This is the first in a new and intriguing series of little biographies from Thomas Nelson.

Jane Austen.
(Christian Encounters Series).
Peter Leithart.
Paperback: Thomas Nelson, 2010.
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Excerpt from:

Buyology:
Truth and Lies About Why We Buy.
Martin Lindstrom.
Paperback: Broadway Books, 2010.
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Newly released in paperback!!!

Buyology by Martin Lindstrom – Excerpt

An excerpt from the recent masterpiece:

Baptism in the Early Church:
History, Theology, and Liturgy in the first Five Centuries.
Everett Ferguson.
Paperback: Eerdmans,  2009.
Buy now: [ ChristianBook.com ]

[ Read our review of this book here ]

An excerpt on the value and price of food from the new book

TERRA MADRE:
Forging A New Global Network of
Sustainable Food Communities.
Carlo Petrini.
Paperback: Chelsea Green, 2010.
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An Exclusive Excerpt from

Radical Ecumenicity:
Unity and Continuity after John Howard Yoder.
John Nugent, Editor.
(Abilene, TX: Abilene Christian University Press, 2010),
238 pages, $24.99 trade paper,

ISBN 978-0-89112-042-1

Available soon from:
http://www.abilenechristianuniversitypress.com/

RADICAL ECUMENICITY: Unity and Continuity after John Howard Yoder.

Excerpt from the book:

Ring Out Freedom!:
The Voice of Martin Luther King, Jr. and
the Making of the Civil Rights Movement.
Fredrik Sunnemark.
Paperback: Indiana Univ. Press, 2003.
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Ring Out Freedom (Excerpt)

We are offering a completely free eBook version of ERB editor Chris Smith’s new book, Growing Deeper in Our Church Communities: 50 Ideas For Connection in a Disconnected Age!  This book aims to offer practical solutions that by the grace of God and the power of the Holy Spirit may help move us away from the disconnectedness that often overshadows our lives, as churches and individuals.

We’d love any help you can give in spreading the word about this new ebook – online, but especially with others in your churches.  You can use the Facebook/Twitter links to the left, or the “Share This” button at the bottom of this post!  Thanks!

A brief preview is included below, but you will have to click this button to download the full eBook (PDF format – 10MB):

[ As a PDF, this eBook should be readable on your Kindle.  We'd love for anyone to leave a comment noting whether it works on their Kindle!]

Growing Deeper In Our Church Communities – Chris Smith

Here is an excerpt from a wonderful book that somehow slipped past us last year without a review:

Everyday Justice:
The Global Impact of our Daily Choices.
Julie Clawson.
Paperback: IVP Books, 2009.
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Excerpt from one of our 2009 Englewood Honor Books:

Shop Class as Soulcraft.
Matthew Crawford.
Hardback: The Penguin Press, 2009.
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Read our review of this book that was written by Debra Dean Murphy.

Excerpt from the brand new book:

An Unsettling God:
The Heart of the Hebrew Bible.
Walter Brueggemann.
Paperback: Fortress Press, 2009.
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This book was near the top of our list for best theology books of 2009!
Watch for a review coming later this week in the ERB!