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  • Psychology and Spiritual Formation in Dialogue: Moral and Spiritual Change in Christian Perspective, Edited by Thomas M. Crisp and Steven L. Porter and Gregg A. Ten Elshof
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    Psychology and Spiritual Formation in Dialogue

    Moral and Spiritual Change in Christian Perspective

    Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books

    Edited by Thomas M. Crisp, Steven L. Porter, and Gregg A. Ten Elshof

    Can the phenomena of the human mind be separated from the practices of spiritual formation—of growing to have the mind of Christ? Research into the nature of moral and spiritual change has revived in recent years in the worlds of psychology on one hand and theology and philosophy on the other. But psychology and spiritual formation draw upon distinct bodies of research and theory ...

  • The Disciple, By John Stott
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    The Disciple

    God's Word for Today

    by John Stott
    With Tim Chester

    How can Christians effectively engage today's world while staying true to Scripture? Calling us to listen well to both the Word and the world, John Stott shows how Christianity can preserve its authentic identity and remain relevant to current realities. With the God's Word for Today series, pastor Tim Chester has updated Stott's classic book The Contemporary Christian ...

  • Head, Heart and Hands: Bringing Together Christian Thought, Passion and Action, By Dennis P. Hollinger
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    Head, Heart and Hands

    Bringing Together Christian Thought, Passion and Action

    by Dennis P. Hollinger

    As Christians, we are to love God with all of our being--heart, mind, soul and strength. But many of us tend to overemphasize one aspect or another, and as a result, our faith becomes imbalanced. Some of us have an intellectual faith but lack compassion or spiritual discipline. Others of us have a vibrant, heartfelt relationship with God but lack commitment to truth or doctrine. And many of us ...

  • Pocket History of Theology, By Roger E. Olson and Adam C. English
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    Pocket History of Theology

    The IVP Pocket Reference Series

    by Roger E. Olson and Adam C. English

    "The story of Christian theology does not begin at the beginning. . . .Theology is the church's reflection on the salvation brought by Christ and on the gospel of that salvation proclaimed and explained by the first-century apostles."

    Here is a concise and informative guide to the history of Christian theology. This condensation of Roger Olson's widely acclaimed The Story of Christian ...

  • Hopeful Realism: Evangelical Natural Law and Democratic Politics, By Jesse Covington and Bryan T. McGraw and Micah Watson
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    Hopeful Realism

    Evangelical Natural Law and Democratic Politics

    by Jesse Covington, Bryan T. McGraw, and Micah Watson

    A Natural Law Framework for Evangelicals Today

    During a time when political conversations are marked by deep polarization and difficult decision-making, what resources do evangelicals have to think critical and theologically about public life?

    For political theorists Bryan T. McGraw, Jesse Covington, and Micah Watson, a crucial resource is to be found in natural law, ...

  • Redeeming Sex: Naked Conversations About Sexuality and Spirituality, By Debra Hirsch
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    Redeeming Sex

    Naked Conversations About Sexuality and Spirituality

    Forge Partnership Books

    by Debra Hirsch
    Foreword by Gabe Lyons

    Missio Alliance Essential Reading List
    Readers' Choice Award Winner
    Seedbed's 10 Notable Books

    Nothing has exposed the gap between the church and the broader society quite like the cultural argument over sexuality. Relationships, identities, orientations and even seemingly straightforward concepts such as gender have cut battle lines between the church and the ...

  • From Plato to Christ: How Platonic Thought Shaped the Christian Faith, By Louis Markos
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    From Plato to Christ

    How Platonic Thought Shaped the Christian Faith

    by Louis Markos

    What does Plato have to do with the Christian faith?

    Quite a bit, it turns out. In ways that might surprise us, Christians throughout the history of the church and even today have inherited aspects of the ancient Greek philosophy of Plato, who was both Socrates's student and Aristotle's teacher.

    To help us understand the influence of Platonic thought on the Christian ...