Aaron White

Galatians

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This slim commentary on Galatians will have a big impact on the lay person and pastor alike. The introduction is relevant, the discussion questions are helpful to further study, and standing behind the explanation of the text is the responsible exegesis I have come to expect from Phil. This is surely a resource I will turn to when teaching and preaching Galatians in my church!”

Hope in Addiction

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“This is an urgent book. Andy Partington presents a well-researched and compelling case for the complex roots of addiction that steers us away from a simplistic medical or moral model. He helps us understand the contributions of early childhood trauma, despair, disconnection, isolation, yearning, and broken relationships in the volatile mix that lead us toward these surrogate yet destructive comforts, be they drugs, alcohol, or lifestyle addictions. Thankfully, this book does not leave us floundering in a hopeless state. Recovery is possible. But recovery takes comprehensive work, patience, policy changes, and supportive communities. Partington works through some practicalities of what churches can do while acknowledging that each community's response needs to be locally contextualized. But he does not shy away from insisting that what addicts need—what we all need—is spiritual community that draws us deeply into intimacy with God and one another.”

The Ninefold Path of Jesus

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“This book is important. Mark Scandrette wrests the Beatitudes out of the realm of sentimentality and theoretical abstraction. He dares to propose that Jesus meant what he said, and that what he said was meant to change everything. Jesus' invitation into the Beatitude life is not a nice-sounding series of phrases but something for us to receive and to practice. Scandrette gives us a sound curriculum to posture ourselves away from the world's fear, despair, self-centeredness, and apathy, and to posture ourselves toward Jesus' offer of trust, humility, lament, justice, compassion, peacemaking, surrender, and radical love. Following in this way seems to be our best hope for living a life that is free, hopeful, and blessed.”