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HardbackInvitation to Retreat
The Gift and Necessity of Time Away with God
Transforming Resources
by Ruth Haley Barton
Academy of Parish Clergy Top Ten List
"Come away and rest awhile."
Jesus invites us to be with him, offering our full and undivided attention to him. When we choose retreat, we make a generous investment in our friendship with Christ. We are not always generous with ourselves where God is concerned. Many of us have tried to incorporate regular times ...
PaperbackLife in the Presence of God
Practices for Living in Light of Eternity
by Kenneth Boa
2018 IVP Readers' Choice Award
God is everywhere and always with us. So why don't we experience his presence more?
Life is full of distractions, and our 24/7 news cycles and social media drown out the voice of God. It's hard to discern God's presence amid the hubbub. But experiencing God is not just for the super-spiritual or ultra-mature. Every Christian can learn to ...
PaperbackStewards in the Kingdom
A Theology of Life in All Its Fullness
by R. Scott Rodin
Too often we think stewardship concerns only the money we give to the church. But in the image of the steward, the Bible offers a perspective on our entire relationship with God. Here we have a full and fresh picture of being Jesus' disciples andliving life in all its fullness.R. Scott Rodin unpacks what it means for us to be stewards in the kingdom of the triune God of grace. This theology of the ...
PaperbackProphetic Lament
A Call for Justice in Troubled Times
by Soong-Chan Rah
Foreword by Brenda Salter McNeilMissio Alliance Essential Reading List
Hearts Minds Bookstore's Best Books
RELEVANT's Top 10 Books
Englewood Review of Books Best BooksWhen Soong-Chan Rah planted an urban church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, his first full sermon series was a six-week exposition of the book of Lamentations. Preaching on an obscure, depressing Old Testament book was ...
PaperbackWhat's So Funny About God?
A Theological Look at Humor
by Steve Wilkens
If you don't believe God has a sense of humor, just look in the mirror. Humor is a truly human phenomenon—crossing history, culture, and every stage of life. Jokes often touch on the biggest topics of our existence. And although it may seem simple on the surface, humor depends on the use of our highest faculties: language, intelligence, sympathy, sociability.
To the philosopher ...
PaperbackParadoxology
Why Christianity Was Never Meant to Be Simple
by Krish Kandiah
It seems that the God of the Christian faith is full of paradoxes:
- a compassionate God who sanctions genocide
- an all-powerful God who allows horrific suffering
- a God who owns everything yet demands so much from his followers
- a God who is distant and yet present at the same time
Many of us have big questions about God that the Christian faith seems to ...
PaperbackIn Search of Christ in Latin America
From Colonial Image to Liberating Savior
by Samuel Escobar
Foreword by C. René PadillaTen Outstanding Books in Mission Studies, World Christianity and Intercultural Theology for 2019—International Bulletin of Mission Research
Noted theologian Samuel Escobar offers a magisterial survey andstudy of Christology in Latin America. Starting with the first Spanish influence and moving through popular religiosity and liberationist themes in Catholic and Protestant ...
PaperbackGlobal Awakening
How 20th-Century Revivals Triggered a Christian Revolution
by Mark Shaw
The last century has seen the revolutionary remaking of Christianity into a truly world religion. How did it happen? What triggered the emergence of this new global faith no longer dominated by the West, full of new and vital forms of devotion?Mark Shaw's provocative thesis is that far-flung revivals are at the heart of the global resurgence of Christianity. These were not the quirky folk rituals ...
PaperbackBakht Singh of India
The Incredible Account of a Modern-Day Apostle
by T. E. Koshy
This is the story of Bakht Singh, a man who God used, despite his human frailties and limitations, to do extraordinary things. During the time of India's struggle for political independence, Singh's ministry grew from obscure evangelist and revivalist to world-renowned church planter and speaker. This amazing account of Singh's life journey--from a Sikh to an atheist to a miraculous conversion to ...
HardbackBiblical Theology
The God of the Christian Scriptures
by John Goldingay
Imagine someone who has spent a lifetime listening deeply and attentively to the full range of Scripture's testimony. Stepping back, they now describe what they have seen and heard. What emerges is a theological cathedral, laid out on the great vectors of Scripture and fitted with biblically sourced materials.This is what John Goldingay has done. Well known for his three-volume Old Testament ...
