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  • The Path of Celtic Prayer: An Ancient Way to Everyday Joy, By Calvin Miller The Path of Celtic Prayer: An Ancient Way to Everyday Joy, By Calvin Miller
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    The Path of Celtic Prayer

    An Ancient Way to Everyday Joy

    by Calvin Miller

    Discover an ancient way of prayer that leads us to new union with God."Long ago," Calvin Miller writes, "when the Celts built their own rustic kingdom of God in what would later be the British Isles, their fervor in prayer washed their world in a vital revival." In uncertain and dangerous days of high infant-mortality rates, leprosy and plagues, the Celts breathed candid prayers out of the reality ...

  • The Journey of Ministry: Insights from a Life of Practice, By Eddie Gibbs The Journey of Ministry: Insights from a Life of Practice, By Eddie Gibbs
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    The Journey of Ministry

    Insights from a Life of Practice

    by Eddie Gibbs
    Foreword by Richard J. Mouw

    These days, everybody wants the latest killer app for successful ministry. But ministry is not plug-and-play technology. It is an art cultivated over a long-term journey of faithfulness and perseverance.In his most intimate book yet, Eddie Gibbs articulates a personal philosophy of ministry born from his storied career in teaching and pastoral ministry. Through images from his own life and family, ...

  • 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus, By N. T. Wright 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus, By N. T. Wright
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    1 & 2 Timothy and Titus

    N. T. Wright for Everyone Bible Study Guides

    by N. T. Wright
    With Phyllis J. Le Peau

    When you need to know how to do something, a manual is the best place to start. 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus might be called "the Teacher's Manual," because so much of what they contain is about the kind of teaching that Christian leaders should--andshouldn't--be giving. Just as Timothy and Titus needed help to lead their young churches well in the midst of powerful cultural forces, we need guidance ...

  • You Welcomed Me: Loving Refugees and Immigrants Because God First Loved Us, By Kent Annan You Welcomed Me: Loving Refugees and Immigrants Because God First Loved Us, By Kent Annan
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    You Welcomed Me

    Loving Refugees and Immigrants Because God First Loved Us

    by Kent Annan

    "Wait, Dad. Are we for them or against them?"

    Kent Annan was talking with his eight-year-old son about the immigrant and refugee crises around the world. His son's question, innocent enough in the moment, is writ large across our society today. How we answer it, Annan says, will reveal a lot about what kind of family, community, or country we want to ...

  • Imaginative Prayer: A Yearlong Guide for Your Child's Spiritual Formation, By Jared Patrick Boyd Imaginative Prayer: A Yearlong Guide for Your Child's Spiritual Formation, By Jared Patrick Boyd
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    Imaginative Prayer

    A Yearlong Guide for Your Child's Spiritual Formation

    by Jared Patrick Boyd

    How do we help our kids connect with God?

    Most parents want their kids to learn to love God. But most of us struggle to facilitate real spiritual experiences. It's hard enough to have a meaningful conversation with our kids about spiritual things, let alone help them experience true transformation in the presence of God.

    Jared Patrick Boyd discovered that children's spiritual formation ...

  • Women in God's Mission: Accepting the Invitation to Serve and Lead, By Mary T. Lederleitner Women in God's Mission: Accepting the Invitation to Serve and Lead, By Mary T. Lederleitner
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    Women in God's Mission

    Accepting the Invitation to Serve and Lead

    by Mary T. Lederleitner

    Christianity Today 2020 Book of the Year Award, Missions/Global Church

    Women have advanced God's mission throughout history and around the world. But women often face particular obstacles in ministry. Whatdo we need to know about how women thrive?

    Mission researcher Mary Lederleitner interviewed and surveyed ninety-five respected women in mission ...

  • The Image of God in an Image Driven Age: Explorations in Theological Anthropology, Edited by Beth Felker Jones and Jeffrey W. Barbeau The Image of God in an Image Driven Age: Explorations in Theological Anthropology, Edited by Beth Felker Jones and Jeffrey W. Barbeau
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    The Image of God in an Image Driven Age

    Explorations in Theological Anthropology

    Wheaton Theology Conference Series

    Edited by Beth Felker Jones and Jeffrey W. Barbeau

    Whether on the printed page, the television screen or the digital app, we live in a world saturated with images.Some images help shape our understanding of ourselves and the world around us in positive ways, while others lead us astray and distortour relationships. Christians confess that human beings have been created in the image of God, yet we chose to rebel against that God and so became unfaithful ...

  • The Winding Path of Transformation: Finding Yourself Between Glory and Humility, By Jeff Tacklind The Winding Path of Transformation: Finding Yourself Between Glory and Humility, By Jeff Tacklind
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    The Winding Path of Transformation

    Finding Yourself Between Glory and Humility

    by Jeff Tacklind
    Foreword by Cathleen Falsani

    Jeff Tacklind, pastor of Church by the Sea—a quirky, diverse congregation in Laguna Beach, California—knows from decades of ministry experience that sometimes effective leadership looks like standing in the middle of conflict, holding the tension.In The Winding Path of Transformation, Tacklind describes spiritual transformation as an invitation to paradox. By entering into suffering, he ...

  • Philosophy in Seven Sentences: A Small Introduction to a Vast Topic, By Douglas Groothuis Philosophy in Seven Sentences: A Small Introduction to a Vast Topic, By Douglas Groothuis
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    Philosophy in Seven Sentences

    A Small Introduction to a Vast Topic

    Introductions in Seven Sentences

    by Douglas Groothuis

    Philosophy is not a closed club or a secret society. It's for anyone who thinks big questions are worth talking about. To get us started, Douglas Groothuis unpacks seven pivotal sentences from the history of western philosophy—a few famous, all short, none trivial. Included are:

    • "The unexamined life is not worth living."—Socrates
    • "You have made us for yourself, and our hearts ...
  • Signposts to God: How Modern Physics and Astronomy Point the Way to Belief, By Peter Bussey Signposts to God: How Modern Physics and Astronomy Point the Way to Belief, By Peter Bussey
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    Signposts to God

    How Modern Physics and Astronomy Point the Way to Belief

    by Peter Bussey

    "The heavens declare the glory of God" (Ps 19:1). Can we still sing the words of the Psalmist in an age where scientists talk about an expanding cosmos, the Higgs boson, and the multiverse?In Signposts to God particle physicist Peter Bussey introduces readers to the mysteries of modern physics and astronomy. Written in clear, accessible prose, Bussey provides a primer on ...