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Bonding with God – Victor Counted

Attachment theory is a psychological framework pioneered by 20th century British psychoanalyst John Bowlby. He posited that the emotional bonds formed with primary caregivers in infancy would highly inform that infant’s capacity for trust, intimacy, […]

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Friendship with Christ – John A. Vissers

The idea of friendship with Christ is often been relegated to the realm of feel-good worship music and colloquial, folksy sermons. God as your buddy or your pal has—in more “intellectual” academic circles been sort […]

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Christlike Acceptance across Deep Difference: Constructive Conversations on Sexuality and Gender – ed. Ronald Pierce and Karen Keen

Christlike Acceptance Across Deep Difference is a diverse and challenging anthology that seeks to re-orient the church’s conversation about sexuality, gender, and LGBTQ ministry through a posture of Christlike acceptance—of both stances—using a methodology that […]

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Claiming the Courageous Middle: Daring to Live and Work Together for a More Hopeful Future – Shirley A. Mullen

People talk a lot about how polarized America is and how increasingly uncivil our public discourse has become, but people rarely suggest substantive solutions for how to deal with this. In Claiming the Courageous Middle, […]

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Covenant – Daniel Block

Daniel I. Block is the Gunther H. Knoedler Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Wheaton College. He has lectured and taught extensively on the Old Testament and covenant theology for many, many years. He’s written […]