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Aquinas Summa Theologica 2
$15.00Add to cartThe SCM Briefly series is a series of summarized texts that are commonly used on theology and philosophy A level and Level One undergraduate courses in the UK. As students are less likely today to come to these subjects with language experience, the Briefly series, summarising the meaning of the original texts, is a painless and quick way to get to grips with what the philosophers were writing about. The language throughout is modern and approachable, but the books manage to avoid “dumbing down” by including line by line analysis and short quotes to give students a feel for the original. In addition, each book begins with an introduction, providing a context for the writer and his writings, a short summary as well as the detailed summary and each book also contains a glossary of terms.
The first part of the Summa Theologica by Aquinas was dealt with in an SCM Briefly guide that published in May 06. The second part of the Summa Theologica is dealt with in this book.
Aquinas’ Summa Theologica is his most famous work. It was intended as a manual for beginners as a compilation of all of the main theological teachings of that time and consists of a summary of the reasonings for almost all points of the Catholic faith. It is the fullest presentation of his views and covers the widest range of subjects – reason, sin, just war to name but a few – in detailed philosophical language. He worked on it from 1265 until the end of his life in March 1274. When he died he had reached question ninety of Part III, on the subject of penance. Part I, dealing with questions of God, we have dealt with in a previously published Briefly, here we look in detail at Part II, which concerns man’s striving for the highest end. It is structured as a series of questions and assertions and relies heavily upon key thinkers and writers at that time, including Aristotle, St Augustine, Dionysius and Rabbi Moses. All of this is dealt with succinctly, yet fully referenced to the original text, in this Briefly guide.
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Not By Chance
$19.99Add to cartIn Search of Significance
Thirty-year-old Brandon Jones arrives at his parents’ doorstep burned out, jobless, and now fiancee-less. Ellen and Guy can provide a place for him to stay only until he figures out what to do with his life. When he takes a temporary job at a summer camp for disadvantaged kids, Brandon begins a turbulent relationship with a biracial adolescent named Caedmon. Somewhere in the midst of the chaos-caused by Caedmon’s disappearance just before a hurricane is predicted to hit Seaport, and by a group of racists who will not stop at arson or murder-Brandon begins to see that the pieces of his life are not by chance. If he has discovered his life’s purpose, can he live it?
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Billy Graham And The Beloved Community
$70.00Add to cartUsing unpublished documents, this book explores Billy Graham’s beliefs about racial reconciliation, economic justice, and peace. Michael Long provides readers with the first detailed analysis of Billy Graham’s social thought during one of the most volatile periods of U.S. history–the Martin Luther King, Jr. years (1955-1968), and explores the links between Graham and King.
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Doing Gods Business
$28.99Add to cartChristians have likely been struggling with the place of business in the life of faith ever since Paul’s days as a tentmaker. Just how do the spheres of private devotion and public business intersect in a meaningful way?
This book tells how readers can find lasting and satisfying meaning for marketplace involvement in the light of the Christian faith and tradition. Stevens explores the potential of business as a location for practicing everyday spiritual disciplines and as a source of creativity and deeper relationship with God. -
Above All Earthly Powrs
$33.50Add to cartIn our postmodern world, every view has a place at the table but none has the final say. How should the church confess Christ in today’s cultural context?
Above All Earthly Pow’rs, the fourth and final volume of the series that began in 1993 with No Place for Truth, portrays the West in all its complexity, brilliance, and emptiness. As David F. Wells masterfully depicts it, the postmodern ethos of the West is relativistic, individualistic, therapeutic, and yet remarkably spiritual. Wells shows how this postmodern ethos has incorporated into itself the new religious and cultural relativism, the fear and confusion, that began with the last century’s waves of immigration and have continued apace in recent decades.
Wells’s book culminates in a critique of contemporary evangelicalism aimed at both unsettling and reinvigorating readers. Churches that market themselves as relevant and palatable to consumption-oriented postmoderns are indeed swelling in size. But they are doing so, Wells contends, at the expense of the truth of the gospel. By placing a premium on marketing rather than truth, the evangelical church is in danger of trading authentic engagement with culture for worldly success.
Welding extensive cultural analysis with serious theology, Above All Earthly Pow’rs issues a prophetic call that the evangelical church cannot afford to ignore.
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Hearth In Candlewood
$16.00Add to cartThe engaging village of Candlewood in 1840s New York provides a glimpse into the past that will inspire and uplift today’s readers. Fifty-one-year-old Emma Garrett runs Hill House, a boardinghouse on a hill at the edge of town. Emma ministers to her guests, both the transient and those who call Hill House home. Gifted with an uncanny ability to see the unique strengths of her guests, Emma serves and challenges them with homespun wisdom and absolute faith in God. When eighty-year-old Widow Leonard shows up at Hill House to escape a heated land dispute between her two sons, Emma welcomes her and tries to help her heal the family feud. But tragedy soon hits closer to home when Emma’s very ownership of Hill House is called into question!
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Rich In The Things That Count The Most
$16.99Add to cartWhile we may or may not be wealthy when it comes to material things, every one of us can be rich in the things that have nothing to do with money. True happiness, fulfillment, and wealth come from knowing that God is with us, and being grateful for all of the blessings God has given us. James Moore invites readers to think about the riches in their lives, “that will last and endure, that won’t rust or corrode or become boring or go out of style.”
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Go Big : Lead Your Church To Explosive Growth
$20.99Add to cartBill Easum and Bil Cornelius are two strikingly different, yet surprisingly similar pastors. One undertook to revitalize a moribund mainline church; the other, to plant a new nondenominational congregation. Coming from different generations, their ministries took place under dissimilar circumstances. Yet both have experienced substantial, even explosive, growth in congregational mission and membership. Along the way they learned some important lessons, such as the centrality of strong pastoral leadership, the need for an unhesitant pursuit of excellence in all areas of the church’s ministry, and the requirement that you picture an audacious vision for your church and live into that vision.
Regardless of the current size of your church, you will find here inspiring, ready-to-implement ideas to help your church go BIG.
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Baptism Services Sermons And Prayers
$14.99Add to cartThis is a resource for pastors and worship leaders who take Christian baptism seriously and who recognize their own role in creatively shaping these traditional practices. Provides worship resources for a variety of pastoral and congregational settings, several teaching sermons on baptism, and a section of prayers of thanksgiving over the water of baptism.
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Heart Of The Cross
$35.00Add to cartTheologies have often pointed to the cross as a place of suffering and sacrifice, while feminist critiques have frequently argued against interpretations of the cross as patriarchal valorizing of suffering. W. Anne Joh points toward a new interpretation of the cross as a place of love, where God and humanity come together in a surprising way. She interprets the cross as performing a double gesture that has a subversive effect. The cross works both to pay homage to overwhelming and multiple and complex oppressive powers (e.g. the empire) and simultaneously to menace those powers. The cross as a double gesture speaks to those who have shifted from a typical politics of identity to political identities shaped more by postmodern ambiguities of difference. Utilizing the Korean concept of jeong (a notion that helps clarify how the double gesture of the cross inspires a new relationality), Joh constructs a theology that is feminist, political and love-centered, while acknowledging the cross as source of pain and suffering as well.
A real gift of Joh’s book is its interdisciplinary approach, carefully fusing postcolonial theories of hybridity and mimicry (Bhabha, Trihn), feminist poststructuralist psychoanalysis of abjection (Kristeva), cultural studies of the contemporary world, and more traditional christologies. The result is Joh’s innovative vision of the heart of Christology as a call for political love that is stronger than powers of oppression.
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Jew Among The Evangelicals
$23.00Add to cartIn this insightful and accessible book, religion journalist Mark Pinsky takes the curious reader on a tour of the fascinating world of Sunbelt evangelicalism. Pinsky, religion reporter for the Orlando Sentinel, uses his unique position as a Jew covering evangelical Christianity to help nonevangelicals understand the hopes, fears, and motivations of this growing subculture and breaks down some of the stereotypes that nonevangelicals have of evangelicals.
“I hope you’ll find laughter, perhaps puzzlement, and heartfelt interest in how people just like you wrestle with feelings, values, and beliefs that touch the core of their beings. And I hope you’ll catch a glimpse of someone learning to understand and get along with folks whose convictions differ from his own,” Pinsky writes in the introduction.
This book will appeal to Jews, mainline and liberal Christians, and curious blue-staters, as well as evangelicals who want to read an outsider’s perspective on their culture. As the country takes to the polls for midterm congressional elections, this book will shed light on how and why evangelical culture is becoming increasingly entwined in American politics.
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Graceful Speech : An Invitation To Preaching
$35.00Add to cartIn this introductory text, Lucy Lind Hogan helps the reader understand the theological task of becoming a preacher, the craft of writing the sermon, and the importance of communicating the gospel in the present world. In doing so, she creates a book that is more holistic than any other homiletics text currently on the market.
Hogan begins with a theological rationale for preaching, which serves as a basis for understanding the identity of the preacher. She then explores the context for preaching, showing how to interpret a scriptural text, design a sermon, and use illustrations and examples. She also discusses preaching for special occasions, the use of different technologies in preaching, and the importance of delivery. The book includes questions for reflection.
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Barth For Armchair Theologians
$24.00Add to cart“Most of the English-speaking world still has a ‘cartoonish’ understanding of Karl Barth. How appropriate, then, that a book with actual cartoons should appear to demolish the stereotypes. John Franke’s Barth for ArmchairTheologians offers an accurate, insightful, and at times whimsical introduction to the great thinker from Basel.” Joseph L. Mangina, Wycliffe College, Toronto, author of Karl Barth: Theologian of Christian Witness Written by experts but designed for the novice, the Armchair series provides accurate, concise, and witty overviews of some of the most profound moments and theologians in Christian history. These books are essential supplements for first-time encounters with primary texts, lucid refreshers for scholars and clergy, and enjoyable reads for the theologically curious. This volume introduces readers to the life and thought of Karl Barth (1886-1968), one of the most important theologians since the Reformation era. Featuring the Armchair series’ characteristic whimsical illustrations, Barth for Armchair Theologians surveys Barth’s theology as it emerges and culminates in his monumental Church Dogmatics as well as how his theology continues to be interpreted in the present day. John R. Franke is Professor of Theology at Biblical Theological Seminary in Hatfield, Pennsylvania. He is coauthor with Stanley J. Grenz of Beyond Foundationalism: Shaping Theology in a Postmodern Context also published by Westminster John Knox Press.
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Journey To The Mountain Of God
$28.00Add to cartThe human heart longs to commune with its Creator: to pursue Him passionately, to feel His power, to love and to feel loved by Him. In this exciting and inspiring book, Dr. David Ireland invites you, as Moses invited Israel, to journey to the mountain of God where you may encounter Him in all His glory.
“Your life is far too precious to settle for a mediocre and dull existence,” Dr. Ireland writes. Instead, “you can . . . regularly experience exhilarating moments of closeness with your Maker. JOURNEY TO THE MOUNTAIN OF GOD is about finding the spiritual sweet spot of life-the place of deep intimacy with God.”
You can discover this “sweet spot of life” through a forty-day journey designed to help you:
Discover that you are God’s “treasured possession”
Unload the extra baggage that hinders a smooth trek
Perform a spiritual heart checkup that leads to inner healing
Secure a personal renewal in your relationship with the Lord
Begin living God’s thrilling adventures for you.
Perfect for individual or group study, JOURNEY TO THE MOUNTAIN OF GOD helps create a bond between you and your heavenly Father that can only deepen and grow stronger over time. Come begin the trip that will ignite your spiritual passion for a lifetime
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Choosing To Preach
$24.99Add to cartTraditional forms of ministry-including the sermon- are being scrutinized and challenged, leaving pastors confused over how best to communicate to today’s listeners. This forward-looking textbook delivers a strong call to ministers to indeed choose to preach biblical sermons. But while preaching itself is non-negotiable, the exact form it takes can be much more flexible. Several models of sermon preparation are provided, using questions to guide the way. As you discern your message from the Bible, will you begin with the text (deductive) or with the listener (inductive)? Will you focus on the idea (cognitive) or the image (affective)? The choices you make lead to five possible sermon structures (declarative, pragmatic, narrative, visionary, and integrative), each of which is described in detail and related to well-known contemporary preachers, including John MacArthur, Rick Warren, Eugene Lowry, and Rob Bell. Includes discussion questions, practical exercises, and accompanying CD-ROM.
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Pastoral Prayers For The Hospital Visit
$14.99Add to cartOffering prayer is one of the most important parts of a pastor’s hospital ministry. These prayers connect persons with the power of God, remind persons who they are as children of God, and sometimes put into words deep experiences of suffering, grief, and pain. These prayers are offered especially for difficult times when you may not be sure how to pray or what to pray for. Also related Bible verses are printed in full.
The Just in Time! Series offers brief, practical resources of immediate help for pastors at an affordable price.
Included are prayers related to illness or surgery
Persons facing surgery, post surgery that was successful, post surgery that was not successful, anticipating bad news, diagnosed with a serious progressive illness, recovering from heart surgery, suffering from a stroke, dealing with cancer, coping with breast cancer, undergoing chemotherapy, suffering from addiction, unable to be diagnosed with the source of illness, needing a transplant and waiting for an organ, in chronic pain
Prayers related to children and youth:
Celebrating the birth of a child, mourning a miscarriage, grieving the loss of a baby near birth, mother choosing adoption for her newborn, adoptive parents receiving their child, pre-mature infant, baby who is hospitalized, child who is hospitalized, youth hospitalized for drug treatment afraid to face parents, youth who most likely will not recover
Prayers related to dying and death:
For someone longing to die, prognosis that is not positive, does not have long to live, when death is imminent, prayer over a stillborn infant, for family members who were unable to say goodbye to loved, one before death, for surviving family who lost loved ones in the same accident, for family whose loss was due to suicide
Prayers related to accident or violence:
Injured due to street violence, injured due to natural disaster, rape victim, victim of domestic violence, injury due to war
Prayers related to:
New immigrant who has fallen ill, recent refugee, college student, suffering depression, patient who also has Alzheimer’s, enduring painful rehabilitation, facing a long recovery, farmer anxious about crops and/or animals, hospitalized while incarcerated, someone unconscious, developmentally disabled patient, attempted suicide (prayer with family present), psychotic patient, worrying over child deployed in the military, worried about paying for the hospital bill, wanting to go home but canno
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John
$24.99Add to cartJohn’s Gospel is unique in designating the Holy Spirit as “Comforter” or “Helper” (14:16). As part of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit extends the ministry of Jesus to the end of this age. The Spirit leads believers to understand the meanings, implications, and imperatives of the gospel, and enables them to do “greater works” than those done by Jesus (14:12).
This is a new commentary series for the Charismatic and Pentecostal faiths. Each of these authors has been hand picked by Dr. Jack Hayford because they represent the finest in conservative evangelical Spirit-filled scholarship in North America. All have written in a way that can be understood by the average reader
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10 Lies The Church Tells Women (Revised)
$18.99Add to cartThe gospel was never intended to restrain women from pursuing God or to prevent them from fulfilling their divine destiny. In his revised and updated book, the author boldly proclaims the truth of the gospel – that men and women are appointed by God and empowered by Him.
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Broken On The Back Row
$15.99Add to cartSandi Patty, the most awarded female vocalist in contemporary Christian music, saw her stellar career go into a tailspin. Now she tells the story of her long road to restoration. From the agony of divorce nearly ten years ago, Sandi has moved from center stage to the back row of the church balcony and back into the spotlight. This book is the heart-touching narrative of her years as an acclaimed recording artist balancing her role as adoring mother of four children, her fall from public acclaim, and the steps she worked through with her church and pastor to find forgiveness and peace-all under the harsh glare of national media attention. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Love Love Love
$14.95Add to cartIn forty-three brief essays from the life of a philosopher, Charles Taliaferro guides us toward the heart of human being in all of its absurdity and joy. Electrocuted by his coffee maker during class, battling dragons on his rooftop, and accompanying his father to the border between life and death, Taliaferro recommends to us a life vulnerable to silliness, pain, and the depths of love they create in us. Hilarious and sobering, Love, Love, Love investigates what we need most to live humanely, humorously, faithfully, and well.
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Hearing Beyond The Words
$20.99Add to cartOnly when pastors hear beyond the words, can they care-fully minister. Pastors listen all the time. Or do they? Listening is more than a developed skill; it is an awesome gift of hospitality offered to others. According to Dr. Emma Justes, hearing beyond the words signifies an intimate relationship characterize by humility, thoughtful availability, vulnerability, and mutuality. Listening requires focused attention and openness. To help the reader learn this essential skill, the author includes exercises at the end of each chapter to build needed competency for this healing ministry.
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Hospitality : The Heart Of Spiritual Direction
$21.95Add to cartIn this latest addition to the Spiritual Directors International Series, professional spiritual directors and those in formation programs learn to extend traditional forms of hospitality by living out its deeper meaning as they explore ways in which the spirit of hospitality enriches the spiritual direction experience.
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Unfolding Drama Of The Bible
$22.00Add to cartIn this concise and accessible volume, newly revised, one of the most revered contemporary biblical theologians introduces the first-time reader to the dramatic sweep of the Bible in eight carefully crafted study sessions, reminding even veteran readers of the Bible’s central messages. Study resources and discussion questions, now carefully updated, make this book the ideal resource for introductory Bible courses and adult inquirer classes.
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3 Months With Paul (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartAvailable in English for the first time, Three Months with Paul is popular author Justo Gonzalez’ study of the Gospel of Paul. Eminently readable, the study uses the “see-judge-act” method to bring readers closer to the text, informing and challenging them to apply the biblical material to their own lives.
These thirteen studies can be used for Sunday school, for evening Bible study, for home study meetings, for faith communities, for retreats, and for personal Bible study. In addition, Three Months with Paul can easily be used as a daily Bible study, as each lesson is divided into seven parts.
This is the fifth Gonzalez title to be translated from the Spanish. Previous titles include: Three Months with Matthew (published Spring 2002), Three Months with the Spirit (Spring 2003), Three Months with Revelation (Spring 2004), and Three Months With John (Spring 2005).
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Sierra Jensen Collection Volume 4
$19.00Add to cartCollege on the Horizon
She’s the bold, free-spirited type. She’s young, she’s fun, and she’s following God. She’s Sierra Jensen–Christy Miller’s good friend–in her senior year of high school with college fast approaching! In this fourth volume of the popular Sierra Jensen series, Sierra’s life becomes a roller coaster of decisions as she strives to Hold on Tight through choices about friendship, honesty, and college. Then, with high school graduation Closer Than Ever, she eagerly plans for Paul’s visit and can’t wait to know where everyone will be going to college. Finally, in Take My Hand, a misunderstanding with Paul means Sierra must start college hurt and confused. Is the damage to their relationship as final as it feels?Christy Miller knows a good friend when she meets her,
and so will you– Sierra Jensen is better than ever!Hold On Tight
Decisions, decisions. That’s all Sierra’s life is lately. Eager to escape the stress, she can’t wait to join her brother and a few friends on a road trip as they visit a university in Southern California and tack on a day at an amusement park. It’ll be great! But right from the start, things go wrong. And suddenly Sierra’s trip is full of more twists and turns than any roller coaster. There’s only one way to handle a wild ride like this: hold on tight, trust God to keep her safe–and scream for all she’s worth.Closer Than Ever
Paul is coming home! What’s more, he’s coming to Sierra’s graduation party. She spends every spare moment planning–after all, his visit has to be perfect. Then, more good news! Sierra and Randy are accepted into Rancho Corona University . Sierra couldn’t be happier–until she hears Vicki hasn’t received an acceptance letter. Does that mean Sierra and her friends won’t be in college together? But the worst news of all comes on graduation night. There’s been a terrible accident. With limited information, Sierra fears the worst. Can she let go and trust her dreams to God?Take My Hand
What a year! Not only is Sierra starting college, but her older sister, Tawni, is engaged–to Paul’s older brother, Jeremy! As the two families prepare for the wedding, Sierra’s excitement grows. At last, she and Paul will be together–face-to-face! But their longed-for reunion is marred by a costly misunderstanding that turns Paul away and sends Sierra off to college hurt and confused. Only the gentle wisdom of Sierra’s good friend, Christy Miller, helps her face a difficult decision. But is -
Book Of Common Prayer Standard Edition
$20.00Add to cartThe 1662 Book of Common Prayer is the old and well-loved prayer book of the Anglican Church and is used daily in churches and homes throughout the world. Its phrases and vocabulary are widely admired and have made a major contribution to the English language.
The Standard Edition is small enough to fit in a pocket or purse. The imitation leather and real leather bindings make excellent gifts to mark special occasions. Each is bound with a ribbon marker and comes with a set of presentation pages in a slipcase. The hardcover books are economically priced and sturdy enough for regular congregational use. -
Book Of Common Prayer Standard Edition
$20.00Add to cartThe 1662 Book of Common Prayer is the old and well-loved prayer book of the Anglican Church and is used daily in churches and homes throughout the world. Its phrases and vocabulary are widely admired and have made a major contribution to the English language.
The Standard Edition is small enough to fit in a pocket or purse. The imitation leather and real leather bindings make excellent gifts to mark special occasions. Each is bound with a ribbon marker and comes with a set of presentation pages in a slipcase. The hardcover books are economically priced and sturdy enough for regular congregational use. -
Athanasius : The Life Of Antony
$14.99Add to cartA beautiful portrait of the radical devotion of St. Antony and his call to holy living.
“It was truly amazing that being alone in such a desert Antony was niether distracted by the demons who confronted him, nor was he frightened of their ferocity when so many four-legged beasts and reptiles were there. But truly he was one who, as Scripture says, having trusted in the Lord, was like Mount Zion, keeping his mind unshaken and unruffled; so instead the demons fled and the wild beasts, as it is written, made peace with him.”–from The Life of Antony
Athanasius (c. 295-373) was an Alexandrian whose life was committed at an early age to the Christian community growing there. He became a controversial bishop and one of the most vivid and forceful personalities in political and religious affairs. His famous account, The Life of Antony, inaugurated the genre of the lives of the saints and established the frame of Christian hagiography, quickly attaining the status of a classic and becoming one of the most influential writings in Christian history. It tells the spiritual story of St. Antony, the founder of Christian monasticism. A pioneer in spiritual experience, he marked a new epoch in the Christian experience and set the terms for the Church’s ideal of the life of devotion. He transferred the center of monastic life from the periphery of established communities to the barren and isolated setting of a hermitage, away from civilization, in a location of solitude and serenity. The Life of Antony is a beautiful portrait of what a life committed to God demands and promises.
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Doctrine Of Justification By Faith
$26.00Add to cartPrint on demand
John Owen presents one of the most rigorous defenses of the Reformed doctrine of justification ever written. This reprint of The Doctrine of Justification by Faith, taken from the 19th century edition produced by the Presbyterian Board of Publications, will serve as a welcome improvement for many readers. Latin and Greek quotations have been moved to footnotes, and English translations are given for those large blocks of material that Owen left untranslated. It also contains a new introductory essay by Carl R. Trueman, which analyzes Owen’s treatment of justification in light of the highly charged debates of his day. While Owen’s work is technical and challenging, this edition is an effort to make his profound exposition more manageable. -
How Not To Speak Of God
$21.00Add to cartWith sensitivity to the Christian tradition and a rich understanding of postmodern thought, Peter Rollins argues that the movement known as the “emerging church” offers a singular, unprecedented message of transformation that has the potential to revolutionize the theological and moral architecture of Western Christianity.
How (not) to Speak of God sets out to explore the theory and praxis of this contemporary expression of faith. Rollins offers a clear exploration of this embryonic movement and provides key resources for those involved in communities that are conversant with, and seeking to minister effectively to, the needs of a postmodern world.
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Truth Behind Ghosts Mediums And Psychic Phenomena
$13.99Add to cartPsychics, mediums, and ghosts have become a sensation in our culture today. As a result, there are many confusing and deceptive beliefs presented. Ron Rhodes, respected and popular biblical scholar, tackles the truth about ghosts and those who say they communicate with them and answers the questions:* Do ghosts in any shape or form exist?* Why is there a rise in psychic phenomena today? * What do psychics believe about God, Jesus, and salvation?* What is Satans role with the paranormal?* How can parents protect their family from the psychic trend?This reader-friendly presentation of intriguing facts and biblical insights will help Christians know how to respond to this fascination with the ultimate truth.
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My Second Chapter
$16.99Add to cartHow one family’s tragedy ultimately revolutionized contemporary Christian music.
Known for such classics as “Easter Song,” the Second Chapter of Acts was one of the major music groups in the forefront of the Jesus movement. But what happened, in the wake of personal tragedy, to bring together a brother and his two sisters to sing so boldly for their Lord? And what was life really like for a major contemporary Christian band in those early days?
In My Second Chapter, Matthew Ward tells his part of the storyfull of intriguing and humorous behind-the-scenes anecdotes and observations: growing up in a large family…orphaned at age twelve…finding the Lord in the California Jesus movement… becoming a music star…traveling the world…battling cancer…raising his own family … and much more all revealing God’s faithfulness in every circumstance.
Join Matthew on his amazing personal journey from tragedy to dynamic faith that helped set contemporary Christian music on fire. And discover how God chooses whom he will to accomplish great and mighty acts. -
Kindness Revolution : The Company-Wide Culture Shift That Inspires Phenomen
$22.99Add to cartDespite years of focus on the importance of customer service, most businesses still have a lot to learn. Too many merely tweak a script, roll out a new offer, then disappear from the scene, leaving their frontline staff — often underpaid and badly overworked — to expertly, cheerfully handle all the real-life encounters with real-life customers who can make or break a company. That’s no way to run a business, says customer service expert Ed Horrell. If you treat your frontline employees with indifference or disregard, you can expect them to treat your customers with indifference — and you can then expect to have indifferent customers who will drop you for the next best thing without a murmur of regret. Combining extensive research with inspiring real-life examples from companies known for their outstanding customer service — such as L.L.Bean, Chick-fil-A, Nordstrom, Mrs. Fields, St. Jude Children’s Research Center, The Ritz-Carlton, FedEx, and more — Horrell explains in The Kindness Revolution that providing exceptional, compassionate customer service can only happen when you build a deep and lasting relationship with your employees. And it is kindness, says Horrell, that most characterizes that relationship. The Kindness Revolution traces the culture characteristics of the standout companies, including their strong conviction that: Each employee has an important job to do. Their corporate entity has a meaningful purpose-to serve the customer in a way that delivers value. Each employee should be empowered to make decisions. They attract the best employees and customers by running an organization based on sincerity and consideration. There is value in dignity and respect and courtesy — and kindness. For organizations large and small, of any size or industry, The Kindness Revolution is a resounding wake-up call to change the way your company thinks about its employees, and to practice the basic values of dignity, respect, courtesy, and kindness from top to bottom throughout your organization. The way you treat your employees will be the way they treat your customers. Follow the wise advice and insightful examples in The Kindness Revolution, and experience the enormous payback in loyal customers, a more prosperous company — and a better way of life.
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Whole New You
$13.99Add to cartYou are who you are, but not for long. People may do all they can to change on the outside, but lasting, genuine change starts on the inside. The true miracle from God, the transformation He wants to make in you today, beckons. Follow pastor Tony Evans as he digs into Scripture to equip you with tools for accelerating this miracle in your life. The cycle of recurring mistakes can be broken as you let trials and temptations develop your character. And if becoming like Christ sounds too lofty or unrealistic for you, think again. Because the road to Christlikeness has only one requirement: a willing heart. You must desire the change and seek the transformation. Get ready; it’s time for a whole new you!
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Violet Dawn
$17.99Add to cartSomething sinuous in the water brushed against Paige’s knee. She jerked her leg away. What was that? She rose to a sitting position, groped around with her left hand. Fine wisps wound themselves around her fingers. Hair? She yanked backward, but the tendrils clung. Something solid bumped her wrist. Paige gasped. With one frantic motion she shook her arm free, grabbed the side of the hot tub, and heaved herself out. Paige Williams slips into her hot tub in the blackness of night-and finds herself face to face with death. Alone, terrified, fleeing a dark past, Paige must make an unthinkable choice. In Violet Dawn, hurtling events and richly drawn characters collide in a breathless story of murder, the need to belong, and faith’s first glimmer. One woman’s secrets unleash an entire town’s pursuit, and the truth proves as elusive as the killer in their midst.
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Emergent Theology For Emerging Churches
$30.99Add to cartExplaining that an emergent theology is messianic, revelational, kingdom-coming and eschatological, this book adresses many of the concerns of those looking for a church that is contemporary, yet true to the gospel.
If you wrestle with the challenges that face the church in these “postmodern” days, you will benefit from this book.
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Caleb Quest : What You Can Learn From The Boldest Dreamer In The Bible
$14.99Add to cartMost of us began our adult lives with ambitious dreams and the energy and determination to make them come true. But somewhere along the way our focus changed-life “happened,” and we allowed our dreams to fizzle or even die. Is that the way it has to be? Do dreams come true for “ordinary” people? And if so, what does it take to make them happen? Author Mark Atteberry believes God has answered these questions in the life of Caleb, the boldest dreamer and achiever in all of Scripture.
In The Caleb Quest, Atteberry allows us to see that dreams don’t come true by accident. On the contrary, fulfilled dreams are the result of clear thinking, strong faith, patience, and hard work. Geared to the everyday Christian, this biblical plan helps readers to test their dreams, identify “dream assassins,” get God involved, accept His perfect timing, take action in pursuit of their dreams, and use their dreams to bless others. This inspirational book offers a realistic hope to anyone seeking to make a lifelong dream come true.
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Roman Empire And The New Testament
$20.99Add to cartAn indispensable introduction to Roman society, culture, law, politics, religion, and daily life as they relate to the study of the New Testament.
The Roman Empire formed the central context in which the New Testament was written. Anyone who wishes to understand the New Testament texts must become familiar with the political, economic, societal, cultural, and religious aspects of Roman rule. Much of the New Testament deals with enabling its readers to negotiate, in an array of different manners, this pervasive imperial context. This book will help the reader see how social structures and daily practices in the Roman world illumine so much of the content of the New Testament message. For example, to grasp what Paul was saying about food offered to idols one must understand that temples in the Roman world were not “churches,” and that they functioned as political, economic, and gastronomic centers, whose religious dealings were embedded within these other functions.Brief in presentation yet broad in scope, The Roman Empire and the New Testament: An Essential Guide will introduce students to the information and ideas essential to coming to grips with the world in which early Christianity was born. -
Dream
$16.99Add to cartLanie Freeman had to grow up fast. Her mother died when she was just fourteen and now her father is in prison. The oldest of five children, seventeen-year-old Lanie has transformed into a surrogate mother … and a beautiful young woman. Not only must she keep her family together, but lately she has drawn the attention of Roger Langley, son of the richest man in town. Then the town of Fairhope is thrown into chaos when the new preacher arrives-wearing blue jeans and riding a motorcycle. In only a month, dashing Brother Colin Ryan shakes the entire town to the core of their beliefs. With the town embattled over the preacher, her family struggling to survive, and her own heart in turmoil, Lanie seeks solace in her writing. She pours out her heart to God, trusting his promises. But when things fall apart at every turn, will Lanie continue to trust? The Dream continues the inspiring saga of one woman’s struggle to hold together her family and follow her dreams in the midst of America’s darkest hour.
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Images Of Christ (Student/Study Guide)
$12.99Add to cartGood Shepherd. Branch. Bridegroom. Cornerstone. There are many images of Christ in Scripture. Some of these word-portraits are easier for us to grasp than others, but each reveals an important aspect of who Christ is. By helping us understand the different images, these ten studies by Dale and Sandy Larsen lead us to know and respond to the reality behind the images–Christ himself–in new and deeper ways
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Reimagining Evangelism : Inviting Friends On A Spiritual Journey
$20.99Add to cartSometimes talking about Jesus with your friends can feel like trying to close a deal on a sales call, pushing something on people they may not really want. But what if you thought of it more like inviting them on a spiritual journey?
Imagine being free to be yourself and free for the Spirit to work in you. Imagine that it doesn’t depend on you alone but that you can be an important part of a witnessing community. Imagine telling people stories instead of trying to download content.
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Parenting : Loving Our Children With Gods Love (Student/Study Guide)
$12.99Add to cartParenting is hard work, full of tough choices and new situations. And many voices compete with ours for our children’s attention. In a rapidly changing world, how can we parent in a way that will cause our children to love Christ deeply and live for him? These studies by Richard Patterson Jr. address nine parenting challenges, pointing us directly to time-tested truth from Scripture that helps us raise our children with wisdom and joy.
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From One Heart To Another
$14.99Add to cartTHOU SHALT PUT THE BEST FACE ON THINGS is not one of the commandments yet we do it religiously From One Heart to Another is a true story about one man’s life and yet everyone’s life. It’s first a story of one man’s physical heart failure and the gift of a heart transplant. It’s also a bigger story about every person’s spiritual heart failure and our human need for a new spiritual heart. Even if you’ve never stepped foot in a hospital or an emergency room you’ll find connections to your own life that you’ll be thinking about even after you finish reading. You’ll find it hard to simply say “good for you” and leave it at that. Read it today. You’ll want to give one to friends. Don’t waste another day of your life just trying to put the best face on things.
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Expectant Prayers For Expectant Mothers
$23.99Add to cartAn impacting, day-by-day guide to make every step of pregnancy significant. From planning a pregnancy to delivery, you’ll be captivated by God’s heart for you and your baby. Featuring over 260 engaging and interactive prayers formatted with a daily topic, verse, devotional, and journal tip. This is a book every Christian mother should experience. You uniquely create a record of your thoughts, feelings, and prayers during this very spiritual and special time in your life. Learn to pray for and bond with your child even before birth. Get a “heads-up” on parenting. Grow spiritually in knowledge and wisdom. Be empowered by God for your biggest ministry yet …motherhood! Sisters, aunts, grandmothers, birth mothers…even friends could adapt and use this book for someone they love. Expect great things!
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Prayer Warrior : The Battle Plan To Victory
$14.99Add to cartWe are at war. Our lives are filled with battles; from the battle of the bulge, fighting a disease, wrestling with depression or feeling that you live in a war zone. We live in a sin-filled society and many times Satan somehow finds a way to pull up a chair at your own dinner table. How can we draw nearer to God and draw others to Him? How do we engage in conversation that “speaks truth in love?” Prayer Warrior: The Battle Plan to Victory walks through the Scriptures to change the way we fight. Train for battle by gathering intelligence, identifying and combating the enemy in ways you may never have considered before. Using new “weapons” such as prayer, love, and forgiveness, you will change your focus and become a prayer warrior seeking God’s victory When God wins-we win. Learn how you can experience victory God’s way.
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Strong Feather
$15.99Add to cartWhat happens when the progress of human kind encroaches on the habitat of the native desert wildlife? What would that look like through the eyes of the quail? Strong Feather is set outside the edge of town-where development meets the desert-and intrudes upon its inhabitants. Enter the world of the quail-the covey people. It’s a story of: * Family, heritage, and important traditions * Facing unexpected changes and challenges in life * Coming of age, and moving from childhood games to taking on big responsibilities * Memorable characters in the covey community like Little-Q, Papa, Mama, Grandpa-Q, Quinata, and many more. * The dangers of tall poison flowers, and the monsters that threaten; * The importance of the Work, the Memory Stick, and the Day Star * Friends who look out for one another * The heroics that will be needed for the survival of the covey people. It’s a story for all ages-that you’ll enjoy reading-and reading to your kids or grandkids You will never again hear the “err, err, err” call of a quail, without being drawn back to this endearing story.
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Gods Pottery : Knowing The Potter And The Clay
$22.99Add to cartPottery and the pottery making process are fascinating. Our Father God was the original potter. His pottery is You! The purpose of this book is twofold. The first is to teach you about pottery through learning the pottery making process step by step. The second is, using pottery analogously, to help us see ourselves as God intended us to be when He created us, illustrating how we can assist Him. You will learn about the “Process for a Purpose”. You will discover why He created you, how He created you, and how you can help Him complete the process so that you become the vessel He wants you to be.
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Gods Pottery : Knowing The Potter And The Clay
$14.99Add to cartPottery and the pottery making process are fascinating. Our Father God was the original potter. His pottery is You! The purpose of this book is twofold. The first is to teach you about pottery through learning the pottery making process step by step. The second is, using pottery analogously, to help us see ourselves as God intended us to be when He created us, illustrating how we can assist Him. You will learn about the “Process for a Purpose”. You will discover why He created you, how He created you, and how you can help Him complete the process so that you become the vessel He wants you to be.
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Conquering The Spirit Of Unworthiness
$12.49Add to cartHave you ever felt worthless or like a failure? Have you been suffering with a lack of confidence in who you are? Do you cheat yourself out of blessings from God because you feel like you don’t deserve them? Are you good at encouraging others, but not yourself? God never intended for His people to go through life feeling worthless. This book deals specifically and strategically with this horrible enemy of our souls. God will restore you to what He has always intended for you to have – meaning and purpose!
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Core Christianity : The Tie That Binds
$26.49Add to cartCore Christianity deals with one of the most urgent issues facing Fundamentalism today-“If two churches agree upon what is essential even while they differ over non-essentials, perhaps there is something biblical about their getting on with a visible demonstration of unity under the Lordship of Christ.” The author examines both the historical and biblical witness to essential Christianity. With that as foundation, he revisits key Scripture passages that have been applied to the issue of ecclesiastical separation, and prescribes a scriptural test of fellowship for independent, evangelical churches that are willing to revisit and reform their understanding and application of biblical separation. Core Christianity makes clear that “a thoroughly biblical Christian will find unqualified fellowship and cooperation to be possible with anyone who believes that eternal life is found only in the response of faith to God’s saving initiative in Christ, a repentant faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.”
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Core Christianity : The Tie That Binds
$16.49Add to cartCore Christianity deals with one of the most urgent issues facing Fundamentalism today-“If two churches agree upon what is essential even while they differ over non-essentials, perhaps there is something biblical about their getting on with a visible demonstration of unity under the Lordship of Christ.” The author examines both the historical and biblical witness to essential Christianity. With that as foundation, he revisits key Scripture passages that have been applied to the issue of ecclesiastical separation, and prescribes a scriptural test of fellowship for independent, evangelical churches that are willing to revisit and reform their understanding and application of biblical separation. Core Christianity makes clear that “a thoroughly biblical Christian will find unqualified fellowship and cooperation to be possible with anyone who believes that eternal life is found only in the response of faith to God’s saving initiative in Christ, a repentant faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.”
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Exiles : Living Missionally In A Post Christian Culture (Reprinted)
$24.00Add to cartExiles: Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture presents a biblical, Christian worldview for the emergent church-people who are not at home in the traditional church or in the secular world. As exiles of both, they must create their own worldview that integrates their Christian beliefs with the contemporary world. Exiles seeks to integrate all aspects of life and decision-making and to develop the characteristics of a Christian life lived intentionally within emerging (postmodern) culture. It presents a plea for a dynamic, life-affirming, robust Christian faith that can be lived successfully in the post-Christian world of twenty-first century Western society. This book will present a Christian lifestyle that can be lived in non-religious categories and be attractive to not-yet Christians.
Such a worldview takes ecology and politics seriously. It offers a positive response to the workplace, the arts, feminism, mystery and worship. Exiles seeks to develop a framework that will allow Christians to live boldly and courageously in a world that no longer values the culture of the church, but does greatly value many of the things the Bible speaks positively about. This book suggests that there us more to being a Christian than meets the eye. It explores the secret, unseen nooks and crannies in the life of a Christian and suggests that faith is about more than church attendance and belief in God. Written in a conversational, easy-to-read style, Exiles is aimed at church leaders, pastors and laypersons and seeks to address complex issues in a simple manner. It includes helpful photographs and diagrams. -
Paul On The Cross
$25.00Add to cartEven as theologians have become more critical of classic theories of atonement, biblical scholars have continued to rely upon such theories as a basis for interpreting Paul’s teaching regarding salvation and the cross. In this vital volume, Brondos looks to the recent advances in New Testament scholarship to argue for an alternative understanding of Paul’s doctrine of salvation and the cross.
Paul, says Brondos, understood Jesus’ death primarily as the consequence of his mission: to serve as God’s instrument to bring about the long-awaited redemption of Israel, in which Gentiles throughout the world would also be included. For Paul, Jesus’ death is salvific not because it satisfies some necessary condition for human salvation, as most doctrines of the atonement have traditionally maintained, nor because it effects some change in the situation of human beings or the world in general. Rather, Jesus’ God responded to Jesus’ faithfulness unto death by raising him, thereby ensuring that all the divine promises of salvation would be fulfilled through him.
Jesus’ death forms part of an overarching story culminating in the redemption of Israel and the world. It is this story, and in particular what preceded and followed Jesus’ death on the cross, that makes that death redemptive for Paul.
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Becoming A Person Of Influence
$16.99Add to cartAmerica’s leadership expert teaches that if your life in any way connects with other people, you are an influencer. Whatever your vocation or aspiration is, you can increase your impact with Maxwell’s simple, insightful ways to interact more positively with others. Watch your personal and organizational success go off the charts!
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Uprising : A Revolution Of The Soul
$15.99Add to cartWe are all, as Erwin Raphael McManus states, broken pieces of the image of God. And as Christians, too often we talk about God’s ability to change lives without fully understanding how to access that power. The reason is simple: we ourselves have never been radically transformed. McManus explains how many people unknowingly block God from changing us and teaches readers the “texture of the heart” required to unleash God’s transforming power within us. He also demonstrates the passion and purpose that lie ahead when we undertake the journey that leads us to the true source, the very character of God. Fascinating stories from McManus’s personal life and ministry, paired with fresh biblical teaching and profound insights, will astonish and challenge readers to break free from negative habits, destructive emotions, and other strongholds that hinder lasting transformation and to turn toward a life marked by enlightenment, nobility, and virtue.
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Prophecy 20 20
$18.99Add to cartDr. Chuck Missler’s Prophecy 20/20 is a comprehensive, easily digested book that will give you a basic understanding of how past events fulfilled biblical prophecy. It provides a strategic grasp of prophecy that equips you to clearly see the “prophetic moment” of current events. Chuck Missler, founder of Koinonia House, analyzes trends on the geopolitical and technological horizons as well as their implications for the coming years.
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Losing Moses On The Freeway
$15.99Add to cartHedges delivers an impassioned, eloquent call to heed the wisdom of the Ten Commandments. A graduate of Harvard Divinity School, he explores the challenge of living according to these moral precepts we have tried to follow, often unsuccessfully, for the past 6,000 years. Losing Moses on the Freeway is a provocative and intensely personal narrative that reveals the universal nature of human suffering and yearning for redemption. The Commandments deal with the most profound violations we can suffer as members of a human community; defying them comes at a devastating cost.
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Christianity According To The Bible
$18.99Add to cartHarvest House Print On Demand Title
How should a Christian respond when someone says, The Bible is just another book, or No one can really be certain God exists, or Jesus was a wonderful person, just like a lot of other great men?Popular Bible scholar Ron Rhodes lays out the clear teaching of Scripture on 12 essential elements of biblical Christianity, includingGod, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spiritangels, demons, and Satansin, salvation, and the afterlifeEach chapter mentions popular misconceptions about a particular topic and then presents a thorough yet easy-to-understand explanation of the related biblical truth. These informative presentations are also highly inspirational.Discussion questions for each chapter make this an ideal guide for group or personal use.
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Treasures For The Transformed Life
$20.99Add to cartTransformational Spiritual Development
The book, Treasures of the Transformed Life offers an appealing theme for your members – Satisfying Your Soul’s Thirst for More. It offers your congregation the broad benefits of deepening well-rounded spiritual growth. Their newly enhanced connection to God and to each other will help them to view everything with a new perspective. As a result, all areas of their Prayers, Presence, Gifts, and Service can be improved.These 40 days of daily readings embrace:
Desiring a Better Life
Experiencing Meaningful Prayer
Building the Church as a Team
Finding New Ways to Serve
Unleashing Generous Giving
Living the Transformed Life
40 DAYS OF TRANSFORMATION
A Spiritual Growth Resource for Christians and Congregations
Whether it is used for personal study, a class lesson plan, or in a congregation-wide 40-day reading program, this book aids ongoing transformation by building –MORE
More Strength
More Participation
More Ownership
More Service
More Teamwork
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Get In The Game
$14.99Add to cartA competitive athlete trains for one thing…the game. Having the skills and knowing how to play aren’t enough – you need to perform when it matters. Yet so many of those same athletes live in a spiritual offseason. They have faith. They know the Word. But they sit back and watch others take the lead. Get in the Game encourages athletes to transfer their drive and determination to the spiritual realm and shows that there is far more than a game on the line.
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Tearful Celebration : Finding God In The Midst Of Loss
$14.99Add to cartTrust the God Who Allows This?
The last thing you want to do when crushed with indescribable pain and suffering is turn to the very God who allows it all to happen. What right does He have, especially now, to ask for your loyalty, your obedience, your love? When cancer took his wife and left him despairing alone, James Means unwillingly had to ask God the same questions facing you. A Tearful Celebration is the candid, pull-no-punches account of his struggle to understand God’s ways and to stand firm in the face of incalculable loss. This new edition of a 1986 Gold Medallion finalist will lead you to the place you most truly long to be: right with God and secure in Him again.
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” -Psalm 34:18
To all who long for the steadfast, quiet confidence of godly men and women who rise triumphant out of the cruel calamities of life…
The experience of life is very good-and very bad. Beauty is side-by-side with ugliness.
I cannot now soar with wings like the eagle. It is a treacherous road, painful to my feet, but He makes my heart burn within me.
We must rejoice not merely because it is commanded, but because faith necessitates it and grace promotes it.
The God of adversities provokes tearful celebration.
…take heart and find hope. These pages will guide you in your search for faith and meaning. You will not be disappointed.
Ugliness comes in a great variety of forms, but few are more confusing and horrific than the drawn-out death by cancer of a precious loved one. Such was the experience that caused James Means to come face-to-face with the harsh reality that God failed to respond as he had asked and expected Him to. Means grapples with the mysteries of God and finds meaning in catastrophe. This book contains no glib platitudes and no shallow apologetic for the bitter realism of suffering. There is, however, the powerful testimony to God’s sovereignty, grace, and ultimate goodness. There is also a revelation of the biblical brand of faith that stands rock-solid in the most distressing of human experience.
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Clear And Present Word
$25.99Add to cartSeries Preface
Author’s Preface
Abbreviations
1. Oh Sweet Obscurity: The Absurdity Of Claiming Clarity Today
2. The Effective Communicator: God As The Guarantor Of Scriptural Clairty
3. It Is Not Beyond You: The Accessible Word Of The Living God
4. Engaging The Hermeneutical Challenge
5. The Sharp Double-edged Sword: Restating The Clarity Of Scripture Today
Bibliography
Index Of Authors
Index Of Scripture ReferencesAdditional Info
By almost any measure, a bold and confident use of the Bible is a hallmark of Christianity. Underlying such use are a number of assumptions about the origin, nature and form of the biblical literature, concerning its authority, diversity and message.However, a lack of confidence in the clarity or perspicuity of Scripture is apparent in Western Christianity. Despite recent, sophisticated analyses, the doctrine is ignored or derided by many. While there is a contemporary feel to these responses, the debate itself is not new.
In this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, Mark Thompson surveys past and present objections to the clarity of Scripture; expounds the living God as the Guarantor of his accessible, written Word; engages with the hermeneutical challenges and restates the doctrine for today.
Addressing key issues in biblical theology, the works comprising New Studies in Biblical Theology are creative attempts to help Christians better understand their Bibles. The NSBT series is edited by D. A. Carson, aiming to simultaneously instruct and to edify, to interact with current scholarship and to point the way ahead.
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Is Belief In God Good Bad Or Irrelevant
$22.99Add to cartBad Religion frontman Greg Graffin and history professor Preston Jones engage in a spirited debate on matters of science, religion, philosophy and Christianity. Honest, bare-boned and at all points articulate, this reproduction of Preston and Greg’s actual email correspondence exemplifies true dialogue: a genuine quest for truth that is both good-willed and tenacious. But whose worldview is more plausible? You decide.
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Sierra Jensen Collection Volume 3
$19.00Add to cartHappenstance…or God’s Great Plan?
She’s the bold, free-spirited type. She’s cute, she’s fun, and she’s following God. She’s Sierra Jensen, Christy Miller’s good friend, ready for her junior year of high school! All twelve books in the popular Sierra Jensen series come together in four volumes to reveal the ups and downs of Sierra’s incredible God-led journey!
Volume Three: An exciting trip to Europe challenges Sierra to Open Your Heart to loving others without expectations. At the start of her senior year, only Time Will Tell the truth about Sierra’s friendships. And in Now Picture This, she wonders if her relationship with Paul is as picture perfect as she thinks!
Christy Miller knows a good friend when she meets her, and so will you–Sierra Jensen is at it again!
Open Your Heart
What an adventure! Having Christy Miller invite Sierra on an all-expenses-paid trip to Europe was amazing–but that was just the beginning. Sierra never imagined she’d meet someone like Alex, a dark-eyed Russian college student who’s a Christian. Or that they’d all come face-to-face with disaster. Through it all, one question haunts Sierra: c an she learn to love others without expecting anything in return? Will she finally be able to open her heart to others–and to God?Time Will Tell
Sierra’s senior year of high school is here, but after the great summer she just had, how can it be anything but a letdown? Sure enough, the year tanks big-time when the school issues her buddy Randy an ultimatum. Stuck in the middle–Sierra wonders, what’s right? Her friend or the rules? She longs to talk it over with Amy, but Sierra’s best friend still isn’t talking to her. What’s worse, she hasn’t heard a word from Paul! No doubt about it, this school year is totally frustrating! Will Sierra ever understand her friendships or God’s plans for them?Now Picture This
Why can’t everyone just leave Sierra alone? All she wants to do is find a place to read the letter she just received from Paul–to soak in every word and memorize the photo he sent her–but Thanksgiving at the Jensen house means relatives everywhere! Sierra hides out, immersed in her ideas for Paul’s birthday and Christmas gifts, especially his requested gift: a photo of her. Sierra’s determined–the photo has to be spectacular! But a small voice of doubt nags at her. What does God think of her ignoring her family and friends this way? Is her picture-perfect relationship with Paul really all she thinks it is? -
Under The Northern Lights (Reprinted)
$20.00Add to cartLeah returns to her native village of Last Chance, Alaska, only to be kidnapped by her husband’s twin brother, Chase Kincaid. She is thrown together with the prickly Helaina Beecham, whom Chase has abducted as well. Leah’s husband and her brother Jacob are on their trail, but an early winter makes passage difficult. Will the two women be found in time? Helaina Beecham was sent north to track down Chase Kincaid, only to be kidnapped by him. Will she ever have the opportunity to tell Jacob how she feels about him? Even if she has the chance, could she really abandon city life for Jacob’s beloved Alaska?
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Jesus Christ For Youth Student (Student/Study Guide)
$8.99Add to cartMore than 100,000 youth have deepened their relationship with Jesus Christ through this far-reaching classic, now updated. Youth leaders and workers can give teens an opportunity to meet Jesus face to face.
The student edition gives youth a comprehensive picture of the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Its workbook format engages youth, helping them encounter Jesus as a living presence and guide for their lives and faith. -
Defiant Joy
$18.99Add to cartI dare you to choose joy!
Joy is not:
found in the words of a Hallmark card
fragile like flowers blowing in the wind
achieved with the plasticity of a pasted-on smileJoy is the solid, identifying trademark of a Christian who is desperate for His presence and His power. In this book you will learn how to become a contagious Christian and how to deal with emotions out of control.
This book is about a joy that is defiant…a joy that will literally defy your life’s circumstances! Your emotions define you as a person as well as determine your destiny. It’s time to tell your emotions to “SHUT-UP!” and embrace His joy!
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iMarriage Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$12.00Add to cartUntil Expectations May You Part Giddy with excitement and burning with love’s fire, engaged couples are filled with desires and expectations! Wonder and eager anticipation propel them forward. Then comes the marriage and if they take the wrong approach, those unrealized expectations and unmet wants can turn a life-giving covenant relationship into a dead-end contractual agreement. Suddenly your marriage has no love, joy, or peace. In this marriage-makeover DVD and study guide from Northpoint Resources, Andy Stanley ‘s three key teachings help you transform your expectations and examine the “I’s” of marriage: “Keeping My ‘I’ On You,” “Putting Your ‘I’ Out,” and “It Takes Three.” Broken into six DVD sessions with discussion questions, this is one lesson your marriage won’t survive without.
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Furious Pursuit : Why God Will Never Let You Go
$18.99Add to cartToo often Christians measure the health of their relationship with God on the basis of what they’re doing. If they’re practicing spiritual disciplines they like to think God takes notice and draws near. But God is constantly pursuing them no matter what they do, or don’t do.
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Spiritual Warfare
$18.99Add to cartRichard Ing discusses the rulers and hierarchies of the demonic kingdom. For instance, Jezebel and Ahab spirits are the plague of today’s church, destroying even the most effective ministries through controlling women and passive men. Discover how to overcome Satan’s insidious tactics by learning about the proper use of binding and loosing, the anatomy of a deliverance, Satan’s legal rights, spiritual war games, and winning spiritual strategies. Victorious spiritual warfare is possible only as the Holy Spirit empowers individuals in the body of Christ. Learn all of the techniques and strategies available to you in your full arsenal of weapons.
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Simply Praying : 52 Weeks With God
$16.99Add to cartDoes your prayer time consist mostly of mealtime thanks and bedtime requests? Do you long to pray more earnestly, more frequently, more hungrily?
Patsy Lewis leads you to more fulfilling, faith-filled, daily prayer as she opens her heart to share these life-changing prayer tools.
In this 52-week guide you’ll learn to:
*Stay focused during prayer; turning distractions into prayer requests
*Begin the process of letting go of emotional baggage
*Use scripture to pray intentionally and within the will of God
*Start or enhance a prayer journal that fits your personal needs and style
*De-clutter your home and your heart of personal items and issues that do not glorify GodThis insightful, practical book will improve your prayer life as you take prayer to a deeper level.
You can begin today.
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Truth In The Mirror
$14.99Add to cart1. Self-Image
2. Damaged Images
3. Projected Images
4. Reflected Images
5. Stained Images
6. False Images
7. Real Images
8. Maintaining Your Real Image
9. Protecting The Self-Images Of OthersAdditional Info
In the Truth in the Mirror, author and counselor Karl Downing focuses on the importance of accepting ourselves so we can be at peace with who God created us to be and learn to become all He intends us to be. Through educated insight and practical application, Downing shows us how to be set free from the residue of our pasts – the useless comparisons to others, incorrect images others have place on us, the need to please people, and the inability to accept ourselves as we are. She points the way to experience a new sense of satisfaction and pleasure in becoming real, as we portray the image of Christ and teaches us to learn to accept and love the truth that’s there when we look in the mirror. -
When Love Bends Down
$11.99Add to cart1. The Bent – Down Theology Of Jesus
2. A Bent – Down Healing Of Jesus
3. Bent Down – To Wash Feet
4. A Bent – Down Breakfast
5. “No One Has Ever Seen God”
6. God’s Word From The Beginning
7. How To Recognize The Antichrist
8. Bent – Down Love In The Church
9. The Bent – Down Life Of FellowshipAdditional Info
Mud pies. Sandy scribbles. Dirty feet.These images tell a story of how Jesus reached down to love us in the muck and mire of our lives and in doing so revealed the true nature of God.
‘When Love Bends Down’ breaks away from overspiritualized Christianity and reaffirms the “nitty-gritty loving one another” lifestyle that Jesus originally called us to – a Christianity that first finds its expression in our love toward others. With precision and craftsmanship, Michael Lodahl takes the threads of Christ’s love found in the writings of John and weaves them together into a beautiful picture of a love that poked below the surface of false piety, that slavishly washes the dirt and dust off road-worn feet, and that gives up everything – even life itself – for others.
This profound portrait of incarnational Christianity shows you a God who willingly opens His hands, stoops down, and reaches people where they are. It will challenge you to bend down and do the same.
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Red Hot Cold Call Selling 2nd Edition
$18.99Add to cartCompletely revised with fresh examples and all new chapters, the second edition of Red-Hot Cold Call Selling reveals the secrets, strategies, and tips readers can use to elevate their prospecting skills and take their sales into the stratosphere. Readers will learn how they can: * define and target their ideal market — and stop squandering time, energy, and money on unfocused prospecting * develop a personalized script utilizing all the elements of a successful cold call * get valuable information from assistants — and then get past them * view voice mail not as a frustrating barrier, but as a unique opportunity Red-Hot Cold Call Selling is a vital resource for all sales professionals, brimming with field-proven techniques that work in any industry. The book includes new information on using the Internet for research and prospecting; cold-calling internationally; using e-mail instead of calling; and much more.
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Way That Leads There
$23.99Add to cartSaint Augustine formulated the classic Christian understanding of desire, that “our hearts are restless until they rest in God.” Gilbert Meilaender maintains that this frustrated desire lies at the heart of our existence. In The Way That Leads There he takes Augustine as a “conversation partner” for exploring subjects that human beings have wrestled with for centuries – desire, duty, politics, sex, and grief. Meilaender’s carefully reasoned, insightful work rescues Augustine from many of our misperceptions and interacts meaningfully with both C. S. Lewis and Catholic moral theology, generating insights on difficult topics. The picture of life that emerges in these pages is one of incompleteness, of our inability to perfect and unify our moral lives. Yet this inability is not a cause for despair; it is rather a call to look, with Augustine, to God as the source and object of our greatest desire.
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Fully Alive Preacher
$28.00Add to cartMike Graves begins this book with the question “If preaching is intended to enliven the church, why is it killing so many ministers?” His answer? Because it has become divorced from the vitality and diversity of the preacher’s daily life. He invites preachers to discover how preaching can be renewing rather than draining.
Graves includes four valuable sections on sermon preparation but also provides brief lessons, exercises, questions for reflection, and invitations to do such things as walk, read, and nap. In the end, the cure for homiletical burnout is life itself, especially the ordinary pleasures often ignored or pushed aside by the complicated job of ministry. This is a perfect book for both new graduates and experienced preachers.
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Justice In A Global Economy
$33.00Add to cartToday’s complex social and economic problems leave many people in the affluent world feeling either overwhelmed or ambivalent. Even the small percentage of us who have examined the ethics behind our financial decisions and overcome the often-deterring factors of self-interest rarely know what to do to make any difference. By providing tools for examination and concrete actions for individuals, communities, and society at large, Justice in a Global Economy guides its readers through many of today’s complex societal issues, including land use, immigration, corporate accountability, and environmental and economic justice. Beginning with a basic introduction to the impact of economic globalization, these ethicists and theologians provide both critical assessments of the current political-economic structures and examples of people and communities who are actively working to transform society. Each chapter concludes with questions for discussion and reflection.
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Jesus The Riddler
$35.00Add to cartAs most readers of the New Testament know, the words of Jesus are often spoken in riddles-in parables and other sayings that were and continue to be difficult to understand. Tom Thatcher explains in his latest book that Jesus may have been intentionally ambiguous, using riddles to establish his authority as a teacher and to encourage his followers to think more deeply about the nature of truth. Jesus’ riddles, like riddles across many cultures, potentially refer to many different things, and they challenge those who hear them to decode the meaning the riddler intends. Figuring out the riddles in which Jesus spoke requires a depth of faith and close attention to the words of the gospel. With text boxes and helps to the reader, this book guides readers through discerning these puzzling and important words.
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40 Days In Gods Blessing
$24.00Add to cartBestselling author Rebecca Barlow Jordan encourages readers to embrace a more intimate, fruitful relationship with God with 40 days of inspiring devotions. Many Christians don’t know what it means to truly experience God’s grace. They don’t know how to open their hands, their eyes, or their hearts to his affection. In 40 DAYS IN GOD’S BLESSING, Rebecca Barlow Jordan invites readers to walk in the shadows of saints gone before–to trace the footprints of God’s faithfulness in the lives of other believers. Through these moving stories, readers are brought face-to-face with the God who loves them more than they can imagine. Jordan inspires readers to seek out the God who wants to give them immeasurable grace. In just 40 days, readers will realize the blessings waiting especially for them.
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Hebrews Part 2 (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cart“It’s all wrapped up in Jesus Christ!”
That’s how the writer of Hebrews might have summed up his message if written to today’s readers. All the rituals and traditions of worship, the law, the prophecies – the entirety of what the Old Testament believers held dear – were brought to completion and perfection by the once-for-all sacrifice of God’s only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Bible scholars have never been able to agree on who actually wrote this fascinating New Testament book, but they all acknowledge the clear-cut message of the writer, who celebrated the incredible scope of salvation and holiness procured by the One who purchased humanity’s redemption on the Cross. His obedience fulfilled all that pointed to His coming throughout the Old Testament.
This stirring 10-week study is Part 2 of a two-volume look at Hebrews focusing on the thoughts of one of the most admired books of the New Testament. As you carefully examine the poignant truths of this Epistle, you will develop a greater understanding of the New Covenant and discover again firsthand how all Scriptures culminate decisively in the person and work of Jesus Christ – “the author and finisher of our faith” (Heb. 12:1, KJV).
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Overcoming Spiritual Depression
$12.00Add to cart1.From Strength To Complaint
2.How Are We To Judge Complaints?
3.Lonely And Miserable
4.Satan’s Devices
5.Sleep And Nourishment
6.”Arise And Eat”
7.A Desire Fulfilled
8.A Divine Answer
9.From Complaint To DoxologyAdditional Info
Overcoming Spiritual Depression by Arie Elshout looks at the life of Elijah the prophet and explores his time of discouragement and depression. Elshout gleans insights that will help those who have become burnt out by life and ministry, and need rest and nourishmen from the Lord to heal their heavy hearts.
