Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination
10 best books like Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination (Walter Wink): Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable, Not a Fan: Becoming a Completely Committed Follower of Jesus, Jesus and the Disinherited, Christianity for the Rest of Us: How the Neighborhood Church Is Transforming the Faith, Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile, How (Not) to Speak of God: Marks of the Emerging Church, A Community Called Atonement, Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals, Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers: Prayer for Ordinary Radicals, Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling
Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable
| Author | Tim S. Grover |
| ISBN | 1476714207 |
For more than two decades, legendary trainer Tim Grover has taken the greats—Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, and dozens more—and made them greater. Now, for the first time in paperback, he reveals what it takes to get those results, showing you how to be relentless and achieve whatever...
Not a Fan: Becoming a Completely Committed Follower of Jesus
| Author | Kyle Idleman |
| ISBN | 0310331935 |
Are you a follower of Jesus? Don't answer too quickly. In fact, you may want to read this book before you answer at all. Consider it a 'Define the Relationship' conversation to determine exactly where you stand. You may indeed be a passionate, fully devoted follower of Jesus. Or, you may be just a fan who...
Jesus and the Disinherited
| Author | Howard Thurman |
| ISBN | 0807010294 |
In this classic theological treatise, the acclaimed theologian and religious leader Howard Thurman (1900–81) demonstrates how the gospel may be read as a manual of resistance for the poor and disenfranchised. Jesus is a partner in the pain of the oppressed and the example of His life offers a solution...
| Author | Diana Butler Bass |
| ISBN | 0060836946 |
For decades the accepted wisdom has been that America's mainline Protestant churches are in decline, eclipsed by evangelical mega-churches. Church and religion expert Diana Butler Bass wondered if this was true, and this book is the result of her extensive, three-year study of centrist and progressive...
There is a church not too far from us that recently added a $25 million addition to their building. Our local newspaper ran a front-page story not too long ago about a study revealing that one in five people in our city lives in poverty. This is a book about those two numbers.Jesus Wants to save Christians...
| Author | Peter Rollins |
| ISBN | 1557255059 |
With sensitivity to the Christian tradition and a rich understanding of postmodern thought, Peter Rollins argues that the movement known as the “emerging church” offers a singular, unprecedented message of transformation that has the potential to revolutionize the theological and moral...
| Author | Scot McKnight |
| ISBN | 0687645549 |
Over the centuries the church developed a number of metaphors, such as penal substitution or the ransom theory, to speak about Christ's death on the cross and the theological concept of the atonement. Yet too often, says Scot McKnight, Christians have held to the supremacy of one metaphor over against...
| Author | Shane Claiborne |
| ISBN | 0310278422 |
Jesus for President is a radical manifesto to awaken the Christian political imagination, reminding us that our ultimate hope lies not in partisan political options but in Jesus and the incarnation of the peculiar politic of the church as a people set apart from this world.
In what can be termed...
Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers: Prayer for Ordinary Radicals
| Author | Shane Claiborne |
| ISBN | 0830836225 |
"Prayer is not so much about convincing God to do what we want God to do as it is about convincing ourselves to do what God wants us to do." --from the Introduction Activists Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove show how prayer and action must go together. Their exposition of key Bible passages...
Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling
| Author | Andy Crouch |
| ISBN | 0830833943 |
2009 Christianity Today Book Award winner! Named one of Publishers Weekly's best books of 2008 (religion category).
It is not enough to condemn culture. Nor is it sufficient merely to critique culture or to copy culture. Most of the time, we just consume culture. But the only way to change culture...
| Author | Brian D. McLaren |
| ISBN | 0785289364 |
How do the life and teachings of Jesus address the most critical global problems in our world today?
In "Everything Must Change, "you will accompany Brian around the world on a search for answers. Along the way you'll experience intrigue, alarm, challenge, insight, and hope. You'll get a fresh...
Simple Church: Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples
| Author | Thom S. Rainer |
| ISBN | 0805443908 |
The simple revolution is here. From the iPod design to Google’s uncluttered homepage, simple ideas are changing the world.
Multi-awarded #1 national bestseller Simple Church guides Christians back to the simple gospel-sharing methods of Jesus. No bells or whistles required. Based...
| Author | C.J. Mahaney |
| ISBN | 1590523261 |
Be Transformed by Christ’s Example
“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” —1 Peter 5:5
A battle rages within every one of us every day. It’s the clash between our sense of stubborn self-sufficiency and God’s call to recognize that we’re really nothing...
Holy Is the Day: Living in the Gift of the Present
| Author | Carolyn Weber |
| ISBN | 0830843078 |
Life pulls us in many directions, sometimes even to the point of pulling our souls apart. We know rest and reflection are necessary for a healthy life—even Jesus took time to get away from the crowds, away from the demands of everyday life, to pray, to spend time with close friends, to sleep.
But...
Finishing Well to the Glory of God: Strategies from a Christian Physician
| Author | John T. Dunlop |
| ISBN | 1433513471 |
Most people want to finish life well, yet so few take the time necessary to carefully think through what that entails. Some say it means contentment, happiness, and freedom from pain. Many desire to simply maintain their dignity and enjoy their family and loved ones. These are reasonable goals; yet,...
The Truth about College Admission: A Family Guide to Getting in and Staying Together
Is your family just starting to think about visiting colleges? Maybe you are in the throes of the experience, feeling stressed out and overwhelmed. Did we miss a deadline? Should we be looking in-state or out-of-state, big school or small school? And what is a "FAFSA" anyway?
The Truth about...
When Life Goes Dark: Finding Hope in the Midst of Depression
| Author | Richard Winter |
| ISBN | 0830834680 |
Depression strikes millions, across all ages and demographic groups. Approximately one in eight will have a severe depressive episode at some point in their life. Women experience depression twice as often as men. And over fifty percent of people with serious depression do not get adequate help....
1 Corinthians: Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible
| Author | Charles L. Campbell |
| ISBN | 0664232531 |
This latest commentary in the Belief series looks at Paul's theological wrestling with the divisions facing the early church in Corinth. These divisions arose for many reasons, among them the practices of the community: baptism, the Lord's Supper, preaching, and the exercise of spiritual gifts.
The...
