the ...
