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paperbackEmerging 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 ...
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paperbackFollowing Jesus in the "Real World"
Discipleship for the Post-College Years
by Richard C. Lamb Jr.
What does it mean to follow Jesus after college?
If it was ever easy to graduate from college, choose a direction, and move on in life, it's not easy today. The terrain is unmapped, the destination uncertain, the stakes high.
To add to the pressure, Christians often find themselves looking back nostalgically on their school days. Then they knew genuine community, found time to pray, ...
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paperbackShaping the Journey of Emerging Adults
Life-Giving Rhythms for Spiritual Transformation
by Richard R. Dunn and Jana L. Sundene
Between adolescence and adulthood is a new stage of life: emerging adulthood. Those in their twenties and early thirties find themselves in transition. This "provisional adulthood" is a time of identity exploration and instability in which one's vocation, purpose, relationships and spirituality are all being renegotiated. Many emerging adults lose sight of God and experience significant ...
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paperbackMastering Our Emotions
Biblical Principles for Emotional Health
by Kevin Chapman
Emotions are a gift from God—yes, even the "bad" ones.
Anxiety can keep us up at night. Anger can cause us to fly off the handle. Sadness can drain us of energy. Shame can isolate us. Emotions like these are powerful. They can tax our relationships and distress our souls. No amount of sheer willpower or good intentions are sufficient to overcome them.
But God has a ...
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paperbackImprovising Church
Scripture as the Source of Harmony, Rhythm, and Soul
by Mark Glanville
Plenty of books diagnose our post-Christian malaise. Here's a dynamic solution.
The post-Christian cultural turn is creating the conditions for a crisis of confidence in the church and in pastoral ministry. While such changes can be disruptive and disconcerting, our new cultural reality makes the present moment a uniquely exciting time to reimagine churches that bear witness ...
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paperbackMissional God, Missional Church
Hope for Re-evangelizing the West
by Ross Hastings
"As the Father has sent me, I am sending you" (John 20:21). With the reality of broad-scale secularization in the West and the attendant cloud of insignificance hanging over the church, is there any hope for the re-evangelization of the West? In this comprehensive theology of mission, Ross Hastings directs the fretful gaze of the church to the trinitarian commission of John 20. There we find ...
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paperbackCampus Life
In Search of Community
by Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Edited by Drew Moser and Todd C. Ream
Foreword by David Brooks
Contributions by Ernest L BoyerIn 1990, under the direction of Ernest Boyer, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching published a classic report on the loss of a meaningful basis for true community on college campuses—and in the nation. Now this expanded edition of Campus Life: In Search of Community reintroduces educational leaders to the Boyer report's proposals while offering up-to-date analysis and ...
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paperbackKnowing God Study Guide
by J. I. Packer
Over a million people have found J. I. Packer's classic Knowing God to be an immense help, and tens of thousands have used this study guide to know God even better.
This twenty-two-session guide takes readers through the essential truths of Packer's classic. Individuals can stretch their understanding and allow the material to change their lives. Small groups can ...
Number of Studies: 22
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paperbackNew Testament Essentials
Father, Son, Spirit and Kingdom
The Essentials Set
by Robbie F. Castleman
"I was introduced to the gospel of Jesus Christ as a college student. The Jesus of the New Testament overwhelmed me, and by God?s grace Jesus still does," writes professor Robbie Castleman, author of New Testament Essentials. Her love of Jesus and Scripture is evident in this study, which seeks to answer the question Jesus? disciples posed: "What kind of man is this?" (Matthew 8:27).
New ...
Number of Studies: 12
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paperbackFather, Son and Spirit
The Trinity and John's Gospel
New Studies in Biblical Theology
by Andreas J. Köstenberger and Scott R. Swain
Series edited by D. A. CarsonFrom the patristic period until today, John's Gospel has served as a major source for the church's knowledge, doctrine and worship of the triune God. Among all New Testament documents the Fourth Gospel provides not only the most raw material for the doctrine of the Trinity, but also the most highly developed patterns of reflection on this material—particularly patterns that seek to account in some ...
