Devotion Author: Steve Bell Steve Bell’s latest album, Devotion, is filled with prayer songs. Bell has incorporated his skillful acoustic guitar playing and notable folksy sound with first-rate string arrangements …
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Remember Us: Letters from Stalin’s Gulag (1930–37). Volume One: The Regehr Family Author: Ruth Derksen Siemens By conservative estimates, at least 45 million people died in the Soviet Union between …
All Right Now: Finding Consensus on Ethical Questions Author: Tim Geddert Tim Geddert, professor of New Testament at MB Biblical Seminary in Fresno, attempts the difficult task of drawing together …
The Peace Church and the Ecumenical Community: Ecclesiology and the Ethics of NonviolenceAuthor:Fernando Enns, translated by Helmut Harder Fernando Enns (keynote speaker at the Believers Church Conference held in Winnipeg …
On the Way with Jesus: A Passion for MissionAuthor: Richard Showalter“Lord, we are unworthy, we are weak, we are not excellent, but we want to go.” Such is the prayer …
The PromiseFather’s DaughterThe latest release from Father’s Daughter demonstrates the saying, “there’s nothing like a family blend when it comes to harmony.” The Promise, the group’s second CD, does not …
Lord Save Us From Your Followers: Why is the Gospel of Love Dividing Society?Author: Dan MerchantThe question of Christianity’s relationship to culture is an old one with no shortage of …
A Usable Past? A Story of Living and Thinking Vocationally at the MarginsAuthor: Paul PeacheyAt age 90, Paul Peachey looks back over his life in A Usable Past? and attempts …
Alex and Stephen Kendrick’s Sherwood Pictures released its third feature film, Fireproof, to 839 theatre screens in the U.S. at the end of September. The film, which stars Kirk Cameron …
Steven Bouma-Prediger and Brian J. WalshHome is more than a roof with four wallsPeople who pick up Beyond Homelessness expecting to learn what it means to live on the street …
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Changing Paradigms: Punishment and Restorative Discipline
by ReviewerPaul Redekop Is punishment all bad? Professor Paul Redekop – unrelated to this reviewer – has written a challenging book with a novel thesis: “The practice of punishment cannot be …
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Under Vine and Fig Tree: Biblical Theologies of Land and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
by ReviewerAlain Epp Weaver, EditorTheology of land questionedWith an introduction and 12 chapters by five authors, Under Vine and Fig Tree explores and explains the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict in relation to …
The makers of the most watched film of all time have released a women’s version. Magdalena: Released from Shame knits together footage from the original Jesus film in episodic flashbacks, …
Wilma L. DerksenStory teaches acceptance The Emerald Angel is an adult story told through the perspective of a child. Main character Ava feels invisible to her family; she’s an unwanted …
Phil Hefner; Ted Peters; Margaret Loewen RiemerBook notesPandora Press has released the proceedings of the sixth and seventh annual Goshen Conference on Religion and Science in book form…