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Down-to-Earth Spirituality

Encountering God in the Ordinary, Boring Stuff of Life

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Down-to-Earth Spirituality

Encountering God in the Ordinary, Boring Stuff of Life

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Examining the Genesis account of Jacob, R. Paul Stevens reveals how we can encounter God in the ordinary, boring stuff of daily life.

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InterVarsity Press

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0830823832

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9780830823833

End Times

By: R. Paul Stevens

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As R. Paul Stevens leads you to examine for yourself what the Bible says about end times, you'll learn what you can do now to be ready for the future—whatever it holds.In this thirteen-session LifeGuide® Bible Study features additional questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, together with expanded leader's notes and a "Now or Later" section in each study.

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InterVarsity Press

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0830862617

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9780830862610

Work Matters

Lessons from Scripture

By: R. Paul Stevens

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Work Matters

Lessons from Scripture

By: R. Paul Stevens

Marketplace theology expert R. Paul Stevens revisits more than twenty biblical accounts -- from Genesis to Revelation -- exploring through them the theological meaning of every sort of work, manual or intellectual, domestic or commercial. --from publisher description.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802866964

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9780802866967

Doing God's Business

Meaning and Motivation for the Marketplace

By: R. Paul Stevens

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Doing God's Business

Meaning and Motivation for the Marketplace

By: R. Paul Stevens

Stevens explores the potential of business as both a location for practicing everyday spiritual disciplines and a source of creativity and deeper relationship with God. This volume should encourage and challenge businesspersons in all segments of the marketplace to more faithfully integrate their faith and work lives.

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0802833985

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9780802833983

Service

Ministry with Heart and Hands

By: R. Paul Stevens

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Service

Ministry with Heart and Hands

By: R. Paul Stevens

Looking inside ministry specifically, R. Paul Stevens examines examples of service that were motivated by imagination, passion, faith, hope and love—from Genesis to Revelation. Out of these ten-session LifeGuide® Bible Study you will discover how to live and serve wholeheartedly. No matter what your profession, you are a full time minister of Jesus Christ.

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InterVarsity Press

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0830863990

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The Other Six Days

Vocation, Work, and Ministry in Biblical Perspective

By: R. Paul Stevens

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The Other Six Days

Vocation, Work, and Ministry in Biblical Perspective

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In this provocative book, Stevens writes the clergy-laity division has no basis in the New Testament and challenges all Christians to rediscover what it means to live daily as God's people. Exploring the theological, structural and cultural reasons for treating laypeople as the objects of ministry, Stevens argues against the idea of clericalism and in favor of equipping people for ministry in their homes, workplaces and neighborhoods.

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308

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802848001

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9780802848000

Revelation

The Triumph of God

By: R. Paul Stevens

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Revelation

The Triumph of God

By: R. Paul Stevens

In every age people have felt certain that the book of Revelation described events in their time. As nations arm themselves for war, we think of Armageddon. As evil rulers grow in power, we look for the antichrist. As the powers of darkness threaten to overwhelm us, we cry, "Come, Lord Jesus!" In this fourteen-session LifeGuide® Bible Study, R. Paul Stevens discusses amid the uncertainties of our age, Revelation assures us of the ultimate triumph of God.

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100

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InterVarsity Press

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0830862242

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9780830862245

Seven Days of Faith, 2d Edition

By: R. Paul Stevens

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Seven Days of Faith, 2d Edition

By: R. Paul Stevens

These days, people talk about their schedules filling up 24/7--twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. We wear busyness like a merit badge, as if the more we do, the better we become. But R. Paul Stevens says this is not biblical. Nor is it helpful. For Christians life isn't about checking off "to-do" lists. It's about connecting with God and infiltrating thoughtful, biblical faith into our everyday lives. Sometimes that means activity, but sometimes not. Everyday spirituality--the subject of the book--embraces purposeful times of work, relationships, and rest, centered on God instead of personal or cultural expectations. But how can you do it? It's not easy exiting the fast track to practice a slowed-down yet down-to-earth holiness. Stevens understands this, and offers practical insights to developing a "subversive spirituality"--a meaningful faith that seeps into your work, family, sexuality, friendships, outreach, aloneness, and leisure--and fills you with joy. But most importantly, it motivates you to lovingly abide with God seven days a week. Matthew the Poor, an Eastern monk in Egypt, once said that "life is but one single way that leads to the kingdom of God.

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170

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1725284839

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9781725284838

Working Blessedly Forever, Volume 1

The Shape of Marketplace Theology

By: R. Paul Stevens

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Working Blessedly Forever, Volume 1

The Shape of Marketplace Theology

By: R. Paul Stevens

Work, whether from home, in cyberspace, or in a factory or office, occupies a major chunk of our time, energy, and soul. This book seeks to make sense of our work in the world through adapting the pithy statement of the Puritan William Perkins to define marketplace theology as the “science of working blessedly forever.” It is a science involving investigation, but not just with the head (thought), but also with heart (prayer) and hand (practice). But it is a science of working. So the book investigates a theology of work undertaken in the light of God’s blessing and purpose. And our work is not just for this life but “forever,” since some of it could last into the new heaven and new earth where, guess what, Scripture says we will work as fully human and resurrected beings. Stevens gathers his lifetime of research and teaching into this book showing through biblical research and contemporary analysis the meaning of work and human enterprise. It could change your lifestyle, your work style, and your soul.

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249

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1666757101

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9781666757101

The Kingdom of God in Working Clothes

The Marketplace and the Reign of God

By: R. Paul Stevens

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The Kingdom of God in Working Clothes

The Marketplace and the Reign of God

By: R. Paul Stevens

Work occupies most of our waking time, whether it is in a factory, office, school, or at home. But unfortunately most people of faith separate their working life from their worshipping life. Dualism is a pernicious heresy that has infected believers worldwide, namely, that church work and missionary service are holy and our everyday work is secular. In this timely volume Stevens explores the connection of the kingdom of God--the master thought of Jesus--with the marketplace. Traditionally people have either related the kingdom of God--God's new world coming--either exclusively for the present or only for the distant future. But it is both, now and coming. This gives meaning, hope, and endurance to our work in the world. So daily labor in the marketplace gets reoriented through salty values and ingrained virtues. We become double agent spies exploring the new world coming in everyday life. We can also grapple helpfully with the resistance we face daily in the workplace. There are many books on the kingdom of God and many on work. Few have brought these two vital arenas of everyday service together. It is indeed part of the good news.

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218

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1666720445

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9781666720440

Entrepreneurial Leadership

Finding Your Calling, Making a Difference

By: Richard J. Goossen,R. Paul Stevens

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Entrepreneurial Leadership

Finding Your Calling, Making a Difference

By: Richard J. Goossen,R. Paul Stevens

Drawing on exhaustive research, practical experience and decades of teaching marketplace theology, Richard Goossen and R. Paul Stevens present a theologically robust vision of Christian entrepreneurship for leaders who would seek to ground their calling in the mission of the triune God.

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193

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InterVarsity Press

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0830884270

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9780830884278

Playing Heaven

Rediscovering Our Purpose As Participants in the Mission of God

By: R. Paul Stevens

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Playing Heaven

Rediscovering Our Purpose As Participants in the Mission of God

By: R. Paul Stevens

This volume celebrates the life and writing of R. Paul Stevens, whose lifetime of teaching has focused on equipping the whole people of God for leadership.Playing Heaven contains the majority of the shorter pieces published by Dr. Stevens in two of Regent College's journals, Crux and Vocatio. This stimulating collection invites the reader to rediscover the many ways in which we are called to participate in God's purposes in the world.

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Regent College Pub

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1573833525

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Money Matters

Faith, Life, and Wealth

By: R. Paul Stevens,Clive Lim

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Money Matters

Faith, Life, and Wealth

By: R. Paul Stevens,Clive Lim

A guide to investing in heaven and being “rich toward God” Christians often hesitate to talk about money in spiritual contexts, but in the gospels Jesus talks more about money than about “religious” topics like prayer and heaven. Money Matters advocates following Jesus’s lead in engaging with matters of economy and finance in a faith-driven way, in both our individual and our corporate lives. The authors draw on their contrasting life experiences to offer a well-rounded look at money in the twenty-first century. Paul Stevens, who grew up well-off in Canada and worked as a carpenter, a banker, and later a pastor and professor of theology, finds a complementary voice in Clive Lim, who grew up without money in Singapore, and now works there as an entrepreneur and head of a family investment firm. With frequent scriptural references, Stevens and Lim offer insight into navigating the economic systems of today, aiming to help individuals, churches, and societies become faithful stewards who store up “treasures in heaven” by investing in the kingdom of God. Money Matters is a comprehensive yet accessible guide to integrating one’s faith with one’s approach to money. Just as the Bible variously treats money as a blessing, a sacrament, and a problem, so do Stevens and Lim approach this matter judiciously—avoiding the prosperity gospel on one side and the demonization of material wealth on the other. Capitalism is treated as what it is: a system that has created widespread opportunity and relieved poverty for millions while also exacerbating the gap between the haves and the have-nots. The authors’ wisdom is at turns theological, historical, and practical—and always focused on what it means to live with faithful integrity in our contemporary global economy.

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1467461962

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9781467461962

The Complete Book of Everyday Christianity

An A-to-Z Guide to Following Christ in Every Aspect of Life

By: Robert J. Banks,R. Paul Stevens

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The Complete Book of Everyday Christianity

An A-to-Z Guide to Following Christ in Every Aspect of Life

By: Robert J. Banks,R. Paul Stevens

This momumental book is an A-to-Z guide to following Christ in every aspect of life with hundreds of articles by numerous contributors on such subjects as family, money, relationships, jobs, church, entertainment, food, taxes, etc., etc., etc.

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1166

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Intervarsity Press

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083081454X

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9780830814541

Taking Your Soul to Work

Overcoming the Nine Deadly Sins of the Workplace

By: R. Paul Stevens,Alvin Ung

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Taking Your Soul to Work

Overcoming the Nine Deadly Sins of the Workplace

By: R. Paul Stevens,Alvin Ung

R. Paul Stevens and Alvin Ung tap into the wisdom of the Bible and the Christian spiritual tradition to redefine the workplace as an arena for personal spiritual growth. Together they discuss real-life dilemmas and give practical guidance on turning professional work into the catalyst for a richer, more balanced spiritual life. --from publisher description.

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0802865593

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9780802865595

Book's by R. Paul Stevens

Down-to-Earth Spirituality

Down-to-Earth Spirituality

End Times

End Times

Work Matters

Work Matters

Doing God's Business

Doing God's Business

Service

Service

The Other Six Days

The Other Six Days

Revelation

Revelation

Seven Days of Faith, 2d Edition

Seven Days of Faith, 2d Edition

Working Blessedly Forever, Volume 1

Working Blessedly Forever, Volume 1

The Kingdom of God in Working Clothes

The Kingdom of God in Working Clothes

Entrepreneurial Leadership

Entrepreneurial Leadership

Playing Heaven

Playing Heaven

Money Matters

Money Matters

The Complete Book of Everyday Christianity

The Complete Book of Everyday Christianity

Taking Your Soul to Work

Taking Your Soul to Work

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