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  • Finding Holy in the Suburbs: Living Faithfully in the Land of Too Much, By Ashley Hales
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    Finding Holy in the Suburbs

    Living Faithfully in the Land of Too Much

    by Ashley Anderson Hales
    Foreword by Emily P. Freeman

    Suburban life—including tract homes, strip malls, commuter culture—shapes our desires.More than half of Americans live in the suburbs. Ashley Hales writes that for many Christians, however: "The suburbs are ignored ('Your place doesn't matter, we're all going to heaven anyway'), denigrated and demeaned ('You're selfish if you live in a suburb; you only care about your own safety ...

  • A Week in the Life of a Greco-Roman Woman, By Holly Beers
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    A Week in the Life of a Greco-Roman Woman

    A Week in the Life Series

    by Holly Beers

    In first-century Ephesus, life is not easy for women.

    A young wife meets her daily struggles with equanimity and courage. She holds poverty and hunger at bay, fights to keep her child healthy and strong, and navigates the unpredictability of her husband's temperament. But into the midst of her daily fears and worries, a new hope appears: a teaching that challenges her society's ...

  • Live Slowly: A Gentle Invitation to Exhale, By Jodi H. Grubbs
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    Live Slowly

    A Gentle Invitation to Exhale

    by Jodi Heather Grubbs

    Give yourself permission to slow down.

    Jodi Grubbs did not give herself permission for too long, falling headlong into the endless rush and exhaustion of hustle culture. After leaving her childhood home on the island of Bonaire in the Caribbean, she had assumed the rapid pace and stress of city living in the States. Soon she realized God was bidding her to a return to the ...

  • The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era: Exploring the Background of Early Christianity, By James S. Jeffers
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    The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era

    Exploring the Background of Early Christianity

    by James S. Jeffers

    What was life like for first-century Christians?

    Imagine a modest-sized Roman home of a well-to-do Christian household wedged into a thickly settled quarter of Corinth. In the lingering light of a summer evening, men, women and children, merchants, working poor and slaves, a mix of races and backgrounds have assembled in the dimly lit main room are are spilling into the central courtyard. ...

  • Twelve Lies That Hold America Captive: And the Truth That Sets Us Free, By Jonathan P. Walton
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    Twelve Lies That Hold America Captive

    And the Truth That Sets Us Free

    by Jonathan P Walton
    Foreword by Greg Jao

    "America is a Christian nation.""All men are created equal.""We are the land of the free and the home of the brave."Except when we're not. These commonly held ideas break down in the light of hard realities, the study of Scripture, and faithful Christian witness. The president is not the Messiah, the Constitution is not the Bible, and the United States is not a city on a hill or ...

  • God's Whisper in a Mother's Chaos: Bringing Peace Home, By Keri Wyatt Kent
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    God's Whisper in a Mother's Chaos

    Bringing Peace Home

    by Keri Wyatt Kent

    Mothering small children is exhausting and mind-numbing work. Just finding time to get dressed each day can be a challenge. So how can you possibly find time for God?Your need for God may be greatest at this time of life more than any other. You need God's wisdom, his guidance, and--most of all--his peace. You need to find ways to hear his still, small voice amid the whirlwind of diapers and feedings, ...

  • Serving God in Today's Cities: Facing the Challenges of Urbanization, By Patrick Johnstone
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    Serving God in Today's Cities

    Facing the Challenges of Urbanization

    Operation World Resources

    by Patrick Johnstone
    With Dean Merrill
    Foreword by Ed Stetzer

    Welcome to the world's first urban century. How will you respond?For the first time ever, more people now live in cities than outside them. Cities offer both big headaches and vast opportunities, and agencies that once focused onrural work are increasingly turning their attention to urban centers. Join veteran researcher and missiologist Patrick Johnstone as he explores the fastest ...

  • Reconnecting God's Story to Ministry: Cross-cultural Storytelling at Home and Abroad, By Tom A. Steffen
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    Reconnecting God's Story to Ministry

    Cross-cultural Storytelling at Home and Abroad

    by Tom A. Steffen

    We often think stories are for children. But using the Bible as evidence, we see that God communicated His truth to men and women of all cultures, time, and places by way of many small stories forming one large story. While possessing a rich heritage of storytelling, too many evangelicals have forfeited this vital skill. Tom Steffen's aim is to help readers recapture the most natural, universal, ...

  • Connecting Across Differences: Skills for Healthy Communication at Work and Home, By James Borishade
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    Connecting Across Differences

    Skills for Healthy Communication at Work and Home

    by James Borishade

    What if differences could strengthen your personal connections instead of frustrating them?

    Discover how God designed us uniquely to connect, grow, and thrive together—even through our differences. Connecting Across Differences explores how God designed us with unique differences and how this can strengthen our personal and professional relationships when approached ...