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Paw Prints : Imprinting Into The Lives Of Others
$14.49Add to cartPaw Prints: Imprinting Into the Lives of Others is a collection of inspirational stories sure to warm the weary soul and bring a smile to tired hearts who are in need of a lift. Author Susan Safrit draws on her deep love for animals (especially dogs!) to demonstrate how the love of God and our love for each other can leave “paw prints” behind us. Examining themes of kindness, servanthood, healing, individual gifts and more in this inspirational book, Safrit compiles an assortment of important lessons that are equally ripe with biblical truth and whimsical charm. Wherever we are, we are never too far for gone for God to leave a mark on our lives-or for us to seize the opportunity to leave one with someone else!
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Heaven Wins : Heaven Hell And The Hope Of Every Person
$17.00Add to cartWho Will Be Saved? Who Will Be Lost? The past few years have seen the release of several high-profile books, including Love Wins (Rob Bell) and God Wins (Mark Galli), that attempt to clarify what the Bible teaches about the ultimate destiny of individuals after this life. Don Richardson believes the arguments posed by these authors do not account for all the biblical evidence. In Heaven Wins, the bestselling author of Peace Child and Eternity in Their Hearts offers a faith-enhancing, scripturally grounded perspective that changes everything. Are a majority of people destined for hell, as many Christians assume, or will heaven harvest the greater part of mankind? Could it be that the Good News is even better and more expansive than we have dared to hope? The answer may surprise you!
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Art Of Spiritual War
$18.00Add to cartKnow the enemy. Anticipate his attack.
Expert linguist Dr. Andrew Farley has discovered a device containing thousands of archived files that reveal a worldwide spiritual conspiracy. Operation Screwtape, the largest of these files, details an intelligent scheme to steal, kill, and destroy.
At great personal risk to himself and his reputation, Dr. Farley has translated this document and made it available to the world. What you do with this information is up to you.
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Finding Your Voice
$14.99Add to cartNeed clarity on what to do next? It’s not that there are no options, or nobody give you advice. On the contrary, the choices can be overwhelming. What’s important is knowing what is right for YOU in your season. Say “NO” to the noise and “YES” to your life.
Lost that “spark” somewhere along the way? You are an unique gift to the world – discover clarity of direction and shine!
Joel Boggess has Master’s degrees in counseling and business. He has been a life and career coach since 2006. In addition to his own journey, Joel offers a number of real-life accounts of the growth and success his clients have experienced. These stories bring to life the truths he offers. Highly relatable and immediately applicable, Finding Your Voice will help you get back in touch with the real you to live your best possible life. You will learn:
How to get “unstuck” and move forward to the life you were born to live;
How to take control of your schedule and live a life with less chaos and more meaning;
How to make better decisions for work, home and family, and to be at peace with your life direction;
How to identify unique gifts and skills that enable you to make a difference in the world. -
Falling Upward : A Spirituality For The Two Halves Of Life A Companion Jour
$17.00Add to cartA valuable new companion journal for the best-selling Falling Upward
In Falling Upward, Fr. Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves of life and to show them that those who have fallen, failed, or “gone down” are the only ones who understand “up.” The Companion Journal helps those who have (and those who have not) read Falling Upward to engage more deeply with the questions the book raises. Using a blend of quotes, questions for individual and group reflection, stories, and suggestions for spiritual practices, it provides a wise guide for deepening the spiritual journey. . . at any time of life.Explains why the second half of life can and should be full of spiritual richness
Offers tools for spiritual growth and greater understanding of the ideas in Falling Upward
Richard Rohr is a regular contributing writer for Sojourners and Tikkun magazines
This important companion to Falling Upward is an excellent tool for exploring the counterintuitive messages of how we grow spiritually.
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God Where Is My Boaz
$14.95Add to cartStephan Speaks LLC
No more waiting for your Boaz, start preparing to receive the man and amazing relationship God has waiting for you. Get your copy of the bestselling book “God Where Is My Boaz?” today! It’s a straight forward book that women everywhere are calling a blessing to read.
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Holy Luck
$17.99Add to cartThroughout his many years in pastoral ministry, Eugene Peterson has found that almost everything he does as a pastor — preaching, teaching, praying, counseling, writing — involves words. To keep himself attuned to the power of words and to help him use language accurately and well, Peterson both reads and writes poetry.
Holy Luck presents three inspirational collections of Peterson’s poems, most of which have never before been published, in one transcendent volume:
*Holy Luck (poems based on the Beatitudes)
*The Rustling Grass (poems about uncovering the Kingdom of God in the ordinary)
*Smooth Stones (occasional poems about “discovering significance in every detail encountered while following Jesus”) -
Let Hope In
$15.99Add to cartYour past is not your past if it’s still impacting your present.
Do you ever feel as though your life has become a broken record? You’re hearing the same song play over and over again? Nearly every human being on earth has likely spent some time on the carousel of pain. Whether you’re dealing with the guilt and regret of your own sinful choices, or you’re sitting in the shame of someone else’s deceitful actions, God wants to bring you healing. Pastor Pete walks us through the process of transformation, teaching us that if pain is not transformed, it will only be transferred. He reveals God’s truths in this process through the biblical accounts of Joseph and David. Pete identifies the process of changing your life by these 4 choices:
Choice #1: Choosing to Transform Instead of Transfer
Choice #2: Choosing to Be Okay With Not Being Okay
Choice #3: Choosing to Trust Rather Than Please
Choice #4: Hurt People, Hurt People, But Free People, Choose to Free PeopleWhether you’re looking for a new beginning or just ready for a renewal in your walk with God, Pete shows us that anything is possible when you learn how to make new choices and let hope in.
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Map For The Middle
$9.99Add to cartWHERE AM I?
HOW DO I GET WHERE I WANT TO GO?
For many students, the middle-school years represent a harrowing journey. As the landscape around them changes rapidly, many students lose their way. That’s because the path through the middle winds through difficult terrain:
– The quicksand of popularity
– The rapids of sexual awakening
– The forest of insecurity
– The bustling metropolis of electronic media
How teens navigate this journey is crucial. Those who embark without clear direction steer their lives in a direction they never intended, and end up in places they never wanted to be.
A Map For the Middle is written to offer direction and insight for the middle school journey. Through personal stories, observations, and warnings, this book seeks to help early teens understand exactly where they are, and how they can safely arrive at the place God wants them to be. -
10 Ways To Prepare Your Son For Life
$14.99Add to cartSteve Chapman, bestselling author of family-oriented books, offers 10 principles drawn from the Bible and personal experience to encourage today’s dads to engage with their children and help them…
*know they are loved and secure
*understand who Jesus is and how to become His followers
*develop their gifts and talents
*make wise choices
*discover that helping people is fun and rewarding
*accept responsibility and be successful
*grow up to become godly men, great husbands, and loving dadsWhether just starting out or well into the parenting journey, fathers will appreciate the practical information, hands-on suggestions, and often humorous examples Steve shares to help them raise sons who will become men of integrity and honor.
Formerly 10 Things I Want My Son to Know
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Busy Moms Guide To Prayer
$15.99Add to cartSurely you know someone who is an amazing prayer warrior but finds herself caught in the battle of day-to-day chores. . . and then winds up feeling like she has short-changed her prayer life because she has been slaying the dragons that cross her path in daily life. She’s one of the busiest people you know, who truly cares about the people in her life. . . and in her children’s lives. . . and in her friends’ lives. Lisa Whelchel has now given us (and our prayer warrior friends) a tool that can be used to leverage those rare and treasured moments of free time when we want to pray, but simply don’t know where to begin. The Busy Mom’s Guide to Prayer helps organize our prayer priorities so that we can pray in a practical and effective way and be confident that our petitions are covering people and issues that are important to us. Lisa has provided the framework, you get to provide the content, and the Holy Spirit will provide the power!
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1 Word That Will Change Your Life
$20.00Add to cartThe guide to creating simplicity in your world and developing a discipline for life, now in a full-color, expanded edition
One Word explains how to simplify your life and business by focusing on just ONE WORD for the entire year. The simplicity of choosing one word makes it a catalyst for life-change. Clutter and complexity lead to procrastination and paralysis, while simplicity and focus lead to success and clarity. By celebrated authors Dan Britton, Jimmy Page, and Jon Gordon, One Word That Will Change Your Life shows you how to cut through to the core of your intention for the next year. It offers an action plan and simple process to discover your word for the year. It also explains how your one word will impact the six dimensions of your life-mental, physical, emotional, relational, spiritual, and financial.This beautifully illustrated full-color Second Edition includes even more stories demonstrating the impact of embracing the One Word call to action. It explores the legacy of taking a focused approach to your life and outlines six new dimensions to the Action Plan.
*Includes additional material on developing the One Word for teams and families, specifically how a group of people can also have a One Word
*Demonstrates how to establish a simple, disciplined, and focused approach to the next year of your lifeDiscover how to create simplicity in your world and develop a discipline for life through the power of One Word.
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What Is The Meaning Of Sex
$25.00Add to cartSex is a big deal. And in our postmodern, post-Christian culture, Christians are feeling the pressure to ditch their traditional beliefs and conform to society’s evolving views on sexuality and gender. Responding to the pressure with conviction and clarity, this book spells out the Bible’s teaching on sex from a biblical perspective, arguing that the ultimate goal of all human sexuality is the glory of God. After outlining key biblical standards and explaining the true purposes for sex (procreation, pleasure, love, etc.), the latter portion of the book explores controversial issues such as homosexuality, the transgender movement, and polygamy. Firmly rooted in the pages of Scripture, this book sets forth a compelling vision of sexuality that is both soul-satisfying and God-glorifying.
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Jesus Greater Than Religion
$19.99Add to cartAbandon dead, dry, rule-keeping and embrace the promise of being truly known and deeply loved.
Jefferson Bethke burst into the cultural conversation in 2012 with a passionate, provocative poem titled “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus.” The 4-minute video literally became an overnight sensation, with 7 million YouTube views in its first 48 hours (and 23+ million in a year). The message blew up on social-media, triggering an avalanche of responses running the gamut from encouraged to enraged.
In Jesus > Religion, Bethke unpacks similar contrasts that he drew in the poem-highlighting the difference between teeth gritting and grace, law and love, performance and peace, despair and hope. With refreshing candor he delves into the motivation behind his message, beginning with the unvarnished tale of his own plunge from the pinnacle of a works-based, fake-smile existence that sapped his strength and led him down a path of destructive behavior.
Bethke is quick to acknowledge that he’s not a pastor or theologian, but simply a regular, twenty-something who cried out for a life greater than the one for which he had settled. Along his journey, Bethke discovered the real Jesus, who beckoned him beyond the props of false religion.
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Letting Go Of Your Limitations
$18.00Add to cartA Basic How-To on Experiencing God’s Supernatural Power and Grace
It is all too easy for believers to get “stuck” in their Christian walks. Many feel they have tried everything and still are not walking in the flow of the Spirit they long for. They resolve to try harder–but this rarely brings results.
In this candid and encouraging field guide for weary travelers, Sandie Freed offers specific steps out of self-effort and into supernatural power. This well-known author and teacher shows how false belief systems and demonic spirits hinder believers from claiming their spiritual authority and inheritance. With insightful exposition, Freed also explores the life of the apostle Paul, explaining how religion, legalism, and intellectualism rob the Church of power.
It is the right of every child of God to demonstrate his Spirit and power. Freed shows believers how to leave ineffectiveness and limitation behind forever and walk in the sure steps of victory.
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Million Little Ways (Reprinted)
$16.00Add to cartThe majority of us would not necessarily define ourselves as artists. We’re parents, students, businesspeople, friends. We’re working hard, trying to make ends meet, and often longing for a little more–more time, more love, more security, more of a sense that there is more out there. The truth? We need not look around so much. God is within us and he wants to shine through us in a million little ways.
A Million Little Ways uncovers the creative, personal imprint of God on every individual. It invites the discouraged parent, the bored Christian, the exhausted executive to look at their lives differently by approaching their critics, their jobs, and the kids around their table the same way an artist approaches the canvas–with wonder, bravery, and hope. In her gentle, compelling style, Emily Freeman encourages readers to turn down the volume on their inner critic and move into the world with the courage to be who they most deeply are. She invites regular people to see the artistic potential in words, gestures, attitudes, and relationships. Readers will discover the art in a quiet word, a hot dinner, a made bed, a grace-filled glance, and a million other ways of showing God to the world through the simple human acts of listening, waiting, creating, and showing up.
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1 Family Under God
$8.99Add to cartThere is a crisis in America today.
Families are failing, the divorce rate is rising, marriage is being re-defined, and roles are no longer properly understood. And because of this crisis, far too many of our nation’s children are growing up without a proper blueprint of the family. They are growing up without answers to questions like, “How do I become a man” or “What does a good wife look like?”
There are answers to this crisis, and there is a road map to becoming a family under God.
One Family Under God: Preserving the Home as God Intended will unveil the foundational issues within our homes and point you to lasting solutions. Dr. Tony Evans will help you understand the concept and importance of family as God intended and how the state of the family directly impacts our nation. -
Soul Detox : Clean Living In A Contaminated World
$19.99Add to cartAs standards of conduct continue to erode in our shock-proof world, we must fight the soul pollution threatening our health, our faith, and our witness to others. Without even knowing it, people willingly inhale second-hand toxins poisoning their relationship with God and stunting their spiritual growth. Soul Detox examines the toxins that assault us daily including: toxic influences, toxic emotions, and toxic behaviors. By examining the toxins that assault us daily, this book offers the ultimate spiritual intervention with ways to remain clean, pure, and focused on the standard of God’s holiness.
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Worth The Cost
$12.99Add to cartHealthy Life Press
Every year tens of thousands hopeful students apply to medical school. This is the story of one doctor’s medical journey, how he was happily on his way to obtaining the American Dream until he decided to take seriously Jesus’ command to “Come, follow me.”Join him as he explores the hidden cost of medical education and Christian discipleship. For those with a burden to serve God in any future vocation, take care you do not get side-tracked by the false promises of this world. What can you do now so that when you are done with your training and ready to do God’s work, you still want to?
From the author: Before you jump on the medical school bandwagon, the four-year, one-hundred-thousand dollar question you should ask is, “Is it all worth it?”
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Ministry Of A Messy House
$14.99Add to cartTo love one’s neighbour messy makes.’ So writes Amanda Robbie’s father in the poem at the start of this book.Messy is OK, even in a world gone mad with perfectionism. The author looks at ‘messy’ in the context of home, family, children, church, community, meals and celebrations. As someone who has lived in eight homes in four cities andone town, spread across three countries, in the course of her married life, she has had to reassess her priorities regularly and work out what really matters in life.From studying the Scriptures, Amanda has discovered that it’s God’s grace that matters, not our flawless performance or impressive presentation. In fact – dare we say it? – it’s OK to do things imperfectly and even fail. Yes, honestly.This book will lift the burden of guilt from your sagging shoulders. It will free you up to enjoy serving God, imperfectly by this world’s standards, but in a way that pleases our heavenly Father
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Cure : Prescription For Life
$12.99Add to cartThroughout human history, mankind’s greatest struggle has been our willingness to admit our need for God. (Psalm 14:1)
– Our failure to recognize our need for God has led to a deep spiritual sickness. (Psalm 14:2-3)
– Until we accept that we have this disease, we won’t recognize our need to find “The Cure.” (Matthew 5:3)In the section of Scripture known as “The Beatitudes”, Jesus lays out principles that work much like a doctor diagnosing cancer. By demonstrating the vast difference between the heart of God and the heart of man, He reveals both the depth of our spiritual sickness, as well as the folly of trying to live without God. Like a person who is sick with cancer, it is not until you receive your diagnosis, and accept the fact you have a terminal disease, that you become willing to take the steps necessary to find “The Cure” for your condition. This book explores an important spiritual truth: Once we accept the reality of God’s diagnosis, the only hope of getting better is “The Cure” that Jesus offers!
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Power Of Words
$10.95Add to cart“The Power of Words” will change your life by dedicating 31 days to reading and understanding the word for each day. Using these words on a daily basis will help you and your family through tough times.
“The Power of Words” will:
* Teach Practical Principles for Success in business.
* Will teach men the importance of being a good, father and husband.
* Will give you strength to coach loved ones through sickness and win.
* Teaches you to how to deal with life and win.
* Creates within you a new appreciation for the English language.
* Stimulates creative thinking.
* Touches your inner spirituality and forces you to look within for answers.
* Provides real life application for survival and victorious living.
* Can be used for small groups.
* Perfect book to use with your New Years Resolutions.
Proverbs 18:21, says that death and life are in the power of the tongue; therefore you must learn to train your mouth to speak that which will help make your journey more productive.” -
So Why Are You Still Paddling
$12.99Add to cartIn this sequel to her first book (Who’s Paddling Your Canoe?), Barbara focuses only on one subject – how to trust God. Although we may believe that being in control is better, Barbara proves that knowing when to let go of the paddles and trusting God in every situation results in the best outcomes. Years may have passed since that memorable decision to accept Jesus Christ into our lives. We may have had seasons of paddling and seasons of being still. Some of these seasons may have been God-ordained, while others may have seen us paddling out of rebellion and ignorance. When God asks why we’re still paddling, He is reminding us that we need to trust Him. We must put down the paddles and let God lead in two of the most significant and difficult areas of our lives – in LEADERSHIP and our MARRIAGES. This book will provide ten biblical examples of how people trusted God. Each of their situations was different and how they chose to trust God was also different. We are shown that when we’re in a position of leadership or influence, we can still choose to trust God. The second most difficult area to trust God is our relationships, especially our marriages. By surrendering control in these areas, we learn different postures of trusting God.
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Missional Discipleship : Partners In Gods Redemptive Mission
$17.99Add to cart“Where does discipleship end and evangelism begin? How does one fit with the other?
Joining the two together properly is a challenge. Both are important and both are necessary.Missional Discipleship offers a holistic vision that effectively incorporates discipleship with evangelism. Thoroughly Wesleyan in its emphasis on God’s ever-present grace and the possibility of human response, this approach demonstrates that education and formation go hand-in-hand with mission and witness.
Written by a cadre of scholars and seasoned ministers, this book is an accessible resource to assist pastors and leaders as they introduce to their churches and small groups the vision of mission discipleship. With topics ranging from service and compassion to discipleship and the family, this invaluable guide encapsulates what it means to engage a community of faith in embodying the gospel and equipping Christians to participate in the restorative and redemptive mission of God in the world.”
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Blood Covenant : The Story Of Gods Extraordinary Love For You
$14.99Add to cartHis love, unfaltering.
His commitment, unwavering.
His covenant, unchanging.From the stories of Adam and Eve, Abraham, Moses, and David to the Gospels and beyond, the symbolism of the covenant is foundational to God’s redemptive relationship with humankind.
Through The Blood Covenant, explore what relationship looks like through the lens of the covenant and experience a renewed appreciation for the magnificence and timelessness of God’s loving-kindness to us. This life-changing exploration of the ancient ritual highlights just how intense God’s love and commitment are. Images of the binding, wholehearted exchanges of friendship, loyalty, and sacrifice found in the covenant pervade the Bible. This expanded and enhanced edition of Jim Garlow’s classic Bible study will enrich your life and deepen your understanding of what God has provided for you through Jesus Christ.”
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Both And : Living The Christ Centered Life In An Either Or World
$17.99Add to cartIntroduction
What Is Our Identity?
1. Evangelical
2. And Charismatic What Is Our Ethic?
3. Socially Progressive
4. And Morally Traditional What Is Our Concern?
5. Justice
6. And Mercy What Is Our Community?
7. Unity
8. And Diversity What Is Our Method?
9. Proclamation
10. And Demonstration What Is Our Expectation?
11. Already
12. And Not Yet What Is Our Theology?
13. Culturally Relevant
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It’s an Either-Or world. We find ourselves caught between competing factions, secular or religious, conservative or liberal. We are pulled between extremes on one side or the other. But the Christian faith holds together seemingly contradictory ideas: Jesus is both human and divine; God is both three and one. There is a paradoxical power in the Both-And. Rich Nathan and Insoo Kim show how Christians can live out the fullness of the gospel through the Both-And. They affirm that we believe in both proclamation and demonstration of the gospel, justice and mercy, and unity and diversity as one body with many parts. The answer is not to choose one or the other, but to hold both together for a richer, more holistic experience of Christianity. Then we will live into the realities of the kingdom of God, both now and not yet, on earth as it is in heaven. The Both-And Christian is both timeless and timely, hewing to the orthodoxy of traditional belief while always contextualizing our witness in a rapidly changing world. Discover how you can deepen your discipleship with the larger vision of the Both-And. -
Making Neighborhoods Whole
$20.99Add to cart11 Chapters
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Already with decades of experience speaking prophetically into the charged racial climate of the American south, John Perkins began to see a need for organized thinking and collaborative imagination about how the church engages urban ministry. And so the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) was born, with Wayne Gordon an immediate and enthusiastic participant. Nearly thirty years later CCDAs eight key components of community development still set the bar for how churches, parachurches and nonprofits engage cities with the whole gospel. RelocationReconciliationRedistributionLeadership DevelopmentListening to the CommunityChurch-Based DevelopmentA Wholistic Approach to MinistryEmpowerment In Making Neighborhoods Whole Perkins and Gordon revisit these eight commitments and how they’ve played out in real communities, even as they scan the horizon of urban ministry to set a new tone. With profiles of longstanding and emerging community development ministries, they guide a new conversation and empower disciples of Jesus to seek the welfare of their cities to the glory of God. -
My Pathway Through Life With God
$14.49Add to cartThis book has been written to encourage people as they go through their various challenges in life. It is my hope, that by reading some of the challenges that I have experienced along my pathway in life, and seeing how God brought me through them, it will give others hope and encouragement as they are facing their own challenges. By being honest with my feelings and trusting in God to guide me, God has often made what I saw as impossible to become possible for me. With God’s help, I now see how God helped me to grow through all of my experiences. He has always drawn me to Him rather than ignore me or push me away. Yes, my God is an awesome God! He has led me to where I am today. My prayer for you in reading this book, is that it will in some way touch your life with hope for your future and fill your days with the love, peace, and joy of the Lord! ELIZABETH LABLOND is a native of MA, whose pathway through life has had many curves with a variety of challenges in life. God has always been on the pathway with her, even though many obstacles made it seem to be impossible to move forward with that next step.
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Living In The Miraculous
$14.99Add to cartYou are fully, completely, thoroughly adored by God and through intimacy with Him, you can live a supernatural lifestyle every day.
Almost daily believers can hear or read reports of the many miracles of healing and deliverance that are occurring throughout the world. But many still struggle to believe God will perform such miracles through them. Why? Because they don’t have a revelation of the nature and depth of His love. The faith that produces miracles originates from this revelation.
The personal stories and testimonies offer a unique view on many aspects of God’s love and calling. Ruonala describes visions, dreams, and prophetic revelations that shed light on God’s desire for His people. She also gives many examples of how God’s love has been made manifest through miracles of healing and deliverance.
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What Happens When I Die
$14.99Add to cartThese are questions that Bill Wiese, best-selling author of 23 Minutes in Hell, is asked everywhere he goes.
Is there life after death? Do heaven and hell really exist? What happens to me when I die?
In this gripping new book, What Happens When I Die?, Bill answers these all-important questions and explains paranormal phenomena that many people have shared with him as he has traveled to speak about his own supernatural experience.
You’ll be surprised, and maybe even shocked, as you read about near-death experiences, deathbed visions, last words of famous people, and visits to heaven and hell, and you will see how these encounters line up with scriptures from the Word of God.
In a moment our lives will be over. We are all only a heartbeat away from eternity, and there are no second chances. What will you decide?
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Confident Peace : Letting Revelation Change The Way You Live
$17.99Add to cartA Confident Peace shows the book of Revelation as more than prophetic timelines or tales with apocalyptic images. It inspires full surrender to Christ and living with confident peace even when life falls apart. When hurt by the sins of others, when persecuted by ungodly governments, when impacted by the death and disease of a fallen world, when frustrated by friends and family who repeatedly turn from God instead of to Him, Revelation helps us walk these unwanted roads with confident peace. A Confident Peace also reminds us the more things change the more they stay the same. God s holiness, Satan s deception, and humanity s sinfulness are constants from age to age. Looking into the future, Revelation gives us a confident peace to recognize Satan s deceptions, overcome our sinful inclinations and honor God with our lives today. Furthermore, A Confident Peace gives us God s big picture. It reminds us the One who started it all wins it all. With over 550 Old Testament references, the book of Revelation ties together God s activity throughout scripture. Seeing the thread of God s hand tightly woven in our past and future gives us confident peace, especially when it feels life is unraveling all around us.
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Corners In The City Of God
$40.00Add to cartDavid Simon s THE WIRE lays out before us a city in which people struggle under the weight of poverty, political corruption, economic despair, educational collapse, and the drug trade. This volume explores the various theological, ethical, and philosophical challenges presented by THE WIRE. As each season of THE WIRE unfolds, the moral complexities of life in the city deepen, as the failures of one system have unforeseen effects in other corners of the city. Fleshing out the ongoing tension between the earthly city and the City of God, ”Corners in the City of God” is a theological companion to David Simon s masterpiece, inviting the reader to wrestle with the implications of belonging fully to the cities of the world, in all of their splendor and tragedy.
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King Of The Campus
$14.99Add to cart“Does the Kingship of Christ matter for your college experience?
What would it look like for the kingdom to come to your university?What does it mean for shalom to reign on your campus?
The message you hear when heading off to college is usually a series of “Do’s and Don’t’s”: Read your Bible. Go to Church. Don’t drink beer. Don’t have sex. While these are important, they are neither big enough nor compelling enough to warrant your attention and energy for four years but the kingdom of God is.
KING OF THE CAMPUS is a conversation about faithfully engaging God’s mission of love in your local college context. From author Steve Lutz’s experience as a college minister at Penn State comes a book about living counterculturally and with purpose in the midst of academia. Themed chapters and discussion questions make this book is perfect for college small groups.”
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Angry Bird And Killer Bees
$13.99Add to cart1. High Voltage!
2. Sex Talks
3. Don Juan, Conquistador
4. Princess
5. Generation “Sext”
6. Power Surge: Sex And Development
7. Nester Or Nomad: Sex And Attachment
8. START “the Conversation”Additional Info
“”Mom, Dad what is sex?”Angry Birds and Killer Bees is a book that can help you turn “The Talk” into an ongoing conversation that counters the myriad sources of bad information children are exposed to on a daily basis and helps them understand the beauty of true intimacy.
The three main sections “Sex: Myths and Messages,” “Sex and Biology,” and “Sex and God,” you’ll find information to help you talk with your children about sex, puberty, and the biological, emotional and spiritual levels of relationships. You’ll be able to help them:
Navigate the social influences of their peers and the culture we live in.
Understand the deep bonds that come from a healthy sexual relationship.
View sex as a beautiful, God-given gift that is designed to enhance our emotional and spiritual lives.
This book is designed to teach you how to talk to your children about sex in ways that do more than just label body parts and will help them grow into emotionally and sexually healthy adults.
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When Helping Hurts
$15.99Add to cartWith more than 200,000 copies sold, When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation and ministry to those in need. Emphasizing the poverty of both heart and society, this book exposes the need that every person has and how it can be filled. The reader is brought to understand that poverty is much more than simply a lack of financial or material resources and that it takes much more than donations and handouts to solve the problem of poverty.
While this book exposes past and current development efforts that churches have engaged in which unintentionally undermine the people they’re trying to help, its central point is to provide proven strategies that challenge Christians to help the poor empower themselves. Focusing on both North American and Majority World contexts, When Helping Hurts catalyzes the idea that sustainable change for people living in poverty comes not from the outside-in, but from the inside-out.
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ReClaiming The Bible For A Non Religious World
$16.99Add to cartFor over 200 years, scholars have been debating, analyzing, and exploring one of the most important books ever written-The Bible-and overturning much of what we know about this sacred library of books. However, a large group of people who actually use this book, mainly lay Christians, aren’t aware of this larger, deeper conversation. It is for these people that Spong writes Re-Claiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World, a primer on the history and significance of the Bible.
In this thorough, substantive guide, Spong explores the origin and essential meaning of each of the individual books in the Bible, examining the background, the context, the level of authenticity and even the trustworthiness of the messages found there. He explains why these particular books, written between two and three thousand years ago, came to be regarded as authoritative and preserved as sacred; he traces the pathway that biblical religion has traveled as it evolved through the centuries, and he shows how people have misused many of these texts in the service of their prejudices.
Reaching far beyond the familiar Sunday-school stories that have provided the content of most people’s biblical knowledge, Spong’s journey into the heart of the Bible is his attempt to call his readers into their own journeys into the mystery of God. “One does not,” he asserts, “have to twist one’s brain into a first-century pretzel in order to take the Bible seriously in this increasingly non-religious world.”
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This I Know For Sure
$18.99Add to cartDo you have a longing to know God more intimately? Do you desire a rock-solid faith to believe God for the challenges you are facing, regardless of how you may feel? This powerful new book by award-winning Gospel singer-songwriter and Bible teacher Babbie Mason challenges you to examine your personal relationship with God and make up your mind to believe God’s Word, regardless of your feelings or circumstances, and take hold of some non-negotiable principles of the faith. Whether you are wrestling with questions or fears, facing a health or financial or other crisis, or struggling in your relationships, these principles will enable you to trust God with your doubts, cease your wavering, and drive a spiritual stake of faith in the ground. Drawing upon the powerful words of 2 Timothy 1:12, Babbie identifies five spiritual “landmarks” that point us to foundational promises in God’s Word we can know beyond a shadow of a doubt.
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Going All In
$4.99Add to cartThis powerful booklet, excerpted from All In tells us that the Gospel costs nothing, but demands everything. If Jesus is not Lord of all, He is not Lord at all. It’s all or nothing. It’s now or never. It’s time to ante up and go all in with God. No one has ever sacrificed anything for God. If you always get back more than you gave up, have you sacrificed anything at all? The eternal reward always outweighs the temporal sacrifice. At the end of the day, our greatest regret will be whatever we didn’t give back to God. What we didn’t push back across the table to Him. Eternity will reveal that holding out is losing out. Batterson writes, ‘For many years, I thought I was following Jesus. I wasn’t. I had invited Jesus to follow me. I call it inverted Christianity. And it’s a subtle form of selfishness that masquerades as spirituality. That’s when I sold out and bought in. When did we start believing that the gospel is an insurance plan? It’s a daring plan. Jesus did not die just to keep us safe. He died to make us dangerous.’
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50 Fridays Marriage Challenge
$15.99Add to cartTransform your marriage with this revitalizing relationship guide that challenges couples to answer important questions together and grow in mutual understanding.
In our modern, fast-paced society, it is easy for couples to drift apart and suddenly find their marriages in need of serious help. If this sounds familiar, then Pastor Jeff Helton and his wife Lora have a challenge for you: sit down once a week with your spouse to answer a question together. It could be something as simple as “What makes you laugh out loud?” or as deep and challenging as “If you had one day left on earth, what would you say to your spouse?” or “Are you satisfied with our level of physical intimacy?”
The 50 Fridays Marriage Challenge is a fun book specifically designed to spark open and honest conversation between partners at any stage of married life. Each short chapter includes an engaging question, a brief message, an encouraging quote, a Bible scripture, and a prayer. The short messages bring hope to rocky marriages by providing a safe, gentle space for discussing important matters, such as communication, conflict, in-laws, finances, children, sex, and much more.
By taking the 50 Fridays Marriage Challenge, husbands and wives will find that their Friday evening talks-whether they laugh together, delve deep into the topic at hand, or plan and dream for the future-may be the only time they spend in close conversation that doesn’t involve the kids, the checking account, or who took out the trash. Spend a few precious moments together once a week with this book, and you will ultimately see your marriage transformed.
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Take Charge Of Your Emotions (Reprinted)
$15.00Add to cartRespected Christian Psychologist Helps Readers Find Relief from Emotional Pain
Linda J. Solie, a psychologist who has been in private practice for more than 20 years, says everyone can benefit from taking charge of their emotional health. She gives readers the skills to take control of their thoughts and behaviors by first identifying the problem thinking that creates painful feelings and undesirable conduct. Then using a seven-step process, she helps them change their feelings and behavior. Throughout the book the seven steps are applied to a variety of situations, both short term–such as a distressing mood–and longer term, including significant longstanding emotional pain. Grounded in faith, the reader’s relationship with Jesus is always central to the process.
As William Backus pioneered a generation ago with Telling Yourself the Truth (more than 700,000 sold), Solie will reach thousands of readers who don’t have easy access to mental health providers or can’t afford them. Pastors and lay counselors will also find this an excellent resource to use and recommend.
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People Who Argue Are Sick
$14.95Add to cartIs it any wonder that wrath—the old-fashioned name for anger—is one of the “seven deadly sins”? We live in a world of anger and violence, with headlines so shocking we grow numb to their effect. National and international tensions surround us. Is it possible to discern the source of such wrath? More to the point, is there a “cure” for this malady of the heart?
In People Who Argue Are Sick Dr. Duane Cuthbertson shows that the human spirit can indeed be crushed and fractured, a brokenness that involves both temperament and environmental factors. But no one should have to be a victim of rage—either as instigator or recipient. He offers not only hope but also a technique for healing.
In these pages you will discover that:
* Your argumentative spirit can be healed
* You potentially have had your last argument
* Domestic violence can subside
* The world can be a less violent place
People Who Argue Are Sick has the potential not only to change you and your home, but to change the whole world. -
Destroy The Works Of The Enemy
$14.99Add to cartThis book demonstrates how to operate in the fullness of the Holy Spirit’s power to overcome the enemy.
Destroy the Works of the Enemy will liberate those who struggle with oppression and depression. This book will teach readers how to exercise their authority as Christians over all the works of the enemy. It will address the following areas:
*Can a Christian have demonic spirits?
*How to deal with fear and worry
*How to overcome oppression and set others free from its hold
*How to be released from the bonds of sickness
*How Jesus dealt with demons
*How to recognize false and true doctrines
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God Of The Underdogs
$18.99Add to cartMatt Keller shows every underdog that God chose people just like them to do his work and change the world.
Have you ever felt like an underdog? Like you don’t have the ability or confidence to pursue your dreams? The Bible is full of ordinary people the world considered underdogs. Yet God chose them to do his work.
In God of the Underdogs, pastor Matt Keller tells his own story of being an underdog as well as the stories of the underdog heroes in Scripture. Men and women like Moses, Esther, King David, Samuel, Joseph, Paul the Apostle, and even Jesus. The stories and scriptures you’ll read will inspire you to face down the excuses holding you back, and you will be free to pursue your destiny as never before!
Maybe you’re thinking, My past is too dark. “But it’s your past,” Matt assures you. God of the Underdogs will show you that the Creator of the universe wants you to accomplish great things for him. He wants to use your life in a way he will use no one else’s. Don’t shrink back from your destiny; lean into it. The Bible says you are a friend of God. Beloved. Highly esteemed. Known. More than conquerors. God sees your potential. It is your inability, not your perfection, that makes you an underdog worth using in God’s eyes. So rise up, underdog! God has a special plan for your life.
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And The Angels Were Silent
$19.99Add to cartYou can tell a lot about a person by the way he dies.
In the last week of his life, Jesus deliberately sets his face toward Jerusalem-and certain death. This is no ordinary week. Even the angels are silent as they ponder the final days of Jesus Christ.
This is no ordinary walk. Jesus doesn’t chatter. He doesn’t pause. He is on his final journey.
He walks determinedly to the holy city, angrily into the temple, wearily into Gethsemane, painfully up the Via Dolorosa. And powerfully out of the vacated tomb.
Master storyteller and best-selling author Max Lucado invites you: “Let’s follow Jesus on his final journey. For by observing his, we may learn how to make ours. And discover what matters to God.”
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Applause Of Heaven
$15.99Add to cartIt comes from God and it is within your reach….The applause of heaven.
A joy that can’t be quenched? A peace that can’t be broken? A happiness that can’t be threatened?There is such a joy. It is a sacred delight, a holy gladness. You can’t open your bible without reading about it. You can’t live a truly satisfying life without it,. and it’s nearer than you think.
Jesus describes that sacred delight in the astonishing mountain message we now call the Beatitudes. And Max Lucado, in this classic exploration of enduring joy, shows you how this familiar but revolutionary prescription for living can bless your life beyong your wildest imagining.
Imagine God doing what gods would do only in your wildest dreams–wearing diapers, riding donkeys, washing feet, dozing in storms–dying for your mistakes. Imagine having God as your pinch-hitter, your lawyer, your dad, your biggest fan, and your best friend. Imagine having the King of kings in your cheering section and hearing the applause of heaven ring out…just for you.
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Overextended And Loving Most Of It
$18.99Add to cartWould you consider your life stretched to the limit?
Are you a burn-the-candle-at-both-ends kind of gal with lots of room for improvement when it comes to creating margins for rest? But you actually “love” it and wouldn’t want it any other way? Well, so does Lisa Harper.
In her humorous and packed-with-biblical-wisdom way, Lisa shows us that it is possible for a frazzled nature to be glorifying to the Lord. Every late-night conversation with a hurting friend and each precious, adopted child needing a little extra tender loving care–exhausting, yet imperative, ways to be extensions of the gospel. In each of these vignettes illustrating Lisa’s overextended life, we learn that even in the middle of our own pure motives and hectic schedules, it is only by resting in God’s sovereign mercy that we are able to keep risking our hearts to serve his people and fulfill the callings he has placed on us.
“Real” life . . . “abundant” life . . . g”odly” life is about loving Jesus and the people he allows us to rub shoulders with well–which means some days you’ll be stretched emotionally and physically. You’ll feel overextended. Thankfully God will expand our hearts and calendars to accommodate the calling. He is in the business of supplying us with new mercies every morning . . . new candles to burn, for more lives needing his light.
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What A Difference A Mom Makes (Reprinted)
$17.00Add to cartEvery mom wants the best for her son. She wants him to succeed in life, to be a man of character, to find a good woman, to be a great dad. But sometimes boys are hard for moms to understand. Sometimes they’re strange, annoying, and downright disgusting! Yet always they need a mother who is engaged and interested in them, because a mom is the most important person in a boy’s life.
In What a Difference a Mom Makes, New York Times bestselling author Dr. Kevin Leman uses his wit and wisdom to show Mom how to lay the groundwork that will allow her son to grow into a good man. Armed with Dr. Leman’s expert advice and insight, Mom will gain an understanding of her boy at every stage, from that very first diaper change to the moment he leaves for college. Dr. Leman shows how to discipline a boy, how to command respect, how to let him fight his own battles, how to understand his sexuality, and how to weather the changes in the mother-son relationship as he grows up. Most of all, Leman shows Mom how to lighten up and have some fun along the way with that boy who will always have her heart.
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What Your Dreams Are Telling You
$15.00Add to cartNon-Mystical, Non-Charismatic, Christian Approach to a Bestselling Topic
Most people think their dreams are interesting, perplexing, maybe even strange. But a secret weapon for success? Messages from God to help the impossible become possible? Author Cindy McGill contends that this is exactly the case.
Readers will discover that solutions to their problems can come on any given night–as they sleep. This book is for anyone–believer and non-believer alike–searching for spiritually sound teaching on a fascinating topic. Not only is it possible to remember dreams, but the tools for decoding those puzzling words and pictures are within easy reach.
God has something to say, McGill explains, and ever since Bible times, he likes to use dreams to say it. Learning to speak this language will bring readers into relationship with God for the first time, or deepen that relationship in a powerful way.
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Enemy Called Average (Expanded)
$12.99Add to cartThis is the new, updated and expanded version of the national best-selling book, An Enemy Called Average, originally published in 1990. Stand Out – Don’t Blend In! Within every person is a desire to be fully who they were created to be. No one really wants to just get by. Regardless of where you are in life, how much you have or have not accomplished, God is not finished with you yet! Divided into 52 nuggets of truth, An Enemy Called Average is a source of godly wisdom, scriptural motivation, and practical principles. The words of this book will stir up the gifts and dreams within you. Instead of digging through ten pages to find one good idea, you’ll find ten good ideas on every page. Think about it… Your problem is your promotion. Worry is interest paid in advance on something you may never own. The faith to move mountains always carries a pick. People are born originals, but most die copies. Ideas go away, but direction stays. Stop every day and look at the size of God.
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When A Mom Inspires Her Daughter
$15.99Add to cartDuring the teen years, a mother-daughter relationship can be challenging. A daughter needs her mom’s support as a confidante and gentle guide–yet at the same time, she yearns for greater independence and wants to be her own person.
How can a mother maintain the right balance on this high-wire tightrope walk? When a Mom Inspires Her Daughter is filled with biblical instruction and personal stories that reveal what works and doesn’t work when it comes to building the mother-daughter relationship. Every mom will find tremendous encouragement as she learns to…
*know what her daughter needs
*take an interest in her daughter’s world
*choose her battles well
*encourage her daughter to dream
*affirm her daughter’s womanhood
*become her daughter’s best friendA wonderful resource for moms who want to bring delight and blessing into this most important of relationships!
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God Will Use This For Good
$4.99Add to cartIn the midst of dark times, hope can be found in God’s goodness and grand plan! Introducing us to the story of Joseph, this pass-along companion to You’ll Get Through This reminds us that God has not forgotten us and will redeem the messes in our lives for his glory—and our well-being. 64 pages, softcover from Nelson.
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Living A Supernatural Life (Reprinted)
$18.00Add to cartLooking for Signs of LifeBelievers around the world are experiencing God’s kingdom in a real and transformative way through the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit working in and through their lives. Yet some are uncertain about the purpose of signs, wonders and miracles in our modern age of doubt. Living a Supernatural Life is a guide to understanding the Spirit’s power in our time, and a handbook for participating in His work. This book is a challenge to all believers to become more like Jesus in character and action, totally dependent on the Holy Spirit. By living as Jesus did, you will witness the light of God’s Spirit defeating the darkness, often in miraculous ways! Find out how to live in the reality of the supernatural realm, attuned in mind and heart to God’s kingdom coming in power through the Holy Spirit living in you.
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Womens Uncommon Prayers
$39.95Add to cartLooking for ways to be strong yet tender, independent yet intimate, women today strive toward ever greater understanding of themselves, their relationships with family and friends, and their place in the world. Written by clergy and lay women from all around the country, this compilation of prayers and poems is the collective wisdom of contemporary women who base their search for such understanding on the belief that all of life must be seen against the backdrop of a vital faith. Offered in a spirit of sharing and encouragement, these prayers and poems are as rich, intricate, and complex as the women’s lives they represent. Women’s Uncommon Prayers covers the full spectrum of emotions from desperate pleas for compassion in times of despair to quiet gratitude for the simple blessings of everyday living, to raucous praise during moments of celebration. These prayers touch on an amazing array of topics organized under the categories of identity, daily life, stages of life, spirituality, and ministry. Also included are comprehensive sections of seasonal and corporate prayers.
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Spirit Of Python
$16.99Add to cartIf it feels like your dreams and passions are suffocating and you don’t know why-you might be dealing with the spirit of python.
In the natural world pythons have an interesting way of killing their prey. They constrict it until it can no longer breathe, literally suffocating the life out of its veins. In the spirit realm the python spirit acts in the same manner. It comes to put limits on you. It comes to quiet your voice and kill your dreams. It creeps into your life and, slowly but surely, suffocates your zeal for praising and worshiping God.
New York Times best-selling author Jentezen Franklin is back with a message that will inspire you to break free and reclaim a life of passion, purpose, and praise. Based on some of his best-selling ministry products, Prey of the Python helps you understand the strategies of this subtle destroyer, how it works, how to detect it, and how to break its hold from your life.
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Necessity Of Prayer
$14.99Add to cartPrayer is the Christian’s lifeline, the Christian’s weapon, the Christian’s assurance of victory over every spiritual enemy. E. M. Bounds will lead you into a greater understanding of the importance of a healthy prayer life. The writings of this great man of prayer have left a legacy of intimate and powerful communication with God that can also be yours.
Here, E. M. Bounds will show you how to…
*Remove hindrances to answered prayer
*Receive prompt and abundant answers to prayer
*Develop joyfulness in prayer
*Make the promises of God a reality in your lifeExperience a greater depth and power in your prayer life as you defeat every spiritual enemy. The victory is already yours!
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Kingdom Come
$15.00Add to cartIn this world of pain, regret, and brokenness, people regularly wonder about the future. Yet Christians find confidence in one secure truth: Jesus is coming back. Directing readers to this ultimate hope, Phil Ryken encourages Christians to live each day longing for Christ’s return and anticipating the coming of his kingdom. This book overflows with engaging anecdotes, contemporary illustrations, and insightful reflections on Scripture, offering readers a powerful reminder of the glorious future promised to all who trust in Christ and who long for his appearing.
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Unexplained Mysteries Of Heaven And Earth
$15.99Add to cart“The works of the Lord are great, studied by all who have pleasure in them” (Ps. 111:2).”
The scripture clearly indicates that the creative order itself cries out as a witness to God. Psalm 19:1 says, “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork.”The vast reaches of outer space and its unending marvel cry out to the glory of God. Radio telescopes are picking up sounds from beyond our galaxy. The whole of creation is a divine symphony. Furthermore, Scripture says, “Truth shall spring out of the earth…” (Ps. 85:11). The vast and unexplained mystery of the earth cries out for our inspection and study.
Phillips says, “So join me as we travel back beyond time, as we look at the flood, lost Atlantis, the Great Pyramid, the ark of the covenant, Melchizedek, Sodom and Gomorrah, the giants, Christ, the Antichrist, the Rapture, spiritual fullness, and other mysteries!”
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Playing God : Redeeming The Gif Of Power
$25.00Add to cartPart 1. The Gift Of Power: In The Beginning It Was Not So
Part 2. The Grip Of Power: It Will Not Be So Among You
Part 3. Institutions And Creative Power: From Generation To Generation
Part 4. The End Of Power: We Had To CelebrateAdditional Info
With Playing God, Andy Crouch opens the subject of power, elucidating its subtle activity in our relationships and institutions. He gives us much more than a warning against abuse, though. Turning the notion of “playing God” on its head, Crouch celebrates power as the gift by which we join in God’s creative, redeeming work in the world. -
Turnaround God : Discovering Gods Transformational Power
$18.99Add to cartDon’t settle for less than what God can do.
We often face situations in life that are hard. Whether it be a job loss, a difficult marriage, or problems with the kids-harsh storms come, and we can quickly feel overwhelmed, even desperate.
In the beginning of creation, God entered the darkness and void and displayed his turnaround nature. He spoke words that turned darkness into light and filled the emptiness with fruitfulness. His turnaround power brought order into the chaos. In the same way, God enters our lives with the power of his turnaround ability and offers not just a slight improvement but a complete turn around.
Turnarounds by their nature are radical. They bypass nice and sensible, they freak out the orderly, and they do not line up with agendas. But turnarounds reveal our miraculous Savior to a messed-up world.
Using examples from her own life and those of biblical characters, international speaker and teacher Charlotte Gambill offers that God is more than just a little bit of help, he’s all the help; we need. It’s time for us to fully understand that there is nothing that God can’t turn around!
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Glimpses Of Grace
$15.99Add to cartDonna Rae James holds a Bachelor of Arts from San Diego State University; she is a Board Certified Biblical Counselor through the American Association of Christian Counselors. She is an Ordained and Licensed Chaplain through Chaplain Fellowship Ministries International and an Ordained Minister with Richard Boen Ministries. She is a retired educator. Donna enjoys being Nana to 5 grandchildren, writing, teaching and speaking. She loves fishing, target shooting and exploring the area in which she lives. She loves volunteering at her local hospital as Chaplain. She is married to her husband, Dewey, of 49 years and they live in the beautiful area of Pinetop, Arizona which is in the White Mountains. They both volunteer in Hospital Ministries together. Since 1992 Donna has been involved in Ministry. Much of it has been Prayer Ministry. This has taken her in and out of Hospitals from California to Arizona. She has been gifted with the ability to see God at work around her in the ordinary stuff of life. Her life experiences have offered her a unique perspective on life’s trials. She adores children and they relate to her well. Her ability to “counsel” has enriched her and the ministry God called her to. She is able to relate to most any age group or culture. She is a gifted teacher at elementary through adult. She has led Women’s Bible Studies, Women’s Prayer Groups and speaks at Women’s events. Her favorite Bible text is Isaiah 61. It is Donna’s prayer that in the pages of this book you will be encouraged, challenged and inspired to fall deeper in love with Christ. You can expect to shed a tear and to laugh as you read, “Glimpses of Grace.” Blessings to you from me.
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Follow Me Group Guide
$15.99Add to cartThe Follow Me Group Guide is a practical tool for learning how to be a disciple of Jesus Christ and how to help others become disciples. Following the methodology and themes Jesus used to train his Twelve, the Group Guide is a companion to Dr. David Schroeder’s popular book, Follow Me: the Disciple-making Strategy of Jesus (aka Discipleship by the Book).
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Between The Gates
$15.00Add to cartIntroduction
Chapter 1 The Origins Of Jesus Matt 1:1-25
Chapter 2 The Wise King And The Wicked King Sought By Wise Men Matt 2:1-23
Chapter 3 Precursors To Ministry Matt 3:1-4:16
Chapter 4 The First Discourse–The Sermon On The Mount Matt 5:1-7:29
Chapter 5 Copius Miracles And Costly Discipleship Matt 8:1-9:38
Chapter 6 The Second Discourse–The Mission Of The Twelve Matt 10:1-11:1
Chapter 7 Jesus And His Inquisitors Matt 11:2-12:50
Chapter 8 The Third Discourse–The Paradox Of The Parables Matt 13:1-52
Chapter 9 Narratives Of Rejection And Acclamation Matt 13:53-17:27
Chapter 10 The Fourth Discourse–On Discord And Status Matt 18:1-19:1
Chapter 11 Lifestyles Of The Workers In The Vineyard Matt 19:2-20:34
Chapter 12 The Triumphal Entry And And The Teachings Of Jesus The Sage Matt 21:1-23:39
Chapter 13 The Final Discourse–Apocalypse Then Matt 24:1-25:46
Chapter 14 The Demise And Rise Of The Davidic King Matt 26:1-28:20
Bibliography
Index Of Modern Authors
Index Of Scriptures
Index Of Sidebars And Iillustrations
Index Of TopicsAdditional Info
Early in the scriptural record, Adam and Eve find themselves cast out through the gates at the Garden of Eden. In the Book of Revelation, Christians are promised entry through the gates into the New Jerusalem. Chuck Poole is known by the many readers of his books as one who speaks to the truth of grace-filled living through the struggles of this world. As with Beyond the Broken Lights and Don’t Cry Past Tuesday, Poole’s latest book will both challenge and comfort as you consider this journey we travel “between the gates.” -
Limitless Life : You Are More Than Your Past When God Holds Your Future
$19.99Add to cartIs your life limited by labels the world and other people have used to define you? Labels you have internalized and apply to yourself every day. Labels like Afraid. Or Addict. Orphan. Damaged Goods. Failure. Maybe even Religious. These labels might be sewn into your life with such tight little stitches that they feel like a part of you. They feel like they define you. But that’s a lie. If you let Him, Jesus can remove those old labels and tattoo new ones onto your soul. Then you’ll begin to see yourself as God the Father sees you. The limits will be lifted, and your life will be transformed. It’s the truth. Join Pastor Derwin Gray on a fascinating journey into what can happens when you offer your head, your heart, and your hands to the only one who can offer you truly limitless life.
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God Came Near
$15.99Add to cartMajesty in the midst of the mundane. He looks like anything but a king. His face is prunish red. His cry, though strong and healthy, is still the helpless and piercing cry of a baby. He is absolutely dependent upon Mary for his well-being.
Holiness in the filth of sheep manure and sweat. Divinity entering the world on the floor of a stable, through the womb of a teenager, and in the presence of a mere carpenter. God had come near! Travel back in time and relive Christ the Son of God becoming man.
In this stunning work, Max Lucado views the Savior who walked among us through a distinctly human lens. He speaks plainly to those of us who prefer to keep Jesus otherworldly, distant, and predictable: “Don’t do it. For heaven’s sake, don’t. Let Him into the mire and muck of our world. For only if we let him in can he pull us out.” Through vivid word pictures, Max brings to life the most important event in history . . . the time when God Came Near.
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Good Funeral : Death Grief And The Community Of Care
$36.00Add to cartTwo of the most authoritative voices on the funeral industry come together here in one volume to discuss the current state of the funeral. Through their different lenses–one as a preacher and one as a funeral director–Thomas G. Long and Thomas Lynch alternately discuss several challenges facing “the good funeral,” including the commercial aspects that have led many to be suspicious of funeral directors, the sometimes tense relationship between pastors and funeral directors, the tendency of modern funerals to exclude the body from the service, and the rapid growth in cremation. The book features forewords from Patrick Lynch, President of the National Funeral Directors Association, and Barbara Brown Taylor, highly praised author and preacher. It is an essential resource for funeral directors, morticians, and pastors, and anyone else interested in current funeral practices.
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We Can Do Better Part 2
$4.99Add to cart“His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known…” Ephesians 3:10
Churches have been uniquely called to impact our society for good. In this timely book, Dr. Tony Evans offers “the plan” we have all been looking for to not only bring about racial unity in our country but to also restore our communities. He unveils a local model for the church that will impact your community and effect change in the lives of many. This step-by-step plan is sure to transform communities, and our nation.
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We Can Do Better Part 1
$4.99Add to cart“That they may be one even as we are one” – Jesus the Messiah
In a response to today’s racially charged climate, Dr. Tony Evans speaks from a spiritual perspective and discusses the need for racial healing in our nation and in our churches. He proposes that at the core of racial disunity lies the failure to understand and execute righteousness and justice from God’s perspective. In this timely book, which concludes with a personal challenge to all believers, Dr. Evans calls readers to be intentional about embracing God’s desire for oneness.
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Gray Matters : Navigating The Space Between Legalism And Liberty
$21.00Add to cartFollow-up book from the author of the much discussed Hipster Christianity. Helps readers live with the tension between legalish (law) and license (grace). Shows how positive engagement with culture enriches lives and honors God and includes a “Checklist for Christian Consumers” for use by groups, classes, and individuals.
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Prophetic Praise : Upload Worship Download Heaven
$14.99Add to cartPassionate Praise for an Extravagant God!
David wrote that God is “enthroned in the praises of Israel” (Psalm 22:3). When God’s people take their praise to a higher level, they begin to unlock their “kingdom authority.” Praise is a spiritual weapon, and it’s a necessary part of ruling and reigning with Christ. More than merely the preliminary part of a church service, praise is an essential ingredient to experiencing the presence of God and moving into the spiritual realm of prophecy.
Joshua Fowler’s calling will stir within you a greater hunger and passion for the Lord as you arise as one of God’s praiseworthy children. In this book, you will discover how praise…
*Opens your access to the heavenly places
*Draws the lost into the kingdom
*Releases signs and wonders
*Allows you to govern territories and impact nations for Christ!Allow the truths of Prophetic Praise to penetrate your heart and transform your expressions of praise into prophetic decrees that will shatter the enemy’s territory and release the kingdom of God!
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Awesome Book About God For Kids
$13.99Add to cartKids ages eight to eleven will love these thoroughly up-to-date retellings of stories from the Bible. Each one highlights an important aspect of God’s nature, including…
*God is my defender and protector (Daniel in the lions’ den).
*God is the best listener (Hannah’s prayer).
*God wants to know me personally (Jesus and Zacchaeus).With delightful cartoon drawings on nearly every page and a brief application after each story, this collection is perfect for young readers to enjoy on their own or with adults by their side.
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Sitting Strong : Wrestling With The Ornery Of God
$17.00Add to cartSitting Strong: Wrestling with the Ornery God, by bestselling author Jeanie Miley, suggests that when life knocks the props out from under you, it is possible to gather up your agony and wrestle with it in the presence of the God who may feel strangely absent. This book is not about being strong. Rather, taking the struggles and triumphs of Job as its guide, this book is about that terrible time when all you can do is stumble onto the ash heap of suffering and simply sit.
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Experiencing The Power Of The Holy Spirit
$15.99Add to cartBestselling author and pastor Lloyd John Ogilvie has spent years observing–and experiencing himself–the deep needs of Christians, and why those needs for love, comfort, guidance, or discernment often go unmet.
In Experiencing the Power of the Holy Spirit, he draws on Scripture to illuminate the living and active work of the Spirit. Because many believers have a limited view of their great Advocate, Counselor, Helper, and Companion, they don’t realize that in day-to-day life they can depend on Him to…
*encourage, guide, and correct them, and prompt them to speak or act appropriately
*help them identify deep motives and penetrate to the root of personal struggles
*help them discern in prayer what is best in a situationWhen believers build their lives upon reliance on the Spirit, they can live confidently in life’s stressful situations and relationships, knowing they have a Friend who is always there to help.
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Hear Me When I Call
$21.99Add to cartDo you ever find it difficult to express your thoughts or desires to God? You may be facing a stressful work situation, a frightening diagnosis, or the everyday challenges of marriage or parenthood. You want to pray but you feel empty, distracted, or uncertain about what to say.
Approach the throne of grace alongside beloved pastor Charles Swindoll as he guides you through the prayers of your heart. In Hear Me When I Call you will find effective prayers on the themes of your life. Hear Me When I Call helps put into words what your heart and soul are trying to express as you draw closer to the One who always hears you.
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Consider The Birds
$18.99Add to cartFrom biblical times to today, humans have found meaning and significance in the actions and symbolism of birds. We admire their mystery and manners, their strength and fragility, their beauty and their ugliness-and perhaps compare these very characteristics to their own lives in the process. Though admired today, the birds of Scripture are largely unseen and underappreciated. From the well-known image of the dove to the birds that gorge on the flesh of the defeated “beast” in Revelation, birds play a dynamic part in Scripture. They bring bread to the prophets. They are food for the wanderers. As sacrifices, they are the currency of mercy. Highlighting 10 birds throughout Scripture, author Debbie Blue explores their significance in both familiar and unfamiliar biblical stories and illustrates how and why they have represented humanity across culture, Christian tradition, art, and contemporary psyche. With these (usually) minor characters at the forefront of human imaginations, poignant life lessons illuminate such qualities as desire and gratitude, power and vulnerability, insignificance and importance-even as readers gain a better understanding that God’s mysterious grace is sometimes most evident in His simplest of creatures.
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Mind For God
$17.99Add to cartAcknowledgments
Introduction: A Mind For God
1. The Christian Mind
2. The Cultural Mind
3. The Library As Armory
4. The Lost Tools Of Learning
5. Sacred Thinking
6. A Rule For The Mind
7.Thinking Out Loud
Appendix 1: Three Book Lists
Appendix 2: Resources For Learning
NotesAdditional Info
To be fully human is to think. The apostle Paul calls us to “take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ” (2 Cor 10:5). But James Emery White fears that Western Christians are failing in this task. Because we have not developed good intellectual habits, our minds instead have been captured by our culture. A Mind for God is written to help us break free from this cultural captivity through the spiritual and intellectual disciplines of reading, study and reflection. This inspirational and practical “rule for the mind” encourages and enables us to develop our minds for God. Includes book lists and resources so you can “grow your brain.” -
Hurt And The Healer (Reprinted)
$13.00Add to cartWe all experience fear, shame, loneliness, broken homes, or broken hearts. We all hurt and need true, lasting healing. The trouble, according to bestselling author Andrew Farley and Bart Millard, lead singer of MercyMe, is that we don’t know where to find it.
Inspired by MercyMe’s #1 hit song of the same name, The Hurt & The Healer reveals exactly how God can be the gentle healer of all our hurts. Writing from the pain they’ve experienced in their lives, Millard and Farley reveal how their own struggles caused them to feel they had disappointed God. Through their biblical guidance, readers will see that God wants them to be open and honest about their pain. Only then can they discover how to exchange destructive thinking patterns for God’s view of them and watch as God’s perfect love casts away all their fears.
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Mercy Prayer : The One Prayer Jesus Always Answers
$15.99Add to cartIn The Mercy Prayer, Robert Gelinas explores the richness of God’s unfailing compassion by blending biblical insights with penetrating personal encounters and keen insight into familiar stories. The result is a practical guide for receiving the mercy we all desperately need and letting it flow from us into the lives of others.
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Hopelifter : Creative Ways To Spread Hope When Life Hurts
$18.99Add to cart‘I wish there were something I could do to ease the pain.’ How often do women see a friend in distress or crisis, but feel helpless to really make a difference? Hopelifter: Creative Ways to Spread Hope When Life Hurts takes the mystery out of how to be the hands and feet of Jesus to anyone in need of hope, comfort and care. Kathe Wunnenberg, whose hope-lifting ministry has impacted the lives of thousands, demonstrates simple, practical ways that acts of creative compassion can transform lives. Whether it’s encouraging a jobless friend, lifting the spirits of someone trapped in depression, leaving an anonymous gift for a grieving mother hosting a starting-over shower for a divorced friend, or playing one small part in long-term support for a family in deep crisis, daily opportunities to make a difference in hurting lives are limitless for a Hopelifter. The perfect book for women who want to spread hope in their friendships, workplace, neighborhoods, and homes, and ideal for those in caring roles in churches and ministries.
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Faith Afield : A Sportsmen Devotional
$15.00Add to cartMany men are attracted to outdoor sports because of the time it gives them alone in God’s creation–time to rest, reflect, and refresh before returning to the everyday stresses of work, family life, finances, and more. Faith Afield is their guide to making this time in God’s country last when they return home.
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Speak Love : Making Your Words Matter
$16.99Add to cartEvery day, God gives us each the opportunity to use our words in powerful ways. In this entertaining yet thought-provoking book, author Annie Downs challenges teen girls to end the mean girl mentality and become a generation who use their words to build up, not take down. Through examples from her own life, both positive and negative, as well as truths found in Scripture, Downs looks at the difference a new verbal perspective can mean when we speak to friends, God, and even ourselves.
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Mighty Prevailing Prayer
$19.99Add to cartGod has a more effective prayer life for you than you ever dreamed possible. Let this volume be your open door to wonderful answers to prayer. Here is your personal guide to a life of mighty prevailing prayer. Let this book speak to your heart, take you to your knees, and help you obtain prayer answers in difficult and resistant situations. Evangelist Leonard Ravenhill calls it an encyclopedia you will want to read and refer to again and again. The evangelical church is guilty of the sin of prayerlessness. Wesley Duewel has provided exactly what we need: a biblically sound exposition of prevailing prayer and practical suggestions for ways to prevail in prayer.
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What Good Is God
$16.99Add to cartIn this expanded edition, bestselling author Philip Yancey asks the most critical question of all . . . WHAT GOOD IS GOD?
What good is God in a world where terrorists attack tourist sites in Mumbai, where women and children are sold into sexual slavery, and where six million people in South Africa alone suffer with HIV/AIDS?
Does faith really matter when you’re struggling with an addiction, or when you get laid off from your job and your home is in foreclosure?
In this powerful volume, journalist and spiritual seeker Philip Yancey travels the globe in search of an answer to a query posed the world over. His discoveries of redemption, hope, and grace provide evidence that faith really does make a difference, even when belief is severely tested.
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God I Never Knew
$17.00Add to cartWho is the Holy Spirit, and exactly what does He do?
Many people find the Holy Spirit mysterious, confounding-even controversial. Why is the third person in the Godhead-the one Jesus said would be the believer’s ultimate source of truth and comfort-the source of such confusion?
In The God I Never Knew, Robert Morris clearly explains that the Holy Spirit’s chief desire is for relationship–to offer us the encouragement and guidance of a trusted friend. This insightful and biblically-based book moves beyond theological jargon, religious tradition, and cultural misconceptions to clarify what the Holy Spirit promises to do in your life:
* Dwell within you
* Be your helper
* Guide you into all truth
* Comfort you
* Pray for you
* Show you things to come
* Never leave youIt’s time to experience the Holy Spirit in a fresh, new way-to meet the God you may have never known.
Includes a small group study guide!
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I Will Be Found By You
$12.99Add to cartThe goal of Christianity is not to create a religion about God, but to actually know Him and to experience firsthand the wonders and power of His incomparable life.
For more than forty years Francis Frangipane has been pursuing the reality of seeking Christ. Beyond his realization of his need for frequent intervention from God, he had hungered to truly know the Lord.In I Will Be Found by You he reveals that the deliberate movement of our hearts toward God leads us into far more than a simple answer to our need-we actually find Him. He teaches us how to reconnect with the living One-who is our rescuer, our redeemer, and the restorer of our souls. We discover God to be an ally whose wisdom is all-encompassing, whose incalculable power can transform all things with just one look.
Our great need is for more of God, which will bring an end to the reality of many who are pining away spiritually. This book reveals the key to seeking God and possessing a heart after God-a key that unlocks everything important.
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Finding Eve : Discover Your True Identity As A Daughter Of God
$14.99Add to cartFind your way to the heart of God, where you will discover all you need to fulfill His purposes for your life.In Genesis 3 the serpent came to Eve and within moments caused her to think she was lacking something. When she looked at the forbidden tree, she saw that it was pleasant to the eyes, good for food, and had the power to make one wise. Although she already possessed beauty, provision, and an intimate relationship with God, she thought she needed more. So she ate the fruit-and lost the comfort and security of the garden because she doubted God. Many women today are falling into the same trap. We allow Satan to convince us we aren’t enough, when in fact we are already complete in Christ.Finding Eve follows Eve’s journey to find her way back to God’s heart and to discover her true identity as a daughter of God. This book is designed to encourage women who may be facing disappointment, the fallout from bad choices, or the pain of unfilled dreams. It will offer hope and equip them to be all they were intended to be in the kingdom of God.
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1 Way To Grace
$13.99Add to cartWithout judgment, condemnation, or shame, David Daly bares his truth in the hopes of inspiring faith in the hearts of the lost and unbelieving. This memoir covers the span of David s life experiences, starting with his birth and childhood spent in the tumultuous civil unrest of Northern Ireland and culminating with his transformation into a devout believer. Addiction and inner struggle haunt David throughout his life. After losing everything, David repents and turns to Jesus for deliverance and to God s Holy Word for guidance through the Holy Spirit. An eye-opening visit to Israel becomes a turning point in David s life. Ongoing challenges test David s faith. He discovers how to stand strong with his faith in Jesus that saved his life. God is present throughout David s struggle toward salvation. His testimony demonstrates the loving, healing power of an honest walk with Christ.
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Even If You Were Perfect Someone Would Crucify You
$14.95Add to cartAfter reading an anonymous letter that crucified his recent sermon at church, Rob Shepherd heard a still small voice say, “Even if you preached a perfect sermon somebody would crucify it.” That thought helped to set Rob free. Whether it’s struggling to forgive someone, understanding how important human relationships are, or wrestling with a spiritual enemy, the key to victorious living is learning how to find your identity in Jesus. When we do, we live less to please people and more to please God. That’s the kind of truth that “turns the world upside down”—and it will radically change your life as well.
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Spiritual Progress : Five Inspiring Essays By Mystical Thinkers Of The 17th
$16.99Add to cartA collection of five inspiring essays by three closely linked mystical thinkers of the seventeenth century-Franois Fenelon, Madame Guyon, and Pere Lacombe-whose focus on the availability of intimacy with God made them scandalous in their day.
“Christian Counsel” and “Spiritual Letters,” by Archbishop Fenelon, offer wise advice on how to find the keys to true devotion and peace.
“Method of Prayer” and “On the Way to God”, by Fenelon’s close friend, Madame Guyon, demonstrate the critical importance of constant prayer.
“Spiritual Maxims”, by Pere Lacombe, the spiritual mentor of Madame Guyon, emphasizes the importance of expressing a passionate love for God.
Each stirring work is divided into short chapters, making Spiritual Progress ideal for morning or evening devotions, or for Bible study. This treasured collection of classic Christian wisdom is certain to lead readers closer to the heart of God.
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Human And Holy (Student/Study Guide)
$11.95Add to cartThrough this thirteen-week, small-group Bible study, we’ll discuss Jesus and His example of how to live as human and holy-set apart to live a holy life, with human nature, but not according to sinful nature. There’s freedom in understanding the distinction between human nature and sinful nature, not a freedom to sin (Romans 6:1), but a freedom to be all that God calls us to be. Human and Holy is the first of many Iron Rose Sister Ministries Bible Studies.
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Arts Ministry : Nurturing The Creative Life Of Gods People
$35.99Add to cartChristian life is integrated and whole; it involves the body, the mind, and the spirit. Michael Bauer’s Arts Ministry accordingly employs a holistic approach in exploring the fine arts, human creativity, and ministry as they are integrated in our individual lives and in the life of the church.
Bauer lays a solid foundation for arts ministry, grounding it in the historic Christian tradition and urging churches to expand their engagement with the creative arts. He provides short descriptions of eighteen exemplary organizations with arts ministries to inspire similar efforts and to celebrate the continuing creative activity of God in the church.
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Kingdom Agenda : Life Under God
$22.40Add to cartToo many of us live segmented lives, with God residing in one of our many compartments, all of which focus on our own fulfillment. We often struggle because we want God to fulfill our agenda, not follow His. The Kingdom Agenda helps us re-prioritize our lives according to kingdom values, and apply biblical principles to our everyday living.
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Unwrapping Wonder : Finding Hope In The Gift Of Nature
$17.99Add to cartHeeding technology’s cry to get connected can result in overloaded circuits of the mind. Frenetic connections cause frazzled lives. Unwrapping Wonder: Finding Hope in the Gift of Nature will restore the reader’s soul as they step outside to cultivate a connection with creation and, in the process, deepen their relationship with the Creator.
This delightful mix of natural history, human story and God’s glory found in everyday nature is based on Job’s words: But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you … or let the fish of the sea inform you. Each chapter focuses on one natural object such as the bee, the barnacle, the tiniest seed.
By peering within the ordinary, we can learn to see details which reveal extraordinary wonder. As we unwrap the gift, we discover more of nature, God, and ourselves, one wonder at a time.
Unwrapping Wonder is for active men and women and families who enjoy the outdoors or reading about nature, and for those needing hope in a hectic world. Each chapter offers:
The Wonder Introduced: through anecdote, natural history, or life story.
The Wonder Unwrapped: zooming in to see hidden details, and explained in everyday terms.
The Wonder Applied: Practical, spiritual lessons for daily living.
Promise of Hope: Relevant Scripture to inspire hope.
Wondercise: A hands-on nature activity designed to awaken heart, mind, and soul to the wonder of creation and give praise to the Creator.
