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  • The Great Quest: Invitation to an Examined Life and a Sure Path to Meaning, By Os Guinness
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    The Great Quest

    Invitation to an Examined Life and a Sure Path to Meaning

    by Os Guinness

    "The unexamined life is not worth living." —Socrates What is life all about? What are we here for? Is there any meaning or purpose to our existence? Thinkers throughout the centuries have pondered these questions. While the distractions of the modern world prevent many from grappling seriously with such matters, the truth is that humans cannot live without meaning any more than ...

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    New Explorations in Theology

    Theology is flourishing in dynamic and unexpected ways in the twenty-first century. Scholars are increasingly recognizing the global character of the church, freely crossing old academic boundaries and challenging previously entrenched interpretations. Despite living in a culture of uncertainty, both young and senior scholars today are engaged in hopeful and creative work in the areas of systematic, ...

  • The Devoted Life: An Invitation to the Puritan Classics, Edited by Kelly M. Kapic and Randall C. Gleason
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    The Devoted Life

    An Invitation to the Puritan Classics

    Edited by Kelly M. Kapic and Randall C. Gleason

    The Puritans are frequently maligned but seldom understood. Far from the dour malcontents they are often portrayed to be, most Puritans were wholesomely engaged in life. This book is designed to introduce you to a wide range of influential Puritan writers and a representative work for each that pushes through stereotypes to the heart and soul of these Christian pastors and theologians. With a clear ...

  • Simplify: 106 Ways to Uncomplicate Your Life, By Paul Borthwick
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    Simplify

    106 Ways to Uncomplicate Your Life

    by Paul Borthwick

    The prophet Isaiah urged the people of God living under extreme stress to remember that their strength would be found in quietness and trust. The Psalmist urged worshippers that to be still was key to their worship. Jesus reminded people that sitting in quietness was better than a life of hectic busyness. Even the writer Henry David Thoreau when asked the secret of life, replied, "Simplify, simplify, ...

  • Finding Holy in the Suburbs: Living Faithfully in the Land of Too Much, By Ashley Hales
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    Finding Holy in the Suburbs

    Living Faithfully in the Land of Too Much

    by Ashley Hales
    Foreword by Emily P. Freeman

    Suburban life—including tract homes, strip malls, commuter culture—shapes our desires. More than half of Americans live in the suburbs. Ashley Hales writes that for many Christians, however: "The suburbs are ignored ('Your place doesn't matter, we're all going to heaven anyway'), denigrated and demeaned ('You're selfish if you live in a suburb; you only care about your own safety ...

  • InterVarsity Press author Carolyn Weber was one of the featured authors at the Canadian Christian Booksellers Association retailer event Summer in Paris on August 6 at David C. Cook Distribution in Canada. CBA retailers from Canada had the opportunity to spend a summer day in Paris where they gained great ideas for engaging with the churches in their communities, were introduced to up-and-coming Christian worship leaders and engaged with Weber and Christian fiction author Sandra Orchard.

  • The Pursuit of Safety: A Theology of Danger, Risk, and Security, By Jeremy Lundgren
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    The Pursuit of Safety

    A Theology of Danger, Risk, and Security

    Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture

    by Jeremy Lundgren

    What does it mean to pursue safety in the Christian life?

    Safety is among the most important concerns of human life: we pursue it instinctively and go to great lengths to avoid danger or harm. However, the category of safety has received surprisingly little focused theological reflection. Important questions for the church have gone unanswered: How do secular understandings ...