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Interpreting the Prophets: Reading, Understanding and Preaching from the Worlds of the Prophets

Interpreting the Prophets: Reading, Understanding and Preaching from the Worlds of the Prophets

by Aaron Chalmers

The prophetic books are some of the most captivating and fascinating texts of the Old Testament, but they are also some of the most misunderstood. Interpreting the Prophets equips the reader with the knowledge and skills they need to interpret the Prophets in a faithful and accurate fashion. Beginning with the nature of the prophetic role and prophetic book… Read more…

Can You Be Gay and Christian?: Responding With Love and Truth to Questions About Homosexuality

Can You Be Gay and Christian?: Responding With Love and Truth to Questions About Homosexuality

by Michael L. Brown

The question of how the church deals with homosexuality has become the great moral and spiritual issue of this generation. How do we respond to gay people who tell us how much they love the Lord and experience God’s power? How do we answer them when they say that the greatest law is the law of love, and that love requires us to embrace them as they ar… Read more…

God Less America: Real Stories From the Front Lines of the Attack on Traditional Values
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God Less America: Real Stories From the Front Lines of the Attack on Traditional Values

by Todd Starnes

Narrated by Starnes, Todd

Pay attention, people of faith. Dark clouds are gathering. The winds of intolerance are blowing. There’s a great storm approaching.   American Christians are facing uncertain times. Our nation’s values are under assault. Religious liberty has been undermined. We live in a day when right is now wrong and wrong is now right. The … Read more…

The Ox-Herder and the Good Shepherd: Finding Christ on the Buddha's Path

The Ox-Herder and the Good Shepherd: Finding Christ on the Buddha's Path

by Addison Hodges Hart

In the twelfth century, the Chinese Zen master Kakuan Shien produced the pictures, poems, and commentaries we know as the Ten Ox-Herding Pictures. They trace a universally recognizable path of contemplative spirituality, using the metaphor of a young ox-herder looking for his lost ox.According to Addison Hodges Hart, the Ten Ox-Herding Pictures and the teach… Read more…

Prodigal Press: Confronting the Anti-Christian Bias of the American News Media, Revised and Updated

Prodigal Press: Confronting the Anti-Christian Bias of the American News Media, Revised and Updated

by Marvin Olasky and Warren Cole Smith

Despite claiming to be neutral, print and TV journalists increasingly report news from an anti-Christian standpoint. Remarkably, however, leading nineteenth-century newspapers reported news from a Christian perspective. This book reveals how the American news media shifted from a Christian worldview to secular humanism, radically altering what the media cove… Read more…

The Spiritual World of the Hobbit

The Spiritual World of the Hobbit

by James Stuart Bell and Sam O'Neal

Popular Author Helps Readers Discover the Christian Dimension in Tolkien's The HobbitThe huge success of the first of The Hobbit movies has added to Tolkien's already enormous popularity. As fans eagerly await part two of the trilogy, they will be excited to find out all they can about the spiritual themes in the story's mythological world. This … Read more…

Why Study History?: Reflecting on the Importance of the Past

Why Study History?: Reflecting on the Importance of the Past

by John Fea

What is the purpose of studying history? How do we reflect on contemporary life from a historical perspective and can such reflection help us better understand ourselves, the world around us, and the God we worship and serve?In this introductory textbook, accomplished historian John Fea shows why Christians should study history, how faith is brought to bear … Read more…

Law and the Bible: Justice, Mercy and Legal Institutions

Law and the Bible: Justice, Mercy and Legal Institutions

by David VanDrunen, Robert F CochranJr and Robert F Cochran

The Bible is full of law. Yet too often, Christians either pick and choose verses out of context to bolster existing positions, or assume that any moral judgment the Bible expresses should become the law of the land. Law and the Bible asks: What inspired light does the Bible shed on Christians? participation in contemporary legal systems? It concludes that m… Read more…

When Worlds Collide
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When Worlds Collide

by R. C. Sproul

Narrated by Sproul, R. C.

In the course of history, tragedies occur, and we ask why. In this series, Dr. R.C. Sproul explains why the Christian worldview is unique. In addressing the character of God, Dr. Sproul explores how God has providentially worked throughout history.… Read more…

The World of the New Testament: Cultural, Social, and Historical Contexts

The World of the New Testament: Cultural, Social, and Historical Contexts

by Joel B. Green and Lee Martin McDonald

This volume addresses the most important issues related to the study of New Testament writings. Two respected senior scholars have brought together a team of distinguished specialists to introduce the Jewish, Hellenistic, and Roman backgrounds necessary for understanding the New Testament and the early church. Contributors include renowned scholars such as L… Read more…

Chivalry: The Quest for a Personal Code of Honor in an Unjust World
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Chivalry: The Quest for a Personal Code of Honor in an Unjust World

by Zach Hunter

Narrated by Hunter, Zach

A generation is rising up to care for the hurting and oppressed. Committed to changing the world, they are passionate about justice and willing to fight for it. But what would that same justice look like if we lived it in our private lives—close to home, with our family and friends? In Chivalry, Zach Hunter dares young men and women to view their lives… Read more…

Why Not Today: Trafficking, Slavery, the Global Church . . . and You

Why Not Today: Trafficking, Slavery, the Global Church . . . and You

by Matthew Cork, Kenneth Kemp, Joseph D'souza and Joseph D'souza

In a hotel room in Bangalore, a California pastor wrestles with God—and himself . . .“I draw in a long, slow breath of Indian air. The room is dark and still. I have only one thing more to say: ‘Lord, I’m in. I am so in.’”When Matthew Cork, lead pastor of a church in a comfortable corner of Orange County, first encoun… Read more…

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