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  • Modern Art and the Life of a Culture: The Religious Impulses of Modernism, By Jonathan A. Anderson and William A. Dyrness
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    Modern Art and the Life of a Culture

    The Religious Impulses of Modernism

    Studies in Theology and the Arts Series

    by Jonathan A. Anderson and William A. Dyrness

    Christianity Today Book of the Year Award of Merit - Culture and the Arts

    For many Christians, engaging with modern art raises several questions: Is the Christian faith at odds with modern art? Does modernism contain religious themes? What is the place of Christian artists in the landscape of modern art?

    Nearly fifty years ago, Dutch art historian ...

  • Positive Psychology in Christian Perspective: Foundations, Concepts, and Applications, By Charles Hackney
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    Positive Psychology in Christian Perspective

    Foundations, Concepts, and Applications

    Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books

    by Charles Hackney

    "Some theories of [psychology] are based largely on the behavior of sick and anxious people or upon the antics of captive and desperate rats. Fewer theories have been derived from the study of healthy human beings, those who strive not so much to preserve life as to make it worth living. Thus we find . . . many studies of criminals, few of law-abiders; many of fear, few of courage; ...

  • Contemplation and Counseling: An Integrative Model for Practitioners, By P. Gregg Blanton
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    Contemplation and Counseling

    An Integrative Model for Practitioners

    Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books

    by P. Gregg Blanton

    Interest in mindfulness and contemplative thought is growing among Christians, and it's time to consider the place of contemplative prayer within the field of counseling. Can contemplative prayer be integrated into therapeutic work? Can it in fact serve as a foundation on which to build a new approach to counseling? In Contemplation and Counseling Gregg Blanton presents ...

  • Isaiah 1-39, Edited by Steven A. McKinion
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    Isaiah 1-39

    Volume 10

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Steven A. McKinion
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    For to us a child is born,
    to us a son is given;
    and the government will be upon his shoulder
    and his name shall be called
    "Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

    For the early church fathers the prophecy of Isaiah was not a compendium of Jewish history or theology but an announcement of the coming Messiah fulfilled in the ...

  • John 1-12, Edited by Craig S. Farmer
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    John 1-12

    New Testament Volume 4

    Reformation Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Craig S. Farmer

    Preaching's Preacher's Guide to the Best Bible Reference

    The first eighteen verses of the Gospel of John make some of the most profound statements about the character and work of Christ in all of Scripture: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (1:1); "all things were made through him" (1:3); "the Word became flesh and dwelt ...

  • The Accidental Anglican: The Surprising Appeal of the Liturgical Church, By Todd D. Hunter
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    The Accidental Anglican

    The Surprising Appeal of the Liturgical Church

    by Todd D. Hunter
    Foreword by J. I. Packer

    Many are longing for historical connectedness and for theology that is "not tied to the whims of contemporary culture, but to apostolic-era understandings of Christian faith and practice." They also yearn for rhythms and routines that build spiritual health. Still others are responding to a call to participate in worship rather than merely sitting back and looking at a stage. Liturgy offers all ...

  • Local and Universal: A Free Church Account of Ecclesial Catholicity, By C. Ryan Fields
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    Local and Universal

    A Free Church Account of Ecclesial Catholicity

    Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture

    by C. Ryan Fields

    In the words of the creeds, the church is the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic body of Christ.

    Of those features, perhaps none is as misunderstood as the church's catholicity (that is, its universality)—because while the church is universal, it is also radically local, connected to a particular community or even found on a specific street corner. How might we reclaim the ...

  • Analog Christian: Cultivating Contentment, Resilience, and Wisdom in the Digital Age, By Jay Y. Kim
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    Analog Christian

    Cultivating Contentment, Resilience, and Wisdom in the Digital Age

    by Jay Y. Kim
    Foreword by Dan Kimball

    The Gospel Coaltion Award of Distinction—Christian Living

    Outreach Resource of the Year

    The digital age is in the business of commodifying our attention. The technologies of our day are determined to keep us scrolling and swiping at all costs, plugged into a feedback loop of impatience, comparison, outrage, and contempt. Blind to the ...

  • The Spirit of Methodism: From the Wesleys to a Global Communion, By Jeffrey W. Barbeau
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    The Spirit of Methodism

    From the Wesleys to a Global Communion

    by Jeffrey W. Barbeau

    "I felt my heart strangely warmed." That was how John Wesley described his transformational experience of God's grace at Aldersgate Street on May 24, 1738, an event that some mark as the beginning of the Methodist Church. Yet the story of Methodism, while clearly shaped by John Wesley's sermons and Charles Wesley's hymns, is much richer and more expansive. In this book, ...

  • Modern Technology and the Human Future: A Christian Appraisal, By Craig M. Gay
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    Modern Technology and the Human Future

    A Christian Appraisal

    by Craig M. Gay

    Technology is not neutral. From the plow to the printing press, technology has always shaped human life and informed our understanding of what it means to be human. And advances in modern technology, from computers to smartphones, have yielded tremendous benefits. But do these developments actually encourage human flourishing? Craig Gay raises concerns about the theological implications ...