"God is with us."We say this in our sermons, prayers, and songs, but what does it really mean? For many Christians, the whole notion of God's presence remains vague and hard to define.Exploring both the Old and New Testaments, professor J. Ryan Lister seeks to recover the centrality of the presence of God in the whole storyline of Scripture—a theme that is too often neglected and therefore misunderstood. In a world that longs for—yet struggles to find—intim...

Christians ought to be leading the way in creativity, but we rarely do.God is the Creator of all things, and He created us in His image. Creativity is woven into the very fabric of our humanity. Therefore, Christians should value and champion creativity as a vital part of our image-bearing role. Instead Christians often don’t know what to do with creatives and creatives don’t know what to do with Christianity. On one side you have Christians who neglect or discount art, im...

Christen sollten in Sachen Kreativität eine Vorreiterrolle spielen, doch sie tun es nur selten. Gott ist der Schöpfer aller Dinge, und er hat uns nach seinem Ebenbild geschaffen. Kreativität ist in das Gewebe unseres Menschseins eingewoben. Deshalb sollten Christen die Kreativität als einen wesentlichen Teil unserer Rolle als Ebenbild Gottes schätzen und fördern. Stattdessen wissen Christen oft nicht, was sie mit Kreativschaffenden anfangen sollen und Kreative wissen nicht, was sie mit dem...

In an imaginative journey through the grand story of the universe, this audiobook introduces kids ages 10+ to God's radiant beauty using the main categories of systematic theology: God, humanity, sin, Christ, the Holy Spirit, salvation, the church, and last things. Written and narrated by Ryan Lister and featuring an original score by composer Courtland Urbano, this unique audio experience will encourage young and old alike to search God's Word for important answers to big questions about ...

Christen sollten in Sachen Kreativität eine Vorreiterrolle spielen, doch sie tun es nur selten. Gott ist der Schöpfer aller Dinge, und er hat uns nach seinem Ebenbild geschaffen. Kreativität ist in das Gewebe unseres Menschseins eingewoben. Deshalb sollten Christen die Kreativität als einen wesentlichen Teil unserer Rolle als Ebenbild Gottes schätzen und fördern. Stattdessen wissen Christen oft nicht, was sie mit Kreativschaffenden anfangen sollen und Kreative wissen nicht, was sie mit dem...

A critical examination of how pleasure and pain are constructed, represented, and contested within American public culture.Mainstream news and social media often highlight presentations of pain that invite a voyeuristic, pleasurable experience, whether the result of war, disasters, crime, accidents, or other catastrophes. This collection of essays explores pleasurable pains and painful pleasures, showing how they pervade contemporary western public culture...

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