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by Patricia A. Pingry (Author), Alice Buckingham (Illustrator)Discover the story of the first Christmas in this newly illustrated classic, perfect for little ones curious about the story behind their holiday celebrations. Expertly crafted for the attention span of toddlers, this simple book tells the biblical story of Christmas--from the Annunciation to the birth of Jesus and the arrival of the wise men. The story also helps little listeners understand the connection between the first Christm...

NASB Large Print Personal Size Reference Bible, Burnt Sienna Leathertouch - Imitation Leather

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by Holman Bible Publishers (Author)The NASB Large Print Personal Size Reference Bible features large 11.25-point type in a convenient personal trim size that is perfect for devotional reading, personal study, or use at church. The easy-to-read large print type also makes this Bible an ideal choice for ministry and preaching. FEATURES Durable Smyth-sewn lay-flat binding Two-column text format Robust end-of-page cross-reference system Topical subheadings Footnotes Words of Christ in red 11.25-...

The Pathway to Success: Letting God Lead You to a Life of Meaning and Purpose - Hardcover

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by Joyce Meyer (Author)Renowned Bible teacher and #1 New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer shows readers how to realign their perspective on success to conform with God's vision for the kind of life that brings us true purpose and lasting joy. The world tells us that having a good job, owning your own business, money, fame, and influence are all important for a successful life. If we don't have them, we feel like a failure. But even when we achieve them, we still end up unhappy, unful...

A Question of Consensus: The Doctrine of Assurance After the Westminster Confession - Paperback

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by Jonathan Master (Translator)From the very earliest days after its completion in 1646, the Westminster Confessions position on assurance has been a subject of controversy. In this exciting new work, Jonathan Master considers the Westminster Confessions statements on assurance as a position of consensus among a diversity of viewpoints.Master traces how from this one position, the idea was expanded and modifiedeven by the documents own authors!just years after its reception, in very distinct ...

Answering the Call: The Story of the U. S. Military Chaplaincy from the Revolution Through the Civil War

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Report copyright infringementby William E. Jr. Dickens (Author)This book argues that the standardization of the American military chaplaincy occurred during the Civil War. It shows that the chaplains of the North and South provided the model on which the modern chaplaincy is based. This model is seen in both the regulations which were established during this war and the actual ministry of the chaplains with the men of their assigned units. To accomplish this task, the book traces the history ...

Sacred Witness: Rape in the Hebrew Bible

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Report copyright infringementby Susanne Scholz (Author)In Sacred Witness, Susanne Scholz discusses the wide range of rape texts in biblical literaturesome that long have troubled readers, others that should have but didn't, such as texts of marital rape, for example, or metaphorical speech about God as rapist. Assuming the androcentric nature of these writings, Scholz asks how we may read these texts in order to find some redemptive meaning for women, children, and men who have been injured b...

The Honeycomb Scroll: Philipp Melanchthon at the Dawn of the Reformation - Paperback

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by Gregory B. Graybill (Author)Long overshadowed by Luther and Calvin, Philipp Melanchthon (14971560) is one of the most important figures in the Protestant Reformation and had profound effect on Western church history. This book gives the most detailed English-language biographical treatment of Melanchthon to date, moving from his historical context and personal origins, through his childhood, education, and early career at Wittenberg during the dramatic events at the dawn of the Reformation...

The Social World of the Sages: An Introduction to Israelite and Jewish Wisdom Literature - Paperback

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by Mark R. Sneed (Author)The notion of a distinct wisdom tradition in ancient Israel has a long historybut does it have a basis in the evidence? Mark R. Sneed argues for a redefinition of the wisdom literature as a loosely cohering collection of books aimed at educating scribal apprentices in moral instruction and the art of living. He presents archaeological and literary data illustrating scribal culture and pedagogy in the ancient Near East and draws a portrait of Israels scribal culture, o...

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by Patricia A. Pingry (Author), Alice Buckingham (Illustrator)Learn all about the Wise Men's journey to Bethlehem in this new board book, perfect for little ones curious about the story behind their Nativity set. From Patricia A. Pingry, the best-selling author of The Story of Christmas, comes a biblically faithful retelling of the journey of the wise men. This little board book begins with the appearance of the star in the sky on the night of Jesus's birth; follows the wise men's long journe...

Jesus' Sermon on the Mount: Mandating a Better Righteousness - Paperback

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by Jack R. Lundbom (Editor)The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) is the best-known repository of the teachings of Jesus and one of the most studied. Amid the considerable erudition expended on the Sermon, however, Jack R. Lundbom argues that it has proven too easy to deflect or disregard the main thrust of the Sermon, which he characterizes as a mandate to holy living and a greater righteousness.Through careful attention to the structure of Matthews Gospel and the place of the Sermon within i...

Procrastination: Preventing the Decay of Delay - Paperback

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by June Hunt (Author)"I'll just do it tomorrow." Are you caught in the tomorrow trap? Have you noticed how procrastination has stalled your life? In this 96-page book, Christian counselor June Hunt shows how to stop procrastinating with time-saving tips, biblical principles, and practical steps that will propel your life forward.MYTH: Procrastinators are just lazyWhether you feel incapable of success or you are secretly afraid of making a mistake, June Hunt exposes the REAL root causes of pro...

Christian Dogmatics: Volume 1 - Paperback

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by Carl E. Braaten (Author), Robert W. Jenson (Author)Now in Paperback!Christian Dogmatics is a two-volume survey of the twelve major loci of Christian doctrine, each treated extensively in terms of its biblical foundations, historical tradition, and contemporary significance. From the perspective of the Lutheran tradition and in view of the unique questions and issues of the American context, each locus is developed independent of the others by six theologians, themselves influenced by diver...

Common Judaism: Explorations in Second-Temple Judaism - Paperback

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by Adele Reinhartz (Author), Wayne O. McCready (Editor)E. P. Sanders's monumental Judaism: Practice and Belief inaugurated vigorous debates about the extent and significance of commonality and diversity in ancient Judaism. Common Judaism gathers a host of scholars to present the state of our understanding of what was common ground in Second-Temple Judaism. By examining the tensions between a "common Judaism" and local settings, partisan Judaism, and the influence of Hellenism, these essays se...

Galatians Re-Imagined: Reading with the Eyes of the Vanquished - Paperback

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by Brigitte Kahl (Author)Brigitte Kahl brings to this insightful reading of Galatians a deep knowledge of the classical world and especially of Roman imperial ideology. The first wave of scholarship on the Roman imperial context of Paul's letters raised important questions that only thorough treatments of individual letters can answer. Kahl sets the letter to the Galatians in the context of Roman perceptions of vanquished peoples as represented in the Great Altar at Pergamum. Beginning with a...

Paul and the Stories of Israel: Grand Thematic Narratives in Galatians - Paperback

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by A. Andrew Das (Editor)Much recent scholarship on Paul has searched for implicit narratives behind Pauls scriptural allusions, especially in the wake of Richard B. Hays' groundbreaking work on the apostle's appropriation of Scripture. A. Andrew Das reviews six proposals for "grand thematic narratives" behind the logic of Galatianspotentially, six explanations for the fabric of Paul's theology: the covenant (N. T. Wright); the influx of nations to Zion (Terence Donaldson); Isaac's near sacri...

The Cross Before Constantine: The Early Life of a Christian Symbol - Paperback

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by Bruce W. Longenecker (Author)This book brings together, for the first time, the relevant material evidence demonstrating Christian use of the cross prior to Constantine. Bruce W. Longenecker upends a longstanding consensus that the cross was not a Christian symbol until Constantine appropriated it to consolidate his power in the fourth century.Longenecker presents a wide variety of artifacts from across the Mediterranean basin that testify to the use of the cross as a visual symbol by some...

Innovation Within Tradition: Joseph Ratzinger and Reading the Women of Scripture

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Frances McKenna (Author)Innovation within Tradition is an exploration of the meaning and implications of Joseph Ratzingers biblical interpretation of the women of salvation history. Mary Frances McKenna argues that Ratzingers work, through his development and refinement of the churchs tradition, brings the important role and significance of the female characters of Scripture to the fore by placing them at the heart of Christian faith.Explicating the pope e...

An Apocryphal God: Beyond Divine Maturity - Paperback

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by Mark McEntire (Editor)In Portraits of a Mature God, Mark McEntire traced the narrative development of the divine character in the Old Testament, placing the God portrayed at the end of that long story at the center of theological discussion. He showed that Israels understanding of God had developed into a complex, multipurpose being who could work within a new reality, a world that included a semiautonomous province of Yehud and a burgeoning Mesopotamian-Mediterranean world in which the Je...

Christian Dogmatics: Volume 2 - Paperback

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The People's Work, Paperback Edition: A Social History of the Liturgy - Paperback

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by Frank C. Senn (Author)Distinguished liturgical historian and theologian Frank Senn here ventures behind the liturgical screen, behind the texts, and behind the rubrics to reconstruct the everyday religious expression in Christian history. Senn's magisterial Christian Liturgy: Catholic and Evangelical (1997) has been widely hailed not only for its comprehensive treatment of Christian liturgy in all ages and communions but also for its appreciation of the dynamic role of culture in shaping l...

Fiction from Tegel Prison: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 7 - Paperback

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by Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Author), Clifford J. Green (Author), Nancy Lukens (Editor)Writing fiction, letters to his family, fiance, and friends and contending with his interrogator occupied Bonhoeffer during his first year in Tegel Prison. Of the incomplete drama, the novel fragment, and the short story, Bonhoeffer admitted to his friend and later biographer, Eberhard Bethge, "There is a good deal of autobiography mixed with it." This book discloses a great deal of Bonhoeffer's family context, ...

The Jewish Experience: An Introduction to Jewish History and Jewish Life

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Report copyright infringementby Steven Leonard Jacobs (Author)This is a story of the Jewish experience through history, which introduces and explains the many dimensions of Jewish life as "cycles" through which Jewish history, thought, writing, and practices have evolved and continue to mature. Steven Jacobs writes a clear and straightforward introduction that explains the basics of Jewish history, the tradition of texts, key philosophical and theological issues and thinkers, the Judaic calen...

Sweat Your Prayers: The Five Rhythms of the Soul -- Movement as Spiritual Practice

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Report copyright infringementby Gabrielle Roth (Author)In Sweat Your Prayers, internationally acclaimed movement and theater artist Gabrielle Roth translates to the printed page the insights of her nearly forty years of teaching personal and spiritual development. Her workshops, attended by thousands around the world, teach us to realize our potential for ecstasy as we experience movement and ritual-theater techniques.The book is a journey through five universal rhythms--flowing, staccato, ch...

Exodus and Deuteronomy: Texts @ Contexts Series - Hardcover

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by Athalya Brenner (Author), Gale a. Yee (Editor)The Texts @ Contexts series gathers scholarly voices from diverse contexts and social locations to bring new or unfamiliar facets of biblical texts to light. Exodus and Deuteronomy focuses attention on two books of the Torah that share themes of journey and of diverse experiences in or upon the land; the echoes of the exodus across time, space, and culture; of different understandings of (male and female) leadership; and of the promise, and pro...

Memory and Covenant: The Role of Israel's and God's Memory in Sustaining the Deuteronomic and Priestly Covenants - Paperback

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by Barat Ellman (Editor)Memory and Covenant combines a close reading of texts in the deuteronomic, priestly, and holiness traditions with analysis of ritual and scrutiny of the different terminology used in each tradition regarding memory. Ellman demonstrates that the exploration of the concept of memory is critical to understanding the overall cosmologies, theologies, and religious programs of these distinct traditions. All three regard memory as a vital element of religious practice and as ...

Jesus Abba: The God Who Has Not Failed - Hardcover

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by John B. Cobb (Author)The church has emphasized ideas about God that have marginalized Jesus understanding of his spiritual Father, his Abba. We commonly think of God as a demanding lawgiver and judge, an omnipotent ruler, or an ultimate philosophical principle. None of these works well today. In contrast, Jesus view of God as spiritual Abba still truly works when it is given a chance. Christians should be open to accepting the ideas of the one they call Lord and Savior. In Jesus Abba, one ...

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by Douglas John Hall (Editor)This bold work culminates Hall's three-volume contextual theology, the first to take the measure of Christian belief and doctrine explicitly in light of North American cultural and historical experience.Hall is deeply critical of North American culture but also of sidelined Christian churches that struggle to gain dominance within it. "We must stop thinking of the reduction of Christendom as a tragedy!" he says. The disestablishment that the churches reluctantly e...

In Defense of Doctrine: Evangelicalism, Theology, and Scripture - Paperback

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by Rhyne R. Putman (Editor)Questions surrounding the relationship of Scripture and doctrine are legion within the Protestant tradition. How can doctrine develop over time and maintain fidelity to the sacred text, especially for communities who cling to the Reformation principle of sola scriptura? Does not an appeal to contemporary, constructive theology belie commonly held Protestant and Evangelical convictions about the sufficiency of Scripture? Does admission and acceptance of doctrinal dev...

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by Laura Sassi (Author), Emanuela Di Donna (Artist)Experience the story of the Bible like never before with this playful book all about the obedient and faithful feet of God's followers. In this lighthearted tour through the Bible, readers will be introduced to the silly feet of beloved Bible characters, from Noah's hairy feet that helped him build the ark, to David's brave feet as he stood in front of the giant Goliath, to the joyful feet of the women who spread the news of Christ's Resurre...

Martin Luther the Preservation of the Church Vol 3 1532-1546 - Paperback

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by Martin Brecht (Author), James L. Schaaf (Translator)The third volume of Brecht's magnificent biography describes the final fourteen years of Luther's life, beginning with the accession of Elector John Frederick in 1532. The period is often treated briefly because some Reformation developments continued without him, his Catholic opponents paid only partial attention to him, his personality displayed great tensions, and his judgment, errors. Yet the preservation of the churchthose confessing...

Two Kingdoms & Two Cities: Mapping Theological Traditions of Church, Culture, and Civil Order - Hardcover

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by Robert C. Crouse (Author)The recent emergence of "two kingdoms" and "two cities" approaches to Christian social thinking are shown to have a key-and often unacknowledged-connection to Luther's reshaping of the Augustinian paradigm. The project works for a better understanding of Luther's own thought to help understand the convergences and divergences of Christian political theology in the twentieth century and today.In particular, Luther's two-kingdom thinking issued forth in a strong dist...

Doing Justice: Congregations and Community Organizing, 2nd Edition - Paperback

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by Dennis A. Jacobsen (Author), Bill Wylie-Kellermann (Foreword by), Grant Stevensen (Introduction by)Doing Justice introduces people of faith to congregation-based community organizing rooted in the day-to- day struggles and hopes of urban ministry. Drawing from the authors decades of experience in community organizing ministry and skillfully illustrated with examples, Dennis A. Jacobsen weaves theological and biblical warrants for community organizing into concrete strategies for achieving ...