{"title":"The Fullness of Time","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"lent","title":"Lent: The Season of Repentance and Renewal","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eby Esau McCaulley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLent is inescapably about repenting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Every year, the church invites us into a season of repentance and fasting in preparation for Holy Week. It's an invitation to turn away from our sins and toward the mercy and grace of Christ.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOften, though, we experience the Lenten fast as either a mindless ritual or self-improvement program. In this short volume, priest and scholar Esau McCaulley introduces the season of Lent, showing us how its prayers and rituals point us not just to our own sinfulness but also beyond it to our merciful Savior.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEach volume in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/21five.ca\/search?q=%22fullness+of+time+series%22\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003eFullness of Time series \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003einvites readers to engage with the riches of the church year, exploring the traditions, prayers, Scriptures, and rituals of the seasons of the church calendar.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"21Five Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43644753543392,"sku":"9781514000489","price":26.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/0024\/7224\/files\/81BiQ8DGK1L._SL1500.jpg?v=1752765627"},{"product_id":"pentecost","title":"Pentecost: A Day of Power For All People","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eby Emilio Alvarez\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The power of Pentecost is inseparable from the good news of the Christ who is proclaimed in the Gospels, in accordance with the Scriptures.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePentecost may well be the most misconstrued day on the church calendar. A long legacy of cessationism has drained Pentecost of much of its significance, and it's largely misunderstood in many Western churches today, if not outright ignored.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat's not the case in Emilio Alvarez's tradition, though. In this Fullness of Time volume, the Pentecostal bishop and theologian offers us a rich biblical and theological introduction to the day of Pentecost and sets it in its liturgical context—not only in the Protestant tradition but also in Catholic, Orthodox, and Pentecostal expressions. The result is a rich theological feast and an invitation to find afresh the power of the gospel for all peoples.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach volume in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/21five.ca\/search?q=%22fullness+of+time+series%22\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003eFullness of Time series\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e invites readers to engage with the riches of the church year, exploring the traditions, prayers, Scriptures, and rituals of the seasons of the church calendar.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"21Five Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43947470946528,"sku":"9781514000540","price":31.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/0024\/7224\/products\/m_44f0ef74-ab15-4b44-b53d-1a051b9c8fd7.jpg?v=1752765416"},{"product_id":"advent-the-season-of-hope","title":"Advent: The Season of Hope","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eby Tish Harrison Warren\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Christians believe not just in one coming of Christ, but in three.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe tend to think of Advent as the season of anticipation before Christmas—and while it is that, it’s also much more. Throughout its history, the church has observed Advent as a preparation not only for the first coming of Christ in his incarnation but also for his second coming at the last day. It's also about a third coming: the coming of Christ to meet us in our present moment, to make us holy by his Word and Sacrament.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this short volume, priest and writer Tish Harrison Warren explores all three of these \"comings\" of Christ and invites us into a deeper experience of the first season of the Christian year.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEach volume in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/21five.ca\/search?q=%22fullness+of+time+series%22\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003eFullness of Time series\u003c\/span\u003e i\u003c\/a\u003envites readers to engage with the riches of the church year, exploring how its traditions, prayers, Scriptures, and rituals all point us to Jesus.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"21Five Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44143004025056,"sku":"9781514000182","price":31.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/0024\/7224\/files\/8156P7n5IFL._SL1500.jpg?v=1752765262"},{"product_id":"christmas-the-season-of-life-and-light","title":"Christmas: The Season of Life and Light","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eby Emily Hunter McGowin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"O wondrous exchange!\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOf all the seasons of the church calendar, Christmas is the one most recognized and celebrated by our society at large. That means it's the season we're most familiar with—but that can also make it harder to see past Christmas's many cultural trappings to its timeless beauty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAt the first Christmas, God exchanged the glories of divinity for the vulnerability of human existence, uniting himself to us in order to unite us to God. 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