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Joyfully Spreading the Word: Sharing the Good News of Jesus Edited by Kathleen Nielson , Gloria Furman , Contributions by Shar Bell, Rosaria Butterfield , Gloria Furman , Camille Hallstrom, Megan Hill , Happy Khambule , Jamie R. Love , Rebecca Manley Pippert , Eowyn Stoddard You can be a part of the spread of the gospel in the world.  Here are theological reflections and real stories from women from across the world who are eagerly sharing the good news of Jesus wherever God has placed them—showing us just how possible it is to follow Jesus’s call to evangelism in our ordinary, everyday lives. I enjoyed writing a chapter on mercy ministry and how it connects to proclamation ministry. I won't say more...you'll have to get the book! Editors: Kathleen Nielson (PhD, Vanderbilt University) is an author and speaker who loves working with women in studying the Scriptures. After directing the Gospel Coalition’s women’s initiativ...

  A friend of mine has written a book! I think I will pick this one up for some summer reading: I'm so excited to announce that my first book, Why God Created the World: A Jonathan Edwards Adaptation , is being released by Navpress this week! Here's the first paragraph: "...For most of my life, I never thought to ask myself why God created the world. I had asked myself the question, 'why did God create me specifically,' which seemed like a more practical thing to wonder. But the answers I found to that question always struck me as shallow. I think that’s because it’s impossible to understand what part we play in a story if we have never grasped what the story is about in the first ...

Here is a great book to recommend to weary moms. It is coming out in April but you can pre-order a copy! A tsunami of self-help books on parenting has hit the Christian coastline and flooded bookstores and homes. The cyber tidal wave of practical tips is not any weaker and engulfs much of social media. When I scroll through my Facebook news feed, I am, in fact, drawn to some of the posts that seem to offer quick fixes to my parenting problems. Want to raise successful kids? No problem, just do A, B and C! Want to make sure your kids don't get cancer? No problem, just feed them X, Y and Z. It is not that these questions are unimportant but the way they are approached often leaves parents guilt-laden and exhausted. You will find Gloria Furman's little book Treasuring Christ When Your Hands Are Full -Gospel Meditations for Busy Moms to be an antidote to the ills of self-help.   You will not find any practical parenting tips here. In fact, her explicit goal as a writer was to ...

  Edmund Clowney, my sweet grandfather, who passed away in 2005, has been honored with a new edition of his amazing book, The Unfolding Mystery . If you have not read it, I recommend it wholeheartedly. It will help you see how the whole story of the Bible is about Jesus. I was surprised to find the study and application questions I wrote when I was 22 years old included and unedited (!) in this edition. In my opinion, there are way too many but they are great for personal reflection or Bible study. To view the book, click here

Why is it that God does not instantaneously make us holy at the moment of our conversion? Why do we find ourselves repeatedly battling the same sins, often defeated, and seemingly making little progress? These are some of the tough questions that Barbara tackles in her book. She approaches the topic of indwelling sin, sanctification and grace through the lens of John Newton's writings. She clearly has a deep personal understanding of grace, anchored in solid biblical exegesis, the Reformed confessions, as well as her own experience, one shared by John Newton. She explains the different stages of Christian growth, as observed   by Newton. The new believer begins the Christian walk with great excitement and believing in the possibility of overcoming all sin. However, once the realization sets in that certain sins are not going away quickly, in spite of real effort, a crisis of faith often ensues. If God is sovereign, why would he let me struggle and fail so much? The ma...