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ebookWhen Children Come Out
A Guide for Christian Parents
by Mark A. Yarhouse and Olya Zaporozhets
If you are a parent wrestling with God, you are not alone.
When a child comes out as LGBTQ+, Christian parents often find themselves navigating unfamiliar, unsettling terrain. Mark Yarhouse and Olya Zaporozhets, therapists and researchers with decades of experience, have written this book to provide perspective, insight, and the chance to learn from others who've shared a ...
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ebookWhen God Became White
Dismantling Whiteness for a More Just Christianity
by Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Foreword by David P. GusheeWhen Western Christians think about God, the default image that comes to mind is usually white and male. How did that happen?
Christianity is rooted in the ancient Near East among people of darker skin. But over time, European Christians cast Jesus in their own image, with art that imagined a fair-skinned Savior in the style of imperial rulers. Grace Ji-Sun Kim explores the ...
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ebookWhen Your World Ends
God's Creative Process for Rebuilding a Life
by Dawn Mann Sanders
Foreword by Ms. Carol KentHow do you rebuild your life after it falls apart?
Catastrophic events often feel like the end of the world. When we feel like we have nothing left, we sometimes wish for our own end too. Yet God keeps waking us up every morning—a sign that God wants us to keep living when our world ends. We must find our way to the new life that awaits us on the other side of loss. But how?
Dawn ...
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paperbackFrom Cairo to Christ
How One Muslim's Faith Journey Shows the Way for Others
by Abu Atallah and Kent A. Van Til
"If I were to become a Christian, it would mean not only changing my religion but changing my whole identity and bringing shame upon my family. My whole family is Muslim, and my society and culture were Muslim. . . . Changing from Islam to Christianity would mess up my life forever." So writes Abu Atallah, who grew up in Cairo as an ordinary Egyptian Muslim. He was deeply embedded in his family, ...
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Zion Lester
Zion Lester became interested in the work her dad, Terence Lester, was doing on a Saturday morning when she was seven years old. Since then, she has grown to become a community leader, writer, and speaker. She has also continued to regularly serve with Love Beyond Walls and encourages others her age and younger to volunteer too.
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paperbackThe New Conspirators
Creating the Future One Mustard Seed at a Time
by Tom Sine
Foreword by Shane Claiborne"If you have faith as small as a mustard seed," Jesus says in the Gospel of Matthew, "nothing will be impossible for you." That sounds good, but does it work in a world where seeds are genetically altered by an impatient few and hard to come by for countless others? In a world where the gulf between the very rich and the profoundly poor is constantly growing, can a mustard-seed faith make any ...
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paperbackLove Is an Orientation
Elevating the Conversation with the Gay Community
by Andrew Marin
Foreword by Brian McLarenOutreach Magazine Resource of the Year Award winner
Golden Canon Leadership Book Award winner
Relevant Magazine: Top 20 Best Overall Books winner
Englewood Review of Books: Top 20 Best Overall Books winner
Christian Manifesto Lime Award winner
Andrew Marin's life changed ...
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paperbackRedeeming Sex
Naked Conversations About Sexuality and Spirituality
Forge Partnership Books
by Debra Hirsch
Foreword by Gabe LyonsMissio Alliance Essential Reading List
Readers' Choice Award Winner
Seedbed's 10 Notable BooksNothing has exposed the gap between the church and the broader society quite like the cultural argument over sexuality. Relationships, identities, orientations and even seemingly straightforward concepts such as gender have cut battle lines between the church and the ...
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paperbackA Little Primer on Humble Apologetics
by James W. Sire
Always be prepared to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and reverence. (1 Peter 3:15-16) We've all felt the tension. An opportunity to speak for Christ comes up, and either we jump in with both barrels blasting or we cower in the corner and say nothing. Is there a better way? Can we learn to speak boldly, yet humbly, ...
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At a time when few of the nearly seven million English-speaking North American Native people have access to biblical resources, IVP now offers an indigenous translation of the New Testament with the August 31 release of the First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament.
