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paperbackPreventing Ministry Failure
A ShepherdCare Guide for Pastors, Ministers and Other Caregivers
by Michael Todd Wilson and Brad Hoffmann
Great ministers don't just happen. Great falls from ministry don't just happen either. A complex mix of factors both internal and external test the limits of your ability to minister wholeheartedly over the long haul. Senior pastor Brad Hoffmann and licensed professional counselor Michael Todd Wilson work with pastors removed from their place of service. The common experiences of these pastors ...
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paperbackA Caregiver's Survival Guide
How to Stay Healthy When Your Loved One is Sick
by Kay Marshall Strom
When you are responsible for another person's physical needs, your own needs are often neglected. After caring for her spouse, who for ten years suffered from a rare, debilitating disease, Kay Marshall Strom is able to bring a voice of experience and compassion to this important topic. She shows you how to
- find spiritual support
- maintain balanced relationships
- decide when ...
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paperbackThe Power of Proximity
Moving Beyond Awareness to Action
by Michelle Ferrigno Warren
Foreword by Noel CastellanosWe can see evidence of injustice all around us, whether in continuing incidents of racial inequality or in the systemic forces that disenfranchise people and perpetuate poverty. It's important to learn about the world's inequities and to be a voice for the voiceless any way we can. But in an age of hashtag and armchair activism, merely raising awareness about injustice is not enough. Michelle Warren ...
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paperbackMariner
A Theological Voyage with Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Studies in Theology and the Arts Series
by Malcolm Guite
Instead of the cross, the Albatross
About my neck was hung.Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is often regarded as having heralded the beginning of the Romantic era in British literature. The poem narrates the story of a sailor who has returned home from a long voyage having suffered great loss, yet survived.
In this ...
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hardcoverWhen Everything's on Fire
Faith Forged from the Ashes
by Brian Zahnd
Is it possible to hold on to faith in an age of unbelief?
Intellectual certainty has long been a cornerstone of the Christian faith. But in an age of secularism, skepticism, and cynicism, our worldviews have been shaken. Various solutions exist—some double down on certainty, while others deconstruct their faith until there is nothing left at all. But Brian Zahnd offers a third ...
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hardcoverFoundations of the Christian Faith
A Comprehensive & Readable Theology
by James Montgomery Boice
Foreword by Philip RykenIn one systematic volume, James Montgomery Boice provides a readable overview of Christian theology. Both students and pastors will benefit from this rich source that covers all the major doctrines of Christianity. With scholarly rigor and a pastor's heart, Boice carefully opens the topics of the nature of God, the character of his natural and special revelation, the fall, and the person and work ...
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paperbackThe Great Theologians
A Brief Guide
by Gerald R. McDermott
Who are the church's great theologians? What was special about their teaching? What can we learn from them today? Gerald McDermott has written this book for those who want a solid introduction that is challenging, but not overwhelming. Provocative but satisfying. And not too long. McDermott not only informs us about eleven pivotal theologians from Origen to von Balthasar, but helps us sort out ...
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paperbackThe New Christian Zionism
Fresh Perspectives on Israel and the Land
Edited by Gerald R. McDermott
Can a theological case be made from Scripture that Israel still has a claim to the Promised Land? Christian Zionism is often seen as the offspring of premillennial dispensationalism. But the historical roots of Christian Zionism came long before the rise of the Plymouth Brethren and John Nelson Darby. In fact, the authors of The New Christian Zionism contend that the biblical and theological ...
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caseboundPentecost
A Day of Power for All People
The Fullness of Time
by Emilio Alvarez
"The power of Pentecost is inseparable from the good news of the Christ who is proclaimed in the Gospels, in accordance with the Scriptures."
Pentecost may well be the most misconstrued day on the church calendar. A long legacy of cessationism has drained Pentecost of much of its significance, and it's largely misunderstood in many Western churches today, if not outright ignored.
That's ...
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paperbackThe Message of Joel, Micah & Habakkuk
The Bible Speaks Today Series
by David Prior
Where is God in times of disaster? How can God allow suffering? What are God's people to do about moral decay in society? While people throughout the ages have long pondered these questions, three of the minor prophets--Joel, Micah and Habakkuk--provide insights to these perennial problems.
The people of Joel's day were devastated by a locust plague, which Joel said warned of the coming Day ...
