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7 Seasons Of The Man In The Mirror
$19.99Add to cartIn his phenomenally successful The Man in the Mirror, award-winning author Patrick Morley took men for a close-up on crucial aspects of their manhood and challenged them to establish wise priorities in life. In Seven Seasons of the Man in the Mirror, Morley shifts the focus to wide-angle. Looking at the broad sweep of life itself, he helps men determine where they are, where they’re headed, and how to get there.
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Ruth Jonah Esther
$29.99Add to cartIn three of the Bible’s most compelling short stories, Eugene F. Roop draws attention to the distinctive narrative characteristics of these magnificent dramas. Such scrutiny opens new vistas of interpretation that can undergird the faith, life, and neighborly relations of the church. As we enter the world of these struggles and events, we will experience in the stories sorrow and laughter, hope and loyalty, and God’s mercy and grace.
This readable commentary series is for all who seek more fully to understand the original message of Scripture and its meaning for today-Sunday school teachers, members of Bible study groups, students, pastors, and other seekers.
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Blue Popsicles
$17.49Add to cartBlue Popsicles chronicles the 11 years NeAnni Ife spent in the Ohio Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Orphans’ Home in Xenia, Ohio, an institution admired for its palatial buildings, high academic standards and the opportunities all that represented, yet abhorred for its disciplinary treatment of America’s most vulnerable children: orphans. Recounted from a child’s perspective, Blue Popsicles describes in raw emotion intimate parts of her life as a black child whose world turns upside down with the sudden death of her mother, which resulted in her and seven of her nine siblings moving into the orphanage. Her book takes the reader from her parents’ five-room house at 104 Paisley Street in Dayton, Ohio to the orphanage, and details the unfathomable depths to which children must venture to find peace and security amid chaos and inhumanity. Through laughter and tears, readers stated they have found ways to reach beyond retribution for injustice, abuse, suffering and pain to reconciliation and forgiveness.
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Silent Songs Of Worship
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“For several years prior to beginning this text, I had experienced an inward ‘wince’ over the pride I saw in myself as a trained musician and worship leader. Each time I received praise from others for the work I was doing, my spirit chafed. Just about the time I began to be able to verbalize my interior discomfort, I was assigned to teach a class on Moses’ Tabernacle at a Bible college where I was on staff. In my preparation to teach this class, I began to perceive God’s idea of worship. To my surprise, I found that worship from God’s perspective has nothing to do with musical excellence. God’s ultimate intention for worship has little to do with audible music at all, rather it is to create the music of His Presence within us. God wants you and I to reverberate with His inaudible music. As I studied Moses’ Tabernacle, I began to hear new songs, silent songs. Though previously I had always been the ‘composer’ of my own worship expression to God, I was awestruck to discover that this ‘absent-of-noise’ music being written within me was both from God and to God.” -
Discovering Christ In Genesis
$20.99Add to cartThis volume is not intended to be a full exposition of the Book of Genesis. The purpose is to set forth, as simply and clearly, the grace and glory of God in Christ in the opening pages of Holy Scripture. So states Don Fortner in the Preface to this volume – and this is precisely what he does. By commenting on the principal characters to whom God revealed himself in the book of Genesis and the major events of their lives, the author brings to light the presence of Christ and the evidence of God’s great plan of redemption in these opening chapters of the Bible. But he does not leave it there: concerned to impart to the reader a greater appreciation of Christ, the Saviour of sinners, the author intersperses teaching and application, with the intention of encouraging believers to live lives of worship and committed service to Christ.
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Pastors Guide To Effective Ministry
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Systematic theology. . . Philosophy of religion. . . Old Testament exegesis. Just about every seminary-trained pastor is educated in these areas. But how about nurturing the congregation? Don’t forget administration of the church and pastoral counseling. And on a more personal note, they must keep their family life in shape, care for their own physical and emotional health, manage their finances, and maintain a pure life and witness.Larry Burkett, Dallas Willard, William Willimon, and Dale Galloway, along with other well-known church leaders, provide solid advice for the personal and professional development of pastors. This book will be a desktop companion for pastors who are in the trenches and facing the day-to-day challenges of ministry.
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Heart For God
$30.99Add to cartInterVarsity Press Publication
David. Shepherd boy with slingshot, brave warrior, poet-musician, deceitful adulterer, repentant sinner, beloved king, “a man after God’s own heart.” David faced some desperate circumstances and some tough choices. So do you, day by day. In this book Rebecca Manley Pippert shows how you, like David, can choose the good, find hope and grow to be one who hase a heart for God.
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Theological Literacy For The 21st Century
$53.99Add to cartThis book is a compendium of different perspectives by leading theological educators who write from their fields on what constitutes theological literacy in the twenty-first century.
Structured around the key emphases that have shaped a traditional curriculum in theological education, these insightful essays explore the nature of theology, the role of theology in the modern academy, the practice of hermeneutics in today’s context, the rhetoric of theology, and the future of theological education. Throughout their essays, the contributors specifically address or draw from a wide range of confessional stances, making this book valuable to readers from every church tradition.
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Trinity A Print On Demand Title
$21.99Add to cartThe premier volume in an exciting new series of guides to the core beliefs of the Christian faith, The Trinity provides beginning theology readers with a basic knowledge of the doctrine of God’s triune nature.
Concise, nontechnical, and up-to-date, the book offers a detailed historical and theological description of the doctrine of the Trinity, tracing its development from the first days of Christianity through the medieval and Reformation eras and into the modern age. Special attention is given to early church controversies and church fathers who helped carve out the doctrine of the triune God as well as to its twentieth-century renaissance. The second half of the book contains a detailed, annotated bibliography of all major books written about the Trinity.
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Christians Cultural Interactions And Indias Religious Traditions
$41.50Add to cartChristianity has long been one of India’s religious traditions, but the extent to which the faith has influenced Indian society and culture has never been well documented. This important book is the first to do so.
A group of historians, missiologists, and religion scholars examines the fascinating but little known history of missionary Christianity in India, showing how it has played a significant role in the development of modern India at every level. Chapters deal with the interaction between Christianity and India’s “high culture,” with aspects of conversion among tribal people and outcasts beneath the hierarchy of Hindu society, and with the development of Indian churches and their relation to the wider culture.
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5 Dysfuncions Of A Team
$19.96Add to cartIn The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as enthralling and instructive as his first two best-selling books, The Five Temptations of a CEO and The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive. This time, he turns his keen intellect and storytelling power to the fascinating, complex world of teams.
Kathryn Petersen, Decision Tech’s CEO, faces the ultimate leadership crisis: Uniting a team in such disarray that it threatens to bring down the entire company. Will she succeed? Will she be fired? Will the company fail? Lencioni’s utterly gripping tale serves as a timeless reminder that leadership requires as much courage as it does insight.
Throughout the story, Lencioni reveals the five dysfunctions which go to the very heart of why teams even the best ones-often struggle. He outlines a powerful model and actionable steps that can be used to overcome these common hurdles and build a cohesive, effective team. Just as with his other books, Lencioni has written a compelling fable with a powerful yet deceptively simple message for all those who strive to be exceptional team leaders.
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Mission (Student/Study Guide)
$20.99Add to cartThe author invites readers to explore both the basic meaning of the Christian understanding of mission, and new developments in mission theologies. After describing the various “captivities of mission” with plague North American Protestantism, the author argues for a robust and engaged practice of mission, beginning in congregations and extending to the broader Christian community. This volume provides a training overview of the theological issues and the history of mission that will inform theological students, pastors, lay study groups, and congregational leaders.
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New Tools For A New Century
$24.99Add to cartIs your church bewildered by the new technologies? Newell tours the most important options, keeping in mind the financial constraints of small- to medium-sized churches. Sane, careful explanations of how to set up a congregational website, use PowerPoint presentation software, and plenty more.
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Theology Of The Reformed Confessions
$50.00Add to cartIn 1923, Karl Barth delivered a series of lectures, offering his theological commentary on the Reformed confessions. These lectures are collected here, allowing readers rare insights into the mind of a great theologian.
The Columbia Series in Reformed Theology represents a joint commitment by Columbia Theological Seminary and Westminster John Knox Press to provide theological resources from the Reformed tradition for the church today. This series examines theological and ethical issues that confront church and society in our own particular time and place.
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How To Get The Bible Into My Life Super Saver
$39.99Add to cartPut the Word to work for you! Focusing on how Scripture can be applied to everyday living, Miller covers each book of the Bible—from Genesis to Revelation—giving you a handle on influential people, key ideas you need to know, “red flag” issues, and more! Fully illustrated with outlines, cartoons, and sidebars.
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Distant Beacon : The Sequel To The Birthright (Reprinted)
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In England together at the Harrow estate, Anne and Nicole find themselves facing divergent futures. While Anne comfortably settles into British life, Nicole once again searches the far horizon. Despite the raging War of Independence, she sets sail for the American colonies to manage her uncle’s landholdings.The gallant Captain Goodwind captures Nicole’s attention, but not yet her heart. In the midst of revolution, her loyalties and faith are tested beyond what she could have ever imagined. Then she comes face to face with a staggering betrayal, and she is forced to choose her ultimate allegiance.
With her heart echoing the turmoil that swirls about her, and with the hope of love yet unfulfilled, Nicole clings to the promise of. . .The Distant Beacon.
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Rekindled Flame : The Passionate Pursuit Of God
$16.99Add to cartAs believers, we have a desperate need to cultivate intimacy with out God, a place of blissful union in His love. Now acclaimed worship leader, singer, and teacher Steve Fry shows us clearly how intimacy is cultivated. “The key to knowing God,” Fry says, “is worship.” From jubilant praise to the very embrace of His heart, the author invites everyone to enter into this mysterious encounter with God’s glory. Here, the reader will find practical instruction on how to meditate in the Scriptures, prepare oneself through praise, and seek God’s face in prayer. If you’re dry, distracted, dissatisfied, drained in spirit–or simply seeking “more”–this biblical praise and worship primer will rekindle the flame of passionate relationship with Christ.
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When You Are Facing A Divorce
$6.99Add to cartThe process of divorce begins long before the legal day of divorce and ends long after that day, and it challenges us on many fronts: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Writing as a survivor of divorce, Jan Ansorage addresses individuals who are facing divorce and yet care enough about their marriages, themselves, and their families to seek guidance from a variety of sources as they learn to live with this life-altering decision.
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When You Are Coping With Infertility
$6.99Add to cartMost couples approach starting a family with nothing but excitement and anticipation. Unfortunatley, not every couple will conceive as easily as they had hoped they would. In this brief work, Vera Snow guides readers through the often rocky terrain of infertility. Snow encourages readers to recognize what they can and cannot control in their situations, then suggets ways to live with these challenges.
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When Your Friend Dies
$6.99Add to cartSometimes friends feel that they don’t have permission to grieve because they have a less significant experience than family members. In When Your Friend Dies, Harold Ivan Smith explores the concept of “friendgrief” and offers compassionate guidance for those who have suffered the death of a friend and yearn to come to terms with their loss. This is an extremely helpful book that provides understanding and courage for you and other friends.
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Struggling With Scripture
$18.00Add to cartChallenging the traditional meaning of Scripture is not easy, even in the face of issues that call into question those traditional interpretations. In these reflections, Brueggemann says that the Bible, as the live word of the living God, will not submit to the accounts we prefer to give of it. The Bible’s inherent, central evangelical proclamation has greater and more permanent authority than our inescapably provisional interpretations. Placher notes that taking the Bible most seriously means struggling to understand its meaning as well as affirming its truth. And Blount distinguishes what some may claim as a “last word,” which is necessarily a dead word, from the living word that is God’s word to us today.
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Cry For Mercy
$16.00Add to cartA reissue of one of Henri Nouwen’s most powerful and most personal books: prayers that “reveal a fearful heart, a cry for mercy, rays of hope, the power of the Spirit, the needs of the world, and finally gratitude.”
In his continuing search for a deeper understanding of the spiritual life, Henri Nouwen traveled twice to the Trappist monastery in the Genesee Valley of upstate New York. His first visit inspired The Genesee Diary, a moving account of his daily experiences and of contemporary monastic life. When he returned five years later, the familiar, comfortable daily rhythms of the contemplative life led him to concentrate his attention on meditation. He disciplined himself to write a prayer each day, an endeavor that became this extraordinary book.
In these daily prayers, Father Nouwen confronts his own inner chaos as he tries to create a space in his heart where God can dwell. Powerful, searching, and painfully honest, Nouwen’s prayers, confessions, and petitions point to the final goal of all spiritual life: to live unceasingly in the presence of God. Like The Wounded Healer and The Return of the Prodigal Son, A Cry for Mercy is filled with freshness and insight. It speaks directly to the contemporary Christian’s need for a meaningful spirituality, a disciplined inner life, and a real sense of the divine presence in everyday life.
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Piercing Proverbs : Wise Words For Todays Teens
$12.99Add to cartMore and more teens find themselves growing up in a world lacking in godly wisdom and direction. In Piercing Proverbs, bestselling youth fiction author Melody Carlson offers solid messages of the Bible in a version that can compete with TV, movies, and the Internet for the attention of this vital group in God’s kingdom. Choosing life-impacting portions of teen-applicable Proverbs, Carlson paraphrases them into understandable, teen-friendly language and presents them as guidelines for clearly identified areas of life (such as friendship, family, money, and mistakes). Teens will easily read and digest these high-impact passages of the Bible delivered in their own words.
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Basic Church Dictionary (Revised)
$15.00Add to cartThis perennially popular and practical dictionary provides definitions of terminology associated with church architecture, administration, the Bible, the Christian year, liturgy, ministry and much more. An essential guide for all involved in church life.
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Deirdre
$17.99Add to cartA Saxon pirate prince, loyal to neither God nor country, is skeptical of his Christian mother’s predictions about his birthright…until he captures a devout princess with the key to both heavenly and earthly kingdoms. What his mother said about his true birthright seems possible after all, even when his newfound faith is battered by storms of betrayal that wash him and his half-drowned bride upon the seaswept shores of Gleannmara. Deirdre, the third heroine in the Fires of Gleannmara series, is an Irish princess wed to a heathen thief. Although she is a reluctant heroine, compassion becomes her shield, prayer her sword, and God’s Word her direction.
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Now Bring Your Joy To This Wedding
$14.95Add to cartOne of the important, if often overlooked, tasks of the parish pastor is effective premarital counseling. Since many couples are overwhelmed by the arrangements for their wedding, it can often be difficult to lead them into a realistic and faithful dialogue that prepares them for the long-term implications of the marriage covenant. Developed by an experienced pastoral counselor/marriage therapist along with a parish pastor, Now Bring Your Joy To This Wedding is an excellent premarital resource with a practical, accessible approach to preparing couples for the joys and challenges of marriage. Its field-tested material is structured around four key areas of married life: intimacy, power, security, and freedom/responsibility. The text is addressed to couples in a friendly, conversational tone, and questions, exercises, cartoons, and guidelines stimulate active participation. Each chapter has prayer exercises that reveal God’s grace-filled ways. Two workbooks (one each for the bride and groom) for writing down and sharing responses are also included. Whether the setting is a weekend retreat for a number of couples, individual counseling sessions with a pastor, or even use by a couple themselves, Now Bring Your Joy To This Wedding is sure to help couples grow in all phases of their relationship.
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Sensitivity Of The Spirit
$19.99Add to cartWe must learn the difference between being sensitive to the Holy Spirit and being aware of the sensitivity of the Holy Spirit! Drawing on the story of Mary and Joseph moving ahead of Jesus, Dr. Kendall explains how easy it is for us to make assumptions in the natural and run on ahead of the Holy Spirit. When you find yourself ahead of God’s timing and moving forward with your own personal plans, you must stop and go back! You can find the road back from anywhere, and that road is called repentence! It points you in the direction of peace!
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If God Is God Then Why
$9.99Add to cartDo you remember what you were doing the morning of September 11? Probably so. But, what was God doing? Was He watching but not caring? Did He choose to just sit on His hands?
In this fictional work of letters to an Episcopal priest, Truesdale addresses the unavoidable question – What Kind of loving Father would allow such suffering? If God Is God, Then Why? will help you come to terms with the fact that God has not revealed exactly why, but that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus is the solution.
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When You Are Diagnosed With A Life Threatening Illness
$6.99Add to cartThe purpose of this book is to deal as honestly as possible with the most fearful issues that arise when confronting a life-threatening illness. The practical but comforting writing style encourages us all to live courageously. Jan Jovaag Ansorge, a cancer survivor, shares her private, insightful reflections, even her prayers. To know that someone else is bravely traveling the same path as you or a loved one is extremely comforting.
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When Your Spouse Dies
$6.99Add to cartIn this warm and helpful book, Mildred Tengborn addresses the emotions and difficulties widows and widowers face as they look ahead to life without their spouses. She offers spiritual comfort and hope, guiding the reader through the phases of shock and disorganization to the reconstruction of a new life.
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Speak To My Heart God (Reprinted)
$18.99Add to cartWhen your your spirit is wounded, all you can do is cry out to God for answers—Arthur helps you hear his compassionate response. With personal stories, meditations, and Scripture, she offers comfort and insight as you seek solace and support. Includes plenty of journaling space to record God’s grace in your life.
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Building Spelling Skills 2 (Teacher’s Guide)
$24.99Add to cartIn Building Spelling Skills, Grade 2 , students will learn 10 spelling words per week (300 total). Two sentences for dictation are provided for each list.
Spelling lists include the following:
short and long vowel words
contractions
blends and digraphs
spellings for /er/
variant vowel sounds such as ow, ou, oo
adding ed and ing
The practice pages include the following:the spelling list with spaces to read, write, and spell each word
a configuration puzzle for every list
word sorting
word meaning (filling in missing spelling words in sentences)
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Taking Our Cities For God
$18.99Add to cartOur cities are the keys to winning the world for Christ. They are encumbered by staggering problems and opposed by cosmic spiritual forces, yet these vast urban centers hold millions of people whom God loves. Discover God’s purpose for your city, discern the strongholds that work against your city, join with others to intercede for your city, and develop a plan to break the strongholds and bring your city to God.
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Johns Letters : Discovering Genuine Christianity (Student/Study Guide)
$12.99Add to cartWhen we strip away what is superficial, cultural or traditional, what is the essence of genuine Christianity? What qualities and beliefs must be present in a living and life-changing faith? John’s letters focus on the three most important aspects of the Christian life. With power and simplicity, he helps us focus our attention on what really matters- both now and for eternity. This revised LifeGuide Bible Study features additional questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, together with expanded leader’s notes and an extra “Now or Later” section in each study.
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Relationships : A Bridge Or A Burden
$14.99Add to cartThe knowledge necessary to master relationships is yours! Everything that has or will be accomplished occurred through the successful conveyance and power of relationships. A relationship whether business, family, or interpersonal, is defined as the state or fact of being associated or connected; allied by kinship, marriage, common origin, or goals. As this definition implies, being able to assess the capability, compatibility, and sincerity of others is critical to the accomplishment of set goals. “No man is an island, entire of itself; everyman is a piece of the continent, a part of the main,…” as the old proverb further explains, causes us to see the ultimate need for deciding upon and choosing the significant others to fill the various forums of our lives (John Donne, 1572-1631)In this book, author George M. Matthews, II explains through insightful study of the scriptures: Why Satan attacks people who are in relationship with you, understanding how your next accomplishment depends on who you know, God’s purpose for designing relationships, the benefit of God-ordained relationships, the key to producing a harmonious flow in relationships, how and when to let go of destructive relationships. Discover the ability to succeed by taking control and becoming a better steward of the process of allowing the entrance of others into every area of your life. “For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself…” (Romans 14:7).
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Dragon Hunters
$13.49Add to cartExpecting another rainy day, a group of kids are propelled into a world of danger and excitement that could only exist in a vivid imagination. How could they ever find their way back to the “real world”? Alone and frightened, they are armed only with a small Bible and a mysterious guide. Join them as “putting on the armor” ceases to be a Sunday School exercise and becomes a life or death necessity. See the power of the Word of God and the depth of the love of God bring them out of a terrifying nightmare of dragons and demons!
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America Is Sinking
$14.99Add to cartIn the early 20th century, there was a ship at the pinnacle of maritime engineering. This massive ship, built for luxury, was the symbol of power and affluence. Prominent engineers in that era believed that even God couldn’t sink the Titanic. The Titanic hit an iceberg and sunk on its maiden voyage. Almighty God stands undaunted, eternal and infinite, and the ship a relic of scrap.
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Who Is Your God
$14.99Add to cartA study on the “Names of God” was birthed in my heart about five years ago. In the fall of 2000, God let me know through prayer that I needed to get the study done and to put it in book form. Philippians 4:13: “I can do everything through him who gives me strength,” NIV. I was totally dependent upon God for His direction for this project. I am a mother of four children-one has been promoted to heaven. I have been in full-time ministry with my husband, Ron, for thirty years. With the challenges of being a pastor’s wife and having two special needs children to care for, God has truly become my dearest friend. When praying for further direction for this project, I felt I was to tell my story. I do not have an extra special story, but I did learn how to put each of the 355 names of God to work in my daily life. God let me know this study, and my experiences, were to help others deal with sickness and death, and to help people with special needs children or friends. Each one of the names of God, or His characteristics, became my encouragement and my source of strength to face each day. I have searched out 355 “Names of God” with Bible references and verses, and with Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate definitions. I will be the first to admit there could be more “Names of God”. God is not limited to just these names-He’s limitless! I have had to lean on God for so much that each one of the “Names of God” has become part of my life.
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Beyond The Rat Race
$27.00Add to cartPractical as well as inspirational, Art Gish presents specific techniques for simplifying your life as you live it now- ways and means which are well within the reach of everyone. Simplify your wants, your life style, your concerns and the way is open to a fuller, more rewarding life – infinitely rich in joy.
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Biblical Economics Manifesto
$9.99Add to cartThis book will help to clear up the many misunderstandings of basic economics. With this book you can learn about the economy and how it actually works. The authors will show you how the best understanding of economics conforms with what the Bible teaches about economics.
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What Every Christian Ought To Know
$12.99Add to cart1. The Bible: Can You Give Me An Overview Of The Bible?
2. God: What Is The Christian Understanding Of God?
3. Satan: Where Did The Devil Come From, And What’s He Up To?
4. God’s Sovereignty: Can God’s Sovereignty Be Thwarted?
5. Divine Providence: Does God Cause Everything That Happens To Me?
6. Sin: What Is Sin, And How Serious Is It?
7. The Atonement: Why Did Jesus Die?
8. Holiness: Please Tell Me How I Can Be Holy.
9. Faith: What Does It Mean To Be Saved By Faith?
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Is sin avoidable? Does God cause everything that happens? Can Christians lose their salvation? Why was Satan allowed to tempt Adam and Eve? Is it possible to find proof of God’s existence in the Bible?Many Christians do not have a mature, biblical understanding of these and other fundamental issues at the heart of their faith. Through a straightforward question and answer format, the reader will learn to defend the Wesleyan approach to faith and understand why a doctrinal position on these issues matters.
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Jesus And Prayer
$10.99Add to cartWritten by former missionary Abena Safiyah Fosua, Jesus and Prayer provides a fresh insight into the experience of prayer. Scripture references are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Within each session, Fosua provides an opportunity for group members and individual learners to examine the Scriptures, study the subject of prayer, and perhaps most important, establish the practice of prayer. Each session is self-contained and includes study helps and discussion questions for reflectin to assist the group leader and individual student.
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Grace (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Add to cartHave you ever felt that you wanted to get closer to God but didn’t derserve even to try? This book explores God’s love for us and how it isn’t something we earn, but something that is; how that love leads us into relationship with God and with others; and how our hearts and lives are changed as we use the gifts God has given us to build community, growing toward perfect love.
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This We Believe
$19.00Add to cartThis accessible introduction to the Christian faith offers a hands-on look at the whole story of the Bible in an effort to help the person in the pew grapple with what it means to be a Christian in a world of conflicting ideologies and competing claims. This We Believe presents eight beliefs that form the basis of the Christian faith in the Reformed and Presbyterian traditions. This thought-provoking book is sure to inspire conversations and prayers concerning the story of the Bible, our theological heritage as Reformed Christians, and the changing culture in which we live.
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Could I Have This Dance
$14.99Add to cartClaire McCall is used to fighting back against the odds. Raised in a dysfunctional family with an alcoholic father, she accomplishes what no woman in Stoney Creek, Virginia, ever had. As the first female M.D. graduate from her small town, she takes on the challenges of life as a surgical intern in a cutthroat program at Lafayette University Hospital in Lafayette, Massachusetts.
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Wrath Of Jonah
$34.00Add to cartInternationally renowned scholar Erhard Gerstenberger here offers a radical departure from traditional treatments. Rather than a systematic approach to theological topics in the Old Testament, Gerstenberger discusses its various theological voices rooted in different social settings within ancient Israel: the family and clan, the village, the tribal group, and the kingdom. Further, he discusses the variety of Israel’s views concerning the divine – polytheism, syncretism, and monotheism. Gerstenberger concludes with his reflections on how contemporary theology is informed by the biblical witness and how it must be contextual and ecumenical in order to be authentic.
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Survival Guide For Christians On Campus
$15.95Add to cart1. How Do I Know If I’m A Christian
2. How Can I Read The Bible And Get Something Out Of It?
3. Do I Have To Go To Church To Be A Good Christian?
4. Am I A Sinner?
5. How Do I Know What’s Right?
6. Am I Supposed To Try To Convert People To Christianity?
7. How Can I Listen To A Sermon And Get Something Out Of It?
8. What’s The Point Of Worship?
9. And What About Sex?
10. What About Pentecostalism?Additional Info
The contemporary college campus is filled with spiritual surprises, daily dilemmas, and difficult questions. Can the Christian faith survive the scrutiny of the new knowledge and ideas that bombard students on the college campus? Tony Campolo and Will Willimon – college professors and seasoned authors and speakers – insist that the Christian faith is not threatened by tough questions. They maintain that some of the greatest minds the human race has produced have put hard questions to Jesus and come away more firm in their faith and more convinced of its truth than ever before. Whether you are committed Christian or one who is still exploring the Christian faith, this book will provide sound answers to difficult questions. Open this book and find the help and heart to walk into the jungle of campus life and walk out more than a conqueror. -
Making Sense Of The Bible
$21.99Add to cartKnowing what kind of material you are reading is critical to knowing how it should be interpreted. Johnson fully discusses the eight major biblical forms of literature—wisdom, liturgical, legal, prophetic, historical, apocalyptic, epistolary, and Gospel. Valuable findings for multiple purposes.
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Who Is Christ For Us
$11.99Add to cartIn the summer of 1933, Dietrich Bonhoeffer delivered powerful lectures that insisted Christians encounter Jesus Christ as a living person today, as well as in history and church life. Formulated in the face of the new Nazi regime, a decisive moment in Bonhoeffer’s own commitment to the Confessing Church, his words drew attention to the living Christ as always the humiliated “man for others,” the lodestar of Christian commitment and service. This volume, well introduced and contextualized by Nessan and Wind, consists in excerpts from the 1933 lectures–strikingly relevant today–along with other, contemporary writings from him and about him.
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3 Months With Matthew (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartAvailable in English for the first time, Three Months with Matthew is popular author Juso Gonzalez’s study of the Gospel of Matthew. Eminently readable, the study uses the see-judge-act method to bring readers closer to the text and to inform and challenge the daily life of the Christian. These thirteen studies can be used for Sunday school, evening Bible study, home study meetings, retreats, or personal Bible study. It can easily be used as a daily Bible study, as each lesson is divided into seven parts.
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Fling Open The Doors
$26.99Add to cartThe temptation to focus only on their own internal problems and issues is powerful for congregations. Without realizing it, even churches that have a long tradition of outreach and social involvement become centered on issues of institutional survival and preservation. Worst of all are congregations that adopt a “fortress mentality,” addressing the larger community rarely, and only in the “language of Zion” when they do. In this book, Paul Nixon paints a picture of what community-based ministry is all about. Drawing on his experiences within a congregation that has seen twenty-five years of increased worship attendance, he lays out practical steps that churches can take to plant themselves firmly within the lives of the communities they serve. Written with an infectious sense of hope, this book will become a critical tool for church leaders seeking to transform their congregations into outward-looking.
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English Ritual : A Companion To The English Missal
$32.00Add to cartContains forms of words for administering the sacraments & other rites of the Church.Each ceremony & service is printed in full priests & parishoners who prefer the ancient rites which pre-date the divisions brought about by the Reformation.
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Parables Of Peanuts
$18.99Add to cartFirst published in 1968, this contemporary case for vigorous Christian faith — profusely illustrated by Charles Schulz’s delightful peanuts cartoon strips — sheds more light on the Christian faith and how it is to be lived than many more “serious” theological works, with hundreds of cartoons featuring your favorite peanuts characters Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, And of course, Snoopy (including the earliest red baron strips). This book’s wise observations are as timeless as they are timely. “Short . . .succeeds in making theology enjoyable.” –Christian Century “. . . a real delight from beginning to end. I could not possibly be more pleased.” –Charles Schulz, creator of Peanuts
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New Historicism
$15.00Add to cartAcknowledgments
1.Introduction
2.Historicizing The New Historicism
3.On The Difference Between Historicism And The New Historicism
4.Recurring Characteristics Of New Historicist Studies
5.New Historicism-Three Illustrations
6.Conclusion: Is New Historicism Already History?Abbreviations
Notes
Fur Further ReadingAdditional Info
New Historicism has been a highly controversial and influential movement in university literature departments for almost twenty years. Biblical studies now wrestles with this force and evaluates its potential for interpretation.With lucid and jargon-free description, this study sets forth New Historicism for the nonspecialist. Defining New Historicism as a mindset rather than a method, it traces the development, discusses recurring features, and offers illustrations of this new literary approach. Here biblical texts are plunged back into the swirling currents of historical context only to disclose their plural, contradictory, fragmentary, and heterogeneous character. This includes the histories associated, represented, and embedded in those texts. In the process, the carefully guarded distinctions between text and context, history and literature, past and present, fade. In exchange for the loss of these tidy categories, New Historicism promises sufficient compensation-namely, a potential venue where the sharply drawn border currently separating historical investigations from literary studies in biblical interpretation can be negotiated.
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Reaching For The Invisible God
$16.99Add to cartIn Disappointment With God, Philip Yancey explored how we frequently have false expectations of God and the way he interacts with us and the world. Now he looks at the situation from the other side, asking “How do we relate to a God who is invisible, when we are never quite sure he is there?” With his unflinching determination to explore truth, Yancey investigates how we communicate with an invisible God. He probes an area of faith where theology and personal experience often oppose each other and searches out workable ways for Christians to grow into what he calls “childlike maturity.”
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He Chose You
$14.99Add to cartHe Chose You is a personal message to tweens of God’s unconditional love for them. His perfect understanding of the needs of tweens today is shown in each detail revealed to us when Christ’s chose to die on the cross for all. Illustrating his points with stories today’s tweens will be able to apply to their lives, Lucado reveals to tweens the gifts of the cross.
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Warmth In Winter
$16.99Add to cartChristmas in Heavenly Daze is saved by patient angels and a loving God who always know better than the bumbling but loveable inhabitants of this quaint little island.
Readers have already fallen in love with the quirky personalities that inhabit Heavenly Daze. In A Warmth in Winter, the unforgettable characters and humorous circumstances offer poignant lessons of God’s love and faithfulness. The story centers around Vernie Bidderman, owner of Mooseleuk Mercantile and Salt Gribbon, the lighthouse operator, who despite the vast differences in their struggles are being taught about the ultimate failure and frustration of self-reliance.
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Diary Of Daily Prayer (Reprinted)
$19.00Add to cartPastor and author J. Barrie Shepherd carries forward a rich tradition of Christian prayer and devotion in this outstanding book. The book contains 62 theme-based prayers: 30 for morning, 30 for evening, and one each for Sunday morning and Sunday evening. Opposite each prayer is a blank page for journaling, recording Bible verses, or writing other prayers.
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Covenant And Eschatology
$60.00Add to cartIn this innovative work in theological method and hermeneutics, Michael S. Horton uses the motif of the covenant as a way of binding together God’s “word” and God’s “act.” Seeking an integration of theological method with the content of Christian theology, Horton emphasizes God’s covenant as God’s way of working for redemption in the world. Horton maintains a substantial dialogue with important philosophical figures and Christian theologians, ultimately providing scholars and serious students a significant model for approaching and understanding Christian theology.
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Jesus And The Message Of The New Testament
$22.00Add to cartJoachim Jeremias was one of the most innovative and productive New Testament scholars of the twentieth century. This volume brings together some of his best-known works on historical Jesus research and core issues concerning Gospel tradition.
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1st Christian Centuries
$35.99Add to cartIVP Print On Demand Title
The first three centuries of the early church were a period of struggle, transition and growth. Recent attempts by historians and social scientists to understand this era have produced various and conflicting accounts. Indeed, some have sought to overturn the former consensus regarding which texts provide reliable evidence and how they should be interpreted. In The First Christian Centuries, Paul McKechnie, a classical scholar, examines some key issues in the current debate.
Which ancient sources are reliable?
What was the social makeup of the early Christian movement?
What can we determine about the growth rate and persecution of first-century Christians?
What do we know about the second generation of Christians?
How should we assess the reliability of our various sources from the second and third centuries?
What were the nature and extent of persecutions in the second and third centuries?
What were the long-term consequences of Paul’s making converts within the household of Caesar?
Can we gain historical perspective on the diversity that traveled under the name Christian in the early centuries?
How were women regarded and what roles did they play?
And how was it that a Roman emperor, Constantine, was converted–and what were the implications for the Christian movement?
The value of McKechnie’s study lies not in providing a comprehensive narrative of the origins and growth of the early church. Rather, it lies in critically examining key historical issues in sustained conversation with contemporary scholarship and the ancient sources. McKechnie will be valued by both students and scholars of early Christianity as an intelligent and informed companion who offers repeated and valuable insights into this critical era of Christian beginnings. -
When Will I Stop Hurting (Reprinted)
$12.99Add to cartSince its 1987 release, When Will I Stop Hurting? has received praise like this from readers grateful for June Cerza Kolf’s understanding and beneficial guidance. With almost 70,000 copies in print, this small but powerful book has been a boon to many wounded souls. Readers have found in Kolf a gentle guide to lead them through the stages of grief and eventually the healing process. This new edition of her book is revised and updated and includes a study guide ideal for bereavement groups.
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Bible From Scratch
$18.00Add to cartWell-known educator Don Griggs has written an accessible, easy-to-understand overview of the Bible for adults who have – or fear they have – little or no Bible knowledge. In two volumes (one each for the Old and New testaments), Griggs guides and through the Bible and introduces basic tools and skills for Bible study. In this Old Testament volume, study session titles include “The Books of the Law,” “The Narrative of Genesis,” “From Egypt to Canaan,” “From Joshua to Nehemiah,” “The Books of the Prophets,” and “The Books of Wisdom and Writings.” Each volume contains not only Bible content for group members but also comprehensive study group guides for leaders. This is an excellent resource for any adult Christian education setting.
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New Testament Exegesis (Revised)
$32.00Add to cartA favorite among pastors and seminary students for 20 years, Fee’s trusted handbook offers a clear, step-by-step process for interpreting the Greek text—even if you only know English. Newly revised, his indispensable manual provides seasoned guidance for accurate reading and practical help for sermon preparation. Includes an extensive annotated bibliography explaining the best resources
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Pocket Dictionary Of Apologetics And Philosophy Of Religion
$14.99Add to cartFor philosophers, the pursuit of truth travels on precise definitions. For Christian apologists, the defense of the faith is founded on the defining Word. And for beginning students of either discipline, the difference between success and frustration begins with understanding the terms and ideas and identifying the thinkers and movements.
The Pocket Dictionary of Apologetics & Philosophy of Religion is designed to be a companion to your study of these two related disciplines. Among its 300 entries are:
* terms, from a posteriori to worldview
* apologists, from Abelard to Van Til
* philosophers of religion, from Alston to Wolterstorff
* movements, from analytic philosophy to voluntarism
* apologetic arguments, from the cosmological to the wager
* theologies, from Arminianism to ZoroastrianismHere is an affordable and easily accessible “help key” for your readings, lectures, writing assignments and exam preparation. It’s a must-have study aid for any student who expects to cogitate on coherentism or ruminate on Ricouer.
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Gagging Of God
$29.99Add to cartIn The Gagging of God, Professor D. A. Carson helps evangelicals respond with a clear, scholarly voice to the question, “Is Jesus the only way to God?” This book affirms the deep need for the Gospel’s exclusive message in today’s increasingly pluralistic global community. Most of the recent writings on religious pluralism have focused on specific aspects of the subject: shifts in Western thought and interpretation, the growing cultural and racial diversity of Western nations, the fraying of evangelical thought and life, and related topics. In contrast, The Gagging of God offers an in-depth look at the big picture. It shows how the many ramifications of pluralism are all parts of a whole, then offers a systemic Christian experience.
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Bend In The Road
$19.99Add to cartDrawing on his insightful sermon series, renowned pastor/teacher David Jeremiah shares the comfort and hope of the Psalms and how these truths can guide believers through life’s greatest challenges. He includes inspiring real-life stories of people who have struggled with terminal illness, the loss of a child, or the imprisonment of a spouse. Jeremiah interweaves his own journal entries, revealing his battle with cancer and how the Psalms helped to sustain him during the fight of his life. A Bend in the Road is an invaluable source of help and encouragement for people facing major obstacles in life.
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Beauty By The Book
$17.00Add to cartFrom celebrated Hollywood starlets to the covers of Cosmo, our society seems obsessed with beauty. Actress and Main Floor host Nancy Stafford (best known for her starring role as Michelle Thomas digs below our culture’s fixation on outward appearance to show you that true beauty is more than skin-deep. “Every woman has beauty,” says Stafford, “but not everyone sees it. I want you to see it.” In Beauty by the Book she bares her heart to readers, laying out the Scriptures, promises, and truths women need to know to find their true value. Her liberating reflections will help you see yourself as God sees you – worthy, lovable, and beautiful.
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Christian Community : 10 Studies For Individuals Or Groups
$12.99Add to cartOne of the greatest gifts that Christ has given us is each other. Through Christ’s body, the church, we discover our unique gifts and experience worship, healing and power. In ten studies, Rob Suggs leads us to grow in community–loving and nurturing one another, and in reflecting Christ’s love to the world around us.
Now available in IVP’s revised LifeGuide Bible Study format, Christian Community features questions for starting group discussions and for personal reflection, as well as a new “Now or Later” section following each session.
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Self Esteem : Seeing Ourselves As God Sees Us
$12.99Add to cartThe world encourages you to love yourself, believe in yourself and tell yourself that you are intelligent, capable, beautiful, wonderful. But deep down, what do you most want to know? What does God think of you? What is your true worth?
As Jack Kuhatschek leads you through nine Bible studies on self-esteem, you’ll gain an essential understanding of who you are and how God is restoring you to wholeness.
Now available in IVP’s revised LifeGuide Bible Study format, Self-Esteem features questions for starting group discussions and for personal reflection, as well as a new “Now or Later” section following each session.
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Childrens Bread : Receiving And Ministering Gods Gift Of Healing
$14.99Add to cart1. The Biblical Basis For Healing In The Twenty-First Century
2. Authority For The Healing Ministry Today
3. An Anointing For The Healing Ministry Today
4. How To Bring Healing To Yourself And To Others
5. The Role Of Intercessory Prayer In Healing
6. Practical Suggestions For The Healing Ministry
7. The Children’s BreadAdditional Info
The Children’s Bread is a useful tool that can shed light on many perplexing questions surrounding the subject of divine healing. Elaine brings a sound and balanced insight into possible causes of illness, and she then presents biblical solutions to removing obstacles that hinder the healing flow. The life-giving principles contained in this book are sure to benefit every reader. -
Rabbi Jesus : An Intimate Biography
$21.00Add to cartBeginning with the Gospels, interpretations of the life of Jesus have flourished for nearly two millennia, yet a clear and coherent picture of Jesus as a man has remained elusive. In Rabbi Jesus, the noted biblical scholar Bruce Chilton places Jesus within the context of his times to present a fresh, historically accurate, and revolutionary examination of the man who founded Christianity.
Drawing on recent archaeological findings and new translations and interpretations of ancient texts, Chilton discusses in enlightening detail the philosophical and psychological foundations of Jesus’ ideas and beliefs. His in-depth investigation also provides evidence that contradicts long-held beliefs about Jesus and the movement he led. Chilton shows, for example, that the High Priest Caiaphas, as well as Pontius Pilate, played a central role in Jesus’ execution. It is, however, Chilton’s description of Jesus’ role as a rabbi, or “master,” of Jewish oral traditions, as a teacher of the Cabala, and as a practitioner of a Galilean form of Judaism that emphasized direct communication with God that casts an entirely new light on the origins of Christianity.
Seamlessly merging history and biography, this penetrating, highly readable book uncovers truths lost to the passage of time and reveals a new Jesus for the new millennium.
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More God
$16.49Add to cartMemories of a scratchy starched dress, a cold church and baffling Sunday school lessons provided little foundation for a practical faith, so its not surprising that Constance Bovier drifted far from religion as an adult. But when Twelve Step recovery programs intervened, offering relief from problems she couldn’t solve alone, she got more than she bargained for – more than she even wanted at first – a slowly dawning relationship with God. More God traces Constance Bovier’s journey from wary agnosticism into a non-judgmental, all-encompassing Twelve Step spirituality and, finally, into vibrant Christianity. She writes openly about her joys and sorrows, her traumas and triumphs and, with a keen eye for the divine significance in the details of daily life, distills perceptive lessons from her experiences. These universal lessons and the resilient belief she shares offer valuable guideposts for others who’ve been circumnavigating their own questions of faith, just as she once did. Constance Bovier’s story reaches far beyond the Twelve Step recovery community to provide encouragement and inspiration for anyone who senses a soul-deep longing, anyone struggling with growing faith…anyone hungry for more God.
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Dive Into Living Water
$12.99Add to cartCalling all teen believers! Now you can “plunge into” the Book of John and experience Jesus—the Living Water—for yourself! This upbeat daily devotional features 50 life-changing Scripture encounters, to help you “go deep” and take your relationship with Christ to a whole new level. Includes Scripture and study questions.
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Price Of Faith
$18.00Add to cartAlthough stewardship itself is a word often heard in the church, money is rarely discussed in terms of the ethical decisions and daily lifestyle choices we make. The Price of Faith presents a holistic definition of stewardship and examines what money and wealth mean for us in our participation in the life of the church and in our personal expressions of faith. This book includes ten session plans that will help move adults to a new understanding of stewardship.
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William Sheppard : Congos African American Livingstone
$32.00Add to cartThis comprehensive biography of William Sheppard, the first African American Presbyterian missionary, presents the remarkable story of how an African American born in the South during the era of slavery emerged as one of the most distinguished Presbyterian leaders in American history. The book chronicles Sheppard’s journey to the Congo, details his efforts to challenge human rights violations, and describes his impact on the areas of religion, human rights, education, and art.
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Who Is My Enemy
$19.99Add to cartWho Is My Enemy? is designed as a popular level introduction to eight current flash-point issues in our culture. The book provides a summary overview designed to enable the reader to respond to the issues as Christ would–not by resorting to privitization of our faith, or abdication, but to engagement that leads to transformation. The book is designed to help Christians understand how the world is thinking in order to begin to develop an appropriate Christian response to each issue. Rather than presenting simplistic either/or answers, the book recognizes that each issue contains elements that biblical Christians can strongly support and also strongly oppose. The hot topics are: pluralism, postmodernism, New Age explosion, evolution, abortion/euthanasia, feminism, homosexuality, therapy idolatry, and materialism. Picture it as an extended newscast reporting on each issue and weaving biblial perspective throughout.
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Prayer : An Adventure With God (Student/Study Guide)
$12.99Add to cartYou pray for your own needs and for the needs of others. You pray in the face of conflict, and you pray for forgiveness. You pray to pour out your heart to God and to gain a glimpse of God’s heart for you.
As David Healey leads you through the prayers of men and women in the Bible (Mary, Abraham, Moses, Daniel and more!), you will gain new insights into why, what and how to pray. And you will experience more fully the adventure that prayer can be.
Now available in IVP’s revised LifeGuide Bible Study format, Prayer features questions for starting group discussions and for personal reflection, as well as a new “Now or Later” section following each session.
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Ecclesiastes : Chasing After Meaning (Student/Study Guide)
$12.99Add to cartAre you tired of getting pat answers when you ask hard questions about faith? The writer of Ecclesiastes is not afraid to ask the big questions like “Where can I find fulfillment when I seem to be going in circles?” and “Who is really in control when the world looks topsy-turvy?” In the process, he discovers how faith in God is meaningful in the real world. This revised LifeGuide Bible Study features additional questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, together with expanded leader’s notes and an extra “Now or Later” section in each study. Includes 12 studies.
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Resurrection
$19.99Add to cartIn this definitive work, popular Christian apologist Hank Hanegraaff offers a detailed defense of the Resurrection, the singularly most important event in history and the foundation upon which Christianity is built. Using the acronym F.E.A.T., the author examines the four distinctive, factual evidences of Christ’s resurrection_Fatal torment, Empty tomb, Appearances, and Transformation_making the case for each in a memorable way that believers can readily use in their own defense of the faith.
