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  • Missional God, Missional Church: Hope for Re-evangelizing the West, By Ross Hastings
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    Missional God, Missional Church

    Hope for Re-evangelizing the West

    by Ross Hastings

    "As the Father has sent me, I am sending you" (John 20:21).With the reality of broad-scale secularization in the West and the attendant cloud of insignificance hanging over the church, is there any hope for the re-evangelization of the West? In this comprehensive theology of mission, Ross Hastings directs the fretful gaze of the church to the trinitarian commission of John 20. There we find Jesus ...

  • Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel, Edited by John R. Franke
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    Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel

    Volume 4

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by John R Franke
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    The history of the entry into the Promised Land followed by the period of the Judges and early monarchy may not appear to readers today as a source for expounding the Christian faith. But the church fathers readily found parallels, or types, in the narrative that illumined the New Testament. An obvious link was the similarity in name between Joshua, Moses' successor, and Jesus—indeed, ...

  • The Singer: A Classic Retelling of Cosmic Conflict, By Calvin Miller
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    The Singer

    A Classic Retelling of Cosmic Conflict

    The IVP Signature Collection

    by Calvin Miller
    Foreword by Jeffrey J Crosby

    Over 400,000 Copies in Print!

    "In the beginning was the song of love."

    In this timeless poetic reimagining of the gospel story, Calvin Miller tells the story of a Singer whose song could not be silenced. Since it was first published in 1975, The Singer has helped thousands of readers discover the life of Christ in a fresh way.

    The ...

  • Bound for the Promised Land, By Oren Martin
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    Bound for the Promised Land

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Oren Martin
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    Just as the Old Testament book of Genesis begins with creation, where humans live in the presence of their Lord, so the New Testament book of Revelation ends with an even more glorious new creation where all of the redeemed dwell with the Lord andhis Christ.

    The historical development between the beginning and the end is crucial, for the journey from Eden to the new Jerusalem proceeds through ...

  • Evangelical Theologies of Liberation and Justice, Edited by Mae Elise Cannon and Andrea Smith
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    Evangelical Theologies of Liberation and Justice

    Edited by Mae Cannon and Andrea Smith

    For many evangelicals, liberation theology seems a distant notion. Some might think it is antithetical to evangelicalism, while others simply may be unfamiliar with the role evangelicals have played in the development of liberation theologies and their profound effect on Latin American, African American, and other global subaltern Christian communities.

    Despite the current ...

  • A Credible Witness: Reflections on Power, Evangelism and Race, By Brenda Salter McNeil
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    A Credible Witness

    Reflections on Power, Evangelism and Race

    by Brenda Salter McNeil
    Foreword by Tony Campolo

    Meet Jesus and Sam.Evangelist and teacher Brenda Salter McNeil thinks evangelism that only introduces people to Jesus is incomplete. The picture is much larger than that, she claims: Christ's death and resurrection reconcile us to God andto each other across gender, race and social lines.Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman, introduced here as Brenda's friend Sam, gives you the full ...

  • The Gift of Wonder: Creative Practices for Delighting in God, By Christine Aroney-Sine
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    The Gift of Wonder

    Creative Practices for Delighting in God

    by Christine Aroney-Sine

    2020 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist—Body, Mind and Spirit

    I choose to breathe in the wonder of God's eternal love, And dance to the rhythm of eternal breath,Listening to the whispers calling me to slow down and take notice. I choose to absorb the beauty of the divine presence, to delight in the Creator of all things and relish the delight God takes in ...