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  • Ministering in Patronage Cultures: Biblical Models and Missional Implications, By Jayson Georges
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    Ministering in Patronage Cultures

    Biblical Models and Missional Implications

    by Jayson Georges

    Patronage governs many relationships in Majority World cultures. But regrettably, Western theologians and missionaries rarely notice this prominent cultural reality. Patronage—a reciprocal relationship between social unequals—is acentral part of global cultures and the biblical story of God's mission.

    Misunderstanding patronage creates problems not only for Westerners ministering ...

  • Holiness: A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Theology, By Matt Ayars and Christopher T. Bounds and Caleb T. Friedeman
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    Holiness

    A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Theology

    by Matthew Ian Ayars, Christopher Todd Bounds, and Caleb Travis Friedeman

    Be holy because I am holy. Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.

    The Christian life includes many demands, but perhaps none are as challenging or as misunderstood as the biblical command to "be holy" (Leviticus 11:44 and 1 Peter 1:16) or to "be perfect" (Matthew 5:48). How should we understand these charges?

    In this volume, three scholars from the Wesleyan tradition ...