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Just as the Book of Psalms provides the words we need for lament (expressing our grief and hurt to God)

prayers and a quotation from a leader in the Stone-Campbell (Restoration) Movement

"This new edition of The Cruciform Church finds Churches of Christ at a quite different place than they were sixteen years ago when the book was first released

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Reese provides a refreshing and positive perspective as she suggests ways that men and women might effectively collaborate in order to contribute to the greater common good

The Authenticity of Faith: The Varieties and Illusions of Religious Experience church_of_christ Just as the Book ofby Richard Beck Description A psychologist tests Freud's claims that faith is a form of wishful thinking and belief in God a consoling illusion. Is faith simply a form of wishful thinking? Is belief in God merely a consoling illusion? So argued Sigmund Freud in The Future of an Illusion. And the force of Freud's argument continues to be felt as it features prominently among critics of religion such as the New Atheists. But was Freud right? Until now,