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  • Forty Days on Being an Eight, By Sandra Maria Van Opstal
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    Forty Days on Being an Eight

    Enneagram Daily Reflections

    by Sandra Maria Van Opstal
    Series edited by Suzanne Stabile

    What is it like to be an Enneagram Eight?

    "Fósforito! The explosion happened so quickly there was no stopping it. My mother called me 'tiny match' when she would see this fire exploding from me." This is how Latina pastor, activist, and worship leader, Sandra Maria Van Opstal, describes her experience as an Eight. There came a point in her life when she saw how her ...

    Number of Studies: 40

  • Christianity on Trial: A Lawyer Examines the Christian Faith, By W. Mark Lanier
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    Christianity on Trial

    A Lawyer Examines the Christian Faith

    by W. Mark Lanier

    Does the Christian faith hold up under scrutiny? What does science tell us about the plausibility of a god? Can we trust the alleged eyewitness testimony of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus? These questions are worth investigating in order to find an answer solidified in fact and evidence. Mark Lanier, one of America's top trial lawyers, uses his experienced legal eye to examine the plausibility ...

  • Mother to Son: Letters to a Black Boy on Identity and Hope, By Jasmine L. Holmes
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    Mother to Son

    Letters to a Black Boy on Identity and Hope

    by Jasmine L. Holmes
    Foreword by Jackie Hill Perry

    Christianity Today Book Award

    "Wynn is my son. No little boy could be more loved by his parents. Inquisitive, fiercely affectionate, staunchly opinionated, he sees the world through eyes of wonder and has yet to become jaded by society's cruelty. I know he'll grow up with stories of having been made to feel 'other' because of the color of his skin. I want to teach ...

  • Listen In: Building Faith and Friendship Through Conversations That Matter, By Rachael Crabb and Sonya Reeder and Diana Calvin
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    Listen In

    Building Faith and Friendship Through Conversations That Matter

    by Rachael Crabb, Sonya Reeder, and Diana Calvin
    Foreword by Larry Crabb

    • 2015 Readers' Choice Award Winner

    We all know how discouraging it can be to share our story with someone who's not really listening. Being engaged in a conversation, just like friendship, is about so much more than simply talking. How can we use words to connect with each other in ways that can do deep and lasting good? How do we have conversations that matter? ...

  • Love Is an Orientation: Elevating the Conversation with the Gay Community, By Andrew Marin
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    Love Is an Orientation

    Elevating the Conversation with the Gay Community

    by Andrew Marin
    Foreword by Brian McLaren

    Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year Award winner

    Golden Canon Leadership Book Award winner

    Relevant Magazine: Top 20 Best Overall Books winner

    Englewood Review of Books: Top 20 Best Overall Books winner

    Christian Manifesto Lime Award winner

    Andrew Marin's life changed ...

  • Old Testament Theology: Israel's Gospel, By John Goldingay
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    Old Testament Theology

    Israel's Gospel

    Old Testament Theology Series

    by John Goldingay

    ECPA Gold Medallion Award winner

    In this first volume of a three-volume Old Testament theology, John Goldingay focuses on narrative. Examining the biblical order of God's creation of and interactions with the world and Israel, he tells the story of Israel's gospel as a series of divine acts:

    • God Began
    • God Started Over
    • God Promised
    • God Delivered
    • God ...
  • Short-Term Mission: An Ethnography of Christian Travel Narrative and Experience, By Brian M. Howell
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    Short-Term Mission

    An Ethnography of Christian Travel Narrative and Experience

    by Brian M. Howell

    Over the past few decades, short-term mission trips have exploded in popularity. With easy access to affordable air travel, millions of American Christians have journeyed internationally for ministry, service and evangelism. Short-term trips are praised for involving many in global mission but also critiqued for their limitations. Despite the diversity of destinations, certain universal commonalities ...

  • Turning Donors into Partners: Principles for Fundraising You'll Actually Enjoy, By Brad Layland
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    Turning Donors into Partners

    Principles for Fundraising You'll Actually Enjoy

    by Brad Layland
    Foreword by Tom Lin

    Fundraising can be one of the most stressful parts of ministry. Budget needs are daunting, prospects seem limited, and the cycle is unending. How do we get off of the treadmill of crisis-driven fundraising to more sustainable ministry funding?

    Professional fundraiser Brad Layland revolutionizes fundraising and transforms it into a relational process where donors truly become ...

  • God of Justice: The IJM Institute Global Church Curriculum, By Abraham George and Nikki A. Toyama-Szeto
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    God of Justice

    The IJM Institute Global Church Curriculum

    by Abraham George and Nikki A. Toyama-Szeto

    Readers' Choice Award Winner

    The level of injustice in the world is staggering. The church can respond.

    International Justice Mission (IJM) has rescued thousands of people from oppression and violence. IJM also partners with thousands of churches to help them live out the mandate of Isaiah 1:17: to seek justice, rescue the oppressed and care for orphans ...

    Number of Studies: 12

  • Disruptive Discipleship: The Power of Breaking Routine to Kickstart Your Faith, By Sam Van Eman
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    Disruptive Discipleship

    The Power of Breaking Routine to Kickstart Your Faith

    by Sam Van Eman

    Sometimes in the Christian life we get stuck. Something seems off, and we don't know why. We may not even notice it at first. But we feel like God is far from our daily lives, or we lose hope for the future, or we don't treat others in loving ways. What can we do? Sam Van Eman has found that our spiritual lives need disruptive experiences, which can jolt and reorient us for greater spiritual maturity. ...