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The Forgotten Books of the Bible: Recovering the Five Scrolls for Today

You're probably missing out on some of the most interesting books of the Bible. In the Jewish tradition, the five books known as the Five...

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A Complicated Pregnancy: Whether Mary Was a Virgin and Why It Matters

The virgin birth is a much-loved story in the Christian tradition, but many theologians dispute the tradition of the virginal conception on both historical and scientific grounds. A Protestant theologian, husband, and father, Kyle Roberts was growing unsure of his belief in Mary's virginity. So he set out to investigate the virgin birth from every angle. A Complicated Pregnancy records his fascinating journey through the evidence and the myth, through history, biblical interpretation, and church politics. His conclusion surprised him, and it will surprise you, too.

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Tracks in the Straw: Tales Spun from the Manger

In a memorable Christmas book full of surprises and wonder, Loder offers 15 nativity stories and fables that bring forth an amazing set of characters, animals,...

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One Anothering, Volume 1: Biblical Building Blocks for Small Groups

Eleven sessions, based on such themes as "love one another," "bear one another's burdens," "submit to one another," and "encourage one another." Includes...

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Grievers Ask: Answers to Questions about Death and Loss

In his counseling work, Harold Ivan Smith has heard all the questions?even the most obscure, personal, and difficult ones?that occur to grievers...

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Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth: Prayers of Walter Brueggemann

This thoughtful collection of prayers emerged from Brueggemann's thirty-five years of teaching in seminaries. Full of reflection, faith, and dialogue, they...

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When Your Friend Dies

Many of us will grieve the death of a friend. Yet, this particular kind of grief is not recognized as often as that experienced when a spouse, child, or...

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Psalms for Sojourners

"The Psalms address the days of our lives, in times of hurting as well as happiness, helping us to learn how to pray and also how to praise," says James...

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Facing Cancer Together

You hear that a friend has cancer. You want to help, but you're not entirely sure how. Pamela Brown, a cancer survivor, suggests the many ways you can help...

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30-Day Journey with Dorothy Day

Through brief daily readings and reflections, the 30-Day Journey series invites readers to be inspired and transformed. Remembered for her radical activism and dedicated life of service, Dorothy Day embodied the power of truly loving your neighbor. Whether you already admire Day or are encountering her for the first time, this journey provides the perfect way to engage the thought of one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary women.

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How to Human: An Incomplete Manual for Living in a Messed-Up World

How to Human is a tender and irreverent take on one of life's most fundamental questions: how to be a better human in a world dead set against it. Alice Connor offers sage, no-nonsense wisdom, encouraging you to embrace the chaos and see life as an experiment--not a quest for the right answers.

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The Essential Forde: Distinguishing Law and Gospel

This volume includes some of the most essential writings of the theologian Gerhard Forde and trace the contours of Forde's theological argument. Organized around "Law and Gospel," the selections incude historical background on that doctrinal locus and express Forde's own views of the law and the gospel, including death and resurrection, the bondage of the will, good works, preaching, and the sacraments. The volume also includes a definitive introduction to Forde's life and work.

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Holy Grounds: The Surprising Connection between Coffee and Faith—From Dancing Goats to Satan’s Drink

From the coffee bean's discovery by ninth-century Ethiopian Muslims to being condemned as "Satan's drink" by medieval Christians, to becoming an integral part of Passover...

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Engage! Tools for Ministry in the Community

Author Dana Horrell calls on years of experience in community action to create this practical guide to help congregations reach out to their local communities. Engage! provides twenty-six practical and proven tools to help leaders develop methods and strategies to get started on a path of effective planning.

The primary audience for Engage! includes pastors, lay leaders, and members in local congregations who are engaged in community ministry.

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Let the Children Come: Reimagining Childhood from a Christian Perspective

In Let the Children Come, Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore explores the question, What does faithful parenting look like today? As she addresses this query, she updates outmoded and distorted assumptions about and conceptions of children in popular US culture. She also shows important insights and contributions religious traditions and communities, Christianity in particular, make as we examine how to regard and treat children well.

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The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to God: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know about the Almighty

In this latest installment of the Homebrewed Christianity series, Eric E. Hall approaches the question of God from various perspectives. The classical conception of God is like the famously stoic-yet-lethal Mr. Miyagi in the Karate Kid. Competing versions of God include Your Hippie Aunt, St. Joan of Arc, and even the muscle-headed goons from Jersey Shore. At the end of this romp through history and pop culture, Hall argues that the God you need may be the very God you rejected years ago.

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Grief: Contemporary Theory and the Practice of Ministry

The experience of grief has been a source of intrigue and curiosity throughout history, and it continues to stimulate thought and theory in various fields of...

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The Centered Life: Awakened Called Set Free Nurtured

Is there an alternative to a fragmented, frantic, meaningless life? Jack Fortin finds it in a life centered in God. Spiritual exercises, questions for...

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Sabbath Sense: A Spiritual Antidote for the Overworked

Lack of time is the chronic complaint of our culture — and the reality of most of our lives. Sabbath as a day of rest has been lost in our to — do...

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The Friendship Factor: Revised, 25th Anniversary Edition

At the heart of each relationship, says McGinnis, is the friendship factor?the essential ingredient of warmth and caring. With captivating case histories...

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