In this new addition to the Reformation Commentary on Scripture, we read along as the Reformers return to the ancient stories of the six days of creation, the tragic fall of God's creature and the catastrophe of the flood and apply them to the tumultuous age of the Reformation. Here is a primary source for biblical renewal in the church today.
Brown tells the moving story of four strangers as they reluctantly arrive at a retreat center and find themselves drawn out of their separate stories of isolation and struggle and into a collective journey of spiritual practice, mutual support, and personal revelation.
Eric L. Johnson (Ph.D., Michigan State University) is a psychologist and associate professor of pastoral theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. His books include God Under Fire and Psychology and Christianity: Four Views. He is also a frequent contributor to the Journal of Psychology and Theology. He is the director of the Society for Christian Psychology.
Journeying through the Christian Life. Join James Emery White on a pilgrimage to some of the most important sites in the history of Christianity. As you venture into Mrtin Luther's Wittenberg or The Eagle and Child pub where Lewis, Tolkien and the other Inklings met, you will reflect on the Christian life- how your calling, conversion and spirituality grant you entrance into a fellowship reaching across centuries.
We've all been let down by so-called community. Why is it so hard for us to connect and grow together for the long haul? Veteran spiritual director Ruth Haley Barton helps us get personal and practical about experiencing transformation together. This interactive guide allows us to grow through and by the experience of transforming community.
In this study guide Dale and Sandy Larsen lead you to examine different biblical pictures of God: rock, warrior, peacemaker, builder, father, husband, potter, etc.
A Discernment Practice for Leadership Groups. Church boards and other Christian leadership teams have long relied on models adapted from the business world to make decisions. Here, trained spiritual director and not- for-profit leader Ruth Haley Barton helps teams transition to a much more fitting model - becoming spiritual communities that practice discernment together.
Winter explores the positive and negative effects of perfectionism on readers' lives and offers fascinating insight and instruction into the healthy pursuit of excellence and perfection.
How are Christians to understand and undertake the discipline of psychology? This question has been of keen interest because of the importance we place on a correct understanding of human nature.This collection of essays edited by Eric Johnson and Stanton Jones offers four different models for the relationship between Christianity and psychology.
Does it matter how Christians in other times and places thought? For many contemporary Christians, questions about the role and value of church history can be difficult to tackle. Veteran teacher Bob Rea addresses these barriers, skillfully explaining not only why church history matters, but the difference it makes for life and ministry.