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** Britain's Transnational Church
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Review by Jeremy Worthen
Readers will likely be left with a deep sense of gratitude for all those who have sought to respond to the challenges of the church's perceived decline since 1914 with faithfulness, energy, and imagination.
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** Catharsis and Lament
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Review by Christopher How
Colorful and elaborate, this grammy nominated album is powerful emotionally and sonically.
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** Kenneth E. Bailey Saw Jesus Through a Local Lens
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Review by Dustin Ellington
The author handles his subject with balance, illustrating the life of a man who profoundly influenced pastors and laypeople as a biblical interpreter and who modeled imaginative, energetic witness.
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** Not Anglican Enough
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Review by Gavin Dunbar
"This book is evidence of the attractive power of Anglican piety to evangelicals who want the riches of sacramental and Catholic Christianity without losing the Bible’s teaching."
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** The Creed's First Home, Ten Feet Under
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Review by Mark Michael
"Despite what those Indiana Jones movies suggest, ancient archeological sites rarely turn up discoveries that make heart-pounding headlines. But the 2014 sighting of a small, underwater basilica just a hundred feet from the ancient walls of Nicaea (modern Iznik), a place famous in church lore, posed a series of intriguing questions."
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** The Dogmatic Theology of Wes Anderson
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Review by Bertie Pearson
"The film follows the duo of Nature and Grace through a picaresque adventure, and despite a flurry of characters and locations, holds a tight focus on the tension between the two ... In the end we find that even Nature incarnate cannot stand in the radiant face of Grace."
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** You Can't Sell Resurrection
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Review by Jerusalem Green
In this dense and worthy work, the author tells the story of how white evangelical culture shaped the lives and hearts of young people by way of a sacred place for transformation and connection with Christ.
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