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paperbackUnderstanding Sexual Abuse
A Guide for Ministry Leaders and Survivors
by Tim Hein
Foreword by Debra Hirsch“It is said that the true test of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members.” As many as one in four girls and one in six boys experience sexual abuse during childhood, and it’s estimated that as many as half of the incidents are never reported. This means that countless millions in our societies, both children and adults, carry this complex, often hidden pain. What does the path to ...
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paperbackHealthy Calling
From Toxic Burnout to Sustainable Work
by Arianna Molloy
When You Don't Know Who You Are Anymore
Research shows that people who have a sense of calling are more productive, motivated, and resilient than their peers. But they are also more likely to experience the physical, mental, and spiritual exhaustion of burnout. When they do, the impact is more severe and disorienting. Burnout often starts from something very ...
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paperbackMisreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes
Patronage, Honor, and Shame in the Biblical World
by E. Randolph Richards and Richard James
The Bible was written within collectivist cultures. When Westerners, immersed in individualism, read the Bible, it's easy to misinterpret important elements—or miss them altogether. In any culture, the most important things usually go without being said. So to read Scripture well we benefit when we uncover the unspoken social structures and values of its world. We need to recalibrate ...
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paperbackDoing Good Without Giving Up
Sustaining Social Action in a World That's Hard to Change
by Ben Lowe
Foreword by Ajith Fernando- 12th Annual Outreach Resource of the Year (Social Justice)
"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." - Galatians 6:9 If you're working to make the world a better place, you might find yourself discouraged. Needs are overwhelming, resources are limited, opposition is real and progress is ...
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paperbackMending the Divides
Creative Love in a Conflicted World
by Jon Huckins and Jer Swigart
Foreword by Lynne HybelsChristianity Today's 2018 Book of the Year Award of Merit - Mission/The Global Church
Conflict, hatred, and injustice seem to be the norm rather than the exception in our world, our nation, our communities, our homes. The fractures and fissures run so deep that we're paralyzed by our hopelessness, writing off peace as a far-fetched option for the afterlife. Even ...
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paperbackThe Art of Dying
Living Fully into the Life to Come
by Rob Moll
Afterword by Clarissa MollDeath will come to us all, but most of us live our lives as if death did not exist. Medicine has made dying more complicated and more removed from the experience of most people. Death is partitioned off to hospital rooms, separated from our daily lives. Most of us find ourselves at a loss when death approaches. We don't know how to die well.
For centuries Christians have prepared ...
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paperbackShades of Sheol
Death and Afterlife in the Old Testament
by Philip S. Johnston
"For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who can give you praise?" (Psalm 6:5)
- Death is a profound and complex subject. How did the Israelites respond to it?
- The dead apparently went to Sheol. Where and what was it?
- The inhabitants of Sheol are sometimes called "shades." What does this indicate?
- Many ancient peoples venerated their ancestors. Did ...
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paperbackUncommon Decency
Christian Civility in an Uncivil World
by Richard J. Mouw
Can Christians act like Christians even when they disagree? In these wild and diverse times, right and left battle over the airwaves, prolifers square off against prochoicers, gay liberationists confront champions of the traditional family, artists and legislators tangle, even Christians fight other Christians whose doctrines aren't "just so." Richard Mouw has been actively forging a model of ...
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paperbackMere Science and Christian Faith
Bridging the Divide with Emerging Adults
by Greg Cootsona
Many Christians have been brought up under the assumption that mainstream science is incompatible with genuine Christian faith—so when they see compelling evidence for biological evolution, for example, they feel forced to choose between science and their faith. The devastating effects of this dilemma are plain to see, as emerging adults either leave the faith or shut themselves off to the findings ...
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paperbackThe World Is Not Ours to Save
Finding the Freedom to Do Good
by Tyler Wigg-Stevenson
Christianity Today Book Award Winner
Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year
We want to save the world—and we have a dizzying array of worthy causes to pursue.
But passionate enthusiasm can quickly give way to disillusionment, compassion fatigue or empty slacktivism. As we move from awareness to mobilization, we ...
