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The Holy Bible, Old Testament, is the sacred scripture of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism and Christianity. It is a compilation of ancient texts that encompass a rich tapestry of religious, historical, and moral teachings. The Old Testament, also known as the Hebrew Bible, consists of various books that trace the origins of the universe, the history of the Israelites, and the divine covenant between God and humanity. From the creation narrative...
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A groundbreaking look at how a predominantly white faith-based group reset the terms of the fight to integrate US cities.
The bitterly tangled webs of race and housing in the postwar United States hardly suffer from a lack of scholarly attention. But Tracy K'Meyer's To Live Peaceably Together delivers something truly new to the field: a lively examination of a predominantly white faith-based group-the Quaker-aligned American Friends Service Committee...
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Explore what the Bible really says about the Holy Spirit and what it means to see the power of the Holy Spirit at work in your life.
Whether intentionally or not, many Christians today seek health, wealth, and happiness by summoning the Holy Spirit like a genie to grant their wishes. When things don't go the way they think they should, disappointment and disillusionment abound. But it doesn't have to be this way.
In Knowing the Spirit, author, pastor,...
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A renowned Bible scholar opens up the message and meaning of the gospel of Matthew for today's listeners.
The gospel of Matthew comes alive in N. T. Wright's updated, listener-friendly translation and insightful commentary. He guides the listener through the world of the New Testament, explaining the ideas and events that shaped the gospel writer's account of the life of Jesus. Breaking down the gospel of Matthew into brief, easy-to-study segments,...
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This short book is designed to introduce people to the evidence from Church history and the teaching of the Bible showing that God will one day restore all of His creation to the perfection He intended. Hell is real, but it is temporary in its duration and remedial in its nature. At the end of time, all those God created in His image will experience the peace and joy of being in His presence. The booklet can be read in about a half-hour, and its small...
6) The Lost World of the Prophets: Old Testament Prophecy and Apocalyptic Literature in Ancient Context
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Being responsive to God is at the heart of prophecy. But readers of ancient prophecies and apocalyptic literature-including those in the Old Testament-can come away thoroughly perplexed. Are the prophets speaking about their own times, about our present, or about some still-unrealized future?
It's common to study prophecy with a focus on the sole question of prediction and fulfillment, either for the sake of apologetics or for understanding the end...
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A Great Need Requires a Great Response
Today, over three billion people, a third of humanity, have yet to hear the good news of Jesus. They have no opportunity to believe in him as their Savior and find peace with God through him. Of all the injustices in the world-and there are many that are quite distressing-this is the worst, because of the eternal consequences. A third of anything is significant-especially this third.
In light of this staggering...
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Buy now to get the Key Takeaways from Donald H. Calloway's Consecration to St. Joseph.
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1) Throughout time, Christians have always praised St. Joseph's greatness. His importance was especially emphasized through St. Teresa of Avila in the sixteenth century, yet there are still mysteries that surround him.
2) St. Joseph had always remained in the background, but not anymore. There are clear indications from God that St. Joseph...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Chris Hodges's Out of the Cave
Sometimes you have to go through a period of darkness before you can come to know the light.
In Out of the Cave (2021), Chris Hodges delves into the causes of depression and offers transformative hope and spiritual power to help us win the battle. Out of the Cave teaches us how to remove the stigma of depression and recognize that we're not alone; how our temperament and view of...
10) Set Adrift
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How to analyze and reevaluate your Christian beliefs and experiences in the church while keeping the core of your faith intact.
The number of Christians leaving the church today is significant. Many feel there is no place for them within the faith-they no longer feel at home in their church community or tradition. For various reasons, they are unsettled by the version of Christianity they've inherited.
Stripping away the nonessential aspects of...
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A Clear and Concise Exploration of the Doctrine of Justification from Thomas R. Schreiner
When we see the fallenness of the world, it is often challenging to understand how sinners can stand before a holy God, but the gospel gives hope―justification that comes through Jesus Christ. This doctrine is essential to the gospel but has sparked countless academic and theological disagreements throughout church history, even contributing to the Protestant...
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Street Smarts by Gregory Koukl helps Christians better engage in productive conversations with those who challenge their convictions on a variety of issues. A follow-up to Koukl's best-selling Tactics, this book focuses on revealing the fundamental flaws in common, current challenges to Christian beliefs and values. It then provides individual strategies to exploit those shortcomings by offering model questions and sample dialogues to help guide believers...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Beth Allison Barr's The Making of Biblical Womanhood
The place of women in religion, and in Christianity in particular, has long been a subject of debate and scrutiny. Why have women been treated as inferior to men in Christianity? Where did that tradition stem from?
In The Making of Biblical Womanhood (2021), Beth Allison Barr argues that the concept of biblical womanhood, which is the belief that God made...
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Are you or someone you love desperate for a miracle? As witnessed through Scripture, the God who was and is and is to come has been performing miracles from the beginning of time-so you can trust that Jesus wants to do something miraculous in your life today.
In this follow-up to his book Mysteries of the Messiah, Rabbi Jason Sobel dives deep into Scripture, biblical culture, and ancient texts to help you better understand the truths and the power...
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In John 21:25, the writer and youngest Apostle of the twelve reminds us: the miraculous works of Jesus Christ in his thirty-three prolific years on Earth are too numerous to be counted. "If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written," states the New International Version of John's verse.
In The Miracles of Jesus Christ and His Apostles in the Bible: Divine Miracles...
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Martin Luther, full of compassion, grief, disappointment, and frustration, turns away from his entreaties to and debates with church leaders and writes instead to the German political leaders. With extreme clarity, Luther explains in this letter the unbalanced nature and habits of the religious institution - certain at this point that the German people could only be set free from this continual and escalating religious destruction through the intervention...
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity.
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1) People quarrel over many things, but quarrels always involve one party trying to prove the other wrong. They almost always appeal to a set of inherent rules that everyone implicitly knows about human behavior. These rules make up the Law of Human Nature.
2) Similar to the law of gravity, the Law of Human Nature sets a precedent for how all humans should...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from C.S. Lewis's The Problem of Pain
Throughout history, humanity has assumed that if God indeed was good and merciful, he would eradicate pain. In The Problem of Pain (1940), C.S. Lewis aims to disprove this belief and explain that evil, wars, and hunger do not refute the existence of a good, loving God.
The Problem of Pain is a mix of religion, wisdom, spirituality, and compassion. It tackles arguments most commonly...
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A Concise Introduction to the Doctrine of the Atonement
The atonement is central to Christian theology and essential for following Jesus. In this addition to the Short Studies in Systematic Theology series, pastor Jeremy Treat explains what Scripture teaches about the atonement and how it impacts one's daily life.
Treat demonstrates that the death of Christ is a multi-dimensional work within the story of the kingdom of God. While the accomplishments...
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The New Testament, a sacred text of Christianity, is a collection of books that chronicles the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Comprising the second division of the Christian Bible, the New Testament is considered a cornerstone of Christian faith and doctrine. It includes the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, which recount the life of Jesus, as well as the Acts of the Apostles, various Epistles (letters), and the...
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