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1 Mans Thougths
$13.49Add to cartHave you ever wondered what happened to the African American society, why are we so different from long ago and then again why haven’t we changed.
One Man’s Thoughts is a thought provoking piece that reflect the thoughts of one Black man whose words of inspiration and encouragement may very well be just what the African American society needs to read.
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Terrify No More
$17.99Add to cartIn a small village outside of Phnom Pehn, little children as young as five years old were forced to live as sex slaves. Day after day their hope was slipping away. Tireless workers from International Justice Mission (IJM) infiltrated the ring of brothels and gathered evidence to free the children. Headed up by former war-crimes investigator Gary Haugen, IJM faced impossible odds-police corruption, death threats, and mission-thwarting tip-offs. But they used their expert legal finesse and high-tech investigative techniques to savethe lives of 37 young girls and secured the arrest and conviction of several perpetrators. Terrify No More focuses on this dramatic rescue story, and uses flashbacks to tell those of many other victims who were given a second chance at life by this amazing organization.Readers of John Grisham and Ted Dekker novels will appreciate the suspense,plot twists, and relentless pursuit of justice found in the true story of Terrify No More.
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10 Things Every 10th Grade Girl Should Know
$16.99Add to cartTenth grade is a lot like that last emergency drill before life taps you on the shoulder and says, “It’s time.” Although you are still a minor, the next two years will require you to take on more responsibility and to make bigger decisions. Now is the time to mentally prepare yourself for the whirlwind ahead because after tenth grade, things begin moving very quickly. Between now and your senior year, several hallmark events await you, such as taking senior pictures, getting your class ring, going to prom, ordering your cap and gown, and finding a way to pay for it all. Before you know it, you will be eighteen, graduating, and embarking on a whole new level of life. If you are not prepared, your final years of high school will leave you dazed, confused, and wondering what just happened (not to mention broke).
“10 Things Every 10th-Grade Girl Should Know” discusses the top ten things that affect the lives of young women ages 15-17 from a Biblical perspective without hiding behind political correctness. It is real talk for real times. Use it as a guide to avoid the common mistakes that many teen girls tend to make during this particular season of life. You may not be able to completely avoid having emotional baggage when you are done reading, but you can at least have a 2-carry-on limit.
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Prayers And Presidents
$20.00Add to cart“Went to church and fasted all day.”-GEORGE WASHINGTON, Diary Entry, June 1, 1774, day British blockaded Boston’s harbor From George Washington’s orders for troops to attend divine services, to Abraham Lincoln’s annual day of thanksgiving, to Harry S Truman’s annual day of prayer, America’s leaders of the past have a tradition of faith, especially in times of crises! There is a chapter on every President of the past, from George Washington through George W. Bush, with excerpts from Proclamations, Addresses to Congress, Executive Orders, Personal Correspondence and Memoirs. “Appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions…”-THOMAS JEFFERSON, Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 “That the citizens of these States, abstaining on that day from their customary worldly occupations…acknowledge before God the manifold sins and transgressions…as individuals and as a nation, beseeching Him…through the Redeemer of the World, freely to remit all our offenses, and to incline us by His Holy Spirit to that sincere repentance and reformation.”-JOHN ADAMS, Day of Fasting declared during a threatened war with France, March 23, 1798 “In the present time of public calamity and war a day may be recommended to be observed by the people of the United States as a day of…humble adoration to the Great Sovereign of the Universe, of confessing their sins and transgressions, and of strengthening their vows of repentance.”-JAMES MADISON, Day of Fasting, November 16, 1814, after British burned the Capital “In a time of war humbly and devoutly to acknowledge our dependence on Almighty God and to implore His aid and protection…I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do hereby…exhort my fellow-citizens…to pray Almighty God that He may forgive our sins.”-WOODROW WILSON, Day of Fasting May 11, 1918, during World War I “Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion and our civilization…Help us, Almighty God, to rededicate ourselves in renewed faith in Thee in this hour of great sacrifice.”-FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, June 6, 1944, D-Day Prayer on Allied Invasion of Normandy, France “America needs God more than God needs America. If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under.”-RONALD REAGAN, August 23, 1984, at Ecumenical Prayer Breakfast, Dallas, Texas A great source of inspiration for any
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Guide To Spiritual And Economic Empowerment
$14.99Add to cartThis project is the result of a study on economic and spiritual empowerment in the black church. This topic began with a focus group in the Doctor of Ministry program at United Theological Seminary, led by mentors Drs. Lewis V. Baldwin and Victor Anderson. One of the major hindrances to the economic empowerment of the black church and community is economic management.
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Meeting Of The Waters
$16.99Add to cartThe Meeting of the Waters identifies seven trends having a major impact on the Church around the world – and on every Christian at home in every country.
The global community of Christians is stunning in its scope and spiritual impact. But what is happening to the Church as new technology, marketing, and generational shifts make their unavoidable mark? And what difference does it make for Christians in day-to-day life?
Equal parts travelogue, character study, and global documentary, The Meeting of the Waters interlaces stories and instruction in the tradition of Freakonomics, The World is Flat, and The Tipping Point. This breakthrough book is for any Christian eager to make a difference in a changing world.
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Authentic Communication : Christian Speech Engaging Culture
$24.99Add to cartWhat could be more natural, more human, than communication? But we all learn quickly enough that good communication is not always natural. There is much to learn from Scripture and from the academic study of human communication. In this book Tim Muehlhoff and Todd Lewis are able guides, aiding us in understanding the broad field of human communication in Christian perspective.
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Clinton Economic Boom
$25.99Add to cartBill Clinton often gets credit for being the architect of the longest economic expansion in U.S. history and for being the catalyst for 22+ million jobs that were created during his tenure. Based on this reputation, the conventional wisdom is that the U.S. can regain the prosperity of the Clinton era by electing a president with similar political values, who will advance similar policies. B. A. Marbue Brown challenges the conventional wisdom by presenting a factbased analysis, which shows that five factors combined to create an economic perfect storm during the Clinton years, and that the President had little if any influence over those factors. He also shows that several popular beliefs about the administration’s economic record are founded on myths. Then leveraging lessons learned from his analysis, he adds prescriptions that policymakers can use to drive economic growth in more typical circumstances. Almost 300 citations back up his conclusions.
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Clinton Economic Boom
$16.49Add to cartBill Clinton often gets credit for being the architect of the longest economic expansion in U.S. history and for being the catalyst for 22+ million jobs that were created during his tenure. Based on this reputation, the conventional wisdom is that the U.S. can regain the prosperity of the Clinton era by electing a president with similar political values, who will advance similar policies. B. A. Marbue Brown challenges the conventional wisdom by presenting a factbased analysis, which shows that five factors combined to create an economic perfect storm during the Clinton years, and that the President had little if any influence over those factors. He also shows that several popular beliefs about the administration’s economic record are founded on myths. Then leveraging lessons learned from his analysis, he adds prescriptions that policymakers can use to drive economic growth in more typical circumstances. Almost 300 citations back up his conclusions.
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Face To Face (Reprinted)
$14.00Add to cartPreface
Part One: Friendship
Chapter 1-Its Necessity And Obligations
Chapter 2-Characteristics Of A True Friend
Chapter 3-Cultivating Friendships: Justice And Mercy
Chapter 4-Cultivating Friendships: Love And Good Works
Chapter 5-Destroying FriendshipsPart Two: Hospitality
Chapter 6-Commands Of Hospitality
Chapter 7-The Nature Of Hospitality
Chapter 8-The Benefits Of Hospitality
Chapter 9-Stepping Toward HospitalityAdditional Info
The heart of Christian reality is a “society”, a Trinity of persons living with and for one another. God created us to live in bonds of society and friendship, not as lone rangers. The Christian faith presents friendship and hospitality not as luxuries but necessities. God does not save us in isolation but in community with other people. There is no possibility of living to the glory of God apart from godly companions. In this book, Steve Wilkins seeks to call us back to the joyous obligations of friendship and hospitality. -
Wind Sun Soil Spirit
$20.00Add to cartHow can Christians contribute to the debates about climate change and global warming? What ethical criteria do they bring to the conversation? How does the Bible figure in their deliberation?
Carol Robb brings together the several dimensions of this one overarching issue of our lifetimes: hers is an ecological ethics in theological perspective, and it integrates economic theory, environmental policy, and most distinctively New Testament studies. Alongside deliberation on scenarios for the future in light of climate change and assessing criteria for ethical policy in this area, she reflects on implications of the New Testament worldview for ethics now. Relating Jesus’ life, ministry, and teachings to the resurrection, then probing how Paul and other early followers of Jesus related to the empire, Robb provides a surprisingly fruitful fund of ideas for Christian responsibility in this area.
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Family And Faith In Asia
$24.99Add to cartIf Christian mission in Asia and most of the non-Western world is ever to advance, it must seriously consider the importance of family networks. Far too long the strategy of a “one by one” approach has stifled the spread of the gospel, reinforced a highly individualized unbiblical theology and destroyed social relationships that might lead to conversation, conversion and social transformation. With this concern in mind, SEANET is proud to present another volume in its series addressing critical missiological issues relevant to the practice of mission in Buddhist, Asian and many other contexts. Our title, Family and Faith in Asia: The Missional Impact of Extended Networks, attempts to issue a wake-up call to serious reflection on a highly ignored social reality in Buddhist and many other social contexts. The book is a resource useful for anyone wishing to study practical approaches to issues related to family and faith in Asia, particularly in Buddhist contexts for mission.
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Wired For Intimacy
$20.99Add to cartNeuroscientist and researcher William Struthers explains how pornography affects the male brain and what we can do about it. Exposing false assumptions, casting a vision for a redeemed masculinity and offering insights for both married and single men alike, this book offers hope for freedom from pornography and sanctification in our bodies.
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Because They Hate
$18.99Add to cartBrigitte Gabriel lost her childhood to militant Islam. In 1975 she was ten years old and living in Southern Lebanon when militant Muslims from throughout the Middle East poured into her country and declared jihad against the Lebanese Christians. Lebanon was the only Christian influenced country in the Middle East, and the Lebanese Civil War was the first front in what has become the worldwide jihad of fundamentalist Islam against non-Muslim peoples. For seven years, Brigitte and her parents lived in an underground bomb shelter. They had no running water or electricity and very little food; at times they were reduced to boiling grass to survive.
Because They Hate is a political wake-up call told through a very personal memoir frame. Brigitte warns that the US is threatened by fundamentalist Islamic theology in the same way Lebanon was- radical Islam will stop at nothing short of domination of all non-Muslim countries. Gabriel saw this mission start in Lebanon, and she refuses to stand silently by while it happens here. Gabriel sees in the West a lack of understanding and a blatant ignorance of the ways and thinking of the Middle East. She also points out mistakes the West has made in consistently underestimating the single-mindedness with which fundamentalist Islam has pursued its goals over the past thirty years. Fiercely articulate and passionately committed, Gabriel tells her own story as well as outlines the history, social movements, and religious divisions that have led to this critical historical conflict.
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Climate Justice : Ethics Energy And Public Policy
$20.00Add to cartEnergy issues and climate change have loomed up from issues at the horizon to confront humanity directly and vitally. They are now pressing public-policy challenges of monumental scale and import. James Martin-Schramm draws on decades of involvement with ethics, public policy, and environmental ethics to provide this lucid and astute analysis of the problems and options for addressing energy and climate change.
Schramm argues that reliance on fossil fuels has produced grave threats to justice, peace, and the integrity of creation. Addressing these threats requires of Christians not simply new individual sensitivities and sacrifices but a new way of living in harmony with the earth and an earnest search for policy that fosters sustainability, reflects values of equity and fairness, and operates on a scale commensurate with the problems. Martin-Schramm proposes a full analysis of the problems and causes of our situation and real principles for an ethic of ecojustice. He also provides specific assessment of norms, policy options, and recommendations in the areas of energy and climate change and a glimpse of what a workable alternative might look like, globally and locally.
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White Ghetto : How Middle Class America Reflects Inner City Decay
$19.99Add to cartDecaying values. Sexually transmitted diseases.Fatherless homes. Rampant drug use.These aren’t just problems for today’s inner cities.It’s the plight of all America.Much has been said about Bill Cosby’s incendiary remarks about urban black culture and its “dirty laundry.” But in this provocative book, Star Parker, one of today’s most controversial commentators,goes even further, proving that urban plight simply reveals a decay that is gnawing its way throughout American society as a whole. The sexual chaos, values disorientation, and social turmoil we see in our inner cities, Parker argues, is just a magnified reflection of the moral collapse happening all over America: in our schools, our churches, our homes. And this slide toward moral decrepitude is all due to a flagrant dismissal of and assault on America’s tried-and-true values. With startling statistics and disturbing stories about the increasing secularization and criminalization of the middle class, Parker holds a cracked mirror up to suburbia. Taking on tough subjects such as abortion, drug abuse, sexual politics, and religion, she offers a rousing exploration of the raging cultural war-taking you on a wild, eye-opening tour through the White Ghetto.Star Parker is the founder and president of CURE, the Coalition on Urban Renewal & Education, a nonprofit organization that provides national dialogue on issues of race and poverty in the media, inner city neighborhoods, and public policy. Star is a regular commentator on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and the BBC, which reaches 300 million homes worldwide. Her articles and quotes have also appeared in major publications including the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the New York Times, and is currently a weekly syndicated columnist for Scripps Howard News Service. Star is the author of Pimps, Whores, and Welfare Brats and Uncle Sam’s Plantation.
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Sarah Palin : Rendevous With Liberty
$36.99Add to cartWith masterful precision Mark Nusbaum weaves the ebb and flow of Governor Palin’s 2008 campaign message into a platform of ideas that are destined to shape America’s future. As she has spent her career fighting for and delivering transparency, accountability, limited government, and pro-growth economic policies for the citizens of Alaska, Sarah Palin is now on the edge of leading a movement to take America back from big government liberals.
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Sarah Palin : Rendevous With Liberty
$24.99Add to cartWith masterful precision Mark Nusbaum weaves the ebb and flow of Governor Palin’s 2008 campaign message into a platform of ideas that are destined to shape America’s future. As she has spent her career fighting for and delivering transparency, accountability, limited government, and pro-growth economic policies for the citizens of Alaska, Sarah Palin is now on the edge of leading a movement to take America back from big government liberals.
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Covenant Partnership
$17.99Add to cartGod has established the Jews as His covenant people, just as Israel is His covenant land. Christians must understand what the Lord expects of believers regarding “His special treasure” during the last days. Do not be caught unaware and unprepared, for the end is rapidly approaching.
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How To Thrive In Perilous Times
$4.99Add to cartThe Scripture says perilous times will come, but believers are not to be troubled by them. Author and pastor Happy Caldwell reveals how to live in victory regardless of circumstances-by knowing God’s promises of provision and protection and releasing your faith to receive.
Jesus says in Matthew 24 that when troubling times come, you are to be wary of religious deception and to keep your heart from worry. Instead, stay close to God through prayer, fellowship, and the Word-trust Him to take care of you. In the book of Timothy, the Apostle Paul counsels believers to continue in the things they have learned and to know what the Word of God promises them. By strengthening themselves in these four areas believers can prosper even when trouble is all around them:
Believers who know their Lord and learn to follow after the peace in their heart can avoid trouble. By faith, they can rise above the faulty world system of health, finances, and success, and prosper with the favor of God.
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Thy Kingdom Come
$15.99Add to cartThy Kingdom Come Did you know that we were never supposed to be part of the current economic system? Or, that there is a better economic system which we are supposed to live by? In this exciting and highly acclaimed book you will learn: * The origins of the current money system in the world * The planned failure of the system, why they need you in debt * Barak Obama – What’s his role in the coming economic meltdown? * Who really controls the unconstitutional Federal Reserve System? * The Rothschild’s and the global One World Order * Why was the North American Union really created? * Why the useless fiat paper money system will fail * What the bible has to say about it all * Discover the kingdom of this world and the Kingdom of God * How the money system is a counterfeit anointing * The Wall Street bull and the golden calf? * Learn to operate in a system that was designed for you * Break free from debt and bondage once and for all * When all else fails… how you will prosper! Do you really believe you are free?
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Gospel According To The Simpsons Leaders Guide For Group Study (Teacher’s Guide)
$18.00Add to cartIntroducing a complete revision of the study guide that accompanies the best-selling book The Gospel According to The Simpsons, complete with new studies on episodes of The Simpsons as well as studies for discussing other popular animated comedies such as Family Guy, King of the Hill, and Futurama.
This new edition features a session plan for a “green retreat” based on The Simpsons feature film and the environmental film An Inconvenient Truth, as well as a listing of DVD availability for each episode with cross-references to the relevant chapters in the book. -
Everyday Justice : The Global Impact Of Our Daily Choices
$22.99Add to cartJulie Clawson takes us on a tour of everyday life and shows how our ordinary lifestyle choices have big implications for justice around the world. She unpacks how we get our food and clothing and shows us the surprising costs of consumer waste.
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Social Justice Handbook
$30.99Add to cartMae Elise Cannon provides a comprehensive resource for Christians like you who are committed to social justice. She presents biblical rationale for justice and explains a variety of Christian approaches to doing justice. A wide-ranging catalog of topics and issues give background info about justice issues at home and abroad and give you the tools you need to take action.
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Counterfeit Gods : The Empty Promises Of Money Sex And Power And The Only H
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The New York Times bestselling author of The Reason for God and The Prodigal God and a nationally renowned minister, Timothy Keller exposes the error of making good things “ultimate” in his latest book, and shows readers a new path toward a hope that lasts.Success, true love, and the life you’ve always wanted. Many of us placed our faith in these things, believing they held the key to happiness, but with a sneaking suspicion they might not deliver. The recent economic meltdown has cast a harsh new light on these pursuits. In a matter of months, fortunes, marriages, careers, and a secure retirement have disappeared for millions of people. No wonder so many of us feel lost, alone, disenchanted, and resentful. But the truth is that we made lesser gods of these good things -gods that can’t give us what we really need. There is only one God who can wholly satisfy our cravings- and now is the perfect time to meet him again, or for the first time.
The Bible tells us that the human heart is an “idol- factory,” taking good things and making them into idols that drive us. In Counterfeit Gods, Keller applies his trademark approach to show us how a proper understanding of the Bible reveals the unvarnished truth about societal ideals and our own hearts. This powerful message will cement Keller’s reputation as a critical thinker and pastor, and comes at a crucial time-for both the faithful and the skeptical.
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No Rising Tide
$26.00Add to cart1. No Rising Tide: Religion, Economics, And Empire
2. The Logic Of Downturn: Class Matters In Religion And Economics
3. God And The Free-Market Economy
4. Consuming Desire Vs. Resisting Desire
5. Rethinking God And The Word
Conclusion: The Turning Of The Tide: Theology, Religion, And EconomicsAdditional Info
Even though economic downturns are still followed by upturns, fewer people benefit from them. As a result, economic crisis is an everyday reality that permanently affects all levels of our lives. The logic of downturn, developed in this book, helps make sense of what is going on, as the economy shapes us more deeply than we had ever realized, not only our finances and our work, but also our relationships, our thinking, and even our hopes and desires. Religion is one arena shaped by economics and thus part of the problem but, as Joerg Rieger shows, it might also hold one of the keys for providing alternatives, since it points to energies for transformation and justice. Rieger’s hopeful perspective unfolds in stark contrast to an economy and a religion that thrive on mounting inequality and differences of class. -
Bamboozled : How Americans Are Being Exploited By The Lies Of The Liberal A
$19.99Add to cartHard-hitting and chock-full of original interviews with some of America’s biggest political players and insiders, Angela McGlowan exposes liberals’ 50 year SCHEME to bamboozle the poor and minorities into supporting a party that sells them out. McGlowan, a Democrat-turned-Republican, reveals how the GOP better represents the values and interests of women, Latinos, and blacks.
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Nature Of Our Humanity
$25.00Add to cartIntroduction
PART ONE: Christian Faith And Our Biological Past
1. The Emergent Human Being
2. Human Nature And Biological Reductionism
3. Human Nature And The Gene
PART TWO: Christian Faith And Our Biotech Future
4. Human Nature And The Impact Of Biotechnology
5. Human Nature And Genetic Engineering
6. Human Nature And The Quest For Immortality
Notes
IndexAdditional Info
This book addresses a current, frontline issue in the perennial exchange between science and religion. Jersild surveys the contemporary scene in genetic research and the visionary goals of a number of scientists concerning the human future. He focuses on human identity – “Who Are We?” – as the critical question, first addressing our biological origins in light of evolution and presenting a holistic understanding of human nature. He then turns to the world of biotechnology and the tension between human limitations and human potential in light of prospective genetic enhancements. The implications of genetic engineering, the impact of pharmacology, and the human desire for perfection and immortality all enter into a volatile mix of ideas and aspirations concerning the human future. Jersild brings a Christian perspective to these developments in spelling out a responsible stance. -
Performing The Sacred
$25.00Add to cartPerforming the Sacred is the first book-length exploration of the intersection of theatre and theology, illuminating the importance of preserving live performance in a virtual world. This compelling dialogue unfolds between a theologian and a theatre artist who revisit theatre’s rich history and paint a picture of its promising future while building bridges between theatre and Christianity.
Theologically, theatre reflects Christianity’s central doctrines–incarnation, community, and presence–enhancing the human experience and shedding new light on theology. The authors show how theatre engages viewers on multiple levels, including political, social, religious, personal, intellectual, emotional, and kinesthetic. In theatre, the presence of live human beings speaks of the incarnate nature of God’s redemption in Christ and the imago Dei. The communal nature of theatre models the Trinity, while the immediacy and transcendence of theatre performance draw out the presence of God in nature and grace.
Performing the Sacred encourages Christians to celebrate, embrace, and experiment with dramatic stories found in Scripture. This Engaging Culture series title will be a key volume for teaching theatre in the academy and influencing drama practitioners, worship leaders, and culture makers.
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Economic Justice In A Flat World
$40.99Add to cartIVP Print On Demand Title
Globalization may be the most hotly debated issue surrounding poverty. The benefits and costs of global economic integration are critical and complex. Is a globalized, free-market economy part of the solution to economic injustice or part of the problem?Are the international monetary systems pursuing policies that will reduce poverty or are they serving the interests of the wealthy?What do pro-poor policy reforms look like in the areas of trade and foreign investment? What kinds of immigration restrictions or reforms are consistent with the Christian faith?Should development aid be awarded only to well-governed, democratic countries?Would unrestrained economic growth imply environmental destruction?Economic Justice assembles leading economists to debate these and other issues surrounding globalization’s effects on the poor. Writers urge an informed church to help identify the essentials of a Christian perspective on the societal, environmental and economic implications of globalization and to live accordingly.
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Way We Will Be 50 Years From Today
$17.99Add to cartThe world is an uncertain place, which is why the future and the unknown absolutely fascinate us. Veteran television journalist Mike Wallace asked the question “What will life be like 50 years from now?” to sixty of the world’s greatest minds. Their responses offer a fascinating glimpse into the cultural, scientific, political, and spiritual moods of the times. Edited and with an introduction by Mike Wallace, this book provides an imaginative and thought-provoking look into our collective soul and the critical issues that underlie our hopes, prayers, fears, and dreams for life in the 21st century.
Contributors include former presidents, leading scientists, noted writers and artists, respected religious leaders, and current political figures, including:Vint Cerf, Vice President of Google; known as a “Father of the Internet”
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., a geneticist who led the Human Genome Project
Dr. Wanda Jones, Director of the Office on Women’s Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Ray Kurzweil, an inventor whose developments include the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind and the first text-to-speech synthesizer
General James E. Cartwright, Commander of United States Strategic Command
Kim Dae-jung, the former President of the Republic of Korea
Ronald Noble, Secretary General of Interpol
Norman Borlaug, Nobel Peace Prize winner; called “the father of the Green Revolution”
Carol Bellamy, former Executive Director UNICEF, first former volunteer to serve as director of Peace Corp, and current president and CEO of World Learning
Gerardus ‘t Hooft, Professor of Theoretical Physics at Utrecht University in the Netherlands; Nobel Prize in Physics
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Armed America : The Remarkable Story Of How And Why Guns Became As American
$17.99Add to cartIn this true story of our nation’s love affair with firearms, Clayton E. Cramer debunks the myths and takes readers along a winding historical trail full of surprising revelations and riveting anecdotes, explaining the roots of America’s gun culture.
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Everything Must Change
$19.99Add to cartStatus-quo Christianity has traded the revolutionary story of Jesus for familiar cliches, pat answers, and domesticated programs. McLaren states, “More and more Christian leaders are beginning to realize that for the millions of young adults who have recently dropped out of church, Christianity is a failed religion…It has focused on ‘me’ and ‘my eternal destiny,’ but it has failed to address the dominant societal and global realities of their lifetime…” What he sets forth in this provocative, unsettling work is a “form of Christian faith that is holistic, integral, balanced, that offers good news for both the living and the dying, that speaks of God’s grace at work both in this life and the life to come, both to individuals and to societies and the planet as a whole.”
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Sex And The iWorld (Reprinted)
$27.00Add to cartPolitics professor and pastor Dale Kuehne examines current issues pertaining to sexuality and society following the sexual revolution and asks, What kind of world are we creating? Is it a world that is actually harming us more than benefiting us? With an inclusive perspective and a cordial openness to responses from all points of view, Kuehne contrasts the long-established “tWorld,” in which traditional morality reigned, with the present-day “iWorld,” in which the immediate desires of the individual have been deemed paramount. He maintains that both fail to deliver the benefits of the proposed “rWorld,” in which a larger web of healthy and nourishing social relationships are able to provide the most personally fulfilling context for sexuality and relational wellbeing.
Kuehne surveys popular conclusions about gender and human sexuality drawn from both the natural and social sciences. He then addresses how postmodernity impacts social policy and issues such as sexual orientation, redefinition of the family, and more. Finally, he retells the story of Christianity through the lens of a relational theology, highlighting its implications for marriage, family, civil partnerships, friendship, and sexual boundaries. In concluding, he maintains that satisfying our lifelong quest for fulfillment centers on relational intimacy.
Sex and the iWorld will be an essential tool for courses on political science, social policy, and Christianity and culture. Most important, the book will help academics, students, church leaders, and laity develop a holistic strategy for engaging wider society about sexual ethics and public policy.
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Showdown With Nuclear Iran
$17.99Add to cartA terrifying examination of how Iran’s president (a radical Shiite zealot) believes he has a “divine mission” to usher in the apocalypse and thereby herald the second coming of a Shia Muslim messiah-and how he is trying to achieve this by building his arsenal and threatening to cripple America and destroy Israel in a nuclear holocaust.
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Hoodwinked : How Intellectual Hucksters Have Hijacked American Culture
$17.99Add to cartFor a century, “progressive” writers and filmmakers-multiculturalists like Ward Churchill and Alex Haley, sexual revolutionaries like Kinsey and Margaret Mead, quasi-Marxists like Noam Chomsky and Michael Moore, and radical naturalists like Paul Ehrlich and Rachel Carson-have been using falsehood and fraud as their principal weapons in their assault on traditional American culture. For years, an unconnected squad of literary detectives, anthropologists, scientists, and historians, has been picking off the frauds and their enablers one by one. Taken together, the work of these critics is devastating. Jack Cashill’s Hoodwinked synthesizes their dogged research and reveals the depth and breadth of the corruption at the very foundation of contemporary intellectual culture.
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Liberal Utopianism Is Destroying The United States
$16.99Add to cartThis book is about liberal utopianism, which is bringing on the destruction of the United State, through the efforts of the Democrat Party with their never-ending attempt to increase or create new federal government social programs. In this process of trying to create utopia they have created liberal secularism, which is bringing on the destruction of our nation’s Christian values. There is a comparison between the historical records of the Roman Empire and the Chinese Dynasties to the current events that are happening in the United States, which shows that we are on the path of destruction. It’s only a matter of time.
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Christianity And Culture
$16.49Add to cartChristianity & Culture: A Christian Perspective on Worldview Development is a historical, scriptural, and comprehensive examination of the dynamics in secular and Christian education in light of the current cultural philosophy. With transformative, stimulating and revolutionary principles, this book challenges Christians to integrate Judeo-Christian values in an atheistic and pluralistic society. If you have been inundated by humanistic, liberal and secular indoctrination, the redemptive solutions in this book will ensoul the tools necessary to produce a Christian worldview. It will impart a commanding sense of purpose, passion, and appreciation for the teaching profession. Christianity & Culture will enable you to … * Deepen and broaden your understanding of the core presuppositions of the Christian faith * Effectively face the challenges presented by a hostile world * Take heed to your God-given mandate to influence this world for Christ * Build, stimulate and develop a biblical and theocentric worldview of education * Assume your responsibility as a steward of the mysteries of God * Discover the dynamics of an education that is Christian.
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Pastoral Care Of Alcohol Abusers
$16.00Add to cartOver 120 million American teens and adults use alcohol at one time or another. While in most situations these individuals are able to use it responsibly and with moderation, no one is immune to its destructive use – which makes it a significant public health issue. Many drinkers find that their otherwise responsible use turns problematic and abusive when faced with depression, trauma, grief, undue social pressures, or other tempting and potentially addictive behaviors. Not all of these people become full-fledged alcoholics, but they do develop an alcohol problem that needs careful and sensitive pastoral care to understand the underlying issues for their alcohol abuse. Because of this, clergy and other pastoral counselors need to develop competence in recognizing alcohol abuse problems, including alcoholism, identifying when to make referrals, helping persons to find available community resources, and training congregational members to provide support to affected individuals and families.
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Covenant Economics : A Biblical Vision Of Justice For All
$39.00Add to cartThe Bible deals with all aspects of life indivisibly. In the last generation biblical scholars broadened the usual focus on religious issues with more attention to the “social world” of biblical texts. Much less attention was given to economic issues reflected in the Bible. And biblical scholars did not make the limited amount of research on economic issues in the Bible generally accessible to educated readers, clergy and lay. This book does just that, allowing pastors, students, and interested laity to form an understanding about the economics of the Bible and its clarion call for economic justice for all, an issue that is sure to resonate during today’s trying economic times. Questions for discussion and suggestions for further reading are included in this volume-a work that will spark lively conversation.
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Hunger And Happiness
$15.99Add to cartIn a world where there is so much food, why are so many people hungry? Amidst so much plenty, why aren’t people happier? L. Shannon Jung insists that the two questions – one having to do with physical hunger, the other with spiritual want – are related. Hunger and Happiness exposes the altrocities of a global food system whereby the affluent “feed” at the expense of others, but then goes on to explore how complicity in the hunger of others contributes to the “spiritual malnourishment” of those who otherwise are well fed. Chapters address particular aspects of a global food policy that insures cheap food for some at great expense to many others. Jung considers the psychological and theological implications of such policy and after assessing the moral ramifications of cheap food, offers possibilities for alleviating physical hunger in the world and spiritual malaise in our lives.
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Love Is An Orientation
$20.99Add to cartTable Of Contents
Introduction
1. We Don’t Need Your God
2. We Are Not Your Project: Sexual Behavior Is Gay Identity
3. Stigma, Shame And Politics: The GLBT Experience In The Broader Culture
4. Gays Versus Christians And Gay Christians: Redefinition Of Scripture Or Life Within The GLBTand Religious Communities?
5. The “Gay Agenda”: Activists Don?t Speak For Everybody
6. Who Are We Looking To For Validation?: The GLBT Quest For Good News From God
7. Reclaiming The Word “Love”: Measurable Unconditional Behaviors
8. The Big 5: Principles For A More Constructive Conversation
9. Laying The Foundation To Building A Bridge: Commitment, Boldness And Humility
10. Building A Bridge: Asking The Right Questions
11. Crossing A Bridge: The World Reads Christians, Not The Bible
12. ConclusionAdditional Info
When three of Andrew Marin’s friends came out to him in the span of three months, he was confronted head-on with the question of how to reconcile his friends with his faith. Love Is an Orientation is the result of years of wrestling with this issue. In the book, Marin speaks out with compassion and conviction, elevating the conversation between Christianity and the GLBT community so that the focus is moved from genetics to gospel, where it really belongs. -
Next Evangelicalism : Freeing The Church From Western Cultural Captivity
$24.99Add to cartTable Of Contents
Introduction
Part I: The Western, White Cultural Captivity Of The Church
1: Individualism: The Heartbeat Of Western, White Cultural Captivity
2: Consumerism And Materialism: The Soul Of Western, White Cultural Captivity
3: Racism: The Residue Of Western, White Cultural CaptivityPart II: The Pervasiveness Of The White Captivity Of The Church
4: The Church Growth Movement And Megachurches
5: The Emergent Church?s Captivity To Western, White Culture
6: The Cultural Imperialism Of The White Captivity Of The ChurchPart III: Freedom From The White Captivity Of The Church
7: Suffering And Celebration: Learning From The African American And Native American Communities
8: Holistic Evangelism: Learning From The Immigrant Church
9: A Multicultural Worldview: Learning From The Second GenerationConclusion
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Soong-Chan Rah calls the North American church to escape its Western cultural captivity and to embody a next evangelicalism that is diverse and multiethnic. This prophetic minority report casts a vision for a dynamic evangelicalism that fully embodies the cultural realities of the twenty-first century. -
Are Christians The Hitlers Of Today
$16.49Add to cartEver gone to church thinking you were in a safe place, only to find out that the pastor was having an affair with the choir director’s wife? Remember when all those priests molested those young boys, some who were altar boys in the church? Do you know that Hitler professed to be a Christian? Ever been conned into giving money to the church, only to be left penniless and alone? Go with Joanna on her own spiritual journey, battling the dictators in her life and finding some of the keys to emotional healing. See how total surrender to a just and loving God can expose the errors in your thinking and bring you to an understanding of truth. What is truth? Pontius Pilate asked Jesus this question. Would you like to know the answer?
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Whos Sad (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cart“Who’s Sad?” extends hope to all who struggle with sadness; through everyday illustrations, Biblical examples, and practical applications. The third study guide in the Awareness to Action series encourages readers to identify sources of sadness, which have compounded to complicate their lives. Continual sadness and depression deplete your energy, your motivation, your enjoyment of life and your physical health. How many times have you heard a pastor or Christian friend say, “God is the answer to all your problems?” How many times have you thought, “Sure? How can that be? My life is in shambles. I have come to the end of my rope. I don’t think God remembers who I am. He seems so distant and unapproachable.” God does love you. Look to Jesus. He felt every emotion as you have. You can have confidence in Him. He knows what He is talking about. You can trust Him.
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Great Bird Flu Hoax
$18.99Add to cartThe U.S. government is now practically screaming that a new avian super-flu will likely kill millions of Americans. The mainstream media is entirely onboard, as are drug companies and other corporations poised to benefit immensely off the paranoia. But there is NO coming bird flu pandemic. It’s an elaborate scheme contrived by the government and big business for reasons that boil down to power and money. Presenting eye-opening evidence that casts serious doubt on the truthfulness of reports about the virus’s ability to transmit, and its mortality rates around the world, renowned physician Dr. Joseph Mercola reveals the secrets about the great bird flu hoax. In compelling fashion he provides you the real facts you need to know to protect you from a far greater ill – corporate and governmental greed.
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Power And Poverty
$35.99Add to cartInterVarsity Press Publication
In this wide-ranging, challenging book Dewi Arwel Hughes unpacks a convicting thesis: that poverty has to do with the way in which we human beings use and abuse the power God gave us when he created us. He then provides biblical perspectives to enable you to both understand the causes of poverty and help in overcoming it.
