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paperbackInsider Jesus
Theological Reflections on New Christian Movements
by William A. Dyrness
- Christianity Today's 2017 Book of the Year Award of Merit - Missions/Global Church
Amidst the variegated spread of global Christianity, followers of Jesus are showing up in unexpected places. Today we hear of culturally embedded insider movements, Jesus followers in the folds and creases of Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, and other cultural fabrics. They elude our conventional ...
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paperbackJesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes
Cultural Studies in the Gospels
by Kenneth E. Bailey
Removing Western Cultural Blinders to See Jesus in Context
Beginning with Jesus' birth, Ken Bailey leads you on a kaleidoscopic study of Jesus throughout the four Gospels. Bailey examines the life and ministry of Jesus with attention to the Lord's Prayer, the Beatitudes, Jesus' relationship to women, and especially Jesus' parables.
In Jesus Through Middle Eastern ...
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paperbackThe Church
God's Word for Today
by John Stott
With Tim ChesterHow 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 ...
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paperbackBecoming an Ordinary Mystic
Spirituality for the Rest of Us
by Albert Haase OFM
I should be further along on the spiritual journey. Why don't I see any progress? What am I doing wrong? Do you ever feel like you are walking in spiritual circles? While we might think it would be different for a Franciscan priest, Father Albert Haase shares the same struggles. And yet he also affirms that we are all called to be ordinary mystics, who, in the words ...
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paperbackThe Journey
A Spiritual Roadmap for Modern Pilgrims
by Peter Kreeft
Open this book and begin an epic human journey--the journey toward truth.
Enjoy a delightful and imaginative allegory of timeless wisdom as you travel along the road of true knowledge. Socrates, the thoroughly reasonable and wise philosopher of Athens, will accompany you much of the way. With sharp questions and canny wit he will coach you past the winsome, the wily and the half-wise spin-doctors ...
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paperbackDying to Live
The Paradox of the Crucified Life
by Clive Calver
Many Christians acknowledge that they love Jesus but are disillusioned about their spiritual condition. They come to Christ to drink from the well of his new life, yet find that their thirst remains. Why has the Christian life not met their expectations for spiritual growth and how can they satisfy this craving for their Christian walk to have a deeper impact? Do you desperately yearn for a deeper ...
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Christians always exist within particular cultural contexts—political systems, geographic locations, and ethnic and racial communities. How should Christians engage with the surrounding culture, and what is the church's role in society? What does Christian political engagement look like? How do believers practice their faith around the world, and how can we all process our racial and ethnic identities? The books here will help you wrestle with these complex questions and more, especially within the realm of evangelicalism.
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paperbackPerfecting Ourselves to Death
The Pursuit of Excellence and the Perils of Perfectionism
by Richard Winter
Honored as a "Year's Best Book for Preachers" by Preaching magazine.
Perfect body. Perfect clothes. Perfect family. Perfect house. Perfect job.
We strive for excellence in all areas of our lives. And there's nothing wrong with a healthy, mature pursuit of excellence. But what begins as healthy and normal can sometimes become neurotic and abnormal, leading to ...
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paperbackThe Limits of Liberal Democracy
Politics and Religion at the End of Modernity
by Scott H. Moore
Exploring the question of the place of religion in the modern nation-state, Scott H. Moore observes that the easy alliance between the modern liberal democracy and Christian faith in particular is showing some serious stress fractures. He offers an incisive analysis of the ways government, operating according to the ideals of a liberal democracy, has encroached on religious freedom and how the church, ...
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paperbackDiscovering Lectio Divina
Bringing Scripture into Ordinary Life
by James C. Wilhoit and Evan B. Howard
Saints of the past can't seem to say enough about their ecstatic experiences with the words of Scripture. The writer of Psalm 19, for example, can hardly contain himself as he exclaims that God's words and ways have revived his soul, made him wise, brought joy to his heart, given him clarity and correct perspective on his life, and warned him of danger. Why should our experiences of the Bible today ...
