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  • The Problem with Paul, By Brian J. Dodd
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    The Problem with Paul

    by Brian J. Dodd

    Was Paul a chauvinist? Was he a prude? Was he anti-Semitic? Why did Paul condone slavery? How might he have fared on the Oprah Winfrey Show? People outside the church have often found Paul hard to stomach. His views on women, sex and marriage, his failure to attack the institution of slavery, and his verbal attacks on his opponents have all come under fire. Regrettably, Paul hasn't ...

  • Equal to the Task: Men and Women in Partnership, By Ruth Haley Barton
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    Equal to the Task

    Men and Women in Partnership

    by Ruth Haley Barton

    Would you like to

    • discover how to break through gender barriers at the office?
    • learn how to work through conflicts on ministry teams?
    • have a healthy friendship with a man or woman who is not your spouse?
    • better understand the relationship between sexuality and spirituality?
    • move beyond stereotyping to godly partnerships?
    God has created male and ...
  • Eternal Living: Reflections on Dallas Willard's Teaching on Faith and Formation, Edited byGary W. Moon
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    Eternal Living

    Reflections on Dallas Willard's Teaching on Faith and Formation

    Edited by Gary W. Moon
    Contributions by John Ortberg, Jane Willard, Richard J. Foster, James Bryan Smith, and J. P. Moreland
    Featuring Dallas Willard

    Dallas Willard spent his life making eternal living concrete for his friends. With his unexpected passing in 2013, the world lost a brilliant mind. The wide breadth of his impact inspired friends, family, colleagues, students and leaders of the church to gather their reflections on this celebrated yet humble theologian and philosopher. Richard Foster, a friend for over forty years, writes of Dallas: ...

  • Sanctification: Explorations in Theology and Practice, Edited byKelly M. Kapic
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    Sanctification

    Explorations in Theology and Practice

    Edited by Kelly M. Kapic

    Often treated like the younger sibling in theology, the doctrine of sanctification has spent the last few decades waiting not-so-patiently behind those doctrines viewed as more senior. With so much recent interest in ideas like election and justification, the question of holiness can often seem to be of secondary importance, and widespread misunderstanding of sanctification as moralism or undue ...

  • Youth Ministry in a Multifaith Society: Forming Christian Identity Among Skeptics, Syncretists and Sincere Believers of Other Faiths, By Len Kageler
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    Youth Ministry in a Multifaith Society

    Forming Christian Identity Among Skeptics, Syncretists and Sincere Believers of Other Faiths

    by Len Kageler
    Foreword by Chap Clark

    In simpler, more homogenous times, youth ministry was a relatively straightforward activity. The church's youth gathered (occasionally inviting their unchurched friends from school), played together, sang together and listened together to a message from a bright, engaging youth minister, selecting from a relatively defined set of topics: "What does it mean to follow Jesus when it comes to _______?" ...

  • Called by Triune Grace: Divine Rhetoric and the Effectual Call, By Jonathan Hoglund
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    Called by Triune Grace

    Divine Rhetoric and the Effectual Call

    Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture

    by Jonathan Hoglund

    Christians confess that God calls people to salvation. Reformed Christians, in particular, believe this is an effectual calling, meaning that God sovereignly brings about salvation apart from human works. But in what sense does God actually 'call' us? Does a doctrine of effectual calling turn people into machines that lack any personal agency?

    In this lucidly ...

  • Philosophy Made Slightly Less Difficult: A Beginner's Guide to Life's Big Questions, By Garrett J. DeWeese and J. P. Moreland
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    Philosophy Made Slightly Less Difficult

    A Beginner's Guide to Life's Big Questions

    by Garrett J. DeWeese and J. P. Moreland

    Philosophy is for everyone. We think philosophically whenever we ask life's big questions:

    • What is real?
    • How do we know what we know?
    • What is the right thing to do?
    • What does it mean to be human?
    • How should we view science and its claims?
    • Why should we believe that God exists?

    Philosophy is thinking critically about ...

  • A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to Old Age: Life Changes After 50, By Stanley C. Baldwin
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    A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to Old Age

    Life Changes After 50

    by Stanley C. Baldwin

    It started almost 15 years ago. My wife Marj and I had moved to a new community and visited a local church. We arrived for Sunday school, were warmly greeted, and then ushered into a class of seniors. . . . Unfortunately, the assault on our prime-of-life status from every quarter of society has only intensified since then. Waitresses have stopped asking if we qualify for the senior discount; ...

  • Give Them Christ: Preaching His Incarnation, Crucifixion, Resurrection, Ascension and Return, By Stephen Seamands
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    Give Them Christ

    Preaching His Incarnation, Crucifixion, Resurrection, Ascension and Return

    by Stephen Seamands

    Much preaching today begins with the hearer's "felt needs" and then moves to how Christianity can solve those problems. But this approach often results in trite Christologies that merely use Jesus as a means to an end or a vehicle for self-improvement. While preachers might not dispense with Christ altogether, other things subtly take center stage and become more important than Christ himself. ...

  • Emerging Culture Leader's Guide, By Jimmy Long
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    Emerging Culture Leader's Guide

    by Jimmy Long

    Our culture is in transition. Some say it is moving from a modern to a postmodern paradigm. In order to minister effectively within this emerging culture, Christian leaders need to understand this paradigm shift and proactively plan how the church will respond. This leader's guide is designed by Jimmy Long to help you and your group make good use of the Emerging Culture Curriculum Kit. It is a step-by-step ...