Marva Dawn
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Being Well When Were Ill
$18.00Add to cartMarva Dawn has an insider’s view of the many spiritual, intellectual, emotional, social, and physical difficulties encountered by people with chronic illness and disabilities. She knows from experience how to nurture wholeness and hope in spite of infirmity.
Filled with insight and practical help, each chapter of Being Well when We’re Ill focuses on one particular kind of struggle such as worry, guilt, the loss of meaning, or the loss of confidence and trust that God is present and personally loving. Each chapter details one or more appropriate ‘finds’ – spiritual resources, emotional supports, intellectual answers, or practical solutions – that enable a person with infirmities to persevere through them and to be well in spite of them.
For each issue she explores, such as loss of dreams, loneliness, physical pain, depression, ingratitude, side effects and more, Dawn includes discussions of biblical texts – not only texts that help lament losses but texts that bring wholeness. Readers will find themselves companioned in their sufferings and encouraged with new ways to surmount them.
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Sense Of The Call
$30.99Add to cartIn a culture that is fixated on sex, violence, and wealth, Dawn calls us to the counterintuitive values of the gospel: resting in prayer; saying no to busyness; enjoying the body; and embracing the cost of discipleship. How to live your life upside down, so others can see the world aright.
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Unfettered Hope : A Call To Faithful Living In An Affluent Society
$30.00Add to cart1. Why Are Our Hopes So Fettered?
2. Why Does The Technological Society Overwhelm Us?
3. What Focal Concerns Are Worthy?
4. Do We And Our Churches Live By Our Focal Concerns?
5. How Can We Escape From Death And Despair?
6. How Can We Learn To Live The Language Of Focal Concerns?
7. The Only Unfettered Hope Is Eschatological Works Cited For Further StudyAdditional Info
In this prophetic call to faithful Christian living, Marva Dawn identifies the epidemic socio-cultural attitudes that destroy hope in our modern lives. Because affluent persons don’t know what to value, we remain dissatisfied with what we have and are compelled to want more at the expense of the world’s less fortunate. Dawn demonstrates, however, how Christians can organize their lives to live in ways that allow them to love God and neighbor and, in the process, alleviate the despair in their lives and in the lives of others in the world. -
Joy In Our Weakness (Revised)
$27.99Add to cartInstead of looking for sensational end-time scenarios or wondering who will be left behind, Dawn sees the Book of Revelation as a comforting story of God’s ultimate victory over evil. Her theology of weakness is particularly relevant for those who struggle with physical limitations and chronic illness.
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Powers Weakness And The Tabernacling Of God
$24.99Add to cartAs we embark on a new millenium, uncharted challenges await the church. This volume by one of today’s most valued voices on modern church life offers a wealth of insight into the role of local churches in the twenty-first century. Rooted in solid biblical research and extensive experience, Marva Dawn’s newest book will help churches and their leaders avoid falling into the temptations of contemporary secular culture, including the popular “success” models of church management. Dawn offers ground-breaking scholarship – from the first significant critique of Walter Wink’s work on “the powers” to a relevant new translation of 2 Corinthians 12:9 – and challenges readers to rethink the goals and mission of the congregation, to develop practices that follow God’s “hidden” way of weakness, and to expand their sense of what it means to be a faithful church. Complete with discussion questions, this book provides the trustworthy theological and biblical foundations necessary for building strong churches – and keeping them strong – in today’s world.
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Royal Waste Of Time
$37.99Add to cartLearn how worshiping with appropriate adoration can liberate the hearts of jaded churchgoers who are trapped in today’s postmodern, media-saturated culture! Based on solid theological and biblical foundations, Dawn offers experience-based insights to help you navigate beyond destructive worship wars and stimulate renewal in your congregation. Includes nine Scripture-based sermons.
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Truly The Community A Print On Demand Title
$31.99Add to cartOriginally published in 1992 as The Hilarity of Community, this edition includes a new title, preface, and entirely new cover design. Truly the Community continues to be one of the best sources for understanding what it means to live together as the church of Christ.
Many writers, both secular and religious, have decried the lack of intimacy and community in our contemporary culture. Few of them, however, offer practical suggestions for counteracting the isolation and alienation felt by so many people today. But Marva Dawn does this–and more–in Truly the Community. Through an intensive study of Romans 12, Dawn offers specific guidance for building vital Christian community life.
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To Walk And Not Faint
$24.99Add to cartCompletely revised more than fifteen years after its first printing, To Walk and Not Faint is Dawn’s popular first book. Her devotional reflections examine the fortieth chapter of Isaiah as it deals with many of the critical issues of daily life. Dawn’s meticulous study opens up each verse of Isaiah 40 to challenge us with significant insights for faith and profound motivation for growth in discipleship.
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Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down
$33.99Add to cartBoomers vs. busters, clergy vs. laypeople, organists vs. guitarists—“worship wars” are tearing our churches apart! In this provocative book, Dawn calls us to more God-centered worship and away from the “entertain me” attitude. You’ll learn practical ways to determine the best methods for deepening worship life, nurturing new and mature believers, and strengthening your ministry in the church and the world.
