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Common Ground: Talking about Gun Violence in America

Common Ground: Talking about Gun Violence in America

by Donald V Gaffney

Every time a shooting makes national headlines, the same debates erupt: Is the problem guns or mental health? Why is the United States unique in its gun violence problem? Can we reduce this violence while protecting the right to bear arms?Newtown, Connecticut, native and Disciples of Christ minister Donald V. Gaffney brings a calm and compassionate voice to … Read more…

Slavery's Long Shadow: Race and Reconciliation in American Christianity

Slavery's Long Shadow: Race and Reconciliation in American Christianity

by James L Gorman, Jeff W Childers and Mark W Hamilton

How interactions of race and religion have influenced unity and division in the church At the center of the story of American Christianity lies an integral connection between race relations and Christian unity. Despite claims that Jesus Christ transcends all racial barriers, the most segregated hour in America is still Sunday mornings when Christians ga… Read more…

The Lion of Judah: How Jesus Completes Biblical Judaism and Why Judaism and Christianity Separated

The Lion of Judah: How Jesus Completes Biblical Judaism and Why Judaism and Christianity Separated

by Rabbi Kirt A Schneider

If Jesus is a Jew, why is there a wedge between Christianity and Judaism? If Jews and Christians both believe in the same God, why is there such division? Why is history littered with deathly accounts of this division, from the early Jewish persecution of Christians to the Crusades’ slaughtering of Jews?  The Lion of Judah unpacks the roots of thi… Read more…

Pagans and Christians in the City: Culture Wars from the Tiber to the Potomac

Pagans and Christians in the City: Culture Wars from the Tiber to the Potomac

by Steven D Smith

Traditionalist Christians who oppose same-sex marriage and other cultural developments in the United States wonder why they are being forced to bracket their beliefs in order to participate in public life. This situation is not new, says Steven D. Smith: Christians two thousand years ago faced very similar challenges. Picking up poet T. S. Eli… Read more…

Mindful Silence: The Heart of Christian Contemplation

Mindful Silence: The Heart of Christian Contemplation

by Phileena Heuertz

Our fast-paced lives are filled with distractions, frequently leaving us disillusioned and dissatisfied—with ourselves, with others, and even with God. Spiritual practices that used to sustain us fall short when life circumstances bring us to the limits of our self. After many years leading an international humanitarian organization, Phileena Heuertz exper… Read more…

Advent Conspiracy: Making Christmas Meaningful (Again)

Advent Conspiracy: Making Christmas Meaningful (Again)

by Chris Seay, Rick McKinley and Greg Holder

An updated and revised version of a book that has impacted thousands of churches: Are you tired of how consumerism has stolen the soul of Christmas? This year, take a stand! Join the groundswell of Christ-followers who are choosing to make Christmas what it should be—a joyous celebration of Jesus’ birth that enriches our hearts and the world arou… Read more…

Woke Church: An Urgent Call for Christians in America to Confront Racism and Injustice

Woke Church: An Urgent Call for Christians in America to Confront Racism and Injustice

by Ligon Duncan, John M. Perkins and Eric Mason

“Between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference.” –Frederick Douglass, 1845The prophets of old were not easy to listen to because they did not flatter.  They did not cajole. They spoke hard words that often chafed and unsettled their listeners. Like the Old Testament… Read more…

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Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles?: An MIT Professor Answers Questions on God and Science

Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles?: An MIT Professor Answers Questions on God and Science

by Ian Hutchinson

Plasma physicist Ian Hutchinson has been asked hundreds of questions about faith and science:What is faith and what is science? Are they compatible? Are there realities science cannot explain? Is God's existence a scientific question? Is the Bible consistent with the modern scientific understanding of the universe? Are there scientific reasons to believe… Read more…

Since the Beginning: Interpreting Genesis 1 and 2 through the Ages

Since the Beginning: Interpreting Genesis 1 and 2 through the Ages

by Kyle R Greenwood

Few passages in the Hebrew Bible have been subject to more scrutiny than Genesis 1 and 2. In this volume, a diverse international team of experts guides readers through interpretations of the Genesis creation stories throughout history, inviting them to consider perspectives from the earliest times to the present. The book offers an accurate description of h… Read more…

Gender: A Conversation Guide for Parents and Pastors

Gender: A Conversation Guide for Parents and Pastors

by Brian Seagraves and Hunter Leavine

The world around us is changing quickly, and it’s difficult to keep up with the debates about some of life’s most fundamental issues, such as gender. Whether you are a parent, mentor, pastor, or friend, this book will help you speak clearly to children on this subject in a world spinning in confusion. This book seeks to help … Read more…

Affirmation Crisis: Healing the Wounds of a Fatherless Generation

Affirmation Crisis: Healing the Wounds of a Fatherless Generation

by Randy Hix

There is an Affirmation Crisis. It is the result of fatherlessness. Generations have grown up without a father. Whether physically or emotionally absent, it leaves in the child a wound of absence. Fatherlessness has become a major social problem in America, even an epidemic, with approximately 50% of children under the age of 18 not living in the same home a… Read more…

North American Churches and the Cold War

North American Churches and the Cold War

by Paul B Mojzes

History textbooks typically list 1945–1990 as the Cold War years, but it is clear that tensions from that period are still influencing world politics today. While much attention is given to political and social responses to those first nuclear threats, none has been given to the reactions of Christian churches. North American Churches and the Cold… Read more…


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