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PaperbackLearning Our Names
Asian American Christians on Identity, Relationships, and Vocation
by Sabrina Chan, Linson Thomas Daniel, Emmanuel David de Leon, and La Thao
What's your name?
Asian Americans know the pain of being called names that deny our humanity. We may toggle back and forth between different names as a survival strategy. But it's a challenge to discern what names reflect our true identities as Asian Americans and as Christians. In an era when Asians face ongoing discrimination and marginalization, it can be hard to live into ...
PaperbackExcellence in Leadership
Reaching Goals with Prayer, Courage and Determination
by John White
- Short deadlines
- Not enough staff
- Tight budgets
- Personal attacks
- External opposition
- Internal conflicts
- A huge task
Every leader faces these problems. But as Christians, should we solve them by using the secular strategies of best-selling management books? Or is there another way?John White says there is. Nehemiah provides the model ...
PaperbackOut of the Saltshaker and Into the World
Evangelism as a Way of Life
The IVP Signature Collection
by Rebecca Manley Pippert
Foreword by Mark Mittelberg- In 2006, Christianity Today voted this title to be one of the top 50 books that have shaped evangelicals
- Over 800,000 Sold
Jesus says his followers are the salt of the earth. But many Christians struggle with this call to be active in the world as witnesses to Christ. The word evangelism often carries negative connotations. How do we cut ...
PaperbackBeyond Racial Division
A Unifying Alternative to Colorblindness and Antiracism
by George Yancey
Christianity Today Book Award—Politics and Public Life
Efforts at colorblindness and antiracism have not been very effective in addressing racial tensions in the United States.
Colorblindness ignores the realities of race and the history of injustice. On the other hand, antiracism centers racial concerns and in so doing often alienates people ...
HardbackRelational Spirituality
A Psychological-Theological Paradigm for Transformation
Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books
by Todd W. Hall
With M Elizabeth Lewis HallMIDWC Book Award
As our society becomes more socially fragmented, many Christians feel disconnected and struggle to grow spiritually. Common models of spiritual transformation are proving inadequate to address "the sanctification gap." In recent decades, however, a new paradigm of human and spiritual development has been emerging from multiple fields. It's ...
PaperbackBeing White
Finding Our Place in a Multiethnic World
by Paula Harris and Doug Schaupp
What does it mean to be white?When you encounter people from other races or ethnicities, you may become suddenly aware that being white means something. Those from other backgrounds may respond to you differently or suspiciously. You may feel ambivalence about your identity as a white person. Or you may feel frustrated when a friend of another ethnicity shakes his head and says, "You just don't ...
PaperbackRelational Spirituality
A Psychological-Theological Paradigm for Transformation
Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books
by Todd W. Hall
With M Elizabeth Lewis HallMIDWC Book Award
As our society becomes more socially fragmented, many Christians feel disconnected and struggle to grow spiritually. Common models of spiritual transformation are proving inadequate to address "the sanctification gap." In recent decades, however, a new paradigm of human and spiritual development has been emerging from multiple fields. It's ...
PaperbackNailing It
Why Successful Leadership Demands Suffering and Surrender
by Nicole Massie Martin
Foreword by Carey NieuwhofOutreach Resource of the Year
Nailing Outdated Leadership Practices to the Cross
Traditional leadership teachings and styles haven't changed much in years. But the world is changing and so are Christian leaders—women need room for their natural gifts to shine and people of color needed space to elevate the values they bring into their roles. ...
PaperbackDwell
Life with God for the World
by Barry D. Jones
Foreword by Michael FrostPopular notions of Christian spirituality today tend to focus on getting us out of the world or getting the world out of us. Many are looking to spirituality as a means of disengaging from this life—to experience the transcendent or discover personal wholeness. On the other hand, much of popular Christian thought seems to be about avoiding the corruption of the world by being pious and following ...
PaperbackPaul's Theology of Preaching
The Apostle's Challenge to the Art of Persuasion in Ancient Corinth
by Duane Litfin
"We preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God." When Paul preached about the crucified and risen Jesus Christ to the church at Corinth and elsewhere, did he follow the well-established rhetorical strategy of his day or did he pursue a different path? And what ...
