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  • Invitation to Retreat: The Gift and Necessity of Time Away with God, By Ruth Haley Barton
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    Invitation to Retreat

    The Gift and Necessity of Time Away with God

    Transforming Resources

    by Ruth Haley Barton

    Academy of Parish Clergy Top Ten List

    "Come away and rest awhile."

    Jesus invites us to be with him, offering our full and undivided attention to him. When we choose retreat, we make a generous investment in our friendship with Christ. We are not always generous with ourselves where God is concerned. Many of us have tried to incorporate regular times ...

  • Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times, By Soong-Chan Rah
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    Prophetic Lament

    A Call for Justice in Troubled Times

    by Soong-Chan Rah
    Foreword by Brenda Salter McNeil

    Missio Alliance Essential Reading List
    Hearts Minds Bookstore's Best Books
    RELEVANT's Top 10 Books
    Englewood Review of Books Best Books

    When Soong-Chan Rah planted an urban church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, his first full sermon series was a six-week exposition of the book of Lamentations. Preaching on an obscure, depressing Old Testament book was ...

  • Knowing God Bible Study, By J. I. Packer
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    Knowing God Bible Study

    by J. I. Packer
    With Dale Larsen and Sandy Larsen

    Faithful. Triune. Beyond comparison. Triumphant over all. These words barely begin to describe the God we serve, yet he invites us to have a relationship with him. What could be more important than knowing this all-surpassing God?

    These five easy-to-use Bible studies, based on J. I. Packer's bestselling classic Knowing God, explore the character and actions of God ...

    Number of Studies: 5

  • Matthew: An Introduction and Commentary, By R. T. France
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    Matthew

    An Introduction and Commentary

    Tyndale New Testament Commentaries

    by R. T. France

    Why did early Christians place Matthew first in the New Testament?"The early Christians were conscious, in a way few Christians are today, that their faith had its roots in Judaism. The issue of the relation between the Christian Church and the Jews remained a vital one both for the Christian's self-understanding and for their presentation of Christ to the non-Christian world. And it is Matthew's ...

  • The Heart of Racial Justice: How Soul Change Leads to Social Change, By Rick Richardson and Brenda Salter McNeil
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    The Heart of Racial Justice

    How Soul Change Leads to Social Change

    The IVP Signature Collection

    by Rick Richardson and Brenda Salter McNeil
    Foreword by John M. Perkins

    Racial and ethnic hostility is one of the most pervasive problems the church faces. It hinders our effectiveness as one body of believers. It damages our witness. Why won't this problem just go away?Because it is a spiritual battle.In response, we must employ spiritual weapons—prayer, repentance, forgiveness. In this book Brenda Salter McNeil and Rick Richardson provide a model ...

  • A Fruitful Life: Discovering Jesus' Invitation in the Sermon on the Mount--An 8-Week Bible Study, By Ashley Hales and Bryce Hales
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    A Fruitful Life

    Discovering Jesus' Invitation in the Sermon on the Mount--An 8-Week Bible Study with Video Access

    IVP Bible Study Experience

    by Ashley Anderson Hales and Bryce Hales

    Discover the Path to Spiritual Growth

    Jesus frequently used fruitfulness as a metaphor of growth and vitality in our faith. Just as a plant's fruitfulness reveals its health, there are spiritual characteristics that reveal our own growth and vitality.

    But how do we get a life of fruitful obedience when we're exhausted, anxious, and busy? Jesus tells and shows us the ...

    Number of Studies: 8

  • Hope for Caregivers: A 42-Day Devotional in Company with Henri J. M. Nouwen, By Henri Nouwen
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    Hope for Caregivers

    A 42-Day Devotional in Company with Henri J. M. Nouwen

    by Henri Nouwen
    Edited by Susan Martins Miller

    "Caregiving is the holy act of the literal laying of hands on another to help and to heal. It requires strength, courage, and commitment to serve another intimately with dignity, respect, and love. The giving of such care, however, gives the one who cares a glimpse into God's priceless kenotic gift to humanity. This beautiful and important devotional based on Nouwen's magnanimous wisdom offers encouragement ...

  • Confiable: Trece razones para confiar en el Nuevo Testamento, By Benjamin C. F. Shaw
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    Confiable

    Trece razones para confiar en el Nuevo Testamento

    by Benjamin C. F. Shaw
    Foreword by Gary R. Habermas and Miguel Echevarría
    Translated by Jesus Escudero Nava

    ¿Cómo sabemos que el Nuevo Testamento es confiable?

    Es una cuestión importante, pero los debates sobre si el Nuevo Testamento es históricamente exacto pueden ser tediosos y abrumadores. Queremos tener la certeza de que losrelatos del Nuevo Testamento son verdaderos y dignos de confianza, pero las discusiones académicas sobre la autenticidad de los eventos narrados en las ...