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PaperbackSurprised by Paradox
The Promise of "And" in an Either-Or World
by Jen Pollock Michel
Foreword by Russ RamseyWord Guild Awards Shortlist — Apologetics/Evangelism
Word Guild Award — Best Book Cover Award
Christianity Today's Book of the Year Award of Merit - The Beautiful Orthodoxy
What if certainty isn't the goal?
In a world filled with ambiguity, many of us long for a belief system that provides straightforward ...
PaperbackThe Morals of the Story
Good News About a Good God
by David Baggett and Marybeth Baggett
Christianity Today 2019 Book of the Year Award of Merit, Apologetics/Evangelism
What arguments best support the existence of God?
For centuries the moral argument—that objective morality points to the existence of God—has been a powerful apologetic tool.
In this volume, David and Marybeth Baggett offer a dramatic, robust, and even playful version of the ...
PaperbackFinding Freedom in Constraint
Reimagining Spiritual Disciplines as a Communal Way of Life
by Jared Patrick Boyd
Foreword by Todd D. HunterThe constraints of the spiritual life, practiced in community, are what set us free. Practicing spiritual disciplines can seem difficult, especially when we undertake them as isolated individuals. But we were never meant to practice them alone.
Jared Patrick Boyd reveals how the constraints practiced in Christian community shape us into the way of Christ. He re-anchors the ...
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J.R. Briggs
J.R. Briggs (DMin, Missio Seminary) is the founder of Kairos Partnerships, an organization committed to serving hungry leaders through coaching, consulting, and speaking. He serves on staff with the Ecclesia Network and Fresh Expressions, and as guest instructor for Friends University in the Masters of Spiritual Formation and Leadership program. His books include The Sacred Overlap, Fail, and Eldership and the Mission of God. He and his wife and two children live inthe greater Philadelphia area.
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Richard B. Steele
Richard B. Steele is Professor of Moral and Historical Theology and Associate Dean of the School of Theology at Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA where he currently resides. He is the author of "Gracious Affection" and "True Virtue" According to Jonathan Edwards and John Wesley and the editor of "Heart Religion" in the Methodist Tradition and Related Movements. His articles have appeared in numerous theological magazines and reviews.
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Wheaton Theology Conference Series
The Wheaton Theology Conference Series gathers expert theological scholarship from past Wheaton Theology Conferences, delivering insights that connect academic scholarship with the contemporary life of the church. Each volume recaps a specific conference, including contributions from leading voices and exploring both longstanding and emerging questions within the Christian tradition.
PaperbackEngaging the Soul of Youth Culture
Bridging Teen Worldviews and Christian Truth
by Walt Mueller
Before we can reach today's youth with the truth of the gospel, we need to see what they see and hear what they hear. We need to catch the messages encrypted in their culture and understand what's really being communicated.In Engaging the Soulof Youth Culture Walt Mueller, founder and president of the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding, helps us to navigate the troubling and confusing ...
PaperbackWasting Time with God
A Christian Spirituality of Friendship with God
by Klaus Issler
When it comes to developing a deep, trusting relationship with God, efficiency and productivity are not the answer. It's far better to "waste" time with him, to just enjoy being with him. After all, that's how any friendship grows.But making room for God in the midst of our fast-paced lives is not an easy task. Just as time with our best friends can get squeezed out by the rush of activities, so ...
PaperbackAlways Reforming
Explorations in Systematic Theology
Edited by A. T. B. McGowan
The Reformed churches of the sixteenth century affirmed the need to be semper reformanda--always reforming.
But in the ensuing centuries, some have taken this conviction as a mandate to abandon the departure from received orthodoxy, while others have progressed toward a rigid confessionalism that cements the Reformation itself as a final codification of truth.
Between these ...
PaperbackTransforming Worship
Planning and Leading Sunday Services as If Spiritual Formation Mattered
Transforming Resources
by Rory Jon Noland
Foreword by Ruth Haley BartonSpiritual formation is the key to the survival of our faith.
There is an urgent need today for church services that are substantive and purposeful. Stigmatized by scandal, the church in North America and throughout Europe has been branded as useless and irrelevant. To stem the tide of nominal Christianity, we need to get serious about making disciples who can make other disciples.
Rory ...
