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Mormonizing Of America
$21.99Add to cartStephen Mansfield, the acclaimed New York Times best-selling author, has highlighted the growing popularity of Mormonism?a belief system with cultic roots?and the implications of its critical rise. Mormons are moving into the spotlight in pop culture, politics, sports, and entertainment via presidential candidates like Romney and Huntsman, media personality Glenn Beck, mega-bestselling Twilight author Stephanie Meyer, and the Broadway show, The Book of Mormon. Mormonism was once a renegade cult at war with the U.S. Army in the 1800s, but it has now emerged as not only the fastest-growing religion, but as a high-impact mainstream cultural influence.
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Whitney I Knew
$19.99Add to cartA virtual album of BeBe Winans’ treasured memories of his friend and “sister,” Whitney Houston.
In the years between the first time BeBe Winans and Whitney Houston met in 1985, to the day he delivered the tribute that touched a watching nation at Houston’s funeral, a deep and unique friendship bloomed and thrived. They considered each other family in the truest sense of the word.
Now this very personal collection of remembrances offers us a seat at the table during Whitney’s most unguarded moments. Here we see her in all her quirky, passionate, fiercely loyal glory though the eyes of her “brother,” BeBe.
For most of her public life, Whitney Houston was a mystery. In The Whitney I Knew, Winans has given us a wonderful gift—the gift of understanding. From profoundly moving personal moments to eye-opening accounts of triumph to the heartbreaking realities that led to her ultimate defeat, the untold stories are intimately woven throughout this book—along with online video links to behind-the-scenes moments, highlights of her career, and never-before-seen video of Whitney. Also included is an extensive photo section from BeBe’s personal collection.
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Dont Torture Scripture
$13.49Add to cartMany doctrinal errors and pagan practices have crept into the various denominations and systems of the Christian church since Christ permanently returned to heaven, sometime after His resurrection. This condition serves as a modern-day fulfillment of the Apostle Paul’s dire prediction recorded in Acts 20:29-30: For I know this, that after my parting shall grievous wolves enter in among you not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things… This book examines seventeen key verses or passages that many Christians, both leaders and laity, commonly misinterpret because they divorce the selected text from its immediate context. The author seeks to correctly present the meaning of these often-misunderstood passages by examining the content and identifying the theme(s) present in the surrounding verses, with an eye to the larger testimony of the whole of Scripture regarding the indicated topics. The principle that drives this treatise is: a text without context is pretext (falsehood or error). Serving as a part-time lay preacher, Andrew Manthe has given Bible studies to both individuals and groups of people for nearly twenty-five years. He has a passion for correctly understanding and presenting scriptural truth to all who will listen. Mr. Manthe has a degree in religion from Pacific Union College located in California’s Napa Valley. He has three children and resides in Northern California. You may order additional copies of this book from Xulon Press at http://www.xulonpress.com/bookstore.
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My Book Of Worship Notes
$8.00Add to cartAre you looking for something to help your child participate in the worship services? This book of note pages provides space to take notes in worship for one solid year. Now they can pay attention to prayers, and announcements, and then take note of people to pray for at home. They can listen to the sermon, take notes, write down scripture refrences, and draw a personal application of the lesson. With space to date each set of notes, your kids can look back over the year, and review lessons that were especially meaningful to them. Make a habit of bringing this book to worship with your Bible, and never be without note pages again!
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Prayers That Move Mountains
$9.99Add to cartThe definitive resource for praying when you need God’s attentionLearn how to activate the ultimate power source daily! Prayer and confession of Scripture are two of the most powerful weapons we have in life. They connect us to God and allow His power to flow to us in every situation.
The sixth book in John Eckhardt’s Prayers for Spiritual Battle series, Prayers That Move Mountains is filled with prayers of repentance, confession, obedience, submission, praise, and worship. Based on 2 Chronicles 7:14-15, these are the prayers that will guarantee that you will have God’s ear, and if you know He hears you, then you will also know He will answer.
Keep this invaluable tool with you wherever you go, and you will be prepared with powerful, declarative prayers for every circumstance. It is your reference handbook of prayers that God answers-every time.
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Enjoying God : Experiencing The Love Of Your Heavenly Father
$12.99Add to cartYou know you should spend time with God. How can you move from duty to delight in your relationship with him? Challenging you to turn away from the humdrum and embrace the passionate, Hill exposes misapprehensions that can damage your faith; offers practical steps to overcome pain; and encourages you to enjoy God every day.
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Amazing Stories Of Life After Death
$14.99Add to cartA nurse shares real-life experiences and life-changing divine occurrences, giving readers the pathway to the supernatural that these experiences revealed.”But when He, the Spirit of Truth…comes, He will guide you into all the Truth…For He will not speak His own message…but He will tell whatever he hears [from the Father; He will give the message that has been given to Him], and He will announce and declare to you the things that are to come” (John 16:13, AMP).In an era in which many seek significance and importance in their life, people often overlook or ignore God’s supernatural means of communication-dreams and visions. Caught up in their busy daily schedule, they miss the message. In True Stories of Life After Death, Christians not only “see” the revelations of these great communiques but also come to understand them as well.Prepare to be captivated by the phenomenal accounts of pain, despair, hope, and encouragement. Be challenged to ponder God’s supernatural means of communication. Be willing to learn and understand the need for change in your life. God is speaking to you. Right now. Are you listening?
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Children And The Supernatural
$14.99Add to cartSupernatural encounters are a sovereign gift available to ALL who have a heart for God and a desire to be used by Him. Supernatural Kids will inspire you to believe that supernatural encounters with God are not the result of willful determination or of having the right qualifications, but they are a sovereign gift available to all who have a heart for Him and a desire to make an impact for God.This book contains the accounts of numerous radical God-encounters experienced by children in the United States and other nations after they were taught about the power of the Holy Spirit. These encounters fall into several categories-visions, miracles, travail, prophetic evangelism, marketplace intercession, and prophecy-and all of them have remarkable consequences.The stories included are so powerful and the results so amazing that the people who read it will be stirred to seek God in a deeper way-not for the encounters themselves but so they, like the children described, can receive His strategies for glorifying Him in the world around them. In one instance, about twenty children visited a Kenyan hospital to pray for the patients and tell them of God’s power to heal, and as a result, all but a handful of patients were healed, and all the doctors and nurses on staff received salvation.
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Checkpoints : A Tactical Guide To Manhood – An 8 Week Experience
$16.99Add to cartSociety today rejects the idea of absolute truth and is openly hostile toward God. For boys who want to be more like Christ, going through adolescence in this culture is like crossing a minefield without a map.
They need parents and youth workers to engage with them early and equip them with the skills needed to thrive.
Checkpoints plots a course through this enemy territory that not only steers young men toward godliness but also explains how to avoid potential pitfalls.
And they will listen, because Checkpoints honestly talks about the core issues they face, opening a vital dialogue between fathers and sons, pastors and students.
* Created by student pastors with 20+ years in ministry
* 8 lessons
* Written in a devotional style
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Healings : Three Stories Of Miraculous Healing From Scripture
$22.99Add to cartI have always wondered why the Bible does not give names to certain of its characters. Scripture would stress “a certain man” instead of naming the man, or not give names to the people the Lord Jesus healed. It is noted that some names were of importance to the stories, while others only needed to be acknowledged as those who were healed.
For instance, Naaman the Syrian leper had an unnamed wife. The nameless leper who was healed (along with nine other men) returned to say thanks to Jesus for his miraculous healing. We know that nothing is said about him after his healing. There is also the man healed beside the pool at Bethesda by Jesus and, again, what happened to him after the priests and scribes questioned his healing on the Sabbath?
Hence, in the first story, Naaman’s wife and her little maid now have names and a history. In the second story, I continued the leper’s story as he relates it years later to his daughter-in-law. The third story gives a bit more insight to the character of the man who was healed by Jesus at the Pool of Bethzatha.
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Messy Church
$15.99Add to cartWhen God created the church, He didn’t build a corporation. He created a family.
We are not called to be consumers who ask what the church can offer us. Instead, we are called to be a family, loving deeply, fighting fairly, and bringing hope to a new generation. A true family is where we are known, loved, accepted, and ultimately, where our deepest needs are met.
Our culture is dying for the kind of community that only the church can provide-if we are living as the family God intended-protecting one another, extending grace, and loving unconditionally.
In Messy Church, Pastor Ross Parsley shares his compelling vision for a better way of life. It’s called church-and it’s a place where no one gets left behind.
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Reunion : A Novel
$10.00Add to cartKeira Johnson, a 50-year-old mother of two grown sons, believes she lives a good Christian life without secrets– until she discovers a life-jarring fact her late mother kept hidden all her life. Kiera was born out of wedlock, and the man she had always known as her father had adopted her as an infant.
Meanwhile, Keira’s beloved 17-year-old niece, Kirsten, has just discovered an unwanted pregnancy. Her boyfriend, Jose, is bound for college and Kirsten does not know what to do. As the family comes together for a reunion, Keira and Kirsten struggle with their fractured pasts and jumbled present. Will truth and honesty be the catalysts that allow the entire family to find peace?
Inspired by events in Lauraine Snelling’s own life, REUNION is the author’s finest novel to date.
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Discovering The Mission Of God
$55.99Add to cartAcknowledgements
Preface
Introduction: Discovering The Mission Of God
Mike BarnettPart One: The Mission Of God In The Bible
1. God’s Mission
Word Of God And Mission Of God
Christopher J. H. WrightThe Missionary Message Of The New Testament
Joel F. WilliamsThe Supremacy Of God In Missions Through Worship
John PiperThe Kingdom Of God And His Mission
Alex LucGod’s Great Commissions For The Nations
Jeff Lewis2. God’s Method
Jesus Christ–the Living Word–and The Mission Of God
Bryan E. BeyerThe Heart Of The Task
Greg TurnerThe Church In The Mission Of God
Preben Vang3. God’s Power
The Power Of The Gospel
Robert L. PlummerThe Passion Of Christ And The Martyrs
Jerry RankinPart Two: The Mission Of God In History
4. Ancient Eras
The First Decades Of The Mission Of God
William J. LarkinThe Ante-Nicene Church On Mission
John Mark TerryThe Gospel Goes East
Greg Turner5. Missionaries And Movements
Monastics On Mission
Karen O’Dell BullockPost-Reformation Missions Pioneers
R. Alton JamesThe Great Century
Howard NorrishThe Global Century
Mike BarnettPart Three: The Mission Of God Today
6. The Task
The State Of The Spread Of The Gospel
Jim HaneyFinishing The Task
J. Scott HolsteSpiritual Warfare And The Mission Of God
Jerry RankinApostles Even Now
Don DentStrategic Prayer For God’s Mission
Mike Barnett7. Communicating The Gospel Across Cultures
Cultures And Worldviews
Stan MayTell His Story So That All Might Worship
LaNette W. ThompsonComprehensive Contextualization
A. Scott MoreauEffective Bridging And Contextualization
Kevin GreesonBack To Basics
William R. Yount8. Through The Church
Church-Planting Movements
David GarrisonMeasuring Progress In The Mission Of God
Gary R. CorwinBreaking Bad Missiological Habits
Christopher R. LittleMultiplying Leaders On Mission With God
R. Bruce CarltonCreative-Access Platforms
Tom SteffenBiblical Lessons From The Persecuted Church
Nik Ripken And D. Kurt Nelson9. Co-Laboring
Women On Mission With God
Meg PageCaring For God’s Missionaries
Robert Edwards And Nathan EvansThe Trouble With Our Jerusalems
Ed StetzerThe Local Church And The Mission Of God
H. Al GilbertWhere Do You Fit In The Mission Of God?
Clyde MeadorAdditional Info
“God cannot lead you on the basis of information you do not have.” –Ralph WinterWhat is God’s mission in the world? For anyone passionate about discovering God’s heart for the nations, Discovering the Mission of God will reveal his plans for you. Written by 21st-century field workers, scholars and church leaders, this book weaves together the basic components of God’s global mission and challenges readers to identify where they fit in the mission of God.
Discovering the Mission of God explores the mission of God as presented in the Bible, expressed throughout church history and in cutting-edge best practices being used around the world today. Drawing from a new generation of scholar-practitioners, this comprehensive reader provides global perspective, recent missiological research, case studies, recommended further readings and relevant discussion questions at the end of each chapter.
Contributors include
*Bryan E. Beyer Karen O’Dell Bullock R. Bruce Carlton Gary R. Corwin Don Dent Robert Edwards Nathan Evans David Garrison H. Al Gilbert Kevin Greeson Jim Haney J. Scott Holste R. Alton James Patrick Lai William J. Larkin Christopher R. Little Alex Luc Stan May Clyde Meador A. Scott Moreau D. Kurt Nelson Howard Norrish Meg Page John Piper Robert L. Plummer Jerry Rankin Nik Ripken Tom Steffen Ed Stetzer John Mark Terry LaNette W. Thompson Greg Turner Preben Vang Joel. F. Williams Christopher J. H. Wright William R. Yount
Discovering the Mission of God is an indispensable resource for anyone wanting a better picture of what God is doing in the world and how to find one’s place in God’s global plan.
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Free Peoples Suicide
$22.99Add to cart1. What Kind Of People Do You Think You Are?
2. Always Free, Free Always
3. Using History To Defy History
4. The Golden Triangle Of Liberty
5. The Completest Revolution Of All
6. An Empire Worthy Of Free People
7. The Eagle And The Sun
NotesAdditional Info
How can a free republic maintain its freedom?“If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.” — Abraham Lincoln
In this highly polarized age, political leaders on all sides debate what it means to be a free people. People confuse freedom with mere consumer choices. Popular movements contend against how government or corporate entities infringe upon individual and collective freedom. Economic crises and social inequities call into question whether our American notion of freedom is real or merely illusory.
Cultural observer Os Guinness argues that the American experiment in freedom is at risk. While freedom is perhaps the most defining trait of American society, it is not enough for freedom to be won. It must also be sustained. Unrestrained freedom is unsustainable because it undermines the very conditions necessary for freedom to exist. Guinness’s careful study of history reminds us that it is not enough to have negative freedom from constraint. He calls us to cultivate the essential civic character needed for ordered liberty and sustainable freedom. True freedom requires virtue, which in turn requires faith. Only within the framework of what is true, right and good can freedom be found.
“In the end,” Guinness writes, “the ultimate threat to the American republic will be Americans. The problem is not wolves at the door but termites in the floor.” The future of the republic depends on whether Americans will rise to the challenge of living up to America’s unfulfilled potential for freedom, both for itself and for the world.
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Taking Jesus At His Word
$21.99Add to cartBlessed are the poor in spirit. Blessed are the meek. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Judge not, that you be not judged. You cannot serve God and mammon. Though these sayings from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount are very familiar – even to those who have never stepped inside a church or read the Bible – many people, including Christians, still do not understand Jesus’ real message and its implications for everyday life.
Now in mid-life, Addison Hodges Hart returns – bringing with him his own failures, regrets, joys, and sadnesses – to sit at the feet of Jesus and listen to his words. Join him as he encounters the Sermon on the Mount afresh, passage by passage, asking “How should I live the rest of my life?” This honest, accessible, and open-minded book – drawing on sound scholarship yet free of theological jargon – seeks to encourage and challenge a broad audience to consider anew what it means to follow Jesus.
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Genesis (Reprinted)
$25.00Add to cartThe Understanding the Bible Commentary Series helps any reader navigate the strange and sometimes intimidating literary terrain of the Bible. These accessible volumes break down the barriers between the ancient and modern worlds so that the power and meaning of the biblical texts become transparent to contemporary readers. The contributors tackle the task of interpretation using the full range of critical methodologies and practices, yet they do so as people of faith who hold the text in the highest regard. Pastors, teachers, and lay people alike will cherish the easily understandable truth found in this commentary series.
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Early Church On Killing
$31.00Add to cartWhat did the early church believe about killing? What was its view on abortion? How did it approach capital punishment and war? Noted theologian and bestselling author Ron Sider lets the testimony of the early church speak in the first of a three-volume series on biblical peacemaking.
This book provides in English translation all extant data directly relevant to the witness of the early church until Constantine on killing. Primarily, it draws data from early church writings, but other evidence, such as archaeological finds and Roman writings, is included.
Sider taps into current evangelical interest in how the early church informs contemporary life while presenting a thorough, comprehensive treatment on topics of perennial concern. The book includes brief introductions to every Christian writer cited and explanatory notes on many specific texts.
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7 Simple Choices For A Better Tomorrow
$17.00Add to cartLife is hard–for everyone. No matter how blessed or fortunate you might be, there is a level of difficulty to your life: hard classes, jobs, relationships, and losses. But by following seven basic life disciplines, anyone can experience accomplishment, freedom, and ease in navigating through life’s daily challenges. In this positive, insightful book, veteran pastor Bob Merritt describes a set of universal principles that can work for everyone in every stage of life, showing that what you do today determines who you become tomorrow.
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Invitation To The Supernatural Life
$14.00Add to cartAn Unlikely Missionary Dispels the Myth That Miracles Happen Only in Africa
Michele Perry may be an unlikely person to start a missionary orphanage in war-torn Sudan. Born without her left hip and leg, she is no stranger to overwhelming impossibility. She’s learned from childhood to rely fully on God, who constantly surprises her–and she and her Sudanese children, more than one hundred of them, have witnessed him moving in miraculous and wondrous ways again and again.
Here she shares some of these amazing, inspiring stories. More than that, she shows how readers can genuinely, fully experience God in their everyday lives–whether in Africa or at home, wherever they are. She helps them understand what he looks like, what it means to hear his voice, what it’s like to see a vision, and how to recognize the holy in the ordinary. With these practical keys, believers will be able to open the floodgates of life-changing, supernatural encounters with God.
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Joy Takes Flight
$17.00Add to cartKate Evans and Paul Anderson are finally married, settling in, and starting a family. They rejoice when Kate finds she is pregnant, but soon it is clear that there are hurdles ahead. Should she continue in her dangerous profession as an Alaskan bush pilot? Can she really fall into the role of a wife? Then tragedy strikes, life begins to unravel, and Kate fears she may have lost Paul for good.
Chock-full of high-flying adventure, romance, and the drama of life, Joy Takes Flight is the exciting conclusion to Bonnie Leon’s Alaskan Skies series.
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When Hope Blossoms (Reprinted)
$19.00Add to cartSweet Contemporary Story Set in an Old Order Mennonite Community
Amy Knackstedt moves with her children to Weaverly, Kansas, to escape the speculation surrounding her husband’s untimely death. She hopes the new location will provide a fresh start for them all. But her neighbor, Tim Roper, is not pleased to have a Mennonite family living next to his apple orchard. When the children try to befriend him, he resists. Tim left the Mennonite faith years ago and doesn’t want any reminders of his former life. Yet Amy and Tim find their paths colliding far more than either could have foreseen. Will this tentative relationship blossom into something more?
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Small Business Guide To Government Contracts
$27.99Add to cartEach year, the federal government awards billions of dollars in small-business contracts. It’s both the lifeblood of hundreds of thousands of companies and a quagmire of red tape. One misstep can result in hefty fines, cancelled contracts-even jail time. The Small-Business Guide to Government Contracts puts a wealth of specialized legal counsel at readers’ fingertips. It’s the one book that looks beyond winning a piece of the $500 billion pie and concentrates on the crucial but complex Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and other rules required for keeping the contract alive and avoiding penalties. Clear answers to the most important compliance questions are inside, including: * Is a small business really small? * Who is eligible for the HUBZone, 8(a), SDVO or WOSB programs? * What salaries and benefits must be offered? * What ethical requirements must be followed? * When does affiliation become a liability? No one can afford to be lax with the rules or too harried to heed them. This book helps contractors meet their compliance obligations-and keep the pipeline flowing.
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Grammar Of Poetry Teacher (Reprinted)
$24.00Add to cartThis is the ideal introductory text for students and teachers discovering the art of poetry. As a “grammar,” it teaches the fundamentals of poetry from scansion and rhyme to more advanced concepts like spatial poetry and synecdoche. Using the classical methodology of imitation (advocated by educators like Quintilian and Benjamin Franklin), this text makes students become active participants as they learn the craft of writing poems. It also offers practical tips and helps, including how to use a rhyming dictionary, how great writers use figures of speech effectively, and even when to break the rules of poetry. Its goal is to show students how to capably interact not just with poems, but with language in any situation.
Developed and used at Logos School with great success, the thirty lessons in Grammar of Poetry contain instruction on ten powerful tropes, student activities for every chapter, riddles to solve, a glossary of terms, a list of over 150 quality poems to integrate, and real-life examples from Shakespeare to traditional tongue twisters. It is designed for a semester at the 6-9th grade level, but is perfectly appropriate for anyone with basic writing skills and the desire to learn poetry.
This Teacher’s Edition contains a final exam, instructions on using the text and grading poetry, and ideas for additional assignments, as well as answers to the exercises found in the Student Edition. For more resources, see the Grammar of Poetry DVD course.
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Coaching Life Changing Small Group Leaders
$26.99Add to cartSmall groups transform churches-and lives. Small group leaders often feel the weight of shepherding their small group members.
But who shepherds the shepherd? Small group coaches fill a unique role by providing support and guidance for group leaders.
When you’re called to coach a small group leader in your church, your mind may be filled with questions: Am I godly enough? What do I have to offer? How do I begin? Although the challenge seems immense, Bill Donahue and Greg Bowman break down the work of coaching small group leaders into achievable steps.
This expanded and updated edition offers field-tested and biblically supported advice on such topics as modeling a surrendered life to those you coach, gaining the tools and wisdom you need for coaching, and helping leaders grow spiritually.
This workbook can be used as a stand-alone resource to train coaches, or it can be used with the training videos taught by the authors, available on the Equipping Life-Changing Small Groups DVD (sold separately).
For those who want to coach with excellence and truly help small group leaders thrive, this go-to guide offers practical answers and inspiring examples. You’ll find both challenge and promise in these pages as you learn to carry forth your God-given calling with confidence.
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Grace : The Free Unconditional And Limitless Love Of God
$19.99Add to cartGrace is the first in a series of books on ‘serious theology for a popular audience’ which will explore key aspects of their belief in clear, accessible and attractive language. The volumes in this series will mostly have one-word titles, words that are commonly used in church.
Grace – the free, unconditional and limitless love of God – is one of the epic words of the Christian faith and a key part of what is most distinctive about it. It lies at the heart of what is proclaimed in the Gospel, but is not well understood, even by Christians. For centuries, Christians have laboured under two opposing misunderstandings: the Catholic view: We must strive to be good in order to deserve God’s love,or the Protestant view: Humankind is so sinful, we can do no good at all. To set a great imbalance right, this volume explores what grace is; how it flows from an understanding of the Trinity; how it becomes visible in the life of Christ; grace in creation, human freedom and the Church; ways of thinking about grace and living the life of grace.
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World Shaped Mission
$20.00Add to cartChurch House Publishing
This landmark study is the result of a three year project by the Mission and Public Affairs Division of the Archbishops’ Council to ‘develop a new, better, narrative of mission’ for the church. World Shaped Mission will reconfigure the way the church talks about and practices mission in the world today.
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Church Transforming : Whats Next For The Reformed Project
$21.00Add to cartTheologian and author Michael Jinkins probes the present state and future of the Reformed faith.
In this book, theologian and author Michael Jinkins probes the present state and future of the Reformed faith. Addressing increasing division over scriptural authority, ordination and marriage of gay and lesbian people, and other social issues, Jinkins looks at some of the hallmarks of the Reformed faith and discusses how these can be viewed anew. Topics covered include scriptural interpretation, the place of Christ, living in community, the life of the mind, unity versus schism, and spirituality and mystery. He concludes by showing how the Reformed faith is not a castle to be defended but a living treasure of great gifts.
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Developing Faithful Ministers
$44.99Add to cart“Developing Faithful Ministers aims to support the work of all those involved in supervision and training relationships within the Church. The Church recognising its call to serve God and the nation seeks to equip and develop its ministers to face the challenge of ministry in a society at the threshold of Christendom that is in a mission context. It is a context where both the general public and the institutional church have significant expectations of those in ministry. Indeed, there is now an expectation of demonstrable capability prior to being licensed to any form of permanent tenure. The demand for more professional, demonstrably capable, mission able and collaborative licensed ministers places particular weight on the efficacy of the initial training relationship. “”Developing Faithful Ministers”” seeks to support those who find themselves in these relationships by offering both models of good practice and sustained theological reflection on what these drivers mean for developing ministry.”
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Paul
$35.00Add to cartLucas Grollenberg, a Dutch Dominican, is already known to English readers as the author of one of the best illustrated atlases of the Bible. In this short book he provides one of the most engaging and non-technical introductions to the often difficult thought and work of St Paul. The book arose out of a series of meetings with a group of lay people. Its style is informal and there are no disconcerting details to clpe with which presuppose a certain level of knowledge. At the same time, however, the book reflects the best modern critical scholarship and does not gloss over the diffi- culties which Paul presents to twentieth-century readers. Fr Grollenberg draws on three sources for his account: the letters of Paul, Acts, and the knowledge that has come down to us from the ancient world. To this he can add his own first-hand knowledge of the territories involved, gained not least from travels in an old Volkswagen over the routes covered by Paul. The result is a vivid and even controversial picture of the apostle. Was Paul married? ‘No doubt about it’, says the author, and to those who might raise their eyebrows gives utterly convincing reasons for such judgment. Perhaps his activities led in due course to a marital separation. If only we had her story. . . .
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His Presence Changes Everything
$9.95Add to cartThis book encourages hungry-hearted Christians from every denomination to draw nearer to God and learn to walk in His presence like never before. Destined to become a classic, the book teaches believers that the manifest presence of God isn’t a place to visit on occasion, but a daily walk that will satisfy your hunger for God. “His Presence Changes Everything” shares practically how you can cultivate and access His presence and enjoy life-changing fellowship with Him.
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George Charles Smith Of Penzance
$14.99Add to cartFrom Nelson Sailor to Mission Pioneer
In the two previous books of his trilogy, Seamen’s Missions (1986) and The Way of the Sea(2008), the author researched how the seafarers’ mission movement began and expanded. This third volume traces the captivating human drama surrounding the origins. In fifteen fascinating chapters the book presents, for the first time ever, the embattled life of George Charles Smith-today recognized worldwide as the founder of the Maritime Mission Movement. Here, the reader can follow the turbulent career of this man of extremes: his humble origins; his harrowing years in a “floating hell” in Nelson’s navy; his relentless war with the “Sodom and Gomorrah” of London’s Sailortown; his dogged pursuit of a “Marine Jerusalem”; his survival of heartless debtors’ prisons; his feting throughout America; and his “last watch” in his home port, Penzance, in southwest England. Perhaps the most powerful affirmation of the lasting legacy of George Charles Smith is how also non-Western participants in today’s maritime mission readily discern in him the profile of a prophet. -
Christian And The Old Testament
$23.99Add to cartIs the Old Testament still relevant today? Yes! Discover the unifying theme of the Old and New Testaments in God’s promise to Abraham in Genesis 12. This book shows that despite the variety of literature, subjects, and personalities, there is an overall plan for the sixty-six books of the Bible.
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Hope For Each Day Morning And Evening Devotions
$29.99Add to cartLeading inspirational author and pastor Billy Graham shares words of wisdom and inspiration for hope-filled living every morning and evening.
Billy Graham has touched millions of lives by sharing the truth of the gospel. Now, by combining his popular devotionals Hope for Each Day and Wisdom for Each Day, this special morning and evening devotional will help readers stay close to the Lord throughout the day. Each morning readers can prepare their heart and mind for what lies ahead, and then process the day’s events every evening in the presence and fullness of His grace. It’s a beautiful means for abiding more in the One who is our true hope for each day.
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MICAH : Including Excerpts From Micahs Writings
$15.99Add to cartAt the age of 15, Micah Ramsey was athletic, bright, well-liked, hard-working, and a devoted Christian. Upon returning from a mission trip on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana, Micah was diagnosed with a “train-wreck” of a cancer called “Ewing’s Sarcoma.”
Walk through Micah’s journey as his true story is told by his mom, and be inspired by his life. As you peer into this young man’s life you will be encouraged. Micah’s response to his apparent “death sentence” was, “We as human beings were created by God to worship and glorify Him. It is what we are designed to do. God also has had a plan for us since before we were born. Apparently one of His plans for my life is that I was to fight cancer. This is so that I can glorify and serve Him in some way. I do not know what this way is. What He is doing, I’m sure, my simple mind cannot fathom. God is all-knowing and I am not. That is the plain and simple truth. He is going to be GREATLY GLORIFIED through me fighting cancer. Not because I’m some great person, but because He is a great, mighty, and a totally awesome God.”
Read excerpts of Micah’s journals and notes and prayers. Prepare to be challenged to know God and trust Him with your life. Micah’s story in a sense is all our stories. We each have a path to walk and a plan to fulfill. May you be encouraged and blessed by one young man’s story of faith, endurance, and ultimately triumph.
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50 Days Of Hope
$14.99Add to cartYou’ve just heard a diagnosis that shakes your world: It’s cancer. And what you long for most is the hope that everything will be okay. You are not alone. As a longtime cancer survivor, Lynn Eib knows firsthand how that feels. And as a patient advocate helping thousands facing cancer, she also knows what gives people hope. In 50 Days of Hope, Lynn shares amazing, true stories of those who have been in your shoes and discovered that when God and cancer meet, hope is never far away. Whether you’re a cancer patient or walking with a loved one on a cancer journey, you’ll find 50 Days of Hope packed with the daily dose of encouragement you need.
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Christianity In Crisis
$19.99Add to cartNearly two decades ago Hank Hanegraaff’s award-winning Christianity in Crisis alerted the world to the dangers of a cultic movement within Christianity that threatened to undermine the very foundation of biblical faith. But in the 21st century, there are new dangers-new teachers who threaten to do more damage than the last.
These are not obscure teachers that Hanegraaff unmasks. We know their names. We have seen their faces, sat in their churches, and heard them shamelessly preach and promote the false pretexts of a give-to-get gospel. They are virtual rock stars who command the attention of presidential candidates and media moguls. Through make-believe miracles, urban legends, counterfeit Christs, and twisted theological reasoning, they peddle an occult brand of metaphysics that continues to shipwreck the faith of millions around the globe:
“God cannot do anything in this earthly realm unless we give Him permission.”
“Keep saying it-‘I have equality with God’-talk yourself into it.”
“Being poor is a sin.”
“The Jews were not rejecting Jesus as Messiah; it was Jesus who was refusing to be the Messiah to the Jews!”
“You create your own world the same way God creates His. He speaks, and things happen; you speak, and they happen.”
Christianity in Crisis: 21st Century exposes darkness to light, pointing us back to a Christianity centered in Christ.
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Humbled : Letters From Prison
$29.99Add to cartFormer NBA All-Star Jayson Williams’ charisma, generosity and high-energy hustle made him one of America’s most popular pro athletes during the 90s, and eventually landed him a remarkable $86 million contract with the New Jersey Nets. Referred to as “The People’s Player,” Jayson’s magnetic appeal and tenacity on the boards made him a fierce, yet beloved competitor who spent his time off court flying planes, building houses, and tending to the chores on the farm with his father. His easy charm and sidesplitting one-liners consistently landed him on NBA sportswriters’ All-Interview team and made him an audience favorite on the media circuits. But few knew the depths of pain, tragedy and addiction masked by a smile his grandmother called his “most beautiful attire.”
Lying on his bunk amongst “the most confrontational bunch of misfits,” Jayson recalls his rapid climb and mighty fall, and his father’s wise words: “A lifetime of happiness as you know it, Jayson, no man alive could bear it. It would be hell on earth. You have to stick to your morning routine.”
From the New York Times bestselling author of Loose Balls, Humbled is a powerful and candid collection of Jayson’s personal letters and journals from behind bars. Shocking revelations, surprising connections, shameful secrets, and scars that only God can heal-Jayson holds nothing back as he writes about his journey to faith on both sides of the barbed-wire fences.
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Now Nexus : An Ontology For The Coming Age
$35.95Add to cartThe new-age revolution-the spirit of truth is leading a new revolution against absurdity, and it is really new. Around the world, powerful and influential new-age believers are being called to wake up to the truth of Jesus Christ. Many who have traditionally abstained from professing their faith are now being made fully conscious of God’s presence in their lives. New-age believers are uniquely prepared to connect the world through faith, business, and culture. The very soul of the new-age movement is now being leveraged in favor of Christ. No longer confined by synthetic ideology, new-age believers can now break down barriers and stereotypes in our society that others simply cannot. We are all called to serve; it is our purpose for being here now. The Now Nexus reveals the way for all to connect and serve in spirit and in truth.
* Discover the true Power of Now
* Become a Now Watcher
* Begin Meditation
* Avoid Drooling Clowns
* Resist the Joker
* Embrace Disillusionment
* Have Mercy
* Bid Farewell to Manikin
* Breathe to Jesus
* Find the Theorem of Means: I ? Z = J
* Meet Emeth
* Kiss SophiaThe Now Nexus is a spirit-filled case for Christ, but it is also a prophetic warning for our nation to fear the Lord, turn, and run toward Him and the Christian values that He personifies. Like God, words transcend time. Let these words have their way with you.
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Everything We Need For Life And Godliness
$24.95Add to cartWhy do we read the Psalms? We read them because we find comfort in them. We identify ourselves with the ups and downs of the writer, his feelings and emotions. They show the struggles of the writer with God’s activities, “how long before you….” The psalmist says, and our cry to the Lord mixes with his. They show his fears when he writes: “though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death” and our fear becomes one with his. The theologian reads them because of their prophetic and Messianic teachings. But, do we ever read them because they teach us how we relate to God?
See how the Psalms teach us what a person in a right relationship with God does in his relationship with Him. Experience a thrilling, growing, and often convicting journey in God while being richly blessed as you learn what it means:
“He establishes the work of our hands”
and see the Apostle Paul’s example.
“We know that our times are in God’s hands”
and see how God created time for our salvation and why He determines our days.
“We consider all precepts right”
and see the problems of the pick-and-choose theology.
“We are devoted to God”
and see how we’re little burning bushes walking the streets of this world.
“We trust in God”
and see how little we do…and much more.
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On Holiday With God
$15.99Add to cartThis is a travel companion for those who want to make a personal retreat in the Christian tradition, either at home or away, alone or with others. Part 1 encourages us to listen to the Spirit, to pay attention to inner restlessness and to notice our need to get away. It outlines the different types of retreats that may best suit different individual personalities and circumstances and offers essential tips for the trip: introducing contemplation, praying with Scripturenoticing God in the everydayresisting busyness recording the journey – i.e. prayer journal. Part 2 provides a varied and imaginative range of guided spiritual exercises for your time on retreat and offers support for the unexpected things that may emerge. Part 3 helps you readjust to normal life after the retreat and to explore the question where next?
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Now Nexus : An Ontology For The Coming Age
$19.95Add to cartThe new-age revolution-the spirit of truth is leading a new revolution against absurdity, and it is really new. Around the world, powerful and influential new-age believers are being called to wake up to the truth of Jesus Christ. Many who have traditionally abstained from professing their faith are now being made fully conscious of God’s presence in their lives. New-age believers are uniquely prepared to connect the world through faith, business, and culture. The very soul of the new-age movement is now being leveraged in favor of Christ. No longer confined by synthetic ideology, new-age believers can now break down barriers and stereotypes in our society that others simply cannot. We are all called to serve; it is our purpose for being here now. The Now Nexus reveals the way for all to connect and serve in spirit and in truth.
* Discover the true Power of Now
* Become a Now Watcher
* Begin Meditation
* Avoid Drooling Clowns
* Resist the Joker
* Embrace Disillusionment
* Have Mercy
* Bid Farewell to Manikin
* Breathe to Jesus
* Find the Theorem of Means: I ? Z = J
* Meet Emeth
* Kiss SophiaThe Now Nexus is a spirit-filled case for Christ, but it is also a prophetic warning for our nation to fear the Lord, turn, and run toward Him and the Christian values that He personifies. Like God, words transcend time. Let these words have their way with you.
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Texas Woman Widowed Twice And Becoming An Eagle
$17.95Add to cartUniquely inspired, and written as a memoir with practical application elements, Widowed Twice shows how joy will come “in the morning.” It offers a burst of refreshing hope and excitement., explaining that your life is not over and that God still has a plan for you. It features practical ideas and information that can enhance your life. This book is not about doom and gloom but reveals that you have a choice to be sad or glad. It is a story of a woman twice widowed who became like an eagle, soaring above her circumstances and overcoming them. This book is about stepping out into God’s purpose for you and then letting go of the past, whether it was good or bad, looking forward to your future. It will motivate you to listen to God’s still, small voice and let the next season in your life unfold.
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Gods Plan Our Journey His Grace
$11.95Add to cartThis book is written from my heart to yours. I pray that it will touch your life and change your heart. Although I don’t understand why my daughter Becky was taken from this life so soon, I do serve a mighty God and believe His Word and Promises are true.
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Glory In Mongolia
$17.99Add to cartIn the mid-1980s, Mongolia was locked behind the walls of communism with no known believers living within its borders. The door to Mongolia began to open on January 28, 1987, when diplomatic relations with the United States were established. Soon after, an American tourist led a Mongol to the Lord, and a year later, another Mongol came to Christ. From these humble beginnings, Glory in Mongolia tells the remarkable story of a movement that now numbers more than 50,000 Mongols proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord.
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Abuse Of Christian Women In India And Remedy (Student/Study Guide)
$10.99Add to cartJane McNally, who spent most of her life in India, uncovers the problem of abuse in Indian Christian homes with accuracy and authority as well as with pain and passion. The outlined Bible studies help the reader to understand the true biblical and God-given relationship of woman and man, which is the only hope for the redemption of family life, in India and the world.
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Search
$15.99Add to cartNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray continues her Secrets of Crittenden County series with The Search-a page-turning romance novel that’s tinged with mystery, set in Kentucky Amish country. One of the most popular writers of Christian romantic fiction with Amish themes-a much beloved romantic storyteller who stands alongside such notable novelists as Beverly Lewis, Wanda Brunstetter, and Cindy Woodsmall-Gray returns once more to a small devout community rocked by the murder of a young, black sheep neighbor. An unforgettable tale of romance, faith, and duty, The Search tells the story of a love that blossoms between a young woman who’s guarding shocking secrets about the victim, and the dedicated “Englisher” homicide detective who has arrived from the outside world to investigate.
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Sorrow And Blood
$49.99Add to cartThis is a new publication in the Globalization of Mission series, Sorrow & Blood: Christian Mission in Contexts of Suffering, Persecution, and Martyrdom. The editorial team of William Taylor (USA), Tonica van der Meer (Brazil), and Reg Reimer (Canada) worked over four years to compile this unique resource anthology. This book is the product of the Mission Commission’s global missiology task force and a worldwide team of committed colleagues and writers. Some 62 writers from 23 nations have collaborated to generate this unique global resource and anthology. Ajith Fernando of Sri Lanka and Christopher Wright of the UK each wrote prefaces to the book This latest WEA volume has the potential of profoundly shaping our approach to mission in today’s challenging and increasingly dangerous world.
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Preparing To Serve
$14.99Add to cartThe author’s study of missionary training has taken him all over the world. In this work, he shares lessons learned from both Western and non-Western missionary training regarding training, clear objectives, getting started, the profile of a trainer, selecting trainees, the marks of effective training, holistic equipping, contextualized curriculum, and careful assessment of the entire training process.
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Cycle Of Victorious Living (Revised)
$11.99Add to cartWith over 100,000 copies in print, The Cycle of Victorious Living has inspired many lives and will continue to inspire for years to come. First published in 1971, it became an instant classic, touching a responsive chord in the hearts of countless individuals with the simple, life-transforming message of Psalm 37: God has made provision for abundant living through the fully yielded heart.
Now it is time for a new generation–both the young and the old–to discover the secret of the transcendent grace of God which enables us to live above the turmoil and changes of these days in victorious and holy living.
This revised edition contains all the original work along with additional thoughts interspersed throughout by Scott Daniels.
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Think Like A Billionaire Become A Billionaire
$15.99Add to cartBillionaires think differently than most people. If you took away all of Donald Trump’s money, he would be right back to where he is today because of the way he thinks. Scot Anderson shares that if you learn to think like a billionaire, then you can become one.
Scot takes you on the journey he took in changing the way he thinks. He went from getting by to having millions of dollars and on his way to getting billions. Scot teaches you how to think differently about money, investing, jobs, risks, problems, preparations, and time. As you begin to think like a billionaire, your life has no choice but to produce it.
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Stress Point : Thriving Through Your Twenties In A Decade Of Drama
$14.99Add to cartBody image. Friendships. Career. Money. Dating. All these issues and more serve as points of stress for the 20-something woman, and combined they can make for a decade of drama in a girl’s life. Sarah Francis Martin has been there, done that, and got the not-so-cute t-shirt. Through this interactive Bible study, Sarah helps young adult women address each stress point by encouraging them to wait on the Lord, worship Him, and make Him the focus of their lives.
Features include:
10 interactive chapters of study for personal or group use
Journaling space within each lesson
Group discussion guide and instructions for forming a Stress Point Survival Group
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By The Hand Of Providence
$19.99Add to cartThe true drama of how faith motivated America’s Founding Fathers, from the Declaration of Independence to the signing of Britain’s peace treaty.
The exciting chronicle that began with Forged in Faith continues in By the Hand of Providence-the remarkable story of how faith molded the American nation during the eventful years of war and nation building. From key Revolutionary War battles and the actions of Congress to the eventual American military victory, the drafting of the Constitution, and the installation of a national government, Rod Gragg records the hair-raising events that led George Washington to declare that he could “trace the finger of Providence” throughout the seminal moments that gave birth to the United States.
Based on meticulous research into the correspondence and documentation of the founding fathers from the Declaration of Independence to Cornwallis’s surrender at Yorktown, By the Hand of Providence sheds new light on how the Judeo-Christian worldview influenced America’s independence, inspired our foundational documents, and established our nation as we know it today. Written with the pacing of an enticing thriller, it offers a compelling mix of dramatized story, action-driven narrative, and the trademark authenticity and academic verity of celebrated historian Rod Gragg.
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Connecting The Dots Genesis To Revelation
$16.49Add to cartOften times, readers of the Bible don’t see how all the books of the Bible connect. Genesis is the beginning, but how does that connect to Psalms and then all the way through to Revelation? That’s where Dr. Stephen E. Forsyth’s new book comes into play. Readers are able to apply what they learn from Forsyth and apply it to their studies. By doing so, they are able to dig deeper into the Bible and see threads that didn’t exist before.
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Diary Of A Player
$14.99Add to cartCountry music star Brad Paisley salutes others in the music world in this funny, personal, and fascinating portrait of what it’s like to be country’s leading guitar hero.
This book is the very personal story of how Brad Paisley came of age as a musician and a man. Focusing on what it means to play the guitar and how he found his voice through a series of guitars, Diary of a Player also shares what Brad has learned about life along the way. Beginning with his own very personal love letter to the guitar and what the instrument has meant in his life as a way to find his voice in the world, Brad shares memorable tales about all the great players in country, blues, and rock ‘n’ roll who have inspired him over the years.
As he wrote in the liner notes of his instrumental guitar album, Play, his first guitar was a gift from his grandpa when Brad was only eight. Brad quickly learned that no matter how he changed and evolved, the guitar was his only real constant. When life gets intense, he says, “there are some people who drink, who seek counseling, eat, or watch TV, cry, sleep, and so on. I play.”
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Connecting The Dots
$11.95Add to cartYour life matters, and it matters on an infinite and eternal scale. That may sound like a bold claim.
Maybe you spend most of your day behind a desk or chauffeuring children or repeating one of a thousand ordinary routines. Nothing about your daily life seems world-changing or history-making to you. A life-crushing loss or a humiliating setback may leave you feeling that your world is irreparably broken. Chronic illness or a stalled career may have you wondering whether you have anything truly significant to offer. You may have reached the pinnacle of success, and now you find yourself wondering, “Is this all that there is?”
Nevertheless, your life matters. That is the core message of Christian hope. This book is devoted to helping its readers not only to understand the concept of hope, but more importantly to draw upon hope as the powerful force that inspires our daily lives.
Christian hope is far more than wishful thinking or a positive attitude. Optimism in all its forms places its bets on what we humans can accomplish. By contrast, hope is rooted in what Christ has already achieved on the cross and what God promises to accomplish for us in the future.
God connects the dots of our lives.
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Adventures In Churchland
$16.99Add to cartDan Kimball used to think that the church was a very strange group—certainly not something he ever would want to be part of! Then one day, while playing in a punk and rockabilly band in London, Dan discovered a tiny elderly church of loving people who began to change his mind. With them, he was able to begin exploring the uncomfortable questions and negative perceptions about Christianity that he had—and he found that not everything he thought was actually true.
In this book, Dan tells the story of some of the odd and strange encounters he had with Christians that caused him to want nothing to do with the church. Yet, despite these negative experiences, he found himself continually drawn to the truth about God and the person of Jesus Christ.
Kimball explains that the church is more than an organized religion; it’s a beautiful mess of broken people learning to follow Jesus together. He challenges Christians to move beyond the judgmental, critical responses to the world that often lead to stereotypes and parodies and fail to communicate the good news of Jesus.
There is another side to the church—a Christianity beyond the stereotypes. Kimball shows us that the church is a community filled with beauty and wonder and explains why an essential part of following Jesus is involvement in a local church where God is at work changing lives. He encourages us to break out of the Christian bubble we so easily create around our lives and to engage in mission with those outside the church, yet to do it in a way that isn’t awkward, confusing, or weird.
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Threads : One Familys Unlikely Adventure In Business Mission And Church Pla
$15.99Add to cartBottomline Media Publication
When newlyweds Steve and Arlene Richardson arrived in Southeast Asia, they were full of hopes and dreams of befriending their neighbors and sharing the gospel in a Muslim-majority country of nearly 175 million and very few believers.
From learning a new language to making a home in a crowded city neighborhood, the cultural barriers seemed enormous. The Richardsons were often overwhelmed with the economic needs of their new neighbors, as they observed their friends struggling to provide for their families in the face of crushing poverty. Even greater were the spiritual strongholds that held them in the grip of religious tradition.
How could they even begin to help?
The unexpected answer came in the form of a cardboard box of quilts from North Carolina and a tiny village woman who became a treasured member of the family. Arlene, who had never sewed a quilt in her life, launched a business venture that brought Muslim and Christian employees under one roof, designing, cutting and sewing quilts for beds 7,000 miles away in America.
Threads recounts the Richardsons’ journey-the sorrow, joy and unbelievable answers to prayer that sustained them in their labors and drew their family into a story that only God could.
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Water Of Baptism Water For Life
$12.95Add to cartThis illustrated activity book for ages 8-11 can be used in an educational or devotional setting at home, church, or school.
Water connects all physical and spiritual life. Besides being essential for life, water is the visible sign of Baptism, which calls us to serve others in the world. Having clean water for all God’s children is an act of justice, love, respect and a core value of what it means to be a Christian.
These activities tap into multiple learning levels and offer a variety of ways for children to interact with this core value of our faith, making a direct connection for young people between their faith and daily life. Activities also connect clean water and the Millennium Development Goals.
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Brief History Of Old Testament Criticism
$16.99Add to cartModern Old Testament interpretation arose in an intellectual environment marked by interest in specific historical contexts of the Bible, attention to its literary matters, and, most significantly, the suspension of belief. A vast array of scholars contributed to the large, developing complex of ideas and trends that now serves as the foundation of contemporary discussions on interpretation.
In A Brief History of Old Testament Criticism, Mark Gignilliat brings representative figures—such as Baruch Spinoza, W.M.L. de Wette, Julius Wellhausen, Hermann Gunkel, and others—and their theories together to serve as windows into the critical trends of Old Testament interpretation in the modern period.
This concise overview is ideal for classroom use. It lays a foundation and provides a working knowledge of the major critical interpreters of the Old Testament, their approaches to the Bible, and the philosophical background of their positions. Each chapter concludes with a section For Further Reading, directing students to additional resources on specific theologians and theories.
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Grief Relief : Scriptural Guide Book To Recovery After The Death Of A Child
$15.99Add to cartBorn in 1961, Rebecca, whose nickname is Becky, was born into the most dire of circumstances. The fifth child of poor parents; whose marriage was already at the point of collapse. Becky was critically premature; her mother Barbara’s most difficult delivery; and only breach birth. In all, her mother would go on to have seven children. Barbara struggled while working for seventy-five cents an hour, at a nearby dry cleaners. Her father Loyd worked less and less as the years went by, due to the most extreme form of chronic alcoholism.
While living in the ghetto and enduring the harshest depravation imaginable, God sent His messengers with The Good News of Jesus Christ. Becky faithfully rode the church bus with her elder siblings, starting at around the age of two years old while carrying her own spare diaper, in a brown paper bag. Her mother would instruct, “Don’t dirty your diaper while you’re gone.” The story is told that she never did! Becky refused to be left behind, and grew up cherishing the Bible stories she was taught at “The First Church of the Nazarene,” in Rock Island, Illinois. Becky also attended regularly at Grant Elementary; her public grade school, a Bible study that was held after hours in the school cafeteria. The truth is, Becky never fully perceived until now, what God had indeed predestined for her, and that is why He saw to it that she knew His Holy Word from the start. She readily acknowledges, that if she hadn’t experienced the steadfast love of God early on, that He would have never been able to do the miraculous for her in 1990, when her doctor crudely informed, “The top of your babies head is missing!” The cataclysmic discovery that her baby was suffering from the disease of “anencephaly,” was rendered just two weeks before she was due to give birth for the first time at the age of twenty-nine.
Indeed, God’s hand has been upon Becky her entire life, but was never more providential than that fateful day on May 12, 1990, when her precious Melissa Ann was born, and returned straight back to heaven from whence she was sent. Melissa beat the odds by being born alive, and lived for three rapturous hours and eighteen glorious minutes upon this earth, cradled all the while in her parent’s adoring arms.
Afterwards, Becky spent vast hours alone in her prayer closet seeking God’s divine help and guidance. She needed to know what He had to say about all that was happening to her, as many more complications and obstacles were involved a
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Stages Of Faith Workbook
$21.99Add to cartPublished by Biola University, Stages of Faith is a powerful 13-week study for personal and small group use, which should be in every small group leader’s toolbox.
Instead of simplistic, trendy formulas or canned prescriptions, you’ll explore a rich metaphor of three dynamic stages of spiritual growth – the Childhood stage of faith, the Young Adulthood stage of faith, and the Parenthood stage of faith – and eight milestones you will encounter en route to spiritual maturity. The stages model offers a convincing description of the growth of one’s Christian faith as well as compelling insights into how the journey proceeds.
Stages of spiritual growth can be measured. You will complete the Spiritual Growth Profile – a one-of-a-kind instrument – and find out how far you have progressed in the three stages and eight milestones.
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Rule Of Saint Benedict
$19.95Add to cartDiscussion around the bestseller The Benedict Option by Rod Dreher has led many people to want to know more about Benedictine principles.???????
Listen, my child. I want you to put the ear of your heart to the solid ground of the master’s wisdom (what I received, I’m passing on to you). It’s advice from a spiritual father who loves you–the sort of counsel you receive by letting it shape your whole life. Listening is hard work, but it’s the essential work. It opens us up to the God we’ve rejected by only listening to ourselves. If you’re ready to give up your addiction to yourself, this message is for you: to listen is to equip yourself with the best resources available to serve the real Master, Christ the Lord.
So begins the famous opening paragraph of Benedict’s Rule in Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove’s vital, new, contemporary paraphrase. The entire text of the Rule is here plus a lengthy introduction from Jonathan, and detailed explanatory notes throughout that explain difficult passages. The result is a classic re-introduced that will enliven any 21st century expression of religious community.
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Surfing For God
$19.99Add to cart“Every time a man knocks on a brothel door, he is really searching for God.” — G.K. Chesterton
Could the growing struggles with pornography and fantasy really be reminding us of our heart’s deepest desire, something greater and more fulfilling than sexual gratification? According to counselor and ministry leader Michael John Cusick, the answer is a
resounding “yes.” Through personal examples, lively illustrations from Scripture, and twenty years of counseling experience, Michael helps readers to understand how porn struggles begin, what to do to prevent them, and most importantly, how to overcome them once compulsive behavior presents itself.Freedom is not an easy, how-to process:
25% of search engine requests are for pornography – 68 million per day
70% of the hits on Internet sex sites occur between 9-5 on business computers
Over 50 percent of evangelical pastors report they viewed pornography last year
Over 70% of Christian men report viewing pornography in the last yearSurfing for God leads readers down a clear path toward understanding how porn struggles develop, how to distinguish between sexual gratification and intimacy, and how to break free from the shackles of this pleasurable prison.
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30 Days With Wesley
$12.99Add to cart30 Days with Wesley is a prayer book designed to take readers through an intentional and intensive fellowship with Jesus.
Filled with prayers, Psalms, and self examination questions, this book will guide readers through rich content and help them encounter greater depths of their prayer life.
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Hearse And Buggy
$7.99Add to cartClaire Weatherly has fled her high-stress lifestyle for one with a slower pace in Amish country’s Heavenly, Pennsylvania. She’s only planned on a short visit, but instead finds herself opening an Amish specialty shop, Heavenly Treasures. Claire loves her new home and is slowly making friends among the locals, including Esther, a young Amish woman who works in the shop.
When the former owner of the store is murdered, and the man Esther is sweet on becomes a suspect, Claire feels compelled to get involved. Also on the case is newly returned Detective Jakob Fisher, who left Heavenly-and his Amish upbringing-as a teenager. None of his former community will speak to him, but Claire’s connections make her the perfect go-between as the two try to catch a killer… -
Mary Magdalene : A Novel
$18.00Add to cartLong maligned as a prostitute or a woman of questionable reputation, Mary Magdalene’s murky story seems lost to the sands of time. Now a portrait of this enigmatic woman comes to life in the hands of an imaginative master storyteller. Diana Wallis Taylor’s Mary is a woman devastated by circumstances beyond her control and plagued with terrifying dreams–until she has a life-changing confrontation with the Savior. Lovers of historical and biblical fiction will find this creative telling of Mary’s story utterly original and respectful as it opens their eyes to the redeeming work of Christ in the lives of those who follow him.
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What You Need To Know About Bible Prophecy
$22.99Add to cartProphets. Rapture. Tribulation. Judgment. End times. Learn what the Bible has to say about prophecy, how Christians differ in their views of the end times, and what the universal aspects are on which all Christians agree. The Max Anders What You Need to Know About series is made up of ten 12-lesson study guides covering the fundamentals of Christianity. The ten books in the series together form a “Basic Knowledge” program for seekers, new believers, and veteran believers who want a stronger foundation in the Christian faith.
Features include:
12 lessons that can be completed in under 1 hour each
Real-life application of biblical truth
Explanations of prominent Christian views on each topic
Easy-to-teach lessons, including previews and summary features
Questions for discussionCore teachings on Christianity that will challenge any seeker, new believer, or veteran believer looking for a stronger foundation.
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Mondays With My Old Pastor
$18.99Add to cartA totally burned-out young preacher reignites his faith and gathers wisdom for life while spending successive Mondays with an eighty-three-year-old pastor.
“Deep inside in some uncertain part of my soul persisted this strange exhaustion that was difficult to explain and hard to endure,” writes pastor and author Jose Luis Navajo. Thinking of quitting the ministry, Navajo doesn’t know where to turn until he begins meeting with a seasoned man of the cloth-his “old pastor”-who, through successive Monday visits, offers a legacy of wisdom in the form of 15 unique principles. In lyrical prose, Navajo shares the personal anecdotes, fables, and deep spiritual insights offered by the old pastor and his wife. By turns funny, heartbreaking, and thought provoking, Mondays with My Old Pastor is a comfort to anyone who struggles in his or her walk with God. As readers follow Navajo’s journey from desperation to rejuvenation, they will find themselves similarly transformed and inspired. This moving, beautifully written account is sure to reignite every soul’s longing for renewal.
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Joy : A Bible Study In Philippians For Women
$13.99Add to cartKeri Folmar has written a worthy Bible study for women based on Paul’s letter to the Philippians. Keri has a heart for women to experience deep and fruitful Bible study. Carried by the desire to see her sisters in Christ grow in their knowledge of the Lord, Keri has written a book toward that end. The book starts with a brief but concise explanation on how to do inductive Bible study and notes for leaders. From there it dives into a 10 week study of Philippians. Each week is broken up into 5 days. Each day there is a reading and some questions to answer.
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Hope For The Hopeless
$19.95Add to cartHope for the Hopeless continues the journey of Charles Mulli started in the best-selling biography Father to the Fatherless. Six year-old Charles Mulli was abused by his father and abandoned by his family. Forced to beg from hut to hut in Kenya to survive, Mulli worked his way out of poverty and became a wealthy businessman. Despite all his success, the growing struggle of the street children in h remained strong in his heart. Hearing the call of God on his life, Mulli sold everything he owned and began rescuing street children from the slums of Kenya and gave them a home at Mully Children’s Family. His journey of faith challenges him to trust Christ in desperate times, confront evil forces and believe God for even greater miracles of healing and deliverance. It takes him into the heart of the most devastating event in recent Kenyan history, where in the wake of the postelection violence that shook Kenya to its core, while the nation stands in fear and desperation, Mulli risks everything to follow the call of Christ on his life to bring hope to the hopeless. People will be greatly moved by these amazing true stories. Each tells of a tragedy turned miraculous. Whether the young girl evicted by her family and left to survive in a slum or the boy whose parents passed away, leaving him destitute on the street, all appear hopeless cases until they encounter Charles Mulli and discover a new life they could not have imagined.
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Humbled : Letters From Prison
$19.99Add to cartFormer NBA All-Star Jayson Williams’ charisma, generosity and high-energy hustle made him one of America’s most popular pro athletes during the 90s, and eventually landed him a remarkable $86 million contract with the New Jersey Nets. Referred to as “The People’s Player,” Jayson’s magnetic appeal and tenacity on the boards made him a fierce, yet beloved competitor who spent his time off court flying planes, building houses, and tending to the chores on the farm with his father. His easy charm and sidesplitting one-liners consistently landed him on NBA sportswriters’ All-Interview team and made him an audience favorite on the media circuits. But few knew the depths of pain, tragedy and addiction masked by a smile his grandmother called his “most beautiful attire.”
Lying on his bunk amongst “the most confrontational bunch of misfits,” Jayson recalls his rapid climb and mighty fall, and his father’s wise words: “A lifetime of happiness as you know it, Jayson, no man alive could bear it. It would be hell on earth. You have to stick to your morning routine.”
From the New York Times bestselling author of Loose Balls, Humbled is a powerful and candid collection of Jayson’s personal letters and journals from behind bars. Shocking revelations, surprising connections, shameful secrets, and scars that only God can heal-Jayson holds nothing back as he writes about his journey to faith on both sides of the barbed-wire fences.
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Know Your Ministry
$14.99Add to cartFulfill Your Unique Calling
Everyone has gifts and talents, but do you know what gift is the foundation of your God-given purpose in life?
In Know Your Ministry: Spiritual Gifts for Every Believer, renowned Bible teacher Marilyn Hickey explains the seven foundational gifts of the Holy Spirit-also known as motivational gifts-found in Romans 12. You will discover the one gift that you identify with most closely and through which you will obtain the most success. Once you have identified your core gift, you will see how it permeates all areas of your life.
You have an indispensible part in the fulfillment of God’s purposes, and your foundational gift enables you to carry out your unique role. Through Know Your Ministry, you can…
* Feel confident about your life calling
* Be encouraged and motivated in your area of service
* Live a satisfying life exercising your gifts
* Work together harmoniously with other believers
* Realize your full potentialGod designed a special gift for you! Discover and enjoy that gift as you fulfill your unique calling and serve others in His name.
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Chained No More
$16.95Add to cartChained No More is a program that will minister healing and hope to anyone who has been touched by the pain of divorce. Robyn Besemann has developed biblically based materials that provide a framework for personal growth, a tool for helping others, and a step-by-step grid that produces transformational results.
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Womens Devotional Guide To The Bible
$19.99Add to cartBuilding on the unique five-day prayer and study formula used in her best-selling book, Women of the Bible, Jean E. Syswerda provides you with a comprehensive overview of Scripture in this fifty-two week devotional. The Women’s Devotional Guide to the Bible gives you tools for in-depth study, reflection, and prayer. It also offers you a practical approach to the complexities of the Bible, by employing a method you can effectively and easily use as part of your busy daily schedule.
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Thin Places : Six Postures For Creating And Practicing Missional Community
$12.99Add to cartJoining the concepts of monasticism and mission, author Jon Huckins and Rob Yackly will walk you through six postures of missional formation:
listening
Submerging
Inviting
Contending
Imagining
EntrustingAs you begin to employ these postures become apprentices of Jesus who are committed to living in and experiencing the thin places.
Through Thin Places, create a fertile soil to commune with God, live in deep community with others, and extend the good news of the kingdom in your local contexts.
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Global Wesleyan Dictionary Of Theology
$59.99Add to cartA comprehensive reference presenting a spectrum of Wesleyan thought on major theological themes. Offering definitions on a range of topics from “aesthetics” to “Zionism,” this outstanding resource features more than 360 articles penned by respected scholars representing over 20 countries. Its global and denominational diversity is sure to appeal to pastors, laypersons, students, and teachers.
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Mothers And Daughters
$13.99Add to cartYou love your mother…
You hate your mother…
Mothers and daughters. In perhaps no other relationship are our hopes so high, and the dysfunction so disappointing. You feel locked into a hurtful relationship that you must deal with, and it’s wearing you down. But Jesus knew the brokenness we would face in the world, even in close places such as family relationships, and still He promised the Counselor would come alongside us.
As a daughter who has struggled to maintain a healthy relationship with her mother, author Teena Stewart will help you name your hurts, face the barriers that stand in the way of a healthy relationship, and forgive even the unforgivable. Learn how to cultivate a friendship, communicate more effectively, and become the change you want to see. There is hope for restoration and renewal.
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Biblical Hermeneutics : Five Views
$28.99Add to cartThe latest in the Spectrum Multiview series, this book provides a forum for proponents of five approaches to biblical hermeneutics to state their case, respond to the others, and then provide a summary response and statement. Five seasoned scholars contribute to the multifaceted discussion over this contested discipline: Craig Blomberg with the historical-critical/grammatical approach, Richard Gaffin with the redemptive-historical approach, Scott Spencer with the literary/postmodern approach, Robert Wall with the canonical approach and Merold Westphal with the philosophical/theological approach.
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Baptismal Imagery In Early Christianity
$30.00Add to cartWhat can we learn from early Christian imagery about the theological meaning of baptism? in Baptismal Imagery in Early Christianity: Ritual, Visual, and Theological Dimensions Robin Jensen–a leading scholar of ancient Christian art and worship–examines the baptismal right through several lenses.
She explores five models for understanding baptism: 1) as cleansing from sin; 2) sickness, and Satan; 3) incorporation into the community; 4) as sanctifying and illuminative; 5) as death and regeneration and as the beginning of the new creation. Throughout she details how visual images, poetic language, architectural space, and symbolic actions signify and convey the theological meaning of this ritual practice in its ancient context. Moreover she interprets this evidence considering both the image and the action together and then offers a holistic and integrated understanding of the power of baptism.
Illustrated with nearly 60 photos.
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Praying Gods Word For Your Husband (Reprinted)
$17.00Add to cartWomen often offer up polite prayers to God without any real hope of seeing change in their marriage, their husbands, or themselves. Kathi Lipp directs women to Scripture and shows wives how to pray God’s Word boldly and in full confidence of seeing God-sized results. With a light touch and an approachable style, Lipp shows women what a blessing it is to pray for their husbands, addressing specific concerns, like praying for his:
parenting
career and finances
relationship with God and others
emotional health
future
and moreLipp shows readers how to stop feeling helpless and start making a difference in their husbands’ lives through bold, expectant prayer, whether they are new believers or have been walking with God for years.
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Angels Miracles And Heavenly Encounters (Reprinted)
$15.00Add to cartInspiring True Stories of God’s Intervention in Lives Today
These inspiring real-life stories explore what happens when people encounter spiritual forces, and how their lives are undeniably changed. This dramatic collection includes accounts of contact with angels, near-death experiences, powerful prayer testimonies, and unexplainable miracles. Every story displays the victory of Christ and his kingdom over difficult circumstances and opposing forces. The outcomes include increased faith, a sense of the loving providence of God, a realigning of priorities, and a greater desire to share the gospel. In turn, the reader’s faith will be strengthened, knowing that if God can steer individuals through these unknown territories, he certainly will care for their everyday lives.
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Sustainable Presbyterian Future
$18.00Add to cartA timely exploration of the present state and possible future of the Presbyterian church.
“With some hope and openness we can review our current situation and imagine our future prospects.” from the preface
In this study of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Louis Weeks examines the present state of the denomination and how congregations can grow in faith through the current time of transition in the church. He considers markers of Presbyterian identity, new ways of connecting and faith development, and defining qualities of the church. Recognizing that many congregations are changing in different ways, Weeks includes case studies of congregations and interviews with leaders of local congregations and denominational leaders to explore aspects of Presbyterian faith and life that are viable and necessary for the future.
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Ethics In The New Testament
$25.00Add to cartThis book puts forward a controversial argument which has not been countered in the decade since it first appeared. Underlying its approach la the view that the New Testament may be of less relevance to the modem world than is commonly supposed. The ethical perspective of Jesus, Professor Sanders argues, is so Inescapably linked to his expectation of the imminent coming of the kingdom of God that the two cannot be separated. Paul shares Jesus’ expectation of an imminent end, and consequently makes frequent use of arbitrary divine pronouncements, and so on. Professor Sanders makes it quite clear that the years have not made him change his mind over essentials. Of course, scholarship has moved on. but, ‘If I were revising the present work I would still continue to hold that Jesus provides no guide for ethics today, that Paul’s ethics are equally eschatotogically orientated, except for his brief glimpse of the transcendence of love; and also that John’s simple ethics are intended to be valid only in the church, not generally. I would also still maintain that James offers more promise for providing a continuing Christian ethical base than do the other New Testament writers, for it is James who best points beyond the disappointment of eschatological hopes to the real world and to everyday problems.’ Controversial this thesis may be, but there is much to be said for it and it cannot be pushed aside. Jack T. Sanders was Professor of Religious Studies In the University of Oregon,
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Conflict Free Living
$15.99Add to cartNew York Times best-selling author Joyce Meyer gives readers the tools they need to keep conflict out of their lives; out of their thoughts, words, and attitudes; and out of their relationships.Interpersonal conflict is causing serious damage and difficulties in our lives. Its destructive effects are straining marriages, embittering our children, and causing discord in our churches-even our daily commute is often affected by hostility and aggression.
What if things could be different? What if every area of your life-yes, even your morning commute-could be free from conflict and strife? What if ALL of your relationships could be filled with love and excitement?
Best-selling author Joyce Meyer wants you to know that this is possible! In Conflict-Free Living she weaves together personal experiences with solid instruction from the Bible. In her unique style she demonstrates clearly how you can experience healthy, happy relationships in your own life.
Each chapter includes summary information and questions that will help you open your eyes to the destructive effects of conflict in your life, and the lives of your loved ones, and root out its causes. Discover the joy of a peaceful life today!
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Works Of John Wesley 12
$77.99Add to cartThe first of three theological volumes, this volume is devoted to four of John Wesley’s foundational treatises on soteriology.
These treatises include, first, Wesley’s extract from the Homilies of the Church of England, which he published to convince his fellow Anglican clergy that the ‘evangelical’ emphasis on believers experiencing a conscious assurance of God’s pardoning love was consistent with this standard of Anglican doctrine. Next comes Wesley’s extract of Richard Baxter’s Aphorisms of Justification, aimed more at those who shared his evangelical emphasis, invoking this honored moderate Puritan to challenge antinomian conceptions of the doctrine of justification by faith. This is followed by Wesley’s abridgement of the Shorter Catechism issued by the Westminster Assembly in his Christian Library, where he affirms broad areas of agreement with this standard of Reformed doctrine-while quietly removing items with which he disagreed. The fourth item is Wesley’s extended response to the Dissenter John Taylor on the doctrine of original sin, which highlights differences within the broad ‘Arminian’ camp, with Wesley resisting a drift toward naively optimistic views of human nature that he discerned in Taylor.
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Hell A Final Word
$14.99Add to cartThe discussion of the afterlife has become a very popular subject. Recent books like Rob Bell’s Love Wins followed by Francis Chan’s Erasing Hell have brought this topic to the “front burner.” Believers and non-believers alike are re-evaluating their understanding of heaven and hell.
“No doubt about it … HELL is a hot topic” (p. 11). With that opening line, Edward William Fudge joins the conversation with an unparalleled mastery of this subject. In Hell A Final Word: The Surprising Truths I Found in the Bible, Fudge steps onto the stage of this discussion as a maestro–a master director. In fact, if Fudge’s scholarly, 500 page work The Fire That Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment was like Beethoven’s 5th symphony, his latest project is like “Ode to Joy.”
With a hopeful, good-natured, and sometimes playful tone, Fudge articulates the Bible’s message. It is this: God offers eternal life to everyone, but those who reject God’s offer will be completely destroyed in hell. The Bible does not teach a hell of endless conscious torment, nor a hell of purification where everyone ends up in heaven.
The voice of the author often sounds like he has a gracious smile, and a knowing twinkle in his eye. This especially comes through when he discusses the apostle’s message in the book of Acts. Some advocates of the traditional view think that the fear of an endless hell is needed for successful evangelism or missionary work. Fudge shows that the evangelists in Acts focus on the resurrection of Christ, and never mention hell. With that knowing smile, he says: “One begins to suspect that the apostles motivated people with something better than fear” (p. 120).
Thoughout the book, Fudge weaves the events of his personal life between chapters that teach the Scriptures. We see Fudge as a child, struggling with the death of a friend. We move through his early Christian education, his masters in Biblical languages, and two other seminary opportunities. He even humbly reveals how his thinking had changed as he studied, being refined as he embraced the clear message of the Bible. He says: “What a mess I made. But as my friend Jeff Walling says, if there were no mess, we would not need a Mess-iah!” (p. 38).
Fudge’s love for the Bible and his devotion to God is evident on every page of this book. His father taught him, “If the Bible says it, it’s true, no matter what any person may say” (p. 148). His writing shows that he is
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Hope Springs
$17.99Add to cartHope Springs, North Carolina, is the epitome of small town life-a place filled with quiet streets where families have been friends for generations, a place where there’s not a lot of change. Until three women suddenly find themselves planted there for a season.
Janelle hasn’t gone back to Hope Springs for family reunions since losing her husband. But when she arrives for Christmas and learns that her grandmother is gravely ill, she decides to extend the stay. It isn’t long before she runs into her first love, and feelings that have been dormant for more than a decade are reawakened. -
Dictionary Of The Old Testament Prophets
$70.00Add to cartWith the Dictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets, IVP’s Black Dictionary series completes its coverage of the Old Testament canonical books. A true compendium of recent scholarship, the volume includes 115 articles covering all aspects of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, the twelve “minor prophets” and Daniel. Each book’s historical, cultural, religious and literary background is thoroughly covered, alongside articles on interpretation history and critical method. Pastors, scholars and students will find this a deep resource for their Old Testament studies.
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Produced By Faith
$16.99Add to cartHollywood executive DeVon Franklin shows readers how to live and work their faith from nine to five, not just after quitting time.
Highly inspirational and instructive, Produced by Faith shows readers that being open about their Christianity in the workplace can enhance their enjoyment of their work, their sense of purpose, their perception among colleagues, and their professional prospects.
Featuring candid personal experiences and anecdotes from the business world, Produced by Faith challenges the conventional wisdom about what it means to be a Christian in an increasingly polarized society. A wildly successful young executive, DeVon Franklin shows believers they do not have to spend their working lives shrouded in secrecy and hypocrisy. Instead, they can turn their faith into a professional advantage, using the compass of Christ’s Word to guide them to their true calling, one they can pursue with passion, joy, and true service to God.
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Why Not Now Leaders Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
$9.99Add to cartLike most of the rest of us, Christian students tend to set the bar too low for themselves, especially when it comes to actively following Jesus. This 6-week Bible study curriculum and correlated-but-stand-alone daily devotional will challenge students to accept the mission to live like Jesus now, not later, by telling the stories of adolescents from the Bible and in modern life who did — and are doing — significant and amazing things in the world and for the God who saves. In a society where cultural adolescence is lingering into the 30s, its no wonder Christian students often fail to confront the call to act meaningfully on their faith in Christ. It’s easy to package that commitment with big ideas like picking a college, a spouse, and a career — and then to never quite get around to it.
God, however, posts no minimum age on discipleship, and his book contains several examples of younger people both willing and able — in his power — to do extraordinarily difficult and necessary things with their lives for him. Why Not Now? will mine stories from the young lives of Miriam, Joseph, David, Solomon, Daniel, and Mary to find why and how they said yes to God before they would have been old enough to rent a car in our modern society. All six of these people believed God could use their lives to do something that mattered. What is holding us back?
To bolster the argument and generate interest in the books, Why Not Now? will also seek contributions from living examples of people who are doing or have done things we just don’t expect students to do these days. Abby Sunderland, for instance, generated worldwide controversy for attempting to sail around the world solo simply because she was 16 at the time. How dare she? How cold her parents allow that? Another 16-year-old, cheerleader Kealey Oliver, recently made news for courageously tackling a shoplifter at the local mall rather that letting him escape. She saw it as her responsibility to stand for justice. And 17-year-old Steven Ortiz made headlines by demonstrating the practical wisdom of bartering his way from an old cell phone to a convertible Porsche.
Why Not Now? will use stories like theirs — and those from Scripture — to equip youth leaders to challenge students to use their unique gifts, skills, and opportunities right now to do bigger things with their lives for God’s glory. The curriculum will include teaching outlines, commentary, group activities, discussion questions, a
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Letters From War
$14.99Add to cartNow in paperback, from platinum-selling singer Mark Schultz comes a novel based on his award-winning song “Letters from Home,” about a mother’s unwavering hope and steadfast prayers for her son to return from war.
Every night, Beth Thompson writes a letter to her son. Just in case. It’s been two years since James went missing while saving the life of a fellow paratrooper in his division. Beth writes about her battles with faith, occasional clashes with her headstrong daughter, Emily, and all the people and events that remind her of James. While he’s been away, his young wife gives birth to his first son-and James doesn’t even know his name.
Though well-meaning friends encourage Beth to move on, she refuses to give up on her son. So for two long years, Beth prays, cuddles her grandson, and writes letters.
Written with the same unique sensibility reflected in his song lyrics, Mark Schultz’s Letters from War is an emotional and relevant story with a poignant ending that tugs at readers’ heartstrings and makes them smile through their tears.
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Killing Calvinism : How To Destroy A Perfectly Good Theology From The Insid
$9.99Add to cartSomething wonderful is happening in Western Evangelicalism. A resurgence of Calvinism is changing lives, transforming churches, and spreading the gospel. The books are great, the sermons are life-changing, the music is inspirational, and the conferences are astonishing. Will this continue or will we, who are part of it all, end up destroying it? That depends on how we live the message. As “insiders” of the Calvinist resurgence, there are at least eight ways we can mess everything up. -By loving calvinism as an end in itself -By becoming theologians instead of disciples -By loving God’s sovereignty more than God himself -By losing an urgency in evangelism -By refusing to learn from non-Calvinists -By tidying up the Bible’s “loose ends” -By being a bunch of arrogant know-it-alls -By scoffing at the emotional hang-ups others have with Calvinism.
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Oma Tells HIStories
$10.99Add to cartDo you want to teach your children the stories of the Bible in a way that will honor God? Do you want your children to get excited about God in learning His stories? “Oma tells Histories” does just that by relating these Bible classics in a way that is understandable for children and will get them asking questions and wanting to know more. Wonderfully illustrated, “Oma tells Histories” shows: -The story of Noah, his family and their faith and obedience to God. -Hannah’s promise to God. -Samuel imparting God’s blessing on David. -Jonah trying to hide from God. s Mary and Joseph and the first Christmas, God’s promise to all of us. -The Good Shepherd who went to find the lost sheep. And many other stories, with prayers included to further enrich the experience of parents and grandparents reading with their children and grandchildren.
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Making Springs In The Valley Of Baca
$15.49Add to cartPsalm 84 describes the longing of pilgrims for Zion and the house of the LORD. On the way, they pass through the Valley of Baca. By God’s grace, they turn it into a place of springs to refresh others who follow. Throughout three difficult years of dealing with cancer, the author and his wife show how the application of appropriate scriptures turns weeping into strength, peace, comfort and joy.
