David L. Thomas

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“Although the holidays are intended to be a time of meaningful connection and enjoyment, they can be full of stress and pressure. What if it could be different? What if you had a wise, steady, trusted guide to help you find your way to something more peaceful and hopeful? You are holding a road map, written by a gifted clinician and mother of four, who will feel like your new best friend. This should be a required read for every one of us before the holidays arrive each year.”

Holy Together

Marriage, Family & Relationships

“Kathleen Finley has written an inspired and very personal description of how to connect the basic features of Christian faith with married life. Her words are timely, well-researched, and deftly applied first to her own marriage, but in a way that also allows readers to connect them to their own marital experience. Married life these days is challenging yet it can also be seen as a source of a deep spiritual life, a true path to holiness. Many will find inspiration for themselves in this wonderful book.”

Hope in the Age of Addiction

Christian Living

“I trust Chip Dodd and Stephen James. I trust and value their work as counselors and teachers. More importantly, I trust them as people and as fathers themselves. These wise men are inviting us into a more sustainable way to parent the kids we love, whatever ages they may be. Chip and Stephen are showing us how to be clumsy and courageous at the same time. I will recommend this book to countless parents, and I’ll be revisiting this rich content as a dad myself.”

Many Monks Across the Sea

History & Biography

“The presence of Christianity in the Arab and Persian historical centres of Islam is little known, and the liveliness of the churches in the centuries before Islam and under early Islamic rule is a forgotten part of religious history. So it can be a surprise to know that church leaders in the first centuries of Islam frequently exerted substantial influence over caliphs and were respected by Muslims and Christians alike. Even more, it can be a shock to hear that Christian missions sent from Mesopotamia extended along the Silk Roads as far as China, and also maintained links along the sea trading routes in the Indian Ocean, where monasteries and church communities attested to the presence of Christianity far beyond its assumed boundaries. This book seeks to bring light to the Eastern Churches under early Islam, in order to reveal something of the vigour of Christianity where it has been overlooked or unexpected. It brings together existing scholarship and adds new, to provide a picture of a faith that sees the challenge of mission and meets it with integrity, courage and imagination.”

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More Than Your Number

Christian Living

“As a family therapist, I have long believed in the wisdom of the Enneagram. I’ve seen the game change with parents who know their number and are willing to allow the Enneagram to influence their journey as mothers and fathers. In More Than Your Number, Beth and Jeff McCord act as the trusted guides they have been for so many years, helping us use the Enneagram to transform our relationships.”

The Quran with Christian Commentary

World Religions

“In this commentary on the scripture of Islam, Gordon Nickel has performed a great service for Christians who wish to know about Islam. The Quran presents distinctive accounts of stories familiar from the Bible and directly denies fundamental Christian doctrines. Nickel’s unfailingly respectful yet unmistakably Christian responses present the similarities and differences between the quranic and biblical traditions with unflinching directness. He has produced a reliable and accessible resource for both students studying the Quran and general readers.”

The Simple Power of a Broken Life

Christian Living

“The reality of life is that, as a human race, we are all broken. In The Simple Power of a Broken Life my friend J. Daniel Moore reveals that these are exactly the type of people God uses! As you read the following pages you will realize surrendering your brokenness to the Lord enables his work to bring beauty out of ashes. I am very proud of Pastor Moore as I have been an eyewitness to several of the painful, broken times in his life. We discover, once again, when completely delivered to God, the difficult messes of our lives become the core of God’s redemptive message to help others.”

Theological Issues in Christian-Muslim Dialogue

World Religions

“Driven to win at any cost, encounters between Christians and Muslims typically ignore the central aim of both religions to find truth and apply it. These essays look again at well-known points of disagreement, assess them objectively, and offer refreshing new approaches to them. The book holds out the promise of an end to past polemical scheming, and more honesty and respect in the future. It is a distinctive and original contribution to Christian-Muslim relations.”