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Can we move beyond borders that divide us without losing our
identity? Over the past decade, the yearning for rootedness, for
being part of a story bigger than oneself, has flared up as a
cultural force to be reckoned with. There's much to affirm in this
desire to belong to a people. That means pride in all that is
admirable in the nation to which we belong - and repentance for its
historic sins. A focus on national identity, of course, can lead to
darker places. The new nationalists, who in Western countries often
appeal to the memory of a Christian past, applaud when governments
fortify borders to keep out people who are fleeing for their lives.
(Needless to say, such actions are contrary to the Christian
faith.) Is our yearning for roots doomed to lead to a heartless
politics of exclusion? Does maintaining group or national identity
require borders guarded with lethal violence? The answer isn't
artificial schemes for universal brotherhood, such as a universal
language. Our differences are what make a community human. Might
the true ground for community lie deeper even than shared
nationality or language? After all, the biblical vision of
humankind's ultimate future has "every tribe and language and
people and nation" coming together - beyond all borders but still
as themselves. In this issue: - Santiago Ramos describes a double
homelessness immigrant children experience as outsiders in both
countries. - Ashley Lucas profiles a Black Panther imprisoned for
life and looks at the impact on his family. - Simeon Wiehler helps
a museum repatriate a thousand human skulls collected by a
colonialist. - Yaniv Sagee calls Zionism back to its founding
vision of a shared society with Palestinians. - Stephanie Saldana
finds the lost legendary chocolates of Damascus being crafted in
Texas. - Edwidge Danticat says storytelling builds a home that no
physical separation can take away. - Phographer River Claure
reimagines Saint-Exupery's Le Petit Prince as an Aymara fairy tale.
- Ann Thomas tells of liminal experiences while helping families
choose a cemetery plot. - Russell Moore challenges the church to
reclaim its integrity and staunch an exodus. You'll also find: -
Prize-winning poems by Mhairi Owens, Susan de Sola, and Forester
McClatchey - A profile of Japanese peacemaker Toyohiko Kagawa -
Reviews of Fredrik deBoer's The Cult of Smart, Anna Neima's The
Utopians, and Amor Towles's The Lincoln Highway - Insights on
following Jesus from E. Stanley Jones, Barbara Brown Taylor, Teresa
of Avila, Oscar Romero, Martin Luther King Jr., Eberhard Arnold,
Leonardo Boff, Meister Eckhart, C. S. Lewis, Hermas, and Dietrich
Bonhoeffer Plough Quarterly features stories, ideas, and culture
for people eager to put their faith into action. Each issue brings
you in-depth articles, interviews, poetry, book reviews, and art to
help you put Jesus' message into practice and find common cause
with others.
How cultivating a healthy fear of God liberates us from our fear of
others, our fear of the future, and even our fear of death itself.
At times the world feels like it's losing its mind. From politics
to the pandemic, we live with an ever-increasing uncertainty, and
many of us have grown to fear the rapid disintegration of our
society and our own lives. Recovering Our Sanity is not another
self-help book about how to beat your daily fears for a better
life. It's a book that will show you the gravity and glory of a God
who's worthy of our fear. It's a book that will reveal how these
two biblical phrases-Fear God and Do Not Be Afraid-are not
contradictory but actually one coherent message. Michael
Horton-Professor of Theology and Apologetics at Westminster
Seminary-shows us that we cannot fight our fears by seeking the
absence of fear altogether, but by living with a fear of God that
drives out the fear of everything else. Horton will walk you
through the case for the fear of God by: Developing what it means
to fear God, biblically and theologically, and what this kind of
fear looks like in practice. Categorizing different types of
fears-from cultural anxiety to pain and hardship-and what they stem
from. Focusing on how to confront our earthly fears with our hope
in Christ, rooted in the gospel. Reminding us that God does not
exist for us; we exist for God. Humbling, thought-provoking, and
hope-igniting, Recovering Our Sanity delivers a timely message that
will help you shift your focus from a human-centered obsession with
self-preservation to a fixation on Christ and his salvation. Rather
than clinging to false securities and promises of immediate
gratification, you can gain the lasting joy of knowing the One who
has given himself to save us and who says to us, "Do not be
afraid."
In The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism, Carl F. H. Henry
critiques separatist evangelicals and their absence from the social
arena, calling on all Christians to unite humanitarianism with
Christ-centered leadership to impact the kingdom of God.
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Jesus or Nothing (Paperback)
Dan DeWitt; Foreword by Russell Moore
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It's time to make a choice.
Many young adults are abandoning the Christian faith, convinced
that it's an outdated and uneducated belief system. Dan DeWitt
counters these misconceptions and challenges us to think carefully
about the choice between Jesus and nothing by comparing the
Christian worldview with the notion of a godless universe devoid of
true goodness and ultimate significance.
This winsome book describes the rock-solid foundation for life
that Christians enjoy in and through the gospel--offering an
explanation for our existence, grace for our guilt, and meaning for
our mortality.
This collection of essays by a team of evangelical scholars
explores the legacy of Carl F. H. Henry, a neglected giant of
twentieth-century evangelicalism-contending masterfully for Henry's
continued relevance in a changing world.
The contributors to this issue of Plough Quarterly focus on what it
means to bear witness to the gospel. Peggy Gish reports on the
church’s response to Boko Haram in Nigeria, where thousands of
Christians have been killed. But in addition to witnesses who die
for their faith, there are those who live for it, such as the
families of those who died in Emanuel AME Church in Charleston,
South Carolina. And in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s move to
redefine marriage, we can’t talk about Christian witness without
considering marriage and sexuality. With insights from Russell
Moore, N. T. Wright, Amy Carmichael, Pope Francis, George Fox, Ivan
Illich, Julia Chaney-Moss, Nathaniel Peters, Channah Ben-Eliezer,
Chico Fajardo-Heflin, Les Isaac, Paul Sanders, and Robert Paeglow,
this issue is sure to stimulate reflection and discussion. And as
if that weren’t enough, you also get world-class art by
Caravaggio, August Macke, Eric Drooker, Denis Barsukov, Pablo
Picasso, George Tooker, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Janice Earley,
John Singer Sargent, Paul Sanders, Paul Klee, Ghislaine Howard, and
others. Plough Quarterly features stories, ideas, and culture for
people eager to put their faith into action. Each issue brings you
in-depth articles, interviews, poetry, book reviews, and art to
help you put Jesus’ message into practice and find common cause
with others.
In this practical book, Moore highlights the importance of adoption
for all Christians, encouraging readers to lead the way in adoption
and orphan advocacy out of our identity as adopted children of God.
Claiming that the best way to find meaning in life is to get honest
about death, this book aims to show readers the practical effect of
remembering their mortality in order to make the most of their
lives today.
This touching memoir by two parents recounts the highs and lows of
raising children with specials needs, ultimately directing readers
to the God who promises us peace and joy, even in the midst of
trials.
Sanc●ti●fi●ca●tion - noun - ˌsaŋ(k)-tə-fə-ˈkā-shən
a big word for the little-by-little progress of the everyday
Christian life
Fighting sin is not easy. No one ever coasted into greater
godliness. Christian growth takes effort. But we are not left
alone. God loves to work the miracle of sanctification within us as
we struggle for daily progress in holiness. With contributions from
Kevin DeYoung, John Piper, Ed Welch, Russell Moore, David Mathis,
and Jarvis Williams, this invigorating book will help you say no to
the deception of sin and yes to true joy in Jesus.
Some of today's most influential young evangelicals outline the
relevance and theological foundations of Christian orthodoxy and
evangelicalism.
Recent cultural interest in evangelicalism has led to
considerable confusion about what the term actually means. Many
young Christians are tempted to discard the label altogether. But
evangelicalism is not merely a political movement in decline or a
sociological phenomenon on the rise, as it has sometimes been
portrayed. It is, in fact, a helpful theological profile that
manifests itself in beliefs, ethics, and church life.
DeYoung and other key twenty- and thirty-something evangelical
Christian leaders present Don't Call It a Comeback: The Same
Evangelical Faith for a New Day to assert the stability, relevance,
and necessity of Christian orthodoxy today. This book introduces
young, new, and under-discipled Christians to the most essential
and basic issues of faith in general and of evangelicalism in
particular.
Kevin DeYoung and contributors like Russell Moore, Tullian
Tchividjian, Darrin Patrick, Justin Taylor, Thabiti Anyabwile, and
Tim Challies examine what evangelical Christianity is and does
within the broad categories of history, theology, and practice.
They demonstrate that evangelicalism is still biblically and
historically rooted and remains the same framework for faith that
we need today.
In an unprecedented interreligious conference in November 2014,
Pope Francis and four hundred religious leaders and scholars from
around the world met in Rome to explore what their diverse faiths
teach about marriage and "the complementarity of man and woman."
This book contains the most representative presentations at that
closely followed event, Humanum: An International Interreligious
Colloquium, which included Catholic, Evangelical, Anglican,
Pentecostal, Eastern Orthodox, Anabaptist, Mormon, Jewish, Muslim,
Jain, Buddhist, and Hindu delegates. Contributors bring the wisdom
of their various faiths and cultures to bear on this timely issue,
examining, celebrating, and illustrating the natural union of man
and woman in marriage as a universal cornerstone of healthy
families, communities and societies. With broad global
representation, Not Just Good, but Beautiful uses fresh language
and images to highlight the beauty and benefits of marriage.
Contributors do not represent political parties, but speak from
their religious, intellectual, and cultural knowledge and
experiences.
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