Forgiveness marks one of the most important issues of our time. If the enormous number of books and articles are a measure, then forgiveness–our forgiveness of others and forgiveness for ourselves–appeals to our deepest concern. It's a challenge to determine just what we mean when we speak of «forgiveness.» Any discussion will reveal that our shared understanding and practices of forgiveness quickly diverge. For example, is it the same thin ...
Two human streams flow through history. The Bible characterizes these streams as the sons of God and the sons of Men. They are first distinguished in Cain and Abel as either those seeking to please God, like Abel, or those who prefer only to please themselves, like Cain. The product of the streams stands in stark contrast. This is the story of the stream of life and light in those identified as the sons of God. ...
The meaning of «the millennium»–the thousand-year reign of Christ spoken of in Revelation 20–has been controversial for much of the church's history, and even the main perspectives on the matter turn out to be more variegated than is often realized. This book takes the oldest of those options, premillennialism, and offers an excellent introduction to a variety of models of premillennialism currently available, including classical dispensati ...
Extraordinary Time appeals to people who have suffered serious illness or traumatic loss and are seeking a hopeful approach to healing from trauma, pain, and grief. The author recounts her harrowing one-year experience with cancer and its aftermath, the death of her spouse, and a major life transition. Extraordinary Time illustrates how a person faces significant life changes with courage and recovers through drawing on the wellsprings of faith, ...
You've probably heard someone say, «I go to a Bible believing church.» The implication is pretty clear: if you go somewhere else you're attending a «Bible doubting» church. Some fundamentalist and evangelical pastors actually say just that from their pulpits. It's branding genius! It's also dismissive of most of Christianity. In this book I hope to reclaim words like «moderate» and «progressive» as a style of spirituality tha ...
How do we love people who we are afraid of? The political climate of the US in recent years has revealed significant divisions in our nation and our neighborhoods, divisions often fueled by fear. For those who follow a call and commitment to love our neighbors, how do we love in the midst of this fear? In this book, Cassie Trentaz looks that question in the eyes and asks her friends and neighbors in four communities currently f ...
What does it mean to inhabit the land of Palestine and Israel justly? How should Christians understand the Palestinian-Israeli conflict? Alain Epp Weaver examines answers to these questions, paying particular attention to the theologies of sumud, or steadfastness, advanced by Palestinian Christian theologians, while also presenting other Christian, Jewish, and Muslim responses. Contextualizing these theologies within Palestinian and Israeli Jewi ...
When the Spirit enters the scene, people change. The fallen find redemption. The fearful find freedom. The broken find hope and healing for a new beginning. But how do we trust a Spirit we struggle to know and understand? Story of the Spirit breaks down barriers of confusion and controversy by exploring his partnerships with real people in the Old Testament. Through the eyes of leaders like Moses and Gideon and lesser known hero ...
Contemplation is a spiritual process involving long, thoughtful, steady, serious, and attentive consideration or observation in order to achieve closer unity with God and to discover and understand God's will for the contemplative. Contemplation gives rise to activity, and activity, in turn, gives rise to more contemplation. The result of contemplation is often called discernment, seeing clearly what is at first not very clear or obvious, u ...
