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Jesus You Cant Ignore
$19.99Add to cartBest-selling author John MacArthur gives readers a fresh look at how Jesus addressed attacks against the truth. Meek and mild. Politically correct. A great teacher. These are the popular depictions of Jesus. But they aren’t the complete picture. Maybe because it’s uncomfortable, or maybe because it’s inconvenient, Christians and non-Christians alike are overlooking the fierceness of the Savior and His passionate mission to make the gospel clear and bring people into the Kingdom of God. This mission required that he sometimes raise his voice and sometimes raise a whip. In the much-needed message in The Jesus You Can’t Ignore, renowned Bible teacher and best-selling author John MacArthur reintroduces the compelling and often unsettling passion of Jesus’ ministry. MacArthur points to the picture of the real Jesus the world is so eager to gloss over. And he calls readers to emulate Jesus’ commitment to further the kingdom by confronting lies and protecting the truth of God.
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Maximize (Reprinted)
$16.00Add to cartMaximize is the ultimate how-to book for pastors and church leaders who long for their churches to be fully resourced to carry out ministry initiatives without financial strain. Pastor Nelson Searcy provides an innovative, step-by-step plan for turning first-time givers into extravagant stewards of God’s resources. Shining a light on the often taboo subject of money, Maximize will explore what causes someone to give for the first time and what leaders can do to systemize and maximize these gifts while growing strong disciples.
Readers will learn how to:
cultivate first-time givers
motivate people to tithe
develop an ongoing stewardship system
follow up with givers the right way
develop multiple giving options
shepherd the five types of givers in the church
educate people to grow in the grace of givingStewardship is an essential part of discipleship. This revolutionary yet biblically based guide will chase the money discussion out of the darkness and bring it the attention it deserves. Every pastor needs a copy of Maximize!
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Pursuit Of The Holy
$15.99Add to cart“Be holy as I am holy,” says the Lord.
It’s the most extravagant-and audacious-invitation ever sent: Or in the words of Jesus: “Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.” But can that really happen? Is holiness an achievable goal for sinful human beings? That’s the ultimate focus of this thoughtful, thorough, and engaging study of what it means to be holy. Drawing on the Bible and Christian thinkers through the ages, Simon Ponsonby affirms that because of God’s gracious love and desire for communion with us, he has done what is possible for us not only to pursue holiness, but to achieve it. While we can never count on attaining moral perfection in this life, we need not settle for less than increasing victory over sin. And as more and more Christians choose to partner with God in the ongoing process of sanctification, we set the stage for revival. -
Truth That Sticks
$18.99Add to cartToday in America, half of the people won’t or don’t read that much. Begin creatively transforming the lives of this generation by using first-century methods of teaching–storytelling, drama, and dialog.
The “TruthSticks” strategy is a revolutionary approach using the DNA of the first century disciplemaking that will:
* Use Bible Storying to effectively make disciples at all levels
* Unite families by using fun methods to disciple children
* Revitalize small groups
* Develop a disciplemaking churchA creative tool to use in leadership, evangelism, or missionary work.
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Dare To Be A Man
$24.00Add to cartMoney, possessions, power . . . men and women are equally confused about what it means to be a real man! Evans reveals that true men have the courage to live up to God’s design—responsible, obedient, committed, and accountable. Learn how to be ready for the woman who loves you—and help her know what to expect from you. 272 pages, hardcover from Berkley.
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Maturing In Christ
$20.99Add to cartMaturing in Christ focuses on Christian truth that relates to living a successful spiritual life. Before a Christian can realize a consistent victorious spiritual life some basic truths must be understood: 1) the riches given by God at salvation to live Christ-like; 2) who the spiritual enemies are and how they attack; 3) and how to utilize divine enabling when resisting the enemies in order to live a successful Christian life.
The Christian has three spiritual enemies: Satan, the world system and the sin nature. Dr. Schafer uses Scripture to identify these adversaries and how to access God’s provisions for the strength to be victorious over them. This expository study of the Word is dedicated to Dr. Schafer’s lifelong desire for saints to live Christ-like.
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In Step With God
$19.99Add to cartWhat is God like? Can I trust Him? Does He know me and can He help me tackle the challenges I face? There is a good chance you do not know God the way He desires and certainly not the way He knows you. Most people know a little something about Him, but their knowledge of who He is and how He works stops just past the point of an initial introduction. Why is it so important to know the One who knows all about you? The answer is simple: when you come to a point where you understand His ways, your life takes on new meaning. You stop looking at old problems and feeling defeat, fear, and anxiety. Suddenly, you realize that the Person who gave you life and breath is also the One who has set an amazing course for your life to follow. In Step with God offers steps that lead not only to a deeply personal relationship with Jesus Christ but also provides the insight you need to live each day. In a simple, clear way Dr. Charles Stanley, one of America’s most loved and trusted pastors, encourages and challenges you to approach life and its decisions-both big and small-by first knowing and considering God’s character.
Inside you will learn how to:
gain greater intimacy with God
understand how He uses trials to build you up
learn the signs of God’s goodness in day-to-day life
cling more firmly to His love and forgiveness
discover God’s relentless commitment to your well being.“The nearer I draw to the Lord,” writes Dr. Stanley, “the more I will know about Him-His love for me and His good plans and desires for my life. Plus, the more intimate I become with God, the better I understand His ways, and this understanding leads to a deeper longing to know God better. I learn how to discern His will not only for my life but also for the situations I encounter.”
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Called To Lead
$19.99Add to cartJohn MacArthur, best-selling author and renowned pastor and teacher, draws 26 powerful leadership characteristics from the Life of the apostle Paul. Is leadership a title? Authority? Charisma? Whatever gets the best results? More than ever, Christians need a model of leadership that is based on God’s Word, that brings Him glory while accomplishing success, growth, service to others, personal and professional development, and more. In Called to Lead, best-selling author, pastor, and teacher John MacArthur explains the characteristics of a leader drawn from one of the Bible’s most renowned leaders, the apostle Paul. Focusing on Paul’s epistles, Called to Lead gives a biblically sound explanation of the twenty-six key qualities of a leader who can achieve results without forfeiting faith and obedience.
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Man Who Makes A Difference
$18.99Add to cartThe Bible is filled with amazing people, and Paul stands out prominently among them. What made him so effective, so influential? In this book, author Jim George explores how Paul took God’s priorities for life and made them his own. The result? He had a significant impact on everyone around him. From Paul we can learn how to…
let God’s power work in and through us
acquire discernment for making right decisions and choices
pursue holiness that allows God to work through us unhindered
stay faithful to God’s calling all the way to the endBecause it is God who enables us, these qualities are accessible to every believer. Readers will experience true fulfillment as they take steps toward making a difference in the workplace, at home, at church, and in their community.
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Good And Beautiful Community
$27.99Add to cartIntroduction
1 The Peculiar Community
Soul Training: Two-by-Four
2 The Hopeful Community
Soul Training: Sharing Your Faith
3 The Serving Community
Soul Training: Treasuring Our Treasures
4 The Christ-Centered Community
Soul Training: Loving Those We Disagree With
5 The Reconciling Community
Soul Training: Experiencing Reconciliation
6 The Encouraging Community
Soul Training: Finding An Accountability Friend
7 The Generous Community
Soul Training: Stewardship Of Resources
8 The Worshiping Community
Soul Training: Worship
9 Writing A Rule For Life And Living In Community
Appendix: Small Group Discussion Guide
Notes
AcknowledgmentsAdditional Info
In his third and final book in the Apprentice Series, James Bryan Smith helps us know how to live in relationship with others as apprentices of Jesus. “Apprentices of Jesus are not part-time do-gooders,” he writes. “They live in continuous contact with the kingdom of God, and are constantly men and women in whom Christ dwells. They do not sometimes tell the truth, sometimes live sacrificially or sometimes forgive. There are myriad opportunities for us to impact the world in which we live.” Yet many times we’ve gotten it wrong, tending to emphasize personal faith over social justice or vice versa. In these pages Jim Smith shows us how to bring spiritual formation and community engagement together, and then once again offers spiritual practices that root new, true narratives about God and the world in our souls. His insight and humility as a fellow learner with us will lead us to live in authentic ways as a good and beautiful community of Christ-followers, shining the light of the Spirit into every relationship. -
Magnificent Obsession : Embracing The God Filled Life
$19.99Add to cartIn The Magnificent Obsession, gifted Bible teacher Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of evangelist Billy Graham, shares her journey from a restless spirit searching for something more, to finding her answer in the amazing story of Abraham. Through personal anecdotes and unforgettable stories, you’ll draw closer to God, who longs to call you “friend.”
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Say Yes To God
$18.99Add to cartIf you’ve ever struggled with knowing and doing God’s will, Say Yes to God-formerly titled Dangerous Surrender-is for you. Kay Warren challenges you to surrender to God’s plan for your life. Giving in to God isn’t easy. It’s the boldest, riskiest step you’ll ever take, but it will bring you closer to him than you ever thought possible.
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10 Best Decisions A Man Can Make
$14.99Add to cartMen today have important decisions to make about family, career, and ministry. Sometimes the choices can seem overwhelming, and men end up making decisions by default-by doing what comes naturally rather than by carefully thought-out principles. In The 10 Best Decisions a Man Can Make, popular author and speaker Bill Farrel gives men the hands-on decision-making tools they need to make the kinds of choices they won’t regret. Farrel encourages men to discover the joy of finding their place in God’s plan as they
explore the positive benefits of making healthy decisions:
discover their personal pace in life and make decisions in keeping with that pace
develop a plan for godliness that relieves the burden of self-effort
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Power Thoughts : 12 Strategies To Win The Battle Of The Mind
$36.00Add to cartJoyce Meyer has a knack for coining phrases-her fans call them Joyceisms-and one of her best loved is “Where the mind goes, the man follows.” This was the basis for Battlefield of the Mind, and in her latest book, Meyer provides “power thoughts,” bringing the reader to a new level of ability to use the mind as a tool to achievement.
In POWER THOUGHTS, she outlines a flexible program to turn thoughts into habits, and habits into success. Sections include:* The Power of a Positive You
* 5 Rules for Keeping Your Attitude at the Right Altitude
* More Power To You bulleted keys to successful thinking in each chapter
* The Power of Perspective
Nobody has more of a “can-do” attitude than Joyce Meyer. Now you can, too.
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Abide In Christ
$10.99Add to cartBottom Of The Hill Publishing Publication
Christ beckons us to His banqueting table offering a room in His house, it is up to us whether we choose to step inside. To step though means to abide in Him and experience the unspeakable joy of dwelling with the King of Kings. Andrew Murray knew what it meant to be continually in the Father’s presence. Read these thirty-one heart-searching readings and learn how to live daily in closer communion and fellowship with Him. Accept God’s invitation and live in His blessing and glory instead of shuffling your feet at the gate. “Abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.” –1 John 2:28 “And now, to all God’s children whom He allows me the privilege of pointing to the Heavenly Vine, I offer my fraternal love and salutations, with the prayer that to each one of them may be given the rich and full experience of the blessedness of abiding in Christ. And may the grace of Jesus, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be their daily portion. Amen.” Andrew Murray was a South African writer, teacher, and Christian pastor. Murray considered missions to be “the chief end of the church.” He was one of the founders of the South African General Mission (SAGM) later becoming the Africa Evangelical Fellowship (AEF) in 1965.
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Genesis And Life
$17.49Add to cartCleve Jones understands that so many people when facing many of the issues of life do not have the resources to get the help they need. Some problems are beyond the skill set of some pastors and churches. Sometimes people need a “quick hitter” to help them through the issue of the day and something inspirational, and thought provoking enough to get them to begin mentally processing about long term solutions. If this book can reach some people within that context, it will have served one of its purposes.
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Step Stones : To The Second Greatest Commandment
$17.99Add to cartHe answered: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'” “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.” Luke 10: 27-28
If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right. James 2: 8
I fear that Christians have gotten so caught up within our society that we have forgotten the first and second greatest commandments. In so doing we do ourselves more harm, yet it is our collective selfishness and stubbornness that keeps us from acknowledging that we are nothing without God. We are not doing right and I fear that many will not live. I also fear that many do not know what love is because we have misused the word so often. Step Stones is the path that God led me down when I needed to discover what love really is. My prayers are that it is not too late for our society; that Christians can be the ones leading us to a right standing so that we can we can be forgiven. We must first get back to the basics of what we are called to do. It all comes down to not what God can do for me, but what can I do to further the Kingdom of God. Only love true love will lead us out of this mess we are in.
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Journey With Jesus
$28.99Add to cartDedication
Acknowledgements
IntroductionPart 1: Getting The Most Out Of The Exercises
1. The Daily Elements Of The Exercises
2. The Benefits Of A Spiritual Director Or Listener
3. How To Approach The ExercisesPart 2: Preparatory Exercises
4. History Of The Role Of Preparatory Exercises
5. God’s Love
6. Principle And FoundationPart 3: The Spiritual Exercises
Rules Of Discernment (Week 1)
Week 1: Sin, Me And God?s Love
Rules Of Discernment (Week 2)
Week 2: Walking With Jesus
Week 3: Journey To The Cross
Week 4: Life, Hope And The Resurrection
Contemplation Of Divine LovePart 4: Resources
Brief Biography Of Ignatius
Glossary
Ash Wednesday
Holy Week Exercises
Shorter Options For Journeying Through The Exercises
For Spiritual Directors And Listeners
Use With Groups
Reviewing Your Journey Through The Exercises
About The WebsiteAdditional Info
In A Journey with Jesus, spiritual director Larry Warner guides us through the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius, similar to the way he’s been leading people through them in person. Here’s what he’s observed: “The Spiritual Exercises helped people reconnect with Jesus and with themselves in life-giving ways. It was powerful.” Ignatius wanted to help everyone, no matter what age or stage of life, experience Jesus. Through prayers and Scripture readings that largely focus on the life of Christ, the Spiritual Exercises that have been so powerful and growth-inducing for so many, including Warner, can be a tool for transformation in you as well. The exercises are designed to help you encounter the person of Jesusfoster a deeper relational knowing of Jesuscultivate a greater desire and freedom to say yes to Jesus And you don’t have to go on a retreat to do it. You can start now, and grow in Christlikeness right in the midst of your life. Are you hungry for Jesus? And ready to do something about it? Then this book is for you. Open these pages, and let Warner guide you on the journey toward deeper intimacy with Jesus. -
Life Exchanger
$16.99Add to cartThe Ultimate Heart-Connection In a World Full of Rejection
Back in 1981, the real life story of a Commoner in the United Kingdom rose to global notoriety from the announcement of her engagement to royalty. This young lady born into an old, aristocratic English family exchanged her former identity for royal connections… only to get rejected. Who am I speaking of? Lady Diana, Princess of Wales. This popular international media icon of the late 20th century captured my attention along with a global audience of over 750 million people on her wedding day. I was captivated by her story as an example of an exchanged identity. However, since then, I discovered there is a greater exchange offered by the Life Exchanger to every common person for the highest status of royalty in the Heavenly Kingdom.
Welcome to a common story with a royal ending. This compelling allegory will walk you through some powerful and significant principles illustrating how to live the abundant, victorious, royal life. Understanding who you are will take you to a deeper place you may not have ever discovered. Take a dive plunging heart first into the deep end of the freedom pool. There, you will learn how Life Exchanger lives through you the good work He began in you.
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Worship As It Is In Heaven (Reprinted)
$18.00Add to cartAccording to the Psalms, God is enthroned on the praises of His people–and it is from that throne that He governs the heavens and the earth. If this picture of God’s rule, found throughout the Scriptures, is accurate, shouldn’t the Body of Christ seek to praise the King of heaven and earth in ways that release His kingdom government into specific circumstances? John A. Dickson and Chuck D. Pierce, coauthors of Worship As It Is in Heaven, offer the church a fresh look at heaven’s pattern of worship, instituted in David’s tabernacle and renewed through Jesus’ apostles in the earliest days of the church. This “apostolic worship” is God’s chosen way of establishing His will on earth; through worship, the forces of darkness are pushed back and righteousness prevails. In Worship As It Is in Heaven, readers are invited to enter in to a fullness of worship that the world has too rarely seen: worship that is the conduit of God’s government of peace, justice, and holiness on the earth.
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Art Of Breathing
$15.99Add to cartMaking a living or really living?
Really living is an art form. After a few years on this planet, really living seems a bit idealistic. We are more likely to settle for making a living. So what happened? How did our stories end up here? How did we become so disconnected from the life for which we were made? Is there any hope of really living the abundant life Jesus promised?
Life on this side of Eden is not what we hoped for. It is not what we were made for. Something is missing. As we abide in Christ, we offer Him our hearts. He, in turn, offers His heart. We point to Him. He points to us. We give Him our pain. He heals and restores us to wholeness. We give our sin. He gives His forgiveness. We give our lives. He gives His life. We breathe out ourselves and inhale His presence, a fluid motion of abiding. This is the abundant life. This is the art of breathing.
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Soul Custody
$15.99Add to cartSoul Custody calls readers to pay attention to the state of their soul-and free it to thrive.
Every day, inner and outer violence ravages the soul, leaving us weak, fearful, and malnourished. In Soul Custody, Stephen W. Smith presents eight choices to help readers reclaim custody of their one and only life-choices about silence, community, vocation, honoring the body, finding one’s true self, and more. As Smith reminds readers, allowing God to shape the soul leads to the deep, full, and satisfying life that God had in mind all along.This is not a self-help book. It is not a book of easy steps to a happy life. It is an invitation to the life God dreams for each of His children. It is a call to start living-to let the soul wake up to life as God intended.
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Captured By Grace
$15.99Add to cartTimely and encouraging words to initiate a fresh experience of God’s grace. By following the dramatic story of John Newton, the Amazing Grace hymn writer, and the apostle Paul’s own encounter with the God of grace, pastor and teacher Dr. David Jeremiah helps readers understand the freeing power of permanent forgiveness and mercy. Dramatic stories and biblical insights highlight the very personal effects of grace and how grace: wondrously spans all our differences rescues us from our lostness helps us overcome our weaknesses, takes us from victims to victors
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God And Football
$18.99Add to cartWhat happens when Chad Gibbs, a renowned comedy editor and die-hard football fan, travels to the twelve Southeastern conference schools during game-day weekend in order to discover if football fanaticism in the South qualifies as idol worship? You get God & Football … an illuminating, laugh-out-loud look at the place where fanaticism, faith, and football meet.
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Unbound : A Practical Guide To Deliverance (Reprinted)
$17.99Add to cartNew Look for an Essential Guide to Deliverance
As a pastor and teacher on deliverance, Neal Lozano knows that many believers struggle with the same sin areas time after time. Yet victory can be as simple as tapping into the potent power of the gospel. By focusing on Jesus and his work, rather than on the intimidating aspects of evil spirits, readers can reset their mindset about their spiritual struggles.
In Unbound, Lozano shows readers how to do just this. He also shows them how to find and close any doors they may have opened to evil influence–and, consequently, Satan’s underhanded strategies. Balanced and full of hope, Unbound is a practical, thorough, and easy-to-follow guide to deliverance and freedom. It also includes practical instruction on praying for others to be set free.
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My Be Attitude
$16.99Add to cartOur society doesn’t teach us how to be, it just teaches us how to stay busy doing remakes and makeovers and going nowhere. This book wants to develop how we think as instructed by the teaching of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, commonly referred to as the Beatitudes. It shows how to better develop good character and grow in knowledge, wisdom, and understanding and ultimately define who you are in Christ.
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Walking In Wide Places
$17.99Add to cartAnd I shall walk in a wide place, for I have sought your precepts. Psalm 119:45
If you are currently hemmed in and know the pain of feeling trapped, you are probably feeling drawn to this book. Christine Wyrtzen has a heart for you. Confinement has marked much of her life and she had no idea that spacious places, internally, could exist in the midst of crushing circumstances.
If you are intrigued and feel nudged to embark on this journey through Psalm 119, you have a powerful experience awaiting you. You will never look at the Torah again without praising its power and its beauty.
Right now, Jesus sees you in your pit of confinement. Whatever circumstances have fashioned your prison bars, He extends a hand to you. “Come on out,” He invites. “Live by the Word that comes out of my mouth. I will teach you to embrace my ways, and when you listen and follow me, you will know spacious places.” Deliverance from confinement always starts in the heart. The vistas of the kingdom are just around the corner.
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Grace In The Shadow Of The Cross
$18.99Add to cartGrace in the Shadow of the Cross is a creative autobiography about how one little girl’s unspeakable abuse became one joyful woman’s testimony of healing. This true story is told in three voices: Ann’s first-hand experiences are described through the character of Grace (who begins with the name Prophet). Accompanying her voice are those of Father God and Deceiver. Father God speaks mainly through Scriptures but also through private prayer conversations actually experienced by Ann. Deceiver’s cruel voice will be all too familiar to abuse survivors.
This book is for those who have known abuse as well as those who love them. It is for the broken, the beaten, the humbled, and the humiliated. Ultimately, it’s a story of hope that will encourage you-no matter your past pain-that God loves you and desires to heal your heart.
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Way Of Wisdom
$16.49Add to cartThe apostle Paul tells us that “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work” (2 Tim. 3:16-17). At the same time, the book of Proverbs is specifically designed for the discipleship of our sons and daughters. You may not find “education” listed in your concordance, but if you broaden your search to include “son” or “sons” references in Proverbs occur in great abundance. And for good reason, as its main purpose is for teaching children: “To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, to receive instruction in wise dealing” (Pro. 1:2-3). Therefore, I believe parents should be rigorously intentional about teaching Proverbs to their children.
Rearing wise children in an age of foolishness requires concerted effort and thoughtfulness… My hope and prayer is that this book will aid parents as they fulfill their mandate to disciple their children and bring them up in The Way of Wisdom
-from the Preface
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Grace Awakening : Believing In Grace Is One Thing Living It Is Another
$19.99Add to cartIn this best-selling classic, Charles Swindoll urges you not to miss living a grace-filled life. Freedom and joy-not lists and demands and duties-await all who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. The Grace Awakening calls all Christians to wake up and reject living in such legalistic, performance-oriented bondage. The God of the universe has given us an amazing, revolutionary gift of grace and freedom. This freedom and grace set us apart from every other “religion” on the face of the earth. It’s clear that the challenges in the world around us are greater than ever, but the need for Christians who will live out their witness in freedom and compassion is even greater. This classic isn’t simply a book worth reading but a life worth living-today.
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Faith Dare : 30 Days To Live Your Life To The Fullest (Reprinted)
$15.00Add to cartJesus came to give us abundant life. So why are so many Christian women living with worn-out faith, struggling just to get by? What if there was something more? What if we could be set free from worry, fear, and the constant cycle of searching for significance?
The Faith Dare is a 30-day challenge for women who are tired of ho-hum living and want to break the pattern of self-reliance and people pleasing by putting their trust in God alone and learning to live to please him. This energizing book will change a woman’s focus from her moods and attitudes to living in the power of God’s Word. It will encourage her to take the next step and begin to live out real faith in her real life.
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Womans Guide To Discipling
$10.99Add to cartNavPress Print On Demand Title
As followers of Christ, we are instructed to go and make disciples of all nations. A Woman’s Guide to Discipleship will offer you inspiration, instruction, encouragement, and practical tools to use as you disciple other women in this journey they are taking with Christ.
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Life Overflowing 6 In 1 (Reprinted)
$24.00Add to cartBishop T.D. Jakes Explores the Great Themes of Ephesians
T.D. Jakes takes readers through the book of Ephesians chapter by chapter, teaching what it means for the Christian to have a life overflowing and how to “walk worthy of the calling [they] have received.” Beginning with the incredible love God has for his children and the plans he has for believers beyond their wildest dreams, Bishop Jakes goes on to explore true intimacy with God, the marriage relationship, and spiritual warfare. Here is Bishop Jakes’s best teaching on Ephesians, conveniently packaged in one volume and now available in trade paper.
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Even Me : Master Can You Use Me
$14.99Add to cartThis book, “Even Me, Master Can You Use Me?” is designed to help Christians get to the highest level job on earth, the call to minister.
Ten essential steps are outlined to assist in finding God’s purpose for your life. An added bonus is ten powerful testimonies of people who have been used by the Master.
They include: Bishop Philip Coleman, Sr., Bishop D. Rayford Bell, Minister Wanda Stallworth-Davis, Sister Gwendolyn Faye Fortson, Deacon Herman Wilson, Bishop William L. Bonner, Deacon Larry Joe Lindsey, Deacon Henry Terry, Pastor Richard Heard and Sister Leola Blossom. All of these individuals are ordinary people who became extraordinary after serving the Master.
After reading this book, you too, will be able to answer this question, “Can God Use Someone Like Me?”
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When Jesus Came Into My Room
$16.49Add to cartThis book is a charming story of a young child’s experience when he in 1960, together with his big family, immigrated to Canada – far away from their homeland Denmark.
We follow him from his early years, as he struggles to adapt to a new culture – all is written in a touching and moving way, but not without a stroke of humour as well.
It all leads up to the year of 1971 where his life took a completely and unexpected turn, beginning from that night in January when “Jesus Christ entered his room!”
The year turned out to be a year of divine visitation for the author.
This book is a great testimony about God’s love and his readiness to reveal himself even to those who don’t seek him.
“My faith in God has been strengthened greatly by reading this book. God is able to make himself known to persons, whether they seek him or not. Esben Rokholm is my co worker in the ministry in my country as well as my friend and my coach and I thank God for him! I can warmly recommend this book!
Pastor Ioan Groza, Amara, Romania.
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Unburdened : The Secret To Letting God Carry The Things That Weigh You Down
$16.99Add to cartTyndale House Print On Demand Title
In his Word, God promises us freedom from worry. Wouldn’t it be nice if we actually believed him? What would happen if you took the concerns that grip you, that keep you awake at night, that clench your stomach in knots . . . and truly handed them over to his keeping?
Like no other writer can do, best-selling author Chris Tiegreen opens your eyes and heart to a better, more weightless way to live. Unburdened won’t teach you how to avoid responsibility or hide from serious issues. Neither is it about how to escape and go live on a beach-though having a couple of palm trees around never hurts. It’s about taking the burdens you currently carry and making them much, much lighter. It’s about transferring the weight of your responsibilities from the weak shoulders of your flesh to the strong fingertips of God. It’s about learning to live in deep-down, heart-level freedom. And no one who reads Unburdened will walk away unchanged. -
Living Loved Living Free Workbook (Workbook)
$19.99Add to cartBecause Of Jesus Publishing
Living Loved, Living Free 10 Week Bible Study.
Do you really know how much your Heavenly Father loves you? Are you living loved by Him? Did you know you were created to be made whole and complete in His love?
The core need of every human heart is love, and God is love. We all have a tendency to look to others for approval, value, acceptance, and security, but only Jesus can fully and completely meet this need in our heart.In this study you’ll:
* Recognize the one lie the enemy is tempting all of God’s
children to believe
* Discover the one truth that has the power to set you free
* Realize you are one with Jesus and enjoy the endless treasures available in Him
* Follow Jesus’ example as He shows you what it means to live
in the Father’s love
* Experience true freedom from sin, shame, condemnation, pride,
fear, and insecurity
* Break free from living under the law, and live in the freedom
of God’s graceBased on Ephesians chapters 1-3, Living Loved, Living Free will show you how to live free in the Father’s love through the finished work of Jesus. Join Connie Witter on a Bible study journey that will change your life forever!
Chapter Titles Include:
Week 1: Created to be Loved
Week 2: The Fight for your Heart
Week 3: An Oak of Righteousness
Week 4: Living Securely in the Father’s Love
Week 5: Abundantly Free
Week 6: Amazing Grace
Week 7: Abiding in His Love
Week 8: Perfect Love Casts out all Fear
Week 9: A Place of Rest
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Water From A Deep Well
$32.99Add to cartForeword By Eugene Peterson
Acknowledgments
Introduction: There Is More!1. Witness: The Spirituality Of The Early Christian Martyrs
2. Belonging: The Spirituality Of Early Christian Community
3. Struggle: The Spirituality Of The Desert Saints
4. Rhythm: The Spirituality Of Monasticism
5. Holy Heroes: The Spirituality Of Icons And Saints
6. Windows: The Spirituality Of The Sacraments
7. Union: The Spirituality Of The Mystics
8. Ordinariness: The Spirituality Of The Medieval Laity
9. Word: The Spirituality Of The Reformers
10. Conversion: The Spirituality Of Evangelicals
11. Risk: The Spirituality Of Pioneer MissionariesConclusion: Where Do We Go From Here?
Discussion Questions
Annotated Reading List
Illustration Credits
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IndexAdditional Info
In Rome in A.D. 165, two men named Carpus and Papylus stood before the proconsul of Pergamum, charged with the crime of being Christians. Not even torture could make them deny Christ, so they were burned alive. Is my faithfulness as strong? In the fifth century, Melania the Younger and her husband, Pinian, distributed their enormous wealth to the poor and intentionally practiced the discipline of renunciation. Could living more simply deepen my trust in God? In the sixteen hundreds, Philipp Jakob Spener’s love for the Word of God and his desire to help people apply the Bible to their life moved him to start “Colleges of Piety,” or small groups. In what ways could commitment to community make me more like Christ? The history of the church has shaped what our faith and practice are like today. It’s tempting to think that the way we do things now is best, but history also has much to teach us about what we’ve forgotten. In Water from a Deep Well, Gerald Sittser opens to us the rich history of spirituality, letting us gaze at the practices and stories of believers from the past who had the same thirst for God that we do today. As we see their deep faith through his vibrant narratives, we may discover that old ways can bring new life to our own spirituality. -
Women On The Edge
$14.99Add to cartPopular author Cindi McMenamin offers wonderful new encouragement to women who stand at the crossroads of life longing for change, for direction, for ways to make a difference.
Every woman, at one time or another, has felt as if she’s “on the edge.” She has felt unappreciated, unsupported, and weary. She has thought, Why am I putting up with this? Don’t I deserve better? How can I escape?
Such frustration can drive her away from God or toward Him. Cindi shares how women can thrive even in the hard times and…
shift their focus from self to God
trust their heavenly Father more with the things they cannot control
turn their temporary frustrations into lasting fulfillmentThis book will help women turn their negative longings into positive ones. They’ll learn how to live on the edge not in frustration, but joy, as they pursue God in exciting new ways.
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Living Life Forward
$16.99Add to cartIt’s Never Too Late to Live Your Life Forward!
Are you tired of living from crisis to crisis?
Then it is time to start living your life forward-
Time to start living a life of freedom!Many people struggle with having hope for their future because they have never learned how to cut ties with their past. Jeremiah 29:11 proclaims that God desires to give us a future filled with His hope and peace, but realizing the fulfillment of that promise will require several things:
* Recognizing areas of bondage from our past
* Recognizing responses that perpetuate bondage as well as those that bring freedom
* Recognizing that Jesus is our Healer and our LiberatorDo you have places of bitterness in your life from the past? God can make them sweet. Have you experienced areas of cursing in your life? God can turn them into blessing. Today you can begin to live your life forward, unfettered from the past, as you experience the freedom that comes from embracing Jehovah Rapha, the Lord Our Healer.
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Disciple Making Church (Revised)
$22.00Add to cartEvery Christian, church leader and layperson alike, has been called by Christ to make disciples. But often there is so much focus in our churches on the first part of Christ’s command–evangelism–that the second part–teaching new believers to obey all that Christ commanded–is forgotten. New believers find themselves on their own, trying to figure out what their new life is supposed to look like.
In this well-loved book, Bill Hull explains why disciple-making must be the focus of every believer’s life and shows how each of us can do it. With practical examples drawn from vast ministry experience, Hull helps the church deepen and enrich the lives of believers as they learn to truly follow Christ.
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Practice Of The Presence Of God
$14.99Add to cartThe original guide to “practicing the presence of God”
“We must not grow weary of doing little things for the love of God, who looks not on the great size of the work, but on the love of it.”
In this classic work, which has instructed and inspired millions, a humble 17th-century monk reveals the secrets of daily, moment-by-moment fellowship with God.
“In the way of God, thoughts count very little,” writes Brother Lawrence, who spent much of his monastic life in the kitchen. “Love does it all.” Full of realistic honesty, friendliness, and simplicity, Brother Lawrence shows that it is possible to meet God amongst the pots and pans-in the ordinary, daily events of life. This edition, rendered from the original French into graceful, contemporary English, will nourish and delight all those who seek to practice the presence of God.
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Testimony To The Storm
$14.99Add to cartThis book is about one person learning to deal with fear. Fear of the unknown. Fear of death. This story takes you on the road following a person on her journey through the fear surrounding a cancer diagnosis. This book documents one person’s storm. This book is one person’s testimony.
What do you when there is nothing you can do? You hand the situation over to Jesus and trust…
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Passionate Pursuit Of Purity
$15.49Add to cartThe new buzz word of this decade seems to be the word change. Everyone is talking about change! We want changes in politics, changes in healthcare, changes in the policies of our financial institutions and changes in the laws that govern education. We’re looking for a better life, for a way to right the wrongs of our society. Change can be a really good thing, if we are working to bring about the right kinds of changes for the right reasons.
God is all about change. He wants us to experience the kinds of changes that will produce goodness and excellence in our lives. The plans that God designed for us are disclosed in the pages of the Bible. It is his heart’s desire that we discover the purpose for which we were created and that we fulfill the destiny he hand-crafted for each of us.
Passionate Pursuit of Purity is written to help us to understand the condition of our human hearts, how we became estranged from God and his remarkable plan of reconciliation for each of our lives. Through the lessons contained in this book we will discover God’s redeeming love and how we can begin to fulfill our unique purpose and experience the amazing destiny that God has in store for those who pursue purity.
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Make A Choice
$12.99Add to cartWhat do you believe and how do you show it? This book is designed to challenge your foundational beliefs and then challenge you to stand on them. All along the way, you will make decisions that will affect your life forever. 2011 Readers Favorite Silver Award for Christian devotion/study.
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In But Not Of
$19.99Add to cartHugh Hewitt has worked for and with people in some of the most powerful and influential positions in the country. He knows what is required to reach and thrive in such positions, and in this book he shares some of that valuable, hard-won knowledge.In, But Not Of provides readers with valuable insights, wisdom, personal experiences, and advice on how to rise in the world and achieve the kind of radical success that honors God.
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Learning To Follow Jesus
$14.99Add to cartSensing the church’s need for clear, relational discipleship materials, Daniel McNaughton combined his extensive theological training and his years of experience in pastoral ministry to develop this step-by-step guide for learning what it means to be a follower of Jesus. Seven essential attributes are presented using Scripture, personal stories, and questions to help readers apply the concepts to their lives. Resources and assessments for developing the attributes are included, as well as material to help spiritual coaches walk alongside the follower.
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Baal Conspiracy : An Expose On Everyday Idolatry
$13.99Add to cart1. The Troubler
2. The Baal Of Mechanical Piety
3. Worship Or Manipulation
4. How To Treat A Snake
5. The God Who Can’t Be Trapped
6. God Under Wraps?
7. The Baal Of Happiness
8. The Baal Of Power In The Church
9. The Challenge
10. A Filed Manual For Defeating The Baal ConspiracyAdditional Info
Compromised worship has serious roots-and serious consequences. The Israelites can vouch for that. Through an effort to have the best of both worlds, they spent centuries attempting to worship both Yahweh and the fertility god, Baal. With this misguided concept of the true God and true worship, the Israelites’ lives became immersed in a conspiracy to maintain a love of God and a love of everyday gods.
In The Baal Conspiracy, author Al Truesdale exposes the truth behind what this Baal conspiracy meant for the Israelites: that God, in fact, cannot be denied or shared in any form of worship. With solid biblical scholarship, Truesdale employs historical fiction to explain and explore how Christians can confront and defeat the Baal conspiracy in the Church and in daily living. -
Lord Give Me Patience
$15.99Add to cartWe are an impatient people who want everything done in a hurry. But God refuses to be rushed.
In the words of author James W. Moore:
We love instant results. We want everything done in a hurry these days. We don’t want to wait for anything. We are so different from the earlier generations who ordered things from the Sears catalog and waited with great anticipation for weeks or even months for the items to arrive. We want to pay a little down now (even if we can’t really afford it) and get it today.
We are impatient people looking for immediate action and instant gratification, so much so that God’s patient ways sometimes confuse, perplex, and bother us. We are impatient, but God is deliberate, steady, and long-suffering. We look for the speedy way, the shortcut, the instant answer, the immediate solution. But God takes the long way ’round. God refuses to be rushed.
The way to become a spiritually mature Christian is to spend so much time with Christ that we begin to think and act like him, to spend so much time with him that we take on what the apostle Paul called “the mind of Christ.” It just takes time and effort and commitment. There are no easy, instant solutions. What we need to remember is that the things that matter most take time, effort, commitment, discipline, lots of practice, lots of hard work . . . and lots of patience.
Working chapter titles include, “Lord, Give Me Patience, and Give it to Me Right Now”; “Lord, Give Me Perseverance”; ” Lord, Give Me Faith”; “Lord, Give Me Forgiveness”; “Lord, Give Me Love”; “Lord, Give Me Childlikeness”; “Lord, Give Me Life”; “Lord, Give Me Grace”; and others.
This book includes twelve chapters and a discussion guide.
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Searching For God Knows What
$19.99Add to cartNew York Times best-selling author Donald Miller explores the origin andmeaning ofredemption in this fully revised and redesigned bestseller. Hysterically funny, wryly provocative, and disquietingly insightful, Searching for God Knows What invites readers to examine their deep need for redemption, to feel it, know it, and live like it is true in their lives. Miller weaves phenomenal characters and true-to-life spectacles into his acclaimed memoir style to enrich,inspire, entertain, and ultimately challenge readers to see life in a new way.He shows that one of the greatest desires of every person is the desire for redemption, to have brokenness repaired. Instead of the chaotic relationships, self-hatred, wreckless consumerism, and anxiety that overrun a life without redemption, Miller uncovers the beauty and power of the Gospel to fulfill one of our deepest needs.
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Present Perfect : Finding God In The Now
$18.99Add to cartA “Holy Habit” That Will Change Your Life!
Experience true spiritual transformation: invite God’s presence into your life! Popular author, theologian, and pastor Gregory Boyd shows you how-simply, practically, and effectively-in this thoughtful and accessible book.
Discover: * How to pray continually * What it means to “take every thought captive” * How to wake up to God’s ever-present love
God is closer to you than the air you breathe. He is present in every given moment. Wake up to his presence! Turn off the mental chatter that keeps you from seeing his glory. Embrace the holy habit of inviting God’s presence into your life, and be transformed!
Wake Up to God’s Presence!
We long to be transformed. Yet our minds are filled with endless trivia and self-centered chatter. To-do lists. Worries about the past. Speculation about the future. We forget to live in the present moment … and to invite God to be with us there.
After reading classic contemplative authors Brother Lawrence, Jean-Pierre de Caussade, and Frank Laubach, theologian and pastor Gregory Boyd longed to experience the presence of God for himself. For two decades, he’s attempted to implement the “practice of the presence of God” in his own life … sometimes succeeding, sometimes failing. What he’s learned as a fellow pilgrim on his spiritual journey can help you find true spiritual transformation as you begin to practice the discipline of inviting God into every moment.
“I’ve become absolutely convinced that remaining aware of God’s presence moment-by-moment is the single most important task in the life of every follower of Jesus,” Boyd writes. “I’m convinced this challenge is implied in our commitment to surrender our life to Christ, for the only real life we have to surrender to him is the one we live moment-by-moment.”
Join Boyd on this transformational journey of a lifetime!
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Life With God
$18.99Add to cartRichard Foster expounds on his introduction to the successful Renovare Spiritual Formation Bible and his concept of the “with-God life,” showing how all of Scripture is unified around the theme of how to have a vibrant and dynamic life with God. For Foster, the with-God life concept allows the “river of life that flows through the Bible into the thirsty wastelands of the human soul.” Breaking up history into fifteen epochs that reveal the unfolding of God’s plan for seeking out a relationship to us, Foster sees the Bible as “the loving heart of God made visible and plain” to us. The with-God life “is a life of unhurried peace and power. It is solid, serene, simple, radiant. It takes no time, though it permeates all of our time.” Readers will discover a whole new way to read Scripture, making it much more a doorway to a lifestyle to master rather than merely knowledge to understand.
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For The Love Of The Lord (Student/Study Guide)
$13.99Add to cartAn in-depth look at what the Bible teaches about love and how that love should transform us.
The title For the Love of the Lord has a double meaning – it refers both to the love God has for us and the love we have for God. But what is love? How does it make us act? How does it change us? In this book, author Nancy Ferguson sets out to free readers from preconceived notions by finding out what the Bible says about love.
By acting out love toward others, we learn more about what it really is and what it can do. As we learn more about the love that God lavishes on us, we mature in the love of the Lord. As we mature in that love, we love God and others more and more. Thus, Nancy demonstrates, love is a circle that spirals upward until we reach our final destination, where we shall spend eternity basking in the glories of heaven in God’s presence. “My prayer,” writes Nancy, “is that as you read this book, you will learn more of God’s love and be drawn closer to the Source of the unlimited love lavished upon us daily, and that you will let that love transform your life into what God wants you to be.”
In this back-to-basics study, Nancy shares her passion for the Bible and God’s generous love.
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Into His Presence
$16.49Add to cartSo What’s It All About?
Entering into His presence!
Now and ForeverNot always but often it seems, SUFFERING becomes the pathway leading to the highest awareness of God’s presence. I have, therefore, imagined characters who endure differing degrees of challenge, sadness, or suffering.
But I pray my readers will patiently read on past the sorrow, anticipating the vicarious joy of entering into His presence with Nick, or Matt, or Timmy, or the young guilty sinner-and with all the others!
No matter the intensity of the struggle, each character discovers powerful victory in this life’s journey or transitions into ultimate victory-into the King’s eternal presence.
Oh, to catch a glimpse of Him-for now and forever!
The greatest gift I have ever received is the apprehension of just one profound truth-that life everlasting and joy unending is available at no cost to us, for King Jesus paid it all.
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Eat The Cookie Buy The Shoes
$34.00Add to cart1. The Cookie
2. Happy Birthday
3. You Are Worth A Little Waste
4. God Likes A Party
5. Celebrate Your Progress
6. Celebrate Through Giving
7. A Time To Remember
8. Celebrate Who You Are And What You Have
9. Celebrate You
10. Learn When To Shop
11. Give Your Soul A Vacation
12. Priorities
13. My All In All
14. Give God Your All
15. Celebrate Discipline
16. Discipline Yourself To Celebrate
NotesAdditional Info
Breaking away from society’s belief that unbending discipline is the only way to succeed shows weakness, right? Wrong, says Meyer. Here she explores the difference between healthy celebration and destructive self-indulgence; demonstrates how to achieve balance in your life; and gives you permission to indulge in a guilty pleasure every now and then. -
Final Approach : Why Did America Turn Against God
$13.49Add to cartIt is the purpose of this book to use Scripture, not an opinion, to implore Christians to carefully consider their actions now more than ever in their life-
People are unprepared for the end of the age because they have been fed teaching that is far from scriptural truth, for example:
Did God’s prophets challenge a ruler of the nation-or did they stay out of politics?
Future sins are forgiven? -Scripture versus popular opinion
Born again-Jesus expected Nicodemus to understand the concept, because it is from the Old Testament. Do you?
Can you name apostles that used a sinner’s prayer in the New Testament?
Does saying you repent meet God’s requirements for repentance?
Was baptism a Jewish concept? Or is it New Testament?
Does grace have any relationship to forgiveness?
Is faith a thought of the mind, or an action?
Scriptures are presented on these subjects with a way to have insight into their intended meanings-the words people usually miss are made bold to insure they are recognized. Through studying the Scriptures you will be able to research these and other questions like these, and draw your own conclusions. -
Good Morning Dear Father
$15.49Add to cartGood Morning, Dear Father, is a testimony of love describing the Quiet Time and how it becomes our opportunity to:
Knock for Love – A game of intimacy
Dance with The Lord with Him always in the lead
Progress from Like to Love
Anticipate a daily surprise manifestation of The Holy Spirit
Solve the riddle of the most important number One(ness)
Discover God’s favorite song
Decide when a new song becomes old
Eat all you want with no spiritual dieting
See how God’s jealousy turns into a wonderful love gift
Surrender without worry
Become spiritually alert
Pray spontaneously
Draw nearer to our Beloved God
Realize the most important person in our life – Jesus Christ, The Savior
Experience spiritual growth (A Promise)
Sense amplified discernment of God’s Will
Receive a perfect match up of God’s Word with our present spiritual maturity
Feel your heart become strongly warm
Recognize God speaking to us through cereal boxes and bed sheets
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Best Investment Money Cant Buy
$14.99Add to cartThese messages were written from ideas that God gave me from a variety of settings. Some messages came from ideas I heard during church sermons, Christian broadcasting, crusades, reading books, events that have happened, my own personal experiences, the Bible, and a mission trip to Africa.
Key words or phrases would be said or read about during these different settings and then God would inspire me to write about what was heard or read. Some ideas came from personal experiences and then confirmed by other messages that were being preached. I write down almost every message that I hear preached at Church, or at the Crusades.
The final inspiration to write this book came from my circumstances at church. I had a lot of messages ready to preach, but was not having an opportunity to preach them. I was starting to get bitter and God inspired me to put these messages in a book and said the messages would reach a lot more people this way. I heard the call and did what God called me to do and now I am better not bitter.
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Life In The Spirit
$33.99Add to cartIncluding essays from 2009 Wheaton Theology Conference keynote speakers Dallas Willard and Gordon Fee as well as contributing essays by noted presenters such as Chris Hall, David Gushee, Linda Cannell, Cherith Fee Nordling and Lawrece Cunningham, this book offers a stimulating exploration of the historical, biblical and theological dimensions of spiritual formation.
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Holy Spirit Is Not For Sale
$18.00Add to cartFor more than sixteen years, veteran journalist J. Lee Grady has kept a finger on the pulse of the charismatic and Pentecostal renewal, which restored the power of the Holy Spirit to the church, but which now suffers from abuse. Since many Spirit-empowered believers have lost their original focus and purity, Grady delves into some of the problems that plague churches and ministries: financial scandal, faulty theology, moral failure, and more.
Yet the message of this fervent journalist, who loves the gifts of the Spirit, isn’t one of condemnation and finger-pointing. Instead it is a clarion call to restore the fire of supernatural anointing with biblical boldness, purity, integrity, humility, truth, justice, and compassion. Grady longs for every believer to find or recover a genuine experience with the Holy Spirit.
Among the topics he addresses are:
* the genuine work of the Holy Spirit
* strategies for developing healthy leaders
* how to set up proper accountability structures
* why so many churches and ministries have imploded in recent yearsWith extraordinary insight, a keen eye for discernment, and a desire to see the church purified and believers empowered, Grady gives a straightforward and ultimately affirming message that will expose the problems and ignite believers with God’s fire.
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Walking The Labyrinth
$17.99Add to cartA labyrinth is a pattern consisting of a single circuitous path that winds into the centre, with no possibility of getting lost, as in a maze, and no dead ends. It is one of the most ancient tools for spiritual growth and development, dating back to medieval Christianity, and is currently enjoying a popular revival, especially in contemporary ‘Fresh Expressions’ of church. As an effective focus for prayer and worship, labyrinths – temporary and permanent – are increasingly found in traditional and alternative church communities and at festivals like Greenbelt. This book provides a complete guide for beginner and seasoned labyrinth explorer alike. An accessible and inviting illustrated guide, it: traces the history of labyrinths in the Christian spiritual tradition, explores the different ways groups and individuals can use a labyrinth for prayer and reflection, gives instructions for creating small and large, simple and complex, temporary and permanent, indoor and outdoor labyrinths based on the most well known designs
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Hes Been Faithful
$18.99Add to cartCarol Cymbala, director of The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, shares inspiring evidence that God inhabits the praises of his people. She recounts the stories of people who have been dramatically changed by the power of prayer and worship, her own story of her life and ministry, and her approach to leading music so that every believer can experience God in authentic worship. A bonus music CD of the choir is included.
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Expository Listening : A Handbook For Hearing And Doing Gods Word
$14.99Add to cart“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”–James 1:22 In many people’s mind, if they don’t get anything out of the sermon, it’s the preacher’s fault. But that’s only half true. The Bible teaches that listeners must partner with the preacher so that the Word of God accomplishes its intended purpose of transforming their life. Expository Listening is your handbook on biblical listening. It is designed to equip you not only to understand what true, biblical preaching sounds like, but also how to receive it, and ultimately, what to do about it. You need to know how to look for the Word of God, to love the Word of God, and to live the Word of God. In this way, God and His Word will be honored and glorified through your life.
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Meeting Of The Waters
$16.99Add to cartThe Meeting of the Waters identifies seven trends having a major impact on the Church around the world – and on every Christian at home in every country.
The global community of Christians is stunning in its scope and spiritual impact. But what is happening to the Church as new technology, marketing, and generational shifts make their unavoidable mark? And what difference does it make for Christians in day-to-day life?
Equal parts travelogue, character study, and global documentary, The Meeting of the Waters interlaces stories and instruction in the tradition of Freakonomics, The World is Flat, and The Tipping Point. This breakthrough book is for any Christian eager to make a difference in a changing world.
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Discovering Discipleship : Dynamics Of Christian Education
$44.99Add to cartPracticing faithful discipleship means focusing on the daily aspects of Christian education in the local church, within its structures, and through faithful ministry.
Through Bible-based truths and helpful insights, Discovering Discipleship identifies principles that provide the Christian educator with an overview of the significant aspects of faithful discipleship. Effectively organized into four areas-definitions, dynamics, design, and practice-authors Dean Blevins and Mark Maddix offer readers an approach to discipleship that seeks to honor God, understand our role in the contemporary world, and guide persons and communities according to Kingdom principles.
In this honest exploration, readers will find a new perspective on discipleship that will help them dig deeper and develop a long-lasting and effective practice of community formation and faithful discipleship.
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Prodigal Son : An Astonishing Study Of The Parable Jesus Told To Unveil God
$19.99Add to cartCharles Dickens. William Shakespeare. Garrison Keillor. They’re all part of the chorus of literary geniuses who expressed admiration for The Parable of the Prodigal Son as outstanding literature. After all, it is a powerful drama, rich in detail, powerfully succinct, and intensely personal. But beyond the literary critiques-besides being one of the most celebrated written works of all time-the message of this parable is one we can’t afford to ignore. In A Tale of Two Sons, John MacArthur takes the story back to its roots, when Jesus’ words were absolutely revolutionary. As one of America’s most beloved Bible teachers, MacArthur leads us through the minefields of interpretation and restores the simple yet profound brilliance of this passage. Giving engrossing historical background, A Tale of Two Sons will reveal Christ’s original message as intended for the Pharisees, the disciples, and the world today.
Gain an enlightening perspective into the prodigal son’s story and embrace God’s love anew with A Tale of Two Sons.
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On Guard : Defending Your Faith With Reason And Precision
$18.99Add to cartAn excellent training manual for defending the Christian faith! Equipping believers to stand their ground, Craig offers four arguments for God’s existence, defends the historicity of Jesus’ personal claims and resurrection, addresses the problem of suffering, and shows why religious relativism isn’t viable. Discover not only what you believe but why!
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God In Pursuit
$13.99Add to cartWhat is the turning point that causes a curious journalist and atheist to walk into a church and be converted to Christ the first time she takes communion? At what point is a lifelong atheist and head of one of the greatest scientific breakthroughs of the twentieth century persuaded to turn to Christ? What leads a woman, who had a Mafia contract on her life and who appeared on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list, to become a Christian in prison and then start a national outreach ministry that has touched the lives of thousands of children?
What is that moment at which God’s disruptive Spirit invades the lives of even the unlikeliest of individuals, drawing them into relationship with Christ? Joseph Bentz calls this the tipping point.In God in Pursuit, Bentz identifies and celebrates the sparks that allow faith to catch fire in the lives of new believers who were once hostile or indifferent to God. Filled with insight, encouragement, and solid biblical wisdom, this earnest examination shows readers how those tipping points from doubt to faith operate throughout the Christian life as they confront spiritual crises and grapple with questions that will bring them deeper into relationship with God.
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Free Book : I Am A Fanatic About Freedom And Im Fanatical About Coming At Y
$18.99Add to cart“I am a fanatic about freedom and I’m fanatical about coming at you hard in this book.”Maybe you’re not as free as you think you are. Even worse, you may have been duped into believing that a “balanced” life is the key to happiness (it isn’t) or that a relationship with God is about layering on rules and restrictions (nope). Tome says it best. “I’m tired of seeing people beaten down by the world’s systems and by religion. I’m sick of seeing people live safe, predictable lives while their God-given passion dies. I hate the assumption that getting close to God means more rules and restrictions. No more. God’s offering real freedom. Get yours.” The Bible says that, “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” Not fear. Not guilt. Not morality. Freedom. You can have the sort of joy you thought only kids could have. The day of freedom is here.
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God Strong : The Military Wifes Spiritual Survival Guide
$18.99Add to cartAs a military wife, caring for your home and family is a mission that never stops. You want to support your husband while he serves, but you often wonder if you have what it takes. As someone who has been through this herself, Sara Horn will remind you with encouraging spiritual insights that you don’t have to be an army of one when you are God Strong.
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Whats His Name
$16.49Add to cartWhat’s His Name? explores the names attributed to God in the Bible. Names such as: Elohim, Yahweh, Adonay, El Shadday, El Elyon, Abba Father and Jesus to mention a few. Each name reveals in detail God’s attributes (what He is like) and His divine nature (how He acts). By knowing and understanding His names we discover with indisputable evidence that He is the only true and living God. He is the holy, eternal, all-powerful, all-knowing One, who loves us and is always faithful to us. He is our Creator, our Rock, our Redeemer, our Righteousness, our Provider, our Protector and our Shepherd. He is always present in our midst working in our lives to draw us closer to Himself. Each name unveils personal applications showing us how God interacts with us and how we are to interact with Him. By knowing and understanding His names, we can experience an unwavering trust in Him, a deeper personal relationship with Him and the assurance that He will never forsake those who seek Him.
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Transformation : Change The Marketplace And You Change The World (Reprinted)
$19.00Add to cartGod loves us and has a unique blueprint for our life–but it’s up to us to find it and live it out. Mingling contemporary stories and biblical anecdotes with practical advice, Silvoso shows how God intervenes in human affairs today to transform people and nations. He also shares five critical paradigms for transformation that are pivotal for change: Discipling Nations, Reclaiming the Marketplace, Looking at Work as Worship, Becoming Salt and Light, and Eliminating Poverty. In these pages, readers will find extraordinary stories about the power of God working through those who discovered their specific purpose. Then they’ll be challenged to transform themselves and, by doing so, transform their families, schools, businesses, and nations. Silvoso encourages readers to aim high, knowing that God has entrusted them with great things. “God sees you as a nation transformer,” says Silvoso. He has faith in you!
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Who Stole My Church
$18.99Add to cartHas your church been hijacked? Millions of people in their fifties, sixties, and seventies feel their churches have been hijacked by church-growth movements characterized by loud praise bands, constant PowerPoint presentations, and cavernous megachurches devoid of any personal touch. They are bewildered by the changes, and are dropping out after thirty, forty, or fifty years in a congregation. It’s a crisis! In this fictional story, pastor and author Gordon MacDonald uses topical examples and all-too-familiar characters to reassure readers that it is possible to embrace change, and to demonstrate how that change can actually be a positive influence in their church. The church, he says, has always been in a state of change; it has been changing for the last two thousand years. It is time to embrace that change and use it further the Kingdom of God
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Good And Beautiful Life
$27.99Add to cartIntroduction
How To Get The Most Out Of This Book
1 An Invitation To The Good Life
Soul Training: Writing A Letter To God
2 Getting Heaven In Us
Soul Training: Play
3 An Invitation To Blessedness
Soul Training: Hospitality
4 Learning To Live Without Anger
Soul Training: Keeping The Sabbath
5 Learning To Live Without Lust
Soul Training: Media Fast
6 Learning To Live Without Lying
Soul Training: Silence
7 Learning To Bless Those Who Curse Us
Soul Training: Praying For The Success Of Competitors
8 Learning To Live Without Vainglory
Soul Training: Secret Service
9 Learning To Live Without Avarice
Soul Training: Deaccumulation
10 Learning To Live Without Worry
Soul Training: Prayer
11 Learning To Live Without Judging Others
Soul Training: A Day Without Gossip
12 Living In The Kingdom Day By Day
Soul Training: Living One Day DevotionallyAppendix: Small Group Discussion Guide
Notes
AcknowledgmentsAdditional Info
James Bryan Smith believes we have bought into false notions of happiness and success. We find ourselves caught up in self-serving decisions that lead us further into the vices that cause ruin: anger, lust, lying, worry and judging. In this follow up to his first book, The Good and Beautiful God, Smith traces through the Sermon on the Mount and helps us look behind these sins to replace our false beliefs with Jesus’ naratives about life in the kingdom of God. -
Fresh Eyes To Read The Bible 1
$22.00Add to cartThis title presents a fresh perspective concerning ‘Creation,’ ‘Inheritance of Adam’s Sin,’ ‘Once-for-all Forgiveness of Seventy Sevens,’ ‘Baptism with the Holy Spirit,’ ‘End Times,’ ‘Law and Grace,’ et cetera, through exploring the hidden meanings of the Bible.
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Holy Subversion : Allegiance To Christ In An Age Of Rivals
$20.00Add to cartChristians are too often guilty of pledging their allegiance to the influential principalities and powers of this age rather than to Christ alone. In Holy Subversion, Trevin Wax challenges such behavior by urging a return to the subversive lifestyle of the earliest Christians. Their proclamation and demonstration that “Jesus is Lord” directly opposed the Caesar worship of their day.
Today, Christians in the West must choose between Jesus and our “Caesars”: self, success, money, leisure, sex, power. What would it look like, asks Wax, if today’s church reclaimed the communal, subversive nature of the gospel, intentionally undermining all contenders for our devotion? How would the message that “Jesus is Lord” change our thinking about our jobs, our families, and our church participation? Here this gifted pastor-theologian offers help in taking our faith public, dethroning modern-day Caesars, honoring the Lordship of Christ, and understanding the church as the ultimate counterculture-an embodiment of Christ’s supremacy over all.
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How To Inherit The Earth
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Scott Bessenecker has learned from new friar communities, from the history of Christianity and from the mouth of Jesus that there’s something wonderfully subversive about saying no to ourselves every now and then, something that could even change the world.
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Breeding Ground : A New Life
$15.49Add to cartHow surprising it was to hear the Holy Spirit say to me, “This is your breeding ground,” while standing on the grounds of Harbor UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California.
It was a place where my two sons had been born with complications. Little did I know that twenty years later my destiny would unfold between the perimeters of these same grounds. Unknowingly I had enrolled in the school of the Holy Spirit and HE would be my Instructor. I would also give birth here to a ministry which consisted among other things, of a healing ministry. These grounds where medical scholars receive training would also become the place of my training in the spiritual realm.
As you read this book you will become a part of these God-given classes that are given through divine revelations, while you gain knowledge regarding the five spiritual senses and their value. You can gain knowledge in your spiritual senses even in the absence of the five physical senses-such as in the story of “Baby O” who was believed to be born without any of his five physical senses. Then there is the revelation of the angels found in a hospital room that may have been instructors sent by the Holy Spirit. In sharing my experience you will also gain insight in such crucial areas as character development, ministry of intercession, and spiritual warfare. Your life will be transformed by the eye-openers given within these pages as they usher you into your own “breeding ground” experience!
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Clear Answers To Murky Questions
$16.49Add to cartThere are questions that seem to plague mankind. . .questions that pertain to life and the difficulties that everyone must face. For example, “Why Do Good People Suffer?”, and “Who Came Up With God’s Plan of Salvation?”. People want real answers to these reasonable questions, yet many times the answers given are “canned” and even incorrect. Clear Answers to Murky Questions attempts to give compassionate, thorough, and documented answers to the hard questions of life.
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Pure Pleasure : Why Do Christians Feel So Bad About Feeling Good
$18.99Add to cartPopular spiritual author Gary Thomas invites you to shake off the shackles of misunderstanding about sin and experience the liberating power of living a life of holy pleasure-a life that feeds your relationships, protects your spiritual integrity, and energizes your worship and service. Get ready to experience the freedom to feel good as you move forward in your faith.
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Relational Disciple : How God Uses Community To Shape Followers Of Jesus
$14.95Add to cartJesus lived with His disciples for three years and taught them life lessons. He molded and shaped them through community. He traveled with them and taught them as they journeyed. After three years, Jesus told them to “go and do likewise” (Matthew 28:18-20).
Christ’s way of discipleship was through relationships.
We in the west, on the other hand, prepare lone-ranger disciples based on our culture of individualism. This book will detail how our culture of individualism has now turned into isolationism and that social relationships are at an all-time low. The church of Jesus Christ has also been negatively impacted through a brand of individualism that promotes anonymity in the church.I will contrast this with how the early church made relational disciples. Like Jesus, they focused on the one-anothers of Scripture. They took the commands of Christ literally when he told them to love one another, serve one-another and care for one another. In fact, Jesus told His disciples that as a result of the love they practiced to one another, the world would believe in His existence (John 17).
The Trinity is our example of pure community. God exists in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The persons of the Godhead dwell together in perfect unity. God’s very nature stirs His followers to live in unity with one another. And community is the crying need for those living in the west in the 21st century. So many are lonely, isolated and in need of loving relationships.
This book will encourage Christ-followers to allow God to mold them through the natural relationships of life: family, friends, cells, church and mission.
Section I:
-The Problem of Isolation: the breakdown of American community in the 21st century and the immense pain and loneliness in society today.
–Relationship with the Trinity: true community stems from having a right relationship with Father, Son and Holy Spirit–the God who lives in perfect unity.
-New Testament Community: what the Bible says about relational Christianity and the need for community.
-How God uses conflict in our relationships with people to mold and shape us as His followers.
SECTION II:
I will cover four concentric circles:-inner circle: Spouse, family, children, close friends. Sadly, we in North America have often prioritized personal success over those closest to us.
-organic church circle: I’m referring here to the cell or a small group and those discipleship relationsh
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Intimacy
$15.99Add to cartWriting from his vast experience as a pastoral counselor, Henri Nouwen addresses the basic question, “How can I find a creative and fulfilling intimacy in my relationship with God and my fellow human beings?” He conducts a rich and insightful exploration into the balance between intimacy and distance, the problems in trying to develop lasting and productive relationships on all levels, and the connections between intimacy and sexuality, pray, faith, and the mental well-being of the minister. Intimacy is an essential resource for anyone struggling to grasp the profound implications of this most basic human needs.
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Godly Motivation : 40 Days Of Spiritual Growth
$13.49Add to cart“So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.” Romans 10:17 (NASB)
“So shall My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11 (NASB)
“For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12 NASB.
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Just War As Christian Discipleship
$30.00Add to cartThis provocative and timely primer on the just war tradition connects just war to the concrete practices and challenges of the Christian life. Daniel Bell explains that the point is not simply to know the just war tradition but to live it even in the face of the tremendous difficulties associated with war. He shows how just war practice, if it is to be understood as a faithful form of Christian discipleship, must be rooted in and shaped by the fundamental convictions and confessions of the faith. The book includes a foreword by an Army chaplain who has served in Iraq and study questions for group use.
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If God Is Your Co Pilot Swap Seats
$16.99Add to cartJesus gave us the good news that if we make God our number-one priority, then everything else will fall into place, and our life will be full of joy, purpose, mission, meaning, and fulfillment.
In the words of author James W. Moore: There’s a saying that goes, “If God is your co-pilot, swap seats!” Now, what I think that means is something we all need to hear, namely this: Don’t just take God along for the ride. Rather, let God do the driving! Put God in the driver’s seat of your life. Don’t make God your assistant; let God be the chief pilot on your life’s journey.
God is not only a comfort, God is a joy. God is the source of all pleasure. God is light and laughter. God is the Giver of Life…real life, abundant life, full life, meaningful life, joyful life, eternal life. And our chief purpose is to celebrate God, and to serve God, and to enjoy God forever.
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Spiritual Maturity : The Road To Wonderland
$19.95Add to cartFor decades, Chafer’s He That is Spiritual guided the Christian in spiritual growth, but it remains out of reach for many modern believers who struggle with the 1918 text or no longer have the general Bible knowledge that the book assumes.
Now, Spiritual Maturity: The Road to Wonderland brings those same critical lessons prefaced by quotes and illustrations from Lewis Carroll’s timeless tales. Interwoven throughout the text is Christine, a fictional character, whose life and questions mirror those of today’s reader.
We need to be sure we are walking in the direction and in the manner God would choose. And on any journey, a map-correctly understood-can be enormously helpful. Thankfully, God has provided us one. Designed for individual or classroom use.
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John G Lake On Healing
$18.99Add to cartJohn G. Lake was one of the most powerful healing evangelists of the twentieth century. His life’s work included countless conversions, healings, and deliverances, as well as the establishment of hundreds of churches and ministries. Now, the wisdom and experience of Lake’s teachings on healing have been condensed into one book. Through these teachings, you, too, can: ” Receive physical and emotional healing. ” Discover the spiritual roots of sickness. ” Overcome fear and hopelessness. ” Remove hindrances to healing. ” Defeat the attacks of Satan. ” Walk in divine health. ” Minister healing to others. ” Win souls for eternity. ” Experience a new joy in your life. The power of John G. Lake’s healing ministry and its effect on the world is finally at your fingertips. Healing is available for you and your loved ones today!
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Reflective Disciple : Learning To Live As Faithful Followers Of Jesus In Th
$32.00Add to cartMuch time and attention is currently devoted by Christian writers to the notion of discipleship. Many of the courses and local church programmes are, however, focused on the gathered church or on gathering. Roger Walton challenges the church to ‘train and release’ reflective and creative disciples by giving attention to the presence of God in the life of the world and engaging with the divine in the ordinary. This is a challenging resource for all involved in church leadership and training new Christians.
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Knowledge Of The Holy
$15.99Add to cartInformative and inspiring, The Knowledge of the Holy illuminates God’s attributes–from wisdom, to grace, to mercy–and shows through prayerful and discussion, how we can more fully recognize and appreciate each of these divine aspects. This book will be treasured by anyone committed to the Christian faith. It bears eloquent witness to God’s majesty and shows us new ways to experience and understand the wonder and the power of God’s spirit in our daily lives.
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Life In The Faith Lane
$23.99Add to cartHave you ever wondered what life must have been like for Abraham and Sarah? God called them to pick up and leave everything they knew to go to an unfamiliar place, to live a nomadic life, all the while being totally dependent on God for all their needs. Would God possibly call a present day Christian family out of the comfortable, conventional, American lifestyle to do exactly that? In Life in The Faith Lane, Jennifer shares her experiences of following her husband’s lead in the calling to leave everything behind and follow Jesus. Day by day as she and her family stepped out in faith, God met them in supernatural ways, taking them through many adventures, full of blessings and challenges, to teach them how personal God can truly be. On this journey, not only have their lives been deeply enriched, but they have received a glimpse of how powerful the Creator of the universe really is.
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Mansions Of The Heart
$24.95Add to cartA practical program for developing a deeper, more authentic relationship with God
Written for anyone who wants to develop a deeper more meaningful relationship with God, Mansions of the Heart offers a step-by-step guide through a spiritual formation road map based on Teresa of Avila’s Seven Mansions. The book includes a Mapping Tool that will help you discern your place on your spiritual journey and offers church leaders a process for helping church members to grow into spiritual maturity.
*Contains a spiritual program based on the writings of Teresa of Avila, one of Christianity’s most profound and beloved mystical teachers Offers a complete, step-by-step program for spiritual growth
*Includes information for leading others in their spiritual journeys
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Skeptics Guide To Faith
$18.99Add to cartPhilip Yancey believes we are missing the supernatural hidden in everyday life. In this 2004 Christianity Today Book Award of Merit winner he investigates the natural world and discovers the supernatural hiding in plain view. Nature and super nature are not two separate worlds, but different expressions of the same reality. To encounter the world as a whole, we need a more supernatural awareness of the natural world. He promises that the grace-filled result will be a life of beauty, purpose, freedom, and faith.
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Defeating Pharisaism : Recovering Jesus Disciple Making Method
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Pharisaism (legalism, dogmatism, separatism, judgmentalism, etc.) is alive and well and a destructive force in too many evangelical churches. This plague hinders effective outreach, burns out professional and lay leaders and has contributed to the mass alienation of tens of thousands of young people from evangelical churches to the point where they have no church affiliation at all or they associate with churches that may have compromised the gospel in their attempt to be culturally relevant.
This book makes the point that the key to defeating Pharisaism is by proactively steering people away from Pharisaism while at the same time showing them the life-giving truth that is found in true kingdom living, beautifully communicated through the Sermon on the Mount. As Jesus trained his disciples, he kept pointing at the Pharisees and saying, Do not be like them.
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Rediscovering Holiness : Know The Fullness Of Life With God (Reprinted)
$20.00Add to cartThere was a time, writes renowned theologian J. I. Packer in this classic book on biblical holiness, “when all Christians laid great emphasis on God’s call to holiness. But how different it is today! To listen to our sermons and to read the books we write, and then to watch the zany, worldly, quarrelsome way we behave, you would never imagine that once the highway of holiness was clearly marked out for Bible-believers.” In this revised and updated edition of Rediscovering Holiness, the highway is once more clearly marked out for a new generation of readers, pointing to true freedom and joy, both now and in eternity.
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Warring For The Lord
$18.99Add to cartThis book is a clarion wake-up call to all nations! It is an explosive, revelatory, and strategic end-time war plan for Yahweh’s governmental system, which is commissioned to remake, remold, renew, refresh, and refine the mind of His creation. Eveyone who reads this book will be inspired, motivated, and compelled to stand for salvation or fall for devestation.
