For ten years, the assassin Grayshade has eliminated threats to the Order of Argoth, the Just God. Within the towering walls of Cohrelle, all bow to the Order's authority, even while the city officials publicly distance themselves from its actions.As the supreme executor of the Order's edicts, Grayshade dispatches his targets with protocol and precision. But when an assignment breaks these rules, he does the most dangerous thing an Acolyte of Argoth can do: he asks why. Now a targe...

Greg Boyd and his father, Ed, were on opposite sides of a great divide. Greg was a newfound Christian, while his father was a longtime agnostic. So Greg offered his father an invitation: Ed could write with any questions on Christianity, and his son would offer a response.Letters from a Skeptic contains this special correspondence. The letters tackle some of today's toughest challenges facing Christianity, includingDo all non-Christians go to hell?How can we...

Music theory was birthed by the church toward the end of the first millennium AD. Thus, the church offers not only a unique perspective on music theory but a richly established vantage point. The text will emphasize the standard Western historical settings for the development of music theory: Middle Ages, Renaissance, Classical, Romantic, and Twentieth Century. Additionally, the text provides a particular emphasis on the sacred and philosophical underpinnings of the standard historical per...

The kingdom of God is a beautiful revolution. Marked by the radical life, love, servanthood, and humility of Jesus, it stands in stark contrast to the values and ways of the world.Regrettably, many who profess to follow Christ have bought into the world's methods, seeking to impose a sort of Christianized ethical kingdom through politics and control. In this illuminating sequel to his bestselling book The Myth of a Christian Nation, Dr. Gregory Boyd points us to a better way—a way of seein...

Renowned pastor-theologian Gregory A. Boyd tackles the Bible's biggest dilemma.The Old Testament God of wrath and violence versus the New Testament God of love and peace-it's a difference that has troubled Christians since the first century. Now, with the sensitivity of a pastor and the intellect of a theologian, Gregory A. Boyd proposes the "cruciform hermeneutic," a way to read the Old Testament portraits of God through the lens of Jesus' crucifixion.In

The Millennial Cantor and Conductor is a practical resource for choral conductors and worship leaders. This work may be used as a textbook for introduction to conducting classes, particularly in Christian Higher Education settings. The text may also be used for personal exploration of conducting fundamentals. The resource also includes an introduction to worship band techniques. The author, Gregory Woodward, studied conducting with William Weinart, Tim Koch, Rodney Eichenberger, and Andre ...

The church was established to serve the world with Christ-like love, not to rule the world. It is called to look like a corporate Jesus, dying on the cross for those who crucified him, not a religious version of Caesar. It is called to manifest the kingdom of the cross in contrast to the kingdom of the sword. Whenever the church has succeeded in gaining what most American evangelicals are now trying to get – political power – it has been disastrous both for the church and the culture. When...

The gripping account of the riot aboard the USS Kitty Hawk—and the first mutiny in U.S. Naval historyIn 1972, the United States was embroiled in an unpopular war in Vietnam, and the USS Kitty Hawk was headed to her station in the Gulf of Tonkin. Its five thousand men, cooped up for the longest at-sea tour of the war, rioted--or, as Troubled Water suggests, mutinied. Disturbingly, the lines were drawn racially, black against white. By the t...

In Inspired Imperfection, Gregory A. Boyd adds another counterintuitive and provocative thesis to his corpus. While conservative scholars and pastors have struggled for years to show that the Bible is without errors, Boyd considers this a fool's errand. Instead, he says, we should embrace the mistakes and contradictions in Scripture, for they show that God chose to use fallible humans to communicate timeless truths. Just as God ultimately came to save humanity in the form of a human, God c...

Where does evil come from?If there is a sovereign creator God, as Christian faith holds, is this God ultimately responsible for evil?Does God's sovereignty mean that God causes each instance of sin and suffering?How do Satan, his demons and hell fit into God's providential oversight of all creation and history?How does God interact with human intention and action?If people act freely, does God know in particular every human decision b...

For six weeks, the assassin Grayshade has walked, alone, away from the streets of Cohrelle on the banks of the Silver Coast and through the mountain pass to the basin lands of Silarein. Somewhere, in these unfamiliar lands, he must find what he seeks—answers.Previously the Order of Argoth's most skilled assassin, Grayshade remains their target. His goal: learn the true threat to the people of Cohrelle, and protect those who remain there. Used to the patterns of human nature, but no...

The Church has been wrong about LGBTQI people. This book explains why.Most of us grew up with only part of the story concerning our gay and lesbian neighbors. We thought people chose to be homosexual, and that with God's help they could choose to be straight. New scientific research shows that sexual orientation is determined in the waters of the womb, not in the waters of baptism. Being straight or gay is not an act of will, it is a gift of God.This book traces a growing u...