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When Religion Hurts You
$39.99Add to cartReligious trauma is something that happens far more often than most people realize.
In When Religion Hurts You, Dr. Laura Anderson takes an honest look at a side of religion that few like to talk about. Drawing from her own life and therapy practice, she helps readers understand what religious trauma is and isn’t, and how high-control churches can be harmful and abusive, often resulting in trauma. She shows how elements of fundamentalist church life–such as fear of hell, purity culture, corporal punishment, and authoritarian leaders–can cause psychological, relational, physical, and spiritual damage.
As she explores the growing phenomenon of religious trauma, Dr. Anderson helps readers embark on a journey of living as healing individuals and finding a new foundation to stand on. Recognizing that healing is a lifelong rather than a linear process, she offers markers of healing for those coming out of painful religious experiences and hope for finding wholeness after religious trauma.
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Near In The Night
$18.40Add to cartWhy is it that when the lights go off our minds start racing? We stew over what we could have done differently that day. We remember details we’re afraid we’ll forget in the morning. And most of all, we worry. Small anxieties as well as huge fears come alive when we’re exhausted and the house is finally quiet.
Emily Ley finds that having a simple devotional routine before bed puts anxieties in their place and brings peace to her soul. In this unique evening devotional, she shares her own stories and struggles, invites you to contemplation, and brings you back to the unchanging comfort of God’s Word.
Near in the Night includes practical ideas to make your evenings calmer, along with pages for taking notes, making lists (so you can stop thinking about those to-dos!), and writing out personal reflections. Each of the 100 devotions will help you:
*Turn off your worries and regrets at night
*Remember God’s goodness in an uncertain world
*Develop a gentle, grace-filled evening routine so you can sleep well and wake up refreshed and prepared for the day aheadThis devotional is perfect for:
*Anyone looking for uplifting biblical readings for those stress-filled evening hours
*Readers of Emily’s previous books, including her companion morning devotional, Sure as the Sunrise
*Christmas, New Year’s, Mother’s Day, birthdays, and graduation
Pairing biblical wisdom with Emily’s simplicity expertise, Near in the Night reminds us that God is always faithful and ever near, even in the darkest of nights.
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How To Put Love First
$22.99Add to cartDo you feel your relationships are lacking deep connections? Do you feel your time with God could be more rewarding? New York Times bestselling author Sadie Robertson Huff and her husband, Christian, invite you on a 90-day journey to embrace a life-giving relationship with God and experience authentic, healthy relationships with your people and your community.
You are meant to be in relationships that bring joy and connection–that help you know soul-deep peace and leave you feeling loved instead of lonely. Instead, surface-level friendships, filtered social media feeds, unresolved conflicts, and unhealthy relationships can often seem to harm our self-worth, spiritual growth, and mental health–and keep us from the very relationships that could bring that true connection.
How to Put Love First reminds you that prioritizing and deepening your love relationship with God is the key to growing healthy relationships in every area of life. Through personal stories of their own walks with God, their pitfalls and victories in relationships of all kinds, and biblical encouragement, Sadie and Christian will help you:
*Find peace and connection in your relationship with God
*Enjoy healthier, happier relationships with close friends and family
*Learn how to resolve conflict, offer forgiveness, and endure loneliness
*Reap the mental and spiritual health benefits of thriving in communityAs an added bonus, Dr. Josh Kirby, a psychologist and life coach, joins Sadie and Christian to speak into some of the key themes in the book to offer informed, practical counsel to further help you incorporate these important teachings into your life.
If your relationships feel more frustrating than life-giving or if you feel like something deeply important is missing in your life, join Sadie and Christian on this 90-day challenge to discover the joy and freedom of being loved and loving well.
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Damaged But Not Destroyed Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$12.00Add to cartGood news-God’s not done with you yet. This companion resource to Damaged but Not Destroyed by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Relationship Goals will show you how to step into God’s bold future for your life.
Life has knocked you down-more than once. Your own mistakes have taken you down too, or at least made it harder to get up. But there’s good news: God is not done with you yet.
As someone who’s experienced significant challenges himself, Pastor Michael Todd understands that painful things done to us and stupid things we’ve done to ourselves can make us feel worthless. And he’s here to tell you that it’s time to stop letting your pain, fear, and regret define you.
With candid teaching and in-depth Bible study, this chapter-by-chapter companion guide to Damaged but Not Destroyed offers insightful questions, powerful exercises, and thoughtful reflections to help you see just how valuable you are.
Whether you are recovering from trauma, reeling from your own mistakes, or wondering how to reclaim your identity in the midst of current challenges, you can start your journey toward healing right here.
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Deep Down Things
$39.99Add to cartThere’s no escaping it: everyone experiences seasons of pain and despair.
In 2019, when Amber Haines resigned from her position as church curate and walked out the church doors for the last time, she entered her own season of pain and despair. That season taught her–and her husband, Seth Haines–that the journey toward hope starts with recognizing “the deep down things.”
In The Deep Down Things, Amber and Seth point to a simple truth: even in the darkest times, there are tangible signs of hope all around us. The authors demonstrate how tasting, touching, feeling, holding, and participating in these tangible acts of hope picks us up, builds our strength, and moves us into beauty, even in times of despair. They invite readers to participate with those signs of hope and thereby experience the divine love of God, even in the struggle of their everyday lives.
A lifeline for those who desperately need it, this book helps readers overcome despair, find hope, and spread that hope to an aching world.
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Managing Your Emotions
$19.00Add to cartLearn to rule your emotions before they rule you with #1 New York Times bestselling author and renowned Bible teacher Joyce Meyer.
The highs and lows of life bring many challenges, and our feelings want to swing accordingly, like an emotional roller coaster taking us from one extreme to another throughout the day – if we let them. Our emotions serve a purpose, but if we allow them to dictate how we choose to act, we lose our peace and stability, which only leads to confusion, anxiety, anger, and a host of other unhealthy attitudes. It’s a dangerous way to live and can cause us to make bad decisions that impact ourselves and others.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. The Bible contains wisdom to help you learn to manage your emotions each day, no matter what challenges life brings your way. And with this 90-day devotional, you’ll discover how to take charge of those fickle feelings before they take charge of you!
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Theology From The Psalms
$49.99Add to cartHassell Bullock has studied, taught, and written successful texts on the Psalms for forty years. In this book, he walks through how the Psalms convey the grand story of creation and redemption, Scripture’s two theological ends, and the underlying story of God and humanity in relationship.
Bullock explains how the literal and metaphorical language in the Psalms work together to articulate the message and deepen our understanding. He presents interpretive principles gleaned from the psalmists themselves and shows how these writers make intertextual connections to other Scriptures, sometimes quoting but mostly alluding, which can help us make corresponding connections between Old and New Testament teachings. The Psalms are examples of applying wisdom and Scriptures to personal and national issues and of how God interacts and intervenes in real-life situations, which help us apply the Bible today.
Bullock’s mature reflections and guidance on understanding and applying the Psalms’ theological message will complement any traditional introduction to the Psalms.
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Enneagram In Marriage
$39.99Add to cartMost books exploring the Enneagram are focused on understanding oneself. But how does the Enneagram lend insight to our relationships? Specifically, your relationship with your spouse and the unique pairing you share?
In this incredibly practical and easy-to-understand book, counselor and psychologist Christa Hardin combines her expertise in psychological assessment and marriage and family counseling to explore all 45 possible Enneagram pairings in relationships. She calls it the Enneagram Glow–the unique, mutual influence of two types in intimate relationship across the seasons and shifts that every couple experiences. She helps you learn to
* understand your partner’s emotions and reactions
* extend more grace to your partner and yourself
* have productive conversations that foster connection
* build a legacy together with intentionYou’ve never read a relationship book or an Enneagram book like this before! Discover how you and your partner can build on your shared gifts, overcome the shadows, and shine a bright and beautiful light on each other and everyone you encounter.
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Shadows At Dusk
$29.99Add to cartMontana Detective Trevor West is desperate to learn what happened to his sister, who went missing in Alaska over a year ago, leaving nothing but a few photographs as clues to her whereabouts. At the advice of Police Chief Autumn Long, Trevor enlists the help of an experienced bush pilot. If Carrie James can’t help him find the places in the photographs, no one can.
But Carrie has her own agenda. Grieving the death of her closest friend and the only person she could trust, Carrie will help Trevor find his sister on one condition–that he help her track down her friend’s killer.
As the two close in on the answers they crave, they’ll face dangers and connections they could not have imagined. They’ll have to learn to trust one another–and face the dark secrets of the past–if they are ever to discover the truth and bring a killer to justice.
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Kingdom Values Devotional
$16.99Add to cartEmbracing kingdom values isn’t about checking things off a list or posting virtue signals online. It’s about stepping into the abundant, joyful life God designed just for you. Instead of chaos, you’ll discover calm. Instead of wandering aimlessly in pain, you will experience peace. When Jesus talks about kingdom values, He gives us an incentive: if you embrace the ways of God’s kingdom, you will discover a life of blessing and purpose.
Based on the challenges and blessings Jesus lays out in the beatitudes, this ninety-day devotional will both inspire and challenge you. Through Scripture, action points, prayers, and practical insights, Dr. Tony Evans helps you:
* align your thoughts, words, and actions with God’s values
* receive peace, comfort, and purpose
* usher in authentic change for others in our cultureWhen you choose to live and be shaped according to kingdom values, you will unleash and access all that God has planned for your life.
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War On Men
$29.99Add to cartMen–and masculinity in general–are under attack. For society to succeed, we need strong men to lead us in all areas of life.
Owen Strachan tackles one of today’s most controversial subjects: manhood. Making the case for traditional biblical manhood, he explains why the soft manhood our culture applauds has been a disaster. Like Christianity and Wokeness, Strachan’s previous best-selling book from Salem, The War on Men is edgy, bold, lucid, confrontational, and ultimately hopeful, addressing the problems of our day with timeless truth.
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God Who Sees Bible Study Guide Plus Streaming Video (Student/Study Guide)
$21.99Add to cart“She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: ‘You are the God who sees me, ‘ for she said, ‘I have now seen the One who sees me'” (Genesis 16:13).
There are times in our lives when we wonder if God truly sees us. When we are going through trials that seem to have no end . . . we wonder if God sees us. When we are faced with problems that seem to resurface again and again . . . we wonder if God sees us. When an illness we thought was defeated returns to impact our lives once more . . . we wonder if God sees us. And if God does see us in these situations . . . we wonder if he cares.
In this six-session video Bible study, bestselling author Kathie Lee Gifford explores the stories of several important figures in the Bible who also wondered at times if God saw them in their plight. Through the stories of Hagar, Ruth, David, Mary of Magdala, and others, participants will discover that even when things seem to be at their worst, there is a God whose eyes are always on us, who has promised to never leave us or forsake us, and who gives us the power to do all that he has called us to do.
This study guide has everything you need for a full Bible study experience, including:
*The study guide itself–with discussion and reflection questions, video notes, and a leader’s guide.
*An individual access code to stream all video sessions online. (You don’t need to buy a DVD!)
Streaming video access code included. Access code subject to expiration after 12/31/2028. Code may be redeemed only by the recipient of this package. Code may not be transferred or sold separately from this package. Internet connection required. Void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by law. Additional offer details inside.
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Nobodys Mother : Artemis Of The Ephesians In Antiquity And The New Testamen
$24.99Add to cartSome Christians think Paul’s reference to “saved through childbearing” in 1 Timothy 2:15 means that women are slated primarily for delivering and raising children. Alternate readings, however, sometimes fail to build on the best historical and textual evidence.
Sandra Glahn thinks that we have misunderstood Paul by misunderstanding the context to which he wrote. A key to reading and applying 1 Timothy, Glahn argues, lies in getting to know a mysterious figure who haunts the letter: the goddess Artemis.
Based on groundbreaking research and new data about Artemis of the Ephesians, Nobody’s Mother demonstrates how better background information supports faithful interpretation. Combining spiritual autobiography with scholarly exploration, Glahn takes readers on a journey to ancient Ephesus and across early church history. Unveiling the cult of Artemis and how early Christians related to it can give us a clearer sense of the type of radical, countercultural fellowship the New Testament writers intended Christ’s church to be.
This book is for those who want to avoid sacrificing a high view of Scripture while working to reconcile conflicting models of God’s view of women. Through the unexpected channel of Paul’s advice to Timothy-and the surprising help of an ancient Greek myth-Nobody’s Mother lays a biblical foundation for men and women serving side by side in the church.
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Praying : Finding Our Way Through Duty To Delight
$28.99Add to cartMerit Award, World Guild Christian Living Book
Praying is an action that is of the essence of Christian existence. It involves our beliefs, emotions, values, hopes and fears, certainties and uncertainties, knowledge and ignorance.
As J. I. Packer and Carolyn Nystrom explain, “Our aim is not just to clarify Christian understanding but to foster Christian living. In real praying, head, heart, and hands go together.” With wisdom, humility, and sincerity the authors lead us through different moods of praying, including brooding, praising, asking, complaining, and hanging on.
In Praying the authors offer hope for those of us who daydream when we try to listen to God and stumble when we try to speak. Yet they don’t just teach us about prayer; they challenge and inspire us to do it by pointing us to a clearer realization of the reality of God and his character. Let Packer and Nystrom guide your praying to our powerful God, and let him move your praying through mere duty to delight.
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Knowing God Devotional Journal (Anniversary)
$25.00Add to cartFor fifty years, J. I. Packer’s Knowing God has revealed the wonder, glory, and joy of knowing God to over a million Christians around the world.
Now, you can discover the riches of the character of God in a devotional format for the fiftieth anniversary of Knowing God’s publication. The daily reading includes Scripture, a suggestion for action or reflection, and space to journal or write prayers.
Next to Scripture, Packer’s classic could be the most significant book you will read this year.
Also available: Knowing God Bible Study, Knowing God Study Guide, and Knowing God Fiftieth Anniversary Edition.
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Rock Bottom
$25.99Add to cartIt is June 1980…
When Hugh Fischer comes to a crisis point in his life, he seeks to make a big change: move back home to the abandoned family farm and start over again, living alone out in the countryside where he can’t trouble anyone-and where no one can bother him.
Ella Bauman was living carefree in the big city when everything turned on a dime. After a bad breakup and the unexpected passing of her mother, she must face depression and dysfunction by returning to the home of her youth to do some serious soul-searching and recentre herself.
A tentative friendship forms between these two neighbours as they slowly dare to open their lives to one another. Will this friendship be part of their healing process or will it serve to further entrench the great pain and brokenness each they’ve already endured?
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Dont Waste Your Life (Revised)
$16.99Add to cartIn this bestselling book, John Piper makes a passionate plea to the next generation of Christians to not waste their lives, but to live for Jesus with all their hearts. Many spend their lives on trivial diversions, seeking earthly comfort and pleasure above all else. But Jesus said, “Whoever loses his life for my sake will save it,” calling us into the eternal purpose and God-exalting life for which we were made.
John Piper warns readers of the dangers of an irrelevant life that counts for nothing and calls Christians to the deeper joys, and risks, that matter for eternity. This new edition features a fresh cover, a revised preface, and updated statistics
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Worldview Theory Whiteness And The Future Of Evanglical Faith
$42.99Add to cartExamining key white evangelical voices from the last century, Jacob Cook deconstructs the concept of “worldviews” based on current conversations in psychology, sociology, critical race studies, and theology. He engages Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s theology of relationality for a constructive alternative to imperial ways of knowing and ordering the world.
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Twas The Night
$15.99Add to cartA retelling of the beloved Christmas poem, capturing the true meaning of Christmas: Jesus.
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the land, not a creature suspected that God became man.
So hear now the story that tells of God’s grace: long ago was the time, Bethlehem was the place.
In the spirit of Clement C. Moore’s well-loved poem, this retelling of Luke 2 was written in 2018 for a church Christmas program. It has been lovingly brought to life by Sarah Lowe’s artistry. Originally read aloud to children who were nestled by a Christmas tree, this true story is for sharing the joy of Christmas with your little ones year after year.
Features include:
*Rhyming text which makes it an easy read-aloud book
*Christmas classic poem with the true meaning of Christmas: Jesus
*Accurate retelling of the night before Christmas (no wise men, only shepherd visitors)
*Warm, classic illustrations portray Middle-Eastern characters for a historically accurate representation -
Gods Big Promises Christmas Sticker And Activity Book
$7.99Add to cartUsing vibrant illustrations and simple, faithful teaching from God’s Big Promises Bible Storybook, this activity book features over 60 stickers and 16 pages of puzzles, games, and other activities.
It will provide hours of fun for your family, bringing the Christmas story to life for young children.
Youngsters will enjoy the angel visiting Mary, the journey to Bethlehem, the birth of Jesus, and the visits of the shepherds and the magi.
Perfect for kids aged 3-7.
Written by Carl Laferton, author of The Garden, The Curtain and The Cross and God’s Big Promises Bible Storybook.
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Gods Big Promises Bible Heroes Sticker And Activity Book
$7.99Add to cartUsing vibrant illustrations and simple, faithful teaching from God’s Big Promises Bible Storybook, this activity book features over 60 stickers and 16 pages of puzzles, games, and other activities.
Hours of fun for your family, bringing the heroes of the Bible story to life for young children.
Youngsters will enjoy the stories of Old Testament characters such as Noah, David, Ruth, Esther, and Samson, and see how all of them point to Jesus, the greatest hero of all.
Perfect for kids aged 3-7.
Written by Carl Laferton, author of The Garden, The Curtain and The Cross and God’s Big Promises Bible Storybook.
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Best Trophy
$29.99Add to cartChildren will be on the edge of their seats as they read this beautiful story illustrating the joy of sacrifice and friendship.-Jill Roman Lord, author of more than twenty children’s books
Children will cheer young Liam to the finish line as he chooses helping a friend over winning the race in this page-turning tale that demonstrates the biblical meaning of true friendship.-Leslie Santamaria, writing coach and children’s author
True friends put each other’s needs first. Children will laugh and smile while reading this sweet story of biblical friendship. Liam is a great example that when you think of your friends before yourself, you truly do come in first place.-Heather Gollnick, author, five-time Ironman Champion, Liberty University Triathlon Coach, Christian athlete and mom
It’s the day of the big trail race, and all the kids are excited-except Liam. What if he falls, like last year? He can’t lose again! With Zoe and Eli’s prayerful encouragement, Liam sets out, flies over sticks, pebbles, and leaves to the front of the pack. But just when the finish line is in sight, an accident on the trail challenges Liam to choose what he values most. Will he leave his friends behind to win the trophy?
Young children will thrill to the excitement of the race in this engaging portrayal of kids growing in their Christian faith by learning victory doesn’t always mean bringing home the trophy.
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All Is Calm All Is Bright
$17.99Add to cartAll is Calm, All is Bright focuses on the Prince of Peace and celebrates the Light of the World
Short devotionals beginning on December 1 take you from the Old Testament longing for the Messiah through the fulfillment of God’s promise in the story of Jesus’ birth found in the gospels.
Along the way, a day here and there spotlights traditions, songs of the season, and even Christmas movies.
Each day’s reading brings you one step nearer the heart of Christmas:
*Immanuel, God with us.
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Kingdom Focus : Rethinking Today In Light Of Eternity
$21.59Add to cart“Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided to you.”
Having the right focus makes all the difference in life. If we are busy focusing on external frivolities or personal ambitions rather than on the kingdom of God, we wind up missing out on serving God’s kingdom-as well as many of the other things we hope to attain in life. However, when we align our lives with God’s Word, we get to experience the greatest freedom we could ever know.
In Kingdom Focus, Tony Evans teaches readers how to focus on the things God Himself focuses on in Scripture and explores the issues that delight His heart. It is by doing so that we can discover the joy and the power of delighting in the same things. Allow God to sharpen your focus, transform your mind, and empower you to live every aspect of your life in light of the kingdom to which you have been chosen and called, for such a time as this.
Learn how to:
*examine the spiritual habits we can employ to sharpen our focus for God’s kingdom,
*fully maximize life while on earth,
*delve deeper into the character and heart of God, and
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JESUS : A Scandalously Devoted, Conspicuously Uncool, Super-Transparent Hom
$17.99Add to cartValley or mountain top, do you ever wonder what “walking with Jesus” actually means in everyday life? Unfortunately, thinkers like A.W. Tozer are right when saying, “For millions of Christians, God is no more real than He is to non-Christians. They go through life trying to love an ideal and be loyal to a mere principle.” The good news for us is that Jesus is not a proposition to be studied, He’s a divine Person with whom we get to engage! Instead of simply obtaining more spiritual information about our Savior, sometimes we just need to remember what a miracle it is to be invited to get to know Him personally.
In her much-anticipated follow-up to her bestselling devotional LIFE, and in her beloved, humorous, and relatable voice, Bible teacher and author Lisa Harper helps you do just that: engage with JESUS personally. As you open each page, prepare yourself for a devotional journey of unapologetically gawking at, reveling in, walking with, and worshipping our incredible Savior–and laughing a lot along the way. Because there’s nothing like real relationship with Him in the ups and downs of life!
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Greatest Book Ever
$14.99Add to cartA floating zoo, a man swallowed by a fish, a sea split in two–these are just a few of the incredible stories from the greatest book ever: the Bible!
While the whole world fights for the attention of the next generation, there is one book that proves to be the best collection of stories of all time. In The Greatest Book Ever, author Teresa Krager aims to turn the attention of kids ages 4-8 to the Bible. It tells fascinating tales of miracles only God could perform and exciting stories of His courageous–and some not-so-courageous–followers.
God’s Word holds some of the most captivating stories of all time, and The Greatest Book Ever refers to more than forty of them–all in only thirty-two pages! The lyrical rhyme makes this book an easy, fun read for the whole family, and illustrations by Jesus Lopez beautifully tie each tale together as part of one big story: the story of Jesus.
“You’ll want to read more because you’ve only heard
A quick teasing of tidbits and truths from God’s Word.The rest of each story, you’ll find in His book–
The greatest book ever. Go, take a look!” -
Being Elisabeth Elliot
$19.99Add to cartElisabeth Elliot was a young missionary in Ecuador when members of a remote Amazonian indigenous people group killed her husband Jim and his four colleagues. And yet, she stayed in the jungle with her young daughter to minister to the very people who had thrown the spears, demonstrating the power of Christ’s forgiveness.
This courageous, no-nonsense Christian went on to write dozens of books, host a long-running radio show, and speak at conferences all over the world. She was a pillar of coherent, committed faith–a beloved and sometimes controversial icon. And while things in the limelight might have looked golden, her suffering continued refining her in many different and unexpected ways.
Her early years, related in Becoming Elisabeth Elliot, traced the transition of a young woman who dealt in “certainties” to the woman who lived with the unknown.
Now, being Elisabeth Elliot increasingly meant confronting how much she did not understand. She sought her reference point beyond her own experiences, always pondering what she called the “impenetrable mystery” of the interplay between God’s will and human choices.
And it is that strange mystery which shaped the rest of her startling life story.
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Praying For Your Child From Head To Toe
$19.99Add to cartGod has given parents the privilege of shaping not just a human being but an eternal soul. Sometimes that responsibility can feel overwhelming, especially when it comes to prayer.
In Praying for Your Child from Head to Toe, bestselling author Sharon Jaynes helps us use the words of Scripture to pray over our children with intention. This practical and encouraging guide offers:
*A unique head-to-toe pattern to help us make prayer for our kids a natural habit
*Thirty brief reflections with sixteen prayers each, taking you from prayers for your child’s mind, eyes, and ears, to their shoulders, gifts, and relationships
*Flexibility, whether you are looking for a month-long devotional or Scripture prayers to use again and again
As Sharon reminds us, prayer is not a means of gaining control over our children to make them the men and women we want them to be. Prayer is a means of relinquishing control and asking God to shape our children into the men and women that He wants them to be.
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Kregels Christmas Treasury Of Illustrated Bible Stories
$17.99Add to cartScripture with classic artwork for a keepsake families will read every Christmas
Like Kregel’s Treasury of Illustrated Bible Stories, this new volume combines actual Scripture with stunning, high-quality traditional artwork, here bringing the timeless Christmas story to life in a presentation that will delight young and old.
Matt Lockhart gathers classic illustrations to illuminate eighteen passages surrounding the advent of the birth of Christ, including the meeting of Mary and Elizabeth, the revelation to the shepherds, Simeon in the temple, and much more.
A beautifully illustrated book, this treasury also includes an Advent Bible reading plan, ideas for celebrating the season, and an invitation for children to receive God’s gift of Jesus.
This beautiful keepsake is the perfect present for Christmas and for generations to come.
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Why Did God Do That
$16.99Add to cartIf God is good, then why did he do that?
Violent wars, harsh laws, pronounced judgments. Christianity proclaims God’s goodness, yet the Bible is filled with passages that seem to paint a different picture. On the surface, such depictions can hinder our confidence in God’s goodness. But when we’re willing to look deeper, we discover a consistent purpose behind everything God does–and that he is greater than we could ever imagine.
Alongside bestselling author Josh McDowell, Matthew Tingblad invites you to discover how a good God has good reasons for his challenging actions in the Bible. Throughout, you will uncover the reality of God’s consistent motives and purposes: holiness, justice, and radical mercy.
Whether you have your own questions about God or are ministering to those who do, Matthew and Josh will guide you through these difficult passages and ideas, all the while pointing to God’s power and redeeming love. Find confidence and joy in discovering that God is good–always good–even in the passages of Scripture that appear to convey otherwise.
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Gift Of The Outsider
$17.99Add to cartEmbracing the Spiritual Lessons of Unbelonging
Too often, cultural belonging becomes a battle, and its winners gain the world: access, comfort, safety, community. Yet for those on the margins–set apart from their culture by differences such as ethnicity, class, ability, and faith–God offers something even greater.
The Gift of the Outsider celebrates the blessings found in unbelonging–and calls Christians of all backgrounds to love and listen to their community’s outcasts. As a Christian, a Black American, a woman, and an expatriate, author Alicia J. Akins offers heartfelt reflections on her own experiences as an outsider. She illuminates how we can:
*cherish the unique gifts that God bestows on those who endure loneliness and adversity
*encourage and humbly receive the invaluable insights outsiders of all kinds have to offer
*delight in how the differences within God’s people reflect his majesty–and how Christ’s reign unifies all believersCompassionate and biblically grounded, The Gift of the Outsider enriches today’s broader conversations surrounding diversity and inclusion, and is sure to encourage and challenge outsiders and insiders alike.
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MomStrong 365 : A Daily Devotional To Encourage And Empower Everyday Moms
$16.99Add to cartHave you ever wished you had a Christ-centered, veteran mom who could encourage you through the daily ups and downs of motherhood?
In MomStrong 365, mother and popular author Heidi St. John does just that. MomStrong 365 will encourage you in one of the most important roles you can ever have: being a mom. For each day of the year, Heidi provides a Bible verse, a reflective devotion, and an encouraging takeaway that every mom needs to hear.
In MomStrong 365 you will find devotions that include:
*reassurance of God’s love for mothers during uncertain times,
*ways to strengthen the precious relationships within your family,
*tips on how to regain perspective and keep your joy when the days are long,
*Scripture to keep in mind when it feels like God is staying silent,
*and much more!We all need God’s love and mercy to meet us amid the unprecedented challenges of modern motherhood. Let Heidi come alongside you as you navigate the ups and downs of mom life and point you in the right direction-God’s direction-along the way.
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Surprising Rebirth Of Belief In God
$18.99Add to cartCould We Be Witnessing a Return of Belief in Our Generation?
Justin Brierley is convinced that in our time we are witnessing a growing wave of faith.
Famously described as the “long, withdrawing roar” of the “Sea of Faith,” the Christian narrative that shaped the West has been replaced by sweeping secularism. But is that the end of the story?
It was a conversation with agnostic journalist Douglas Murray that led Brierley to investigate whether a change was on the horizon. Speaking of the “Sea of Faith,” Murray remarked that tides come back in again and that a number of his intelligent friends had converted to Christianity in recent years. Brierley was seeing a similar trend among the secular thinkers he had interviewed. Jordan Peterson, Tom Holland, Dave Rubin, and many others have found themselves surprised by the continuing resonance and relevance of Christianity, and they are joining in on conversations about faith.
Readers will encounter Brierley’s discussion of cultural trends and concepts including:
*The meaning crisis
*Public intellectuals embracing faith
*Why the Christianity story is ready to returnAnd much moreIn The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God, Brierley outlines the dramatic fall of New Atheism and the birth of a new conversation on whether God makes sense of science, history, culture, and the search for meaning. People are returning to Christianity-but is the church prepared to welcome a new wave of faith?
There’s a new conversation building. The tide is coming.
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Halloween In The Orchard
$17.99Add to cartFrom the author of Thanksgiving in the Woods and A Simple Christmas on the Farm comes another fall holiday story.
The apples are ready for harvest and Halloween is here! What better way to celebrate than by donning homemade costumes and going to the local apple orchard? In this charming story, a boy and his family enjoy everything the orchard has to offer, including searching for scarecrows, getting lost in a corn maze, and going on a hayride. Phyllis Alsdurf’s nostalgic storytelling and Lisa Hunt’s cozy illustrations will have you counting down the days until Halloween and apple orchard season!
Backmatter includes a search-and-find key for finding scarecrows in the book and instructions for decorating a homemade trick-or-treat bag.
Halloween in the Orchard is the third in the beloved Countryside Holidays series, along with Thanksgiving in the Woods and A Simple Christmas on the Farm.
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My First Bible Stories
$9.99Add to cartThis beautiful board book contains a collection of well-known Bible stories. Each story is retold in simple, rhyming text, and accompanied by stunning hand-stitched illustrations.
This sweet collection is the perfect way to introduce young children to God’s Word.
Features:
*Padded board book with embroidered felt patches
*Beautifully written book of Bible stories for children.
*Stories are retold in simple, rhyming text to engage young readers.
*Bright illustrations make this book a joy for any reader.
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Never Touch Gods Hungry Animals
$10.99Add to cartYou must never touch God’s hungry animals… except in this book!
Marvel at God’s creations as you meet the greedy animals in this fun rhyming book. Enjoy touching all of the bumpy creatures… if you dare!
A must-have for developing hand-eye coordination in young children.
Features:
*Innovative silicone touches throughout the book have different textures and are exciting for little hands to explore, encouraging
*This tactile touch-and-feel book offers plenty for young children to enjoy helping to promote an early love of reading through sensory play
*Bright and amusing illustrations entertain all readers, promoting adult-child time
*Enchanting rhyming text will engage both young readers and adults
*Sturdy board pages are durable and easy for tiny hands to hold.
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Failure Of Nerve In 52 Weeks
$19.95Add to cartA leadership planner based on the bestselling A Failure of Nerve.
Nearly 25 years after the bestselling A Failure of Nerve first astonished the business world, Edwin H. Friedman’s groundbreaking wisdom is back – now in a fresh, agile framework designed with today’s leaders in mind. Combining essential excerpts from the beloved original with new and engaging prompts and exercises, A Failure of Nerve in 52 Weeks builds on the success of Friedman’s earlier work to provide readers with an insightful year-long resource for leadership planning and development.
Concentrating on the core tenets of A Failure of Nerve, this workbook will help readers recognize and reign in their own emotional reactivity, overcome a misplaced addiction to data, and develop a sense of self that will never be overrun by the loudest and least mature voices in the room. Each weekly spread is packed with quotes and exercises to stimulate self-reflection and features a week-long planner page designed with ample space to mark appointments, track goals, and map out one’s path to well-differentiated leadership. Whether you are a longtime fan or new to Friedman’s work, this versatile planner will provide the structure, guidance, and wisdom to help you grow into the courageous leader you aspire to be.
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All Charges Dropped Volume 2
$19.95Add to cartSo many charges, so little forgiveness. So much fear, so little trust. So many chains, so little freedom. So much guilt, such great condemnation. Such great thick volumes of the law, so few pages granting pardons. This was my day in, day out reality as I worked in the courtrooms as a Certified Court Interpreter. You will enter the courtrooms. The narratives will almost make you believe you are present in the audience. You will follow divorce proceedings, murder felony trials, kids appearing in juvenile hall for truancy, drug trafficking in the schools, and more serious matters.
All these narratives become jumping boards for entering the greater courtroom. Here we must all appear before the judgment seat of God. And all our narratives and stories end here, because a new narrative begins. Not our own, but that of Another, our Substitute, our Attorney, our Judge, all in One, Jesus Christ the King of forgiveness!
In this courtroom, forgiveness overwhelms the charges. Trust casts out all fear. All chains are unshackled, as the Word of absolution breaks all fetters. “Your sins are forgiven” is the thread that binds all narratives in this devotional. The law gives way to the Gospel. Each story takes us from the earthly courtrooms where we hear mostly sentencing and condemnations, to the heavenly throne of grace. Here, the Judge of the Universe has only one Word: “Forgiven!” But how, on account of what law? Or on account of whom? You will see the answer clearly spelled out in each of the narratives of “All Charges Dropped!” Forgiven sinners walk away in total freedom, at this jaw dropping declaration of grace from the Judge of the universe. At God’s Word, no guilt remains!
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Experiencing Christmas Leader Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
$15.99Add to cartDiscover how everything changed when God was born.
Everything seems different at the end of the year. We put lights on our houses to dispel the growing darkness, Christmas music floods local radio stations, apple cider and cranberry sauce are again on the menu, and wrapping paper and tape are always ready. Things just look, smell, and taste differently during the Advent and Christmas season, and these differences are a sign to us that God is about to do something radical and different. Christmas is when God surrounded the divine with senses of his own. That first noel was when God had eyes to see suffering, ears to hear our cries, and hands to hold those in need, and all of these senses were bundled in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. “This will be a sign to you,” the angel told the shepherds, and they traveled to Bethlehem and found a child. What signs do you see during the Advent and Christmas season that point you to the divine?
The Leader Guide contains everything needed to guide a group through the four-week study, including session plans, activities, discussion questions, and multiple format options.
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Experiencing Christmas : Christ In The Sights And Sounds Of Advent (Student/Stud
$17.99Add to cartDiscover how everything changed when God was born.
Everything seems different at the end of the year. We put lights on our houses to dispel the growing darkness, Christmas music floods local radio stations, apple cider and cranberry sauce are again on the menu, and wrapping paper and tape are always ready. Things just look, smell, and taste differently during the Advent and Christmas season, and these differences are a sign to us that God is about to do something radical and different. Christmas is when God surrounded the divine with senses of his own. That first noel was when God had eyes to see suffering, ears to hear our cries, and hands to hold those in need, and all of these senses were bundled in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. “This will be a sign to you,” the angel told the shepherds, and they traveled to Bethlehem and found a child. What signs do you see during the Advent and Christmas season that point you to the divine?
Additional components to use the book as a four-week small group study include a leader guide and DVD/Video Sessions featuring Matt Rawle.
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Meaning In The Moment
$39.99Add to cartLife has its ups and downs, and it can feel like we’re always in the middle of a transition.
Whether it’s a painful end or a joyful beginning–or even an uncertain middle–theologian and minister Amy Davis Abdallah has found something that helps: rituals. In Meaning in the Moment, she shows why we need rituals to help survive and even thrive through various seasons of life.
Starting with the foundation that rituals are a core, and underexplored, part of Christian practice, Davis Abdallah draws from theology, psychology, and personal experiences in creating rituals for herself and others. She offers practical guidance for readers to create their own meaningful rituals, including three types requiring varying levels of planning and participation: right now, with friends, and at church.
Readers will emerge with fresh ways to bring their faith to life for themselves, their families, and their church communities–and ready to experience the transformative power of rituals. The book includes a foreword by W. David O. Taylor.
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Every Season Sacred
$22.99Add to cartWhat does it look like to live a flourishing, messy, wonderful life together?
As parents, we’re tasked with nurturing and guiding our children, even as we navigate our own wonderings about faith. In the overwhelm and constant demands of life, is it possible to tend to our own souls and to our family’s flourishing?
With tender curiosity and contemplative wisdom, Every Season Sacred is a weekly invitation to grow spiritually alongside our children. Blending thoughtful musings and practical resources, author Kayla Craig meets parents right where they are, offering:*honest and hopeful reflections for every season of the parenting journey;
*encouragement to parent with intention and imagination, presence and purpose; and
*open-ended discussion prompts and prayers to explore and practice as a family.Every Season Sacred is an invitation to ask big questions, embrace faithful rhythms, and experience God’s mysterious, loving presence together. You don’t have to have all the answers-and if we’re honest, many answers aren’t ours to have. This is the beauty of faith.
As you parent your children and explore your questions together, may God reveal sacred moments to you-in each season of your life.
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When The People Pray
$14.99Add to cartA convenient and easy way for pastors to ask for the prayer support they desperately need.
“Will you pray for me?” is a question pastors hear every day. But when have you heard a pastor ask that question for themselves? Frankly, it’s rare. That was the question Thom Rainer asked his congregation. The response was overwhelming. Within two days, more than one hundred people committed to praying for him, and the church was transformed over the next year. Thom cannot imagine what would have happened if he hadn’t overcome his initial reluctance to be that vulnerable with his congregation.
In this book, there are thirty reflections and thirty prayers that give church members a glimpse into the struggles most pastors face and helps them pray in specific ways. In the back of this book, there are instructions on how to start a prayer ministry for your pastor, a prayer ministry for members of your pastor’s family, and a thirty-day prayer challenge.
God promises to honor the prayers of his people.
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Emotionally Healthy Relationships Expanded Edition Participants Pack
$38.99Add to cartEmotionally Healthy Relationships Expanded Edition is Part 2 of the Emotionally Health Discipleship Course. Pete and Geri Scazzero developed Emotionally Healthy (EH) Relationships over a 28-year period to directly address core biblical principles to guide you and others into an experience of discipleship that will deeply change your life. In the EH Relationships Course, everyone will learn 8 practical relationship skills to develop mature, loving relationships with others such as:
*Stop Mind Reading and Clarify Expectations
*Incarnational Listening
*Climb the Ladder of Integrity
*Clean FightingAnd since loving others and loving God cannot be separated, each person will also grow in their personal, first-hand relationship with Jesus by incorporating stillness, silence, and Scripture as daily life rhythms. The Workbook includes Streaming Video (DVD format sold separately) and is to be used with the companion book, the Emotionally Healthy Relationships Day by Day devotional (included in pack).
This workbook includes:
*Individual access to eight streaming video sessions (newly filmed)
*Session introductions, group discussion questions, and personal action steps
*Between-sessions personal study
*Leader’s Guide and valuable appendicesJoin us for a powerful journey that will walk you through a door that will change forever the way you love God, others, and yourself.
SESSIONS INCLUDE:
1. Take Your Community Temperature Reading
2. Stop Mind Reading and Clarify Expectations
3. Genogram Your Family
4. Explore the Iceberg
5. Listen Incarnationally
6. Climb the Ladder of Integrity
7. Fight Cleanly
8. Develop a “Rule of Life” to Implement Emotionally Healthy SkillsThis pack includes:
*One copy of the Emotionally Healthy Relationships Expanded Edition Workbook plus Streaming Video
*One copy of the Emotionally Healthy Relationships Day by Day devotional
If needed, there is a DVD format sold separately, Emotionally Healthy Relationships Expanded Edition Video Study (9780310167747).
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Wings Of Poppy Pendleton
$16.99Add to cartIn this compelling new time-slip mystery, a little girl goes missing from her family’s castle in the Thousand Islands of New York. Eighty-five years later, a journalist teams up with a woman living on Koster Isle to find out what happened to Poppy, once and for all.
1907. On the eve of her fifth birthday, Poppy Pendleton is tucked safely in her bed, listening to her parents entertain New York’s gilded society in their Thousand Islands castle; the next morning, she is gone, and her father is found dead in his smoking room.
1992. Though Chloe Ridell lives in the shadows of Poppy’s castle, now in ruins, she has little interest in the mystery that still captivates tourists and locals alike. She is focused on preserving the island she inherited from her…
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When Heaven Invades Your Life
$29.99Add to cartA Devotional to Help You Walk in the Miraculous Every Day!
Access to a lifestyle of miracles is our spiritual inheritance as believers–so why do so many of us settle for powerless lives? Most often, it’s because we need to be reminded of what, and Who, we carry.
In this powerful daily devotional, bestselling author and pastor Bill Johnson commissions you to steward and carry God’s supernatural power, empowering you to experience and release the miraculous every day
Full of thought-provoking quotes, invigorating teachings, inspiring Scripture readings, and prayer activations, this powerful devotional is your daily reminder and guide to:
*Access the presence and power of the Holy Spirit.
*Reclaim your true identity.
*Experience supernatural courage.
*Keep the fires of personal revival burning in your heart.
*Unleash God’s miracle-working power in your everyday life.Don’t squander your inheritance. Your spiritual bank account is overflowing; learn how to make daily withdrawals from everything that Jesus made available to you–and discover a life where miracles, signs, and wonders are a glorious, everyday phenomenon.
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Stop Waiting For Permission
$17.00Add to cartA bold and inspiring invitation to dream, plan, and ultimately overcome the obstacles blocking you from your greatest purpose in life–whatever it is!–from the pastor of one of America’s fastest-growing churches.
Pastor Stephen Chandler believes that each of us has a specific, life-giving purpose in this world. Sadly, many people never discover the unique genius that has been embedded within them by the Creator of the universe. But that doesn’t have to be the case!
Stop Waiting for Permission offers a four-step process to unlocking your unique calling and activating your innate, God-given strengths. Chandler provides the tools you need to:
*Identify What Is Holding You Back
*Discover Your Unique Genius
*Maximize Your God-Given Greatness
*Live In Your Purpose with PerseveranceStop Waiting For Permission is a biblical boost of encouragement filled with original insights to help those seeking to scale the heights of their calling, map out the territory of their purpose, and discover their unique and personal area of genius.
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Wind Blows In Sleeping Grass
$29.99Add to cartFor the first time in his life, Pete has everything to lose.
After years of drifting, fifty-year-old Pete Ryman has settled down with his potbellied pig, Pearl, in the small Montana town of Sleeping Grass–a place he never expected to see again. It’s not the life he dreamed of, but there aren’t many prospects for a high-school dropout like him.
Elderly widow Wilma Jacobsen carries a burden of guilt over her part in events that led to Pete leaving Sleeping Grass decades ago. Now that he’s back, she’s been praying for the chance to make things right, but she never expected God’s answer to leave her flat on her face–literally–and up to her ears in meddling.
When the younger sister Pete was separated from as a child shows up in Sleeping Grass with her eleven-year-old son, Pete is forced to face a past he buried long ago, and Wilma discovers her long-awaited chance at redemption may come at a higher cost than she’s willing to pay.
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5 Lies Of Our Anti Christian Age
$29.99Add to cartIn a prevailing culture of rapidly changing beliefs, God’s Word provides answers. Dr. Butterfield writes in memoir style, using personal stories, cultural studies, literary criticism, and theology to expose the five lies our modern society promotes concerning sexuality, spirituality, feminism, transgenderism, and modesty. Apply Scripture’s timeless truths to crucial dilemmas facing today’s church. 320 pages, hardcover from Crossway.
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Baptism : Its Purpose, Practice, And Power
$25.99Add to cartMichael Green offers biblical and ecumenical answers to disputed questions about baptism.
The gateway into the church. An individual’s testimony to faith and repentance. The reception of the Holy Spirit. The meaning of baptism varies wildly between different Christian traditions. Seeking common ground, Michael Green turns to Scripture to assess the varieties of baptismal theology. Though Green assents that baptism is no substitute for saving faith, he endorses infant baptism, confronting common objections head-on. He also addresses the related problems of confirmation and rebaptism. Green’s lively and clear argument will challenge and intrigue readers of all denominations.
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12 Dogs Of Christmas
$12.99Add to cartThe perfect gift for pet lovers of all ages.Get ready for fun and lots of laughter. This delightful take on the traditional song The Twelve Days of Christmas is the funniest, furriest, freshest way to laugh through the holidays. Each day in the songreflects a different breed of dog andcontains original photography of snoring sheepdogs, chomping Chihuahuas, and even dancing Dalmatians.
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Connections Worship Companion Year B Volume 1
$32.00Add to cartThis volume of the Connections Worship Companion series offers complete liturgies-from the call to worship to the closing charge, with prayers and litanies for every need in between-for all worshiping occasions between Advent and Pentecost of Year B. Part of the Connections commentary series, these worship resources help congregations illuminate the connections between Scripture and liturgical rhythms and between the Sundays of each liturgical season. A “Making Connections” essay precedes each season’s resources, providing context for worship within the themes and purpose of the season, while liturgies for repeated use throughout each season enhance connections from Sunday to Sunday.
Contributors to this volume include Claudia L. Aguilar Rubalcava, Mamie Broadhurst, Marci Auld Glass, Marcus A. Hong, Kimberly Bracken Long, Emily McGinley, Kendra L. Buckwalter Smith, Samuel Son, Slats Toole, and Byron A. Wade.
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5 Lies Of Our Anti Christian Age Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$11.99Add to cartStudy Guide by Bestselling Author Rosaria Butterfield Confronts Our Culture’s Biggest Lies about Womanhood and Sexuality
In her powerful book Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age, Rosaria Butterfield uses Scripture to challenge 5 common lies about sexuality, faith, feminism, gender roles, and modesty that are often promoted in our secular culture today. This study guide, designed to be used alongside the book, invites individuals and groups to dive deeper into the key points of each chapter. Featuring chapter summaries, engaging questions, and Bible verses for further reading, the Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age Study Guide inspires women to preserve godly values around womanhood and offers guidance as they shepherd the next generation.
*Companion Study Guide: Includes questions and Bible verses for guided study and discussion about the book Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age
*Culturally Relevant: Confronts controversial topics including transgenderism, homosexuality, feminism, spirituality, and modesty from a Bible-centered perspective
*Written by Rosaria Butterfield: Bestselling author of The Gospel Comes with a House Key (100,000+ copies sold) and The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert (100,000+ copies sold)
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JourneyWise : Redeeming The Broken And Winding Roads We Travel
$17.99Add to cartJourneyWise: Finding meaning in each step along the path of life and being transformed by the journey as a whole.
A common thread binds us together: the broken and winding roads we all travel. Most of us carry with us some form of spiritual, emotional, or physical baggage. That type of weight takes its toll. Our paths can be difficult or daunting if we try to journey them on our own. In JourneyWise, noted pastor and author Shane Stanford offers us a different understanding of our life’s path, enabling us to reframe our journey into one that is healed and redeemed. He begins by asking these questions:
What if you could have Jesus Himself as your life’s companion? What if you had access to His innermost thoughts, tapping into His wisdom? What if your story could intimately intertwine with His and of others who closely follow Him? And what if all of this were possible by purposefully applying only a few paragraphs of His teachings?
The Beatitudes are more than just poetic verse used to begin Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount. They are the essence of Jesus’s message from beginning to end. These familiar words establish the overall tone of Jesus’s teaching ministry and reveal His most deeply held values.To be JourneyWise is to discover and live out the simple yet powerful truths of the Beatitudes. It is through the Beatitudes, which literally mean “blessings,” that Jesus gives us a new definition of significance before leading us to reflect on the deeper meaning of life, our relationship with God, and the interconnections we have with others. They speak to our friendships, actions, fears, prejudices, and joys. They are pragmatic, powerful lessons wrapped in simple words. In their simplicity and accuracy, the Beatitudes yield amazing results when practiced faithfully.
This book will stir your spirit and touch your emotions to bring healing so you can follow Jesus wholeheartedly. Writing with honesty, poignancy, and compassion about the complexities of our daily existence, Shane shows how, in each beatitude, Jesus provides a foundation for developing a significant and spiritually formed life. Here, you will find words of hope and the infinite possibilities of Christ’s simple blessings.
JourneyWise with Jesus.
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Eve Isnt Evil
$39.99Add to cartOne reason the Bible has endured for millennia is its ability to reach our common humanness and give uplifting insights about struggle, resilience, and hope. Intertwining academic knowledge and candid, personal, and sometimes humorous stories, Julie Faith Parker helps readers engage biblical texts with both mind and heart–to learn the Bible’s stories, explore theological ideas, question common assumptions, develop interpretive skills, and grow in their own faith.
The title chapter demonstrates how feminism interprets the Bible with fresh eyes and offers empowering insights, an approach used in the rest of the book. In each chapter, Parker reads biblical texts through a feminist lens. The book discusses both neglected and well-known Old Testament passages with one chapter on the New Testament. Parker’s reflections show how vital our readings of the Bible can be as a source of strength, guidance, and joyful defiance.
Additional features include questions for conversation or reflection and an overview of the entire Bible, summarizing each book in one line.
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Following Into Risky Obedience
$17.00Add to cartThis collection of prayers by noted Hebrew Bible scholar Walter Brueggemann can be used in both public worship and private devotion. These prayers run the gamut from particular days in the church year to special moments in the lives of worshiping communities to events playing out on the world stage. In all cases, the prayers show us how God accompanies us through all the moments and stages of our life, while simultaneously calling us to do the same for all those whom God has placed alongside us in the journey.
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Talking To Kids About Gender Identity
$29.99Add to cartThe Wisdom You Need on One of the Hardest Issues of Our Day
As gender identity, transgender experiences, and emerging gender identities continue to be normalized and celebrated, many parents are left struggling with what to think about these issues–let alone how to talk to their children about them. The leading Christian expert on LGBTQ+ concerns, Dr. Mark Yarhouse has spent years counseling and teaching on these issues.
In this biblical, practical guide, he offers parents wisdom and answers to their biggest questions about gender, equipping you to:
* critically engage gender theory from a Christian view
* initiate honest, informative dialogues with your kids
* model biblical conviction with civility and compassion
* recognize early signs of gender dysphoria
* navigate relationships with those who identify differentlyGender identity is a defining issue in our children’s generation. This practical guide is your go-to resource for reliable, kingdom responses on these critical topics.
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Friendship With The Friend Of Sinners
$18.99Add to cartThe Bible calls Jesus the friend of sinners, but it’s hard to imagine what friendship with Jesus really looks like. We so often don’t even know how to do friendship with the people around us, despite all the options we have to connect. So how are we supposed to feel that close to a holy, perfect, and invisible God? How do we see Jesus as the real person he is? And how do we experience true friendship with him when we struggle to maintain true friendship on earth?
Join author Jared C. Wilson as he explores what it means to be a friend of Jesus. Through candid personal stories and insights into the Gospels, Wilson uncovers easily overlooked details of the close relationship Jesus had with his followers. He reveals the ways we often hold Jesus at arm’s length and shows how to draw close to him through radical honesty, consistent communication, and unconditional love.
If you’ve found yourself lonely and longing for connection and friendship, it’s time to discover the remarkable possibility of closeness with Christ.
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Friendship With The Friend Of Sinners
$29.99Add to cartThe Bible calls Jesus the friend of sinners, but it’s hard to imagine what friendship with Jesus really looks like. We so often don’t even know how to do friendship with the people around us, despite all the options we have to connect. So how are we supposed to feel that close to a holy, perfect, and invisible God? How do we see Jesus as the real person he is? And how do we experience true friendship with him when we struggle to maintain true friendship on earth?
Join author Jared C. Wilson as he explores what it means to be a friend of Jesus. Through candid personal stories and insights into the Gospels, Wilson uncovers easily overlooked details of the close relationship Jesus had with his followers. He reveals the ways we often hold Jesus at arm’s length and shows how to draw close to him through radical honesty, consistent communication, and unconditional love.
If you’ve found yourself lonely and longing for connection and friendship, it’s time to discover the remarkable possibility of closeness with Christ.
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Napoleon Hills Path To Purpose
$15.95Add to cartWhat do you want out of life?
The vast majority of people avoid answering this daunting question. As a result, they spend their days aimlessly drifting or scrambling from one task to the next, never deciding upon a larger goal or plan for their future. However, studying the lives of the world’s highest-achieving individuals quickly reveals an essential truth that success–along with meaning and fulfillment–are found in the pursuit of a Definite Major Purpose, a goal so compelling that it inspires you to take action every day toward its attainment.
Drawing from never-before-published lectures from Napoleon Hill, author of the worldwide bestsellers Think and Grow Rich and Outwitting the Devil, this book provides a step-by-step guide to identifying your unique purpose in life, creating a plan for its attainment, and cultivating the habits necessary to make your actions and ideas more impactful. The exercises, tips, and techniques included will help you to:
*Identify and refine your Definite Major Purpose
*Craft short-term and long-term goals related to your major purpose
*Strengthen your focus and creativity to achieve greater performance
*Establish rhythms of thought and action to accelerate your resultsNapoleon Hill’s Path to Purpose not only helps you fix a clear North Star for your life–it secures your path by giving you a simple formula for living out your purpose day after day, even when life’s difficulties and distractions threaten to throw you off course. Do not settle for anything less than what you want out of life.
Read this book and empower yourself to move forward confidently with the peace and mental freedom that come from a deep, abiding belief in the significance of your contributions.
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Taste And See
$105.00Add to cartJ.W. Olson argues that recent Christian theologies of divine revelation, though often centered on the irreducibility of the incarnation, have not taken incarnality sufficiently into account as the mechanism for the knowledge of God in Christ. Addressing this problem within a secular context in which the viability of religious truth is under increased scrutiny, Olson engages with the phenomenology of Martin Heidegger to suggest that Christian language and belief are shaped at the precognitive level of embodied involvement long before they ever take mental, conceptual form. He then offers an original interpretation of the Eucharist as the material epicenter of Christian epistemology. In the sacrament, Christians are swept up into a dynamic world that reveals itself as the very person of Jesus Christ, so that Christians come to know Christ most fundamentally through the movements of the body. Recasting the parameters for identifying Christ’s sacramental presence, Olson reiterates the Christian focus on the incarnation as not just the medium of God’s self-revelation but as the very content of Christian faith. Christ is known in act, and so God is revealed where Christ lives in us.
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Silenced : The Forgotten Story Of Progressive Era Free Methodist Women
$100.00Add to cartSilenced: The Forgotten Story of Progressive Era Free Methodist Women explores gender debates within the Free Methodist Church of North America from 1890-1920. This interdisciplinary work reconstructs the lives of women who served as Free Methodist evangelists and deacons, illustrating their struggle for recognition and acceptance.
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Resisting Occupation : A Global Struggle For Liberation
$39.99Add to cartIn Resisting Occupation, scholars from around the globe discuss the radical denial of human flourishing caused by the occupation of mind, body, spirit, and land. They explore how religious perspectives can be, and often are, constructed to teach the colonized to want, yearn, and embrace their occupation.
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Stay Here : Uncovering God’s Plan To Restore Your Mental Health
$29.99Add to cartPlease stay. The world is so much better with you in it.
Every forty seconds, someone takes his or her life. Anxiety, depression, and suicide are at all-time highs–and they’re stealing our sons, daughters, friends, and spouses.
With tender passion and bold hope, Jacob Coyne, founder of Stay Here, infuses life into the dark corners of mental health. Giving hurting souls a reason to live, he shows not only how Jesus brings life to the full, but also how anyone–regardless of their past or pain–can find healing, including how to:
* attack our anxiety and calm our storms;
* defeat depression and live with a sound mind;
* overcome intrusive suicidal thoughts and enjoy life; and
* transform pain, trauma, suicidal thoughts, and addictions into purpose.It’s okay to not be okay–but you don’t have to stay that way. It’s time to shine the hope of Christ into the darkness and witness His love transform broken souls into living, breathing signs to live.
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90 Day Bible Reading Challenge
$29.99Add to cartSupercharge your walk with God by reading the entire Bible.
If your time in the Bible has felt tedious and you are longing to revitalize your faith, the 90-Day Bible Reading Challenge is here to help.
With this book as your guide, you can grow your faith in ways you never have before by reading the Bible for the next 90 days–cover to cover.
It may sound impossible, but it’s absolutely not. Having briskly read through the Bible for years, author Mary DeMuth knows the profound impact this spiritual reset can have. Here she gives you her own comprehensive–and achievable–reading plan, fresh devotionals and insights, and encouragement to keep you going. You’ll not only read the entire Bible in three months, you’ll also:
* savor the life-changing power of God’s timeless truths
* trace the presence of Jesus throughout the entirety of the Bible
* emerge with freedom and healing
* learn to navigate your world with wisdom and joyWe all need a reset. This is your invitation to wrest yourself away from the siren call of the world and reorient your heart to worship the One who gave his life for you.
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Sticker By Number A Charlie Brown Christmas
$9.98Add to cartCreate fun art featuring your favorite Charlie Brown characters!
*Contains 10 colorful images to sticker, including Snoopy decorating his doghouse, the kids practicing for a pageant, and Charlie Brown and Linus choosing a little Christmas tree.
*Each sticker page tells part of a Charlie Brown Christmas story.
*Spiral binding and perforated pages make the book easy to use.
*Fun for kids and adults!
As in color or paint-by-number, this sticker activity book features designs that are divided into spaces, each with a number that corresponds to a sticker. Find the sticker, peel it, and place it in the right space. Watch as a full-colored image emerges from the original unfinished illustration.
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Let The Nations Be Glad 30th Anniversary Edition (Anniversary)
$22.99Add to cartJohn Piper’s bestselling book on missions (more than 300,000 copies sold) draws on key biblical texts to demonstrate that worship is the ultimate goal of the church and that proper worship fuels missionary outreach. Piper offers a biblical defense of God’s supremacy in all things, providing readers with a sound theological foundation for missions.
This 30th anniversary edition of a contemporary classic incorporates insight from the author’s refined thinking over the past 10 years. Used extensively as a textbook for missions courses and a resource for ministries, Let the Nations Be Glad! provides a passionate plea for God-centeredness in the whole enterprise of world evangelization and explores the role of prayer and spiritual warfare. The book is essential reading for those involved in or preparing for missions work. It also offers enlightenment for students, pastors, youth workers, campus ministers, and all who want to connect their labors to God’s global purposes. The 30th anniversary edition features a deluxe hardcover binding.
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Your Mess Gods Miracle Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartA Study Guide Companion to Your Mess, God’s Miracle
What if your pain and struggles were not punishments to endure–but opportunities to showcase God’s glory?
Inspired by the story of the blind man in John 9, bestselling author and pastor Samuel Rodriguez shows us that sometimes Jesus makes your situation a muddy mess first–and out of that mess emerges a miracle. With biblical inspiration, scientific findings and true stories, Pastor Sam lays out the practical, hope-infused roadmap for anyone with the audacity to replace fear with faith, wash away the mud of the past and walk through their mess into God’s miracle.
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Big Book Of Big Laughs For Kids
$14.99Add to cartWhat do you call a flock of sheep rolling down a hill? A lamb-slide, of course! Your 6- to 12-year-olds will go bonkers over these hilarious one-liners, riddles, knock-knock jokes, and tongue twisters. This party rocks with clean humor and rollicking buffoonery. Get ready for giggles, belly laughs, and hours of fun!
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On Moonberry Lake
$29.99Add to cartCora Matthews has long wondered why her mother stopped taking her to visit her grandparents’ lodge in the small Northwoods Minnesota town of Moonberry Lake. Now, after burying her mother and breaking off her engagement just two weeks before her wedding, Cora has a chance to find out. Once there, she is stunned to learn that the old lodge is her inheritance–with a surprising condition attached. Maybe some time to regroup on the shores of a beautiful lake is just what Cora needs to figure out what’s next for her.
But Cora’s days on the lake are anything but relaxing. The only thing that’s a bigger mess than her own life is the dilapidated building she’s living in. Add a cantankerous handywoman, an angry neighbor, and an elderly woman who spends all her time talking to the “residents” in the cemetery and Cora’s not sure she can stick it out. But if she can, she may find a love she never expected–from the most unexpected people imaginable. This homespun tale of new friendships, sweet romance, and ordinary miracles will have you wishing you could spend a summer (or a lifetime) on Moonberry Lake.
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Hands On Ranch Book
$39.99Add to cartThere really isn’t a more satisfying feeling than being capable and knowledgeable in a situation where we need to make decisions and solve problems. Now you and your children can learn exciting, useful life skills with the help of the modern-day ranch family at Five Marys Farms! Filled with clear instructions and helpful illustrations, The Hands-On Ranch Book shows your kids–and you–how to
* start and tend a productive garden
* make bread, maple syrup, candles, and dyes
* tie useful knots
* take care of horses, chickens, and other livestock
* turn your talents into a home business
* and so much moreParents will love how The Hands-On Ranch Book encourages their kids to get outside and try new things. Kids will love getting their hands dirty as they observe, create, and share their new skills with others. This book is fun and educational for the whole family, including homeschoolers, homesteaders, and anyone who wishes their life was a little more tied to the land.
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Hebrews For Everyone (Anniversary)
$20.00Add to cartA renowned Bible scholar opens up the message and meaning of the letters to the Hebrews for today’s readers.
The letters to the Hebrews comes alive in N. T. Wright’s updated, reader-friendly translation and insightful commentary. He guides the reader through the world of the New Testament, explaining the ideas and events that shaped the writer’s understanding of the gospel. Breaking down Hebrews into brief, easy-to-study segments, Wright explains how the writer’s belief that the one God has been revealed fully in Christ speaks powerfully to the spiritual longings of contemporary readers. New Christians and longtime followers of Jesus alike will find inspiration and practical wisdom for their journey within these pages.
This expanded edition contains Wright’s updated translation of the biblical text, a new introduction, and a study guide designed for use in Bible study classes and individual reflection. Helpful summaries and insightful questions assist group leaders, study participants, and solo learners to encounter the letters to the Hebrews in exciting and enriching new ways.
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Acts For Everyone Part 2 Chapters 13-28 (Anniversary)
$20.00Add to cartA renowned Bible scholar opens up the message and meaning of the book of Acts for today’s readers.
The book of Acts comes alive in N. T. Wright’s updated, reader-friendly translation and insightful commentary. He guides the reader through the world of the New Testament, explaining the ideas and events that shaped the writer’s account of the early church. Breaking down Acts into brief, easy-to-study segments, Wright shows how the experiences of the first generation of Christians speak powerfully to the spiritual longings of contemporary readers. New Christians and longtime followers of Jesus alike will find inspiration and practical wisdom for their journey within these pages.
This expanded edition contains Wright’s updated translation of the biblical text, a new introduction and a study guide designed for use in Bible study classes and individual reflection. Helpful summaries and insightful questions assist group leaders, group members and solo learners to encounter chapters 18 through 28 of the book of Acts in exciting and enriching new ways.
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Unshakable Kids : Three Keys To Raising Spiritually Strong And Emotionally
$17.99Add to cartYou may feel anxious about sending your child out into a world that too often feels dark and scary. But you can prepare your kids to live in the real world by equipping them with a sound mind and strategies for establishing a foundation of faith.
Adversity is a normal part of life, and when we keep our children too protected, we rob them of the opportunity to learn and practice essential life skills like discernment, understanding, boldness, and resilience. Using Scripture and principles of cognitive behavioral therapy, Unshakable Kids gives you the tools to equip your children to withstand the negative pressures of society and walk bravely into the world with wisdom. This book will show you how to model the qualities you want to build in your kids, control anxious thoughts, and help your kids rest in their identities as children of God.
With God’s Word and these brain-based tools, you can raise emotionally healthy and spiritually strong children who not only remain unshaken by the world, but can actually make a positive impact on it.
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Fasting With God
$19.99Add to cartWe cannot get closer to God without knowing more of who He is.
This book will guide me into a meaningful and impactful relationship with God as I learn more about the names of God and how each one pertains to a different element of His character.When we fast, it is a given that we fast with God. He is the power behind our prayers and petitions. But to truly fast with God, we must know Him deeply and intimately, in His character, power, and strength.
In Fasting With God, Tammy Hotsenpiller takes readers on a twenty-one-day journey through the names of God to discover the intimacy and breakthrough found in gaining a deeper revelation of who He truly is.
Features and benefits: – Author has released fifteen-minute videos on each of the twenty-one days, offering fasting tips and encouragement.
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Good Baggage : How Your Difficult Childhood Prepared You For Healthy Relati
$18.99Add to cartBaggage has gotten a bad rap. We think it’s all bad. We think it makes us less likely to have good, healthy relationships today. But baggage isn’t just the bad stuff that happened to us in the past. It’s the lessons we’ve taken from the pain we carry. It’s how what we’ve been through has actually made us stronger and more capable than we imagine. And it’s how we’re going to make our current relationships work.
Far from minimizing past pain, pastor Ike Miller shows you how to go through the baggage you carry from a difficult childhood and pull out the good stuff. The intentionality you’ve developed. The empathy you’ve gained. The trust you value so highly. Miller shares from his own past in a dysfunctional family impacted by alcoholism and divorce, and his present as part of a healthy and loving family, to illustrate how to stop letting your past sabotage your present.
You’ll find no platitudes or pat answers here. Rather, you’ll discover untapped riches of experience and knowledge you already have that can make your relationships thrive and change the course of your life and legacy.
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Spiritual Gifts Blueprint
$18.99Add to cartAre You Doing What God Created You to Do?
Can you identify your spiritual gifting or understand God’s purpose for your life? If you can’t confidently answer yes, you’re not alone. Yet there is a simple, biblical framework to finding your God-given gifts and finding His purposes for your life–and it leads to a relationship with the Trinity you never imagined.
Offering clear explanations and biblical depth, veteran ministry leader Andy Reese offers a fresh and practical blueprint to Paul’s teachings on spiritual gifts and God’s intended spiritual connection to the Trinity, including how to:
* simply discover your unique gifting and use it to impact others
* see your God-intended purposes come to life in amazing ways
* connect intimately with Jesus and the Father
* experience the Holy Spirit and His working within and through youYour gifts are not defined by your job or talents. It’s time to discover why you were created–and experience a deeper relationship with the One who created you.
Includes hands-on assessments!
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90 Day Bible Reading Challenge
$17.99Add to cartSupercharge your walk with God by reading the entire Bible.
If your time in the Bible has felt tedious and you are longing to revitalize your faith, the 90-Day Bible Reading Challenge is here to help.
With this book as your guide, you can grow your faith in ways you never have before by reading the Bible for the next 90 days–cover to cover.
It may sound impossible, but it’s absolutely not. Having briskly read through the Bible for years, author Mary DeMuth knows the profound impact this spiritual reset can have. Here she gives you her own comprehensive–and achievable–reading plan, fresh devotionals and insights, and encouragement to keep you going. You’ll not only read the entire Bible in three months, you’ll also:
* savor the life-changing power of God’s timeless truths
* trace the presence of Jesus throughout the entirety of the Bible
* emerge with freedom and healing
* learn to navigate your world with wisdom and joyWe all need a reset. This is your invitation to wrest yourself away from the siren call of the world and reorient your heart to worship the One who gave his life for you.
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Talking To Kids About Gender Identity
$16.99Add to cartThe Wisdom You Need on One of the Hardest Issues of Our Day
As gender identity, transgender experiences, and emerging gender identities continue to be normalized and celebrated, many parents are left struggling with what to think about these issues–let alone how to talk to their children about them. The leading Christian expert on LGBTQ+ concerns, Dr. Mark Yarhouse has spent years counseling and teaching on these issues.
In this biblical, practical guide, he offers parents wisdom and answers to their biggest questions about gender, equipping you to:
* critically engage gender theory from a Christian view
* initiate honest, informative dialogues with your kids
* model biblical conviction with civility and compassion
* recognize early signs of gender dysphoria
* navigate relationships with those who identify differentlyGender identity is a defining issue in our children’s generation. This practical guide is your go-to resource for reliable, kingdom responses on these critical topics.
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2 Corinthians For Everyone (Anniversary)
$20.00Add to cartA renowned Bible scholar opens up the message and meaning of the second letter to the Corinthians for today’s readers.
Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians comes alive in N. T. Wright’s updated, reader-friendly translation and insightful commentary. He guides the reader through the world of the New Testament, explaining the ideas and events that shaped Paul’s powerful witness to the gospel. Breaking down 2 Corinthians into brief, easy-to-study segments, Wright shows how Paul’s words of hope and instruction speak powerfully to the spiritual longings of contemporary readers. New Christians and longtime followers of Jesus alike will find inspiration and practical wisdom for their journey within these pages.
This expanded edition contains Wright’s updated translation of the biblical text, a new introduction and a study guide designed for use in Bible study classes and individual reflection. Helpful summaries and insightful questions assist group leaders, group members and solo learners to encounter the second letter to the Corinthians in exciting and enriching new ways
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Acts For Everyone Part 1 Chapters 1-12 (Anniversary)
$20.00Add to cartA renowned Bible scholar opens up the message and meaning of the book of Acts for today’s readers.
The book of Acts comes alive in N. T. Wright’s updated, reader-friendly translation and insightful commentary. He guides the reader through the world of the New Testament, explaining the ideas and events that shaped the writer’s account of the early church. Breaking down Acts into brief, easy-to-study segments, Wright shows how the experiences of the first generation of Christians speak powerfully to the spiritual longings of contemporary readers. New Christians and longtime followers of Jesus alike will find inspiration and practical wisdom for their journey within these pages.
This expanded edition contains Wright’s updated translation of the biblical text, a new introduction and a study guide designed for use in Bible study classes and individual reflection. Helpful summaries and insightful questions assist group leaders, group members and solo learners to encounter chapters 1 through 12 of the book of Acts in exciting and enriching new ways.
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Luke For Everyone (Anniversary)
$20.00Add to cartA renowned Bible scholar opens up the message and meaning of the gospel of Luke for today’s readers.
The gospel of Luke comes alive in N. T. Wright’s updated, reader-friendly translation and insightful commentary. He guides the reader through the world of the New Testament, explaining the ideas and events that shaped the gospel-writer’s account of the life of Jesus. Breaking down the gospel of Luke into brief, easy-to-study segments, Wright shows how the message of this ancient book speaks powerfully to the spiritual longings of contemporary readers. New Christians and longtime followers of Jesus alike will find inspiration and practical wisdom for their journey within these pages.
This expanded edition contains Wright’s updated translation of the biblical text, a new introduction and a study guide designed for use in Bible study classes and individual reflection. Helpful summaries and insightful questions assist group leaders, group members and solo learners to encounter the gospel of Luke in exciting and enriching new ways.
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Matthew For Everyone Part 1 Chapters 1-15 (Anniversary)
$20.00Add to cartA renowned Bible scholar opens up the message and meaning of the gospel of Matthew for today’s readers.
The gospel of Matthew comes alive in N. T. Wright’s updated, reader-friendly translation and insightful commentary. He guides the reader through the world of the New Testament, explaining the ideas and events that shaped the gospel-writer’s account of the life of Jesus. Breaking down the gospel of Matthew into brief, easy-to-study segments, Wright shows how the message of this ancient book speaks powerfully to the spiritual longings of contemporary readers. New Christians and longtime followers of Jesus alike will find inspiration and practical wisdom for their journey within these pages.
This expanded edition contains Wright’s updated translation of the biblical text, a new introduction and a study guide designed for use in Bible study classes and individual reflection. Helpful summaries and insightful questions assist group leaders, group members and solo learners to encounter chapters 1 through 15 of the gospel of Matthew in exciting and enriching new ways.
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When Shift Happens
$17.99Add to cartWhen circumstances in our life change, many of us are left feeling uncertain and uneasy. From pandemics to natural disasters, from personal traumas to workplace issues, we often find ourselves at a crossroads–hurting, blindsided, and confused about what to do.
Michelle McKinney Hammond knows all about life’s curveballs. She’s caught plenty of them. But when she was visiting England for some speaking engagements and the world suddenly went into lockdown mode because of the COVID-19 pandemic, she was taken by surprise along with the rest of us. It was time for her to shift gears. Again.
Like a dear friend who’s been where you are now, Michelle offers a calming voice of reason in When Shift Happens: Say Yes to Your Next! Weaving stories from Scripture with tales from her own life, she offers heartfelt lessons, prayers, and reflection questions to help you embrace your next.
When Shift Happens will:
*Provide practical tools for navigating change
*Give you solid spiritual principles for dealing with life’s shifts
*Enable you to consider the value of mistakes
*Help you embrace change as opportunity
*Shift your perspective to expect the best as God redirects“Mindset is everything when confronted with unanticipated change,” Michelle notes. “You are never out of options unless you choose to be. Emerging cycles all point to one thing–whether you are ready or not, shift happens. It’s not the end. There’s always a next!”
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Multiplying Love : Vision Of United Methodist Life Together
$14.99Add to cartA Vision of United Methodist Life Together.
Our world needs love during these desperate days of radical polarization and division. Our United Methodist churches yearn to embrace love more completely because God first loved us. Our “faith” (including doctrine) is important; Christian “hope” (including renewal) is important; “love” of God and neighbor is more important. Multiplying Love underscores what matters most and stands in contrast to divisive misreadings of essential Methodist teachings. Chilcote helps us embrace anew the Wesleyan vision of love of Jesus as central to what we believe and how we live.
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Eve Isnt Evil
$22.99Add to cartOne reason the Bible has endured for millennia is its ability to reach our common humanness and give uplifting insights about struggle, resilience, and hope. Intertwining academic knowledge and candid, personal, and sometimes humorous stories, Julie Faith Parker helps readers engage biblical texts with both mind and heart–to learn the Bible’s stories, explore theological ideas, question common assumptions, develop interpretive skills, and grow in their own faith.
The title chapter demonstrates how feminism interprets the Bible with fresh eyes and offers empowering insights, an approach used in the rest of the book. In each chapter, Parker reads biblical texts through a feminist lens. The book discusses both neglected and well-known Old Testament passages with one chapter on the New Testament. Parker’s reflections show how vital our readings of the Bible can be as a source of strength, guidance, and joyful defiance.
Additional features include questions for conversation or reflection and an overview of the entire Bible, summarizing each book in one line.
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Rooted Faith : Practices For Living Well On A Fragile Planet
$31.99Add to cartThere is hope yet that we may embrace the call to live differently on this fragile planet.
As temperatures rise and natural disasters wreak devastation and precious species die off one by one, we know we must change how we live in the world. But how? What would it look like if we took seriously the biblical charge to live more peacefully and gently on our fragile planet, if we understood ourselves as neighbors in a community of creation? Rooted Faith explores the future of the church called to live differently–one of reinhabiting our particular landscapes and confronting the assumptions of consumer culture head-on through our lives and actions.
Drawing on Scripture, Christian history, and practical theology, author Sarah Werner invites readers into a new way of seeing ourselves in relationship with the rest of creation, offering tangible practices for opening up our hearts to both the beauty and tragedy around us and guiding us toward meaningful action to restore creation. There has never been a more crucial moment to reclaim this overlooked aspect of our faith as we seek to live differently–live well–on this fragile planet.
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Here We Go Again
$32.00Add to cartStretch your budget and avoid food waste by remixing leftovers into family-favorite weeknight meals with the help of this smart guide to everyday cooking.
Leftovers can be so much more than the sum of their parts. Yesterday’s dinner, last week’s baking experiment, snack drawer remnants, and cheese drawer bits and bobs are all an opportunity to create something new and delicious. And the holidays–they’re a leftovers goldmine!
Here We Go Again is dedicated to the recipes your leftovers deserve, whether they’re the classics in your rotation, the dishes that maybe didn’t hit the spot the first time around, or those last-ditch meal efforts you throw at your kids, only to have half the macaroni still left in the pot. They’re also perfect for ingredients that would otherwise be trash-bound–those carrots threatening to go soft, the bunches of kale from the overenthusiastic farmers’ market haul, that half a loaf of bread getting harder by the day, the nubbins of cheese that don’t seem good for anything other than late-night snacking. Or the dreaded 1 cup of sour cream or buttermilk inevitably left in the back of the fridge from when you made something else with it. Or maybe it’s the chicken breasts or steaks you stocked up on when they were on sale and are now sitting in your freezer, waiting for an invitation to be used. And of course, it’s all the food staring back at you from your fridge after a holiday meal (and worked way too hard on to throw away!)
These are the dishes that we need right now–and in so many ways. We need to get food on the table, every meal, every day. We need to use the food that we have because we don’t always know when we’ll get to the store or how much we need to make our budget stretch. And above all else we need to take care of ourselves and our families with food that tastes good.
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Ephesians Philippians Colossians And Philemon For Everyone (Anniversary)
$20.00Add to cartA renowned Bible scholar opens up the message and meaning of the letters to the Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians and Philemon for today’s readers.
Paul’s letters to the Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians and Philemon come alive in N. T. Wright’s updated, reader-friendly translation and insightful commentary. He guides the reader through the world of the New Testament, explaining the ideas and events that shaped Paul’s powerful witness to the gospel. Breaking down these letters into brief, easy-to-study segments, Wright shows how Paul’s advice on the costly way of Christian discipleship speaks powerfully to the spiritual longings of contemporary readers. New Christians and longtime followers of Jesus alike will find inspiration and practical wisdom for their journey within these pages.
This expanded edition contains Wright’s updated translation of the biblical text, a new introduction and a study guide designed for use in Bible study classes and individual reflection. Helpful summaries and insightful questions assist group leaders, group members and solo learners to encounter these early Christian letters in exciting and enriching new ways.
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Galatians And Thessalonians For Everyone (Anniversary)
$20.00Add to cartA renowned Bible scholar opens up the message and meaning of the books of Galatians, 1 Thessalonians and 2 Thessalonians for today’s readers.
Paul’s letters to the Galatians and Thessalonians come alive in N. T. Wright’s updated, reader-friendly translation and insightful commentary. He guides the reader through the world of the New Testament, explaining the ideas and events that shaped Paul’s powerful witness to the gospel. Breaking down these letters into brief, easy-to-study segments, Wright shows how Paul’s proclamation of grace and freedom speaks powerfully to the spiritual longings of contemporary readers. New Christians and longtime followers of Jesus alike will find inspiration and practical wisdom for their journey within these pages.
This expanded edition contains Wright’s updated translation of the biblical text, a new introduction and a study guide designed for use in Bible study classes and individual reflection. Helpful summaries and insightful questions assist group leaders, group members and solo learners to encounter the letters to the Galatians and Thessalonians in exciting and enriching new ways.
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1 Corinthians For Everyone (Anniversary)
$20.00Add to cartPaul’s first letter to the Corinthians comes alive in N. T. Wright’s updated, reader-friendly translation and insightful commentary. He guides the reader through the world of the New Testament, explaining the ideas and events that shaped Paul’s powerful witness to the gospel.
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Romans For Everyone Part 2 Chapters 9-16 (Anniversary)
$20.00Add to cartA renowned Bible scholar opens up the message and meaning of the letter to the Romans for today’s readers.
Paul’s letter to the Romans comes alive in N. T. Wright’s updated, reader-friendly translation and insightful commentary. He guides the reader through the world of the New Testament, explaining the ideas and events that shaped Paul’s powerful witness to the gospel. Breaking down Romans into brief, easy-to-study segments, Wright shows how Paul’s account of God’s gracious gift in Christ speaks powerfully to the spiritual longings of contemporary readers. New Christians and longtime followers of Jesus alike will find inspiration and practical wisdom for their journey within these pages.
This expanded edition contains Wright’s updated translation of the biblical text, a new introduction and a study guide designed for use in Bible study classes and individual reflection. Helpful summaries and insightful questions assist group leaders, group members and solo learners to encounter chapters 9 through 16 of the letter to the Romans in exciting and enriching new ways.
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John For Everyone Part 1 Chapters 1-10 (Anniversary)
$20.00Add to cartA renowned Bible scholar opens up the message and meaning of the gospel of John for today’s readers.
The gospel of John comes alive in N. T. Wright’s updated, reader-friendly translation and insightful commentary. He guides the reader through the world of the New Testament, explaining the ideas and events that shaped the gospel-writer’s account of the life of Jesus. Breaking down the gospel of John into brief, easy-to-study segments, Wright shows how the message of this ancient book speaks powerfully to the spiritual longings of contemporary readers. New Christians and longtime followers of Jesus alike will find inspiration and practical wisdom for their journey within these pages. This expanded edition contains Wright’s updated translation of the biblical text, a new introduction, and a study guide designed for use in Bible study classes and individual reflection. Helpful summaries and insightful questions assist group leaders, study participants, and solo learners to encounter the chapters 1 through 10 of the gospel of John in exciting and enriching new ways.
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James Peter John And Jude For Everyone (Anniversary)
$20.00Add to cartA renowned Bible scholar opens up the message and meaning of the letters of James, Peter, John and Jude for today’s readers.
The letters of James, Peter, John and Jude come alive in N. T. Wright’s updated, reader-friendly translation and insightful commentary. He guides the reader through the world of the New Testament, explaining the ideas and events that shaped the writers’ understanding of the gospel. Breaking down these early Christian letters into brief, easy-to-study segments, Wright explains how the letters’ portrait of an early church finding its place in a hostile world speaks powerfully to the spiritual longings of contemporary readers. New Christians and longtime followers of Jesus alike will find inspiration and practical wisdom for their journey within these pages.
This expanded edition contains Wright’s updated translation of the biblical text, a new introduction and a study guide designed for use in Bible study classes and individual reflection. Helpful summaries and insightful questions assist group leaders, group members and solo learners to encounter these early Christian writings in exciting and enriching new ways.
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Concise Guide To Islam
$23.99Add to cartFor many in the English-speaking world, Islam remains a mysterious religion. What is Islam in the first place? Does it mean “peace,” or does it mean “submission”? Can it mean both? What is jihad? Sharia? Hadith? Who is Allah? What is a caliph, caliphate, or infidel?
In this compact volume, an expert in the study of Islam provides explanations for more than one hundred important Islamic concepts and terms, which are divided into major sections: texts, history, faith and belief, practice and religious duties, jurisprudence, and movements. Ayman Ibrahim first introduces the section, then defines each concept or term briefly. Readers can read a chapter at a time or flip through the book to find concepts or terms as needed. Each term is described based on original Muslim sources, mainly written in Arabic, as well as ample scholarly studies.
This introductory guide is written for anyone with little to no knowledge of Islam. It complements the author’s A Concise Guide to the Quran and A Concise Guide to the Life of Muhammad. Together, these three volumes are useful as a set of resources on Islam.
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Quiet House : Reflections On The Loss Of A Spouse
$18.99Add to cartFind comfort in a message of hope and healing.
The loss of a spouse is a devastating experience, but pastor Ron Greer invites readers into his own grief journey with messages of hope and healing. The Quiet House calls on the image of a home silenced by absence but also speaks about the possibility of moving forward together through the heartache of loss toward hope. Through an elegant series of personal reflections, Greer, a pastoral counselor, offers steps and reflections of healing while tending to marriage memories. Pastors may find this book a profound help and comfort for grieving members.
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Healed : How God Took Me From Planning My Funeral To Planning My Future
$16.99Add to cartFor anyone suffering with a debilitating or terminal illness .?.?. there is hope!
When young mother Gayle Taylor experienced incapacitating symptoms, she didn’t expect to spend the next decade fighting for her life. What started as occasional minor weakness suddenly became extreme fatigue, severe respiratory problems, pain throughout her body, mental fog, memory failure, and physical debilitation that made even the simplest of tasks feel monumental. After more than three years of doctors trying to identify her problem, she finally received a diagnosis-lupus, a disease with no cure.
As her health deteriorated, Gayle’s life became a miserable journey of survival as a prisoner in her own body. But in her darkest valley, as she planned her own funeral, the Lord spoke to her through Deuteronomy 30:19 and told her to choose life. She realized this was not only a battle of the flesh but of the spirit. Through much suffering, surrender, and prayer, God taught her lessons she could learn only by walking through this season. In this journey of faith, the Lord ministered to Gayle and carried her to the mountaintop of rejoicing.
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Revelation For Everyone (Anniversary)
$20.00Add to cartA renowned Bible scholar opens up the message and meaning of the book of Revelation for today’s readers.
The book of Revelation comes alive in N. T. Wright’s updated, reader-friendly translation and insightful commentary. He guides the reader through the world of the New Testament, explaining the ideas and events that shaped the writer’s account of the early church. Breaking down Revelation into brief, easy-to-study segments, Wright shows how the Christian hope for God’s new heaven and new earth speaks powerfully to the spiritual longings of contemporary readers. New Christians and longtime followers of Jesus alike will find inspiration and practical wisdom for their journey within these pages.
This expanded edition contains Wright’s updated translation of the biblical text, a new introduction and a study guide designed for use in Bible study classes and individual reflection. Helpful summaries and insightful questions assist group leaders, group members and solo learners to encounter this mysterious ancient book in exciting and enriching new ways.
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Romans For Everyone Part 1 Chapters 1-8 (Anniversary)
$20.00Add to cartA renowned Bible scholar opens up the message and meaning of the letter to the Romans for today’s readers.
Paul’s letter to the Romans comes alive in N. T. Wright’s updated, reader-friendly translation and insightful commentary. He guides the reader through the world of the New Testament, explaining the ideas and events that shaped Paul’s powerful witness to the gospel. Breaking down Romans into brief, easy-to-study segments, Wright shows how Paul’s account of God’s gracious gift in Christ speaks powerfully to the spiritual longings of contemporary readers. New Christians and longtime followers of Jesus alike will find inspiration and practical wisdom for their journey within these pages.
This expanded edition contains Wright’s updated translation of the biblical text, a new introduction and a study guide designed for use in Bible study classes and individual reflection. Helpful summaries and insightful questions assist group leaders, group members and solo learners to encounter chapters 1 through 8 of the letter to the Romans in exciting and enriching new ways.
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Street Smarts : Using Questions To Answer Christianity’s Toughest Challenge
$22.99Add to cartStreet Smarts by Gregory Koukl helps Christians better engage in productive conversations with those who challenge their convictions on a variety of issues. A follow-up to Koukl’s best-selling Tactics, this book focuses on revealing the fundamental flaws in common, current challenges to Christian beliefs and values. It then provides individual strategies to exploit those shortcomings by offering model questions and sample dialogues to help guide believers in genial, yet persuasive, conversations.
Koukl begins by explaining the important difference in evangelism between a harvest approach (reaping) and a gardening approach (sowing). He then provides an overview of the tactical game plan he uses to have fruitful “gardening” conversations with those who are not yet Christians. Subsequent chapters tackle specific areas of challenge that Christians frequently face in discussions “on the street,” as it were–in those conversations with friends, family, or critics that believers often avoid because they feel out of their element, vulnerable, or exposed.
With the specific challenges he addresses, Koukl shows precisely how and why each falters. instructing the reader in a lucid, well-organized, and easy-to-follow fashion. He then provides a specific set of questions–the same questions Koukl uses in his own encounters–that are embedded in sample mini-dialogues the Christian can use to exploit those flaws in an amicable, yet incisive, way.
Some questions are used to get the discussion moving forward in a disarming fashion. Others are aimed more directly at the flaws or liabilities of the typical challenges people raise. Questions encourage challengers to think more carefully about their objections or consider problems with their own views that they may not have considered or even have been aware of.
Street Smarts equips Christians to handle tough challenges in a straightforward and user-friendly way. It provides the practical tools they need to keep them in the driver’s seat of otherwise difficult and discomfiting conversations. It enables them to stand up for Christ in a safe, genial, yet effective way.