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There has been a revival of all things Celtic in recent decades, producing everything from Irish folk music to a rise in pagan mysticism. By contrast, Tracy Balzer's book, THIN PLACES: An Evangelical Journey into Celtic Christianity is written to introduce contemporary Christians to the great spiritual legacy of the early Celts, a legacy that has remained undiscovered or inaccessible for many in the evangelical tradition. Thin Places not only ...

Combining a survey of the history and purposes of Christian higher education, critical approaches to faith-learning-living, and practical lessons for teaching, scholarship and service, The Soul of a Christian University assists faculty and administrators in educating hearts and minds. Author and editor, Stephen J. Beers, is a Vice President at John Brown Univeristy. Other contributors include: Norris Friesen, Huntington University, Tim Herrman...

Today, no institution can ignore the need for deep conversations about race and ethnicity. But colleges and universities face a unique set of challenges as they explore these topics. Diversity Mattersoffers leaders a roadmap as they think through how their campuses can serve all students well. Five Key Sections Campus Case Studies: Transforming Institutions with a Commitment to Diversity Why We Stayed: Lessons in Resiliency and Leadership from...

Among the Early Evangelicals charts a new course for the Stone-Campbell Movement. While many historians have concentrated on the movement's American-only roots, Gorman suggests that its earliest leaders were experienced participants in a transatlantic evangelical missionary enterprise that utilized interdenominational cooperation based upon a primitive gospel to evangelize the world and usher in the millennium.

This rich and challenging book explores the roots or ancestry of the Churches of Christ and others who stand as heirs to the Stone-Campbell movement of the early nineteenth century. It asks, Where did we come from? How did we get this way? Why do we read the Bible the way we do? What has been the heart of our movement? And it asks further, What can we learn from those who have viewed restoration of apostolic Christianity in ways quite differen...

The nature of reading-a movement of mind, body, and spirit-has continued to change for millennia. Churches and universities would die without reading, therefore, the quality and quantity of reading, books, and libraries remains a current source of concern, or perhaps crisis, in both Christianity and theological education.Reading for Faith and Learning brings together twenty leading, contemporary voices to discuss the significance of reading as...

Replace weariness with refreshment, obligations with passion, and staleness with joy.After twenty years of working the same job, Richard was burned out. When a close friend died, grief led to questions about faith, meaning, work, and life. Seeking answers, Richard hiked four hundred kilometers through the Alps in forty days.The profoundly shaping experiences in our lives are often born out of the mundane rather than the spectacular, yet there ...

The earliest generation of American missionaries came to Japan in the 1890s, but the dramatic events leading up to World War II caused them to leave the country. In fact, only one solitary female missionary, Sarah Andrews, elected to remain, and many thought she would perish in the conflict. But after the war, Andrews was found unharmed, and in time, other brave women and men joined her in Japan. If Your Enemy Hungers, Feed Him recounts the jo...

You are "The God Who Sees Me." Discover a close relationship with God no matter the pain or suffering in your life. Witness the depths of God's compassion through the eyes of Hagar, a runaway slave who meets the living God in a desert of despair, where she gives Him the name El Roi, "The God Who Sees Me." A largely forgotten Old Testament character, Hagar is actually one of only a few people who have ever spoken directly with the LORD. Through...

A generation ago, most Americans had little or no contact with Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, or any other adherents of non-Christian religions. Now our culture is much more pluralistic. In addition to these "others, " many Westerners, disenchanted with Christianity, are more inclined than they were a generation ago to dabble in new spiritual alternatives that were not as readily available here before. Many Christians feel intimidated by these ch...

See your body image struggles as issues of the heart--then find freedom from body insecurity using five biblically rooted steps! Are you tired of clichés like "It's what's on the inside that counts!" or "Just love your body, " which sound encouraging but don't really help your struggle? Then Compared to Who? is for you. It may not be grammatically correct, but it's one question every woman should ask as she wrestles with issues like: AM I...

Faith-based institutions yearn for more than business as usual, and Echoes of Insight, invites you to listen again to the older, forgotten, and perhaps even ignored voices. Echoes of Insight offers brief summaries of several thought-provoking writers from the last century and encourages a new, vigorous conversation about Christian higher education. Some of those authors include: Alfred North Whitehead, Dorothy Sayers, Flannery O'Conner, John H...

Sharing experiences and insights from his visits to monasteries over the years, popular speaker and university professor Randy Harris invites us into a richer, fuller life in the Spirit. Today there is a new hunger in the Christian community to live out radical and authentic faith in Christ. The days of easy answers and sound-bite Christianity are fading. Where do you go to find such faith being lived out? Randy Harris-popular college teacher ...

In Renewing Christian Unity, scholars Mark G. Toulouse, Gary Holloway, and Douglas A. Foster collaborate to provide an overview of the history of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) that will serve all readers by giving a brief, authoritative introduction to this important American denomination. Throughout its history, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has been known for its commitment to Christian unity. The context for unity ...

This new edition of 'The Cruciform Church' finds Churches of Christ at a quite different place than they were sixteen years ago when the book was first released. On the one hand, our culture is more clearly post-modern and post-Christian. All of the Christian players today are finding themselves cultural outsiders, much like the earliest Christians. We are waking up to the reality that we are in a missionary situation in our own culture, and t...

WHAT IS LEFT OF THE GOSPEL IF YOU TAKE AWAY THE CROSS? This central question, asked by C. L. Loos but tucked away in a nineteenth-century journal, launched The Cruciform Church twenty-five years ago. Read by a generation of ministers and church leaders, The Cruciform Church began a reimagination of the church in our increasingly, secular age. Now updated, with responses from eight key leaders, this contemporary classic aims to reach a new gene...

Description from the back cover: A broad racial divide mars Churches of Christ, and courageous leaders from across the United States have joined together to listen to one another. Rather than adopt a posture of resignation, they have met for honest, God-honoring conversation. In Reconciliation Reconsidered, Tanya Brice pulls together the early fruit she has gleaned from this ongoing conversation about racial reconciliation. Learn about yourse...

How old are the earliest Biblical manuscripts? How has the Bible been preserved and transmitted to us? Why do we have so many di erent translations of the Bible? How did early Christians decide which writings to include in the Bible? How We Got the Bible provides well-researched, accessible answers to many questions like these. ¿ Learn about the rst materials used to write down the words of Scripture. ¿ Uncover the facts of some of history's m...

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