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Spiritual Entrepreneurs : Six Principals For Risking Renewal
$21.99Add to cartThis book tells the story of an innovative pastor and leadership team who intentionally led their church to take spiritual risks. By using six principles, renewal can come to any church, asserts Slaughter. These six principles are focused on Jesus Christ, the Bible, new forms of worship, a commitment to membership, equipping lay people for ministry, and spiritual leadership.
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Faith Traditions And The Family
$34.00Add to cartFamily life since World War II has undergone dramatic changes. Cultural shifts emphasizing personal needs and fulfillment have transformed traditional understandings of marriage and divorce, gender equality, and sexual behavior, resulting in a marked increase in single-parent homes, dual-income couples, and divorced and blended families. In this book, contributors who represent diverse religious traditions in North America show how their respective traditions have responded to changes in the family in the last half century. Exploring the broad range of responses in their traditions – from conservative to progressive – they reflect on the roles that theology, scripture, and the social sciences have had in this transformation. Further, they take a realistic look at the influence of mainstream religion and its role in future discussions of family life. This exploration offers readers fresh and broad ranges of ways to evaluate their own religious traditions when dealing with issues related to the future of the family. Religious traditions discussed are Southern Baptist, Mormon, Mennonite, Roman Catholic, African Methodist Episcopal, Methodist, Jewish, Presbyterian, United Church of Canada, Episcopal, and ecumenical and interdenominational.
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Cross And The Resurrection (Student/Study Guide)
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As Christians, we’re followers of Jesus Christ. But how much do we really know about our leader? The LIFE AND MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST series recounts the life of Christ, who He is, what He taught, things He did. It pulls together accounts from all four Gospels, in chronological order, of His life and ministry on earth. If you want to know Christ more fully, this series will give you a unique look at some of the most important teachings and events in the life of Christ. As you examine the life of Jesus, you’ll be challenged and encouraged to follow Him more closely.
THE FINAL HOUR HAD COME. InThe Cross and the Resurrection you will witness the events leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus. Observe Jesus, unyielding in His pursuit of God’s will, in agony as He considers the death He must face. But you’ll also see the glorious resurrection of Jesus and experience His commissioning of His followers to take His gospel to the ends of the earth.
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Like A Garden
$23.00Add to cartIn this book, Juengst explores the use of garden as a metaphor in the Bible. Various garden metaphors convey images of God’s providential care, our responsibility to steward the earth, the discipline of the Christian life, what it means to bear fruit, and the harvest waiting for us in the “new heaven and earth.” She also discusses ancient gardening routines to shed light on the significance of the symbolism in biblical passages.
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Jesus Prescription For A Healthy Life
$28.99Add to cartLeonard Sweet, with his profound insight and humor examines how Jesus laughed, hung out with friends, played with children, walked, enjoyed the good times at social gatherings, and poked fun at pious pretensions. By examining the life of Jesus, this prescription for health and well-being details the ways and habits through which Jesus lived a disciplined life and healthy existence during his ministry among us.
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Growing Deep In The Christian Life
$19.99Add to cart22 Chapters
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Whether you drive a truck, wait tables, work in an office, or ferry the kids to and from soccer practice, Chuck Swindoll understands that your world is practical, earthy, tough, and relentless. Growing Deep in the Christian Life takes theology out of the ivory tower and enables you to apply it to where you live every day.The basics of the faith are the roots from which we draw emotional. stability, mental food for growth, and spiritual energy and perspective on life. Growing Deep in the Christian Life offers an easy-going and practical approach that reviews ten key doctrines and shows their power to strengthen and encourage you in the faith.
Swindoll says, “By returning to our roots, we determine precisely where we stand. We equip ourselves for living the life God designed for us to live.”
Growing Deep in the Christian Life helps you dig deeper and discover the essentials of the faith–essentials that enable you to experience Christian discipleship at a richer and more mature level.
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Wisdom : Gods Golden Key To Success
$7.00Add to cartGod is Determined that you succeed in every area of life! The secret is out and time has proven that your heavenly Father is intent on blessing you. Miracles, provisions, ideas and vision are being released from heaven everyday to believers just like you. Once you determine that it is God’s will that you succeed, then it is only a matter of you learning the principles that govern the God-kind of success. In this book,Dr. Murdock shares his insight into the Wisdom of God that will remove the veil of ignorance and propel you into the abundant life!
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Mary Magdalene And Many Others
$39.00Add to cartThis extensive study of Mary Magdalene and the “many other women” mentioned in the Gospels sheds light on how Jesus treated women. Ricci is surprised that so much that is known about these women is ignored by scholars who choose to turn the focus away from these loyal followers of Jesus.
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Workbook Of Living Prayer (Workbook)
$16.99Add to cartIn over two decades, nearly half a million persons have been reawakened to prayer by using The Workbook of Living Prayer. One of the best-selling groups resources ever published, this workbook teaches us to pray in a simple, practical way. Updated and revised, this six-week, personal adventure in prayer will strengthen a new generation of prayers as well as those who have used it before.
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Economic Empowerment Through The Church
$24.99Add to cartThe Kingdom of God is not only spiritual — it is intensely practical. The church today must move beyond its traditional role if it is to truly fulfill its mission. It can no longer respond only to spiritual needs and speak only to people’s hearts. The church is called to be a force for change in the world, especially where the needs are greatest: the inner-city neighborhoods where crime, violence, and unemployment are the order of the day. Economic Empowerment Through the Church is a practical book that shows churches how to become a force for revitalization in their community by means of “economic empowerment”– by becoming involved in the everyday, economic life of their communities. It shows churches how to structure themselves, how to avoid tax problems, what businesses they can operate without jeopardizing their tax-exempt status, and step-by-step guidelines for implementing ancillary operations such as real estate, day care centers, drug abuse rehabilitation centers, housing projects, and others. The book includes checklists that help churches avoid missing crucial steps, as well as sample documents and forms.
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Fix Your Eyes On Jesus
$18.99Add to cartIn the struggles of life, even the most well-meaning Christian can lose sight of the happiness and fulfillment God intends for this life. In this deeply personal volume, author Anne Ortlund explains how you can renew and clarify your pespective on life by deriving more practical help for everyday living, and gaining a deeper biblical understanding.
With practical insight, she points the way to achieving a more balanced and purposeful life amid life’s intrusions when you focus on the person of Jesus Christ. Fix Your Eyes on Jesus…it will provide you with a dependable source of strength as well as comfort no matter where you are in your spiritual walk.
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31 Keys To A New Beginning
$7.00Add to cart“A Handbook for the New Believer”
The first month of a new believer’s life can be the most crucial in determining whether that individual will fulfill their assignment or spin their wheels in fruitlessness. It is to this remedy that Dr. Murdock has put together this new book in an effort to assist the new believer in achieving their fullest potential in Christ. Contained in these pages are the necessary ingredients of Wisdom that will put you on the path to finding, fulfilling and accomplishing your Assignment in life. You will learn that the principles of success by which God operates are different than those of the world system. You will be changed, encouraged, and above all, blessed!
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31 Facts About Wisdom
$5.00Add to cartThe Bible Refers to Wisdom 479 times. Wisdom is the Master Key to every Miracle and Blessing you will receive during your life time. Wisdom enables you to see your circumstances through the eyes of God. It is the Door to harmony and happiness in the home. It enables you to see God’s purpose in your problems. Wisdom unlocks opportunity. ” Wisdom is The Principal Thing ” (Prov. 4:7) In this power-packed book focusing on what God says about the rewards and blessings of Wisdom, Dr Murdock has creatd an ideal study guide or family devotional you can use each day of the month. Sow These Seeds of Wisdom into your life, and into your family’s life, and watch them grow into priceless treasures.
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Diagrams For Living
$14.99Add to cartFox has inspired millions of people over the past forty years through his simple, practical guidelines. In Diagrams for Living he presents valuable keys to living a more fulfilled life drawn from the eloquent spiritual wisdom of the Bible.
If we read the Bible literally, cautions Fox, we miss the eternal power and personal relevance found in its symbols, allegories, and parables. “Whether you realize it or not,” he writes, “you are on every page from Genesis to Revelation.” Fox shows how to read dramatic biblical stories as symbolic diagrams for living that can “show you how to overcome difficulties and problems, and how to give expression to the deep aspirations that lie hidden in your soul.” This power to reveal, inspire, and guide makes the Bible’s teachings adaptable to everyone at every stage of spiritual development.
Sensible, contemporary, and full of reassurance, Diagrams for Living offers sage counsel from a gifted teacher.
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Walk Of Repentance (Student/Study Guide)
$15.99Add to cartThe Walk Of Repentance is a 24 week study about repentance: what it is, what it brings about and what kind of behavior and attitudes we must repent of. This study has not been formulated to give a person more “head knowledge”, the idea of it is to help the Word of God take root in your heart so that you can experience that true repentance. Each week of this curriculum has a theme, with a different Bible study each day. Each day you will have different types of studies on the same theme. On day six and seven of each week you will find the story of the Church woven through character studies of different Christians down through the centuries. Your walk of faith will be deeply affected as you encounter the level of devotion of others and what Christianity is really all about.
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When All Else Fails Read The Instructions (Student/Study Guide)
$16.99Add to cartIn When All Else Fails, Read the Instructions, Mooer takes a close look at three sections of the Bible which dramatically underscore key “instructions” for living: 1. Instructions for Meaningful Living- The Beatitudes, 2. Instructions for Moral Living- The Ten Commandments, 3. The Bottom Line Instruction- The New Commandment of Jesus, “Love One Another.” Drawing upon rich stories and personal experience, Moore illustrates how these Bible passages can help you find meaning and fulfillment in life.
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Depleted Self : Sin In A Narcissistic Age
$29.00Add to cartDon Capps challenges the church, its theologians, and its pastors to address seriously-and without moralism – the malaise that afflicts us, the mood of “wrongness” and incompleteness of self, of victimization, hunger, alienation, bitterness, the melancholic form that sin takes so prevailing in our day. This book is an effective example of the postive mirroring, more empathy, or acceptance, that Capps recommends as the means of empowering the depleted self.
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Celebrating The Disciplines
$18.99Add to cartFor those who want to develop a deeper, more joyful inner life through the practice of Christian spiritual disciplines, this one-year journal-workbook helps readers find new ways to reflect on, experience, and integrate the disciplines into their lives.
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Following The Master
$24.99Add to cartWhat is it that makes a person a true disciple of Jesus Christ? Following the Master clarifies the objective of Jesus in making disciples by focusing on the historical context of Jesus’ ministry and then finds the perspectives of the different biblical authors. The pragmatic type of book on discipleship that has abounded over the past fifteen years has tended to cause much confusion in the church. Although most authors have sought to be objective in their treatment, the imagined needs of the church often take precedence over objectivity. The author’s experience as a pastor, professor, and scholar has prepared him to provide the objective treatment that is needed. He avoids the theological and pragmatic agendas that have characterized most books on discipleship and instead relies on biblical and historical data to reveal the intentions of Jesus.
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Yearning To Know Gods Will (Workbook)
$17.99Add to cartA desire to know the will of God is, as it should be, the top priority of any serious Christian. But how are you to find out what God’s will is? Who hasn’t agonized, questioned, and then doubted and questioned again? But here is Danny Morris to the rescue with an eight-week workbook on knowing God’s will. Each weeks’ exercise begins with an account of a personal experience of the author from which he brings forth biblical, theological, and historical principles to help you in your search. As you respond, God’s will is certain to become clearer. During the first five weeks, you will learn about the nature of spiritual discernment, discernment for the individual, spiritual intuition, ways in which God communicates with believers, and discernment as a spiritual gift. In the second part, the author shifts his focus to corporate discernment; that is, discernment within and for the church, the body of Christ. At issue here is consensus: how consensus is possible, why it is difficult, and how it works in church boards and committees. Danny Morris insists that consensus is not only biblical but practical, despite skepticism on the part of those whose experience would lead them to believe that disagreement is a way of life in church. Some maintain that consensus would never work in their congregation. But the author points the way to diminish and eventually eliminate such conflict. The third part of the workbook details a workable plan for church retreat, a time away from phones and schedules, where your group will learn how to make decisions by consensus, by group discernment of the will of God for the congregation. What better way to help move forward the work of God?
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Rediscovering Our Spiritual Gifts
$11.99Add to cartRediscovering Our Spiritual Gifts is a practical look at how the gifts of the Holy Spirit can renew the lives of individuals and revitalize the church’s ministry.
Dr. Charles Bryant gives in -depth description and solid biblical foundation for thirty-two spiritual gifts found in scripture. More importantly, he provides ways for each reader to discover his or her spiritual gift. The Grace-Gifts Inventory is a helpful aid for this discovery; it is probably the most expansive spiritual gift exercise in existence.
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Secret Communion With God
$14.99Add to cartIntroduction By Sherwood Wirt
Note To The Reader
Discourse I. How To Begin Every Day With God
Discourse II. How To Spend The Day With God
Discourse III. How To CLose The Day With God P. 81Additional Info
As Matthew Henry himself says,”Great is the mystery of serious godliness”; and it is the cultivation of godliness that makes up the burden of this book. The person who reads Matthew Henry without seeking to seriously examine his personal devotional life would be hard to find.
As the reader persuses the pages of this classic look at what is involved in a daily walk with God, he will encounter such pity thoughts as these: “If ever we be good for anything, it is in the morning.”
“The conclusion of every day should put us in mind of the conclusion of all our days.” “God is more willing to be prayed to, and more ready to hear prayer, than we are to pray.” “Those that touch the top of the golden scepter must be ready to tell what is their petition and what is their request.”
“God understands the language of the heart.” “Let us lie down in peace with all men.” In the secret of Communion with God, Henry tells us how to: Begin the Day with God, Spend the Day with God, Close the Day with God. -
Spiritual Man
$19.99Add to cartThe Spiritual Man is a translation of the only book of any substantial size which brother Watchman Nee himself ever wrote. At the time of writing it he felt this work might be his last contribution to the church, although since then God has graciously overruled. Long after the books initial publication in Chinese our brother once was heard to express the thought that it should not be reprinted because, it being such a “perfect” treatment of its subject, he was fearful lest the book become to its readers merely a manual of principles and not a guide to experience as well. But in view of the urgent need among the children of God today for help on spiritual life and warfare, and knowing our brother as one who is always open to God’s way and most desirous to serve His people with all that God has given him, we conclude that he would doubtless permit it to be circulated in English. Hence this translation.
Translations used. The Revised Standard Version (RSV) of the Bible has been used throughout the text unless otherwise indicated. Additional translations where employed are denoted by the following abbreviations-.
Amplified-Amplified Old Testament
ASV-American Standard Version (1901)
AV-Authorized Version (King James)
Darby-J. N. Darby, The Holy Scriptures.. a New Translation
Young’s-Young’s Literal TranslationSoulical and Soulish. The adjectives “soulical” and “soulish” have been used to convey distinctly different meanings. “Soulical” as herein employed pertains to those proper, appropriate, legitimate, or natural qualities, functions, or expressions of man’s soul which the Creator intended from the very beginning for the soul uniquely to possess and manifest. “Soulish” appears in these pages to describe that man in toto who is so governed by the soulical part of his being that his whole life takes on the character and expression of the soul.
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Christian Spiritual Formation In The Church And Classroom
$25.99Add to cartIn this thought-provoking volume, Johnson counters what she sees as “wrong-thinking” in much contemporary Christian education by offeirng forceful ideas about spiritual formation and faith development. The author challenges the way the entire discipline of Christian education is currently approached.
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Saving Life Of Christ
$17.99Add to cartSays Dr. V. Raymond Edman in his introduction, “Some Christians learn that the Lord can make life an adventure. Major Ian Thomas of England is one of them. The major is every inch a soldier. With his infantry battalion he served in the British Expeditionary forces in Belgium at the outset of World War II, and took part in the evacuation at Dunkirk. Often in combat he found the Lord Jesus to be his complete sufficiency. The major is likewise a soldier of the cross, faithful to the Captain of our salvation. He has found life an adventure with God and for Him, a pageant of triumph in Christ.”
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Challenge Of The Disciplined Life
$18.99Add to cart2. The Dark Side Of Money
3. The Light Side Of Money
4. Kingdom Use Of Unrighteous Mammon
5. The Vow Of Simplicity
6. Sexuality And Spirituality
7. Sexuality And Singleness
8. Sexuality And Marriage
9. The Vow Of Fidelity
10. Destructive Power
11. Creative Power
12. The Ministry Of Power
13. The Vow Of ServiceSubject Index P. 257
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THE CHALLENGE OF THE DISCIPLINED LIFEThe Challenge of the Disciplined Life explores the three, great ethical themes crucial to people of faith living faithfully. Drawing upon practical examples, Richard J. Foster guides the reader in day-to-day ethical decision making while helping each of us determine “the proper place in Christian life of money, sex, and power.”
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Soul Making : The Desert Way Of Spirituality
$19.00Add to cartA leading spiritual writer recovers “The Desert Way of Believing” — the spiritual pathway discovered by early Christian monks who lived in the Egyptian desert that is still relevant to Christians today. Alan Jones distills the elements that made this fully orthodox way of inner transformation a unique and important part of the early church. Refreshingly readable and filled with rich insights, Soul Making draws together the spirituality of modern literature and elements of psychology. Jones shows how the desert way can become for any spiritual seeker a soul-stretching means of experiencing the “wonder, mystery, and awe” at the heart of the Christian faith.
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Saving Life Of Christ And The Mystery Of Godliness
$19.99Add to cartTo help us better understand and incorporate victorious Christian living into our lives, Major W. Ian Thomas combines in one volume The Saving Life of Christ, which examines the implications of Christ’s life and death, and The Mystery of Godliness, an exploration of the fact that godliness is a mystery. “God did not die just to save us from the consequences of a bad past or past failure, but to ‘clear the decks’ for divine action in our lives.” The Saving Life of Christ contains a warning that our response to Jesus Christ will determine our condition “in the sights of God . . . redeemed or condemned.” The Mystery of Godliness offers old and new considerations about the nature of godliness in thought-provoking discussions such as How to Do the Impossible and How Much are You Worth?
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Smoke On The Mountain
$23.00Add to cartEach chapter of this brief book is based on one of the Ten Commandments, but with a modern appropriation of the familiar ancient words. Though Davidman writes for laypeople, preachers will find inspiration in her penetrating and passionate insights. With a foreward by C.S. Lewis, Davidman’s husband.
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In His Steps
$16.99Add to cartThe penetrating and provocative question “What would Jesus do?” in all of life’s complex situations, is the central theme of this book. It is the soul-stirring novel of men and women torn between their faith and the demands, compulsions, and temptations of life. Dr. Henry Maxwell, respected pastor of the First Church of Raymond, struggled with the idea that Christian discipleship demanded more than mental assent. He vowed to preface every attitude and action of his own life with the question: What would Jesus do in this situation if He were me? Electrifying his congregation with the same challenge, people responded with agreement to try it for one year. This book is the moving, dramatic story of a handful of Americans–a newspaper editor, a college president, a railroad executive, a pastor, a singer, a writer, a wealthy philanthropist–who pledge to walk in “the steps of Jesus.” At each turning point in their daily lives, they must ask: “What would Jesus do?” For decades, readers have been gripped by this narrative and have been challenged by its implications for their own lives. In His Steps is a convincing testimony to the worth and influence of Christian witness in all of life. A Christian classic every Christian should read!
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Helping Youth Interpret The Bible
$30.00Add to cartThis dynamic approach to biblical study and interpretation gives pastors, Christian educators, parents, and young people the tools with which to work together in sharing a new adventure in Chirstian faith. Biblical interpretation is more than just Bible study. It is part of the growth process that young people go through as they develop physicaly, mentally and spiritually. Their future lives as Christians are dependent on their abilities to read and understand the Scriptures and how they speak to all Chirstians. This book provides the setting in which young people share in the task of learning. It gives them the opportunity to be active participants in interpretation as part of life, learning, and living as Christians. How adolescents interpret the Scriptures is a profound influence on their Chirstian development.
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Royal Way Of The Cross
$16.99Add to cartIt is very profitable to have realized what one is; but do not add to that weakness, which is inseparable from our human nature, an estrangement from the very means of strength. Only hearken inwardly to him and despise boldly that which is despicable.”
Above all, Francois Fenelon desired to love God. Out of this love came a desire to share the truth of a life lived in the light of the Cross. His individual writings document his desire to find truth through the love of his Creator; corporately, they comprise a masterpiece of a recorded spiritual journey.
The Royal Way of the Cross is written with an unblinking honesty that distinguishes it from the murky intellectualism that pervaded the time, and it is this truthfulness that gives this work its enduring appeal. Arrestingly written, The Royal Way is an exceptional account of a man who saw the hand of God in all things and was intimately acquainted with “the royal way of the Cross.”
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Green Letters : Principles Of Spiritual Growth
$14.99Add to cartAs the first book in a series of five on the Christian life, The Green Letters emphasizes both the doctrinal and experiential aspects of maturing in Christian living. The book is grounded in Scripture and enlivened by quotations from noted authors. “Not I, but Christ” is its theme. The author makes this arresting statement regarding the dynamics of the Christian life: “God . . . doesn’t intend to help us live the Christian life. Immaturity considers the Lord Jesus a Helper. Maturity knows Him to be life itself.” Perhaps the greatest drama in the world is the slow and subtle growth of character in the Christian. Beauty of character can be developed only through years of reflection and experience in the Word of God as the life of Christ is increasingly lived by faith. The Christian life is a healthy, robust kind of life. It advances also through trials, for in one who has faith even suffering is not wasted, but becomes a means for increasing spiritual vigor and strength.
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Overcoming Jealousy And Possessiveness
$20.00Add to cartPsychotherapist Paul Hauck, whose popular books have brought help and advice to countless readers, now shows how jealousy and possessiveness–often the most tragic emotions–can be overcome. Applying the principles of Rational Emotive Therapy (RET), Hauck demonstrates how jealousy is a learned emotion and can be unlearned once you understand why you are jealous and begin to think in new ways about yourself and others.
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Lessons On Assurance (Student/Study Guide)
$6.99Add to cartLESSONS ON ASSURANCE presents short Bible studies on five basic promises God gives to Christians, assurance of salvation, answered prayer, victory over sin, forgiveness, and guidance. Each study concentrates on a Bible passage which presents one of God’s promises. As you meditate on these five passages and compare them with other Scripture, you’ll want to memorize and make them part of your life.
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Adventure Inward : Christian Growth Through Personal Journal Writing
$18.99Add to cartDr. Kelsey combines wide professional experience with his own 30 years of journal writing to guide you in keeping your own personal Christian journal. He will help you: choose an appropriate book and pen; set aside time for writing; record dreams before they are forgotten; reread and reflect; and share thoughts with a trusted friend. You will learn how to use these tools to deepen and enrich your faith.
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Lost Art Of Disciple Making
$14.99Add to cart12 Chapters
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But all too often the opportunity isn’t there. We neglect the young Christian in our whirl of programs, church services, and fellowship groups. And we neglect to raise up workers and leaders who can disciple young believers into mature and fruitful Christians. In simple. practical, and biblical terms, LeRoy Eims revives the lost art of disciple making. He explains:
* How the early church discipled new Christians
* How to meet the basic needs of a growing Christian
* How to spot and train potential workers
* How to develop mature, godly leaders“True growth takes time and tears and love and patience,” Eims states. There is no instant maturity. This book examines the growth process in the life of a Christian and considers what nurture and guidance it takes to develop spiritually qualified workers in the church.
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Practicing His Presence
$10.95Add to cart110 Pages/29 Chapters
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Practicing the Presence of GodIf you wish to know your Lord in a deeper way, you are invited to join the vast host of Christians who, over three centuries, have turned to this book more than any other–except the Scriptures–in order to begin that journey to the depths of Christ.
Imagine a book that is 300 years old and has never been out of print! Such is the book you hold in your hands. Other than Pilgrim’s Progress, there is probably no other piece of Christian literature that has stood the test of the centuries so well. An estimated 22 million copies of the original The Practice of the Presence of God have been printed in the English language alone. In recent years, however, interest in this book has waned as the original English edition became so outdated that it was virtually unreadable. The publishers have now revised and reissued this book under the title Practicing His Presence and the profundity, depth, and beauty of Brother Lawrence’s masterpiece lives again!
We have included in this edition, not only the letters of Brother Lawrence–from the 17th century–but also those of Frank Laubach–from the 20th century–who, like Brother Lawrence before him, wrote a series of letters chronicling his experiences in practicing the presence of Jesus Christ.
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Jesus Means Freedom
$26.00Add to cartHere is a book that “tells it like it is” regarding what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ in today’s world. It is a book that rigorously affirms the freedom of the Christian person, and just as rigorously refutes those who would restrict or negate this freedom in the name of Christian orthodoxy. The author, whose insights were shaped by the agonies of serving as a pastor during the Hitler years in Germany as well as by the discipline of years of careful research in the area of Christian origins, provides here a survey that gets to the heart of the New Testament message. He is ruthlessly honest with himself, with the New Testament, and with the church, as he strives passionately to show that Jesus means freedom – and that this has been so from the beginning.
Despite its roots in the experience of the German church in the decades following World War II, Kasemann’s work has a broad and enduring relevance. The crisis with which he is concerned is not uniquely that of the German church but affects Christianity throughout the world. It is his conviction that only if the church proclaims boldly the call to freedom that was the Lord’s call, and lives in that freedom, can the church remain true to its Lord and of service to humanity.
