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  • Jesus Behaving Badly: The Puzzling Paradoxes of the Man from Galilee, By Mark L. Strauss Jesus Behaving Badly: The Puzzling Paradoxes of the Man from Galilee, By Mark L. Strauss
    Ebook

    Jesus Behaving Badly

    The Puzzling Paradoxes of the Man from Galilee

    by Mark L. Strauss

    Everybody likes Jesus. Don't they?We overlook that Jesus was

    • Judgmental—preaching hellfire far more than the apostle Paul
    • Uncompromising—telling people to hate their families
    • Chauvinistic—excluding women from leadership
    • Racist—insulting people from other ethnic groups
    • Anti-environmental—cursing a fig tree and affirming animal sacrifice
    • Angry—overturning ...
  • The Pietist Option: Hope for the Renewal of Christianity, By Christopher Gehrz and Mark Pattie III The Pietist Option: Hope for the Renewal of Christianity, By Christopher Gehrz and Mark Pattie III
    Ebook

    The Pietist Option

    Hope for the Renewal of Christianity

    by Christopher Gehrz and Mark Pattie III

    Historian Mark Noll has written that historic Pietism "breathed a badly needed vitality" into post-Reformation Europe. Now the time has come for Pietism to revitalize Christianity in post-Christendom America.In The Pietist Option, Christopher Gehrz, a historian of Pietism, and Mark Pattie, a pastor in the Pietist tradition, show how Pietism holds great promise for the church—and the world—today. ...

  • The Trinity in the Book of Revelation: Seeing Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in John's Apocalypse, By Brandon D. Smith The Trinity in the Book of Revelation: Seeing Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in John's Apocalypse, By Brandon D. Smith
    Ebook

    The Trinity in the Book of Revelation

    Seeing Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in John's Apocalypse

    Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture

    by Brandon Dean Smith
    Foreword by Lewis Ayres
    Series edited by Kevin J. Vanhoozer and Daniel J. Treier

    How should we read the book of Revelation?

    Interpreting Scripture faithfully is a challenge with regard to any text and for any reader of the Bible. But perhaps no text confronts and confuses readers as much as the book ofRevelation. With its vivid imagery and rich prophetic language, John's Apocalypse provokes and stirs our imaginations. Some have viewed it primarily as ...

  • Jesus Behaving Badly: The Puzzling Paradoxes of the Man from Galilee, By Mark L. Strauss
    Paperback

    Jesus Behaving Badly

    The Puzzling Paradoxes of the Man from Galilee

    by Mark L. Strauss

    Everybody likes Jesus. Don't they?We overlook that Jesus was

    • Judgmental—preaching hellfire far more than the apostle Paul
    • Uncompromising—telling people to hate their families
    • Chauvinistic—excluding women from leadership
    • Racist—insulting people from other ethnic groups
    • Anti-environmental—cursing a fig tree and affirming animal sacrifice
    • Angry—overturning ...
  • On a beige background the title of the book appears in color: coral, teal, and chartreuse. Abstract shapes, in these same lively colors, hover around the title like wheels or asterisks, one mostly visible, and two spinning off the edges. In the middle of the most prominent shape is the faint outline of a Celtic cross, whose lines mimic the abstract shapes, turning the cross into its own kind of wheel. In motion, the shapes evoke centering as a dynamic action. As asterisks, they move what often appears as a note on the edges of a page into the center of the viewer’s attention.
    Paperback

    Centering Disability in Worship

    Liturgy and Prayer for the Whole Church

    Center For Disability and Ministry Books

    Edited by Rebecca F. Spurrier and Bekah Maren Anderson
    Series edited by Benjamin T. Conner and John Swinton

    Create Worship Spaces Where Everyone Can Participate

    If people with disabilities are to fully participate, worshiping communities must go beyond providing physical accessibility. In this groundbreaking book, a diverse group of authors provides resources for churches and individuals to center disability: to take seriously the lived experience of disabled people, learn from ...

    $26.99
  • On a beige background the title of the book appears in color: coral, teal, and chartreuse. Abstract shapes, in these same lively colors, hover around the title like wheels or asterisks, one mostly visible, and two spinning off the edges. In the middle of the most prominent shape is the faint outline of a Celtic cross, whose lines mimic the abstract shapes, turning the cross into its own kind of wheel. In motion, the shapes evoke centering as a dynamic action. As asterisks, they move what often appears as a note on the edges of a page into the center of the viewer’s attention. On a beige background the title of the book appears in color: coral, teal, and chartreuse. Abstract shapes, in these same lively colors, hover around the title like wheels or asterisks, one mostly visible, and two spinning off the edges. In the middle of the most prominent shape is the faint outline of a Celtic cross, whose lines mimic the abstract shapes, turning the cross into its own kind of wheel. In motion, the shapes evoke centering as a dynamic action. As asterisks, they move what often appears as a note on the edges of a page into the center of the viewer’s attention.
    Ebook

    Centering Disability in Worship

    Liturgy and Prayer for the Whole Church

    Center For Disability and Ministry Books

    Edited by Rebecca F. Spurrier and Bekah Maren Anderson
    Series edited by Benjamin T. Conner and John Swinton

    Create Worship Spaces Where Everyone Can Participate

    If people with disabilities are to fully participate, worshiping communities must go beyond providing physical accessibility. In this groundbreaking book, a diverse group of authors provides resources for churches and individuals to center disability: to take seriously the lived experience of disabled people, learn from ...

  • Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels, By Craig A. Evans Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels, By Craig A. Evans
    Ebook

    Urban Ministry

    The Kingdom, the City & the People of God

    by Harvie M. Conn and Manuel Ortiz

    No. 3 in the Academy of Parish Clergy Top Ten Books of the Year

    The city presents serious challenges that cry out for answers: poverty, racism, human exploitation and government corruption. How can the church move ahead in the midst of these demands with the gospel of hope?

    Here, in one comprehensive volume, Harvie Conn and Manuel Ortiz, two noted scholars and proven ...