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paperbackThe Message of 1 Peter
The Bible Speaks Today Series
by Edmund P. Clowney
The letter of 1 Peter is a traveler's guide for Christian pilgrims. To believers scattered throughout Asia Minor, Peter wrote with a reminder that they were temporary residents, strangers looking toward their true homeland. As stormy persecutions were beginning in the region, Peter brought a message of hope, encouraging readers to see their lives in the context of God's great work ...
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hardcoverThe IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament
IVP Bible Background Commentary Set
by Craig S. Keener
Christianity Today's Books of the Year and Preaching's Preacher's Guide to the Best Bible Reference
A Revised Edition of the Bestselling Reference Work from IVP
This revised edition of the standard reference work in its field has been expanded throughout to now provide even more up-to-date information by Craig Keener, one of the leading ...
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paperbackHidden Worldviews
Eight Cultural Stories That Shape Our Lives
by Steve Wilkens and Mark L. Sanford
Why do we buy what we buy, vote the way we vote, eat what we eat and say what we say? Why do we have the friends we have, and work and play as we do? It's our choice? Yes, but there are forces, often unseen, that shape every decision we make and every action we take. These hidden, life-shaping values and ideas are not promoted through organized religions or rival philosophies but fostered by cultural ...
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caseboundRoadmap to Reconciliation 2.0
Moving Communities into Unity, Wholeness and Justice
by Brenda Salter McNeil
Contributions by J. Derek McNeil
Foreword by Eugene ChoWe can see the injustice and inequality in our lives and in the world. We are ready to rise up. But how, exactly, do we do this? How does one reconcile? What we need is a clear sense of direction. Based on her extensive consulting experience with churches, colleges and organizations, Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil has created a roadmap to show us the way. She guides us through the ...
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paperbackDiscover Your Gifts Workbook
Twelve Sessions for Exploring Your God-Given Purpose
Lutheran Hour Ministries Resources
by Tony Cook and Don Everts
Discover your gifts! All of us have gifts that can be used for the common good. The Discover Your Gifts Workbook has sessions on twelve different kinds of gifts, from artistic and technical gifts to entrepreneurial and civic gifts. Every session defines and describes what each gift looks like and gives examples of how the gift can be used in four distinct vocations of life: ...
Number of Studies: 12
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paperbackGood News About Injustice
A Witness of Courage in a Hurting World
The IVP Signature Collection
by Gary A. Haugen
Foreword by John StottThe 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 ...
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paperbackFrom 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 ...
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paperbackBalm in Gilead
A Theological Dialogue with Marilynne Robinson
Wheaton Theology Conference Series
Edited by Timothy Larsen and Keith L. Johnson
Contributions by Timothy George, Han-luen Kantzer Komline, Lauren F. Winner, Patricia Andujo, Tiffany Eberle Kriner, Marilynne Robinson, and Rowan WilliamsPulitzer Prize–winning novelist Marilynne Robinson is one of the most eminent public intellectuals in America today. In addition to literary elegance, her trilogy of novels (Gilead, Home, and Lila) and her collections of essays offer probing meditations on the Christian faith. Many of these reflections are grounded in her belief that the sixteenth-century ...
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product setChristian Worldview Integration Series
Series edited by J. P. Moreland and Francis J. Beckwith
Atheist philosopher Quentin Smith writes that theists "tend to compartmentalize their theistic beliefs from their scholarly work; they rarely assume and never argue for theism in their scholarly work."
The Christian Worldview Integration Series, edited by J. P. Moreland and Francis J. Beckwith, seeks to help Christians in the academy rise to the occasion and recapture lost territory in their ...
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paperbackPriscilla
The Life of an Early Christian
by Ben Witherington III
Who was Priscilla? Readers of the Bible may know her as the wife of Aquila, Paul's coworker, or someone who explained baptism to Apollos. Biblical references to Priscilla spark questions: Why is she mentioned before her husband? Does the mention of her instruction of Apollos mean that women taught in the church? What is her story? Ben Witherington addresses these questions and ...
