Lamentations: How Christ Lifts the Burden of Sin and Sorrow

Lamentations: How Christ Lifts the Burden of Sin and SorrowIn his Bible study of Lamentations, Jonathan Gibson helps participants recover the lost, biblical art of lament and points us to Christ, who bears all our burdens. What do we do when life goes very wrong? The biblical answer is that we start by turning to God and sharing our distress and pain with him. But when was the last time you lamented to God? In our culture, we are averse to engaging with sin and death, suffering and sorrow, so we really dont

Broad in scope and irenic in design

There he became a pastor at Hulen Street Baptist Church where he developed a strong evangelistic ministry by using sports

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including: • Remaining spiritually healthy • Strengthening your marriage • Dealing with discouragement • Avoiding pitfalls • Leading elders' meetings • Mentoring future leaders • Preaching through books of the Bible • Conducting marriages and funerals • Practicing church discipline • Leading change and revitalization

Firth interprets the book of Joshua with a sensitivity to its place as Christian Scripture

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and Aramaic speech and the most widely accepted modern English usage

It tackles objections to predestination and concludes with applications of this neglected biblical teaching

the Ten Commandments—still apply to Christians

Slow Productivity by Cal Newport is a thought-provoking book that explores the concept of slowing down to increase productivity

This commentary brings the stimulating insights of world-renowned theologian Stanley Hauerwas to the first Gospel

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