By Maggie Swofford, Marketing & Editorial Assistant While we had some fun musing about our uplifting, healthy friendships in my last blog post about Michele Howe’s book Navigating the Friendship Maze, now it’s time to delve into the hard stuff: how to deal with friends who are bringing us down, who are corrupting our good … Continue reading 8 Striking Truths about Friendship from Michele Howe’s Book, Part 2: Facing Your “Bad” Friends
Why Did We Choose Rahlfs-Hanhart as the Basis for this Reader’s Edition?
Preorder Septuaginta: A Reader's Edition on our website! Will be available November 1, 2018.
8 Striking Truths about Friendship from Michele Howe’s Book, Part 1: Signs of a “Good” Friend
By Maggie Swofford, Marketing & Editorial Assistant Friendship is a complicated subject that I love to think about because of all the fascinating dynamics and emotions that go into finding and sustaining a true, deep friendship. As a result of my curiosity and excitement in regards to digging into the details of what makes a … Continue reading 8 Striking Truths about Friendship from Michele Howe’s Book, Part 1: Signs of a “Good” Friend
Review: A Mentor’s Wisdom by Larry Moyer
“This is a special kind of book. It’s not hard to read. In fact, you may find it relaxing. By that I don’t mean it’s fluffy in any way, but that it’s reflective. Larry Moyer reflects on things he picked up from his mentor, Haddon Robinson, and it’s a journey that will likely help you reflect on your own life.”
This is a special kind of book. It’s not hard to read. In fact, you may find it relaxing. By that I don’t mean it’s fluffy in any way, but that it’s reflective. Larry Moyer reflects on things he picked up from his mentor, Haddon Robinson, and it’s a journey that will likely help you reflect on your own life. If you happen to be a preacher like both the author and his subject, the scope of your ponderings will be even greater.
Admittedly, a book of this design would have little hope of success unless it had what this one does – a full-orbed life with Christ where both a deep immersion into the Bible and a life of trying with all its trial and error. Mr. Robinson is just such a man. Mr. Moyer had decades of interaction with Mr. Robinson and he was able to strike the…
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Karl Barth on the Ascension of Christ
By Patricia Anders, Editorial Director On the occasion of Karl Barth’s birthday falling this year on the day we traditionally commemorate as Ascension Day, it seems appropriate to share a small portion from his lectures on the Apostle’s Creed, which were published in 1959 in his Dogmatics in Outline. As I shared earlier (see “The … Continue reading Karl Barth on the Ascension of Christ
The Beauty of Spirit in Sioux Center Sudan by Jeff Barker
By Carrie Martin, Customer Service Manager So often we miss the best biographies because the subjects are not famous. Our culture loves “the name” but we often miss the substance. However, in Sioux Center Sudan by Jeff Barker, Arlene Schuiteman is the name and the substance. The author originally had in mind to write about … Continue reading The Beauty of Spirit in Sioux Center Sudan by Jeff Barker
Review: Keep Up Your Biblical Languages in Two Minutes a Day
The most important practice for maintaining and increasing one’s understanding of the biblical languages is daily engagement with the language itself. That’s right. It’s as easy as daily use of the language. Still, for most students of the biblical languages (past or present), there are two common hurdles to overcome—time and direction. It is for this reason, that I can think of no resource more essential to students of the biblical languages than The Two Minutes A Day Biblical Language Seriescompiled and edited by Jonathan G. Kline.
The Two Minutes A Day Biblical Language Series has been specially designed to help readers build upon a previous study of the biblical languages by facilitating daily engagement in an easy, manageable, and spiritually enriching way (p. vii). The series is comprised of five handsomely produced, durable imitation leather volumes: Keep Up Your Biblical Hebrew in Two Minutes a Day: Volume 1
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The “Paradox of Peace”: An Excerpt for Donald Bloesch’s Birthday
Celebrate Donald Bloesch’s 90th birthday with this excerpt from The Paradox of Holiness (that also includes Faith in Search of Obedience by Bloesch as well). For the theologian, pastor, or layperson who is seeking to combine Word and Spirit, doctrine and life, into an active theology, this two-in-one volume by Donald Bloesch provides an honest and sober account of the challenges that may arise throughout the Christian … Continue reading The “Paradox of Peace”: An Excerpt for Donald Bloesch’s Birthday
Carta’s Newest Maps: Jerusalem: Biblical Archaeology and Israel: Biblical Archaeology
By Amy Paulsen-Reed, Sales Representative and Assistant Editor Jerusalem: Biblical Archaeology The Backstory Soon after I became the liaison between Carta Jerusalem and Hendrickson Publishers (Hendrickson distributes Carta’s products in the US), I started hearing about an exciting new map of archaeological sites in Jerusalem they were working on: Jerusalem: Biblical Archaeology. They said they … Continue reading Carta’s Newest Maps: Jerusalem: Biblical Archaeology and Israel: Biblical Archaeology
When God Says “Yes”
“The unfolding of Ruth’s story rebukes the notion that God is made visible only in happy endings.” Read Michele Morin’s thoughtful review of Redeeming Ruth by Meadow Rue Merrill below.
From her earliest days, Meadow Rue Merrill dreamed of adopting a child, and she longed to travel to Africa, even wrestling a promise from her husband that if she promised to marry him, he would not stand in the way of her going. Redeeming Ruth is Meadow’s record of God’s “yes” to her dreams — and it stands as powerful evidence that the unfolding of our dreams may not look exactly as we imagined.
International adoption is complicated even without a large family and economic limitations. The Merrill family had both, but when they met tiny Ruth, she captured their hearts. Ruth had traveled from Uganda through Welcome Home Ministries, Africa, to stay with a family in Maine (friends of the Merrils) where she could receive physical therapy. When Meadow and her husband Dana held Ruth’s limp body for the first time, they were astonished at her level of…
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