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  • Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry, By Ruth Haley Barton
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    Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership

    Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry

    Transforming Resources

    by Ruth Haley Barton
    Afterword by Leighton Ford
    Foreword by Gary A. Haugen

    Spiritual Practices for Burnt Out Leaders

    "I'm tired of helping others enjoy God—I just want to enjoy God for myself."

    With this painful admission, Ruth Haley Barton invites us to an honest exploration of what happens when spiritual leaders lose track of their souls. Weaving together contemporary illustrations with penetrating insight from the life of Moses, Strengthening ...

  • Makers by Nature: Letters from a Master Painter on Faith, Hope, and Art, By Bruce Herman
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    Makers by Nature

    Letters from a Master Painter on Faith, Hope, and Art

    by Bruce Herman
    Foreword by Malcolm Guite

    An Artist's Look at Theology, Art, and Philosophy

    Dear Tom,

    Thanks for writing again—and for this unusually philosophical response to my letter! In response: my theology of art is my theology. Period. I think of God as the Artist and all human artists as eternal apprentices. Consequently, all my thinking about God involves the centrality of beauty and the ...

  • Paul's
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    Paul's "Works of the Law" in the Perspective of Second-Century Reception

    by Matthew J. Thomas
    Foreword by Alister E. McGrath

    • Jesus Creed Book of the Year 2018

    Biblical Foundations Book Awards Finalist

    What did Paul mean by "works of the law"?

    Paul writes that we are justified by faith apart from "works of the law," a disputed term that represents a fault line between "old" and "new" perspectives on Paul. Was the apostle reacting against the ...

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    Ancient Christian Devotional Set

    Ancient Christian Devotional Set

    General Editor Thomas C. Oden
    Edited by Cindy Crosby

    "To search the sacred Scripture is very good and most profitable for the soul. For, 'like a tree which is planted near the running waters,' so does the soul watered by sacred Scripture also grow hearty and bear fruit in due season," writes John of Damascus in Orthodox Faith (4.17).

    By helping you to read holy writings with ancient eyes, the church fathers offer you a deep drink from the only ...

  • Hear My Prayer: Learning from the Faith of Elijah—A 6-Week Bible Study Experience, By Liz Ditty
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    Hear My Prayer

    Learning from the Faith of Elijah—A 6-Week Bible Study

    IVP Bible Study Experience

    by Liz Ditty

    Does prayer matter?

    What we believe about prayer reflects what we believe about God. Maybe you believe God is all-powerful and wise, but not attentive to your little corner of the world? Fortunately, the Bible tells us a different story. Over and over again, we are reminded that God is both great and good, and that we are cared for and fully known by him. So God welcomes ...

  • Interpreting the Prophets: Reading, Understanding and Preaching from the Worlds of the Prophets, By Aaron Chalmers
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    Interpreting the Prophets

    Reading, Understanding and Preaching from the Worlds of the Prophets

    by Aaron Chalmers

    The prophetic books are some of the most captivating and fascinating texts of the Old Testament, but they are also some of the most misunderstood. Interpreting the Prophets equips the reader with the knowledge and skills they need to interpret the Prophets in a faithful and accurate fashion. Beginning with the nature of the prophetic role and prophetic books in Israel, Old Testament scholar ...

  • Acts, Edited by Francis Martin
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    Acts

    Volume 5

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Francis Martin
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    The Acts of the Apostles—or more in keeping with the author's intent, the Acts of the Ascended Lord—is part two of Luke's story of "all that Jesus began to do and teach." In it he recounts the expansion of the church as its witness spread from Jerusalem to all of Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth. While at least forty early church authors commented on Acts, the works ...