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  • Becoming a Just Church: Cultivating Communities of God's Shalom, By Adam L. Gustine
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    Becoming a Just Church

    Cultivating Communities of God's Shalom

    by Adam L. Gustine
    Foreword by Dennis Edwards

    IVP Readers' Choice Award

    Stop outsourcing justice!

    Many local churches don't know what to do about justice. We tend to compartmentalize it as merely a strategy for outreach, and we often outsource it to parachurch justice ministries. While these organizations do good work, individual congregations are left disconnected from God's just purposes in the ...

  • Genesis: God's Creative Call, By Charles E. Hummel and Anne Hummel
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    Genesis

    God's Creative Call

    LifeGuide Bible Studies

    by Charles E. Hummel and Anne Hummel

    Do you struggle to know and follow God's call for you in the world? In this twenty-six session LifeGuide® Bible Study on Genesis, tells us that even the giants of faith—Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph—struggled to obey their Creator. But Genesis, the first book of the Old Testament, also reveals the amazing truth that the God who called a world and a nation into being also calls each ...

    Number of Studies: 26

  • Joshua: The Power of God's Promise, By Donald Baker
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    Joshua

    The Power of God's Promise

    LifeGuide Bible Studies

    by Donald Baker

    In this twelve session LifeGuide® Bible Study on Joshua reads like an exciting novel--from the miraculous crossing of the Jordan to the crash of the walls of Jericho and the sun stopping in the sky. Through all the twists and turns, you'll witness God's power and faithfulness. Digging into the story of Joshua will encourage you to persevere in your own daily battles and arm you with the ...

    Number of Studies: 12

  • The Soul of Wine: Savoring the Goodness of God, By Gisela H. Kreglinger
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    The Soul of Wine

    Savoring the Goodness of God

    by Gisela H. Kreglinger

    ★ Publishers Weekly starred review

    Wine is a wonderful, lavish, and mysterious gift from God.

    Gisela Kreglinger, the daughter of a vintner and trained as a theologian, invites us to discover wine as part of a more full-bodied Christian spirituality. She shows us how the soulful savoring of wine is God's way of wooing us back into a great love affair. ...

  • Identity and Idolatry: The Image of God and Its Inversion, By Richard Lints
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    Identity and Idolatry

    The Image of God and Its Inversion

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Richard Lints
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    One of Desiring God's Top 15 Books

    "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." (Genesis 1:27)

    Genesis 1:26-27 has served as the locus of most theological anthropologies in the central Christian tradition. However, Richard Lints observes that too rarely have these verses been understood as conceptually interwoven ...

  • Marriage: God's Design for Intimacy, By James W. Reapsome and Martha Reapsome
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    Marriage

    God's Design for Intimacy

    LifeGuide Bible Studies

    by James W. Reapsome and Martha Reapsome

    What makes a good marriage even better? How can you build an intimate relationship that endures? How do you live out your roles of husband and wife? The Bible takes a realistic and practical approach to these questions. In these eleven session LifeGuide® Bible Study marriage, you'll discover how following God's design for intimacy helps you enjoy and grow your marriage to the full. ...

    Number of Studies: 11

  • The Next Worship: Glorifying God in a Diverse World, By Sandra Maria Van Opstal
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    The Next Worship

    Glorifying God in a Diverse World

    The IVP Signature Collection

    by Sandra Maria Van Opstal
    Foreword by Mark Labberton

    Christianity Today's Book of the Year Award of Merit

    What happens when a diverse church glorifies the global God?

    We live in a time of unprecedented intercultural exchange, where our communities welcome people from around the world. Music and media from every culture are easily accessible, and our worship is infused with a rich variety of musical ...

  • Making Peace with the Land: God's Call to Reconcile with Creation, By Fred Bahnson and Norman Wirzba
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    Making Peace with the Land

    God's Call to Reconcile with Creation

    Resources for Reconciliation

    by Fred Bahnson and Norman Wirzba
    Foreword by Bill McKibben

    God is reconciling all things in heaven and on earth. We are alienated not only from one another, but also from the land that sustains us. Our ecosystems are increasingly damaged, and human bodies are likewise degraded. Most of us have little understanding of how our energy is derived or our food is produced, and many of our current industrialized practices are both unhealthy for our bodies and ...