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How To Talk So Your Kids Will Listen (Reprinted)
$12.99Add to cartYes, parents! It is possible to talk so both children and teens will listen to you. Take the frustration out of your interactions with your kids by learning Childspeak and Teenspeak. You can learn to package what you say in such a manner that kids and teens want to hear you. The communication principles found in this book are time-tested and proven approaches that will change and improve all family communication.
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My Hearts Desire
$18.99Add to cartHOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE YOU’VE gaped wide-eyed at a magnificent thunderstorm, pondered the myriad colors in a sunset, or marveled at white-capped ocean waves?
HOW WOULD IT CHANGE YOUR LIFE IF YOU LIVED IN THAT AMAZEMENT EVERY DAY?
God desires for us to live every moment in this type of wonder_the wonder of worship. But for many of us, the wide-eyed astonishment we once experienced in God’s presence has all but vanished. -
Blessed Are The Merciful
$16.99Add to cartIn 1878 Adam Burke leaves Philadelphia for North Platte, Nebraska. The young lawyer wants to start a new life after being spurned by his fiancee. Adam also has another reason to leave — he accidentally ran over and killed a woman named Nancy Mason in a thunderstorm. In North Platte he finds success in more ways than one when Rachel Mason answers his ad for a mail order bride. Adam considers the last name an odd coincidence — but only after their marriage and after they both come to the Lord do they discover the awful truth: Adam killed Rachel’s mother. Thanks to a pastor’s intervention, Rachel overcomes her shock and bitterness to forgive Adam, just as God forgives us all.
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Max Q Student Journal (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartAre you ready for the adventure of a lifetime? Are you willing to use your influence to impact others? Are you able to live the life you were designed for? Max Q: Just seconds after launch, any spacecraft intent on leaving the earth’s atmosphere must pass through it. It cannot be avoided. Successfully passing through Max Q requires that every system be executed at the right time and in the right way. That every person operate at peak capacity and that the integrity of the spacecraft is strong and functional.
You live in a world that tests you in the very same way. The pressures you face from both inside and out can sometimes push you to your limits. This dynamic book will help you not only withstand the pressure but actually excel through it. It will teach you how to be light in dark places and how to stand firm in your faith. More than that, it will show you how to turn the pressures of this life into opportunities to be influential without being negatively influenced yourself.
With the help of this book, you will do more than merely withstand the pressure. You will be a powerful force for good among your friends. Are you up for it?
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Secret Tides
$24.95Add to cartTwo women-one free, one a slave-trapped by loss and lies, longing for lasting love and the freedom to follow their dreams…
Two brothers working side by side on The Oak Plantation, but vastly divided in issues of the heart…
Five families intertwined by the tides of change sweeping their world as the Civil War approaches…When Camellia York, the overseer’s daughter, accidentally causes the death of the plantation’s owner-the father of the man she plans to marry-she must lie to protect herself and the slave woman involved. Pressured by her father to wed the wealthy heir in order to advance his own ambitions, Camellia is haunted by her tragic secret.
Ruby, a slave on The Oak, longs for freedom from her chains so she can be reunited with the man she loves and the mysterious son she had to leave behind. She’s privy to a dark secret-but will she use it to buy her freedom? And can Camellia risk telling Josh Cain, her father’s half-brother, what really happened in the cookhouse? Discover the startling truth about the past-and the secrets that will forever change the tides of five families’ lives.
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Longing For A Homeland
$16.95Add to cartDISCOVER THE PLACE YOU BELONG
At heart, all of us are wanderers. Seeking the place we belong. Longing for a land called home. As you wander through the pages of this compelling book, you’ll find a melody of the heart that will resonate with your own homesick soul. You’ll discover the joys of life in the present, as well as your sweet connection with the past. But above all else, you’ll find your way home. You’ll find the place you belong.
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8 Choices That Will Change A Womans Life
$16.00Add to cart1. Resist Pain Or Use It
2. Pursue Wealth Or Grace
3. Speak Wisely Or Foolishly
4. Value Your Time Or Fritter It Away
5. Live For Self Or The Spirit
6. Develop Gods Gifts Or Waste Them
7. Persevere Under Trials Or Protest Your Life
8. Stand For Truth Or Abandon ItAdditional Info
You can choose to have a life that is happy, blessed, and pleasing to God. These qualities are within your grasp, but you will have choices to make. It’s up to you. This insightful book will give you the tools you need to make choices that will change your life – for good! Based on the wisdom of the book of James, this book offers simple guidelines for life’s complex choices. -
Listen To Your Life
$16.99Add to cartA Better Life Is Calling. Are You Ready to Answer?
Consider the current state of your life: your work, your relationships, your accomplishments. Are you in the place you’d hoped or expected to be? Is this the best life you could be living? Or is something missing_something you have not yet discovered or articulated that could lead you to the rich, fulfilling life you desire?
Fulfill Your Purpose. Decrease Your Stress. Expand Your Life.
In your spirit you know the truth: You were born to walk a more fulfilling path, where the definition of success is tailored to your unique gifts and talents. Author, speaker, and life coach Valorie Burton will help you find this path and step onto it with confidence.
In Listen to Your Life, you will discover powerful strategies and tools that will enable you to hear what your life is saying to you, take action, and finally live in the abundance of joy, purpose, and true success for which you were created.
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Staying Alive : Life Changing Strategies For Surviving Cancer
$18.99Add to cartHeal Your Body, Embrace Your Life.
Few things are more frightening, confusing, or devastating than a diagnosis of cancer. If you or someone you love has cancer (or is at risk for it), you want reliable information, reasons for hope, and a plan of attack you can trust.
Staying Alive provides this and more. A six-year cancer survivor, psychologist, and cancer coach, Dr. Brenda Hunter presents the program that has contributed significantly to her survival, as well as interviews with cancer experts and long-term survivors. Inside you’ll find:
life-changing strategies for beating cancer
an integrated, holistic approach to cancer care and survival that involves body, mind, and spirit
success stories and survival strategies from long-term cancer survivors
a proactive nutritional program designed to empower you and increase wellness
interviews with national cancer expertsThe good news? The human body has an amazing capacity to heal itself when life-changing strategies are applied. Dr. Brenda Hunter suggests that many of us can work to reverse or prevent cancer’s destructive course. Learn how you may be unnecessarily putting yourself at increased risk, and discover the steps you can take today to begin to restore or protect your health.
A Cancer-Conquering Plan for Your Body, Mind, Emotions, and Spirit
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Falling For God
$18.00Add to cartFalling in love is one of life’s greatest joys.
So imagine the endless joy of falling head over heels for God.Falling in love is one of the most magnificent experiences of human life. Remember what it feels like? How it happens? You spend time with that special someone, get to know each other, and then one day find yourselves so intimately connected it is as though your souls have become intertwined.
Compare that experience with your current relationship with God. Why doesn’t it feel just as passionate, just as wonderful? Gary Moon believes it can.
If you’re not head over heels in love with God, you’re missing out on an incredible experience but you’re not without hope. Falling for God will inspire you to pursue a passionate, intimate relationship with a God who even though he doesn’t need anything from you wants more than anything to be united with you.
Through Bible study, personal meditation, and classic spiritual exercises, you’ll discover how to experience this loving connection with the lover of your soul. The journey will take you through honest conversation and active communion to a deeper experience of intimate union with God. Falling for God will move you to embrace an all-out passion for joyful and abundant living.
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Divine Embrace : An Invitation To The Dance Of Intimacy With Christ
$16.99Add to cartThe Divine Embrace is an invitation to a more intimate relationship with Christ. Using the movements of the “Emperor Waltz” as a metaphor for the Christian life, Ken Gire invites readers to enter into the joy and the freedom of the dance–to be held in the Lord’s arms, to feel his presence and touch in their lives, to be embraced by the one whose love for them knows no end.
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Bivocational Pastor : Two Jobs One Ministry
$15.99Add to cartSucceed in bi-vocational ministry. Bi-vocational ministers face unique challenges. Often times, you are called to lead smaller churches with few resources, many of which have plateaued or are in decline is looked at by some as a “second-class” ministry performed by people who do not have the opportunity to serve a larger church. Along with your family and church responsibilities, your second job also requires a large amount of time each week.
But you have a special calling, as both of your jobs can provide opportunities for ministry. In his new book, Dennis Bickers provides solid advice to help you succeed in bi-vocational ministry. You’ll learn how to:
*Manage time wisely
*Define success on your own terms
*Develop a vision for your church
*Maintain a passion for the ministry
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Journey Within : Learning To Live The Holy Life (Student/Study Guide)
$7.99Add to cartThe Holy Life Bible Study Series addresses real-life topics facing Christians who are struggling to live the holy life in our fallen world. Author Frank Moore describes the holy life as a journey toward a closer walk with God. While the series is designed to introduce the concept of holiness, people who have been Christians for many years will also gain insight into how to persevere in their own journeys through the holy life.
Each book in the series includes thought-provoking reflection questions to stimulate discussion in a small-group study setting. The Journey Within describes the individual’s walk along the path of holiness.
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Prayer Book For The 21st Century
$21.95Add to cartFor thousands of years men and women found meaning and a deep sense of belonging though faith in God. But today, traditional images of God (as an all-powerful father figure) and much standard prayer and worship language are no longer plausible for many believers. Yet the hunger to know – and communicate with – the Sacred in some form remains strong.
In this unique prayer book John McQuiston, bestselling author of Always We Begin Again, provides morning and evening devotions for two weeks, plus complete Morning and Evening Prayer services, along with a Service of Commemoration for Our Union. All use a language for and about God that reflects contemporary understandings of God and God’s actions in the universe. This pocket-sized devotional is an excellent resource for individuals and congregations who are seeking to worship in a language that acknowledges today’s realities and theology.
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Davids Secret Demons Print On Demand Title
$43.99Add to cartA Print on Demand Title
The Bible portrays King David as an exceptional man and a paragon of godly devotion. But was he? Some scholars deny that he existed at all. Did he? This challenging book examines the written and archaeological evidence critically in an effort to paint an accurate picture of one of the Bible’s central figures.
Neither defending nor rejecting the traditions about David, Baruch Halpern, a leading scholar of biblical history and the ancient Near East, traces the origins of development of David’s persona. Because the biblical text clearly responds to concerns that can only be contemporary with David himself, we can believe that David was both real and a central actor in the historical drama of ancient Israel. Yet at the same time, the written record also shows that contemporaries understood David’s character to be much more unsavory trhan the tradition has hitherto allowed.
Halpern digs beneath the layers of tradition to understand David as an individual, as a person. The man he uncovers turns out to have been complex, ambiguous, and – above all – surprising. According to Halpern, the image of David grew over time. He was the founder of the dynasty that perpetuated the texts about him, and they progressively exaggerated his accomplishments. But in the earliest writings David remains a modest figure, as this book shows for the first time. To understand David as a human being, one must keep in mind that he was primarily a politicians who operated in a rough-and-tumble environment in which competitors were ready literally to slit throats.
Halpern’s work raises many provocative questions: Was David an Israelite or a Philistine? Was Solomon really David’s son? Did David take the throne of Israel by the consent or against the will of the people? How many murders did he commit on his way to the crown? Indeed, was David someone it would have been wise to even invite to dinner?
The challenging arguments in David’s Secret Demons are sure to provoke all kinds of discussion among biblical scholars and general readers alike. In addition – a big bonus – Halpern’s accessible, at times humorous prose will itself draw readers everywhere into the compelling story of David found between these covers.
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Silent Music : The Life Work And Thought Of Saint John Of The Cross
$23.99Add to cartSt. John of the Cross has long inspired Christians seeking a deeper knowledge of God. This sixteenth-century Spanish mystic left a record of personal faith as profound as any ever recorded. In Silent Music R. A. Herrera looks anew at the life and writings of St. John of the Cross and explores his continuing relevance to contemporary spirituality.
Beginning with an erudite historical essay on the phenomenon of mysticism, Silent Music chronicles St. John’s life story – from his humble birth in 1542, through his career as a professional religious, to his death in 1591 – placing the man and his spirituality squarely in their historical-cultural context. Herrera probes the saint’s rigorous life of contemplation and his classic writings on such subjects as union with God and the “dark night of the soul,” clarifying St. John’s understanding of the mystical experience and paying particular attention to the notion of detachment and the recurring motifs of darkness, flame, and ascent in St. John’s writings. His careful analysis of St. John’s thought is enriched with examples from philosophy, psychology, literature, spirituality, and art – material not usually found in such a study.
Appending his own original translations of select excerpts from St. John’s poetry, Herrera here paints a richly detailed, multifaceted portrait of one of Christendom’s most complex figures. His book will interest readers encountering St. John for the first time as well as those seriously engaged in the study of Roman Catholicism, Spanish history, Christian spirituality, and mysticism.
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Lords Prayer : A Text In Tradition
$39.00Add to cartWhen his disciples wanted to know how to pray, Jesus taught them the “Our Father.” Now in a magisterial survey, Stevenson gathers contributions from all branches of Christianity and eras of church history into a fascinating, wide-ranging discussion of the prayer’s meaning and significance.
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30 Days Through The Bible
$18.99Add to cartHarvest House Print On Demand Title
“LaGard Smith invites readers on a life-changing, 30-day walk through the Bible. Easy-to-read key passages and devotions explore Scriptures relevance for daily living. Each days reading presents a thoughtful, unique look at one portion of Gods Word and off”
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3 Months With Revelation (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartAvailable in English for the first time, Three Months with Revelation is popular author Justo Gonzalez’ study of Revelation. Eminently readable, the study uses the see-judge-act method to bring readers closer to the text and informs and challenges the daily life of the Christian. 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 Revelation can easily be used as a daily Bible study, as each lesson is divided into seven parts. This is the third Gonzalez title to be translated from the Spanish
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Life From The Upside
$16.99Add to cartUsing an approach similar to the one he took in his popular Back Side books, author J. Ellsworth Kalas looks at some familiar Old and New Testament Bible stories through the lens of a time-tested faith and hope to open up new possibilities of insight and meaning. Each of the twelve chapters features a key passage of Scripture and is centered on a theme such as overcoming a bad start in life, dealing with rejection, capitalizing on adversity, not letting others define you, never giving up, finding the gain in your loss, and measuring your true self-worth.
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Family (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Add to cartWhat, exactly, is a family? Is it a married couple with 2.3 children, a dog, and a minivan? Couples without children? Single adults? Friends> Church groups? Colleagues? The notion of “family” encompasses these forms and more. In this study, family is shaped and nurtured by our relationship with God, a relationship that encourages mutual growth in love of God, self, and neighbor through our interactions with those whom we identify as “family.” This resource helps users explore their questions about family with insights, images, and stories from Scripture. Each session delves into specific issues about family and contains suggestions about how an individual or group can use the session ot look at family form a Christian perspective.
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Hate Work
$35.00Add to cart1. Many Ways Of Hating : A Spectrum Of Hates
2. Transforming Moment : Breakthrough To Empathy
3. Learning To Hate : Hate Taught And Caught
4. Hate And Memory : Living Out The Past
5. Hate And The Shadow : Exploring The Soul
6. Demon Of The Absolute : The Need To Be Right
7. Ultimate Triumph Of Hate : The Horror Of The Holocaust
8. Fear Of The Other : The Faces Of The Enemy
9. Justice Mercy And Hate : Contempt Becomes CompassionAdditional Info
Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the word hate is being used in our society more than ever, argues respected teacher and author David Augsburger, yet we still most often see hate in others and refuse to see it in ourselves. This book is at once a psychological, theological, and sociological analysis of hate and an argument for moving from hatred to compassion in our dealings with others.Augsburger explores the different levels of hate, which he believes range across a continuum, from extremely destructive to constructive patterns of hating. As he discusses how it is possible for hatred to become compassion, Augsburger helps the reader understand hate as it operates in ourselves and in others, and he proposes a path to help us move away from violent expressions of hate.
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Healing Liturgies For The Seasons Of Life
$65.00Add to cartAre you looking for a new way to renew your worship, respond to the needs of the church and community, connect with people in their passage of life-both chronological and crisis? This book offers a rich resource to you, both as a tool for worship and also devotionally as you face the deepest questions of life. Here you will find one way that the church can renew and rediscover its healing ministry. Abigail Evans, a leading specialist in bioethics and health ministries, explores how God’s gift of healing is available during all seasons of a person’s life and how the power of hope and healing are affirmed and redirected through liturgical services, sacraments, and rites. This distinctive resource features specific healing liturgies for injury, illness, death, separation, retirement, and a host of other major life events, from a wide variety of religious traditions.
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Pentecostal And Charismatic Studies (Student/Study Guide)
$55.00Add to cartThe Pentecostal and Charismatic movement is one of the miracles of the 20th century. Without government support, without an advertising campaign, often without the notice of journalists and academics and sometimes in the face of persecution and ridicule, it has spread its message around the world and now attracts in the region of 500 million people. Many of its original and formative documents are unknown and out of print. This book collects together samples from the writings of key Pentecostals and charismatics going back about 100 years and, over a range of issues and practices, shows how they vary and how they have developed historically.
These texts have lain in out of print magazines and archives and, so far as we know, have never been collected before in this way. This book allows you to hear the authentic voice of the Pentecostal and charismatic movements, drawing especially from sources in English.
The book will be of benefit to theologians, clergy and teachers who wish to teach about the Pentecostal and charismatic movement using original sources but with the help of informed introductory comment.
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Christ Like God
$35.99Add to cartThe central thesis of The Christlike God is that Jesus is the reflection in human life of the being of God. John Taylor begins by pointing out how few religious people-or non-religious people- ever stop and think about God, but tend to live with an unconscious stereotype. He discusses throughout the text how we acquire our idea of God, the nature of revelation experience, and the range of reflection on God both within and out-with the Christian tradition. Bishop John Taylor was one of the twentieth century’s leading Anglican missionary statesmen. An ecumenist, Africanist and theologian of internatioanl repute, he served as a General Secretary of the Church MIssionary Society at a crucial stage in its development and later became Bishop of Windsor.
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Lost Message Of Jesus
$18.99Add to cart“History became legend. Legend became myth. Much was lost. None lived who could remember,” wrote JRR Tolkien. Or to put it a little differently, in the words of Dallas Willard, “Presumed familiarity of Jesus and his message has led to unfamiliarity, unfamiliarity has led to contempt and contempt has led to profound ignorance.” Have we remade Jesus in our own image and then wondered why our spirituality is less than life changing and exciting? The real Jesus is deeply challenging, something which cannot be said for the stain-glass window figure of so much Christian imagery whether Catholic, or Protestant, Orthodox or Evangelical. The Lost Message of Jesus is written to stir thoughtful debate, to pose fresh questions, perhaps even to shed a little new light and help create a deeper understanding of Jesus and his message. Some Christians might wonder if there is anything new to say about Jesus, and even if the attempt to do so is some kind of denial of the Church’s traditional teaching and the authority of the Bible. However, each new generation must grapple with the question of who Jesus is, not because we disregard Scripture, but precisely because we take it so seriously and believe that only through a constant study of Jesus can we discover God himself.
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Reforming Mary : Changing Images Of The Virgin Mary In Lutheran Sermons Of
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Catholics and Protestants have, since the earliest days of the Reformation, held markedly different views about the Virgin Mary. In Reforming Mary Beth Kreitzer examines the development of Lutheran views on this subject as expressed in 16th-century Lutheran published sermons, starting with the earliest of Luther’s own Reformation sermons. -
Brother Of Jesus (Revised)
$15.99Add to cartThe first definitive account of what scholars and the media are calling ‘the most important archaeological discovery’ about Jesus and his family.
This is the definitive story of the recent discovery of the first-century ossuary (limestone bone box) with the legend ‘James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus’, and its implications for understanding Jesus, his family (mother, father, brothers), his followers, the first Christians and the Jewish Christian movement in Jerusalem that James led. This ossuary is the first ever archaeological discovery directly confirming the existence of Jesus, and his relationship to his father, Joseph, and brother, James, who became the leader of the important Jewish Christian community in Jerusalem. No one is as qualified and well connected to recount the discovery and its authentication as Hershel Shanks, whose magazine first broke the story.
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Gods Road Map For Us (Student/Study Guide)
$7.99Add to cartThe Holy Life Bible Study Series addresses real-life topics facing Christians who are struggling to live the holy life in our fallen world. Author Frank Moore describes the holy life as a journey toward a closer walk with God. While the series is designed to introduce the concept of holiness, people who have been Christians for many years will also gain insight into how to persevere in their own journeys through the holy life.
Each book in the series includes thought-provoking reflection questions to stimulate discussion in a small-group study setting. God’s Road Map For Us outlines the plan of holiness.
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Apostolic Intervention : A Biblical And Contemporary Overview Of The Aposto
$15.99Add to cartWhat is the gift of Apostle? Are you looking for a biblical and modern day understanding? How does that gift operate in the Body of Christ? Apostle Hairston’s book, Apostolic Intervention (A Biblical and Contemporary Overview of the Apostolic Impact Upon European, Ancient and American Cities), reveals the work of an Apostle beginning in the Old Testament and journeying through the New Testament and into the 21st Century, and describes non-biblical pioneers who operated with Apostle-like characteristics. The life of an Apostle emerges with great impact in this look at the men and women sent to establish order and to develop ideas and strategies for assessing and sometimes restructuring mindsets regarding biblical doctrine. Apostle Hairston believes that as our knowledge expands, our understanding will draw us to embrace and operate in the five-fold ministry gifts, resulting in a global revival and assisting mankind to stand in the face of global war, economic change, and governmental collapse. With this tool, the Apostle is prepared to play a major role as cities face the coming moves of God. This is a must read for believers seeking biblical and modern day understanding of the gift of Apostle.
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Baptism With The Holy Spirit
$15.99Add to cart“Verna Linzey’s book is a restatement of classic Pentecostal convictions on baptism in the Spirit and speaking in tongues, with the same ingenuousness and fervour which lit the flame of Pentecostalism one hundred years ago.” -JAMES D. G. DUNN, D.D. Emeritus Professor, University of Durham “Verna Linzey offers the reader a clear roadmap to experience the power and gifts of the Holy Spirit today. I highly recommend it.” -Vinson Synan, Ph.D. Professor of Divinity, Dean of School of Divinity, Regent University “Verna M. Linzey’s book on the baptism in the Holy Spirit is a delight to read and relevant to contemporary Christian experience.” -Frank D. Macchia, D.Theol. Editor, Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies “I heartily commend this well written, thoroughly biblical book that will interest any who want to understand the central doctrine of classical Pentecostalism.” -Allan Anderson, Th.D., Programme Leader, Postgraduate Pentecostal Studies, University of Birmingham “May the Pentecostals become more Pentecostal through the revival of the spiritual baptism, and for this prayer, this is an excellent book ‘for the rest of us!'” -Wonsuk Ma, Ph.D. Academic Dean, Asia Pacific Theological Seminary “This book is a must for all Pastors and lay people who want to understand and experience the work of the Holy Spirit today.” -Dr. Colin Dye, Senior Pastor Kensington Temple, London City Church “Verna Linzey has written a useful guide for any who may wish to know more about the Pentecostal teaching and experience of Baptism with the Holy Spirit.” -William M. Menzies, Ph.D., Editor Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies
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Rabbi Reads The Bible (Student/Study Guide)
$35.99Add to cartSince its first appearance in 1991, under the title A Rabbi’s Bible, Jonathan Magonet’s introduction to the Jewish reading of Scripture has proved immensely popular, with Dutch and German editions. The informal style and wit open a wide range of scholarly issues to the general and specialist reader, and encourage a journey of discovery into unfamiliar traditional and modern Jewish approaches to the text of the Bible. For this new addition, Rabbi Magonet has added two new chapters, on the Biblical context of ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself’, and the inner logic of the Ten Commandments. Another humorous, yet challenging, sermon from the Annual Jewish-Christian Bible Week in Bendorf, adds a further example of creative reading with contemporary overtones. An updated suggested reading list adds to the value of this stimulating book.
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On Being A Priest Today
$16.95Add to cartThis important book on priestly identity embraces the many contemporary and denominational varieties of priestly ministry; male and female, paid and unpaid, parish and work-based, catholic, evangelical, charismatic. Examining the “root,” the “shape,” and the “fruit” of priestly identity, On Being a Priest Today is essential reading for priests, priests in training, and everyone considering the ministry. Part One “roots” a priest’s human and church life in the theological convictions derived from the Christian understanding of God as being for and with others. Part Two explores the “shape” of priestly life in relation to worship, word, and prayer, each supported by the three key virtues of love, faith, and hope. Part Three examines the “fruit” of priestly life by focusing on three fundamental features of priestly identity: holiness, reconciliation, and blessing.
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Grammar And Grace
$65.00Add to cartThis book is a collection of new essays on Aquinas and Wittgenstein written by some of the leading theologians and philosophers of religion in the English-speaking world. It is inspired by – and dedicated to the memory of – Victor Preller, whose powerful interpretations of these figures did much to prepare the ground for recent discussions of religious language, knowledge of God, the role of grace in human life, and the ethical significance of virtue. Grammar and Grace frees Aquinas from the trappings of traditional Thomism, just as it liberates Wittgenstein from the relativism of the Wittgensteinian fideists. But the book is no mere exercise in scholarly revisionism, for its main purpose is to advance our understanding of the issues on which texts like the Summa Theologiae and the Philosophical Investigations have a bearing.
This book will be essential reading for all those interested in the interpretation of Aquinas and Wittgenstein, the interface of religion and ethics, and the dialogue between philosophy and theology.
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Return : Revelation
$11.95Add to cartA commentary on Revelation. Until now. the Return of Christ has been presented in a theological genre. Lay aside your theological views and enter into the drama of His return. Meet John on Patmos, astronomers on Mt. Palomar, hear the trumpet, see Adam rise first and receive a robe of light, see Satan fall at the feet of the Carpenter, see Death thrown into the pit, and then, in rapturous glory, see Christ take His Bride and the two become one in storms of light.
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Making Your Childrens Ministry The Best Hour Of Every Kids Week
$22.99Add to cartPromiseland is Willow Creek’s highly successful children’s ministry. Using examples from Promiseland and churches of all sizes around the country, this book provides stepbystep guidance and creative application exercises to help churches develop a thriving children’s ministry_one that strives to be the best hour of every kid’s week. Included are Scripturebased principles and practical resources for church staff members and volunteers who agree with the critical role children’s ministry plays in a local church. Making Your Children’s Ministry the Best Hour of Every Kid’s Week, based on twentyeight years of experience at Willow Creek, explains four ministry foundations: Mission, Vision, Values, and Strategy. Content includes: Detailed answers to questions facing every children’s ministry: *What does Jesus expect from children’s ministry? *How can we evangelize lost kids and disciple saved kids at the same time, and should we? *How do we engage kids so they don’t become bored? *How do we get better at recruiting and leading volunteers? *How can our ministry be a safe place for children? *Six specific ministry values that address the needs of today’s children *Practical first steps for ministries that want to get serious about change *Clear indicators of success in children’s ministry
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Do I Know What The Bible Says
$21.99Add to cartYour youth group is like no other-so a cookie-cutter curriculum just won’t do. With a single book you have the basics for 15 complete sessions-and you can put it all together in a way that works for you. Each topic has been developed by ministry experts to be teen-relevant and spiritually enriching. Each five-session book also includes a 14-point plan for customizing your program, a selection of ice breakers, thought provokers, reproducible handouts, and an encouraging how-to article from well-known youth ministry experts!
Do I Know What the Bible Says?
In the Beginning…What?–The Bible Talks about Creation (Fresh approach to the topic of creation. Kids will explore issues like beginning of creativity, significance of divine rest, introduction of God’s plan for humankind.)
O.T Speedway–A Zip Through the Old Testament (Takes kids on a whirlwind tour of O.T. Along with creation, covenants, and colorful characters, they’ll see the big picture–that God takes an interest in them and wants to help them make some history of their own.)
N.T. Speedway–A Zip through the New Testament (Fast-track tour of the N.T. Explore the miracles and parables of Jesus, exciting adventures of early believers. Kids will discover the truths of Christianity are as relevant today as they were 2000 years ago.)
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Jesus Parables Of Grace (Student/Study Guide)
$13.99Add to cartSix session short-term study of Jesus’ parables:
The Sower, the Seeds, and the Soils “Broadcasting the Seed”
The Prodigal Son “Anxious to Love, Quick to Forgive, Eager to Reconcile”
The Elder Brother “The Awful Pain of Feeling Rejected”
The Unjust Judge “What Can We Count On From God?”
The Good Samaritan “Eyes Too Busy To See”
The Least of These “Do Everything As If You Were Doing It for Our Lord” -
Exploring The Worship Spectrum
$24.99Add to cartA presentation and discussion of differing worship styles This book helps readers appreciate the richness of worship practiced in the six most prevalent models used in North American churches today: formal liturgical, traditional hymnbased, contemporary musicdriven, charismatic, blended, and emerging. Each model is presented by an advocate of that point of view and then is critiqued by authors from the other perspectives. The lively discussions sort through the tensions of past vs. present, Bible vs. culture, and permitted vs. forbidden. Churches often choose a style of worship for Sunday services that reflects the vision of the founders, matches a particular target audience they want to reach, or is most true to their understanding of the Bible. Thus there is great diversity in worship today_diversity that has often led to tension and even divisions between believers. This book is designed to help readers understand and evaluate different styles of worship, including strengths, weaknesses, blind spots, inconsistencies, and commonalities. This new volume in the Counterpoints: Church Life series is intended to be a forum for healthy dialogue among church members. Discussion and reflection questions for each chapter facilitate group use of this book. EDITOR: Paul Basden
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When Women Long For Rest
$14.99Add to cartHarvest House Print On Demand Title
Women today are tired of feeling overwhelmed by all the demands on their lives and are longing for rest. They want to do more than just simplify or reorganize their lives; theyre looking for a rest that will help them to*avoid spiritual burnout*sense a gr
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Fast Facts On The Masonic Lodge
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“Many members of the Masonic Lodge say they are also Christians. But are Masonry and Christianity truly compatible? Using their concise question-and-answer style, noted researchers John Ankerberg and John Weldon look at the basics of the issue, clarifying “
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20 Keys To A Happier Marriage
$7.00Add to cartThis Book Could Determine The Future of Your Marriage. Dynamic Principles For Successful Relationships…Respecting Your Mate / The Importance of A Family Altar / Recognizing The Value of Marriage To God and Much More. Applying these principles can revolutionize your marriage! It has revolutionized many marriages around the world!
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World As I Remember It
$15.00Add to cartRich Mullins was more than a musician. He was a poet and thinker who left behind a timeless legacy. As a columnist for Release magazine for nearly six years, Rich shared his musings on faith and life, conveying the wonder and awesomeness of his God with the same depth and simplicity that characterized his music. The World As I Remember It is a collection of these personal writings, complemented by striking photography and some of Rich’s most memorable quotations. This one-of-a-kind collection will be cherished not only by his fans, but by anyone who appreciates fresh, deep spiritual nourishment.
Rich Mullins was more than a musician. He was a poet and thinker who left a legacy of deep gratitude, humility, and delight before the dace of an awesome God. Here you’ll find a treasury of Rich’s engaging, intimate reflections on faith and life. Revealing the spiritual meaning behind the simplest events, Rich muses about subjects ranging from fear to contentment, childlikeness to emptiness, from war to music. This is a feast for anyone who appreciates fresh, deep spiritual nourishment. As you savor the arresting ideas of one of modern Christianity’s most ardent pilgrims, you’ll find your adoration focused on your Creator, Redeemer, and Inpirer.
Story Behind the Book
For nearly six years, Rich shared his thoughts about faith and life through his columns in Release magazine. When his first column was published in the spring of 1991, the editors introduced him this way: “Rich not only has a lot to say…he also has a unique way of saying it. And although Mr. Mullins could easily fit into that intellectual bohemian-type category (we’re sure he could hold his own in a discussion with any theologian or philosopher of old), most often, his message is a straightforward call back to the principles of faith. He’s a poet, a scholar, a gentleman, and yes, just a little bit off-center. But that’s why we like him, and are pleased to welcome Rich to Release with this regular column.
We trust you’ll love him and what he has to say as much as we do…” Rich had a way with words, and a collection of his writings seems an appropriate tribute to a man who has been referred to as “the greatest songwriter of our time.”
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Home To Harmony
$14.99Add to cartWelcome to Harmony …
In this acclaimed inaugural volume in the Harmony series, master American storyteller Philip Gulley draws us into the charming world of minister Sam Gardner in his first year back in his hometown, capturing the essence of small-town life with humor and wisdom.
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Creepy Creatures And Bizarre Beasts From The Bible
$9.99Add to cartA fascinating look at the weird and wonderful creatures of the Bible_to help boys ages 8-12 become Deeper, Stronger, Cooler, and Smarter A flying woman with stork wings. A talking donkey. Cherubim, six-winged seraphim, and a four-headed winged leopard. Behemoth and the Beast and the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. The Bible is full of amazing_and scary_creatures. This 2:52 Soul Gear book for tween boys is filled with action, excitement, and energy. By studying the weird and wonderful creatures of the Bible, boys will be drawn deeper into God’s Word and discover God’s awesome, all-powerful nature. The entries include personal applications for boys to take away for their own lives, and lots of encouragement to help them grow Smarter, Stronger, Deeper, and Cooler_just like Jesus.
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Pauls Letter To The Romans
$48.99Add to cartContinuing his series of highly regarded and innovative socio-rhetorical commentaries on the New Testament, Ben Witherington now tackles Romans, perhaps the most profound and difficult book of the New Testament.
Interacting with recent treatments of this Pauline letter and with ancient Christian commentators, Witherington shows that the interpretation of Romans since the Reformation has been far too indebted to Augustinian readings of the text as filtered through Luther, Calvin, and others. Instead, Witherington urges a reading of the text in light of early Jewish theology, the historical situation of Rome, and Paul’s own rhetorical concerns.
Offering a new translation of the Greek text and new insights into Paul and his world, this commentary sheds fresh light on the meaning of Romans for its original audience and for Christian readers today.
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Ministry Of Childrens Education
$22.00Add to cartThis highly anticipated resource establishes the importance of children’s education to the life of today’s faith communities. A very readable textbook, The Ministry of Children’s Education presents foundations for education in the faith, explores contexts in which contemporary faith is nurtured, and suggests practical helps for creating programs that work in congregations.
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Anger Workbook For Christian Parents (Workbook)
$17.00Add to cartIn this practical book, anger experts Drs. Les Carter and Frank Minirth-coauthors of the bestselling The Anger Workbook-show families how the “blame game” (parents blame the kids and kids blame the parents) doesn’t work. Instead they provide insight for dealing with the root causes of anger. In a perfect blend of biblical wisdom and psychological research, they show readers how to understand what can be right about anger, distinguish between healthy and unhealthy anger, recognize how anger can be managed more successfully by controlling desires and insecurities and addressing other underlying issues, and much more. Filled with real-life examples, checklists, evaluation tools, and study questions, this valuable resource for any parent with a preteen or teenager will help parents understand and manage their children’s anger-as well as their own-and show how to create harmony at home.
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Wired
$21.99Add to cartIt’s a new—and more frightening—world in 2021 after millions of people vanish without a trace. Now in a virtual police-state, Graham Peck and his family must deal with overwhelming tragedy as they struggle to survive. Is the radical group called the New Believers an answer to their prayers? A chilling apocalyptic thriller!
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Isaiah 1-39 : Old Testament 10
$75.99Add to cartEdited by Steven A. McKinion, this volume of the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture offers readers access to materials ranging from East to West and from the first through the eighth centuries, some appearing in English translation for the first time. Within this treasure house are riches to illumine the mind and fire the heart
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High Calling : The Courageous Life And Faith Of Space Shuttle Columbia Comm
$19.99Add to cartRick Husband wanted to be an astronaut since his fourth birthday, but it wasn’t always for the right reasons. Initially, he thought it would be neat . . . cool . . . a fun thing to do. It wasn’t until he came to a spiritual crossroads and was able to give that dream up to discover the true desires of his heart before he actually got into the space shuttle program at NASA. Three failed attempts didn’t daunt this driven pilot-and the fourth interview process, though lengthy and difficult, proved successful for him. Husband’s years at NASA served not only to develop his integrity and character, but also to increase his faith in a Creator that could not be denied in the vastness of space. His story is not only inspirational but exhilarating and invigorating, as readers will witness the life of a man who consistently pursued the desires of his heart even as he served a faithful God.
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Educating For Shalom
$30.99Add to cartIn addition to his notable work as a premier Christian philosopher, Nicholas Wolterstorff has become a leading voice on faith-based higher education. This volume gathers the best of Wolterstorff’s essays from the past twenty-five years dealing collectively with the purpose of Christian higher education and the nature of academic learning.
Integrated throughout by the biblical idea of shalom, these nineteen essays present a robust framework for thinking about education that combines a Reformed confessional perspective with a radical social conscience and an increasingly progressivist pedagogy. Wolterstorff develops his ideas in relation to an astonishing variety of thinkers ranging from Calvin, Kuyper, and Jellema to Augustine, Aquinas, and Kant to Weber, Habermas, and MacIntyre. In the process, he critiques various models of education, classic foundationalism, modernization theory, liberal arts, and academic freedom.
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Blessings Of Tears
$9.99Add to cartAlpha course speaker Julie Sheldon reflects on a gift that we seldom welcome: the gift of tears. We often try to fight them back, yet they can bring cleansing, healing and release. Julie tells many inspirational real life stories and relates them to biblical examples and teaching.
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Body Builders : Strengthening The Church Through Physical Emotional Mental
$14.99Add to cartHow are you treating God’s temple? Gluttony and its resulting effect, obesity, are literally killing Americans.We live lives of excess, proud of the fact that we are “fat and happy.” However, when we’re struggling with gluttony, laziness and obesity, our confidence and energy are stripped, our ministry is hindered, and our lives are cut short.Things must change! In Body Builders, Leslie Nease takes you on a personal journey through her life, while weaving important, encouraging scriptures throughout the text. In this moving story you will learn how to boldly face such issues as: Gluttony and obesity Confidence Laziness Procrastination Balance Food as fuel, not friend or foe Friendships Correction Listening to God’s voice Living a life of excess Aerobics Training with weights Body Builders offers scriptural advice, honest support and creative ideas to help you claim back the body God intended for you to have. It’s time for some “Cross”Training! “…Body Builders gave me a charge! It’s amazing how Leslie pulled together physical, mental, spiritual and emotional fitness with a Biblical foundation.” – Bob Blashke, 27-year missionary to West Africa and author of Quest for Power “What a great book! Body Builders shows you how to be completely fit through the power of the CROSS.” – Linda Smith, creator of Fit Praise and Reebok Aerobic Silver Medalist
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Grandmas Secrets And Memories
$20.99Add to cartRead of Solveig. Share in this Norwegian immigrant’s true adventures and lifetime story. See how special an everyday common person’s life can be when dedicated early and diligently to Jesus. With God, ordinary and painful days can be filled with extraordinary blessings and miracles. Placing full trust in her Lord, miraculous healings, visions, and angelic interventions interrupt and impact her life. Petitioning God, going through opened doors, and trusting completely in Him are rewarded. Solveig’s life gives evidence of God’s awareness of and faithfulness to all of His children. Written as a legacy to her grandchildren, Solveig recounts a confused and disappointing childhood; the traumatic Nazi Occupation of Norway; meeting and marrying Arne; immigrating to America; and seasons of family growth, trials, lack, and loss. The evidence of God’s faithfulness to Solveig encourages others to choose and remain determined to follow God’s paths for their lives.
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Fathering The Nations
$15.99Add to cartFathering the Nations reveals the character and integrity of Christ that are needed within the heart of God’s delegated representatives-apostles, prophets, evangelists, preachers, and teachers-so the body of Christ will be effectively trained, equipped, and released by God for works of service through spiritual fathers’ “fatherhood.” This book instills hope in the hearts of all levels of believers by dealing with the frustrations and misconceptions concerning leadership in the church as we’ve known it. Leaders were never given authority over the people of God but were given authority for God’s people. Fathering the Nations deals directly with leadership through biblical foundations, awakening and reestablishing God’s divine order for daily living and godly government for the eternal existence of the true Church of Christ Jesus “on earth as it is in heaven.”This book lays a solid foundation of Christ and His Kingdom “living within the hearts of all believers.”
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How To Unlock The Secret Codes In Bible Prophecy
$34.99Add to cartTwenty-eight centuries ago, through the prophet Isaiah, God said that all of His prophecies concerning the Great Chastisement of the End Times would be sealed. Nobody can understand these mysterious prophetic messages. Everybody is like a blind and a deaf person. But, one day, a book will appear to open the eyes of the people of the world. Thanks to this book, the deaf will hear and the blind will see. They will understand the secret codes in Bible Prophecy. They will know that the reign of the ruthless Communists will come to an end. In this book, all the secrets of Bible Prophecy will be uncovered. And people of the world will know that at the End Times, there will be a Great Chastisement and all of the prophets of God will announce this terrible punishment. Even Moses, the first prophet of God, announced in clear language that at the End Times, the people of God will be very sinful, thus provoking God’s anger. And He will use Russia as His rod to chastise His people. This ruthless nation will come from afar, “from the ends of the earth” (Deuteronomy 31:29; 28:49.50).
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Covenant And Commandment
$17.00Add to cartIntroduction: A Covenant With The Reader
Part 1: The Covenant And The Commandments
Chapter 1: The God Of Covenants
Chapter 2: The Hebrew Looks At God
Chapter 3: Humankind, Community, And History
Chapter 4: The Covenant And The Law
Chapter 5: The Ten Commandments: Their Origins, Character, And ScopePart 2: The Vertical Commandments
Chapter 6: But First. . . A Word From God
Chapter 7: The First Commandment: The Character Of God
Chapter 8: The Second Commandment: Concerning Idols
Chapter 9: The Third Commandment: On Using The Name
Chapter 10: The Fourth Commandment: Confessing Our HumanityPart 3: The Horizontal Commandments
Chapter 11: “Let Persons Be Persons”
Chapter 12: The Fifth Commandment: Recognition Of Indebtedness
Chapter 13: The Sixth Commandment: Respect For Persons As The Image Of God
Chapter 14: The Seventh Commandment: Respect For Persons In The Male-Female Relationship
Chapter 15: The Eighth Commandment: Respect For Property As An Extension Of Selfhood
Chapter 16: The Ninth Commandment: Respect For The Integrity Of Society
Chapter 17: The Tenth Commandment: The Inwardness Of The LawAfterword: Down From The Mountain
Questions For Personal Reflection Or Group Discussion
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Covenant and Commandment at first seeks to establish that the heart of Hebrew faith and thought is a vision of God as one who makes covenants-with Israel, with all humankind, and, indeed, with the whole creation. As a covenant-maker, God binds himself through his promises. It is Israel’s conviction that God is the kind of God who makes promises and keeps them. This conviction, as Christian contends, has given creative power and shape to the whole of Hebrew and Christian history.As the books continues, C. W. Christian contends that the Hebrew law, especially that expression called the Ten Commandments, can best be understood as a joyful response to God’s covenant grace, a response that embraces every aspect of our being: community with God, with each other, and with God’s world. Each of the commandments is then examined to discover how it may provide guidance in living unto God and in human community.
Covenant and Commandment is ideal for either personal or group study on the nature and use of the Ten Commandments. A study guide with relevant questions is provided for reflection and discussion.
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Radiance : A Spiritual Memoir Of Evelyn Underhill
$18.99Add to cartWith excerpts from both her published writings and private journals, this compilation presents a candid look at the extraordinary spiritual journey of Evelyn Underhill, who is credited with the modern rediscovery of mysticism. Clarifies how her views changed; discusses little-known struggles.
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Stick A Geranium In Your Hat And Be Happy
$18.99Add to cart“Pain in inevitable but misery is optional,” says Barbara Johnson, and she should know. The survivor of four devastating experiences, Barbara, with the wit of Erma Bombeck, teaches how to find joy in the midst of it all. Her “credentials” open doors and provide the insight to all those who suffer from the difficulties of life.
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Finding Our Way Home
$10.99Add to cart1. The Gift Of Surrender, Of Being Ready To Choose
2. Reclaiming Our True Identity
3. Moving From The General To The Specific
4. Prayer
5. Created For Community
6. Being With And For The Suffering And The Excluded
7. Discerning Our Call, Our Piece Of God’s Dream
8. Managing Our Ambivalence
9. The Phoenix Factor
10. Real Power In Weakness
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These stories describe the radical journey of creating a life with purpose, hope, and belonging. In “Finding Our Way Home” Killian Noe draws from her experience as co-founder and program director at Samaritan Inns, an organization serving addicted and homeless men and women. Reading these stories can lead you to awareness of your own addictions and divine love, a journey that can lead you home. -
Who Can Be Saved
$55.99Add to cartIVP Print On Demand Title
The question of salvation in relation to the world religions has become especially poignant in recent years. For evangelical theology, this query becomes even more pressing in light of the millions throughout history who have never heard the gospel. This group includes: the unborn, those who never reach an age of accountability, those who never achieve the capacity to understand the gospel, those who lived before the time of Christ, and those who live after Christ’s resurrection who are not evangelized. Tiessen offers a constructive approach in his reassessment of salvation in Christ and the world religions in this engaging and accessible volume. Who Can Be Saved? is divided into two sections; the first explores the many possibilities of how and what type of people are saved, while the second views how the world religions relate to God’s purposes in the world. Tiessen provides an important contribution to a Christian theology of religions, which is evangelically grounded and missiologically informed.
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Universal Salvation : The Current Debate
$33.99Add to cartForeword by Gabriel Fackre
Will God one day save all people through Christ’s atoning work? That is the question at the heart of the debate in this volume – a debate sure to challenge readers, whatever their current perspective.
Featuring evangelical writers of exceptional insight and sensitivity, Universal Salvation? offers a conversation worth everyone’s attention. The volume opens with a rigorous three-part defense of Christian universalism by philosopher Thomas Talbott, who argues that Scripture teaches the ultimate salvation of all people, including those in hell. Gabriel Fackre in his foreword calls Talbott’s work “the most thoughtfully wrought argument for universalism to date from within the contemporary evangelical community.” The rest of the book gathers incisive responses to Talbott by Christian scholars from different disciplines, who evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of Talbott’s arguments, take his thought in new directions, or explain why they think he is mistaken. Talbott then responds to his critics.
The aim of this volume is not to persuade people that universalism is true but to open up a fairer debate on a controversial subject of continuing importance to theologians and nontheologians alike. By exploring universal salvation from biblical, philosophical, theological, and historical perspectives, the book helps readers think through the issues more carefully than has been possible with resources previously available.
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God Who Speaks Print On Demand Title
$25.99Add to cartA Print on Demand Title
As Christians we believe that God speaks – that God has spoken to people down through the centuries and still speaks to us today. But just how does God speak to us? Has his speech changed over time? And how do we “hear” the voce of God? In this insightful book Ben Campbell Johnson explores the subject of divine speech, highlighting its importance to faith and leading Christian believers into the practice of listening for God’s voice in daily life.
Johnson first explores the biblical foundations of divine communication, tracing the ways that God has spoken to humankind from the calling of Abraham, to the appearance of Jesus, to the continuing work of the Spirit in the early church. He then gleans important lessons about God’s language from a wide range of Christian figures throughout history – Polycarp, Julian of Norwich, Teresa of Avila, Henri Nouwen, and others.
As this historical record shows, God communicates with us in a variety of ways. In exploring these different modes of “GodSpeech,” Johnson deftly guides readers into the practice of “intensive listening,” a way of posing issues to God and discerning his response. Numerous anecdotes illuminate Johnson’s discussion, and each chapter ends with questions for reflection and discussion as well as suggestions for journaling. Johnson concludes the book by recounting a number of personal experiences that vividly illustrate the value of learning to listen to God’s voice.
At a time when many Christians hunger for a more personal, meaningful connection with God, this book shows readers how to discern divine language and forge a closer, richer relationship with “the God who speaks.”
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Wonderful Words Of Life
$31.99Add to cartAlthough the use of hymns in many evangelical congregations seems to be declining, Richard Mouw (in the introduction) predicts a resurgence of hymnody in the future. Other notable contributors examining the various historical and theological dimensions of hymns in American Protestantism include Mark Noll, Susan Wise Bauer, Kevin Kee, and Jeffrey VanderWilt. The essays probe the influence of Isaac Watts, the practical implications of hymns for living the Christian life, and the character of hymns as bearers of good (or bad) theology. Wonderful Words of Life provides an engaging treatment of an often neglected field of study, which bridges the gap between Christian belief and practice.
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Reading The Gospels Today
$28.99Add to cartAs ancient documents, the New Testament Gospels can seem distant from contemporary life or irrelevant to modern society. Further complicating the task of reading the Gospels is the way they seem to introduce differing, if not competing, pictures of Jesus. This book is meant to help Bible readers understand–and move beyond–the difficulties involved in interpreting Scripture in our current context.
In these insightful studies several biblical scholars explore the content of the Gospels while also discussing how to read these writings in relation to each other and in terms of today’s world. Some chapters consider issues that vex Gospel criticism, others look at particular texts or Synoptic themes: still others demonstrate how one’s immediate interpretive context helps to raise the issues and shape the answers that are found when we read the Gospels. Well organized, thoughtfully written, and widely accessible, this volume will serve to draw readers into the exciting field of contemporary Gospels study.
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Dont Give Me That Attitude
$16.95Add to cartWhat happened? You thought you were doing the best for your child and didn’t set out to raise a selfish, insensitive, spoiled kid. In her newest book, Don’t Give Me That Attitude! parenting expert Michele Borba offers you an effective, practical, and hands-on approach to help you work with your child to fix that very annoying but widespread youthful characteristic, attitude. If you have a child who is arrogant, bad-mannered, bad-tempered, a cheat, cruel, demanding, domineering, fresh, greedy, impatient, insensitive, irresponsible, jealous, judgmental, lazy, manipulative, narrow-minded, noncompliant, pessimistic, a poor loser, selfish, uncooperative, ungrateful, or unhelpful, this is the book for you!
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Murder Of Jesus
$15.99Add to cartThe pieces are in place. The curtain rises for the final act. God is about to die. To many, the story of Christ’s crucifixion has become so familiar that it has lost its ability to shock, outrage, or stir any great emotion. In The Murder of Jesus, John MacArthur presents this pivotal moment in the life of Jesus in a way that forces readers to witness this event in all its power. The passion of Christ is examined chronologically through the lens of the New Testament with special attention given to Jesus’ words on the cross, the miracle that attended the crucifixion, and the significance of Christ’s atoning work. In doing so, MacArthur relives the most awesome injustice in the history of man and the unparalleled triumph of the sovereignty of God.
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Presbyterian Trustee
$16.00Add to cart1. Biblical Models
2. Historical Background
3. The Responsibilities And Powers Of Trustees
4. Professional Ethics And Standards Of Conduct
5. Future Prospects: Administering Christ’s Church With JusticeAdditional Info
The Presbyterian Trustee is a brief, highly useful handbook for trustees in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the first to examine the office. Modeled after The Presbyterian Elder and the author’s own The Presbyterian Deacon, this book explores the biblical models of trustees, the historic background of the office, and the responsibilities of trustees today. Added features include a liturgy for the installation and recognition of trustees, a glossary, and a list of other recommended resources. -
Hope Notes : 52 Meditations To Nudge Your World
$20.00Add to cartR. Wayne Willis, the author of the popular “P.S. God, Can You Fly?” returns with this well-written collection of 52 meditations on hope. Each of the entries includes a quote from a world-renown figure ranging from C.S. Lewis to Franklin D. Roosevelt, a graphic symbol of hope, and a meditation. Written out of the author’s sincere passion for the gift of hope for us all, these extraordinary meditations are ideal for individual reflection. Each entry has been uniquely designed to encourage readers to record their own thoughts after each meditation.
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Jewel In His Crown Journal
$15.99Add to cartThis new journal is the perfect companion product to help women apply what they’ve learned about becoming women of excellence. This journal focuses heavily on leading women to Scripture for reflection and meditation. The content in each chapter of the journal corresponds with the contents of the book.
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RainCatcher : Help From Above For Christians In Sales
$13.49Add to cart“…Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches.” 2 Kings 3:16 Are you a Christian Entrepreneur? If so, would you spend 45 minutes to learn how to acquire the Creator’s help in your sales career? RainCatcher is a handbook for those of us who want to sell God’s way with God’s help. The book offers many guidelines for cooperating with the Lord in our attitudes, goals, prayer requests, and conduct. Each success principle is supported by Scripture and an illustration to present an easy-to-read reference for the conscientious Christian salesperson. You will learn to: RELY ON GOD’S ABILITIES RATHER THAN YOUR OWN. REFOCUS ON GOD’S PROVISION AND FAVOR. PREPARE FOR GOD’S BLESSINGS. RainCatcher teaches us to till the rich soil of our talents, fertilize our ideas, and welcome the rains of harvest. Do you want to reap bountifully? Then read RainCatcher, and be swept away by the rivers of God’s blessings. RainCatcher is a “catchy,” easy to read and timely primer on salesmanship. It keeps the salesperson focused on God and the customer, which is the right priority. -Archie Dunham CHAIRMAN, ConocoPhillips
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Matthew : Storyteller Interpreter Evangelist (Revised)
$34.00Add to cartFor the past ten years, the well-received first edition of this commentary has offered readers a way to look at scriptural texts that combines historical, narrative, and contemporary interests. Carter explores Matthew by approaching it from the perspective of the “authorial audience”-by identifying with and reading along with the audience imagined by the author. Now an updated second edition is available as part of a new series focusing on each of the gospel writers as storyteller, interpreter, and evangelist.
This edition preserves the essential identity of the original material, while adding new insights from Carter’s more recent readings of Matthew’s gospel in relation to the Roman Imperial world.
Four of the seventeen chapters have been significantly revised, and most have had minor changes. There are also new endnotes directing readers to Carter’s more recent published work on Matthew. Scholars and pastors will use the full bibliography and appendix on redaction and narrative approaches, while lay readers will appreciate the clear and straightforward text.
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Lifetime Of Church
$30.99Add to cartA Lifetime of Church chronicles the author’s deep involvement in two very different churches. The church of his youth was maintained by a strict social order and a set of predominant customs and traditions. From his earliest memories the author recounts what it was like to grow up in this conservative context, while it brought misery to his mother and was the life passion of her father. A series of extraordinary events culminated in the author becoming a lay minister in this church as a young adult. At the same time, a personal Bible study brought about a new set of beliefs. Following a long and agonizing spiritual struggle, the author helped found an independent community Bible church. For thirteen years the author served this church as the senior pastor, reared his family, operated a community pharmacy, and learned a lot about faith and life.
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20 Something : Surviving And Thriving In The Real World
$12.99Add to cartYou are twentysomething and in the prime of your life. You are current, capable, cosmopolitan, and completely confused. Thrust out of the comfortable existence of a college student and into the cold, hard reality of life in the “real world”, you face a whole new array of responsibilities. You have to find a job, possibly relocate to a new city, find a place to live, figure out how to pay the bills with the entry-level salary you land, make new friends, and find a church (just to name a few)! The good news is that you’re not alone. Margaret Feinberg_twentysomething herself_wants you to know that there are tens of thousands of others facing these same challenges. “Our twenties really can be some of the best years of our lives, no matter what our landlords, bosses, parents, or anyone else says,” encourages Feinberg. Offering Scriptural insights, encouragement, humor, and practical wisdom, twentysomething confronts this “quarterlife crisis” and shows you how to survive without losing your patience or your passion for life. twentysomething will inspire you to hold onto your dreams and to embark fearlessly on the journey God has for you.
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Ordination : Celebrating The Gift Of Ministry
$34.99Add to cartFor graduating seminary students, Stephen Sprinkle has written a practical theological guide for preparing for ordination in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), United Church of Christ, American Baptist Church, Presbyterian Church (USA), and other closely related denominations. He provides a theology of what ordination is and what it means to the person being ordained, to the life of the church at large, and to the congregation gathered for the celebration. Sprinkle includes “hands-on” practical guidance on how to plan the service, plus samples of ordination services from each of the four traditions.
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Emily Dickinson And The Art Of Belief (Revised)
$31.99Add to cartGarnishing awards from “Choice,” “Christianity Today,” “Books & Culture,” and the Conference on Christianity and Literature when first published in 1998, Roger Lundin’s “Emily Dickinson and the Art of Belief” has been widely recognized as one of the finest biographies of the great American poet Emily Dickinson. Paying special attention to her experience of faith, Lundin skillfully relates Dickinson’s life as it can be charted through her poems and letters to nineteenth-century American political, social, religious, and intellectual history.
This second edition of Lundin’s superb work includes a standard bibliography, expanded notes, and a more extensive discussion of Dickinson’s poetry than the first edition contained. Besides examining Dickinson’s singular life and work in greater depth, Lundin has also keyed all poem citations to the recently updated standard edition of Dickinson’s poetry. Already outstanding, Lundin’s biography of Emily Dickinson is now even better than before.
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Ethics And The Clinical Encounter
$31.00Add to cartEthics and the Clinical Encounter explores the moral dimensions of clinical medicine and the phenomenon of illness, to determine what ethics must be in order to be fully responsive to clinical encounters. Written in a lively and conversational style with minimal technical terminology, and enhanced by actual experience or real clinical situations, this volume lays out a clinical ethics methodology both in practical and theoretical terms.
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101 Most Powerful Verses In The Bible
$35.00Add to cartThrough an examination of the Bible’s most powerful verses, the newest installment in the 101 Most Powerful series reminds us that we are not alone in this world. In the Old Testament, God spoke through patriarchs, poets, and prophets. In the New Testament, he reaches out through Christ and Christ’s disciples. Highlighting some of the key verses of the Bible, Steve and Lois Rabey demonstrate how God constantly communicates his will and his love to his children. With verses about the beauty of creation and the power of God’s glory to verses detailing God’s love and his will for our lives, we realize how he takes the initiative and reaches out to us. Showing that we are never alone, this book is an inspirational guide to forming a loving relationship with God.
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Breach Of Promise
$12.99Add to cartMark Gillen’s world changes when his daughter, Maddie, is born. Formerly a self-obsessed, struggling actor, Mark sees in his daughter a vision of greater things. Mark still wants to act, but something has changed. When his wife, Paula, gets a major supporting role in a movie to be shot in Europe with hot young director Antonio Troncatti, Mark agrees to stay behind with Maddie. But as the months of Paula’s shoot go by, news drifts back to Mark…and the news isn’t good. Paula and Troncatti, who has a bad-boy reputation, are being seen at European nights spots dancing cheek-to-cheek. Her phone call, when it finally comes, is not reassuring. And when she returns, she asks for a divorce and for Maddie. And so begins Mark’s fight to keep his daughter in the face of betrayal, the formidable legal machine Troncatti’s wealth provides for Paula, and a legal system that looks askance at any father who wants to keep a young daughter…A fight in which Mark’s newfound faith seems to work against him rather than for him.
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Mystics Visionaries And The Prophets
$39.00Add to cartUnique in its range and depth, this lavish anthology for the first time captures in a single volume the most notable spiritual writings of leading women from all periods of Christian history.
Because spirituality involves more than simply prayer and piety, Madigan has selected women whose quests for intimacy with God also involve some visionary experience or social witness. Ranging form Perpetua in the third century to Mother Teresa and Edwina Gately in this century, her magnificent volume includes writings from both European women and, in the modern period, Asian, American, and African American women. Apart from redressing the heavy gender imbalance of most histories of Christianity, this volume also provides strong historical introductions to and bibliographies of the twenty-six women whose writings are generously excerpted.Women included in this volume are: Perpetua the Martyr, Pelagia the Actress, Birgit of Ireland, Balthild the Queen of Neustria, Dhuoda of Septimania, Hildegard of Bingen, Heloise, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Gertrude the Great, Hadewijch, Julian of Norwich, Cathering of Siena, Margery Kempe, Teresa of Avila, Jane Grances de Chantal, Sojourner Truth, Maria Stewart, Gabrielle Bossis, Dorothy Day, Caryll Houselander, Pauli Murray, Laura Lopez and Silvia Maridel Arriola, Mother Teresa, Cho Wha Soon, Mercy Amba Oduyoye, and Edwina Gately.
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Matthew
$24.99Add to cartFor those on a firing line–in pulpits, classes, Bible study groups, and fellowships, this is a distinctly different kind of commentary. This series combines historical setting and textual interpretation with spiritual insights and contemporary illustrations that are specifically designed for those endowed with the privilege of communicating God’s Word. The end result is a commentary by preachers/teachers for other preachers/teachers that is the ultimate resource for sermon and lesson preparation.
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Dr. Myron S. Augsburger is a world-recognized scholar, preacher, and teacher. He served as President of Eastern Mennonite University, President of the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities, inner-city pastor in Washington, D.C., and adjunct professor of theology for several seminaries. He has written more than 20 books. Now retired, he lectures worldwide, including overseas ministries in India, Croatia, and Ethiopia. He and his artist wife, Esther, have three daughters.
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Giving Together : A Stewardship Guide For Families
$20.00Add to cart1. Getting Started
2. At Home
3. At Church
4. In The Community
5. Just Do ItAdditional Info
In her follow-up to Getting It Together, Carol Wehrheim presents a concise, accessible resource to help families better understand the importance of stewardship: in the family, in the congregation, in the community, and in the world. Reminding us that stewardship is about much more than money, Wehrheim clearly illustrates a more holistic understanding of the concept to include careful consideration of the choices we make that show the role Christian discipleship plays in our lives. She skillfully analyzes biblical passages and identifies spiritual practices intrinsic to stewardship as a way of helping families respond to their call to be stewards in today’s world. Including both a participant’s section and a leader’s guide, Giving Together is ideal for group or family study. -
Little Lamb Who Made Thee
$18.99Add to cartThe stories, essays, prayers, and poems in Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? continue the themes that the author began in Ragman and Other Cries of Faith and Miz Lil and the Chronicles of Grace. This volume portrays children, teenagers, adults, and parents as they grapple with the deep realities of life. At the heart of this struggle are the vital relationships we have with families, for it is from our parents_and from our children_that we most profoundly learn about ourselves as children of God. In the first section, Wangerin reminisces about his own childhood, and with the eyes of a child he helps us see the wonder and fullness of life. In the second section, he writes obout what it is like to be a pastor to parents and children alike, and as a young parent to his own children. Sage advice and joyful humor are couched in vivid stories_warm and intimate, raucous and chilling_that are Wangerin’s trademark. Finally, the book concludes with touching stories of adult children of aging parents_that sometimes sad, sometimes joyous time when children must become parents to their own parents. Far from being a how-to book or a manual, Little Lamb gets inside its subject to view parenthood and childhood as the great miracle and mystery that it is. This new, updated edition contains twelve all-new, never-before-published stories, making it the definitive edition of Little Lamb, Who Made Thee?
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Debating Calvinism : Five Points Two Views
$27.00Add to cartA centuries-old belief system is put to the test as two prominent authors examine and debate the subject of Calvinism from opposing viewpoints. James White, author of The Potter’s Freedom, takes the Calvinist position. Dave Hunt, author of What Love Is This, opposes him. The exchange is lively and at times intense as these two articulate men wrestle over what the Scriptures tell us about God’s sovereignty and man’s free will. This thought-provoking, challenging book provides potent responses to the most frequently asked questions about Calvinism.
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Growing Your Faith
$17.99Add to cartWhether your walk with Christ began last week or decades ago, spiritual maturity is your goal. Bridges shows you how to trust God more; provides practical guidance; and answers questions like: What does God expect of me now that I believe? What’s the key to vital prayer? How can I become more familiar with the Bible?
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Recapturing The Wesleys Vision
$20.99Add to cartFrom horseback, pulpit, and choir loft, the Wesleys helped transform the Christian church of their day—and since. Now explore the message that sparked the Methodist revolution. Skillfully gleaning from John’s voluminous writings and Charles’s timeless hymns, Chilcote introduces their innovative synthesis of faith and works; Word and Spirit; individual and community; head and heart.
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Gathered Before God
$26.00Add to cart1. Worship At The Center Of Congregational Life
2 .Experiential Learning In Congregational Life
3. How Congregations Worship
4. Prayer And Spiritual Disciplines
5. Study And Instruction
6. Ministry And Mission
7. Leadership In Worship-Centered Congregational LifeAdditional Info
What is the central purpose of the church today? How can churches experience renewal through worship? In Gathered Before God, Jane Rogers Vann answers these important questions by studying ten vibrant small, medium, and large churches. Her findings, she argues, show worship is the most important thing churches do and is vital to the renewal of congregational life. Vann explores how these congregations changed into worship-centered churches and how their experiences can help other churches do the same. Gathered Before God offers resources for pastors, worship leaders, and Christian educators to reflect on their worship, leading to an openness to change and processes to help church leaders support each other during the periods of reform and renewal. Moving beyond the “contemporary versus traditional debate,” Gathered Before God is an earnest call for us all to reclaim worship as a central act of our life together as Christians that expresses clearly what the church believes about God, itself, and the world.
