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Global Voices on Global Mission Global mission has moved into a new era when it is no longer just "from the West to the rest" but rather "from everywhere to everywhere." But too often mission workers have not partnered well with local communities, hurting Christian witness and ministry efforts. And as the global church sends more and more missionaries, how can we learn from the past, develop new ways of partnering, and avoid repeating these same mistakes? The book of Acts provides a role model.Many people go into global missions to be like Paul, the pioneer taking the gospel to places where people have never heard. But in an era of mission when the church is truly global, Pauls companion Barnabas is an exceptional model of mission service.In this multifaceted volume, mission practitioners from around the world unpack the life and ministry of Barnabas. Contributors from Zambia, Bosnia, Australia, India, Ghana, New Zealand, Latin America, and the United States provide diverse experiences, global viewpoints, and best practices for effective mission partnerships that embrace humility, generosity, and mutuality.In Barnabass example we find answers for some of the most pressing questions in global mission partnership today: How should we share financial resources with generosity and trustworthiness? How do we advocate for, encourage, partner with, and empower mission partners across cultural and experiential differences? How can our mission partnerships develop as genuine communities of mutuality and visibility for all people involved? How do we wisely face sending, suffering, and division as we partner globally? Barnabas entered sensitive crosscultural situations and could help without hurting. He taught, developed, and trained others while also encouraging and releasing leaders. He modeled mission partnership that is generous, trustworthy, mutual, and empowering. In todays new era of global mission, we need more people like Barnabas. Discover how The Barnabas Factor offers a fresh approach to global collaboration that fosters healthier and more effective crosscultural mission partnerships.

"[This book] is a treasure. The first time I read it, I remember closing the final page and thinking to myself, I wish I could make every single Christian on earth read this book. John Chrysostom, Evagrius the Solitary, Julian of Norwich, Martin Luther, Dorothy Day, Dietrich Bonhoefferthese saints and sages live on in me. And they can live on in you, too. They can enlarge and enrich your faith, one page at a time." John Mark Comer, from the afterword Ancient Faith for Modern Souls In AD 165, two men named Carpus and Papylus stood before the proconsul of Pergamum, charged with the crime of being Christians. Not even torture could make them deny Christ, so they were burned alive.Is my faithfulness as strong?In the fifth century, Melania the Younger and her husband, Pinian, distributed their enormous wealth to the poor and intentionally practiced the discipline of renunciation.Could living more simply deepen my trust in God? In the seventeenth century, Philipp Jakob Speners love for the Word of God and his desire to help people apply the Bible to their daily life moved him to start "Colleges of Piety," or small groups.In what ways could commitment to community make me more like Christ? The history of Christianity has produced models of spiritual life, some very different from our own, that can enrich and enlarge our spiritual lives. These saints believed in the same God, followed the same Christ, read the same Bible, and walked in the same Spirit. And they lived wholeheartedly for God, like Perpetua, an early Christian martyr; Francis of Assisi, a medieval visionary; Philipp Jakob Spener, the founder of fifteenth-century small groups; and Dorothy Day, a servant of the poor.In Water from a Deep Well, Gerald Sittser opens to us the rich history of spirituality, helping us learn from the practices and stories of believers from the past who thirsted for God. These vibrant narratives reveal deep, powerful faith and demonstrate how old ways can bring new life to our spirituality today. These histories are deep waters from which we can drink to become faithful followers of Jesus, like those who came before us.In this revised edition, youll find history, insights, and practical exercises for incorporating spiritual practices into your life; a new chapter and updates throughout the book; and a new afterword from John Mark Comer. Discover the richness of ancient faith practices and renew your spiritual life with Water from a Deep Well. Whether youre discovering spiritual practices for the first time or seeking to deepen your journey with Christ, this book provides timeless guidance for spiritual growth, drawn from the wisdom of those who have walked the path before you.

British food has an unsavoury global reputation, but the folklore which made it what it is can be traced back millennia. Folklorist Ben Gazur guides you through the dark alleys of British history to uncover how our food habits have been passed down through generations of traditions. Readers will get a taste of what life was life in a time when food was both magical ingredient and sustenance.Discover why we throw salt over our shoulder, why we think carrots help us see in the dark, when living snakes in pies were once the height of fashion at weddings, and why people risk life and limb to chase wheels of cheese down a hill.Hilarious and fascinating, A Feast of Folklore will introduce you to the gloriously eccentric folk who arent often noticed by historians. Here lies a smorgasbord of their dark remedies and deadly delicacies, waiting to be discovered.

A Trusted Resource for Christian Mental Health Professionals, Now Updated Navigate the complexities of mental health from a Christian worldview with Modern Psychopathologies. Written by well-known and respected scholars Mark A. Yarhouse, Barrett W. McRay, and Richard E. Butman, this classic textbook, now in its third edition, provides a comprehensive introduction to the major psychopathologies identified in contemporary mental health care.Chapters address categories of psychological problems and offer overviews of current research on etiology, treatment, and prevention. Topics covered include: Issues related to anxiety, mood, addiction, trauma, and more Biological and sociocultural foundations of mental illness Insight for conducting responsible care in an imperfect system The authors also explore methods of classifying disorders in historical pastoral care and contemporary mental health care. In addition to the biological and sociocultural foundations of mental illness, they reflect on the relation between psychopathology and the Christian understanding of sin.Whats new in the third edition: Updates according to the DSM-5-TR New content on social and cultural influences, trauma, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and more Discussion of different classification models for personality disorders Incorporates new insights and references from the latest ten years of research Modern Psychopathologies is a unique and trusted resource for Christian students, professors, and mental health professionals. Whether you are studying psychology and counseling or providing counseling services, pastoral care, or spiritual direction, this book equips you to understand, evaluate, and contribute to mental health care with clarity, compassion, and conviction.About the Series Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) Books explore how Christianity relates to mental health and behavioral sciences including psychology, counseling, social work, and marriage and family therapy in order to equip Christian clinicians to support the well-being of their clients.

Since the 1990s, contemporary art in the Arab world has experienced exponential growth and numerous changes. With the appearance of artists from the region in international exhibitions, the dynamics within the art scenes changed significantly. Museums & art foundations began to collect, biennials were launched, contemporary art galleries, fairs, residencies and schools emerged in many countries, and the governments of the Gulf states launched megaprojects. This reader serves as a guide for anyone interested in the foundations, structures and growth of these art scenes. It also functions as an anthology of what is now considered established in the Arab world, with contributions covering all aspects of the subjectboth from across the region and from a Western perspective.

Since the 1990s, contemporary art in the Arab world has experienced exponential growth and numerous changes. With the appearance of artists from the region in international exhibitions, the dynamics within the art scenes changed significantly. Museums & art foundations began to collect, biennials were launched, contemporary art galleries, fairs, residencies and schools emerged in many countries, and the governments of the Gulf states launched megaprojects. This reader serves as a guide for anyone interested in the foundations, structures and growth of these art scenes. It also functions as an anthology of what is now considered established in the Arab world, with contributions covering all aspects of the subjectboth from across the region and from a Western perspective.

A work of art is a strange thing. It can carry us to the soaring peaks of beauty or drag us all the way down to the burning depths of depravity. We often treat artworks as sacred, almost ethereal. But they are an intimate piece of this world - born from the hands of geniuses, and from the hands of monsters.What makes an artwork immoral? Why do these troubling creations have such a hold on us? And how should we deal with them?We live in a moment when the dangers of art seem more prevalent than ever: artists are cancelled for their misdeeds, public statues are toppled, images of violence and obscenity await us at the touch of a button. But as this provocative new history demonstrates, we humans have always used art to make sense of the less innocent aspects of ourselves and the world around us.In Depraved, philosopher of art Daisy Dixon takes the reader on a journey through some of the most volatile and contentious works ever produced - from prehistoric sculpture to extreme metal music, Renaissance paintings to videogames. She reveals how beautiful art can sometimes be the most insidious, and why the greatest threat might lie in our own judgements about the art we censor or condemn.Above all, Dixon builds a powerful case for returning the terrible gaze of our disturbing creations, showing how we can confront them head-on and tame their toxic effects.

Become Stewards of Gods Vision Where You Are Its possible for American Christians to live everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Were often disconnected from the places we inhabitcut off from nature, our neighbors, people different from us, and a sense of rootedness. Its time to imagine a better way.Each of us is placed by God in a specific "somewhere." Drawing on social science research and their experiences across American landscapes and the Middle East, Ben Norquist and Brian Miller show how Christians in the US can develop a redemptive imagination for place. Many people have uncritically accepted American cultural assumptions about land, property, home ownership, and the good life. Yet our identity as followers of Jesus should transform how we live in the physical world, even as we recognize how places shape their inhabitants.Every Somewhere Sacred explores tools for deeply understanding or "reading" places; interdisciplinary scholarship from Scripture, sociology, and theology on land and place; and connections between colonialism, race, social class, and American landscapes. Norquist and Miller offer a variety of personal and corporate practices including land research, reassessing priorities and habits, advocating for others, and reconsidering the nature of sacred space, prompting us toward a broader vision for how God works through space, using biblical lenses of landscape as gift, sacrament, kin, and home. Are you seeking a rooted, meaningful faith that responds to the needs of your community? If you want to dive deeper into a theology of place, Every Somewhere Sacred will help you connect to your own "somewhere" and offer guidance for becoming a steward of Gods vision where you are.

Fascism is back. This time no swastikas, Nazi flags, or deadly bureaucracy, but MAGA hats, right-wing extremist memes, and a triumphant fist held high. For the first time in modern history, far right parties in some European countries have won a larger share of the votes than the Conservatives and the Social Democrats.Fascism hollows out democracies from within. It starts with language, not tanks. With democratic elections, not a coup.But how do fascists mobilise citizens? How has fascism become normalised in Europe again? And how do we stop it?

Does beauty really exist? What is the nature and value of art? What makes someone an artist? What is the artists place in the church? Dennis Bray explores these questions and more in What Is Beauty?, an introductory textbook on art and aesthetics from a Christian perspective. This volume of the Questions in Christian Philosophy series provides one of the only inviting and accessible introductions to the basic questions surrounding aesthetics and philosophy of art without sacrificing academic rigor.What youll find in What Is Beauty?: an introductory-level textbook perfect for undergraduates or anyone new to aesthetics and Christian philosophy examination centered around three major questions: How is God beautiful? What is art? Who is the artist? additional resources for readers who want to go deeper into aesthetics and philosophy tools to evaluate and cultivate your aesthetic taste from a Christian perspective Written with clarity and accessibility, What Is Beauty? offers students and educators a thought-provoking exploration of key themes in the philosophy of art. Perfect for classrooms and Christian artists alike, this book invites readers to reflect deeply on the relationship between beauty, art, and faith.This book offers invaluable insights for undergraduate philosophy students, professors, and those exploring the intersection of faith and the arts. Readers will gain a deep understanding of how beauty reflects Gods character, why art holds significance, and how artists are called to serve both the church and the world.About the Series The Questions in Christian Philosophy series features introductory textbooks that offer students a Christian perspective on the various branches of philosophy, enabling them as they seek to understand all facets of life including existence, knowledge, ethics, art, and more.

A quarter of a century in power has allowed Vladimir Putin to enrich himself. He has done this by plundering Russias resources, confiscated private businesses and persecuted those who stood against him including Boris Berezovsky, Vladimir Gusinsky, Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Bill Browder. Putin put their assets under the control of his friends and cronies, who creamed off billions from nominally-state owned corporations.In 2022 Fortune Magazine estimated Putins personal fortune at $200 billion. The revenues he stole allowed Putin to build up an unparalleled war chest and this he used to pay for the invasion of Ukraine.The people Putin robbed he tortured and murdered. Some tried to fight back. Of these original oligarchs only Roman Abramovich survives.This is the fascinating story of what has happened to the men that Putin dispossessed and where their money went. But revenge is best served with cool heads and sharp minds. A small team of legal experts has spent the last twenty years pursuing Putin in the courts of the world. These legal experts are based in London and they are set on reclaiming this enormous wealth.The effect on the War in Ukraine will be just one result of their determined efforts.

Everyone Everywhere blends oral history, reportage and storytelling to uncover a major yet neglected thread in Britains national story the experience of its mixed-race communities. Through dozens of vivid interviews and years of archival research, Lucas Fothergill pieces together an alternative history of the country: one told through the lives of those who have shaped, challenged and redefined what it means to be British. From the descendants of empire to the artists, activists and everyday people who navigate identity in modern Britain, these are stories of resilience, creativity and belonging. Each chapter offers a self-contained portrait that builds into a sweeping, deeply human narrative of change and connection. Insightful, emotional and resonant, Everyone Everywhere is both a work of history and a vital conversation about who we are and who we might yet become.

Many worry that Britain is stuck in a doom loop of higher debt and higher taxes. In Can We Be Rich Again?, Jeremy Hunt argues that getting out of Britains low growth is a solvable problem, and that we should approach the countrys economic future with optimism.Hunt asks the key questions: How deliverable are the changes we need by a Labour, Conservative or Reform government? How do we get the economy growing despite dangerous levels of debt? How do we sell long term reforms when our leaders have so little political capital? But countering pessimism needs solutions not just assertions, and they need to be realistic plans that politicians can actually deliver in a democratic system and the majority of the electorate can get behind.

From the author of the global bestseller The Secret History of the World comes an epic new history of the relationship between spiritual belief and cutting-edge science.Jonathan Black shows that from Marie Curie to todays architects of AI, many of our greatest scientists have been guided by secret, mystical and higher teachings towards an understanding of the universe familiar to the builders of the pyramids of Giza or the Temple at Jerusalem. He explores how these discoveries, foreshadowed and paralleled by geniuses including Carl Gustav Jung and Hilma af Klint, raise deep and urgent questions about our understanding of the universe.Is the material universe we perceive with our senses an illusion?Is a higher intelligence directing it?Are events in the future already fixed?How does modern physics show we are all connected in ways old science said were impossible?Are different kinds of intelligence - divine and less benevolent - emerging around us?This is the science hardline atheists dont want you to know about.

Lessons from Midwives for Pastoral Leadership We find ourselves in a moment in which the church is in great pain. Congregations are dwindling, denominations are fracturing, and church scandals have become all too common. We need a new imagination to capture the hopefulness of God birthing something new in the midst of the pain of the old creation. In The Pastor as Midwife, Shawna Songer Gaines brings her pastoral experience alongside her research on the vocation and practices of midwifery to explore a vision of pastoral leadership that is shaped by the wisdom of those who walk alongside expectant mothers. Learning to pastor like a midwife helps us embrace what God is doing in our pain and see new life in unlikely places.This book gives pastors a ministry paradigm that embraces change and pain as part of Gods salvific work in the world. Gaines helps pastors embrace a new, life-giving posture for ministry marked by advocacy, listening, and letting go of control. Like the apostle Paul in Romans 8:22, pastors who long to witness the birth of Gods new creation are invited to imagine their work like a hopeful midwife.With The Pastor as Midwife, you will: learn how the practices and wisdom of midwives offer a new way of approaching pastoral leadership, a way that begins and ends with a hopeful view of Gods work in birthing new creation; engage with thought-provoking reflection questions to explore your own leadership patterns; and reenvision ministry to see change and pain as integral to Gods life-giving work in the world. Wherever you are in your journey as a pastor, The Pastor as Midwife offers a thoughtful and hopeful perspective on ministry in a changing and often challenging world. Learn to witness and partner with God in the birth of new creation with The Pastor as Midwife, trusting in the Spirit of God who brings new life to a fallen but beautiful world.

El destacado erudito Craig Keener explora el papel del Espíritu Santo en la Iglesia, abordando temas como los dones espirituales, el fruto del Espíritu, el poder del Espíritu para el evangelismo y cómo escuchar la voz de Dios.Con una narrativa accesible y abundantes ejemplos y relatos, Keener entabla un dialogo constructivo con pentecostales, moderados y cesacionistas, procurando aprender de cada perspectiva. Su objetivo es tender puentes, animando a todos los creyentes a buscar el poder del Espiritu Santo. Su tono conciliador frente a un tema tan controvertido ha sido reconocido tanto por carismaticos como por no carismaticos.El Espiritu y sus dones es un valioso recurso para universitarios y seminaristas, como tambien para lectores en general que busquen una exposicion equilibrada acerca de los dones espirituales.La exegesis sensata y enriquecida con anecdotas que Craig Keener ofrece en este libro amplia las categorias del bautismo en el Espiritu, los carismas continuos y las manifestaciones actuales del Espiritu de una manera que pacifica, unifica y edifica, y que ademas corona de forma elegante buena parte del debate actual. Aqui, la erudicion rigurosa y la preocupacion pastoral se combinan de la manera mas fructifera, en lineas argumentativas que tienen una verdadera importancia para la vida de la iglesia hoy y mañana.J. I. Packer, autor de Los planes de Dios para su vida

El pastor Miguel Ángel Pozo invita al lector a ejercer un discernimiento cristiano crítico frente a las ideas engañosas que circulan en la cultura contemporánea y que, con frecuencia, se aceptan como verdades incuestionables. En una epoca en la que la verdad se relativiza y la fe se reduce a interpretaciones subjetivas, este libro propone volver a la Escritura como fundamento firme para pensar, creer y vivir.Con un enfoque biblico, teologico y pastoral, el autor analiza creencias populares que distorsionan el mensaje cristiano y las confronta con la verdad revelada. Cada capitulo expone una idea erronea ampliamente difundida y ofrece una respuesta clara que fortalece la fe y promueve una cosmovision cristiana coherente.Una lectura especialmente util para creyentes, estudiantes y lideres que desean permanecer firmes en la verdad y vivir su fe con claridad en medio de un mundo confuso.

Regocijarse siempre es posible cuando nuestra vida está en CristoLa Epístola a los Filipenses es una de las cartas más personales y conmovedoras del apóstol Pablo. Escrita desde la prisión, está marcada por un mensaje sorprendente: aun en medio de la prueba, se puede vivir con gozo, esperanza y confianza en Cristo.En ¡Regocijaos siempre!, Justo L. Gonzalez nos conduce con profundidad y sencillez a traves de Filipenses, ayudandonos a descubrir su trasfondo historico, su riqueza espiritual y su llamado permanente a la unidad, la humildad y la madurez cristiana.Este comentario invita al lector a redescubrir el gozo que nace de una comunion viva con Jesus y a comprender el significado de vivir como ciudadanos del cielo.Una obra ideal para el estudio personal, la enseñanza y la edificacion de la iglesia, que anima a todo creyente a confiar plenamente en Cristo y a regocijarse siempre en El.

Descubra una manera proactiva y positiva de enseñar a sus hijos lo que la Biblia dice sobre la sexualidad y el género.Nuestros hijos están creciendo en un mundo muy diferente al que nosotros conocimos, especialmente en lo que respecta a las cuestiones LGBT+. Entonces, ¿Como podemos equiparlos para que amen el buen diseño de Dios para la sexualidad y, al mismo tiempo, amen a las personas que conocen y piensan diferente?Escrito principalmente para padres con hijos menores de once años, Rachel Gilson nos muestra como criar a nuestros hijos con fe en lugar de miedo.¡Este libro puede ser recibido por los padres con un enorme suspiro de alivio!RAY Y JANI ORTLUNDPlantea todas las preguntas mas dificiles y ofrece respuestas sabias, amorosas y fieles.ANDREW WILSON

En Hablar en Lenguas, Robert P. Menzies ofrece un estudio bíblico riguroso y equilibrado sobre una de las experiencias más debatidas del cristianismo: «hablar en diferentes lenguas, según el Espíritu