By Richard Valantasis (Ed.), Deborah Haynes & James Smith One of the great joys of the academic life is to pay homage in a Festschrift to a scholar who has influenced both colleagues and students over years of interaction and friendship both professional and personal. This volume honors a scholar and theologian of historical theology, a theorist and a practitioner of religion and the arts, and a keen analyst of cultural trends...
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By Chris Hoke Interweaving his own story with moving vignettes and gritty experiences in hidden places, a jail chaplain and minister to Mexican gang and migrant worker communities chronicles his spiritual journey to the margins of society and reveals a subversive God who’s on the loose beyond the walls of the church, pursuing those who are unwanted by the world. Wanted follows a restless young man from the sunny suburbs of his youth...
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By Stanley Hauerwas Why does a good and all-powerful God allow us to experience such pain and suffering? This question, so often asked, has been approached in a variety of ways. In this illuminating and powerful book, Hauerwas explores why we seek explanations for suffering and evil so desperately in today’s world. He draws on true cases of ill and dying children to illustrate and clarify his discussion of these theological...
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By Bea Hall She Knew It Would Take a Miracle to Overcome Despair, the Mental and Physical Abuse Bea Hall tells her story of overcoming despair, loneliness, suicide, and mental and physical abuse. She shares the devastation of widowhood, abusive situations, and divorce, and how she learned to trust God in the midst of it all. She’s had to learn the real meaning of forgiveness, love, and mercy. This book details the experiences...
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By Betty Huizenga Discover a program that takes seriously the biblical admonition for older women to mentor younger women. Learn about how to set up an Apples of Gold study group, including what personnel and funding are needed, scheduling and planning. Lessons on kindness, loving your husband and children, submission, purity and hospitality are based on Titus 2:3-5. Here’s what women are saying about Apples of Gold . . ....
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