We're more connected than ever, yet many of us feel deeply alone.Despite endless messages about love and belonging, we're facing a widespread crisis of connection - both inside and outside the church. We were created for meaningful, life-giving relationships, but the intimacy we long for often feels just out of reach.In The Intimacy Deficit, pastor and bestselling author Ed Shaw explores why this disconnect exists - and how the gospel offers a better way. D...

Wie lebt ein Christ, der ledig ist? Und darf er homoerotische Gefühle haben, die er dann auch noch nicht auslebt? Ed Shaw ist Pastor und tut genau das. Was ihn auf den ersten Blick als frommen Sonderling erscheinen lässt, schlägt in Wahrheit die Schneise zu einer Revolution in der christlichen Gemeinde: Mehr Intimität und Vertrautheit wagen. Ed Shaw zeigt, wie Intimität und Vertrautheit zum Ferment einer Kirche werden kann, in der Menschen ein Zuhause finden können bei Gott, bei sich selbs...

Exodus, Cole says, is 'the centre of the Old Testament'. It recounts the supreme Old Testament example of the saving acts of God, narrates the instituting of Passover and enshrines the giving of God's law. It portrays Moses, the prototype of all Israel's prophets, and Aaron, the first high priest.

COVID-19 has transformed our everyday lives. It’s as if another world has arrived in the blink of an eye. Yet life is not on pause. We still need to live. The pandemic, like any other time, is a moment both of opportunity as well as challenge.Healthy Faith in the Coronavirus Crisis is a briefing on how to thrive in a world of restrictions. Twenty leading Christian thinkers have come together to help you begin to navigate this strange reality.Each contributo...

Can you be gay and Christian? Does the Bible really require celibacy outside of heterosexual marriage? Isn't it unrealistic and unfair, imposing loneliness and the loss of basic human satisfactions like sex and marriage? Is what the church teaches about homosexuality a plausible way of life?In this honest book, Ed Shaw shares his pain in dealing with same-sex attraction - and yet he is committed to what the Bible says and what the church has always taught about mar...