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  • Want more context as you begin to study Deuteronomy? This introduction will give you the background you need as you read the Daily Quiet Time Bible Study. We hope you continue to discover the riches of Scripture and draw closer to God as you join the millions who have used this free devotional resource.

  • Engaging the Culture, Changing the World: The Christian University in a Post-Christian World, By Philip W. Eaton
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    Engaging the Culture, Changing the World

    The Christian University in a Post-Christian World

    by Philip W. Eaton

    Drawing on the social critical thinking of Lesslie Newbigin, Richard Hays, Walter Brueggemann, Richard Mouw, Richard John Neuhaus, Charles Taylor and James Davison Hunter, Philip W. Eaton proposes an alternative idea of the Christian university that aims to equip students for responsible engagement in our post-Christian context. Going against the mainstream of Christian higher education, ...

  • Becoming the Church: God's People in Purpose and Power, By Claude R. Alexander
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    Becoming the Church

    God's People in Purpose and Power

    by Claude R. Alexander

    Many today have given up on church. But God has not and does not give up on the church. The church is God's idea. And once we truly understand what God has in mind for his people, we can become who he wants us to be.

    Bishop Claude Alexander shows how the original Christians did not always understand what the church was supposed to be, but God worked in them anyway to become ...

  • Healing Our Broken Humanity: Practices for Revitalizing the Church and Renewing the World, By Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Graham Hill
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    Healing Our Broken Humanity

    Practices for Revitalizing the Church and Renewing the World

    by Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Graham Hill
    Foreword by Willie James Jennings

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    We live in conflicted times. Our newsfeeds are filled with inequality, division, and fear. We want to make a difference and see justice restored because Jesus calls us to be a peacemaking and reconciling people. But how do we do this?

    Based on their work with diverse churches, colleges, and other organizations, Grace Ji-Sun Kim ...

  • The Hopeful Neighborhood: What Happens When Christians Pursue the Common Good, By Don Everts
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    The Hopeful Neighborhood

    What Happens When Christians Pursue the Common Good

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    by Don Everts
    Foreword by David Kinnaman

    Are you tired of hearing people dismiss the church as an irrelevant relic? (Do you secretly wonder if they are right?) Don Everts explores an exciting reality that is revealed in Scripture, shown throughout history, and confirmed in the latest research: when Christians pursue the common good of the neighborhood, the world stands up and notices. It turns out this is exactly what ...

  • The Hopeful Neighborhood Field Guide: Six Sessions on Pursuing the Common Good Right Where You Live, By Tony Cook and Don Everts
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    The Hopeful Neighborhood Field Guide

    Six Sessions on Pursuing the Common Good Right Where You Live

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    by Tony Cook and Don Everts

    We all live somewhere. And we all want our neighborhoods to flourish. Many of us hope (and even pray) for our neighborhoods' well-being. But how do we actually pursue that? This field guide answers this question by walking you through a simple, powerful process for blessing your own neighborhood. Tony Cook and Don Everts offer six sessions for discovering the gifts of your community, ...

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  • Who Moved My Neighborhood?: Leading Congregations Through Gentrification and Economic Change, By Mark E. Strong
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    Who Moved My Neighborhood?

    Leading Congregations Through Gentrification and Economic Change

    by Mark E. Strong
    Foreword by Harold Calvin Ray

    Neighborhoods are moving. While neighborhood changes can mean exciting and fresh opportunities for some, the experience can be vastly different for long-time residents. The rapid movement of people means changes in employment, economics, landscape, demographics, and the feel of a community. Churches often experience the painful impact of these shifts. Depending on how a church navigates ...