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  • - From Rhetoric to Praise in African American Preaching
    von Cleophus J. LaRue
    30,00 €

    "This book is a clarion call for African American preachers to think more deeply about the aims and ends of their preachingnamely to stop putting so much emphasis on celebratory endings to our sermons and focus more on the substantive content in our sermons. Our so-called celebratory preaching, designed to excite the congregation into...

  • - 95 Daily Devotions
    von Donald K. Mckim
    21,00 €

    Donald K. McKim is former Academic Dean and Professor of Theology at Memphis Theological Seminary. He is author or editor of numerous books, including Theological Turning Points: Major Issues in Christian Thought; Dictionary of Major Biblical Interpreters; The Westminster Handbook to Reformed Theology; and the Encyclopedia of the Reformed...

  • - Thematic Plans for Years A, B, and C
     
    45,00 €

    Preachers get the best of lectionary and topical series preaching with this comprehensive manual of sermon series ideas based on the Revised Common Lectionary. Designed to frame consecutive weeks of lectionary texts into seasonal and short-term series, a diverse group of twelve preachers outline multiple thematic series plans for each...

  • - The Faith of the 20th Century's Most Influential Woman
    von Harold Ivan Smith
    26,00 €

    More than fifty years after her death, Eleanor Roosevelt is remembered as a formidable first lady and tireless social activist. Often overlooked, however, is her deep and inclusive spirituality. Her personal faith was shaped by reading the New Testament in her youth, giving her a Jesus-centered...

  • - Loving Your LGBTQ Child and Strengthening Your Faith
    von Susan Cottrell
    23,00 €

    When your child reveals that he or she is attracted to the same sex, how you respond may have a lot to do with your faith. Doesn't the Bible say that's wrong? Will we have to leave our church? Worst of all, you may wonder, "Do I have to choose between my Christian faith and my child?"Susan Cottrell is a mom who has been there and wants you to...

  • - How You and Your Church Can Make a Difference
    von Rebecca Barnes
    21,00 €

    Rebecca Barnes outlines fifty ways in which you, your congregation, and your local community can help fight global warming and enjoy participation in a vital part of Christian discipleship. In 50 Ways to Help Save the Earth, Revised Edition, she makes a clear connection, in a practical and unintimidating way, between stewardship of the earth...

  • - 12 Antidotes to Toxic Christianity
    von Morgan Guyton
    23,00 €

    Christianity has always been about being saved. But today what Christians need saving from most is the toxic understanding of salvation we've received through bad theology. The loudest voices in Christianity today sound exactly like the religious authorities who crucified Jesus.This is a book for Christians who are troubled by what we've become...

  • - A Guide to Faithful Decision Making
    von Jack Haberer
    22,00 €

    aEUROoeIn this easy-to-read book, pastor Jack Haberer helps you seek God's will for your life. You'll move from deep theological considerations to street-level, daily-life practicalitiesaEURO"and you'll learn to chart a course through life's complexities, guided by the Scriptures, in the company of the church. My only complaint is that it...

  • - Freedom Beyond Survival
    von Anna B. Olson
    25,00 €

    How do you minister faithfully to a congregation that is in decline? While many congregations struggle with trying to find the key to regrowth, pastor Anna Olson suggests that the answer may actually be to accept and embrace this moment for what it is. In this beautifully written work, Olson helps...

  • - Exposing a Secret Sin
    von Mary Louise Bringle
    23,00 €

    The world has changed since the early Christian theologians named envy as one of the seven deadly sins, but it seems that the human heart has stayed much the same. Envy: Exposing a Secret Sin by Mary Louise Bringle finds that what once was viewed as destructive to the soul is now desirous. From the Texas woman who tried to kill the mother of...

  • - Finding Grace in the Ordinary
    von J. Ellsworth Kalas
    21,00 €

    How can anything be ordinary if we find the glory of God there?Whatever might be said of life's most thrilling or transformative moments, most of our time is spent in ordinary things. We spend a third of our lives sleeping. In our adult lives, perhaps a quarter to a third of each...

  • - Lenten Reflections for Everyday Life
    von Bruce Reyes-Chow
    20,00 €

    In 40 Days, 40 Prayers, 40 Words, Reyes-Chow encourages readers to pause in the bustle of their daily lives to reflect, engage, and share during the Lenten season. Forty devotions are each framed around a word inspired by the daily lectionary readings and include a short scriptural passage...

  • - Devotions for Lent
    von Paul Stroble
    21,00 €

    On a seven mile journey from Jerusalem to Emmaus, the resurrected Jesus captivated two travelers with stories from the Old Testament pointing to his life and death. Walking with Jesus through the Old Testament invites readers to embark on this journey with Christ throughout the Lenten season. Stroble imagines what Jesus would have said to his...

  • - An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life
    von Marjorie J. Thompson
    27,00 €

    Now available in enlarged print, Soul Feast has equipped and inspired tens of thousands of readers to lead a spiritual life. Marjorie Thompson offers a framework for understanding the spiritual disciplines and provides instruction for developing and nurturing those practices. Many new additions, including a new chapter on keeping the sabbath...

  • von Nyasha Junior
    38,00 €

    An Introduction to Womanist Biblical Interpretation provides a much-needed introduction to womanist approaches to biblical interpretation. It argues that womanist biblical interpretation is not simply a byproduct of feminist biblical interpretation but part of a distinctive tradition of...

  • - Confronting the Hidden Violence of Everyday Church
    von Angela Yarber & Cody J. Sanders
    29,00 €

    Carlosa third-generation U.S. citizen from New Jersey whose family emigrated from Colombia many years before Carlos was bornis often complimented on how articulate he is and asked how long he has been in the United States.Deborah, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA)...

  • - An Introduction
    von Paul W. Diener
    30,00 €

    The problems of morality are complicated by the competing perspectives that religion and philosophy sometimes bring to ethical discussions. Paul Diener provides a readable and coherent guide to these problems for scholars, students, and general readers. He provides overviews of how various religions and philosophical systems understand...

  • - Religious Responses
    von Ronald Cole-Turner
    35,00 €

    Is human cloning equal to playing God? Is the technology--despite being scientifically exciting--a moral option in our world? In this volume, Ronald Cole-Turner gathers twelve nontechnical and highly accessible essays that explore this controversial...

  • - The New Morality
    von Joseph Fletcher
    38,00 €

    Igniting a firestorm of controversy upon its publication in 1966, Joseph Fletcher's Situation Ethics was hailed by many as a much-needed reformation of morality--and as an invitation to anarchy by others. Proposing an ethic of loving concern, Fletcher suggests that certain acts--such as lying, premarital sex, adultery, or even murder--might be...

  • von Beverly Roberts Gaventa
    37,00 €

    In his epistles, Paul at various points uses maternal imagery to talk about his apostolic labors, sometimes actually referring to himself as a mother. For example, Paul writes that he must behave "like a nurse caring for her own children." Later, he writes, he "is in labor again" and must continue to nurse his fellow Christians with milk. These...

  • - From Serving Drinks to Serving Jesus
    von Jerry Herships
    23,00 €

    aEUROoeI had a vision of a faith community where people could have a wider understanding of God and our relationship to him/her. I wanted to create a place where people could state what they believe and what they struggle withaEURO"freely. I wanted a community of people who know we don't all have to...

  • - Chosen for the Curious Vocation of Preaching
    von William H. Willimon
    30,00 €

    Election is a strange word when used in theology. It brings to mind old debates about what God might or might not have done before the foundation of the world. But viewed apart from that historical baggage, the word election is about a central gospel idea: that in Jesus not only...

  • - Faith and Action in the Way of Jesus
    von Ben Daniel
    25,00 €

    aEUROoeThe next revival must be an awakening in the intellect of Christians ready to mark the life of the church and of the broader society with a thoughtful faith.aEURO Thoughtful Christianity provides a guide to Christian faith that honors tradition while embracing modern thought and...

  • - A Wedding Sourcebook
    von David Maxwell & Kimberly Bracken Long
    31,00 €

    As the country moves toward marriage equality for gays and lesbians, couples and pastors are in need of updated language for marriage services. This sourcebook not only provides inclusive marriage services, taking into account a variety of situations, but also provides guidance for couples and...

  • von Tim Cantopher
    21,00 €

    From the Introductionâ ~That's it, I definitely won't get there in time for my first patient now. I'm in so much trouble. She was cross with me last time I was 20 minutes late for her appointment. This time she'll be incandescent with rage when I don't turn up for goodness

  • von Paul D. Hanson
    65,00 €

    From the PrologueIn invoking the metaphor of story, we have begun to build the case for an under- standing of political process that reclaims the historical dimension of nation- hood and the essential role of memory in fostering a vibrant and just society while at the same time taking

  • - Introducing the Prophetic Literature of Ancient Israel
    von Mark McEntire
    42,00 €

    Defining Prophetic LiteratureIntroducing the prophetic literature of the Old Testament should be a daunting task because it is a daunting collection. Its size, variety, and complexity have challenged every interpreter who has sought to make a coherent statement about this set of anc

  • - From Its Beginnings to the Eve of the Reformation
    von Derek R. Nelson & William C. Placher
    37,00 €

    William C. Placher and Derek Nelson compile significant passages written by the most important Christian thinkers, from the early church through the Middle Ages, and up to the beginning of the sixteenth century. Illustrating the major theologians, controversies, and schools of thought, Readings in...

  • - One Family's Quest to Stop Shopping and Start Connecting
    von Scott Dannemiller
    26,00 €

    From the Introduction.Thanks for buying this book. I hope you keep reading, but I sus- pect there's a good chance that you'll stop after the first coupleof paragraphs. And it's not because you're not smart enough to decipher big, fancy words.Words like decipher.No, I think y

  • - Why God and Faith Make Sense
    von William Greenway
    37,00 €

    "Insofar as the essence of this philosophical spirituality is continuous with the essence of Christian spirituality, I am able to specify how . . . we can be utterly confident that it is wholly reasonable and good to affirm, give thanks for, live, and testify to faith in God."from the...

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