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  • Good News About Injustice Bible Study, By Gary A. Haugen
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    Good News About Injustice Bible Study

    IVP Signature Bible Studies

    by Gary A. Haugen
    With Andrew T. Le Peau

    God's heart for justice resonates through Scripture. With Good News About Injustice, Gary Haugen helped thousands of Christians catch this vision and be empowered to join God's work around the world. Now the Good News About Injustice Bible Study guides you deeper into biblical texts and themes that have informed Haugen's groundbreaking book.

    These five easy-to-use ...

    Number of Studies: 5

  • Uncommon Church: Community Transformation for the Common Good, By Alvin Sanders
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    Uncommon Church

    Community Transformation for the Common Good

    by Alvin Sanders
    Foreword by Efrem Smith

    How can the people of God develop churches in ways that help and don't hurt poor neighborhoods? In urban ministry, Christians too often treat the poor as goodwill projects instead of people. Because of this mindset, many remain unchurched. Healthy, local, urban churches are needed because they combine personal empowerment and community transformation.

    Every poor neighborhood ...

  • Good News About Injustice: A Witness of Courage in a Hurting World, By Gary A. Haugen
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    Good News About Injustice

    A Witness of Courage in a Hurting World

    The IVP Signature Collection

    by Gary A. Haugen
    Foreword by John Stott

    The good news about injustice is that God is against it.

    God is in the business of using the unlikely to bring about justice and mercy. In Good News About Injustice, Gary Haugen offers stories of courageous Christians who have stood up for justice in the face of human trafficking, forced prostitution, racial and religious persecution, and torture. Throughout he provides ...

  • The Hopeful Neighborhood: What Happens When Christians Pursue the Common Good, By Don Everts
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    The Hopeful Neighborhood

    What Happens When Christians Pursue the Common Good

    Lutheran Hour Ministries Resources

    by Don Everts
    Foreword by David Kinnaman

    Are you tired of hearing people dismiss the church as an irrelevant relic? (Do you secretly wonder if they are right?) Don Everts explores an exciting reality that is revealed in Scripture, shown throughout history, and confirmed in the latest research: when Christians pursue the common good of the neighborhood, the world stands up and notices. It turns out this is exactly what ...

  • Can We Be Good Without God?: A Conversation About Truth, Morality, Culture  a Few Other Things That Matter, By Paul Chamberlain
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    Can We Be Good Without God?

    A Conversation About Truth, Morality, Culture a Few Other Things That Matter

    by Paul Chamberlain

    Physician-assisted suicide. Racism. Genetic engineering. Abortion. Poverty. Capital punishment. Our culture is beset by a host of vexing ethical questions. Are there any foundational moral principles to guide us? If so, where do they come from? Christians say that we can--and should--be guided by principles derived from a right understanding of God. But skeptics and those with differing religious ...

  • Lay Me in God's Good Earth: A Christian Approach to Death and Burial, By Kent Burreson and Beth Hoeltke
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    Lay Me in God's Good Earth

    A Christian Approach to Death and Burial

    by Kent Burreson and Beth Hoeltke

    A Christian case for natural burial

    The promises of the Christian gospel are never more precious or more beautiful than in the context of death and burial. And yet current burial practices in Western society are archaic and impersonal. They fail to confront us with the reality of death, and they make it harder to process death or to grieve properly.

    Kent Burreson and ...

  • Doing Good Without Giving Up: Sustaining Social Action in a World That's Hard to Change, By Ben Lowe
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    Doing 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 ...

  • The Hopeful Neighborhood Field Guide: Six Sessions on Pursuing the Common Good Right Where You Live, By Tony Cook and Don Everts
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    The Hopeful Neighborhood Field Guide

    Six Sessions on Pursuing the Common Good Right Where You Live

    Lutheran Hour Ministries Resources

    by Tony Cook and Don Everts

    We all live somewhere. And we all want our neighborhoods to flourish. Many of us hope (and even pray) for our neighborhoods' well-being. But how do we actually pursue that? This field guide answers this question by walking you through a simple, powerful process for blessing your own neighborhood. Tony Cook and Don Everts offer six sessions for discovering the gifts of your community, ...

    Number of Studies: 6

  • Visions of Vocation: Common Grace for the Common Good, By Steven Garber
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    Visions of Vocation

    Common Grace for the Common Good

    by Steven Garber

    Foreword Review's Annual INDIEFAB Book of the Year Finalist

    Outreach Resource of the Year

    Christianity Today Award of Merit

    Leadership Journal Best Books for Church Leaders

    Book of the Year from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore

    Is ...