Why are so many 20- and 30-something Christians disappearing from the church?They are told how much the church wants young people, yet there is growing suspicion among young believers about who is in and who is out of the scope of Christian orthodoxy. Through this suspicion, a rift between the generations has emerged. In the face of frustration, of being cut out because they don’t seem to fit, young believers often take their gifts and leave the church.This book helps those who feel displaced by this generational collision to find a sense of place and welcome with a church that is still becoming all that God wants it to be. If you are a young person who wonders if there is a place in the church for someone like you, or if you want to know if your own church can be the kind of body in which young people are welcome, A Seat at the Table will give you a new personal and kingdom perspective. Embrace the challenge to re-imagine your relationship with the church in light of this generational collision, not seeing it as an unredeemable rift, but as an opportunity to give and receive hospitality.

A Seat at the Table: A Generation Reimagining Its Place in the Church

Religion & Spirituality

Timothy R. Gaines

Shawna Songer Gaines

Christian Books & Bibles

Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City

This book may not be the kind of thing you can discuss in polite company. How do we deal with it? What if a faithful approach to politics wasn’t simply about who was going to win the next election? How might our political hope change when we encounter a God who offers us a different kind of kingdom?God isn’t asking the church to be politically uniformed, apathetic, or even bi-partisan. On the contrary. God is asking us to be faithful citizens of the kingdom-a kingdom of surprising hope where the majority of God’s work to save the world will be done.In Kings and Presidents, authors Tim Gaines and Shawna Songer Gaines helps us recast our political hope by challenging the claim that history is written exclusively by the powerful. Through a careful study of 2 Kings, we will find that trusting in God’s faithfulness is plenty political, and it has real implications for our communities, the world, and the kind of political hope we can find in it all.Read this interview with the authors Tim Gaines and Shawna Songer Gaines! Read Now!

Kings and Presidents: Politics and the Kingdom of God

Long-Expected Jesus invites the people of God to spend four weeks slowing down, waiting patiently, and praying expectantly in anticipation of our coming Savior.

Long-Expected Jesus: An Advent Devotional

Jeren Rowell

Mark Fuller

Carla D. Sunberg

Jesse C. Middendorf

Shawn Smucker

Brett Rickey

Brooklyn Lindsey

Jake, Edwards

Robbie Cansler

Michael R. Palmer

Dana Bowman

Jason McPherson

Deanna Hayden

Melanie Haney

Brit Bolerjack

The Foundry Publishing

Following Jesus: Prophet, Priest, King draws from biblical history to explore the origin and significance of three Old Testament offices and the way Jesus both fulfills and redefines them in a manner no one expected: Jesus the prophet cries out for and establishes justice. Jesus the priest mediates to us a God we never expected. Jesus the king offers to us a politic all his own.

Following Jesus: Prophet, Priest, King

Kara Lyons-Pardue

Your kingdom come,Your will be done...Every day, in virtually every language, all around the world, believers in Christ pray these words. But do we understand what Jesus meant by his instruction to invoke the kingdom of God on earth? When we ask for God s kingdom to come, what kind of kingdom are we praying into existence?Join Timothy Green, Shawna Songer Gaines, and Timothy Gaines as they travel through the Holy Land, seeking to uncover the context within which Jesus taught about the kingdom of God. Together these biblical scholars explore the historical significance of ancient ruins and key archaeological sites that provide a framework for understanding one of the most important lines we pray routinely: Your Kingdom Come.Participant's Guide Includes:Introduction and 7 lessonsQuestions for individual reflectionNote-taking spaceQuestions for group discussion

Your Kingdom Come, Participant's Guide: A Study from the Holy Land

Timothy M. Green

How can Christians make decisions in a morally complex world? What makes ethics particularly 'Christian'? One of the primary aims of Christian ethics is to discover how we can convert our work toward God's purposes so that GOd can make our work holy. In Christian Ethics, TImothy R. Gaines illuminates this topic as something the people of God can use to reorient our lives toward the way of Jesus and the mission of God in the world. Reason alone will not convert our work to the way of Jesus. Christians are called to action in God's created world, which is why reasoning engages practice in the chapters of thsi book so that Wesleyan readers can think and act morally in ways that are faithfully Christian and holy in response to the leadering of God.

Christian Ethics

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