• Centered-Set Church: Discipleship and Community Without Judgmentalism, By Mark D. Baker
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    Centered-Set Church

    Discipleship and Community Without Judgmentalism

    by Mark D. Baker

    Christians can be adept at drawing lines, determining what it means to be "a good Christian" and judging those who stray out of bounds. Other times they erase all the lines in favor of a vague and inoffensive faith. Both impulses can come from positive intentions, but either can lead to stunted spiritual life and harmful relationships. Is there another option?

    The late missionary ...

  • Agents of Flourishing: Pursuing Shalom in Every Corner of Society, By Amy L. Sherman
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    Agents of Flourishing

    Pursuing Shalom in Every Corner of Society

    Made to Flourish Resources

    by Amy L. Sherman

    Outreach Resource of the Year

    God calls Christians to participate in his redemptive mission in every sphere of life. Every corner, every square inch of society can flourish as God intends, and Christians of any vocation can become agents of that flourishing. Amy Sherman offers a multifaceted, biblically grounded framework for enacting God's call to seek the ...

  • Together in Ministry: Women and Men in Flourishing Partnerships, By Rob Dixon
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    Together in Ministry

    Women and Men in Flourishing Partnerships

    by Rob Dixon
    Foreword by Ruth Haley Barton

    Women and men are designed to work together in fulfilling God's mission on earth. Yet God's original intent for equal partnership has been so distorted that churches and organizations continually struggle to foster healthy mixed-gender ministry collaboration. Is it even possible to return to the Genesis ideal of co-laborers in today's contexts?

    Longtime ministry leader Rob ...

  • Pentecost: A Day of Power for All People, By Emilio Alvarez
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    Pentecost

    A Day of Power for All People

    The Fullness of Time

    by Emilio Alvarez

    "The power of Pentecost is inseparable from the good news of the Christ who is proclaimed in the Gospels, in accordance with the Scriptures."

    Pentecost may well be the most misconstrued day on the church calendar. A long legacy of cessationism has drained Pentecost of much of its significance, and it's largely misunderstood in many Western churches today, if not outright ignored.

    That's ...

  • Participating in Abundant Life: Holistic Salvation for a Secular Age, By Mark R. Teasdale
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    Participating in Abundant Life

    Holistic Salvation for a Secular Age

    by Mark R. Teasdale
    Foreword by Alan Hirsch and Mark Nelson

    Our world is hungry for salvation, but we don't always know how to talk about it. Christians agree that God cares about people's lives both in this world and into eternity. But the ways we describe salvation often separate the spiritual from the material. Many groups emphasize one at the expense of the other, limiting the picture of what God has to offer. Mark Teasdale works to ...

  • Christian Meditation in Clinical Practice: A Four-Step Model and Workbook for Therapists and Clients, By Joshua J. Knabb
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    Christian Meditation in Clinical Practice

    A Four-Step Model and Workbook for Therapists and Clients

    Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books

    by Joshua J. Knabb

    Christians are hungry for a return to their own tradition to cultivate meditation practices that are both psychologically and spiritually fruitful. In recent decades, mindfulness meditation, which originates from the Buddhist tradition, has been embraced in many settings as a method for addressing a plethora of symptoms. What would it look like to turn instead to the Christian faith ...

  • Renewal Worship: A Theology of Pentecostal Doxology, By Steven Félix-Jäger
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    Renewal Worship

    A Theology of Pentecostal Doxology

    Dynamics of Christian Worship

    by Steven Félix-Jäger

    At its best, all Christian worship is led by the Holy Spirit. But is there a distinctive theology of Pentecostal worship?

    The Pentecostal church or the renewal movement is among the fastest-growing parts of the body of Christ around the world, which makes understanding its theology and practice critical for the future of the church.

    In this volume in IVP Academic's Dynamics ...

  • When Children Come Out: A Guide for Christian Parents, By Mark A. Yarhouse and Olya Zaporozhets
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    When 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 ...

  • Lead Like It Matters to God: Values-Driven Leadership in a Success-Driven World, By Richard Stearns
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    Lead Like It Matters to God

    Values-Driven Leadership in a Success-Driven World

    by Richard Stearns

    Outcomes Conference Book of the Year
    Christian Book Award Finalist

    Richard Stearns is a leader who has been tested as a CEO in both secular companies and also as the head of one of the world’s largest Christian ministries. After stints as CEO of Parker Brothers and then Lenox, Stearns accepted the invitation to leave his corporate career to ...

  • Hinge Moments: Making the Most of Life's Transitions, By D. Michael Lindsay
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    Hinge Moments

    Making the Most of Life's Transitions

    by D. Michael Lindsay

    In life we have moments in time in which we have an opportunity before us to make a change or to respond to a situation. According to Michael Lindsay, president of Gordon College, what follows these instances will depend intrinsically on the decisions we make and the actions we take. These are what he calls "hinge moments"—opportunities to open (or close) doors to various pathways ...

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