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  • Souls in Full Sail: A Christian Spirituality for the Later Years, By Emilie Griffin Souls in Full Sail: A Christian Spirituality for the Later Years, By Emilie Griffin
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    Souls in Full Sail

    A Christian Spirituality for the Later Years

    by Emilie Griffin

    2011 Christianity Today Book Award Winner

    "We do not set out to become old. Far from it. We hardly intend even to become middle-aged. Instead we plan to live in some eternal now which will lead on to something better, something more complete than what we had before. . . .

    Sometime in our spiritual travels, as a complete surprise, we notice it has become ...

  • Old Testament Theology, By Paul R. House Old Testament Theology, By Paul R. House
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    Old Testament Theology

    by Paul R. House

    The discipline of Old Testament theology continues to be in flux as diverse approaches vie for dominance. Paul House serves as our guide—without being partisan or uninformed—exploring each Old Testament book, summarizing its content and showing its theological significance within the whole of the Old Testament canon. Readers with little prior background will find House’s thematic surveys particularly ...

  • Ashamed No More: A Pastor's Journey Through Sex Addiction, By T. C. Ryan Ashamed No More: A Pastor's Journey Through Sex Addiction, By T. C. Ryan
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    Ashamed No More

    A Pastor's Journey Through Sex Addiction

    by T. C. Ryan
    Foreword by Walter Wangerin, Jr.

    There are some things we just don't talk about.Things like sex, particularly when our sexuality is a matter of personal struggle.Things like the vulnerabilities of our pastors, who must maintain a façade not merely of respectability but of moral and psychological superiority.We don't talk about things that make us feel insecure, that make us feel unsettled. But the nature of spiritual growth, even ...

  • Brave Souls: Experiencing the Audacious Power of Empathy, By Belinda Bauman Brave Souls: Experiencing the Audacious Power of Empathy, By Belinda Bauman
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    Brave Souls

    Experiencing the Audacious Power of Empathy

    by Belinda Bauman
    Foreword by Christine Caine

    What if empathy could save us?Belinda Bauman was living a comfortable life as a wife, mother, and nonprofit leader—but her soul was checked out. Then she met Esperance. An assault survivor living in one of the poorest, most dangerous countries in the world, Esperance and other Congolese women shared their harrowing stories with Belinda. Their vulnerability set Belinda on a path ...

  • Authentic Human Sexuality: An Integrated Christian Approach, By Judith K. Balswick and Jack O. Balswick Authentic Human Sexuality: An Integrated Christian Approach, By Judith K. Balswick and Jack O. Balswick
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    Authentic Human Sexuality

    An Integrated Christian Approach

    by Judith K. Balswick and Jack O. Balswick

    Sex pervades our culture, going far beyond the confines of the bedroom into the workplace, the church, and the media. Yet despite all the attention and even obsession devoted to sex, human sexuality remains confusing and even foreboding. What, after all, is authentic human sexuality?

    That is the question Judith and Jack Balswick set out to answer in this wide-ranging and probing ...

  • Honest Worship: From False Self to True Praise, By Manuel Luz Honest Worship: From False Self to True Praise, By Manuel Luz
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    Honest Worship

    From False Self to True Praise

    by Manuel Luz
    Foreword by Rory Jon Noland

    When asked by his son why some churches have smoke machines, worship pastor Manuel Luz found himself responding, "Well, technically, you need smoke machines to see the lasers." But when you take down the smokescreen, what do you have left? Where do we encounter the Holy in the midst of all this? Where can we worship with our full selves—heart, soul, mind, and body—in Spirit and truth?Drawing from ...

  • Philosophy in Seven Sentences: A Small Introduction to a Vast Topic, By Douglas Groothuis Philosophy in Seven Sentences: A Small Introduction to a Vast Topic, By Douglas Groothuis
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    Philosophy in Seven Sentences

    A Small Introduction to a Vast Topic

    Introductions in Seven Sentences

    by Douglas Groothuis

    Philosophy is not a closed club or a secret society. It's for anyone who thinks big questions are worth talking about. To get us started, Douglas Groothuis unpacks seven pivotal sentences from the history of western philosophy—a few famous, all short, none trivial. Included are:

    • "The unexamined life is not worth living."—Socrates
    • "You have made us for yourself, and our hearts ...
  • New Testament Theology and Ethics, By Ben Witherington III New Testament Theology and Ethics, By Ben Witherington III
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    New Testament Theology and Ethics

    New Testament Theology and Ethics

    by Ben Witherington III

    All too often, argues Ben Witherington, the theology of the New Testament has been divorced from its ethics, leaving as isolated abstractions what are fully integrated, dynamic elements within the New Testament itself. As Witherington stresses, "behavior affects and reinforces or undoes belief."Having completed commentaries on all of the New Testament books, a remarkable feat in itself, Witherington ...

  • New Testament Theology and Ethics, By Ben Witherington III New Testament Theology and Ethics, By Ben Witherington III
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    New Testament Theology and Ethics

    New Testament Theology and Ethics

    by Ben Witherington III

    All too often, argues Ben Witherington, the theology of the New Testament has been divorced from its ethics, leaving as isolated abstractions what are fully integrated, dynamic elements within the New Testament itself. As Witherington stresses, "behavior affects and reinforces or undoes belief."Having completed commentaries on all of the New Testament books, a remarkable feat in itself, Witherington ...

  • A Week in the Life of a Slave, By John Byron A Week in the Life of a Slave, By John Byron
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    A Week in the Life of a Slave

    A Week in the Life Series

    by John Byron

    "I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, who became my son while I was in chains. Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me."

    These words, written by the apostle Paul to a first-century Christian named Philemon, are tantalizingly brief. Indeed, Paul's epistle to Philemon is one of the shortest books in the entire Bible. While it's direct ...