A key term coined by Tom underlies this and his other books: God is amipotent – love + power - attracting all toward goodness and creativity, and not omnipotent – directing and controlling the cosmos.
Many of us are introduced to Jesus at a young age, and the version of him we initially encounter is quite often an incomplete version of the historical figure. Over time, many have begun to question those curated snapshots of the Nazarene and have rediscovered Jesus as a man, a mystic, a wisdom teacher, and a blueprint for how to be a better human being, among other things.
Abundant Lives: A Progressive Christian Ethic of Flourishing invites sociologically informed engagement in human well-being based on Jesus’ command to love God, our neighbors, ourselves, and our enemies.
Drinking Pure Light is an invitation to love and be loved more deeply. The inspirational poems are a waterfall of grace, a cascade of revelation, a ray of intimacy breaking through the cloud of fatigue with the good news: you are not alone.
Science and Religion should never be in conflict, as Dr. James, a Ph.D. scientist and Christian mystic, carefully demonstrates. He employs many personal experiences in the science realm and in the Christian realm to show how the two are wonderfully complementary—as long as each remains in their respective places.
Thomas Jay Oord and Tripp Fuller offer an open and relational vision of God. This vision makes sense, fits our experience, and is livable. The open and relational view aligns with our deep intuitions about love and freedom.
Year A - Set 1
This RBTL resource follows the Revised Common Lectionary with text selections for Year A - Set 1. There are 52 lessons the year.
Year B - Set 1
This RBTL resource follows the Revised Common Lectionary with text selections for Year B - Set 1. There are 52 lessons the year.
Year C - Set 1
This RBTL resource follows the Revised Common Lectionary with text selections for Year C - Set 1. There are 52 lessons for each volume/year.
Years A, B and C - Set 1
This RBTL resource follows the Revised Common Lectionary with text selections for Years A, B and C - Set 1. There are 52 lessons for each volume/year.
Year A - Set 2
This RBTL resource follows the Revised Common Lectionary with text selections for Year A - Set 2 There are 52 lessons the year.
Year B - Set 2
This RBTL resource follows the Revised Common Lectionary with text selections for Year B - Set 2. There are 52 lessons the year.
Year C - Set 2
This RBTL resource follows the Revised Common Lectionary with text selections for Year C - Set 2. There are 52 lessons for each volume/year.
by Robert P. Jones
Native American racism, then goes even deeper to the historic Christian documents that have infected not only Christian teachings but also have been fundamental principles embedded in laws, policies, decisions, and cultures ever since to the present. His research and documentation are extensive, unnerving, and compelling reading.
In this thought-provoking exploration, author Thomas Huening embarks on a daring quest to unravel the complexities of faith, freedom, and the enigmatic legacy of one of America's most iconic figures.
A Different History of the First-Century Church
The message was simple. Love God. Love your neighbor. Join hands in a fellowship of peace and justice. It was an invitation to fulfillment, accepted by many.
by Judith Lewis Herman, MD
Herman says every survivor she interviewed or worked with has wished above all for the following: Acknowledgment and vindication, apology and amends. Those 4 things are what justice looks like for the people directly affected.
This is a book about the merger of religion, politics, and science in the pursuit of ultimate truth and moral direction.
A Christian Approach to Political Decision-Making: Introducing Whisper Ethics presents a new way of thinking about religion and politics.
by Sarah Augustine
ince the Doctrine of Discovery undergirded everything about colonialism, its consequences are ongoing.
The cross, the symbol of the Christian faith, has been the subject of much theological discussion through the ages.
A Primer for the Christian Homosexual
Things They Never Told You in Sunday School took what had been explained in rather complicated detail by some others and organized the information into a layperson’s, easy to understand journey that walked simply through the Bible explanations, and scholarship.
A Minister's Search For Faith In A Skeptical Age
In this groundbreaking, inspiring book, Robin R. Meyers, the senior minister of Oklahoma City’s Mayflower Congregational United Church of Christ, shows how readers can move from a theology of obedience to one of consequence.
"The Way" integrates religion and science and reconciles Eastern and Western worldviews, confirming with the mystics and the scientists that everyone is related, and everything is connected.
By Rick Fabian
Jesus’ words and Paul’s words have changed millions of lives, and will change yours. The Bible records their teachings separately, so we must join them afresh as one. This book will open your ears and your heart to their shared work.
By Dag Øistein Endsjø
Learn about how people have sought physical immortality since the beginning of time, what means are employed to escape death, how various religions promise you eternal life, and about the men and women who are said to have already become immortal.
By Carol Baker
This book offers a treasure-trove of practical tools for grounding ourselves emotionally and spiritually amid both the long-term crises and the related challenges that confront us moment to moment as we navigate unprecedented events and their invariable consequences.
What six hidden women can teach us about Jesus
Who is Jesus to you? What informs and shapes your view of Jesus and his work?
I had long silently harboured a deep foundational belief that what the Church taught about forgiveness was wrong. My experiences of it being used by various Christian people, as well as the Church, against me to guilt me, reinforced it.