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  • This Sacred Moment: Becoming Holy Right Where You Are, By Albert Haase OFM
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    This Sacred Moment

    Becoming Holy Right Where You Are

    by Albert Haase OFM

    What does it mean to be a holy person? The answer might surprise you.This delightful yet challenging book from spiritual director Albert Haase provides practical wisdom for becoming holy--right in the midst of "ordinary" life."Any and every situation holds the grace for the transformation called holiness. . . . [By] imitating Christ and emptying myself for the benefit of another," Haase writes, ...

  • The Theological Turn in Youth Ministry, By Andrew Root and Kenda Creasy Dean
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    The Theological Turn in Youth Ministry

    by Andrew Root and Kenda Creasy Dean

    Christianity Today Book Award of Merit winner

    What haunts your youth group? So often we avoid talking about doubts and fears because we feel inadequately equipped to address them in any meaningful way. Thecrisis of existence can't be answered with pat Sunday school formulas or a few Bible verses, let alone another relay race.

    The questions our youth ...

  • Women in the Church: A Biblical Theology of Women in Ministry, By Stanley J. Grenz and Denise Muir Kjesbo
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    Women in the Church

    A Biblical Theology of Women in Ministry

    by Stanley J. Grenz and Denise Muir Kjesbo

    Studies of key biblical passages on women's roles in the church fill entire bookshelves, if not libraries. But in Women in the Church, Stanley Grenz and Denise Muir Kjesbo offer the first in-depth theological study of this issue--one of the most bitterly contested issues of our day.

    Carefully considering the biblical, historical and practical concerns surrounding women and the ordained ...

  • Citizenship Without Illusions: A Christian Guide to Political Engagement, By David T. Koyzis
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    Citizenship Without Illusions

    A Christian Guide to Political Engagement

    by David T. Koyzis

    Christianity Today Book Awards Finalist—Politics and Public Life

    How can Christians live as citizens of God's kingdom while also fulfilling their responsibilities as citizens of political communities? David Koyzis, author of Political Visions and Illusions, offers a brief, practical guide on political engagement and citizenship.

    During ...

  • Service: Ministry with Heart and Hands, By R. Paul Stevens
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    Service

    Ministry with Heart and Hands

    LifeGuide Bible Studies

    by R. Paul Stevens

    In this LifeGuide® Bible Study includes ten sessions exploring service in a variety of contexts: family, the physical creation, society, the city, neighbors, relationships, the church and the workplace. Looking inside ministry specifically, R. Paul Stevens examines examples of service that were motivated by imagination, passion, faith, hope and love—from Genesis to Revelation. Out of ...

    Number of Studies: 10

  • Blessed Are the Unsatisfied: Finding Spiritual Freedom in an Imperfect World, By Amy Simpson
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    Blessed Are the Unsatisfied

    Finding Spiritual Freedom in an Imperfect World

    by Amy Simpson

    Christians often hear the idea that following Jesus means that we should be living a life of full satisfaction. How many of us actually experience that kind of life?

    Amy Simpson wants to debunk this satisfaction myth in the church. After forty years of walking with Jesus, she writes, "I am deeply unsatisfied not only with my ability to reflect Jesus, but also with the very quality of my ...

  • Motherhood is so full of both joy and challenges, and it can be hard to find the time to slow down, breathe, and reconnect with God. In this webinar, authors of Moms at the Well and Moms on the Way, Kathy Tuan-MacLean and Tara Edelschick, are offering just that: a time set aside to connect with God. In this hour, Tara and Kathy will guide you through a series of restful, embodied prayers and practices that open up space for you to come and encounter the God Who Sees You. Whether motherhood has felt joyful and life-giving, or exhausting and isolating, this space is for you. God waits for you at with open arms. Come and receive. 

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

    Reformation Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Christopher B. 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 ...

  • Jeremiah, By Derek Kidner
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    Jeremiah

    Kidner Classic Commentaries

    by Derek Kidner

    Preaching's Preacher's Guide to the Best Bible Reference

    The prophet Jeremiah and King Josiah were born at the end of the longest, darkest reign in Judah's history. Human sacrifice and practice of the black arts were just two features of the wickedness that filled Jerusalem from one end to the other with innocent blood. As outspoken prophet and reforming king, these ...

  • Live the Questions: How Searching Shapes Our Convictions and Commitments, By Jeffrey F. Keuss
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    Live the Questions

    How Searching Shapes Our Convictions and Commitments

    by Jeffrey F. Keuss

    "Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer." —Rainer Maria Rilke

    Life is full of questions: questions about our identity, our relationships, our faith.Sometimes it seems like there are no easy answers. But our questioning can lead us on a journey into greater understanding and purpose.

    Jeffrey ...