Kathryn Schifferdecker

God, Gender, and Family Trauma

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Informed by rabbinic and modern biblical interpretation, Cory Driver offers careful and original readings of several biblical stories related to gender-based and sexual trauma. Driver reads these texts with thoughtfulness and compassion and proposes pastorally sensitive lessons to be learned from them. Undergirding his readings is the affirmation that "the Lord is close to the brokenhearted, and saves those who are crushed in spirit" (Psalm 34:18). This book will be valuable both for those who have suffered such trauma and for those who care for them.”

God's People Made New

Church Leadership & Ministry

“What a simple yet profound testimony: the Word of God equips the people of God to be about God's mission in the world! The story of Grace Church will inspire hope for all who read it.”

God’s Good Covenant

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Drawing on decades of painstaking work in biblical exegesis and Bible translation, Bliese offers in this volume a careful, thorough analysis of the book of Hosea, paying attention to chiastic structures and numerological values of words in order to discover the central themes of the prophet: the goodness of God’s covenant and the need for Israel to repent and return to the Lord. Any student or translator of Hosea would benefit from Bliese’s careful and detailed research.”

The Life, Works, and Witness of Tsehay Tolessa and Gudina Tumsa, the Ethiopian Bonhoeffer

History & Biography

“This book is the compelling story of Gudina Tumsa—Ethiopian pastor, theologian, and martyr—and his beloved wife, Tsehay Tolessa. Both of these remarkable people bore witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ under the persecution of the brutal Communist regime that ruled Ethiopia in the 1970s and 1980s. Now, their story is told here through Gudina’s own theological writings and, for the first time in English, the personal testimony of Tsehay. Their story, though largely unknown to the Western church, speaks of the power of faith, the cost of discipleship, and the extraordinary grace of God in the midst of unspeakable suffering. Their story is a model of what it means to heed Christ’s call: ‘Take up your cross and follow me.’”