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by Diane Glancy
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
Love in one form or another is the commanding force of this new collection of short fiction. The Servitude of Love holds the revelations of love in different manifestations--love of work, love of another, love of journey, love of mission, love of justice, of foolishness, of duty. These thirteen stories...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2018
Between the world of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Christianity there appears to be the widest difference. Coates's brief comments on Christianity in his highly acclaimed Between the World and Me make clear that religious faith is alien to his own experience. Still, Christian audiences from congregations to...
The Spirit of Jesus Unleashed on the Church
Acts of the Early Christians in a Changing Culture
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
The Spirit of Jesus Unleashed on the Church is the third book in a series concerning the restoration of Jesus' people in a world where the marginalized classes longed for reconciliation to God. After Jesus' ascension the early Christians fulfilled Luke's epic theme of restoration in their new empire,...
Freeing the Oppressed
A Call to Christians Concerning Domestic Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
When Jesus spoke at his local synagogue he boldly proclaimed that he was the one sent to free those who were oppressed. He came to provide hope, peace, and safety to those suffering in the world. When he left this earth, his followers were left with the task of continuing this ministry. Statistics...
The Better Way
The Church of Agape in Emerging Corinth
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
When Paul came to Corinth he found a culture emerging from the ashes of Roman power. As Julius Caesar rebuilt the fallen city he brought Roman culture to this Greek community. Likewise, Paul's message of salvation in Jesus rebuilt the fallen lives of people dominated by a culture of power. This power...
Jesus Unleashed
Luke’s Gospel for Emerging Christians
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2014
Luke's narrative of Jesus was presented to Christians who had already heard and read stories of Jesus and the birth of this new movement, Christianity. Luke seemed to rewrite the story of Jesus similar to ancient epics of the history of a nation, a movement, and the tale of a hero. Jesus and the church...
Am I Sleeping with the Enemy?
Males and Females in the Image of God
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
When a boy cries, his father trains him in the way of the ancients. He is taught to man up, and rejects anything feminine in his life. Thus he begins the process of becoming a man in the image of his culture. This transformation comes at the expense of his own calling to reflect the image of God....
The God of Second Chances
Finding Hope through the Prophets of Exile
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
When the people of Judah were taken captive by the Babylonians, their world was drastically changed. While in exile they experienced shame, guilt, fear, and displacement. However, their God had been traumatized by their behavior and also grieved with them. Yet, Yahweh gave them a second chance by...
Adverbs for Advent
Quiet Reflections for a Noisy Time
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
These daily reflections for the season of Advent focus on the question of how we are to live into the promise of the season and the challenges of our historical moment, and how we might, as we focus again on the great theme of waiting in Christian life, practice the presence of God. They include pieces...
The Spiritual Guide
Four Steps on the Path of Enlightenment
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Many people ask, "How can I live a more spiritual life, a life that can ultimately lead to enlightenment?" And by way of an answer this book describes four of the most important steps that we can take along the spiritual path--staying open to suffering, living a generous life, cultivating...
The Practice of Philosophy in Plato and Plotinus
An Exploration
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2018
Plato said over 2,500 years ago that "an unexamined life for a man is not worth living." To examine one's life, on a regular basis, cannot but lead to a consideration of virtue, which in turn leads to a search for the Good, which both Plato and Plotinus say all men naturally seek. What we...
The Gospel of Judas
On a Night with Judas Iscariot
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
The Gospel of Judas: On a Night with Judas Iscariot presents a fresh translation of the Gospel of Judas, with introduction, commentary, and notes. Originally published with considerable international fanfare in 2006, the Gospel of Judas has prompted a vibrant discussion among scholars and other interested...
The Gospels of the Marginalized
The Redemption of Doubting Thomas, Mary Magdalene, and Judas Iscariot in Early Christian Literature
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
The Gospels of the Marginalized provides an exciting new study of three of the most maligned figures in the New Testament story of Jesus: Thomas, usually considered the quintessential doubter among the disciples; Mary Magdalene, characterized as a repentant prostitute during much of the history of...
Glimpses of Another Land
Political Hopes, Spiritual Longing: Essays
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
In Glimpses of Another Land, Eric Miller takes the reader across the American landscape in quest of insight into our times. For those facing challenges and choices from all sides, Miller offers not analysis so much as reorientation--the kind of sharpened vision that redirects movement. An age featuring...