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I N S I D E :New Sensible Shoes Series Study Guides 6

Searching for the Common Good 9

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A Prayer Journey Through Lent 3 8

F O R M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N S E E P A G E 5 .

“One of Jesus’ last commands at his table with his friends was ‘remember me.’ It still stands. As I Recall is a ribbon tied round the fingers of our souls.”

J O H N O RT B E R G , senior pastor at Menlo Church

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IVP Praxis 16

IVP Connect 17

IVP Academic 18-31

IVP Winter 2019 Highlights 32

IVP Recent Releases 33

IVP Bestselling Books 34-35

IVP Bestselling Bible Studies 36

IVP Bestselling Academic Books 37

SPCK and IVP-UK 38-47

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Y O U K N O W Y O U R N U M B E R . N O W W H A T ?

For those who have learned about the Enneagram and wonder “What's next?”—this handbook is the answer. Filled with spiritual practices to engage, challenge, encourage, sustain, and build empathy,

Spiritual Rhythms for the Enneagram examines each Enneagram type thoroughly and leads us into greater awareness for true spiritual and relational transformation.

Including new insight on the Enneagram and the Harmony Triads, and offering helpful “Soul Resources” in the appendix, this handbook can be used by individuals or groups.

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A D E L E A N D D O U G C A L H O U N have served on the pastoral staff of four churches and are currently copastors of spiritual formation at Highrock Covenant Church in Arlington, Massachusetts. They are both certified Enneagram instructors and enjoy providing resources to spiritual leaders and pastors through speaking, formation retreats, spiritual direction, and teaching the Enneagram. Adele is the author of a number of other books including Spiritual Disciplines Handbook.

C L A R E A N D S C OT T L O U G H R I G E are cofounders and lead pastors of Crossroads Church in Marshall, Michigan, where they have served for twenty-six years. They are both certified Enneagram instructors, using the tool to engage professionals, small groups, and a two-year formational community. Clare is the author of two guidebooks on the Enneagram.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ON SPIRITUAL PRACTICES AND THE ENNEAGRAM



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C H R I S T I N E A R O N E Y- S I N E lives in Seattle and is the founder and facilitator for God Space, an online community that grew out of her passion for creative spirituality, gardening, and sustainability. Christine trained as a physician in Australia, practiced in New Zealand, and directed the healthcare ministry for Mercy Ships. Her books include Rest in the Moment, Return to Our Senses, GodSpace, and Tales of a Seasick Doctor.

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• Each chapter includes multiple ideas for fresh spiritual practices that engage all the senses

• Includes a guide for groups

P R A I S E F O R T H E B O O K

THE GIFT OF WONDERCreative Practices for Delighting in God

Can you imagine a God who dances with shouts of joy, laughs when you laugh, loves to play, enjoys life, and invites us to join the fun?

Christine Sine had spent many years with an image of God who was “a very serious, workaholic type of God.” And even when her theology told her this was not true, she struggled to live into this new way of thinking. What she needed was a childlike spirituality.

This book invites us to pay attention to childlike characteristics that have the power to reshape us. Each chapter addresses a characteristic to embrace, including delight, playfulness, imagination, awe and wonder, love of nature, the ability to live in the present, and more. Fresh spiritual practices that engage all our senses help us live a new spiritual life that embraces the wonder and joy that God intends for us.

Introduction

1. Delight Yourself in God

2. Open Yourself to Awe and Wonder

3. Let Your Life Speak

4. Unleash Your Inner Child

5. Set Your Imagination Free

6. Give Yourself the Gift of Curiosity

7. Remember We Are Earthlings

8. Return to the Rhythm of Life

9. Rest in the Moment

10. Cultivate Gratitude

11. See Things Differently

12. Stay Close to the Cracks

13. Come to the Table

14. Embrace Trust

Acknowledgments

Appendix: Guidelines for Leading a Group

Index of Creative Practices

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“If you are craving a fresh approach to connecting with God, this book will ignite your imagination and inspire you to explore new life-giving practices.”

LISA SCANDRETTE, coauthor of Belonging and Becoming

“Christine Aroney-Sine’s The Gift of Wonder is a book of wisdom and delight! . . . Read this and then live it; it’s that good.”

CLINT BALDWIN, executive director of Word Made Flesh

C A S E Y T Y G R E T T is a writer, pastor, adjunct seminary professor, and spiritual director who serves as theologian in residence at Parkview Christian Church in Orland Park, Illinois. He is the author of Becoming Curious and The Jesus Rhythm, and he speaks in a variety of locations in the United States, Canada, and Australia. He also blogs at patheos.com and is the host of the OtherWISE podcast.

A S I R E C A L L Discovering the Place of Memories in Our Spiritual Life


• Each chapter teaches a spiritual practice to try

• Draws on current neuroscience information

“One of Jesus’ last commands at his table with his friends was ‘remember me.’ It still stands. As I Recall is a ribbon tied round the fingers of our souls.”

JOHN ORTBERG, senior pastor at Menlo Church

“I love this book. Casey offers a simple yet life-altering invitation: to remember.”

CATHERINE McNIEL, author of Long Days of Small Things

“Tygrett points us toward a richer and more connected life.”

C. CHRISTOPHER SMITH, The Englewood Review of Books


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AVAILABLE APRIL 9, 2019

What if our memories are like shells we gather on a beach?

According to pastor and spiritual director Casey Tygrett, how we hold and carry our memories—good and bad—is a part of what forms us spiritually. In this way we have a common bond with the people

of Scripture who also had a sensory life, gathering shells and trying to make sense of them.

In these pages Casey Tygrett explores the power of memory and offers biblical texts and practices to guide us in bringing our memories to God for spiritual transformation.

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Introduction: A Question Before Remembering

1. How We Got Here

2. The Art of Noticing Shells

3. Living With Shells

4. The Weight of Shells

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5. Every Memory Belongs

6. Remembering Who We Are

7. Coming Back Again

8. I’ve Felt Like This Before

9. A Familiar Table

10. Remember, Be Here Now

11. A Future Memory

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12. A Closing Post-It Note

BISAC FICTION / CHRISTIAN

“The friends learn that God is with us, even

now, even here, in the midst of our own mess.”

JULIE CANTRELLNew York Times bestselling

author of Into the Free

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“If you want to get lost in a great novel and at the same time find healing for your own soul, read An Extra Mile.”

SUSIE LARSONtalk radio host, national speaker, author of Your Beautiful Purpose

“During a difficult year of loss in my own life, I found great comfort in this fictional

tale of four friends with true-to-life faith.”

EMILY P. FREEMAN author of Simply Tuesday

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A L L N E W Study Guides

After hearing from women around the world who were transformed by using the Sensible Shoes Study Guide with their small groups, author Sharon Garlough Brown has written new study guides for each of the remaining three books in the series.

These study guides are practical resources to help you process the characters’ stories and explore each of the novel’s spiritual formation themes more deeply. You’ll find eight or twelve weeks of daily Scrip-ture readings, reflection questions, and invitations to prayer, with weekly discussion questions and practices for groups to do together. Each week also features a list of spiritual disciplines used by the characters that you can incorporate into your own life with God.

Individually or with a group, as you walk with the women of Sensible Shoes on holy ground, you’ll be invited to encounter God in significant new ways.

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CONNECT WITH SHARON and sign up for updates about her writing at ivpress.com/sharon-news.

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C A R O L A . B E R R Y is an artist, art educator, and lecturer based in Vermont. She is also the author of Vincent van Gogh: His Spiritual Vision in Life and Art. She has been studying Vincent van Gogh since 1979, and spent years under the instruction of Henri J. M. Nouwen. She has traveled throughout Europe retracing van Gogh’s life, visiting the towns and villages in The Netherlands, Belgium, and France, where van Gogh lived and worked.

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• Includes never-before-published material that the author recorded in Nouwen’s lectures on compassion and the work of Vincent van Gogh

• Includes full-color art by van Gogh

“Carol Berry interweaves her own stories with Henri Nouwen’s and with those of the artist who inspired them both, Vincent van Gogh. . . . The printed artworks within allow the reader to reflect on the narrative. I loved this beautiful, deeply felt book.”

JOHN AUGUST SWANSON, artist and printmaker


LEARNING FROM HENRI NOUWEN AND VINCENT VAN GOGHA Portrait of the Compassionate Life

Carol Berry and her husband met and befriended Henri Nouwen when she sat in his course on compassion at Yale Divinity School in the 1970s. At the request of Nouwen’s literary estate, she has written this book, which includes unpublished material recorded from Nouwen’s lectures.

As an art educator, Berry is uniquely situated to develop Nouwen’s work on Vincent van Gogh and to

add her own research. She fills in background on the much misunderstood spiritual context of van Gogh’s work, and reinterprets van Gogh’s art (presented here in full color) in light of Nouwen’s lectures. Berry also brings in her own experience in ministry, sharing how Nouwen and van Gogh, each in his own way, led her to the richness and beauty of the compassionate life.

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BISAC RELIGION / CHRISTIANIT Y / LITERATURE & THE ARTS

Introduction: Encountering Henri and Vincent

Part 1: Solidarity

1. Henri: Vincent Cries Out with Those Who Suffer

2. Vincent: A Time of Solidarity

3. My Story: Learning to Live in Solidarity

Part 2: Consolation

4. Henri: Vincent Feels Deeply the Wounds of Life

5. Vincent: The Art of Consolation

6. My Story: Consoling and Being Consoled

Part 3: Comfort

7. Henri: Vincent Offers Glimpses of Hope

8. Vincent: Comforting Through Pictures

9. My Story: Glimpses of Comfort and Hope

Conclusion: The Essence

Image Credits

J A K E M E A D O R is vice president of the Davenant Institute and the editor in chief of Mere Orthodoxy, an online magazine covering the Christian faith in the public sphere. He lives with his wife and children in his hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska.

Common life in our society is in decline. Our communities are disintegrating, our public discourse is polarized and hateful, ethnic minorities face systemic injustices, and economic inequalities are widening.

Jake Meador diagnoses our society’s decline as the failure of a particular story we’ve told about ourselves: the story of modern liberalism. He shows us how that story has led to our collective loss of meaning, wonder,

and good work, and then recovers each of these by grounding them in a different story—a story rooted in the deep tradition of the Christian faith.

This book reclaims a vision of common life for our fractured times: a vision that doesn’t depend on the destinies of our economies or our political institutions, but on our citizenship in a heavenly city.

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“Meador has written a clear, compelling, and distinctly Christian volume focused on restoring communal flourishing. . . . A bracing, prayer inducing, yet hope-filled read.”

MARK P. RYAN, director of the Francis A. Schaeffer Institute


Foreword

Introduction

Part 1: The Breakdown of Community

1. The Passing of the American Church

2. The Unwinding of Common Life in America

Part 2: The Problems for Community

3. The Loss of Meaning

4. The Loss of Wonder

5. The Loss of Good Work

Part 3: The Practices of Community

6. Sabbath and “The Chief End of Man”

7. The Membership

8. Work

Part 4: The Promise of Community

9. Political Doctrine and Civil Virtue

10. The Eternal City

Acknowledgments

Notes

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• Overview of the breakdown of common life in the West

• Includes distillation and application of the thought of

Charles Taylor and James K. A. Smith, among others

• Casts a biblical vision of abundant communal life

via good work, home, and Sabbath, rooted in the

Protestant tradition

• Written in clear, engaging prose accessible to the

average educated reader

IN S E A RCH OF T HE C OMMON GOODChristian Fidelity in a Fractured World

Photos by Sean Sheridan

Belinda Bauman was living a comfortable life as a wife, mother, and nonprofit leader—but her soul was checked out. Then she met Esperance. An assault survivor living in one of the poorest, most dangerous countries in the world, Esperance and other Congolese women shared their harrowing stories with Belinda. Their vulnerability set Belinda on a path of embracing empathy. If Esperance could love in the face of so much pain, maybe there is hope for the world too.

From the top of Mount Kilimanjaro to the borders of war-torn Syria, Belinda takes readers along her journey to true empathy. With cutting-edge neuroscience, biblical parables, and stories of brave women from across the globe, she offers readers direction for seeing others’ perspectives, listening well, and redeeming conflict. She casts a vision for lives and communities transformed by everyday Christians practicing empathy as a spiritual discipline.

BELINDA BAUMAN is the founder of One Million Thumbprints, a movement of peacemakers advocating with women in the world’s worst conflict zones. She is also the founder of and the visionary behind #SilenceIsNotSpiritual, a campaign calling churches to break the silence on violence against women.

Belinda is a speaker and contributor to Newsweek’s The Daily Beast, Red Tent Living, Huffington Post, and Christianity Today. She completed a masters in curriculum development at Covenant College and a certificate in lay trauma counseling from the Seattle School of Theology. Belinda and her husband, Stephan, and their two sons live in Grand Rapids, Michigan.


BISAC RELIGION / CHRISTIAN LIFE / RELATIONSHIPS

Learn more about Belinda’s ministry at onemillionthumbprints.org.

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“In an age where it is easy to think of ourselves as socially aware and compassionate, but where studies show we are swiftly losing our empathy and growing ever-more distant

from one another, this book is a beautiful and passionate call back to becoming fully human, learning to listen to one another’s stories, and being willing to risk the loss of

comfort to live in solidarity with others. I can’t recommend it highly enough.”

KEN WYTSMA author of The Myth of Equality and Pursuing Justice


BISAC RELIGION / CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY / APOLOGETICS

While there are certainties in Christian faith, at the heart of the Christian story is also paradox. With signature candor and depth, Jen Pollock Michel helps readers imagine a Christian faith open to mystery. Jesus invites us to abandon the polarities of either and or in order to embrace the difficult, wondrous dissonance of and.

With personal stories and reflection on Scripture, literature, and culture, Michel takes us deeper into mystery and worship of the One who is Mystery and Love. Each of the paradoxical themes about Christian faith she covers give us certainty about God while also leading us into greater curiosity about his nature and activity in the world.

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• From the author of Keeping Place and the 2015 Christianity Today Book of the Year Teach Us to Want

SURPRISED BY PARADOXThe Promise of “And” in an Either-Or World

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Introduction: A Little Bit of Wondering

Part 1: Incarnation

1. The Great I And

2. Annunciations

3. One Wild and Precious Life

4. A Word About Glory

Part 2: Kingdom

5. Hiding in Plain Sight

6. Blessed Are

7. Birds and Barns

8. The High Treason of Hallelujah

Part 3: Grace

9. Free Lunch

10. The Gracious Course of Rightness

11. Birds and Broken Wings

12. The Efforts of Grace

Part 4: Lament

13. Fluency in the Loud Groan

14. Complaints Department

15. Unfinished Business

16. A Suffering God

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

J E N P O L L O C K M I C H E L is the author of Teach Us to Want and Keeping Place, both published by InterVarsity Press with video curriculum available from RightNow Media. She is a regular contributor for Christianity Today and Moody Bible Institute’s Today in the Word. A wife and mother of five, Jen lives in Toronto.

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"I call this book a paradox. I call it a wonder."

WINN COLLIER, author of Holy Curiosity


J U S T I N W H I T M E L E A R L E Y is a mergers and acquisitions attorney in Richmond, Virginia, and the founder of The Common Rule, an organization that teaches practices designed to form us in the love of God and neighbor. He previously spent several years in China as the founder and general editor of The Urbanity Project and as the director of Thought and Culture Shapers, a nonprofit dedicated to serving the community through arts.

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 19, 2019

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BISAC RELIGION / CHRISTIAN LIFE / PERSONAL GROWTH

The modern world is a machine of a thousand invisible habits, forming us into anxious, busy, and depressed people. We yearn for the freedom and peace of the gospel, but remain addicted to our technology, shackled by our screens, and exhausted by our routines.

The answer to our contemporary chaos is to practice a rule of life that aligns our habits to our beliefs. The Common Rule offers four daily and four weekly habits

designed to help us create new routines and transform frazzled days into lives of love for God and neighbor. Justin Earley provides concrete, doable habits, such as a daily hour of phoneless presence or a weekly conversation with a friend.

As you embark on these life-giving practices, you will find the freedom and rest for your soul that comes from aligning belief in Jesus with the practices of Jesus.

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• Offers four daily and four weekly practices to transform

our habits in the midst of our busy and frazzled lifestyles

• Two-color interior design

THE COMMON RULEHabits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction

Introduction

Part 1: How to Practice the Common Rule

What Is a Rule?

The Eight Habits of the Common Rule

Part 2: The Daily and Weekly Habits

Daily Habit 1: Kneeling Prayer at Morning, Midday, and Bedtime

Daily Habit 2: One Meal with Others

Daily Habit 3: Daily Hour with Phone Off

Daily Habit 4: Scripture Before Phone

Weekly Habit 1: One Hour of Vulnerable Conversation with a Friend

Weekly Habit 2: Curating Weekly Screen Stories to Four Hours

Weekly Habit 3: Fasting from Something for Twenty-Four Hours

Weekly Habit 4: Setting a Day Aside for Sabbath

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One conversation with a friend

Limit media to four hours

Fast from something one day

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H A B I T S A T A G L A N C E

H A R R Y L O U I S W I L L I A M S I I is an ordained minister and the author of several books, including No Easy Walk and Street Cred. He serves the poor, addicted, homeless, and formerly incarcerated in Oakland, California.

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• Describes the realities of urban ministry for those looking to get involved

• Includes discussions of systemic racism, the prosperity gospel, gentrification, the foster care system, and other realities of urban life and ministry

• Filled with stories from the author’s long-time experience of urban ministry

• Offers real-world accounts of injustice alongside the the gospel of compassion that offers hope to the downtrodden

TAKING IT TO THE STREETSLessons from a Life of Urban Ministry

Known around Oakland, California, as “OG Rev.,” Reverend Harry Williams’s calling is to the streets: to the hungry, homeless, addicted, incarcerated, and vulnerable. In this book he invites us into his world, taking on racism, the plight of children in the inner city, gentrification, urban violence, the prosperity gospel, and more from an inside perspective.

Whether we ourselves are from the city or not, we need a deep understanding of its social, political, and spiritual realities if we’re to minister effectively. Taking It to the Streets offers firsthand accounts of urban life alongside large-scale considerations of its systemic challenges, meant to inspire and equip a new generation of ministers to our cities.

C O N T E N TSIntroduction

1. Step Foot in the Resistance

2. The Resistance Is Real: Welcome to My Hood

3. Children of the Streets: The High Price of Apathy

4. Gentrification: What Happens When There’s No Direction Home?

5. The Revolutionary Jesus: Leader of the Resistance

6. Death in the Pot: The Story of Racism in America

7. True Religion: The Black Church and the Resistance

8. Social Justice: Raise-Your-Fist Religion

9. The Rise of the Prosperity Gospel: The Scriptural Interpretation that Killed

10. Rethinking Urban Ministry: Reverend Adam Clayton Powell Jr.’s Road to Social Justice Ministry

11. Waging Peace: To Be Called “God’s Child”

12. Stories from the Streets: Where Do We Belong?

13. Proximity: The Last Lesson

Notes

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Life is full of questions: questions about our identity, our relationships, our faith. Sometimes it seems like there are no easy answers. But grappling with hard questions can lead us to form deeper faith commitments and discern who we are called to become.

Jeffrey Keuss says that asking good questions helps us to lead good lives. He takes us on a tour of Scripture to

find insights from people who asked questions of God and others. From God asking Adam and Eve, “Where are you?” to the Samaritan woman asking Jesus for water, Live the Questions explores critical questions in Scripture and what they can teach us about doubt, faith, and uncertainty in our everyday lives.


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• Explores key questions from Scripture

• Provides pastoral reflection on how asking good

questions helps us lead good lives

L I V E T HE Q UE S T IONSHow Searching Shapes Our Convictions and Commitments

Introduction: The Power of Asking Good Questions

1. “Where Are You?” The Big Question

2. “Am I My Brother’s Keeper?” A Question of Responsibility

3. “How Will I Know?” Questioning in Times of Uncertainty

4. “Who Am I?” Questions of Shame, Fear, and Identity

5. “Why This Burden?” Questions of Burdens and Doubts

6. “If Only I Could Vanish in Darkness,” Questions of Loss, Conviction, and Work

7. “How Can I Be Born After Growing Old?” The Cost of Discipleship

8. “Where Do You Get That Living Water?” Commitment and Community

Conclusion: “I Was Blind, but Now I See” Next Steps for the Journey

Acknowledgments

J E F F R E Y F. K E U S S is professor of Christian ministry, theology, and culture at Seattle Pacific University. He is also the executive director of Pivot Northwest. He is a regular contributor to the Kindlings Muse podcast on theology and culture and is on the editorial board of Literature and Theology. His books include Freedom of the Self, Blur, and Your Neighbor’s Hymnal.

“Jeff Keuss’s book displays the practiced wisdom and gentle realism that comes from having looked into the eyes of both idealistic students and cynical adults. . . . If you are ready for a more authentic faith and a more meaningful life, then Professor Keuss is the right guide and his book is a good tool.”

TOD BOLSINGER, author of Canoeing the Mountains

A D A M L . G U S T I N E leads CovEnterprises, a social enterprise initiative of Love Mercy Do Justice, for the Evangelical Covenant Church. He is also the founder of Jubilee Ventures, an enterprise incubator in South Bend, Indiana, dedicated to extending opportunity, restoration, and ownership to the margins. He has pastored multiple churches in a wide variety of contexts and has a doctor of ministry degree from Missio Seminary in Philadelphia.

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• Provides a theological vision for how the local church can embody God’s justice to the community


BECOMING A JUST CHURCHCultivating Communities of God’s Shalom

Many local churches don’t know what to do about justice. We tend to compartmentalize it as merely a strategy for outreach, and we often outsource it to parachurch justice ministries.

Adam Gustine calls the local church to be just and do justice. He provides a theological vision for our identity as a just people, where God’s character and the pursuit of shalom infuses every aspect of our

congregational DNA. As we grow in becoming just, the church becomes a prophetic alternative to the broken systems of the world and a parable of God’s intentions for human flourishing and societal transformation.

This renewed vision for the church leads us into culti-vating a just life together—in community, discipleship, worship, and more—extending justice out into the world in concrete ways.

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BISAC RELIGION / CHRISTIAN MINISTRY / DISCIPLESHIP

Foreword by Dennis Edwards

Introduction

Part 1: An Ecclesiology for Justice

1. Justice Isn’t an Outreach Strategy: A Way of Life for the People of God

2. Exiles in the Promised Land: The Church as Prophetic Alternative

3. Demonstrating Mañana: The Church as a Parable of God's Intent

4. Gardeners of Shalom: The Church for Flourishing and Transformation

Part 2: Justice in Our Congregational Life

5. Low Ground Church: Discerning Vision in a High Ground World

6. Recovering Kinship: Hospitality as Resistance

7. Discipling People into Shalom Community

8. Worship: Questions that Drive How We Gather

Part 3: What’s Next?

9. Power: A Conversation with Juliet Liu and Brandon Green About the Lynchpin of Justice

Epilogue: Commence Justice

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“A biblical approach for churches to seek shalom in their contexts, living as God’s demonstration for the world to witness with wonder.”

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B I L L W E I M E R , a former Navy chaplain, is pastor emeritus of Mariner Sands Chapel, an ecumenical congregation in Stuart, Florida. He has taught courses at Georgia State University and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and he and his wife have led Bible studies on college campuses, at military commands, and for six congregations. They now live in Atlantic Beach, Florida, where they facilitate Bible discussions and classes.

THE RISEN CHRISTJesus’ Final Words on Earth

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Jesus’ words from the cross are not Jesus’ last words on earth. Jesus appeared to his fearful and questioning disciples, encouraged them, and gave them his final instructions after his resurrection from the dead.

In various settings and at different times, Jesus interacted with many of his followers to show them he was alive. His postresurrection dialogues with these women and men truly are Jesus’ last words!

In this eight-session LifeGuide, you will meet the risen Jesus Christ and hear his words. May he encounter you in your life situations, encourage your faith, and excite you about engaging others in discussions about Jesus.

For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions—making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups.

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5. Do You Love Me? (John 21:1-25)

6. Make Disciples: I Am with You (Matthew 28:11-20)

7. Wait, Receive, Witness (Acts 1:1-14)

8. Who Are You, Lord? (Acts 9:1-22)

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J O H N G O L D I N G A Y is David Allan Hubbard Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary. His many books include a seventeen-volume Old Testament for Everyone series, where much of this translation first appeared.

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Most Bible translations bend the text toward us. They make the rough places smooth, the odd bits more palatable to our modern sensibilities. In every

translation something is gained and something lost.

The First Testament is an invitation to read the sacred text through the eyes of one of the most accomplished Old Testament scholars in the English-speaking world today. Translating the Hebrew text consistently, word–by–word, allows the language of Zion to come to us unbaptized in pious religiosity.

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“Yahweh said to Abram, ‘Get yourself from your country, from your homeland, and from your father’s household, to the country that I shall enable you to see, and I shall make you into a big nation. I shall bless you and make your name big and you’ll become a blessing’ ” (Genesis 12:1-2).

“My shepherd being Yahweh, I don’t lack; he enables me to lie down in grassy pastures. He leads me to settled water; he turns my life back” (Psalm 23:1-3).

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MINISTERING IN PATRONAGE CULTURESBiblical Models and Missional Implications

B E N W I T H E R I N G T O N I I I is Jean R. Amos Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary and has written over forty books, including The Jesus Quest, The Paul Quest, New Testament Theology and Ethics, and commentaries on the entire New Testament. An ordained pastor in the United Methodist Church and a popular lecturer, Witherington has presented seminars for churches, colleges, and biblical meetings around the world.

PA U L A G O O D E R is a writer and lecturer in biblical studies with a passion to ignite people’s enthusiasm for reading the Bible today, by presenting the best of biblical scholarship in an accessible and interesting way. She works for the Church of England as the director of mission learning and development in the Birmingham Diocese.

PRISCILLAThe Life of an Early Christian

BISAC RELIGION / BIBLICAL BIOGRAPHY / NEW TESTAMENT 208 pages, paperback, 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches,

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Who was Priscilla? Readers of the Bible may know her as the wife of Aquila, Paul’s coworker, or someone who explained God to Apollos. Biblical references to Priscilla spark questions: Why is she mentioned before her husband? Does the mention of her instruction of Apollos mean that women taught in the church? What is her story?

In this work of historical fiction, Priscilla looks back on her long life and remembers the ways she has participated in the early church. Ben Witherington combines biblical scholarship and winsome storytelling to give readers a vivid picture of an important New Testament woman.

PHOEBEA Story

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Sometime around 56 AD, the apostle Paul wrote to the church in Rome. He entrusted this letter to Phoebe, whom he describes as the deacon of the church at Cenchreae and a patron of many. But who was this remarkable woman?

Biblical scholar and popular speaker Paula Gooder imagines Phoebe’s story—who she was, the life she lived, and her first-century faith—and in doing so opens up Paul’s world, giving a sense of the cultural and historical pressures that shaped his thinking and the faith of the early church. After the narrative, Gooder includes an extensive notes section with comments on the historical context, biographical details, cultural practices, and more.

BISAC RELIGION / BIBLICAL BIOGRAPHY / NEW TESTAMENT 320 pages, paperback, 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches,

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J AY S O N G E O R G E S has served crossculturally for over fifteen years in Central Asia, a refugee community in the United States, and now in the Middle East. He is the coauthor of Ministering in Honor-Shame Cultures and the author of The 3D Gospel and The Honor-Shame Paraphrase series. Georges has taught about honor-shame and patronage around the world and is the founding editor of honorshame.com.

MINISTERING IN PATRONAGE CULTURESBiblical Models and Missional Implications

BISAC RELIGION / BIBICAL STUDIES / HISTORY & CULTURE 192 pages, paperback, 6 x 9 inches, 978-0-8308-5247-5, $22.00, W, 56 bks/ctn

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Patronage—a reciprocal relationship between social unequals—is a central part of global cultures and the biblical story of God’s mission, yet many Westerners misunderstand or ignore this concept. If we ignore patronage in biblical cultures, we will misinterpret Yahweh’s relationship with Israel and miss some of the meaning in Jesus’ parables and Paul’s letters.

In this resource for ministry practitioners and lay Christians alike, Jayson Georges brings his crosscultural experience and biblical insights to bear on the topic of patronage, with sections on cultural issues, biblical models, theological concepts, and missional implications.

T I M O T H Y L A R S E N is McManis Professor of Christian Thought at Wheaton College. He is the author of George MacDonald in the Age of Miracles, A People of One Book, and Crisis of Doubt.

BISAC RELIGION / CHRISTIANIT Y / LITERATURE & THE ARTS 250 pages, paperback, 6 x 9 inches, 978-0-8308-5318-2, $28.00, W, 40 bks/ctn

BALM IN GILEADA Theological Dialogue with Marilynne Robinson


Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Marilynne Robinson is one of the most eminent public intellectuals in America today. In addition to literary elegance, her trilogy of novels (Gilead, Home, and Lila) and her collections of essays offer probing meditations on the Christian faith.

This volume, based on the 2018 Wheaton Theology Conference, brings together the thoughts of leading theologians, historians, literary scholars, and church leaders who engaged in theological dialogue with Robinson’s published work—and with the author herself.

K E I T H L . J O H N S O N is associate professor of theology at Wheaton College. He is author of Theology as Discipleship and Karl Barth and the Analogia Entis, and he is the coeditor of Bonhoeffer, Christ and Culture.

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PURSUING AN EARTHY SPIRITUALIT YC. S. Lewis and Incarnational Faith

J O H N G O L D I N G AY is professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary, but lives in Oxford, England. His books include An Introduction to the Old Testament, A Reader’s Guide to the Bible, and commentaries on Psalms, Isaiah, and Daniel. He has also authored the three-volume Old Testament Theology and the seventeen-volume Old Testament for Everyone series, and has published a translation of the entire Old Testament called The First Testament: A New Translation.

OLD TESTAMENT ETHICS: A GUIDED TOUR

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What is ethics? Ethics is not merely about tricky situations or hot topics. Instead, ethics asks questions about what sort of people we are, how we think, what sort of things we do and don’t do, and how we ought to live our everyday lives. How might we learn ethics from the Old Testament?

Trusted guide John Goldingay urges us to let the Old Testament itself set the agenda. Topically organized with short standalone chapters, this volume takes readers through the Old Testament's teaching about relationships, work, Sabbath, character, and more, featuring Goldingay’s own translation and discussion questions for group use.

BISAC RELIGION / CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY / ETHICS 275 pages, paperback, 6 x 9 inches,

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C H R I S T O P H E R J . H . W R I G H T is international ministries director of the Langham Partnership, providing literature, scholarships, and preaching training for pastors in Majority World churches and seminaries. He has written many books, including The Mission of God, Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit, Old Testament Ethics for the People of God, Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament, and commentaries on Deuteronomy, Jeremiah, Lamentations, and Ezekiel.

THE OLD TESTAMENT IN SEVEN SENTENCESA Small Introduction to a Vast Topic

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Some people find the Old Testament to be confusing, out-of-date, and essentially replaced by the New Testament. But the Old Testament offers us a grand narrative that reveals God’s work, God’s purposes, and God’s wisdom.

Using seven key sentences drawn straight from the Old Testament, Christopher J. H. Wright fits the pieces together, shows us the coherent whole, and points us toward Jesus. This short survey shows God’s faith-fulness and love for his people and illuminates how the Old Testament Scriptures prepared for the identity and mission of Jesus.

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G A R Y S . S E L B Y serves as professor of ministerial formation at Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan College. He is the author of Not with Wisdom of Words: Nonrational Persuasion in the New Testament and Martin Luther King and the Rhetoric of Freedom: The Exodus in America’s Struggle for Civil Rights.

PURSUING AN EARTHY SPIRITUALIT YC. S. Lewis and Incarnational Faith


“Red beef and strong beer” was how C. S. Lewis described his education under one of his early tutors. In other words, it was a substantial education that engaged deeply with the intellectual tradition and challenged him to grow.

Engaging the writings of C. S. Lewis, Gary Selby contends that spiritual formation comes about not by retreating from the physical world but through deeper engagement with it. By considering themes such as our human embodiment, our sense of awareness in our everyday experiences, and the role of our human agency, Selby demonstrates that an earthy spirituality can be a robust spirituality.

BISAC RELIGION / CHRISTIANIT Y / LITERATURE & THE ARTS 218 pages, paperback, 6 x 9 inches, 978-0-8308-5236-9, $22.00, W, 48 bks/ctn

J A M E S E . B E I T L E R I I I is associate professor of English at Wheaton College, where he is the director of First-Year Writing and also coordinates the Writing Fellows Program. He is the author of Remaking Transitional Justice in the United States: The Rhetorical Authorization of the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

SEASONED SPEECHRhetoric in the Life of the Church


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“Nothing true can be said about God from a posture of defense.”—Marilynne Robinson

“We are bound up in a delicate network of interdependence.”—

Desmond Tutu

“The glory of Jesus is hidden in his humility and is perceived only in faith.”—Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“The Christian faith is the most exciting drama that ever staggered the imagination.”—Dorothy L. Sayers

“The heart of Christianity is a myth which is also a fact.”—C. S. Lewis

R H E T O R I C I N T H E L I F E O F T H E C H U R C H

The Christian faith depends to a great degree on persuasion. Yet rhetoric—the art of persuasion—has been largely ignored by most Christians.

James Beitler seeks to renew interest in and hunger for an effective Christian rhetoric by closely considering the work of five beloved Christian communicators: C. S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Desmond Tutu, and Marilynne Robinson. These writers collectively demonstrate that being a master of rhetoric is not antithetical to authentic Christian witness. Indeed, being a faithful disciple of Christ means practicing a rhetoric that beneficially and persuasively imparts the surprising truth of the gospel.

BISAC RELIGION / CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY / APOLOGETICS 250 pages, paperback, 6 x 9 inches, 978-0-8308-5244-4, $25.00, W, 40 bks/ctn

BISAC EDUCATION / STUDENT LIFE & AFFAIRS 200 pages, paperback, 6 x 9 inches,

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A PA S T OR A L RUL E F OR T ODAYReviving an Ancient Practice

D R E W M O S E R is dean of experiential learning and associate professor of higher education at Taylor University and codirector of the Vocation in College Project. He is coauthor of Ready or Not: Leaning into Life in our Twenties.

CAMPUS LIFEIn Search of Community—Expanded Edition

In 1990 the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching published a classic report on the loss of a meaningful, stable basis for true community on college campuses—and in the nation. Now this expanded edition of Campus Life reintroduces educational leaders to the reports’ proposals while offering up-to-date analysis and recommendations for Christian campuses today.

Drew Moser and Todd C. Ream have assembled pairs of academic and student-development leaders from top Christian colleges to offer a hopeful update on the practice of community within Christian higher education. This expanded edition includes the Boyer report in its entirety and a discussion guide.

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S A M U E L E S C O B A R , a native of Peru and a leading Latin American theologian, was one of the key participants in the 1974 International Congress on World Evangelization at Lausanne, Switzerland. He is professor emeritus of missiology at Palmer Theological Seminary and a past president of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. His books include The New Global Mission and La Palabra: Vida de la Iglesia.

BISAC RELIGION / CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY / CHRISTOLOGY 384 pages, paperback, 6 x 9 inches,

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Noted theologian Samuel Escobar offers a magisterial survey and study of Christology in Latin America. Presented for the first time in English, this rich resource starts with the first Spanish influence and moves through popular religiosity and liberationist themes in Catholic and Protestant thought of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, culminating in an important description of the work of the Latin American Theological Fraternity.

Escobar chronologically traces the journey of Latin American Christology and describes the milestones along the way toward a rich understanding of the spiritual reality and powerful message of Jesus.

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T O D D C . R E A M is professor of higher education at Taylor University, a distinguished fellow with the Lumen Research Institute, and the author and editor of numerous books.

IN SEARCH OF CHRIST IN LATIN AMERICAFrom Colonial Image to Liberating Savior

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BISAC RELIGION / CHRISTIAN MINISTRY / PASTORAL RESOURCES 200 pages, paperback, 6 x 9 inches, 978-0-8308-5234-5, $20.00, W, 52 bks/ctn

S C O T T M . M A N E T S C H is professor of church history at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is the associate general editor of the Reformation Commentary on Scripture and the author of Calvins' Company of Pastors: Pastoral Care and the Emerging Reformed Church, 1536-1609.


How can pastors thrive amid the demands of being preacher, therapist, administrator, and CEO? What is needed is a contemporary pastoral rule: a pattern for ministry that both encourages pastors and enables them to focus on what is most important in their pastoral task.

This book, coauthored by three experts with decades of experience, explains how relying on a pastoral rule has functioned throughout the church’s history and in the lives and work of figures such as Augustine, Calvin, Wesley, and Bonhoeffer. It also provides concrete advice on how pastors can develop and keep a rule that will help both them and their congregations to flourish.

A PA S T OR A L RUL E F OR T ODAYReviving an Ancient Practice


The Protestant Reformers’ understanding of the Christian faith and the church was transformed by their encounter with Scripture.

These essays bring together the reflections of church historians and theologians originally delivered at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. As they consider historical, hermeneutical, theological, and practical issues regarding the Bible, these essays reveal that the irrepressible Word of God continues to transform hearts and minds.

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J O S E P H D . S M A L L is the retired director of the Presbyterian Church (USA) Office of Theology and Worship.

J O H N P. B U R G E S S is James Henry Snowden Professor of Systematic Theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.

J E R R Y A N D R E W S is the pastor of First Presbyterian Church in San Diego, California.

BISAC RELIGION / PHILOSOPHY 160 pages, paperback, 6 x 9 inches,

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How can a loving God also be a God of wrath? Kevin Kinghorn and Stephen Travis offer a way forward beyond pat answers and devotional platitudes.

Using a philosophically informed line of argument and a careful study of the relevant biblical texts, Kinghorn and Travis show how these two aspects of God’s character can be reconciled. Often God’s wrath is viewed as an expression of holiness or justice, with the implicit assumption that God’s just response to people is incompatible with a loving response. The authors instead view God’s love as a strictly essential divine attribute, with justice as a derivative of love.

BUT WHAT ABOUT GOD’S WRATH?The Compelling Love Story of Divine Anger

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BISAC RELIGION / BIBLICAL STUDIES / GOSPELS 224 pages, paperback, 6 x 9 inches,

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What does healing mean for people with disabilities? How did Jesus’ original audience understand his works of healing, and how should we relate to these texts today?

After examining Jesus’ healing narratives in their biblical and cultural contexts, Fox considers perspectives from medical doctors, disability scholars, and pastors to more fully understand what Jesus does as he heals and how he points the way for relationships with people with disabilities. Personal reflections from Christians with disabilities are featured throughout, with suggestions for concrete practices adaptable to a variety of church settings.

DISABILIT Y AND THE WAY OF JESUSHolistic Healing in the Gospels and the Church

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Bethany McKinney Fox

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Holistic Healing in the Gospels and the Church

B E T H A N Y M cK I N N E Y F O X is the director of student success and adjunct professor of Christian ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary. She has worked previously at San Francisco Theological Seminary, First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood, and L’Arche Wavecrest. Fox lives in Los Angeles, where she is a founding pastor at Beloved Everybody Church.

K E V I N K I N G H O R N is a professor of philosophy and religion at Asbury Theological Seminary. He is the author of The Decision of Faith and A Framework for the Good.

S T E P H E N T R AV I S served for more than thirty years at St. John’s College in Nottingham. He is the author of several books, including Christian Hope and the Future, The Jesus Hope, and Christ and the Judgement of God.

A LIT TLE BOOK FOR NEW HISTORIANSWhy and How to Study History

R O B E R T T R A C Y M cK E N Z I E is Arthur F. Holmes Chair of Faith and Learning and professor and chair of the department of history at Wheaton College. He is the author of books including One South or Many?, Lincolnites and Rebels, and The First Thanksgiving: What the Real Story Tells Us About Loving God and Learning from History.

Many people think of history as merely “the past”—or at most, information about the past. But the real work of a historian is to listen to the voices of those who have gone before and humbly remember the flesh and blood on the other side of the evidence. What is their story? How does it become part of our own?

In A Little Book for New Historians veteran historian Robert Tracy McKenzie offers a concise, clear, and

beautifully written introduction to the study of history. In addition to making a case for the discipline in our pragmatic, “present-tense” culture, McKenzie lays out necessary skills, methods, and attitudes for historians in training. Loaded with concrete examples and insightful principles, this primer shows how the study of history, faithfully pursued, can shape your heart as well as your mind.

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P R A I S E F O R T H E B O O K“This book makes an outstanding contribution—for students of history, readers of history, history classes in college or high school, and discussions of history in church groups. It explains clearly what historians do, how historical study can promote the right kind of intellectual discipline, and why history means so much for Christian faith. The book is as powerfully effective as it is accessibly succinct.”

MARK NOLL, author of In the Beginning Was the Word

ROM A NS 1–8

BISAC RELIGION / BIBLICAL COMMENTARY / NEW TESTAMENT

With its themes of grace, sin, justification, and salvation through Christ alone, Paul’s letter to the early church in Rome has been a primary focus of Christian reflection throughout church history. In this RCS volume, church historian Gwenfair Adams guides readers through a diversity of early modern commentary on the first eight chapters of Paul’s epistle to the Romans.

GWENFAIR WALTERS ADAMS is associate professor of church history at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. She is the author of Visions in Late Medieval England: Lay Spirituality and Sacred Glimpses of the Hidden Worlds of Faith.

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New Testament

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Romans 1–8

edited by Gwenfair Walters Adams

general editor Timothy George

associate general editor

Scott M. Manetsch

New Testament

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400 pages, hardcover, 7 x 10 inches, 978-0-8308-2970-5, $60.00, W, 16 bks/ctn

345 pages, casebound, 6 x 9 inches, 978-0-8308-2858-6, $40.00, W, 16 bks/ctn

BISAC PSYCHOLOGY / ASSESSMENT, TESTING & MEASUREMENT

Assessment in counseling is an ongoing and dynamic routine to encourage movement in a productive direction toward what is truly best. In this Christian perspective on assessment, Stephen P. Greggo equips counselors to put assessment techniques into practical use, charting a course for care that brings best practices of the profession together with practices of Christian discipleship.

STEPHEN P. GREGGO is professor of counseling and chair of the counseling department at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is author of Trekking Toward Wholeness, is a licensed psychologist and ordained minister, and is a partner and consultant with Christian Counseling Associates in Delmar, New York.

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STEPHEN P. GREGGO

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Can contemplative prayer be integrated into therapeutic work? Building an alliance between science, theology, and Christian contemplative thought, Gregg Blanton presents a new paradigm for integrating contemplative prayer with counseling practice. This practical resource offers eleven fundamental interventions to fit the needs of clients and a practical four-stage process for helping clients change.

P. GREGG BLANTON is professor of psychology and human services at Montreat College. He is founder of the Center for Contemplation and Marriage and is in private practice in Asheville, North Carolina, where he provides counseling and supervises counselors-in-training. He is the author of Mind Over Marriage: Transforming Your Relationship Using Centering Prayer and Neuroscience.

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C H R I S T I A N A S S O C I AT I O N F O R P S Y C H O L O G I C A L S T U D I E S B O O K S

C H R I S T I A N A S S O C I AT I O N F O R P S Y C H O L O G I C A L S T U D I E S B O O K S

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BISAC RELIGION / CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY / CHRISTOLOGY

Christians usually focus on what Jesus has done (his life, death, and resurrection) and what he will do (his second coming and reign). However, Christ is the one who not only lived, died, rose, and will come again: he is also currently seated at God’s right hand. In this NSBT volume, Peter Orr explores the New Testament witness to Jesus as he is now, the exalted Christ, through the lenses of his identity, his location, and his activity.

PETER ORR is lecturer in New Testament at Moore College in Sydney, Australia. He is the author of Christ Absent and Present: A Study in Pauline Christology.

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Series Editor: D. A. Carson

New Studies in Biblical Theology

Peter C. Orr

The risen and ascended Christ

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BISAC RELIGION / RELIGION, POLITICS & STATE

SECOND EDITIONPOLITICAL VISIONS & ILLUSIONSA Survey and Christian Critique of Contemporary Ideologies

In this freshly updated, comprehensive study, political scientist David Koyzis surveys the key political ideologies of our era, unpacking the worldview issues inherent to each and pointing out essential strengths and weaknesses. Writing with broad international perspective, Koyzis is a sensible guide for Christians working in the public square, culture watchers, and all students of modern political thought.

DAVID KOYZIS holds a PhD in government and international studies from the University of Notre Dame. He taught undergraduate political science for thirty years.AV

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TRANSHUMANISM AND THE IMAGE OF GODToday’s Technology and the Future of Christian Discipleship

BISAC RELIGION / CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY / ETHICS

Examining the transhumanist movement, biblical ethicist Jacob Shatzer grapples with the potential for technology to transform the way we think about what it means to be human. Exploring the doctrine of incarnation and topics such as artificial intelligence, robotics, medical technology, and communications tools, he guides us into careful consideration of the future of Christian discipleship in a disruptive technological environment.

JACOB SHATZER is assistant professor and associate dean in the School of Theology and Missions at Union University. He is an ordained Southern Baptist minister and the author of A Spreading and Abiding Hope, editor of a volume of essays by A. J. Conyers, and assistant editor for Ethics and Medicine.


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EXALTED ABOVE THE HEAVENSThe Risen and Ascended Christ

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The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (ACCS) is a unique series encompassing all of Scripture and offering contemporary readers the opportunity to study for themselves the key writings of the early church fathers.

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Now in paperback for the first time, this complete series from general editor Thomas C. Oden includes an additional companion volume featuring biographical sketches, a com-prehensive timeline, master indexes of Scripture references and authors, and more.

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T H O M A S C . O D E N (1931–2016) was a pioneering theologian and served as the architect and general editor for the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. He was also the general editor of the Ancient Christian Doctrine series and the Ancient Christian devotionals, as well as a consulting editor for the Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity.

A prolific writer and seasoned teacher, Oden also served as the director of the Center for Early African Christianity at Eastern University in Pennsylvania, and was active in the Confessing Movement in America, particularly within the United Methodist Church.

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BISAC RELIGION / PRAYER

“The journeys, struggles and insights of two great spiritual pilgrims—Ignatius Loyola and Mary Ward—are skillfully woven together here to invite today’s pilgrims into their own Ignatian adventure.”

MARGARET SILF, author and spiritual explorer

“I highly recommend this book if you are hungry and seeking to encounter and discover God in a deeper way.”

IAN MOBSBY, Anglican priest, writer, speaker

“If you are looking for insightful and encouraging spiritual reading for Lent (or any other time), you have found your book!”

KEVIN O'BRIEN, SJ, author of The Ignatian Adventure


A deep prayer life is not just something for mystics or religious specialists. It’s for everyone, and everyone has a capacity for it.

This is a popular introduction to prayer and the spiritual life—a guide for Lent and the rest of the year—in the tradition of Ignatius Loyola. Simmonds also explores Ignatian influence on the life of the seventeenth-century Yorkshire woman Mary Ward.

The Ignatian tradition is hugely adaptable to different approaches. At its heart is personal encounter with Jesus, helping people to pray with the Scriptures in an imaginative way.

This book includes questions to aid reflection and discussion at the end of each chapter, and also looks at the way in which the Passion and resurrection of Jesus are woven into the patterns of human life.

Acknowledgements

1. Getting Going: Discovering What We Already Have

2. How It All Works

3. Two Journeys of Self-Discovery

4. The Pilgrim Sets Out

5. Who Do You Say I Am?

6. The Spiritual Exercises: Purpose and Method

7. Caught in the System

8. Surveying the Wondrous Cross

9. An Attitude of Gratitude

Conclusion: Finding God in All Things

C O N T E N TS

THE WAY OF IGNATIUSA Prayer Journey Through Lent


• A popular introduction to prayer and the spiritual life in

the tradition of Ignatius of Loyola

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Global in scope, but focusing right down on the role of ordinary people in conflict and violence, Reconciliation explores both the positives of multiculturalism and the challenges of accepting difference. This book issues a vibrant call to the church to maintain and strengthen relationships locally, among members, clergy, and laity; to cross borders to build relationships between different denominations; and to maintain open attitudes toward our neighbors from other religions and ideologies.

Forty biblically based meditations, with reflection questions, are offered for use at weekly gatherings or for everyday devotion during Lent, on topics including impediments to reconciliation, risking the self, humility, and radical openness to the other.

R ECONCIL I AT IONThe Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent Book 2019

BISAC RELIGION / CHRISTIANIT Y / HISTORY 160 pages, paperback, 5.43 x 8.5 inches, 978-0-2810-7806-6, $15.00, UAC

“Jesus was a pest to the Romans and a threat to the religious leadership, so they hung him out like so much refuse. Little did they realize that it was like trying to put out a fire with fuel. The whole world exploded.”

With characteristic style, John Pritchard takes us on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, as he unpacks the five great events that made Christianity—Christmas, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension, and Pentecost. We explore: “What happened?” “What did it mean?” “What does it mean for us?”

Absorbing, immediate, and full of stories, this volume offers deeply considered theology, brilliantly communicated to connect with life as we actually experience it.

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F IVE EVENTS THAT MADE CHRISTIANIT YChristmas, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension and Pentecost

J O H N P R I T C H A R D is the retired Bishop of Oxford and chairman of the Church of England Board of Education. He was formerly Bishop of Jarrow and, before that, Archdeacon of Canterbury. His many books include How to Pray, The Intercessions Handbook, The Life and Work of a Priest, God Lost and Found, Living Faithfully, and Ten.

M U T H U R A J S WA M Y is director of The Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide and was previously the dean of faculty of theology at Union Biblical Seminary in Pune, India, where he taught in the fields of religion and theology. He has been involved with interreligious organizations in India for several years, promoting national dialogue and peace-building programs. At present, he is general editor of the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion series.

BISAC RELIGION / CHRISTIAN LIFE / PERSONAL GROWTH 176 pages, paperback, 5.43 x 8.5 inches, 978-0-2810-7853-0, $15.00, UAC

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Our own desert experience may involve attending to challenges that come upon us suddenly—such as an illness or bereavement—or difficult relationships or patterns of thinking that have long been draining us of life and joy. This vividly written book includes wide-ranging prayers and Scripture readings, along with guides to using the material with groups and in preaching and worship.

J U S T I N E A L L A I N - C H A P M A N is Archdeacon of Boston, Lincolnshire. She was previously vice principal of the South-East Institute of Theological Education and a vicar in Clapham, London. She is a regular conference and retreat speaker on the topic of resilience and Christian discipleship, and she is the author of Resilient Pastors.

T HE R E SIL IEN T DISCIPL E A Lenten Journey from Adversity to Maturity

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M A R T Y N P E R C Y is dean of Christ Church, Oxford. E M M A P E R C Y is chaplain, fellow, and welfare dean at Trinity College, Oxford. I A N M A R K H A M is dean and president of Virginia Theological Seminary.

THE STUDY OF MINISTRYA Comprehensive Survey of Theory and Best Practice

BISAC BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / PERSONAL MEMOIRS 220 pages, paperback, 5.08 x 7.8 inches, 978-0-2810-8056-4, $15.00, UAC


From darkest Africa to the darker and infinitely wetter birthplace of John Knox, from the remote expanse of the Alaska Highway to part of the Antipodes that even Bill Bryson could not reach, Terry Waite takes us on a guided world tour in the company of Dr. Robert Runcie. Travels with a Primate is the hilarious and affectionate story of the trials and tribulations they encountered, and a delightful tribute to an enduring friendship.

T E R R Y WA I T E is a British Quaker, Anglican, humanitarian, and author. In the 1980s, he worked as the Archbishop of Canterbury’s special envoy, traveling to the Middle East and negotiating the release of many hostages in Iran, Libya, and Lebanon. He is the author of Taken on Trust and Out of the Silence: Memories, Poems, Reflections.

TRAVELS WITH A PRIMATE Around the World with Robert Runcie

BISAC RELIGION / CHRISTIAN LIFE / DEVOTIONAL 384 pages, casebound, 5.83 x 8.27 inches, 978-0-2810-7857-8, $20.00, UAC

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inspire, encourage, and challenge a whole generation of teenage girls through her daily devotional, Hope Rising 365. Filled with personal stories, poetry, inspirational thoughts, and short Bible reflections, these daily entries follow the academic year.

M E G C A N N O N runs koko (www.thekokostory.com), a website for pre-teen and teenage girls exploring youth issues such as bullying, suicide, self-harm, and relationships. koko is part of the wider Girls’ Brigade Ministries, and Meg is also connected with Romance Academy, EAUK, YFC, Youthscape, and Premier Radio.

HOPE RISING 365Thoughts and Reflections for the Whole Year

BISAC RELIGION / CHRISTIAN LIFE / PRAYER 160 pages, paperback, 5.08 x 7.8 inches, 978-0-2810-8137-0, $14.00, UAC

Is there a mountain in the way? The toughest challenges, the biggest obstacle, seemingly insurmountable problems all can be tackled, defeated, and shifted aside by faith-fueled prayer. Relational struggles, financial strangleholds, emotional strife—whatever your mountain may be, through prayer, God’s power can move it.

D E B R A G R E E N is the founder and national director of the charity Redeeming Our Communities (ROC), founded in 2004. A frequent speaker, she has twenty-five years of experience in bringing organizations together toward the goal of social transformation. Debra is on the leadership team of Spring Harvest.

MOUNTAIN-MOVING PRAYER The Unlimited Potential

BISAC JUVENILE NONFICTION / GENERAL BIBLE STORY 128 pages, casebound, 8.46 x 10.24 inches, 978-0-2810-7794-6, $20.00, UAC

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retells classic Bible stories in rhyme. Featuring popular tales from the Old and New Testaments, Hartman’s fresh take on these well-loved stories are a joy to read aloud with any child and also lend themselves to be used in any storytelling setting with children.

B O B H A R T M A N has an international reputation as a storyteller and writer. He has entertained audiences at the Edinburgh International Book Festival and Northern Children’s Book Festival. His many titles for children include The Lion Storyteller Bible, which has sold over 140,000 copies and has been translated into over eleven languages.

BOB HARTMAN’S RHYMING BIBLE50 Stories from the Old and New Testament


BISAC RELIGION / CHRISTIAN LIFE / SOCIAL ISSUES 100 pages, paperback, 5.05 x 7.8 inches, 978-0-2810-7871-4, $15.00, UAC


History is littered with wars and atrocities apparently inspired by religion, and today there seems no end to reports of cruelty carried out in the name of God. But is it belief in God that motivates these evils? The author’s investigation of these questions will encourage both believers and unbelievers to discard the lazy thinking and easy assumptions that so often disfigure the arguments on either side of this debate.

R U P E R T S H O R T T is religion editor of the Times Literary Supplement and a former visiting fellow at Oxford University. His books include Christianophobia: A Faith Under Attack, Rowan’s Rule: The Biography of the Archbishop, and God Is No Thing: Coherent Christianity.

DOES RELIGION DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD?

BISAC BIBLES / NEW LIVING TRANSLATION 112 pages, paperback, 4.37 x 7.01 inches, 978-0-2810-7964-3, $7.00, UAC

Adam and Eve and the forbidden fruit, Jacob and the stairway to heaven, Joseph and his brothers, Samson and Delilah, David and Goliath, Jonah and the whale, the miracles and teachings of Jesus, Paul’s vision on the road to Damascus, John’s vision of the new Jerusalem: the Bible is full of dramatic stories that have made it the world’s bestselling book, and yet few people ever get around to reading it from cover to cover.

Now, with The One Hour Bible readers of all ages can discover its riches and gain a birds-eye view of the entire sweep of the Bible’s epic story—in just sixty minutes.

THE ONE HOUR BIBLEFrom Adam to Apocalypse

BISAC BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / PERSONAL MEMOIRS 192 pages, paperback, 5.08 x 7.8 inches, 978-0-2810-8069-4, $15.00, UAC

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Dr. Jennifer Bute was a highly qualified senior doctor in a large clinical practice, whose patients included those with dementia. Then she began to notice symptoms in herself. After she was given a diagnosis, she resolved to explore what could be done to slow the progress of dementia and to help people living with it.

D R . J E N N I F E R B U T E is a senior doctor in the largest clinical practice in Southampton, United Kingdom. She was also a fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners, teaching medical students and doctors. L O U I S E M O R S E is a cognitive behavioral therapist and researches and writes about dementia and people living with it. She is author of many books, including Dementia: Frank and Linda’s Story.

DEMENTIA FROM THE INSIDEA Doctor’s Personal Journey of Hope

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is another way. A fearless generation is rising, and Hillsong Youth is leading the way. Taking one of the core messages of Hillsong Youth UK, this full-color, graphically dynamic and interactive mag-book will address the “big fears” of the day and encourage and empower a youthful audience to overcome fear and live for Christ in today’s culture.

H I L L S O N G Y O U T H U K is a fast-growing youth ministry of Hillsong Church in the United Kingdom. Hillsong Church London is the London congregation of Hillsong Church which also meets in twenty-three locations throughout the world, including Sydney, Paris, Kiev, Cape Town, Stockholm, and New York City.

FEARFULLY MADEPositively Shaping Society

BISAC BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / RELIGIOUS 448 pages, paperback, 5.43 x 8.5 inches, 978-0-2810-8101-1, $22.00, UAC


This is the autobiography of Dr. Michael Cassidy, one of the most influential people in the development of modern South Africa and a key figure in the growth of the Christian church over the last fifty years. As the nations of Africa shook off the shackles of colonialism and embraced their newfound independence, a singular figure burst into prominence in the tumultuous atmosphere gripping the continent.

M I C H A E L C A S S I D Y is president of the International Lausanne Movement as well as founder of African Enterprise. He played an important part in brokering the peace deal that saw the end of apartheid, and he is a key figure in the growth of the church in sub-Saharan Africa.

FOOTPRINTS IN THE AFRICAN SAND My Life and Times

BISAC BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / RELIGIOUS 256 pages, paperback, 5.08 x 7.8 inches, 978-0-2810-8030-4, $15.00, UAC

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Based on Wendy Grey’s vividly detailed diaries, her many letters, and the extensive newspaper coverage generated during her three-year mission, this is the story of a young district nurse who responds to a call for aid from Christians in one of the remotest corners of the world.

W E N D Y G R E Y R O G E R S O N , a district nurse, undertook pioneering work in Borneo under the auspices of SPG (now USPG) in the late 1950s and early 1960s. B A R B A R A F O X worked as a journalist for the Radio Times and the Telegraph newspapers. She is the author of Is the Vicar in, Pet? and When the War Is Over.

MIDWIFE OF BORNEO The True Story of a Geordie Pioneer

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Rooted in theological insight and thoroughly practical, this book will explore what domestic abuse is, why it is perpetrated and the impact it has on children and adults. Filled with case studies, including the author’s own story of abuse, the book offers a valuable insight into various abusive behavioral traits and provides some pointers as to how we can address it, both as individuals and as a church community.

BISAC RELIGION / CHRISTIAN LIFE / LOVE & MARRIAGE

OUT OF CONTROLCouples, Conflict and the Capacity for Change


Comedy is sacred—it’s woven through the Bible. James Cary has rare first-hand experience of writing comedy for the BBC—and has a degree in theology. He and former actor and comedian Barry Cooper (coauthor of Christianity Explored) do a weekly podcast called Cooper and Cary Have Words. This is an intelligent, funny, informative book for anyone who likes comedy.

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THE CAUSE TO LIVE FORBuilding a Legacy Bigger Than You


This is an edited collection of teachings from Vineyard’s national young adult conference, The Cause to Live For, in Nottingham, United Kingdom. We would like to invite you to spend time pursuing God and all He has for you, in the company of hundreds of young adults under one roof. The contributors include Vineyard leaders with decades of experience and wisdom, and others emerging as the next generation of inspirational speakers and worship leaders.

BISAC RELIGION / CHRISTIAN RITUALS & PRACTICE / WORSHIP

THE MESSAGE OF DISCIPLESHIPAuthentic Followers of Jesus in Today’s World

276 pages, hardcover, 5.43 x 8.5 inches, 978-1-7835-9493-1, $22.00, UAC

Soon after Jesus began his public ministry, he called his first disciples. He would teach and train them and then, after his death and resurrection, commission and empower them to go to the nations to make more followers of himself. Peter Morden explores the foundations, the resources, and the practice of discipleship, from a range of Old and New Testament texts, giving a well-rounded and satisfying picture of Christian discipleship.

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Following Jesus should not require fronts: when we fully grasp the love of God toward us, in all our mess and sin and doubt, we experience the freedom that vulnerability, honesty, and sacrifice bring. This book by Jon Brown explores how we can build lives on truth and cultivate a real faith that lasts through the storms of life.


MORE RealEmbracing the Authentic Life God Created You For.

444 pages, hardcover, 6.14 x 9.21 inches, 978-1-7835-9917-2, $35.00, UAC

The debate between egalitarian and complementarian views on women in the church and in marriage continues to cause division among evangelical Christians. Many books on the subject are written from a firmly partisan point of view, whether complementarian or egalitarian. Andrew Bartlett brings his expertise as a judge and arbitrator to assessment of the debate, engaging irenically with arguments on each side.

BISAC RELIGION / SEXUALIT Y & GENDER

MEN A ND WOMEN IN CHR IS TFresh Light from the Biblical Texts

CATCHING CONTENTMENTHow to Be Holy Satisfied


If anyone has a right to feel angry with life, then this author is a strong candidate. Having battled with lung disease from a young age, suffered at the hands of bullies, and reluctantly given up her much-loved teaching job, Liz Carter has plenty to complain about. Drawing particularly on Paul’s letter to the Philippians, she makes a point of exploring contentment in this book


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Jesus claimed to be “the way and the truth and the life.” But can we really accept this ultimate truth in an age of questioning, uncertainty, relativism, and skepticism? In MORE Truth, young philosopher Kristi Mair explores whether Christians can be confident in the truth in our anything-goes age.

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