Elaine A. Heath
A Guide to Christian Spiritual Formation
Christian Living
“An important introductory resource in spiritual formation for persons who are new to the field. Best of all, it is written by a seasoned veteran who practices the disciplines about which he writes.”
Christian Living
“Stephen Rankin has given Christians a strong call to grow up, a challenge overdue in a culture that idolizes youth and stereotypes people over the age of thirty. Drawing from popular culture, his work as chaplain and college professor, and from theology, Rankin offers a robust definition of Christian maturity and invites readers to step up.”
History & Biography
“At the Blue Hole defies categorization. Part spiritual autobiography, part history of the Churches of Christ, and part missional epistle for a denomination that like so many others is in steep decline, this volume is Jack Reese’s prophetic call to his people to come back to Jesus. Only in acts of deep repentance, in a retrieval of the original spiritual vision and passion that sparked the Stone-Campbell movement yet retooled for the twenty-first century, can the Churches of Christ hope for a future. Well researched yet personal in its storytelling style, this book should be read by every Church of Christ minister, seminarian, and layperson, and by anyone who longs for renewal in the church.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“Written with hard won wisdom and humility, this book offers excellent practical guidance for the development of anchor churches and partner congregations, for leadership development that fosters revitalization, and for creating the kind of ministry teams that can work with the pastor to generate lively and fruitful ministry in any size church.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“An invaluable resource for clergy and for all who care for them, especially their therapists, spiritual directors, and judicatory leaders. This book should be required reading for every seminary student. May the wisdom that is reflected in these pages become a way of life for pastors in the years ahead.”
Theology
“Heath Bradley's fascinating new book, Flames of Love, leads the reader through a careful exploration of what it means to hold an evangelical, universalist position. He has done his homework, fairly exploring various options within orthodoxy regarding the possibility of hell, while providing a compelling argument for his universalist position. This is a worthwhile study for anyone interested in Christian eschatology and evangelism.”
Bible Studies & Devotionals
“This Advent guide to prayer is both timely and wonderfully edifying, leading readers through an integrative experience of daily prayer based on the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises but informed by a powerful vision of God our Mother. Highly recommended!”
Christian Living
“For anyone who has struggled in a dark night of the soul when God seems to have disappeared, this honest, invitational account of one theologian’s struggle with doubt will come as a healing balm.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“In this beautiful volume Sam Wells lays out a path for us to become more fully present to God, self, others, and creation. Using the phrase ‘being with,’ Wells guides readers to take up a truly incarnational stance that is fundamental to the way of Christ.”
Fiction
“A lively and imaginative novel, Joab presents the story of David in genre-bending ways that are sure to intrigue, surprise, and disrupt what readers thought they knew about the shepherd boy who became king.”
Millennials and the Mission of God
Evangelism & Missions
“A welcome and winsome conversation between a boomer and a millennial that can help all of us bear the love of God into a rapidly changing world.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“The path to renewal in congregations is always contextual and rarely happens with a canned program. Doug Ruffle is a seasoned veteran in missional theology and practice, as well as an astute mentor of missional church planters and renewal-minded leaders. This primer in congregational renewal belongs in every pastor's hands.”
Scripture, Ethics, and the Possibility of Same-Sex Relationships
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Karen Keen here provides a needed, integrative perspective that fruitfully brings together evangelical biblical interpretation, theological ethics, and pastoral wisdom to frame a loving, Christ-honoring discussion about same-sex relationships. This is a very helpful resource for seminary students, pastors, and congregations.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“In this welcome volume Craig Hill invites readers—let's make that leaders—to an honest discussion about the problem of unchecked ambition and status-seeking in the church. Framing his discussion with New Testament narratives and the teaching of Jesus, Hill draws from a wide array of sources to help leaders in the church and theological education to choose the way of Jesus. Thoroughly built on scholarly research, this book is readable and edifying for a lay audience as well as clergy and theologians.”
Theology
“This volume is a valuable, potent theological contribution to the growing body of literature focusing on the experiences, wisdom, and theological protest of the ‘sinned against,’ dismantling the focus of traditional atonement theologies and giving voice to so many of us who are survivors of violence.”
Evangelism & Missions
“In this significant, scholarly, and accessible study, Richard Osmer unpacks the inherited church’s practice of evangelism as conversionism, with its accompanying limitations. He then offers a robust theology of evangelism as invitation, grounded in Scripture and theology. This volume offers a timely and deeply thoughtful contribution to the study and practice of evangelism. Highly recommended for seminary students and ministry practitioners.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“The Way of Jesus offers important principles and practical advice for lay Christians to develop and lead alternative communities of faith. Post-church communities will increasingly require lay leaders who are prepared for rigorous discipleship, missional ecclesiology, and ministry from the margins. But this book is not just for laity. Clergy have much to gain from the wisdom in these pages, as Toby Jones makes a compelling case for establishing small, missional communities with bi-vocational pastoral leadership.”
Theology
“Daniel Castelo guides readers through a thoughtful and insightful exploration of the problem of suffering. Castelo's approach honors the mystery of God, who cannot be fully explained and is thus inherently apophatic. His fundamental understanding of evil is a scandalous 'sickness or malady,' a condition of anti-godness. With theodicy being perhaps the most pressing issue today--not just in seminary classrooms, but in the world that feels godforsaken--Castelo's work offers a hopeful and therapeutic vision.”
Christian Living
“One of the most pressing needs for congregations today is to learn how to foster genuine community within the church for the sake of neighbors beyond the church. Together offers an accessible and compelling theological rationale and practical wisdom for the formation of community, within and beyond the traditional church. Ideal for a small group study, this book opens missional imagination in ways that are sure to help both established congregations and newly forming missional communities.”
NOTE: Only includes books currently in our catalog; not necessarily a complete list.
Healing the Wounds of Sexual Abuse
Christian Living
History & Biography
Co-author
The Gospel according to Twilight
Arts & Literature
World Religions
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