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  • Spiritual Formation: Ever Forming, Never Formed, By Peter K. Nelson
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    Spiritual Formation

    Ever Forming, Never Formed

    by Peter K. Nelson

    In our ongoing battle against sin in our life as believers, we need all the help we can get. Spiritual Formation: Ever Forming, Never Formed is a breath of fresh air in this fight, setting out biblical foundations and offering practical advice. Spiritual Formation both humbles triumphalistic Christians and gives much needed hope to defeated Christians. We can deceive ourselves ...

  • Psalms: Prayers of the Heart, By Eugene H. Peterson
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    Psalms

    Prayers of the Heart

    LifeGuide Bible Studies

    by Eugene H. Peterson

    In this twelve-session LifeGuide® Bible Study on Psalms teaches you how to relate to God as you pray your doubt, fears and anger. They show you how to respond to God in praise. Here you find the best place to explore who you are and what God means to you. For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions—making ...

    Number of Studies: 12

  • The Cross from a Distance: Atonement in Mark's Gospel, By Peter G. Bolt
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    The Cross from a Distance

    Atonement in Mark's Gospel

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Peter G. Bolt
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    "They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha. . . . And they crucified him. . . . Some women were watching from a distance." (Mark 15:22, 24, 40). At the climax of Mark's Gospel, Jesus of Nazareth is put to death on a Roman cross. The text tells us that, in that lonely hour, a group of women were watching the crucifixion "from a distance." In a sense, they are given a stance toward the cross ...

  • Biblical Theology: The God of the Christian Scriptures, By John Goldingay Biblical Theology: The God of the Christian Scriptures, By John Goldingay
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    Biblical 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 ...

  • Exalted Above the Heavens: The Risen and Ascended Christ, By Peter C. Orr
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    Exalted Above the Heavens

    The Risen and Ascended Christ

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Peter C. Orr
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    Christians usually focus on what Jesus has done (his life, death and resurrection) and what he will do (his second coming and eternal reign). While there has been something of a revival of interest in his ascension, studies of Jesus in his exalted state are relatively rare. However, the Christ that Christians trust in, relate to and love is not only the one who lived, died, rose ...

  • InterVarsity Press (IVP), a leading publisher in thoughtful Christian books, announces the launch of two new imprints—Praxis and Crescendo—designed to reach two of its most influential audiences: ministry leaders and women. In launching these lines, IVP plans to serve both industry gatekeepers and end readers in a more targeted and effective way. Praxis will launch in fall of 2012 while Crescendo is scheduled to launch in spring of 2013.

  • Contagious Holiness: Jesus' Meals with Sinners, By Craig L. Blomberg
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    Contagious Holiness

    Jesus' Meals with Sinners

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Craig L. Blomberg
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    Preaching magazine Year's Best Book for Preachers

    One of humanity's most basic and common practices—eating meals—was transformed by Jesus into an occasion of divine encounter. In sharing food and drink with his companions, he invited them to share in the grace of God. He revealed his redemptive mission while eating with sinners, repentant and unrepentant alike.

    Jesus' ...

  • Faithful Antiracism: Moving Past Talk to Systemic Change, By Christina Barland Edmondson and Chad Brennan
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    Faithful Antiracism

    Moving Past Talk to Systemic Change

    by Christina Barland Edmondson and Chad Brennan
    Foreword by Korie Little Edwards and Michael O. Emerson

    Reader's Choice Award Winner

    It's time to move past talk. It's no longer news to most of us that our society has a deep-seated racism problem. Christians of all ethnic and economic backgrounds are tired of seeing the ugly legacy of racism play out before their eyes and feeling ill-equipped to respond. They watch as friends and family members leave the visible ...