Whispering the Word: Hearing Women's Stories in the Old Testament
By: Jacqueline E. Lapsley
3.92
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Many Christian feminists wonder if they can simultaneously maintain their commitment to principles …
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1. The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
By: Timothy J. Keller , Kathy Keller
4.49
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Renowned pastor of New York’s Redeemer Presbyterian Church and author of The Songs of Jesus, Timoth… read more
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"Like a surgeon, friends cut you in order to heal you."-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
"Real love, the Bible says, instinctively desires permanence."-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
"A common vision can unite people of very different temperaments."-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
"Friends become wiser together through a healthy clash of viewpoints."-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
2. Sticky Faith: Everyday Ideas to Build Lasting Faith in Your Kids
By: None , Kara Powell
4.03
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Sticky Faith delivers positive and practical ideas to nurture within your kids a living, loving fai… read more
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3. Who's Afraid of Postmodernism?: Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church
By: James K.A. Smith
3.83
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The philosophies of French thinkers Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault form the basis for postmodern th… read more
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4. The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible
By: Scot McKnight
4.82
Format: 174 pages, Hardcover
"Why Can't I Just Be a Christian?" Parakeets make delightful pets. We cage them or clip their wings… read more
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5. Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church
By: Scot McKnight
4.00
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
According to Scot McKnight, "kingdom" is the biblical term most misused by Christians today. It has… read more
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6. Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
By: Kate Bowler
3.80
Format: 178 pages, Hardcover
A divinity professor and young mother with a Stage IV cancer diagnosis explores the pain and joy of… read more
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"I was immediately worn out by the tyranny of prescriptive joy."-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
"I failed to love what was present and decided to love what was possible instead."-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
"They would find something simple and that would be the end of it. I'd just have to schedule my life around a surgery, nothing major."-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
"A lot of Christians like to remind me that heaven is my true home, which makes me want to ask them if they would like to go home first."-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
7. The Cross and the Lynching Tree
By: James H. Cone
4.51
Format: 202 pages, Hardcover
The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the … read more
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"For [Martin Luther] King nonviolence was more than a strategy; it was the way of life defined by love for others—the only way to heal broken humanity."-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
"The gospel of Jesus is not a rational concept to be explained in a theory of salvation, but a story about God’s presence in Jesus’ solidarity with the oppressed, which led to his death on the cross. …"-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
"The cross and the lynching tree interpret each other. Both were public spectacles, shameful events, instruments of punishment reserved for the most despised people in society. Any genuine theology an…"-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
8. The Violent Bear It Away
By: Flannery O'Connor
4.90
Format: None pages, Paperback
First published in 1960, The Violent Bear It Awayis now a landmark in American literature. It is a … read more
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9. Faithful: A Theology of Sex
By: Beth Felker Jones , Gene L. Green
4.00
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
Many believers accept traditional Christian sexual morality but have very little idea why it matter… read more
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10. A Grief Observed
By: C.S. Lewis
4.22
Format: 76 pages, Paperback
Written with love, humility, and faith, this brief but poignant volume was first published in 1961 … read more
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"Time itself is one more name for death."-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
"The death of a beloved is an amputation."-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
"I need Christ, not something that resembles Him."-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
"No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear."-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
11. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
By: Kristin Kobes Du Mez
4.30
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
A scholar of American Christianity presents a seventy-five-year history of evangelicalism that iden… read more
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12. The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
By: Beth Allison Barr
4.40
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
Biblical womanhood--the belief that God designed women to be submissive wives, virtuous mothers, an… read more
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"Glorifying the past because we like the story better isn't history; it's propaganda."-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
"When we differentiate women because of their sex, we objectify them and deny them their humanity."-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
"Like racism, patriarchy is a shapeshifter—conforming to each new era, looking as if it has always belonged."-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
"Historically, one of the greatest problems for women is that we do not remember our past and we do not work together to change our future. We do not stand together. But what if we did?"-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
13. Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church
By: Nijay K. Gupta
4.35
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Women were there. For centuries, discussions of early Christianity have focused on male leaders in … read more
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14. Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne
By: Wilda C. Gafney
4.64
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
Womanist Midrash is an in-depth and creative exploration of the well- and lesser-known women of the… read more
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15. Vindicating the Vixens: Revisiting Sexualized, Vilified, and Marginalized Women of the Bible
By: Sandra L. Glahn
4.34
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Gain a greater understanding of gender in the Bible through the eyes of a diverse group of evangeli… read more
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16. Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters
By: Carmen Joy Imes
4.47
Format: 243 pages, Paperback
What does it mean to be human? This timeless question proves critical as we seek to understand our … read more
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17. Nobody's Mother: Artemis of the Ephesians in Antiquity and the New Testament
By: Sandra L. Glahn
4.49
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
Some Christians think Paul's reference to "saved through childbearing" in 1 Timothy 2:15 means that… read more
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18. The Redemption of Love: Rescuing Marriage and Sexuality from the Economics of a Fallen World
By: Carrie A. Miles
4.10
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Competing answers to dilemmas involving love, sex, marriage, and family scream to us from nearly ev… read more
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19. The Biblical World of Gender: The Daily Lives of Ancient Women and Men
By: Celina Durgin
4.27
Format: 154 pages, Paperback
What were the lives of women and men like in ancient Israel? How does it affect their thinking abou… read more
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20. Women in the New Testament World (Essentials of Biblical Studies)
By: Susan Hylen
4.11
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Modern readers of the New Testament often notice its varying ideas about women. Some passages encou… read more
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21. Whispering the Word: Hearing Women's Stories in the Old Testament
By: Jacqueline E. Lapsley
3.92
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Many Christian feminists wonder if they can simultaneously maintain their commitment to principles … read more
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