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Hidden Worldviews: Eight Cultural Stories That Shape Our Lives

Author(s): Steve Wilkens & Mark L. Sanford
Publisher: Intervarsity Press
Price: $5.99 (Ends Nov 30)

Why do we buy what we buy, vote the way we vote, eat what we eat and say what we say? Why do we have the friends we have, and work and play as we do? It’s our choice? Yes, but there are forces, often unseen, that shape every decision we make and every action we take.
These hidden, life-shaping values and ideas are not promoted through organized religions or rival philosophies but fostered by cultural habits, lifestyles and the institutional structures of society. Steve Wilkens and Mark Sanford shine a spotlight on the profound challenges to Christianity and faithful Christian living that come from worldviews that comprise the cultural soup we swim in.
The authors show how to detect the individualism, consumerism, nationalism, moral relativism, scientific naturalism, New Age thinking, postmodern tribalism and salvation as a therapy that fly under our radar. Building on the work of worldview thinkers like James Sire, this book helps those committed to the gospel story recognize those rival cultural stories that compete for our hearts and minds.

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Faithful Presence: Seven Disciplines That Shape the Church for Mission

Author(s): David E. Fitch
Publisher: Intervarsity Press
Price: $5.99 (Ends Nov 30)

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In our quest to renew the church, Christians have walked through seeker-friendly, emergent, missional, and other movements to develop new expressions of the body of Christ. Now in the post-Christian world in North America we’re asking the question again: Is there a way to be the church that engages the world, not by judgment nor accommodation but by becoming the good news in our culture?
In Faithful Presence, noted pastor and scholar David Fitch offers a new vision for the witness of the church in the world. He argues that we have lost the intent and practice of the sacramental ways of the historic church, and he recovers seven disciplines that have been with us since the birth of the church. Through numerous examples and stories, he demonstrates how these revolutionary disciplines can help the church take shape in and among our neighborhoods, transform our way of life in the world, and advance the kingdom.
This book will help you re-envision church, what you do in the name of the church, and the way you lead a church. It recovers a future for the church that takes us beyond Christendom. Embrace the call to reimagine the church as the living embodiment of Christ, dwelling in and reflecting God’s faithful presence to a world that desperately needs more of it.

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You Choose the Sale: Nov 21-27

Gospel e-books is working together with Christian publishers to allow you to choose what e-books you’d like to have discounted. Cast your vote below and the book with the most votes in each poll will be placed on sale soon after. If there are less than 100 total votes in a particular poll, the winning book will not be discounted.

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Kregel: 31 Days with the Master Fisherman: A Daily Devotional on Bringing Christ to Others by Larry R. Moyer vs. Praying With Purpose: A 28-day Journey to an Empowered Prayer Life by Stephen Nelson Rummage
New Leaf: Hell is for Real: Why it Matters by Gary Frazier vs. The Fall of Satan by Bodie Hodge
Intervarsity Press: The Good and Beautiful Community: Following the Spirit, Extending Grace, Demonstrating Love by James Bryan Smith vs. Authentic Church: True Spirituality in a Culture of Counterfeits by Vaughan Roberts
Christian Focus: Multiplying Churches: Exploring God’s Mission Strategy by Steve Timmis vs. In Christ: In Him Together for the World (Porterbrook) by Steve Timmis & Christopher de la Hoyde
Moody Publishers: Culture: Living as Citizens of Heaven on Earth–Collected Insights from A.W. Tozer vs. Jesus: The Life and Ministry of God the Son–Collected Insights from A. W. Tozer
Reformation Heritage: Romans (The Lectio Continua) by J. V. Fesko vs. Ephesians (The Lectio Continua) by Ian Hamilton

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Defending Your Marriage: The Reality of Spiritual Battle

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Author(s): Tim Muehlhoff
Publisher: Intervarsity Press
Price: $2.99 (Nov 14-15)

Is your marriage under attack?
Sometimes it can feel like the world is trying to tear your marriage apart. Internal conflicts or external pressures might make you wonder if something sinister is going on. How can you tell if you’re facing spiritual opposition? And what can you do about it?
Tim Muehlhoff provides a straightforward resource for protecting your marriage from the threats of the evil one. He looks at what Scripture says about spiritual warfare and how our everyday struggles have deeper spiritual realities. And he provides practical steps for guarding our marriages with the whole armor of God.
In our marital challenges, we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against powers and principalities that try to separate us from God and each other. But fear not. Learn to stand firm in Christ and trust in the Lord to deliver us from evil.

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Kregel: Misplacing God: And Finding Him Again by Joanne Heim vs. Embracing Soul Care: Making Space for What Matters Most by Stephen W. Smith
New Leaf: Already Compromised by Greg Hall & Ken Ham vs. Pitchin’ A Fit!: Overcoming Angry and Stressed-Out Parenting by Israel Wayne & Brook Wayne
Intervarsity Press: Together for the City: How Collaborative Church Planting Leads to Citywide Movements by Neil Powell & John James vs. The New Parish: How Neighborhood Churches Are Transforming Mission, Discipleship and Community by Paul Sparks, Tim Soerens, & Dwight J. Friesen
Christian Focus: Isaac Watts: His Life and Thought by Graham Beynon vs. Theodore Beza: The Man and the Myth by Shawn D. Wright
Moody Publishers: Long Before Luther: Tracing the Heart of the Gospel From Christ to the Reformation by Nathan Busenitz vs. The Good News We Almost Forgot: Rediscovering the Gospel in a 16th Century Catechism by Kevin DeYoung
Reformation Heritage: The Beauty and Glory of the Father by Joel Beeke vs. The Mysteries of God by Maurice Roberts

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Carpe Diem Redeemed: Seizing the Day, Discerning the Times

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Author(s): Os Guinness
Publisher: Intervarsity Press
Price: $2.99 (Nov 7-8)

You only live once―if then. Life is short, and it can be as easily wasted as lived to the full. In the midst of our harried modern world, how do we make the most of life and the time we have?
In these fast and superficial times, Os Guinness calls us to consequential living. In strong contrast to both Eastern and secularist views of time, he reorients our very notion of history, not as cyclical nor as meaningless, but as linear and purposeful. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, time and history are meaningful, and human beings have agency to live with freedom and consequence in partnership with God. Thus we can seek to serve God’s purpose for our generation, read the times, and discern our call for this moment in history.
Our time on earth has significance. Live rightly, discern the times, and redeem the day.