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  • Improvising Church: Scripture as the Source of Harmony, Rhythm, and Soul, By Mark Glanville
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    Improvising Church

    Scripture as the Source of Harmony, Rhythm, and Soul

    by Mark Glanville

    Plenty of books diagnose our post-Christian malaise. Here's a dynamic solution.

    The post-Christian cultural turn is creating the conditions for a crisis of confidence in the church and in pastoral ministry. While such changes can be disruptive and disconcerting, our new cultural reality makes the present moment a uniquely exciting time to reimagine churches that bear witness ...

  • 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 on rural work are increasingly turning their attention to urban centers. Join veteran researcher and missiologist Patrick Johnstone as he explores the fastest ...

  • The Flourishing Pastor: Recovering the Lost Art of Shepherd Leadership, By Tom Nelson
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    The Flourishing Pastor

    Recovering the Lost Art of Shepherd Leadership

    Made to Flourish Resources

    by Tom Nelson
    Foreword by Chris Brooks

    Christianity Today Book Award—Church and Pastoral Leadership

    The Gospel Coalition Book Awards Honorable Mention

    Pastoral leadership is in crisis. It's not just that many pastors feel overwhelmed and stressed out; many have lost their way. With the risk of burnout at an all-time high, what pastors need is not just a new leadership ...

  • God, Right Here: Meeting God in the Changing Seasons, By Kara Lawler
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    God, Right Here

    Meeting God in the Changing Seasons

    by Kara Lawler
    Illustrated by Jennie Poh

    Illumination Award Gold Medal, Gold Mom's Choice Award

    God, right here.
    God, right there.
    God's handiwork is everywhere.

    Yellow daffodils, flying seagulls, bright orange pumpkins, and swirling snowflakes—God's handiwork can be found all throughout nature, and every season is full of beauty and wonder. Everywhere we look, no matter ...

  • Restoring the Soul of the University: Unifying Christian Higher Education in a Fragmented Age, By Perry L. Glanzer and Nathan F. Alleman and Todd C. Ream
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    Restoring the Soul of the University

    Unifying Christian Higher Education in a Fragmented Age

    by Perry L. Glanzer, Nathan F. Alleman, and Todd C. Ream

    • Christianity Today's 2018 Book of the Year Award of Merit - Politics/Public Life

    Has the American university gained the whole world but lost its soul? In terms of money, prestige, power, and freedom, American universities appear to have gained the academic world. But at what cost? We live in the age of the fragmented multiversity that ...

  • Spirituality for the Sent: Casting a New Vision for the Missional Church, Edited by Nathan A. Finn and Keith S. Whitfield Spirituality for the Sent: Casting a New Vision for the Missional Church, Edited by Nathan A. Finn and Keith S. Whitfield
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    Spirituality for the Sent

    Casting a New Vision for the Missional Church

    Edited by Nathan A. Finn and Keith S. Whitfield

    Since their rise in the midst of the revivals of the eighteenth century, evangelicals have been dedicated to the importance of both spirituality and mission. In recent years, evangelicals have engaged in the missional theology discussion that advocates a more holistic Christian mission grounded in the eternal mission of the triune God. At the same time, evangelicals have also been key participants ...

  • Jeremiah, Lamentations, Edited by J. Jeffery Tyler
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    Jeremiah, Lamentations

    Old Testament Volume 11

    Reformation Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by J. Jeffery Tyler

    The prophetic ministry of Jeremiah, described in the Old Testament books of Jeremiah and Lamentations, took place during a time of chaos and tragedy for the people of Israel: the fall of Jerusalem, the destruction of the temple, and the exile to Babylon. Yet, in the midst of this loss and in hope of the restoration of God's people, Jeremiah is able to declare: "The steadfast love of the Lord never ...

  • John 13-21, Edited by Christopher Boyd Brown
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    John 13-21

    Reformation Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Christopher Boyd Brown

    After he had washed the disciples' feet, Jesus said, "Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another."

    The second half of the Gospel of John, sometimes called the most "theological" of the Gospels, includes John's account of Jesus' final night with his disciples, his betrayal and arrest, his crucifixion, his resurrection, and his appearances to his disciples.

    When ...

  • Commentaries on Romans, 1-2 Corinthians, and Hebrews, By Cyril of Alexandria
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    Commentaries on Romans, 1-2 Corinthians, and Hebrews

    Ancient Christian Texts

    by Cyril of Alexandria
    Edited by Joel C. Elowsky
    Translated by David R. Maxwell

    "But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead . . ."

    Cyril of Alexandria (c. 378–444) was one of the most significant figures in the early church: bishop of the church, defender of orthodoxy, proponent of Alexandrian theology. Indeed, he is probably best known as the supporter of the term Theotokos (God-bearer) with regard to Mary in opposition to Nestorius during ...

  • What Does Your Soul Love?: Eight Questions That Reveal God's Work in You, By Gem Fadling and Alan Fadling
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    What Does Your Soul Love?

    Eight Questions That Reveal God's Work in You

    by Gem Fadling and Alan Fadling

    What do you really want? What is your soul clinging to? What is getting in your way?

    In these pages Gem and Alan Fadling outline eight key questions that offer deep insight into how we experience soul change. These questions open the door to spiritual transformation. They help us unpack where we are stuck, where we are in pain, where we are afraid, and much more. They also ...