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Unbinding The Gospel (Revised)
$20.99Add to cartPart One:
1. Breaking The Curse
2. Why Do Evangelism?
3. If You Don’t Like Statistics, Skip This Chapter!Part Two:
4. Unbinding The Gospel: Three Stories Of Victory
5. Real Life
6. What New Members Want – Transformed LivesPart Three:
7. How’s Your Church Doing? Bandwidths, Barriers And Bridges
8. The Holy And The Practical: Who Does What?
9. Smart Sailing: Navigating Through Growing Pains, Conflict And Distractions
10. Getting StartedPart Four:
Your 40-Day Prayer Journal
Afterword By Brian McLaren
Works CitedAdditional Info
After the transformation of thousands of congregations, your could be next! The Unbinding the Gospel Series presents the most effective way to help mainline churches want to do evangelism.After quickly becoming one of the top-selling religious books in the U.S., Unbinding the Gospel expanded into the creation of two more books – Unbinding Your Heart and Unbinding Your Church. Together, the three books give churches a yearlong, intensive faith and faith-sharing experience.
Start by having your church leaders read Gospel, and work up to an all-church saturation study with Heart. Church will be used along the way to help guide your leaders through it all.
The new 2nd edition of Gospel now includes an all-new, 40-day personal prayer journal!
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Psalms Proverbs (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartSpirit-Filled Life Study Guides are perfect companions to the New Spirit Filled Life Bible or for use on their own. The guides’ interactive approach offers an in-depth look at practical living in God’s kingdom and challenges users to examine and live their daily lives in light of God’s Word. Features include:12 Lessons, plus an introduction to Spiritual Warfare and a guide to using the studyEach lesson features a Kingdom Key, Word Wealth, Kingdom Extra, and a guide to Kingdom Life. Includes strategies to overthrow works of darkness and live in victory More than 1 million SFL guides sold!
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Way Of Discernment Leaders Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
$12.99Add to cartHow do you discover God’s guidance for personal and congregational decisions? Lead others in exploring paths to clarity in this small group study.
Supporting resource for the Participant’s Book, this guide provides everything leaders need to prepare and conduct small group studies of The Way of Discernment. It offers clear suggestions for the structure of meetings, leadership ideas and specific centering and guided prayers.
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Way Of Discernment Participants Book (Workbook)
$12.99Add to cartFrom deep within us there’s a desire to do the right thing, to make wise choices, to live in a fruitful manner. There are simple steps anyone can take that will open understanding. The scriptures repeatedly acknowledge the existence of a sure pathway in life.
“Even the most exacting circumstances lies a way that leads to greater understanding of God’s desire and, therefore, of what we are to do,” write the authors. “…We pray for deeper understanding. We wait. We struggle. We search. Then, aha! Understanding comes. Perhaps it flares forth suddenly. Perhaps it emerges with the slow, growing radiance of the morning sun. Either way, we know we have not brought the insight into being ourselves. It comes from beyond us.”
So, how do you discover God’s guidance for personal and congregational decisions? Discover the way to greater clarity in The Way of Discernment, a 10-week study for small groups. More of a journey in discernment than a how-to guide, this study gently leads to a prayerful path for a richer, wiser life.
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Jesus Parables About Priorities
$13.99Add to cartParables slip up on us. They flip our values. They turn our world upside down. They surprise us. This is the great thing about the parables of Jesus: They are always relevant and always personal. They speak eloquently to you and me, here and now. In this book, we will examine some of Jesus’ thought-provoking parables, parables about priorities, to see if we can find ourselves and God’s truth for us in these magnificent “truth-stories.” They are, after all, truth-stories from the mind of Jesus that can change our lives as they proclaim God’s truth for you and me.
Each of the six chapters features a key passage of Scripture and is centered on a theme from one of Jesus’ parables, including
The Priority of Love
The Priority of Grace
The Priority of Being Prepared
The Priority of Courage
The Priority of Forgiveness
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People Of The Spirit (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartPeople of the Spirit takes a close and objective look at the third Person of the Trinity. It focuses on the gifts, fruit and fullness offered by the Holy Spirit of God. This study will lead the reader to a greater understanding of the ministry of the Holy Spirit and point them toward personal fulfillment of 1 Corinthians 14:1: “Pursue love and desire spiritual gifts.” Spirit-Filled Life Study Guides are perfect companions to the New Spirit Filled Life Bible or for use on their own. The guides’ interactive approach offers an in-depth look at practical living in God’s kingdom and challenges users to examine and live their daily lives in light of God’s Word. Features include: 12 Lessons, plus an introduction to Spiritual Warfare and a guide to using the study Each lesson features a Kingdom Key, Word Wealth, Kingdom Extra, and a guide to Kingdom Life. Includes strategies to overthrow works of darkness and live in victory More than 1 million SFL guides sold!
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Lifes Healing Choices Small Group Study (Student/Study Guide)
$16.99Add to cartThe perfect guide for small groups teaches readers how to handle their hurts, hang-ups, and habits, finding strength in numbers and compassion from others.
Thousands of churches around the country have small group studies, and this book focuses on the eight concrete, well-defined choices that are the foundation of Life’s Healing Choices. This guide is specifically designed to help small groups study the principles in more detail, such as Admitting Need, Getting Help, and Letting Go. -
Eagle (Student/Study Guide)
$13.95Add to cartIt’s a lovely thought that through one’s congregation we can gain, and also give to each other, help in times of despair. Paul wrote to his Thessalonian Christians: “Therefore encourage one another i 3/4 encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing” (1 Thessalonians 4:18; 5:11). Ron Lavin illustrates this principle elegantly in the following chapters as he examines the passages in John’s gospel concerning the admonition not to despair.
The Bible contains some of the most comforting, reassuring words in history. Many of these timeless passages can be found in a single book: the gospel of John. Ron Lavin begins his series on the gospels by exploring John’s words of encouragement and how they still speak to us through the ages. The Eagle can be utilized in a Bible study or support group setting. It can also be used simply as a lifeline for people who need a ray of light to shine in their own personal darkness, carrying them on eagles’ wings to the light of God’s presence.
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Kingdom Living (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartKingdom Living is predominantly a study of the Book of Romans. The reader will begin to understand all that God has done for His children, all He is presently doing for them, and how faithful He is to His promises. This study is designed to meet the reader in a very real way; revealing God’s provision for all of life. Spirit-Filled Life Study Guides are perfect companions to the New Spirit Filled Life Bible or for use on their own. The guides’ interactive approach offers an in-depth look at practical living in God’s kingdom and challenges users to examine and live their daily lives in light of God’s Word. Features include: 12 Lessons, plus an introduction to Spiritual Warfare and a guide to using the study Each lesson features a Kingdom Key, Word Wealth, Kingdom Extra, and a guide to Kingdom Life. Includes strategies to overthrow works of darkness and live in victory More than 1 million SFL guides sold!
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Kingdom Warfare (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartSpirit-Filled Life Study Guides are perfect companions to the New Spirit Filled Life Bible or for use on their own. The guides’ interactive approach offers an in-depth look at practical living in God’s kingdom and challenges users to examine and life their daily lives in light of God’s Word.Features include:12 Lessons, plus an introduction to Spiritual Warfare and a guide to using the studyEach lesson features a Kingdom Key, Word Wealth, Kingdom Extra, and a guide to Kingdom Life. Includes strategies to overthrow works of darkness and live in victory More than 1 million SFL guides sold!
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Revelation (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartUntil the End of Time, Revelation is a step-by-step look at biblical prophecy and its modern fulfillment. This study will allow the reader to better understand the judgments of God and enable a greater excitement as the blessed hope we find in Jesus is revealed. Spirit-Filled Life Study Guides are perfect companions to the New Spirit Filled Life Bible or for use on their own. The guides’ interactive approach offers an in-depth look at practical living in God’s kingdom and challenges users to examine and live their daily lives in light of God’s Word. Features include:12 Lessons, plus an introduction to Spiritual Warfare and a guide to using the studyEach lesson features a Kingdom Key, Word Wealth, Kingdom Extra, and a guide to Kingdom Life. Includes strategies to overthrow works of darkness and live in victory More than 1 million SFL guides sold!
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Hospitality : Gods Call To Compassion
$12.99Add to cartThe word hospitality brings to mind tables filled with cookies and pots of good coffee.
Offering food to friends is a wonderful ministry indeed, but the biblical concept of hospitality is much deeper and more significant. In these studies by Patty Pell, you’ll discover the Old Testament call to hospitality as the distinguishing feature of those who are in relationship with God, the outward-focused expression of the grace and provision that one has received from God. In the New Testament the extension of life, provision and protection is expanded as Jesus unpacks image after image of the kingdom of God in the language of host and guests.
Come and discover God’s call to hospitality.
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Understanding Financial Stewardship (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartThe Life Principles Study Guides are perfect companions to Dr. Stanley’s Life Principles Bible or for use on their own. They are a unique approach to Bible study, incorporating biblical truth, personal insights, emotional responses, and a call to action. Each study guide contains 10 Bible study lessons consisting of in-depth commentary by Dr. Charles Stanley, pertinent Scripture passages on the topic, and thought-provoking questions to facilitate group study. It will help you get in touch with the Bible, God, and yourself.
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Few The Humble The Church
$14.99Add to cartIn this verse-by-verse study of Ephesians we will travel back to the creation of the Church by God through Jesus and discover all that God intended His Church to be. Find out what it means to be Christ-like, while learning why and how to use your spiritual gifts. We are all God’s children whether we are a husband, wife, child, employee or employer, study how we are to relate to one another. The second part of this study is devoted to spiritual warfare. In this section you will use both the Old and New Testaments to witness God’s character and read His promises to us as we fight in this unseen realm. He has given us armor and weapons to fight and defend ourselves while telling us the battle is His.
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Hebrews (Student/Study Guide)
$17.00Add to cartForged in the tradition of the acclaimed Interpretation commentary series, Interpretation Bible Studies presents profound biblical insights on ten key passages in this easy-to-use resource. Designed for adults and older youth, IBS can be used in small groups, in church school classes, or for personal study. Featuring maps, definitions of key terms, biblical facts, and discussion questions, IBS combines a great heritage of scholarship with a creative approach to biblical study. In this volume pastor and scholar Earl Johnson discusses how the book of Hebrews encouraged people to remain faithful through its claims that Jesus was the true and final revelation of God, Gods eternal priest who was superior to the prophets of the Old Testament, and the way to our salvationthree truths that still exist for Christians today.
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Commentary On The Book Of Enoch
$27.49Add to cartProduct Description
Fifty years after James Bruce brought a copy of the Book of Enoch, found in Ethiopia, to England, Richard Laurence made a first modern translation. Later, R.H. Charles made another translation using some Greek excerpts, and more Ethiopian texts. Then recently, Michael A Knibb, using many texts, and partial texts, put together an ?adequate’ translation. Yet, all of these translations are rough, obscure, and confusing to Christians of today. The Dead Sea Scrolls contained many copies and partial copies of the Book of Enoch, In the Dead Sea scrolls, there were found 17 copies. Comparitively, there were 30 copies of Psalms, 25 copies of Deuteronomy, 19 of Isaiah, 15 of Genesis and Exodus, 14 Of Jubilees. Jude validated The Book Of Enoch with his quote from it. Using all of the sources now available, along with an in-depth study of book, I have prepared this paraphrase/translation. Along with such, I have included an commentary to help in its comparison with the Bible. John D. Ladd was raised the son of an Assemblies of God pastor. He attended Northeast Bible College, in Pennsylvania, and later, Malone College, in Canton, Ohio. He pastored for many years, was ordained in the Assemblies of God, but later left to pastor independent churches. Preferring teaching to preaching, he has spent many years studying, reading books from the early church period, and translatingparaphrasing them for ease of use by Christians of today. This book of Enoch’s has been translated, paraphrased, and now is being given commentary, to compare it with the Bible’s message, to test it by the Word of God. How does it compare? Is it in agreement with the message and prophetic teachings of the Bible? -
Here To There
$23.99Add to cartDid you know that some 80% of all church growth is just people moving from one church to another? People are going to change churches but they need to leave for the right reasons in the right way. Discover Ten Good Reasons to leave and avoid Ten Poor Reasons to leave. Discover how to be sure that you leave well for a good reason and have a deep walk at your new church. It is time for Christians to be the Church. It is time for believers to be happy together and apart. It is time for each believer to live well and learn well at home before they ever think about leaving. Don’t guess! Are you changing churches? Are you tired of people changing churches so much? How can you help your friends who are leaving? Here to There can help you understand and answer all of these questions.
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Here To There
$15.49Add to cartDid you know that some 80% of all church growth is just people moving from one church to another? People are going to change churches but they need to leave for the right reasons in the right way. Discover Ten Good Reasons to leave and avoid Ten Poor Reasons to leave. Discover how to be sure that you leave well for a good reason and have a deep walk at your new church. It is time for Christians to be the Church. It is time for believers to be happy together and apart. It is time for each believer to live well and learn well at home before they ever think about leaving. Don’t guess! Are you changing churches? Are you tired of people changing churches so much? How can you help your friends who are leaving? Here to There can help you understand and answer all of these questions.
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Names Of God And Other Bible Studies (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartNames of God and Other Bible Studies contains favorite Bible studies to use in small groups, church groups, and for individual study. This full-color book contains studies on the Names of God, Names of Jesus, Names of the Holy Spirit, Trinity, Ten Commandments, Lord’s Prayer, Beatitudes, Fruit of the Spirit, and Armor of God. 112 pages. Includes color charts, illustrations, and photos throughout.
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Original King James Bible
$18.99Add to cartThe “Original King James Bible The History before it is, is a compilation of 12 years of writing snippets from the King James Bible that match secular history as taught in schools and colleges. Ecclesiastes 1:9 states, “There is no new thing under the sun.” I had to search for the main key in scripture, which is the lineage of Jesus through David. David’s great-great grandson was named Melea, which in Greek is Black and mentioned once. Also Jesus was taken into Egypt to be hidden from Herod who wanted to kill him. The Tribe of Judah would be taken out of Egypt by ships and sold as bondsmen and bondswomen and taken to Isles afar off they know not of, which happened to be America. This was the twelfth time slavery was done to a people, which is also a completion number.
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Spiritual Warfare
$21.99Add to cartSPIRITUAL WARFARE: Defeating the Forces of Darkness is a theological and practical book on overcoming the attacks of the Devil. Christians need to use the many spiritual resources that the Lord of Hosts, the Commander in Chief of the heavenly army, has provided for us to defeat the attacks of the Wicked One. Dr. Bailey describes the nine different types of attacks by demons along with how to respond to each type of attack in order to have victory. He also describes Satan’s organizational structure of demons and how they scheme to attack people.
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Beatitudes From The Back Side (Student/Study Guide)
$16.99Add to cart11 Sessions
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Using his method of approaching Bible passages from an unusual angle or a unique starting point, J. Ellsworth Kalas presents new insight into the beatitudes, Jesus’ blessings from the Sermon on the Mount.The book contains sessions and a study guide for personal use or for use in groups.
This book continues Kalas’ popular series of “Back Side” books.The beatitudes form the introduction to what is no doubt the best-known sermon ever preached. We call it the Sermon on the Mount (see Matthew 5-7), and of course it was preached by Jesus.
When we start examining the beatitudes we realize that in Jesus’ view, happiness is not something we get by pursuing it; indeed, almost the contrary. We are told that we will be happy-or blessed, if you prefer-in what appears to be the near antithesis of happiness. If we choose to live by the beatitudes, we make a declaration of dependence. We put ourselves into bondage to such things as poverty of spirit, purity of heart, and a readiness for persecution. This isn’t the sort of product they advertise on prime-time television; indeed, I’m not sure that it appears overly often in our prime-time worship services. That is because this is not a spiritual quick fix. It doesn’t come in a five-easy-lessons capsule. Instead, it is largely contrary to the way we live and to the way we think.
Before we go any further, however, let me say that over the past twenty centuries a very great many people have found in these beatitudes a depth of peace and joy beyond anything our common culture promotes and seeks. But it isn’t easy, and it isn’t obvious. There’s nothing easy or soft about this kind of dependence. Rather, it is an attitude that demands a huge store of courage. It’s the kind of dependence the trapeze artist displays when he or she lets go of the bar and with no safety net awaiting, flies off into space, trusting.
Welcome to the beatitudes. And may you be eternally happy, beginning now.
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Invitiation To Psalms (Teacher’s Guide)
$19.99Add to cartLeader Guide: provides process guidance for weekly group sessions. The Leader Guide understands the role of leader as facilitator of small-group sessions. Procedures for guiding sessions include: directions for using related video segments, and questions for discussion.
Make a deeper connection to the world of the Psalms so that these well known scriptures can help you give voice to all aspects of our human experience—joy, faith, uncertainty and sorrow.
During two weekly video segments, experience a varied presentation of individual psalm texts, including dramatic reading, music, dance, and images. Listen to insights into specific psalms presented by one of two biblical scholars through an informal, roundtable conversation format.
Ideal experience for adults who are interested in the practice of prayer and worship and would like to connect prayer practice with Scripture. The study is accessible for adults with little prior Bible experience.
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Jesus I Never Knew Participants Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartThis six-session video resource for small groups can help participants experience the Jesus they may never have known. The drama and immediacy of motion pictures are used to compare well-and little-known film portraits of Jesus with the Jesus of the Bible.
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Galatians : A Blackaby Bible Study Series
$14.99Add to cartIntended as companions to the Blackaby Study Bible, these guides also stand alone as a complete study of a book of the Bible. The lessons include: Leader’s Notes 7 studies based on reference materials included in the Blackaby Study Bible An explanation and interpretation of Scripture A story that illustrates the passage in focus Other Bible verses related to the theme Questions for reflection Suggestions for application in everyday life.
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Philippians : A Blackaby Bible Study Series
$14.99Add to cartIntended as companions to the Blackaby Study Bible, these guides also stand alone as a complete study of a book of the Bible. The lessons include: Leader’s Notes 7 studies based on reference materials included in the Blackaby Study Bible An explanation and interpretation of Scripture A story that illustrates the passage in focus Other Bible verses related to the theme Questions for reflection Suggestions for application in everyday life.
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2 Corinthians : A Blackaby Bible Study Series
$14.99Add to cartIntended as companions to the Blackaby Study Bible, these guides also stand alone as a complete study of a book of the Bible. The lessons include: Leader’s Notes 7 studies based on reference materials included in the Blackaby Study Bible An explanation and interpretation of Scripture A story that illustrates the passage in focus Other Bible verses related to the theme Questions for reflection Suggestions for application in everyday life.
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1 Corinthians : A Blackaby Bible Study Series
$9.99Add to cartIntended as companions to the Blackaby Study Bible, these guides also stand alone as a complete study of a book of the Bible. The lessons include: Leader’s Notes 7 studies based on reference materials included in the Blackaby Study Bible An explanation and interpretation of Scripture A story that illustrates the passage in focus Other Bible verses related to the theme Questions for reflection Suggestions for application in everyday life.
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Ephesians : A Blackaby Bible Study Series
$14.99Add to cartIntended as companions to the Blackaby Study Bible, these guides also stand alone as a complete study of a book of the Bible. The lessons include: Leader’s Notes 7 studies based on reference materials included in the Blackaby Study Bible An explanation and interpretation of Scripture A story that illustrates the passage in focus Other Bible verses related to the theme Questions for reflection Suggestions for application in everyday life.
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Colossians Philemon : A Blackaby Bible Study Series
$9.99Add to cartIntended as companions to the Blackaby Study Bible, these guides also stand alone as a complete study of a book of the Bible. The lessons include: Leader’s Notes 7 studies based on reference materials included in the Blackaby Study Bible An explanation and interpretation of Scripture A story that illustrates the passage in focus Other Bible verses related to the theme Questions for reflection Suggestions for application in everyday life.
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Language Of Sex Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$13.00Add to cartIn The Language of Sex Study Guide and The Language of Sex DVD, Gary Smalley and Ted Cunningham go beyond the book and take a deeper, biblical look at the topic of sex in the marriage relationship. What does the Bible say about great sex? Does Scripture tackle gender differences, emotions, creativity, romance, and creating security and intimacy in our marriages? This Bible study and companion DVD are a fantastic resource for couples to do together, and it is equally useful for individuals, small groups, pastors, and leaders.
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10 Principles For Studying Your Bible
$18.99Add to cartIn 10 Principles for Studying the Bible, readers are taught the ten tried-and-true methods Dr. Charles Stanley uses when he studies the Bible. Some people assume the only way they can understand God’s Word is by listening in church on Sunday. But this is not true. There is a greater lesson to be learned: God wants to reveal Himself to each one of us in a very personal way. And He usually does this through His Word. God tells us that if we seek Him, we will find Him and when we discover His truth we also will gain clear direction for life (Jeremiah 33:3). Learning how to read and study His Word is essential to spiritual growth. 10 Principles for Studying the Bible teaches readers the ten most essential aspects of a rich, personal encounter with God through His Word. Readers will quickly discover that the Bible is a doorway to life’s greatest blessings, that it leads straight into the throne room of God where you grow in your knowledge of Him, His ways, and His eternal promises.
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Winning On The Inside
$14.99Add to cartRevised and updated, Dr. Charles Stanley’s well-loved Life Principles study guide series has taken on new life through refreshed content. Small groups and individuals who want a Bible study that’s spiritually sound and practical will find a wealth of ideas to help them understand and apply the Scriptures to the real world.
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Understanding Eternal Security
$14.99Add to cartRevised and updated, Dr. Charles Stanley’s well-loved Life Principles study guide series has taken on new life through refreshed content. Small groups and individuals who want a Bible study that’s spiritually sound and practical will find a wealth of ideas to help them understand and apply the Scriptures to the real world.
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Sharing Gift Of Encouragement
$14.99Add to cartRevised and updated, Dr. Charles Stanley’s well-loved Life Principles study guide series has taken on new life through refreshed content. Small groups and individuals who want a Bible study that’s spiritually sound and practical will find a wealth of ideas to help them understand and apply the Scriptures to the real world.
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Lost Women Of The Bible (Student/Study Guide)
$16.99Add to cartThe women of the Bible have a strong, relevant message for women today that has been lost underneath layers of traditional interpretations and the expectation that God does his most important work through men. Crucial dimensions of their lives have been muted, forgotten, or passed over. Their strong voices are silent at a time when women are searching for answers that will hold up under the pressures and challenges confronting them today. This book brings the women of the Bible into the twenty-first century by recovering their powerful message for contemporary women.
You know the women of the Bible, but you don’t know them like this…
It’s easy for Christian women-young and old-to get lost between the opportunities and demands of the present and the biblical teachings of the past. They live in a confusing world, caught in the crossfire between church and culture. Although home and family still remain central, more women than ever, by choice or by necessity, are blending home, career, and ministry. They need strong biblical role models to help them meet these challenges.
Building on solid scholarship and a determination to wrestle honestly with perplexing questions, author Carolyn Custis James sheds new light on ancient stories that brings the women of the Bible into the twenty-first century. This fresh look at the women in the Bible unearths surprising new insights and a powerful message that will leave readers feeling challenged, encouraged, and deeply valued.
Rediscover and be inspired by:
* Eve * Sarah * Hagar * Tamar * Hannah * Esther * Mary * and others
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Leaving A Godly Legacy
$14.99Add to cartRevised and updated, Dr. Charles Stanley’s well-loved Life Principles study guide series has taken on new life through refreshed content. Small groups and individuals who want a Bible study that’s spiritually sound and practical will find a wealth of ideas to help them understand and apply the Scriptures to the real world.
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Protecting Your Family
$14.99Add to cartRevised and updated, Dr. Charles Stanley’s well-loved Life Principles study guide series has taken on new life through refreshed content. Small groups and individuals who want a Bible study that’s spiritually sound and practical will find a wealth of ideas to help them understand and apply the Scriptures to the real world.
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Good And Evil
$12.99Add to cartThough we are often hurt, shocked and angered by the evil in our world, it doesn’t catch God off-guard. He cares about our suffering, he’s with us in the midst of our tragedies and sin, and he can even bring good out of the worst circumstances. God doesn’t give us all the answers about why we suffer, but these eight studies by Douglas Connelly will help us trust him and his power more even in the midst of our pain.
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From Your Heart To Theirs Participants Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$6.00Add to cartMoving beyond the basics of public speaking and addresses the foundations necessary for preparing an engaging sermon. Broken down into five parts, Franks and Carroll work through finding the sermon to tell – exegetical or topical, personal testimony or children’s sermon; finding your own voice and using the hymnal; reading the bible aloud and dealing with that fear; communication on paper; and communication beyond the paper and practice. Each of the sections is designed to fit into a 2-hour session with goal of preparing an individual to become a preacher.
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From Your Heart To Theirs Instructors Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
$8.00Add to cartThe instructor’s guide for From Your Heart to Theirs breaks down the important ideas to relate as you plan your study, the preparatory tasks, logistical steps and the session goals in short practical outlines.
The objective of this guide is to help you lead a 10-hour advanced course for certified lay speakers who want to hone their preaching skills. During the training, you’ll lay the groundwork to help each speaker present a short sermon, and you’ll be equipped to coach them to their best.
Part of the Learning & Leading Series, which is a course that helps participants to prepare sermons by providing plans and worksheets, stressing good oral communication, offering suggestions on incorporating stories, and providing time for prayer, study and revision. Appropriate for use in a variety of settings, including Lay Speaking Advanced Courses, Ministerial Course of Study, colleges and seminaries.
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Unbinding Your Heart
$20.99Add to cartPart One
Introduction: Breaking The Curse
1. Why Do Evangelism?
2. Unbinding The Gospel – With Prayer
3. Real LifePart Two
4. What New Members Want – Transformed Lives
5. How’s Your Church Doing? Bandwidths, Barriers And Bridges
6. Smart Sailing: Navigating Distractions, Getting StartedPart Three
Your 40-Day Prayer Journal
Afterword By Brian McLaren
Works CitedAdditional Info
Unbinding Your Heart is a six-week, churchwide, small group E-vent! Perfect for Lenten, summer, or fall study for all established classes and church groups. Based on the best-selling Unbinding the Gospel, this addition to the series includes forty days of individual prayer exercises coordinated with each chapter. Unbinding Your Heart will enrich your church’s community life and help individuals risk fact-to-face encounters with God.Change Habits, Not Just Minds
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Historical Reliability Of The Gospels (Reprinted)
$38.99Add to cartAre the Gospels trustworthy as history? Dr. Blomberg describes this century’s ”search for the historical Jesus” and the faulty presuppositions that led to mistaken conclusions about Him. He discusses problems in the miracle stories and alleged inconsistencies. And he provides scholarly criteria for evaluating the Gospels.
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True I D
$16.49Add to cartEach of us has our own unique identity. Your nationality, your gender, your personal appearance, and even the car you drive can tell the world about you. Your salvation through Jesus Christ identifies you as well. You are in a select group known as the family of God and that membership carries with it certain responsibilities. The Apostle Paul wrote about this special identity in the book of Ephesians. In TRUE I.D., Dr. Dino Pedrone guides the reader through a comprehensive study of this epistle that will help you at any stage of your Christian life. TRUE I.D. will help you see what a privilege it is to be a child of God and how rich your life can be as a result of your relationship with Him.
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BIBLE Be Involved Bible Learners Everyone
$12.95Add to cartThe Holy Bible is a precious resource, one that can speak to us in any circumstance of life. However, we do not always have a Bible in front of us. That is where Bible memorization can help us. But where do we begin?
B.I.B.L.E. — Be Involved Bible Learners Everyone is a Bible study program, including children’s sermons, that encourages children to memorize one specific scripture a week over the course of fourteen weeks. Using various media, including props and songs, this resource allows the scriptures to come to life in the minds of children. Checklists, letter samples, and bulletin inserts are also provided. This study is not solely for children, however. The children’s sermons in this study allow the entire congregation to join with the children in committing these scriptures to memory. There, these verses can be stored, ready at a moment’s notice to bring solace and direction in times of need.
B.I.B.L.E. — Be Involved Bible Learners Everyone is an excellent resource for clergy, Sunday school teachers, or anyone involved in children and youth ministry, instilling in your children wisdom from the Bible that will last a lifetime! Copying privileges are included.
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John : Lectio Divina For Youth
$7.99Add to cartLectio Divina, Latin for divine reading, is a set of Bible studies that calls students to slow down, read Scripture, meditate on it, and prayerfully respond as they listen to God through His Word. These powerful books work great in small-groups and as individual Bible studies.
The Lectio Divina Bible Studies incorporate the following approach to study:
READING (Lectio). Quieting ourselves prior to reading the Word.MEDITATION (Meditate). We did deep and explore the meaning of the Bible passage.
PRAYER (Oratio). We respond to God through praise, thanksgiving, confession, and agreement.
CONTEMPLATION (Contemplatio). We come to a place where we rest in the presence of God and receive what He has said to us.
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Mark : A Blackaby Bible Study Series (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartIntended as companions to the Blackaby Study Bible, these guides also stand alone as a complete study of a book of the Bible. The lessons include:
Leader’s Notes
7 studies based on reference materials included in the Blackaby Study Bible
An explanation and interpretation of Scripture
A story that illustrates the passage in focus
Other Bible verses related to the theme
Questions for reflection
Suggestions for application in everyday life. -
Phillipians : Lectio Divina For Youth
$7.99Add to cartLectio Divina, Latin for divine reading, is a set of Bible studies that calls students to slow down, read Scripture, meditate on it, and prayerfully respond as they listen to God through His Word. These powerful books work great in small-groups and as individual Bible studies.
The Lectio Divina Bible Studies incorporate the following approach to study:
READING (Lectio). Quieting ourselves prior to reading the Word.MEDITATION (Meditate). We did deep and explore the meaning of the Bible passage.
PRAYER (Oratio). We respond to God through praise, thanksgiving, confession, and agreement.
CONTEMPLATION (Contemplatio). We come to a place where we rest in the presence of God and receive what He has said to us.
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Boundaries Participants Guide (Revised)
$12.99Add to cartDesigned for use with the nine-session Boundaries small group DVD, this participant’s guide provides insights, exercises, and all the practical resources for maximizing both group participation and personal growth. Learn the secrets and cultivate the habit of setting and maintaining healthy boundaries that provide the framework for rich, productive relationships.
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Living By Grace
$17.99Add to cartThis delightful anthology offers a reading on the theme of grace for every day of the year. Each month has its own focus, for example, January: the meaning of Grace, May: the Grace of Compassion, August: the Grace of Choosing and December: the Grace of Waiting. The breadth of material included reflects both a deep love of humanity and a passion not simply for for reading, but for the power of wise words to illuminate and transform.
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Getting Started With The Bible
$14.99Add to cartMany people coming to faith through initiatives like Fresh Expressions have had little or no contact with Christianity and are complete beginners when it comes to Christian basics. Getting Started With the Bible is a beginner’s guide which provides an easy way in to understanding individual books of the Bible and the entire panoramic of the biblical drama and message. In a relaxed and humorous style, it helps readers get to grips with the Bible.
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Romans : A Blackaby Bible Study Series (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartIntended as companions to the Blackaby Study Bible, these guides also stand alone as a complete study of a book of the Bible. The lessons include:
Leader’s Notes
7 studies based on reference materials included in the Blackaby Study Bible
An explanation and interpretation of Scripture
A story that illustrates the passage in focus
Other Bible verses related to the theme
Questions for reflection
Suggestions for application in everyday life. -
Acts : A Blackaby Bible Study Series (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartIntended as companions to the Blackaby Study Bible, these guides also stand alone as a complete study of a book of the Bible. The lessons include:
Leader’s Notes
7 studies based on reference materials included in the Blackaby Study Bible
An explanation and interpretation of Scripture
A story that illustrates the passage in focus
Other Bible verses related to the theme
Questions for reflection
Suggestions for application in everyday life. -
John : A Blackaby Bible Study Series (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartIntended as companions to the Blackaby Study Bible, these guides also stand alone as a complete study of a book of the Bible. The lessons include:
Leader’s Notes
7 studies based on reference materials included in the Blackaby Study Bible
An explanation and interpretation of Scripture
A story that illustrates the passage in focus
Other Bible verses related to the theme
Questions for reflection
Suggestions for application in everyday life. -
Matthew : A Blackaby Bible Study Series (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartIntended as companions to the Blackaby Study Bible, these guides also stand alone as a complete study of a book of the Bible.
The lessons include:
Leader’s Notes
7 studies based on reference materials included in the Blackaby Study Bible
An explanation and interpretation of Scripture
A story that illustrates the passage in focus
Other Bible verses related to the theme
Questions for reflection
Suggestions for application in everyday life -
Growing In Christ Series (Student/Study Guide)
$11.99Add to cartGrowing in Christ is designed to help you master the fundamentals of the Christian life as you explore the Scriptures. Growing in Christ has two parts:
Lessons on Assurance– Basic Bible studies on five beginning principles for following Christ, plus five corresponding Scripture memory verses entitled Beginning with Christ.
Lessons on Christian Living– Bible studies on eight more principles for Christian growth, plus eight Scripture memory verses entitled Going On with Christ.
For use in groups or individually, Growing in Christ can help you establish a firm, scriptural foundation for your life as you develop habits of Bible study and Scripture memory.
You will study these topics:
Assurance of salvation -Answered prayer -Victory over sin -Forgiveness -Guidance -Putting Christ first in your life -Relying on the Lord’s strength -The importance of the Bible -Giving -The church -Good works -Witnessing -
Old Testament Theology
$72.99Add to cartSaul of Tarsus, the impassioned rabbi and persecutor of Christians, had a Damascus road experience that changed his life and helped shape the future of the world. As Paul, writer of some of the meatiest chunks of the New Testament and zealous missionary to the Gentiles, he became one of the most controversial figures in history.
Yet what do we know about the man, other than what’s in the letters that have fashioned the Christian church for 2,000 years? Unless you are a theologian or historian, the answer probably is very little–until now. Walter Wangerin, the highly acclaimed scholar and writer, has breathed new life into this fiery, enigmatic, and passionate creature in what should be celebrated as a seriously good work of literature.The novel, which combines expert knowledge and prophetic imagination, charts the first exhilarating and dangerous years of the church after the death of Christ. It is seen through the eyes of the witnesses–Priscilla, who meets Paul in Corinth; Barnabus, Timothy, and Titus, his companions; James and Simon Peter, the “pillar” of the first Christians; and Seneca, the great Roman writer, statesman, and adviser to Nero.
Wangerin serves up a feast of color and detail that brings the first century–and, even more impressively, the Bible–alive. Whatever your religious persuasion, this book serves as a fine companion to the one of the greatest yet most puzzling stories ever told.
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Conversations With Scripture The Gospel Of John (Student/Study Guide)
$21.95Add to cartFor contemporary Christians, John’s Gospel is a paradox. On the one hand, it stresses boundaries: “No one comes to the Father except through me,” while on the other it stresses community: “I have no longer called you servants, but friends.” This book encourages readers to draw out the tensions between these two perspectives to make the gospel more meaningful to their lives.
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Handbook On Church Doctrine
$16.99Add to cartTo effectively serve Christ and share our faith with others, we must understand what they believe. To understand, we must study different faiths and religions and how they reflect the teachings of the Bible. Based on years of study and evangelism work, Dr. Stafford North explores seven topics as taught by ten different churches.
Topics include:
The Nature of God–the Trinity, Miracles
The Nature of Man–the Soul, the Fall and Original Sin, Predestination
The Scriptures–Inspiration, the Old and New Testaments
Salvation
The Church
Worship
Last ThingsChurches include:
Roman Catholic Church
Presbyterian Church
Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Disciples of Christ
Seventh-Day Adventists
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons)
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Assemblies of God
Church of the NazareneOriginally written as a study for college students, Handbook of Church Doctrines is now in its 13th printing in a revised and updated edition, including a new section on Islam.
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Jesus And Those Bodacious Women (Anniversary)
$18.00Add to cartJesus and Those Bodacious Women is well known for its new spins on the stories of biblical women such as Mary Magdalene, the Bent-over Woman, Queen Esther, and Mary, among others. The tenth anniversary edition of this Pilgrim favorite contains spins on the stories of five additional biblical women: Vashti, Jezebel, Cozbi (the prostitute in the Book of Numbers), Dorcas, and Lydia. The book is written with the empathy, inspiration, humor, and poignancy characteristic of Hollies. Each chapter includes ‘Just Between Us” questions and suggestions that will resonate with readers.
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Secrets Jesus Shared (Student/Study Guide)
$24.99Add to cart1. The Secret Of The Kingdom
2. Seek The Kingdom
3. Kingdom Growth
4. The King’s Heart
5. Kingdom Praying
6. Kingdom GraceAdditional Info
When studying Scripture, believers often find themselves identifying with the disciples, especially when the disciples don’t quite understand Jesus’ teachings. Today, believers still long for explanations of the parables. We seek to know more about the kingdom of God. In truth, do we know what we’re asking when we pray, “Let Your kingdom come on earth”?This book helps believers better understand and explore what the kingdom of God is and will be. In this six-week interactive Bible study, readers will explore the secrets of the kingdom of God as revealed in the parables Jesus shared. The study consists of five daily lessons for each of six weekly topics. Each lesson helps readers understand what the kingdom of God is and how to release its power in their lives.
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Timothy Training Program Teacher Edition (Teacher’s Guide)
$19.99Add to cartIn today’s rapidly growing churches how does a pastor keep up with all the demands of a growing congregation? More than ever we need to rise up leaders in the local church. Taken straight from I & II Timothy, Timothy Training Program provides teaching materials for pastors and leadership trainers to use in equipping potential leaders. Ideal for small groups or medium size classes, this package incorporates teaching, discussion, and relational, hands-on discipling. Session Topics Include: The Life of Timothy Requirements and Expectations Teaching Sessions Outline The Invitation and Response Proving and Preparation Selection and Character Factor Equipping and Placement Promotion and Progress Perseverance and Perspective.
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I Am : Discovering Who Jesus Is (Student/Study Guide)
$12.99Add to cartIn the midst of friends’ grief, a crownd’s hunger and follower’s fear, Jesus made some bold claims: “I am the Resurrection.” “I am the Bread of Life.” “I am the Way.” His claims are still true in our grief, fear and uncertainty. These eight studies help us see Jesus more clearly and live with hope and confidence because of who he is.
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Name Of God
$16.99Add to cartThroughout history, God has revealed Himself through many and various Names and Titles. Each of these have some distinctive feature about them. However, there is a Name which is above every Name, and this Name includes or comprehends in itself all the Names and Titles of God. It is the all-comprehensive Redemptive Name of God as revealed in the Triune Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
This volume endeavors to set forth the glory of the Triune Name of the Triune God. Its biblical insights are provocative, especially in the area of the application of “The Name” in Water Baptism.
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Marriage Without Regrets Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$10.99Add to cartWith this study guide, individuals, couples, or groups can dig deeper into the practical and biblical truths behind the real-life stories and God-given precepts that Kay Arthur powerfully shares in A Marriage Without Regrets. This effective study leads readers through the same teaching that has helped thousands of people worldwide (nearly 40,000 sold) experience more supportive, more Christ-centered marriages. God’s Word will transform lives and marriages as readers work through questions that help them put into action what the Bible says about resolving conflict, understanding each partner’s role, communicating clearly, and much more.
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Discovering Soul Care (Student/Study Guide)
$16.99Add to cartIf you identify with the image of a fainting runner, then this book will come as refreshing water for your thirsty soul. You have been running hard, and you’ve run a long way. But the end is nowhere in sight, and it may be uphill from here. You are going to need some resources to get you there.
Mindy Caliguire introduces us to the concept of soul care (the spiritual discipline).. Soul Care Resources are designed to be simple, but not simplistic, guides to maintaining or recovering the life and health of your soul, that essential personhood created by God as you.
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Invitation To John Leader Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
$19.99Add to cartThe early church chose to keep four Gospel accounts of the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Three of the Gospels are very similar to each other; the Gospel of John, however, stands apart. In it Jesus speaks not in parables, but in lengthy discourses. He talks with Nicodemus, a Samaritan woman, and Mary Magdalene; he turns water into wine, calls Lazarus from the tomb, and washes his disciples’ feet. Readers linger over Jesus’ great promises.
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Jesus Way Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartThe third part of Peterson’s momentous work on spiritual theology considers all the ways that Jesus is the Way compared to the distorted ways the American church today has chosen to follow.
This helpful study guide is designed to enable small groups in schools or churches – or even individuals – to delve deeper into the timely wisdom of The Jesus Way. Peterson’s discussion is here broken up into nine “sessions,” each of which contains a summary, quotations to consider, questions for interaction and a suggest activity, ending with prayer.
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Mark : Lectio Divina For Youth
$7.99Add to cart1. Preparing The Way Of The Lord
2. That We Might Be With Him
3. Accepting God On His Terms
4. Disregarding The Status Quo
5. Letting Go Of Our Lives
6. The Christian Life Is Living For Others
7. The Strength Of Worship
8. Living The Resurrected LifeAdditional Info
Lectio Divina, Latin for divine reading, is a set of Bible studies that calls students to slow down, read Scripture, meditate on it, and prayerfully respond as they listen to God through His Word. These powerful books work great in small-groups and as individual Bible studies.The Lectio Divina Bible Studies incorporate the following approach to study:
READING (Lectio). Quieting ourselves prior to reading the Word.
MEDITATION (Meditatio). We dig deep and explore the meaning of the Bible passage.
PRAYER (Oratio). We respond to God through praise, thanksgiving, confession, and agreement.
CONTEMPLATION (Contemplatio). We come to a place where we rest in the presence of God and receive what He has said to us. -
Revelation : Lectio Divina For Youth (Student/Study Guide)
$7.99Add to cartLectio divina is Latin for divine reading. The Lectio Divina for Youth books are Bible studies that call students to slow down, read Scripture, meditate on it, and prayerfully respond as they listen to God through His Word. These powerful books expand on the successful Barefoot Ministries’ Ancient Faith Series. They work perfectly with either small groups or individual Bible study.
Each Lection Divina for Youth Bible study incorporates the following approach:
Reading (Lectio). Quieting ourselves prior to reading the Word.
Meditation (Meditatio). We dig deep and explore the meaning of the Bible passage.
Prayer (Oratio). We respond to God through praise, thanksgiving, confession, and agreement.
Contemplation (Contemplatio). We come to a place where we rest in the presence of God and receive what He has said to us.Each chapter ends with a set of group study questions. Questions are designed for students to think about and discuss what it means to live out the Word in their community.
Revelation: Lectio Divina for Youth takes students through the Apostle John’s Revelation. Readers will meditate on John’s prophetic vision, seeking understanding and wisdom as they listen to God’s voice through this fascination block of Scripture.
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Prayer And Worship
$17.99Add to cartWhen thinking about the Christian life, two things stand out: prayer and worship. These are experiences unique to the religious life, and they compose the heart of the devotional life. This guide, which focuses deeply on the Psalms, often considered the prayer book of the Bible, illuminates new ways to understand the life of prayer and worship, and how growing these two elements of faith life brings us closer and closer to God.
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Overcoming Fear (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartWomen of Faith, renowned for their unique combination of personality and truth, offer fresh new messages in four new topical study guides in the popular Women of Faith Study Guide Series. Each study guide, teeming with insights and quotes from the conference speakers provides twelve weeks of Bible study and a leader’s guide for small groups.
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Standing On The Promises Or Sitting On The Premises (Student/Study Guide)
$17.99Add to cartJames W. Moore asks readers a series of challenging questions: Are you standing on the promises, or just sitting on the premises? Do you claim and embrace and celebrate the great promises of God that are underscored again and again in the Bible? Or do you sit lifelessly and listlessly on the remote edges of the church, responding halfheartedly to its message?
In this reissue of one of his best-selling titles, Moore reminds readers of the awesome promises of God that are found in the Bible. On page after page of the Scriptures, God gives generous and gracious promises that believers can claim and rely on. Moore shows that when people fail to lean on God and trust in those promises, they may open themselves to many frustrating, embarrassing, even painful experiences. However, when they truly “stand on the promises,” they can discover the richness and fullness that God intended for their lives.
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Encounters With Jesus (Student/Study Guide)
$22.00Add to cartProvides an opportunity for Christians to immerse themselves in this complex Gospel and become better acquainted with its intriguing and distinctive vision.
Each chapter concludes with thoughtful and engaging study questions for individuals or goups use. -
Truth War Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartRight now, Truth is under attack, and much is at stake. Christians are caught in the crossfire of alternative Christian histories, emerging faulty texts, and a cultural push to eliminate absolute Truth altogether. As a result, many churches and Christians have been deceived. Worse still, they propagate the deception that poses itself as Truth! In The Truth War Study Guide John MacArthur reclaims the unwavering certainty of God’s Truth and anchors Christians in the eternal, immovable promises that are found in His Word.
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Living The Mission
$14.99Add to cartThis guide explores the people of God right after Jesus’s death, as they were just discovering what being a Christian really meant, how to follow the teachings of Jesus, and what the church was to look like. Using primarily the book of Acts, this guide reminds us of what being a follower of Jesus is really about.
