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Paperback. Condition: Good. This book helps congregations learn how to make decisions in healthy ways--focused on God's purposes, and growing in love and truth. Sally Weaver Glick approaches congregational discernment as a process of hearing and entering God's song. Discernment is what we do to distinguish between God's music and our own static and noise. Good discernment, says Weaver Glick, lets God's song sing through us and shape us, so that we can join in harmoniously, responding to God's love and mercy.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. How can we harness the energy for change that lives in each of us?In Soul Force, nonprofit leaders Reesheda Graham-Washington and Shawn Casselberry offer seven pivots that unleash the creative energy within us toward courage, community, and change. Building on Gandhi and Martin Luther King's concept of a power mightier than ourselves, Soul Force moves us from barriers to bridge-building, self-centeredness to solidarity, consuming to creating, and maintenance to movement. Packed with stories from the authors' work with Communities First Association, L VE Caf , and Mission Year, Soul Force invites readers on a journey from the societal shackles that bind to the Spirit who frees. From those working at the grassroots to those leading at the grass tips, Soul Force offers a compelling and practical model for personal and collective transformation.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Does your church look and taste like mission? Mission happens when congregations fully align themselves with God's purposes. As the missional church movement matures, Anabaptists offer a robust theological tradition, a contemporary spiritual vitality, and practical stories of witness to the conversation. How are churches and individuals living out Christ's call to engage locally and globally? And how is it changing them in the process? Featuring the voices of missional Mennonite leaders, Fully Engaged offers stories and analysis about how mission is taking shape in local congregations and contexts. A diverse chorus of Anabaptist pastors and laypeople explores the roots, tools, and applications of the missional movement. From nurturing church planting to creating a missional culture to preaching for missional engagement, Fully Engaged offers insights and ideas to churches looking for direction. Engage in God's mission. Fully. Inspire your church to move from doing business as usual to living out God's hope for your neighborhood and the world.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Why do people sometimes feel empty, estranged, and cynical? Many of us have tired of the pat answers that the church and religion have provided for our questions about faith and meaning in life. We know there's more--and we stand on the cusp of spiritual awakening, longing to reshape our connection with God. Weaving together theological reflection and story, authors Don Clymer and Sharon Clymer Landis serve as guides who have walked this unsettling journey, and gently give permission for readers to ask the hard questions to ultimately have greater intimacy and connection with God, themselves, and others.This book helps those seeking greater intimacy and connection with God--those who know in their hearts that there is something more than the structures of church and religion, who are ready to explore something deeper. Free downloadable study guide available here. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. Why do people sometimes feel empty, estranged, and cynical? Many of us have tired of the pat answers that the church and religion have provided for our questions about faith and meaning in life. We know there's more--and we stand on the cusp of spiritual awakening, longing to reshape our connection with God. Weaving together theological reflection and story, authors Don Clymer and Sharon Clymer Landis serve as guides who have walked this unsettling journey, and gently give permission for readers to ask the hard questions to ultimately have greater intimacy and connection with God, themselves, and others.This book helps those seeking greater intimacy and connection with God--those who know in their hearts that there is something more than the structures of church and religion, who are ready to explore something deeper. Free downloadable study guide available here. …

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Paperback. Condition: Good. This charming book-length poem is the perfect bedtime story. It assures the child trying to put off the inevitable that no matter where or how they live, everybody goes to bed sooner or later. Children learn that, just like them, kids around the world are going to bed too. And, just like them, God watches over all children as they sleep in peace.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Does your church look and taste like mission? Mission happens when congregations fully align themselves with God's purposes. As the missional church movement matures, Anabaptists offer a robust theological tradition, a contemporary spiritual vitality, and practical stories of witness to the conversation. How are churches and individuals living out Christ's call to engage locally and globally? And how is it changing them in the process? Featuring the voices of missional Mennonite leaders, Fully Engaged offers stories and analysis about how mission is taking shape in local congregations and contexts. A diverse chorus of Anabaptist pastors and laypeople explores the roots, tools, and applications of the missional movement. From nurturing church planting to creating a missional culture to preaching for missional engagement, Fully Engaged offers insights and ideas to churches looking for direction. Engage in God's mission. Fully. Inspire your church to move from doing business as usual to living out God's hope for your neighborhood and the world.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Lloyd Pietersen argues that for too long the Old Testament has been the primary source for Christian ethics and the letters of Paul for Christian discipleship. Without disparaging these sources, the author suggests that the church in a postmodern, post-Christian society needs to look at Scripture with a different focus. This book seeks to examine what reading the Bible might look like in the current period when the church is no longer central and the Christian story is not well known. Pietersen argues that, after Christendom, Jesus should be central to any Christian biblical interpretation.…

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Hardback. Condition: Good. Not long ago, most white American Christians believed that Jesus blessed slavery. God wasn t bothered by Jim Crow. Baby Jesus had white skin. Meet Plantation Jesus: a god who is comfortable with bigotry, and an idol that distorts the message of the real Savior. That false image of God is dead, right? Wrong, argue the authors of Plantation Jesus, an authoritative new book on one of the most urgent issues of our day. Through their shared passion for Jesus Christ and with an unblinking look at history, church, and pop culture, authors Skot Welch and Rick Wilson detail the manifold ways that racism damages the church's witness. Together Welch and Wilson take on common responses by white Christians to racial injustice, such as I never owned a slave, I don t see color; only people, and We just need to get over it and move on. Together they call out the church's denials and dodges and evasions of race, and they invite readers to encounter the Christ of the disenfranchised. With practical resources and Spirit-filled stories, Plantation Jesus nudges readers to learn the history, acknowledge the injury, and face the truth. Only then can the church lead the way toward true reconciliation. Only then can the legacy of Plantation Jesus be replaced with the true way of Jesus Christ.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Our purpose is to analyze whether it is truly the case that a Christian pacifist position rooted not in pragmatic or psychological but in Christological considerations is thereby irrelevant to the social order. --John Howard YoderThese words by John Howard Yoder set the course of his pathbreaking treatise, The Christian Witness to the State. Yoder's novel contribution to the debate concerning the church's and the Christian's calling is his starting point. He insists that Christ, through his death and resurrection, is now exercising dominion over the world. God has reclaimed his intention for creation. Thus the structures of the social order has as much potential for good as for evil. The church belongs in this world; it has a mission to and even with society.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Russell Krabill's church membership study for young believers. The Pupil Book is a workbook with 12 lessons. Instead of a catechism with questions and answers, Krabill has interwoven Christian doctrine into the lessons.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Russell Krabill's church membership study for young believers. The Pupil Book is a workbook with 12 lessons. Instead of a catechism with questions and answers, Krabill has interwoven Christian doctrine into the lessons.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Reading the Bible is one thing. Understanding how the Bible came to be and how it can guide our faith and life? That's quite another.         Dennis R. Edwards offers a succinct and profound investigation of Scripture. By holding up Jesus as the interpretive key and inviting us to read the Bible with the marginalized, Edwards challenges us to a Christ-centered approach to hermeneutics. What does it mean to read the Bible with Jesus at the center? How does Scripture illuminate the work of God in the world? Edwards shines light on contemporary debates about the Bible and calls us to faithful, loving interpretations and applications of the Word of God. The Jesus Way: Small Books of Radical Faith delve into big questions about God's work in the world. These concise, practical books are deeply rooted in Anabaptist theology. Crafted by a diverse community of internationally renowned scholars, pastors, and practitioners, The Jesus Way series helps readers deepen their faith in Christ and enliven their witness. Accessible Jesus-centered theology from an Anabaptist perspective Designed for use by individual readers, small groups, and Christian education classes Glossary of terms, illustrations, and discussion and reflection questions in each volume   Books in series:   What Is the Bible and How Do We Understand It? Dennis R. Edwards [Fall 2019] Why Did Jesus Die and What Difference Does It Make? Michele Hershberger [Fall 2019] Why Do We Suffer and Where Is God When We Do? Valerie G. Rempel [Spring 2020] What Is the Trinity and Why Does It Matter? Steve Dancause [Spring 2020] Who Are Our Enemies and How Do We Love Them? Hyung Jin Kim Sun [Summer 2020] What Is God's Mission in the World and How Do We Join It? Juan F. Martínez [Summer 2020] What Is the Church and Why Does It Exist? David Fitch [Fall 2020] What Does Justice Look Like and Why Does God Care about It? Judith and Colin McCartney [Fall 2020] What Is God's Kingdom and What Does Citizenship Look Like? César García [Spring 2021] Who Was Jesus and What Does It Mean to Follow Him? Nancy Elizabeth Bedford [Spring 2021] &nbsp.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The thrilling narrative of Rosanna McGonegal Yoder, the Irish Catholic baby girl, who lived with an Amish woman, Elizabeth Yoder. All the episodes of Rosanna of the Amish are based on fact. Joseph W. Yoder gives an honest, sympathetic, straightforward account of the religious, social, and economic customs and traditions of the Amish. 322 Pages.…

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. The thrilling narrative of Rosanna McGonegal Yoder, the Irish Catholic baby girl, who lived with an Amish woman, Elizabeth Yoder. All the episodes of Rosanna of the Amish are based on fact. Joseph W. Yoder gives an honest, sympathetic, straightforward account of the religious, social, and economic customs and traditions of the Amish. 322 Pages.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. The thrilling narrative of Rosanna McGonegal Yoder, the Irish Catholic baby girl, who lived with an Amish woman, Elizabeth Yoder. All the episodes of Rosanna of the Amish are based on fact. Joseph W. Yoder gives an honest, sympathetic, straightforward account of the religious, social, and economic customs and traditions of the Amish. 322 Pages.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. John Howard Yoder went to Europe after the Second World War as a young volunteer. Yoder worked as an aide in a children's home in Elsace, France and completed his doctorate under Karl Barth in Basel, Switzerland. Because of his incomparably clear and sharp thinking he quickly became one of the most sought after speakers on pacifism at seminars as he worked towards an Anabaptist renewal of the church.In this context Yoder succeeded in reopening the theological debate on Christians and political responsibility with the larger church to which persecution had put an end 400 years earlier. Biblical scholar Timothy J. Geddert translated two of these lectures, originally given in Germany, as a resource to understand Yoder's invitation to begin an exploratory journey that leads to Jesus Christ's peace church.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. John Howard Yoder went to Europe after the Second World War as a young volunteer. Yoder worked as an aide in a children's home in Elsace, France and completed his doctorate under Karl Barth in Basel, Switzerland. Because of his incomparably clear and sharp thinking he quickly became one of the most sought after speakers on pacifism at seminars as he worked towards an Anabaptist renewal of the church.In this context Yoder succeeded in reopening the theological debate on Christians and political responsibility with the larger church to which persecution had put an end 400 years earlier. Biblical scholar Timothy J. Geddert translated two of these lectures, originally given in Germany, as a resource to understand Yoder's invitation to begin an exploratory journey that leads to Jesus Christ's peace church.…

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