Back cover description: "The Bible admonishes Christian's to love God with the mind as well as with the heart. Engaging God's World links this scriptural mandate with the pursuit of academic life, extolling the crucial role of Christian higher education in the intellectual and spiritual formation of believers."

Engaging God's World (A Reformed Vision of Faith, Learning, and Living)

Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.

William B. Eerdmans Publishing

Christian worship in North America has undergone great change in recent years. But change always brings uncertainty -- at times even division -- about what constitutes "authentic worship." This important book reviews a wide variety of current perspectives and offers a fresh outlook on the contemporary practice of Christian worship. In order to provide the widest, most insightful discussion on present-day worship practices yet assembled, the authors gathered a team of church musicians, ministers, worship leaders, and educators from eight church traditions. Discerning the Spirits is the fruit of their work. Shaped by the wisdom of men and women like Marva Dawn, Justo Gonzalez, C. Michael Hawn, and John Witvliet, this book broadens today's "worship wars" into a bigger, richer discussion that moves from arguments over musical tastes to good thinking about the overall purpose of worship in relation to church life and God himself. Sidebar articles and quotes are meant to draw readers and study groups into dialogue on these issues. Whether one plays a leadership role in church worship or is simply grappling with questions about it, Discerning the Spirits is a must-read.

Discerning the Spirits: A Guide to Thinking about Christian Worship Today (The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Liturgical Studies (CICW))

Christian Books & Bibles

Sue A. Rozeboom

Protestantism

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

Not the Way It's Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin

This timely book retrieves an old awareness that has slipped and changed in recent decades. The awareness of sin used to be our shadow. Christians hated sin, feared it, fled from it--and grieved over it. But the shadow of sin has now dimmed in our consciousness. Even preachers, who once got visibly angry over a congregation's sin, now speak of sin in a mumble. Cornelius Plantinga pulls the ancient doctrine of sin out of mothballs and presents it to contemporary readers in clear language, drawing from a wide range of books, films, and other cultural resources. In smoothly flowing prose Plantinga describes how sin corrupts what is good and how such corruption spreads. He discusses the parasitic quality of sin and the ironies and pretenses generated by this quality. He examines the relation of sin to folly and addiction. He describes two classic "postures" or movements of sin -- attack and flight. And in an epilogue he reminds us that whatever we say about sin also sharpens our eye for the beauty of grace.

Churches & Church Leadership

Eerdmans

Not the Way It's Supposed to Be:

Religion & Spirituality

Religious Studies

Apollos

A Place to Stand: A Study of Ecumenical Creeds and Reformed Confessions

Christian Reformed Church of North America

Beyond doubt: A devotional response to questions of faith

Christian Living

Bible Way

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