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  • Messy Christmas: Three Complete Sessions and a Treasure Trove of Ideas for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany, By Lucy Moore and Jane Leadbetter
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    Messy Christmas

    Three Complete Sessions and a Treasure Trove of Ideas for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany

    Messy Church Series

    by Lucy Moore and Jane Leadbetter

    Christmas can be complicated. Parties, gifts, and family tensions dominate the season. So maybe it's time we explore what Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany are really about. The Messy Church series provides resources to help your church bring together people of all ages and stages of faith, allowing them to experience a creative and fun-filled Christian community. Messy Christmas offers ...

    Number of Studies: 3

  • God Behaving Badly: Is the God of the Old Testament Angry, Sexist and Racist?, By David T. Lamb
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    God Behaving Badly

    Is the God of the Old Testament Angry, Sexist and Racist?

    by David T. Lamb

    God has a bad reputation. Many think of God as wrathful and angry, smiting people right and left for no apparent reason. The Old Testament in particular seems at times to portray God as capricious and malevolent, wiping out armies and nations, punishing enemies with extreme prejudice..

    But wait. The story is more complicated than that. Alongside troubling passages of God's ...

  • The New Parish: How Neighborhood Churches Are Transforming Mission, Discipleship and Community, By Paul Sparks and Tim Soerens and Dwight J. Friesen
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    The New Parish

    How Neighborhood Churches Are Transforming Mission, Discipleship and Community

    by Paul Sparks, Tim Soerens, and Dwight J. Friesen

    Christianity Today Award of Merit

    Readers' Choice Awards Honorable Mention

    Best Books About the Church from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore

    "When . . . faith communities begin connecting together, in and for the neighborhood, they learn to depend on God for strength to love, forgive and show grace like never before. ...

  • Surrender to Love: Discovering the Heart of Christian Spirituality, By David G. Benner
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    Surrender to Love

    Discovering the Heart of Christian Spirituality

    The Spiritual Journey

    by David G. Benner
    Foreword by M. Basil Pennington

    Surrender to the Only Perfectly Trustworthy Love

    In our self-reliant era, most of us recoil from the concept of surrendering to a power or authority outside ourselves. But surrender need not be seen as threatening, especially when the One to whom we surrender is the epitome of goodness and love.

    God doesn't want his people to respond to him out of fear or obligation. ...

  • The Mission of the Body of Christ, By Russ Ramsey
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    The Mission of the Body of Christ

    Retelling the Story Series

    by Russ Ramsey

    "God had not just sent his Messiah into the world. He had sent him to them. They were known. In all their guilt—intended and unintended—they were known and invited to find refuge in the grace of God, accomplished through the life, death, and resurrection of his Son. And the church continued to grow." Jesus sent his followers into the world. Russ Ramsey's dynamic narrative traces the journey ...

    Number of Studies: 31

  • Bakht Singh of India: The Incredible Account of a Modern-Day Apostle, By T. E. Koshy
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    Bakht 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 ...

  • Daniel: An Introduction and Commentary, By Paul R. House
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    Daniel

    An Introduction and Commentary

    Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries

    Series edited by David G. Firth
    Consulting Editor Tremper Longman III
    by Paul R. House

    Daniel asserts that the meaning of history is that God's kingdom is coming. As it does, faithful people persevere in their work for God. Believers can rely on the certainties the book proclaims: God is sovereign over human affairs and is effectively bringing in his eternal kingdom, which will encompass all nations. In this Tyndale commentary, Paul House shows how Daniel rewards readers who embrace ...

  • Religions on Trial: A Lawyer Examines Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and More, By W. Mark Lanier
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    Religions on Trial

    A Lawyer Examines Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and More

    by W. Mark Lanier

    People today encounter a dizzying array of religious options. We might consider mystical faiths like Buddhism and Hinduism, historical religions like Islam and Mormonism, or more nebulous modern expressions of being spiritual but not religious or religious but not spiritual. How do we know what is true? Is one faith just as good as another?

    Trial lawyer Mark Lanier presents ...

  • Visions of Vocation: Common Grace for the Common Good, By Steven Garber
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    Visions of Vocation

    Common Grace for the Common Good

    by Steven Garber

    Foreword Review's Annual INDIEFAB Book of the Year Finalist

    Outreach Resource of the Year

    Christianity Today Award of Merit

    Leadership Journal Best Books for Church Leaders

    Book of the Year from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore

    Is ...

  • Jeremiah, Lamentations, Edited by J. Jeffery Tyler
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    Jeremiah, Lamentations

    Old Testament Volume 11

    Reformation Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by J. Jeffery Tyler

    The prophetic ministry of Jeremiah, described in the Old Testament books of Jeremiah and Lamentations, took place during a time of chaos and tragedy for the people of Israel: the fall of Jerusalem, the destruction of the temple, and the exile to Babylon. Yet, in the midst of this loss and in hope of the restoration of God's people, Jeremiah is able to declare: "The steadfast love of the Lord never ...