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The Gospel of the Beloved Disciple, James P. Carse. List: $18.00, Our Price: $12.60, You Save: $5.40 (30%). In spare but evocative language, the acclaimed author of Breakfast at the Victory conjures up a Jesus with a still presence of mind who is a pool of wisdom for his frenetic and hostile world. As he wanders and learns, he is praised, recruited, vilified, and misunderstood. When he teaches, he speaks in timeless parables as truthful as those from the historical Jesus. James Carse dares to tell a new story of Jesus that is as right for our times as the original gospels were for theirs. When you get to the end of this subtle and profound work, don't be surprised if you find yourself turning back to page one and starting over again.

A Theology for the Social Gospel (Library of Theological Ethics), Walter Rauschenbusch. List: $17.00 ~ Our Price: $13.60 ~ You Save: $3.40 (20%). A Theology for the Social Gospel is Walter Rauschenbusch's most enduring work. As "the father of the Social Gospel" in the United States, he articulates the theological roots of the social activism that surged forth from mainline Protestant churches in the early part of this century. Skillfully examining the great theological issues of the Christian faith -- sin, evil, salvation, the kingdom of God -- Rauschenbusch offers a foundation upon which the church is to fully engage society.

Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks the Meaning of Scripture, John Shelby Spong. List: $13.00 ~ Our Price: $10.40 ~ You Save: $2.60 (20%). Now in paperback, the provocative national bestseller that issues a daring call for contemporary understanding of scripture. Outspoken and controversial, Bishop Spong brilliantly reclaims the Bible from the narrow-minded literalism that has been used to justify slavery, ban textbooks, deny the rights of gays and lesbians, subordinate women, and justify war and revenge.

Never Alone: A Personal Way to God, Joseph F. Girzone. List: $8.95 ~ Our Price: $7.16 ~ You Save: $1.79 (20%). In his most intimate book to date, the #1 best selling author of the Joshua books unveils his personal way to God -- a way of such wisdom, sympathy, and generosity that anyone can follow it and find satisfaction, happiness, and serenity. "A refreshing alternative to the feel-good bromides on the personal religion market." --Kirkus Reviews. Illustrations.

Paul: Apostle to the Gentiles, by Jurgen Becker. List: $33.00 ~ Our Price: $23.10 ~ You Save: $9.90 (30%). Jurgen Becker, one of the most respected German New Testament scholars, delves into the person, world, work, letters, and thought of Paul in order to provide a comprehensive and thorough study that answers both historical and theological questions. He gives a detailed, careful, and imaginative presentation of the chronology of Paul's life and he works diligently through evidence available concerning the Hellenistic world in which Paul, Judaism, and early Christianity existed. For each letter, readers learn of the city to which Paul wrote, the situation Paul faced, the literary integrity of the epistle, and of its structure and line of argument.
 
 

The Hound of Heaven, by Gordon MacDonald (gift edition). List: $8.95 ~ Our Price: $7.16 ~ You Save: $1.79 (20%). Hailed by evangelical literary critic Gene Edward Veith as "one of the greatest Christian poems," this enduring classic tells the story of a rich young man addicted to opium in Victorian England, who is saved by God -- as represented by the Hound of Heaven tracking him down. Illustrations. This is an inspiring poem of redemption and it ends, in one interpretation:  Shade of His hand, outstretched caressingly? Ah, Fondest, Blindest, Weakest, I am He whom thou seekest. Thou dravest Love from thee who dravest Me. --Francis Thompson  Illustrations.

Born Again, Charles W. Colson. List: $5.99 ~ Our Price: $4.79 ~ You Save: $1.20 (20%). In the new foreword Colson briefly describes the day he sat in a prison cell and watched on TV as Richard Nixon resigned as President of the United States. That day he began jotting down notes of the event that had brought about the fall of a President and the rebirth of his "hatchet man." From these notes Born Again had its own birth. One reader comments: Rating=9: -- a major thumbs up -- As new information has been recently released and as interest in the Nixon Whitehouse years has increased this book is as timely as ever. Besides providing an honest and inside look at Nixon, Washington, and Watergate, Colson tells of a remarkable change in his life that can only be described as miraculous. A definite must read.