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The Psalter is God's prayer book for His people. It contains praise and prayers for all seasons and times. This volume guides the reader through Books IV and V of the Psalms. Psalms 90-150 serve to rebuild faith and hope by reorienting God's people with the themes of God's kingship, steadfast love, and guidance through history. These psalms teach God's people to worship, to live faithfully, and to prepare for His good future wherein all creation will...
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While visiting Venice, Nora and Peter Brandt, a high profile Hollywood couple, enter an exclusive boutique so that Nora can try a dress. She never returns from the dressing room. In this heart-pounding novel, Peter tracks her to Istanbul and begins his search. Nora, who has been delivered to a powerful collector of all things beautiful, must use her wits and her skills to survive.
The Marble Sea is the entrance to the Bosporus Straits, which flow...
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The book of Psalms contains many types of prayers-from praise, to pleas, to thanksgiving-that give voice to the joys, complexities, and challenges of the life of faith. This reality is what makes the book of Psalms timeless in its appeal. People of prayer can find words to express themselves to God in times when they are unsure of how to pray. In Part II of his OneBook Daily-Weekly journey through the Psalms, Dr. Brian Russell introduces readers to...
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The book of Psalms is often quoted and clichéd, but it is much less often contextualized. When we understand the Psalter relative to the circumstances in which it was written, we find a rich resource for God's people. Through these prayers, God both speaks and models to us how we might speak back to him. At its core, the book of Psalms is an instructional guide to a moment-by-moment walk with God throughout our lives. In the first of three OneBook...
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A new, but ancient, way to pray can turn your life around. Discover how to experience God's love at your core, freeing you to love others, and even yourself.
When biblical scholar and coach Brian Russell discovered centering prayer at a difficult crossroad in his life, he had no idea how his life would change. "Sensing God's love for me has been so transformational that it almost feels as though I've experienced conversion all over again," he writes....
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Astonished by the Word recaptures an ancient way of engaging with Scripture that takes you beyond knowledge to whole-life transformation and a greater love of God and neighbor.
Using the Idolatherapy tool-an experiential method that combines biblical studies with spiritual direction and contemplative practice-you will learn how to move from reading the text to allowing Scripture to read you, changing you from the inside out.
Discover how reading the...
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In Invitation, Dr. Brian D. Russell serves as your guide through the narrative of Scripture: creation, the fall of humanity, the calling of Israel, the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the sending of the church, and the new creation. Through ten chapters divided into fi ve daily readings, Invitation covers the core content of the Bible with an emphasis on God's mission and the role of God's people living as a holy community for the sake...
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How do we communicate the message of the Scriptures in our twenty-first-century, post-Christian context? (re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World answers this question by presenting the Scriptures through the lens of mission and by teaching a method for reading Scripture with a missional hermeneutic. The biblical story seeks to convert us to its perspective and to transform its readers and hearers into God's missional community...
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Discover Different Christian Views on What Heaven Will Be Like
Christians from a variety of denominations and traditions are in middle of an important conversation about the final destiny of the saved. Scholars such as N. T. Wright and J. Richard Middleton have pushed back against the traditional view of heaven, and now some Christians are pushing back against them for fear that talk about the earthiness of our final hope distracts our attention...