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  • Spiritual Direction and the Care of Souls: A Guide to Christian Approaches and Practices, Edited by Gary W. Moon and David G. Benner
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    Spiritual Direction and the Care of Souls

    A Guide to Christian Approaches and Practices

    Edited by Gary W. Moon and David G. Benner

    In recent years, many Christian clergy, laity, and mental health professionals have rediscovered the ancient practices of spiritual direction. Seen as a refreshing alternative to the techniques and limitations of modern psychology, such practicesoffer new insights for pastoral care. But many remain unclear on what spiritual direction is and whether its methods are applicable to their own clients ...

  • Early Christian Readings of Genesis One: Patristic Exegesis and Literal Interpretation, By Craig D. Allert
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    Early Christian Readings of Genesis One

    Patristic Exegesis and Literal Interpretation

    BioLogos Books on Science and Christianity

    by Craig D. Allert

    Do the writings of the church fathers support a literalist interpretation of Genesis 1? Young earth creationists have maintained that they do. And it is sensible to look to the Fathers as a check against our modern biases.

    But before enlisting the Fathers as ammunition in our contemporary Christian debates over creation and evolution, some cautions are in order. Are we correctly representing ...

  • Passing the Torch: An Apology for Classical Christian Education, By Louis Markos
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    Passing the Torch

    An Apology for Classical Christian Education

    by Louis Markos

    What is the purpose and meaning of classical education?

    Imagine a world where education isn't just about information transfer but about shaping the soul, where students are nurtured to become virtuous, morally self-regulating citizens. Passing the Torch makes an energetic case for the critical role of classical Christian education in today's world. From the pre-Christian ...

  • How Leaders Lose Their Way: And How to Make Sure It Doesn't Happen to You, By Peter Greer and Jill Heisey
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    How Leaders Lose Their Way

    And How to Make Sure It Doesn't Happen to You

    by Peter Greer and Jill Heisey
    Foreword by Chris Horst

    Stay True to Your Mission for the Long Haul

    How Leaders Lose Their Way is a powerful and reflective exploration of the pitfalls that can send leaders off course—drawing lessons from the life of King Solomon and thetimeless wisdom of Ecclesiastes. This book serves as a cautionary tale, equipping leaders to recognize personal and spiritual drift while providing actionable ...

  • The Best Things in Life: A Contemporary Socrates Looks at Power, Pleasure, Truth  the Good Life, By Peter Kreeft
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    The Best Things in Life

    A Contemporary Socrates Looks at Power, Pleasure, Truth the Good Life

    by Peter Kreeft

    What are the best things in life?

    Questions like that may boggle your mind. But they don't boggle Socrates. The indomitable old Greek brings his unending questions to Desperate State University. With him come the same mind-opening and spirit-stretching challenge that disrupted ancient Athens.

    • What is the purpose of education?
    • Why do we make love?
    • What good is money?
    • Can ...
  • Paul's
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    Paul's "Works of the Law" in the Perspective of Second-Century Reception

    by Matthew J Thomas
    Foreword by Alister McGrath

    Jesus Creed Book of the Year 2018

    Biblical Foundations Book Awards Finalist

    What did Paul mean by "works of the law"?

    Paul writes that we are justified by faith apart from "works of the law," a disputed term that represents a fault line between "old" and "new" perspectives on Paul. Was the apostle reacting against ...

  • Stewards of Eden: What Scripture Says About the Environment and Why It Matters, By Sandra L. Richter
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    Stewards of Eden

    What Scripture Says About the Environment and Why It Matters

    by Sandra L. Richter

    ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award

    Biblical Foundations Book Award Winner

    Sandra L. Richter cares about the Bible. She also cares about creation.

    An expert in ancient Israelite society and economy as well as biblical theology, she walks readers through passages familiar and not-so-familiar, showing how significant environmental theology ...

  • The Prophets and the Apostolic Witness: Reading Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel as Christian Scripture, Edited by Andrew T. Abernethy and William R. Osborne and Paul D. Wegner
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    The Prophets and the Apostolic Witness

    Reading Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel as Christian Scripture

    Contributions by Nicholas G. Piotrowski, John W Hilber, Iain M. Duguid, Daniel I. Block, Mark Gignilliat, John N. Oswalt, Dana M Harris, Gary E Yates, Lissa M. Wray Beal, Andrew G Shead, Philip G Ryken, and Alicia Jackson
    Edited by Andrew Abernethy, William Russell (Rusty) Osborne, and Paul D. Wegner

    How should Christians read prophetic literature? Questions abound both in the academy and the church as to how to engage the prophets, particularly in light of the New Testament. The Gospel writers and the church fathers all readand appealed to the Old Testament, but are we as modern-day readers supposed to take the same approach? The Prophets and the Apostolic Witness ...