Books
Showing 25701–25800 of 32959 resultsSorted by latest
-
Growing In Gods Spirit
$14.99Add to cartThis is the first book in the series. It includes three sermons: (1) A Divine and Supernatural Light, (2) Christian Knowledge, and (3) The Christian Pilgrim. Envisions a life of faith that is infused with a transcendent perspective, delights in the prospect of heaven, and takes seriously the challenge of growing in God’s Spirit.
-
Getting Past Guilt
$17.99Add to cart1. What Good Is Guilt?
2. Where Does Guilt Come From?
3. How Does Gult Affect Me?
4. Why Do I Sin?
5. What Can I Do To Stop Feeling Guilty?
6. Believe What God Tells You About You?
7. Believe That Mercy And Grace Are Yours?
8. Believe God’s Assurances
9. Answer Satan’s Lies With God’s Truth
10. Confess And Be HealedAdditional Info
Forgiveness. The word itself fills our hearts with peace and hope and sends our spirits soaring. But countless Christians are plagued by haunting feelings of shame and inadequacy. While their heads tell them they are forgiven, their hearts cry out that they are guilty.This encouraging book by Joe Beam gets right to the heart of the questions that steal the joy God intends for your life:
*Where does quilt come from?
*Why do I sin?
*Why can’t I stop feeling guilty?
*Why can’t I believe God will forgive me?
*Why do I have these doubts?
Beam gently unmasks your fears and reveals assurances and teachings from God’s Word that will fill you with the peace you crave. Whether this book is for you or someone you love, Getting Past Guilt will make the full force of God’s tender mercy a reality. -
In Search Of Christian Unity (Revised)
$28.95Add to cartThe decision to publish a revised and updated edition of In Search of Christian Unity was reached because the earlier edition was found to be a useful text and resource in numbers of college and seminary classrooms. All texts that treat historical movements and institutions have continuing significance and relevance need frequent updating, and it is hoped that the present work will fulfill this need for the Stone/Campbell movement, currently entering its third century. The author has been pleased by the positive reception accorded the earlier edition by historians and students in each of the three branches of the Stone-Campbell heritage…
-
Mapping Postmodernism : A Survey Of Christian Options
$35.99Add to cartIVP Print On Demand Title
By now we’ve all heard the word postmodernism.
*But what is it?
*Can it be defined?
*Does it really represent a monumental shift away from how we use to think about right and wrong, truth, the world, and even the whole cosmos?
* Most important, how should Christians respond?Robert C. Greer helps us grasp the nature of the shifts in thinking and believing that are taking place in our world. More important, he helps us navigate the complex debate among Christians as to how best to respond to these new challenges. Astutely he maps four different ways Christian thinkers have recommended we respond. These alternatives are represented by four theologians: Francis Schaeffer, Karl Barth, John Hick and George Lindbeck. Greer warns that being merely for or against postmodernism is inadequate. He guides us across the terrain of alternatives along a path that leads neither back to the land of modernism nor to the wild frontiers of postmodernist relativism. Acknowledging the relative strengths and weaknesses of these options, Greer turns us to a thoroughly Christian theology that points beyond them to the true Subject who makes knowledge possible through the language of revelation and relationship with God. This book is an illuminating map for all those who feel lost in the maze of conflicting analyses of postmodernism and are looking for a faithful way forward .
-
Blue Like Jazz
$19.99Add to cartIn Donald Miller’s early years, he was vaguely familiar with a distant God. But when he came to know Jesus Christ, he pursued the Christian life with great zeal. Within a few years he had a successful ministry that ultimately left him feeling empty, burned out, and once again, far away from God. In this intimate, soul-searching account, Miller decribes his remarkable journey back to a culturally relevant, infinitely loving God.
-
Readers Companion To Augustines Confessions
$45.00Add to cartThis book is a tool for teaching and studying the great Christian classic, Augustine’s Confessions. It is a unique venture in which thirteen different scholars look at each of the thirteen books in the Confessions and interpret their chapters in light of that book and in light of the rest of Augustine’s work. The result is that the richness and ambiguity of Augustine’s work shines through as well as the richness and ambiguity of different readings of the Confessions.
-
Taming Your Gremlin (Revised)
$18.99Add to cartA completely updated edition of this classic, explaining the author’s laid-back but stunningly powerful methods for taming self-defeating behaviours.
Your gremlin interprets your every experience. He has nothing good to say about you or anything you do, not to mention your dreams and aspirations. Just when you feel you’ve out-argued or overcome him, he changes his disguise and his strategy. Grapple with him and you become more enmeshed. What he hates is simply being noticed. That’s the first step to his taming. This and many other straightforward and powerful techniques await you in Taming Your Gremlin: A Guide to Enjoying Yourself.
-
Search For Significance Devotional Journal
$18.99Add to cartIn Robert McGee’s best-selling book The Search for Significance, he helps readers realize the fact that they will never be content if they search for their significance in accomplishments or the opinions of others. Instead, God has given them significance and worth through the work of Christ on the cross. Because of McGee’s classic book, more than two million readers have learned what it means to be free to enjoy Christ’s love and forgiveness.
-
Escape : Exodus
$11.95Add to cartCommentary on Exodus. God’s voice breaks into Abram’s consciousness. The livestock farmer responds with faith, following God’s direction to an unknown land.
Meanwhile, in the heavenlies, the angels eagerly watch as God promises to make the childless Abram into Abraham, the father of a great nation – a people through whom God will fulfill his purpose in creation.
Abraham . . . Isaac . . . Jacob and Esau . . . Joseph and his brothers . . . a famine that forces the clan’s move to Egypt, where they suffer in slavery . . . the unglamorous rise of the great leader Moses.
Finally the stage is set for some of the greatest events in human history: the escape of the Israelite people from Egypt, their miraculous survival in the desert, and their arrival at the land they would call their own.
In The Escape, you can experience the drama in a new way by watching the events from two perspectives: that of the earthly participants and that of the angels in the glorious heavenly realm. At those times when the door opens to join heaven and earth, you will understand with new insight the mysteries of God at work in his creation.
The Escape is the second book in a five-book series entitled “The Chronicles of the Door.” (The Beginning, The Escape, The Birth, The Triumph, The Return.)
-
Beginning : Genesis 1-2
$10.95Add to cartCreation… the fall of man… God’s relationship with his people… the birth of Christ… his resurrection. A fresh new telling of an old, old story – from the perspective of the angels.
In The Beginning, God creates the heavens… and the visible realm, including the earth and everything in it. The crowning glory of creation is man and woman, who live and move in both the visible world and the spiritual world, ruling creation in full fellowship with their Creator. Until… until the Garden is invaded by the succulent, deadly Tree of Knowledge and the allures of the fallen Angel of Light… until the unthinkable is done… until the bodies of Adam and Eve shrivel and are blinded to the heavenlies… and the Door between heaven and earth is closed. -
Gods Leading Lady
$24.00Add to cartBishop T.D. Jakes, the #1 bestselling author of The Lady, Her Lover, and Her Lord, offers women a plan for taking charge of their lives-and starring in the unique role God has chosen them to play in the world. Providing the inspiration and the tools women need to face life’s challenges, he teaches them how to:
Triumph in the face of adversity
Recognize the Lord’s calling
Create a godly and successful legacy-that will inspire and influence generations to come -
Being Gods Man In The Search For Success (Student/Study Guide)
$11.99Add to cartI’ve worked hard to get where I am. I’ve overcome great obstacles. I’ve earned it. No one had a greater right to say those statements more than King David. He rose from the fields of Palestine to the palace of power and privilege. He’d made it. But now that he was on top, would he continue to grow spiritually in the midst of his success?
Self-sufficiency is a temptation every man faces. But we can’t be both self-sufficient and on the move spiritually at the same time. Just as in David’s life, God often allows us to experience the consequences of self-sufficiency so that we can rediscover our need for his leadership and empowerment in our lives. In the end, the crushing blows we face serve to humble us and forge the basis for the next wave of spiritual momentum in our lives.
-
Fire That Ignites
$9.99Add to cartJesus said, “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you.”
What kind of difference is the Holy Spirit of God making in your daily life?
You may have heard confusing, even conflicting information about who the Spirit is and what He does. You may feel disconnected from Him, even as you long to experience His dynamic presence and power.
Here is the practical help you’ve been looking for. With clear, simple teaching straight from the Word of God, Tony Evans shows you how to intimately know the Holy Spirit–His fruit, His power, His guidance–for a life of victory and joy.
-
Hidden Kingdom : Journey Into The Heart Of God
$16.99Add to cartThere are divine moments in life when you turn a corner and are astounded by unexpected, breathtaking vistas that you never imagined. Suddenly your world is changed forever. You have entered a supernatural realm, an eternal dimension, where Jesus is Lord and creation itself shouts His glory. The brilliantly illuminating revelation in this book will catapult you into such an experience. Embark on a voyage of discovery into the mystery of God’s timeless realm. If you want an empowered life, if you dare to engage in a life-changing adventure, this book will lead you on a journey into the heart of God.
-
Pocket Handbook Of Christian Apologetics
$14.99Add to cartHere is a concise, informative guide for anyone looking for answers to questions of faith and reason. Peter Kreeft and Ronald K. Tacelli have condensed their popular Handbook of Christian Apologetics, summarizing the foremost arguments for major Christian teachings and offering compelling responses to the most common arguments put forward against Christianity. In this book you’ll find answers to questions about
faith and reason
the existence of God
creation and evolution
predestination and free will
miracles
the problem of evil
Christ and the resurrection
the reliability of the Bible
life after death
heaven and hell
salvation and other religions
objective truth
The Pocket Handbook of Christian Apologetics is the place to begin for people with questions about Christianity. -
Pocket Dictionary For The Study Of Biblical Hebrew
$23.99Add to cartPerhaps nothing is so daunting to modern seminarians asstudy of the ancient languages, Hebrew in particular. Thiseasy-to-use guide takes much of the mystery out of the little-known terminology, providing lucid examples for difficult concepts.
-
On Thinking The Human
$19.99Add to cartSince Socrates, the effort to understand ourselves precisely as human has been the central occupation of Western thought. In this profound treatise Robert Jenson shows that all philosophical attempts to accurately think the self are doomed to failure and that the category “human” is itself unthinkable without reference to God.
As Jenson says at the outset of his book, the problem of anthropology is that the very concepts we need to use when we talk about ourselves as human resist being thought. “On Thinking the Human” explains why this is so. Under chapter titles that reflect the problem’s different facets “Thinking Death,” “Thinking Consciousness,” “Thinking Freedom,” “Thinking Reality,” “Thinking Wickedness,” and “Thinking Love” Jenson limns the difficulty inherent in each concept and then shows how the unthinkable becomes thinkable in light of the triune God of Scripture.
Carefully constructed and skillfully worded, “On Thinking the Human” will be valued by anyone reflecting deeply on what it means to be human.
-
Jews And Christians
$25.99Add to cartWhile Christians and Jews have always been aware of their religious connections historical continuity, overlapping theology, shared scriptures that awareness has traditionally been infected by centuries of mutual suspicion and hostility. As this important volume shows, however, theologians and scholars of Judaism and Christianity alike are now radically rethinking the relation between their two covenant communities.
“Jews and Christians” presents the best of this work, introducing readers to current attempts to construct a coherent Jewish theology of Christianity and a Christian theology of Judaism. Here are leading Christian and Jewish thinkers who have engaged in extensive conversation, who take each other’s work seriously, and who avoid the pitfall common to Jewish-Christian dialogue watering down distinctive beliefs to accommodate both partners. Indeed, these pages show how the new theological exchange goes to the roots of that “olive tree” of which both Judaism and Christianity are branches, and the book as a whole represents post-Holocaust Jewish-Christian dialogue at the highest theological level.
In addition to eight major chapters, “Jews and Christians” includes a moving testimony by Reidar Dittmann on his experience of the Holocaust and reprints the 2000 manifesto “Dabru Emet: A Jewish Statement on Christians and Christianity,” followed by incisive Christian and Jewish responses.
-
Finding Mr Right
$18.99Add to cartIn discussions about finding a marriage partner, we often hear the cliche, “you’ll just know.” Unfortunately, this conjecture can be dangerous, as love is blind to many faults. When those words have faded, the heartache of an ailing or broken marriage will still be sharp.
In Finding Mr. Right, the authors offer a list of ten characteristics to look for in Mr. Right — physical attraction is NOT one of then — along with ten principles on how to choose well. They dispel the “one perfect person” myth, encouraging women to abandon the search for Mr. Perfect and become comfortable with Mr. Right. Additionally, they share steps to becoming Mrs. Right. Among other attributes, readers will learn to look for men who: Are responsible men of integrity Communicate effectively Are not misers with emotions, time, or money
For women confused by the dating game or seeking guidance in this major life decision, Finding Mr. Right is an essential resource. -
Cut Loose Your Stammering Tongue (Expanded)
$35.00Add to cartDrawing on slave narratives found in forty-one volumes of interviews and one hundred autobiographies by former slaves, these contributors explore how enslaved African Americans received the often oppressive faith of their masters but transformed it into a gospel of liberation. This classic work demonstrates how an authentic black theology of liberation today must listen to the divine spirit that once fed and continues to feed the black religious experience. This second edition includes three additional provocative essays.
-
God I Love
$24.99Add to cart“The God I Love is the book that captures my heart and thoughts in the events, dialogues, memories, images, and scenes of my life_my walk with God.”_Joni Eareckson Tada Joni’s name is synonymous around the world with the words “loving God.” She has lived out these words since the diving accident thirty-six years ago that left her paralyzed from the shoulders down. Now in The God I Love she looks back on the whole of her life through eyes that can see how that accident actually moved her in a new direction, saving her from another tragedy of her own making. This story-driven narrative captures the events and images of Joni’s remarkable life as she describes her life in six themes. She begins with her life as an ordinary girl who is blessed by an extraordinary God_but not without tragic turns. Then she ponders the question, would she have been an artist if she had not broken her neck? She recognizes that through prayer she enters into God’s holy presence and finds that he answers her prayers in full measure. She acknowledges that it is only through the kindness of friends that she has bathed or eaten or done the countless simple tasks that make up everyday life. Because of her unusual situation, her wheelchair has rolled onto platforms around the world where millions of people have heard her speak about her Savior. Through tragedy Joni has come to know God, the living, surprising, wonderful Lord of all. A note from Joni_ The God I Love is a memory still unfolding of the journey that keeps taking me deeper into the heart of my Savior. It’s my prayer that this story, which spans over fifty years, will resonate with each person who takes time to pick up the book…it’s my prayer that The God I Love will serve as a roadmap, a guide, a signpost to light the journey of each reader, helping them to see their sweet, soft desperation of Jesus, too.
-
My Desperate Search For Love
$13.49Add to cartMy Desperate Search for Love is a testimony of deliverance from the dependency of seeking validation through the love of a man to the discovery, acceptance, and realization of the true and real love of God. This true story was passionately written and tells of the deep hunger that drives each of us to do the unthinkable in our quest to be loved. The author takes us through her own personal six-year journey and carefully chronicles how she reached her destination of discovering the awesome, fulfilling love of God! This was written to shed light on this very real problem that exists among many young women in our world today. It is the author’s desire that you will use this story as a tool and a guidebook as you set out on your journey for your search for love.
-
Essential Laws Of God And Man For The Saints
$13.49Add to cartOur God is holy and orderly. Prayer and fasting alone cannot save us except we remain holy and orderly and obey His laws and the laws of the land. “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? … For the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are” (1 Corinthians 3:16-17). “And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?” (1 Peter 3:13). This is what the author is trying to pass across. He has fused together his knowledge in natural laws and supernatural laws (spiritual) to write this book.
-
Dont Drive On The Sidewalk
$16.49Add to cartWhen we are young, we start off on our journey of life filled with big dreams and expectations. But life is also filled with twists and turns. Whether traveling across town, across the country, or across a lifetime, you are bound to run into detours. We find Road Closed, Dead End, Bridge Out, Do Not Enter, One Way, and Be Prepared to Stop signs in our personal lives and professional careers. In Don’t Drive on the Sidewalk-Inspirations through the Detours of Life, Gail M. Renderman takes the twists, turns, bumps, and stops, and adds a new view. Traveling through life as a wife and mother, having a career in sales, and living with major health challenges, Renderman knows how quickly plans can change. She takes the obstacles that we all face; adds some laughter, a positive attitude, a strong religious belief; and combines them to inspire others to get through the toughest times. She helps us remember that we are never alone when we ask God to travel with us on our journey-just watch out when He decides to drive! So sit back and enjoy the scenery while we venture through the detours in life together, without driving on the sidewalk!
-
Practical Guide To Pulpit Ministry
$21.99Add to cartThere is a need within the leadership of the Church (the body of Christ) to place a particular emphasis on public speaking dynamics used in pulpit ministry. Many of God’s ministers have received or already accepted the call to publicly minister the Word of God directly from the pulpit, yet may not have the opportunity to receive any practical training or considered the dynamics needed to accomplish the will and purpose of God for their ministries. A Practical Guide to Pulpit Ministry (Public Speaking Dynamics) addresses: Pulpit ministry overview of goals and responsibilities Motivation techniques and instruction Principles of learning Effective communication Preparing outlines/lesson plans Outline/lesson plan personalization And much more! This offering to church leadership and current/prospective ministers embodies the true essence of giving God your best, while keeping Him as the absolute focus!
-
Practical Guide To Pulpit Ministry
$13.49Add to cartThere is a need within the leadership of the Church (the body of Christ) to place a particular emphasis on public speaking dynamics used in pulpit ministry. Many of God’s ministers have received or already accepted the call to publicly minister the Word of God directly from the pulpit, yet may not have the opportunity to receive any practical training or considered the dynamics needed to accomplish the will and purpose of God for their ministries. A Practical Guide to Pulpit Ministry (Public Speaking Dynamics) addresses: Pulpit ministry overview of goals and responsibilities Motivation techniques and instruction Principles of learning Effective communication Preparing outlines/lesson plans Outline/lesson plan personalization And much more! This offering to church leadership and current/prospective ministers embodies the true essence of giving God your best, while keeping Him as the absolute focus!
-
Now Remain These Three
$17.49Add to cart“I have no idea what my Spiritual Gift is!” “Why am I having such a hard time trying to figure it out?” If you’ve ever asked yourself these questions, you’re not alone. Could it be that the Gifts passed away long ago? No, not just the “Charismatic Gifts.” Perhaps even the Gifts of Teaching and Evangelism are not around any longer, either. What does the Bible say about this? This book makes the case that ALL of the Spiritual Gifts passed away save for some surprising exceptions. And in the process, God gave us something even better. Are you ready to have your traditional views challenged? Are you willing to take a fresh look at what the Bible says about the viability of Spiritual Gifts TODAY?
-
Help I Dont Want To Have Sex With My Husband
$10.99Add to cartOne evening I went into my bedroom and fell on my face in prayer. I said to the Lord, “I don’t want to have sex with my husband. Please help me.” Many married women have little or no sexual passion toward their husbands. Many of us view sex as a marital chore and not an enjoyable experience. Some of us used to be passionate but lost our sex drive during the course of our marriages. What happened? Some of us never enjoyed being sexual. Sexual breakdown in a marriage can destroy a home. In this book, I show women how to discover or recover their sexuality. Inside I discuss sex drive, sexual deception, sex thieves, sexabrations, and many other issues. This book is designed to assist married women in reaching their maximum sexual enjoyment appropriate for their ages and homes. This book will cause many marriages to go to a new level of love and intimacy.
-
Being Gods Man As A Satisfied Single (Student/Study Guide)
$11.99Add to cartYou may be single by choice or circumstance. You may plan to marry and have a family, or you may sense a call to lifelong singleness. Even so, your situation is God’s will for you now. What will you do with it? What will you learn from it? And how will you survive the temptations confronting singles in this world?
You know firsthand that single men face unique spiritual and moral struggles. Character is the cornerstone of being God’s man as a single in today’s culture. To live successfully out of a commitment to Christ, you as a single man must master the issues of sexual integrity, isolation, contentment, spiritual battle, and identity in Christ. Being God’s Man as a Satisfied Single is designed to help you do just that.
-
Search For Significance
$19.99Add to cartNow updated! Join the millions who’ve benefited from the classic that Billy Graham said “should be read by every Christian.” Learn how to see your worth through God’s eyes, step off the “performance treadmill,” and discover, through insightful self-inventory exercises, how four false beliefs have kept you from the joy of abundant life in Christ.
-
Youth Ministry From The Inside Out
$16.99Add to cartFlash! Ping! Whiz! Pop! Boom! Bang! Crash! Such are the sights and sounds of modern youth ministry. We look for the bigger, the louder, the brighter. And we work long and hard to make our ministry the biggest, the loudest, the brightest. But look out and listen up: God is not caught up in sound and fury. And he doesn’t want to see youth workers disengage–letting the momentum define their purpose. Mike Higgs, reflecting on more than two decades of work with youth, thinks the greatest need among youth workers today is a reminder of who we are. We need to set aside the distractions of an emphasis on performance and focus instead on connecting with God in his work in us, our students and other youth workers. When a renewed spirit shapes our work with youth, our ministry will become less a muddled chorus of strategies and targets, and more a symphony of purpose and practice.
-
Broken Body Healing Spirit
$17.95Add to cartIn the summer of 1995 Mary Earle returned from a vacation feeling refreshed and restored from her time away. A few days later, all that changed, when she was rushed to the emergency room with a case of acute and life-threatening pancreatitis. Being ill, she discovered, forces you to learn to live in whole new ways, ones often marked by limitation and fragility.
As a priest and spiritual director, Earle began to explore ways in which her own prayer life might help her build a different relationship with her illness. Using the Benedictine practice of lectio divina, or sacred reading, she began to “read” her own illness, and discovered a way of befriending and helping to heal–if not cure–her body and her life.
In Broken Body, Healing Spirit, Earle introduces this strategy to others who are hungry to find ways of living more fully despite chronic or serious illness or pain. Her practical, step-by-step approach to “reading the text of our illnesses,” and learning to listen to what our bodies are trying to tell us will be of help to those who are currently suffering with disease or limitations, as well as to those who are caregivers and counselors.
-
Science And Wisdom
$23.00Add to cartWeighing both the pluses and minuses of modern science, Moltmann specifically assesses contemporary cosmology. He ponders the creation as an open system, the self-emptying of God in the history of the universe, problems of time and eternity, ideas of God and space, as well as the last things.
-
Gods Beloved : Jesus Experience Of The Transcendent
$13.95Add to cartThe issue of Jesus’ self-consciousness remains at the forefront of New Testament studies. In this book, Bernard Cooke exhibits courage and tenacity as he reconstructs, with full acceptance of historical criticism, the religious self-consciousness of Jesus and Jesus’ awareness of the divine.
Cooke focuses on the term “Abba” as descriptive of Jesus’ relationship to the divine, considering it within the context of the Jewishness of Jesus’ experience, Jesus’ masculinity. Jesus’ consciousness of being “eschatological prophet,” and Jesus’ awareness of healing by the power of God’s Spirit. A concluding chapter deals with the question of what can reliably be said about the religious experience of Jesus.
-
Restoring Sexual Identity
$16.99Add to cart1. Three Stories
2. Where Does Same-Sex Attraction Come From?
3. Classic Development Of Lesbian Attraction
4. Healthy Female Gender Development
5. Establishing A Support System
6. Healing From Abuse
7. Overcoming Temptation
8. Healthy Female Friendships
9. Men: Friendships, Singleness, And Marriage
10. Parenthood And The Ex-Gay Woman
267 PagesAdditional Info
Harvest House Print On Demand TitleCan a lesbian change? Yes says author Anne Paulk, who left her lesbian lifestyle twenty years ago as she responded to Christ’s invitation to an abundant life.
“Very early, I felt the tug of sexual attraction toward some members of my gender. I remember being both confused and excited by these feelings. After many years of having been attracted to other women, I embraced a lesbian identity and lifestyle. Later, after an encounter with God, I began my journey out of homosexuality. . .”
Restoring Sexual Identity offers answers to the difficult and often wrenching questions asked by both women desiring change and by friends and relatives of women struggling with same sex attraction.
* Is lesbianism a genetic predisposition or is it developed during childhood?
* Does becoming a Christian immediately eliminate all desire for members of the same sex?
* Can a woman be a lesbian and a Christian at the same time?
* How does childhood sexual abuse relate to the development of lesbianism?
* What support is available for women who struggle with lesbianism?For every woman sexually attracted to other women, here’s another choice.
-
When God Pursues A Womans Heart
$15.99Add to cart25 Chapters
Additional Info
Harvest House Print On Demand TitleWithin the heart of every woman is the desire to be pursued, cherished, and loved. Yet the kind of love that truly fulfills these desires cannot come from husbands, children, parents, or friends, but only from God Himself. Cindi McMenamin, author of the popular book When Women Walk Alone, will take women on a personal journey of discovery that looks at the many ways God loves them, and how He shows that love. Women will gain greater confidence in themselves and their purpose in life as they see how much God longs to sweep them off their feet and love and care for them as only He can.
-
Just Wives : Stories Of Power And Survival In The Old Testament And Today
$28.00Add to cartGiving astute attention to social worlds of women of both ancient and modern times, Katharine Sakenfeld explores the stories of eleven women in the Old Testament. In clear and engaging fashion, she reveals the complexity of these women’s lives, drawing out the issues they faced and relating their struggles to those women around the world face today. By encouraging women from across the world, in various cultures, to bring their own experiences to the biblical texts, and sharing the interpretation of some who already have, Sakenfeld allows her readers to see new possibilities for meaning in the Scriptures.
-
Touchdown Jesus : The Mixing Of Sacred And Secular In American History
$38.00Add to cartThis book is an intriguing narrative of the interplay between American religion and patterns of American culture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. R. Laurence Moore considers the ways nationalism, the separation of church and state, democratic pluralism, and shifts in boundaries between secular and sacred practice have shaped American religion for the past two hundred years.
-
Literature Of Theology (Revised)
$33.00Add to cartThis updated reference guide directs students to over five hundred significant theological resources across a wide area of theological research. It details bibliographic sources for encyclopedias, dictionaries, and electronic resources in biblical studies, historical studies, theology, and practical theology.
-
101 Most Powerful Prayers In The Bible
$35.00Add to cartEntertaining and enriching, full of insight both into biblical text and the spiritual challenge of modern life, 101 Most Powerful Prayers in the Bible has the warmth and insight of a fireside chat with a deep and trusted friend. At the same time, it is a guide to the true effectiveness of prayer and to the greatest human achievement of all: to be able to speak directly to God, and to hear Him speak back to us.
-
1 Samuel
$58.99Add to cartThis newest volume in the FOTL series presents a valuable form-critical analysis of 1 Samuel, highlighting both the literary development of the text itself and its meanings for its audience. A skilled student of the Hebrew scriptures and their ancient context, Antony Campbell shows modern readers the process of editing and reworking that shaped 1 Samuel’s final form. His revealing study sheds light on tensions and contradicitions that exist in the present text, and it also allows for a more satisfying discussion of the text’s literary structure and the particular purpose and message of each distinct unit. As Campbell shows, 1 Samuel deals with a massive change in the way of life of ancient Israel. Samuel, the first prophet, here emerges to preside, and to annoint David as Israel’s next king and the first established head of a royal dynasty. The book of 1 Samuel captures the work of God within this interplay of sociopolitical forces, and Campbell fruitfully explores the text as a repository of traditions of great significance for Israel and a paradigm of Israel’s use of narrative for theological expression.
-
What Kids Wish Parents Knew About Parenting (Revised)
$15.95Add to cart(When placing your order, please mention that this is a Lightining Source book.)
Best-selling author and family expert Joe White writes a sobering book for this most serious of times. Children are being exposed to dangers outside the home that most parents are unaware of until they accidentally find some shred of evidence-a cigarette butt, a half-smoked joint, or an obscene letter from an unknown lover. Kids are feeling lonely, ugly, unaccepted, and scared. While smiling on the outside, they often feel deserted on the inside-even by their parents.
White’s insights into parenting and what kids really want from their parents will change not only how Christians think about their families but how they treat and raise the priceless jewels God has placed in their care. This is not a feel-good, no brainer book. This is a convicting, how-to book on raising children in homes of faith, love, security, and commitment.
-
Land Of The Pharaohs
$7.99Add to cartCutting-edge art paired with stories of fantastical adventure and biblical fact make the all-new Toby Digz series a must-have for young readers. Kids will relate to Toby’s predicaments and his quirky sense of humor. Parents will love the fact that Bible stories and biblical truths are woven throughout these tales of adventure. With a little help from their imaginations, Toby and his friends crawl through the makeshift cave in his tree house to find an ancient world of adventure. As Toby and the gang venture back in time, they meet major Bible heroes and learn_up close and personal_about the culture and history of biblical times.
-
Family Finance Handbook
$34.99Add to cartWith insights gained from twenty-five years in business and ministry, the authors impart to the reader biblical principles of stewardship and financial management. Readers learn how to get out of debt and are carefully guided through the investment process in this comprehensive and well-crafted resource.
-
Homosexuality : Biblical Interpretation And Moral Discernment
$14.99Add to cart1. My Journey On Homosexuality
2. Old Testament And Early Judaism
3. Jesus And The Gospels
4. Understanding Paul On Homosexual Practice
5. Analysis Of Contemporary Western Culture
6. Hermeneutical Analysis And Reflection
7. The Church’s Belief And Response
8. A Model For Congregational Discernment
9. Concluding Remarks: The Path ForwardAdditional Info
Grounded in a lifetime of biblical study, New Testament scholar Willard M. Swartley takes a fresh look at the Scriptures and what they would teach the church on the current and controversial subject of homosexuality. In a spirit of love and generosity, Swartley presents all sides of the issue, drawing from contemporary scholarship and cultural analysis. He concludes with a model for congregational discernment and suggestions for the path forward. -
Searching For God In Godforsaken Times And Places
$19.50Add to cart152 pages
Additional Info
This heartfelt book recounts the author’s personal struggles with doubt, uncertainty, and skepticism in the face of three consequential life experiences the death of his parents, his life as a black American, and his lifelong preoccupation with the Nazi Holocaust.For Hubert Locke, as for many others who share his circumstances or sensitivities, these experiences have presented a serious challenge to conventional Christian teaching. They have forced him to reexamine Scripture, where he has ultimately and beneficially discovered a remarkable congeniality on the part of biblical writers with doubters and skeptics.
“Doubt is not an act of unbelief,” Locke writes. “In fact and ironically, doubt may be a supreme act of faith and devotion. If this is too much to claim, at least doubt and skepticism are stances that Scripture understands and for which the Bible has the utmost sympathy.”
“Searching for God in Godforsaken Times and Places” is a heart-cry by one person whose honest journey through life has earned him a special kind of spiritual peace, a person who has profound insights to offer others seeking to live Christianly in a confusing, contradictory world. Penetrating and sensitive, questioning and honest, this book is for believers and seekers alike who are looking for a meaningful, real discussion of life’s duplicity.
-
Growing Old In Christ
$34.99Add to cart334 Pages
Additional Info
One of the hallmarks of contemporary culture is its attitude toward aging and the elderly. Youth and productivity are celebrated in today’s society, while the elderly are increasingly marginalized. This not only poses difficulties for old people but is also a loss for the young and middle-agers, who could learn much from the elderly, including what it means to grow old (and die) “in Christ.”“Growing Old in Christ” presents the first serious theological reflection ever on what it means to grow old, particularly in our culture and particularly as a Christian. In a full-orbed discussion of the subject, eighteen first-rate Christian thinkers survey biblical and historical perspectives on aging, look at aging in the modern world, and describe the “Christian practice of growing old.” Along the way they address many timely issues, including the medicalization of aging, the debate over physician-assisted suicide, and the importance of friendships both among the elderly and between the elderly and the young.
Weighty enough to instruct theologians, ethicists, and professional caregivers yet accessible enough for pastors and general readers, this book will benefit anyone seeking faith-based insight into growing old.
-
Between Cross And Resurrection
$41.99Add to cartFor much of Christian history the church has given no place to Holy Saturday in its liturgy or worship. Yet the space dividing Calvary and the Garden may be the best from which to reflect on the meaning of Christ’s death and resurrection. This superb work by the late Alan Lewis develops on a grand scale and in great detail a theology of Holy Saturday.
-
Study Guide For In Gods Time (Student/Study Guide)
$9.50Add to cartCraig Hill’s book “In God’s Time” is widely acclaimed as on e of the best available studies of the Bible’s teaching about the End Times. Many people and groups individuals interested in this fascinating topic, church classes, study groups, college classes have been reading and studying “In God’s Time.” This new “Study Guide” is meant to aid discussion in these and similar settings. It has eight lessons that correspond to the book’s seven chapters and conclusion, although alternative study approaches are also suggested. Each lesson includes an introduction, scripture readings, preview questions, and group activities. The “Guide” also features an appendix of worship resources, including hymns and prayers, related to the subject of eschatology.
-
Chosen For Greatness
$15.99Add to cartThis book unveils the truth of our ultimate destiny in God. There is a great deal of misinformation in the Body of Christ concerning the believer’s purpose and destiny in God’s ultimate intentions. Dr. Varner strips away the religious veneer clouding the issues. With a stroke of the prophetic pen he draws a dramatic picture of the greatness of your place in Jesus. With one shake of the spiritual kaleidoscope Dr. Varner brings clear and prophetic focus to the Biblical drama surrounding God’s divine purposes for the church. You will be stunned by the significant part you play in God’s plan for the end of days.
-
Sermon Maker : Tales Of A Transformed Preacher
$12.99Add to cartPastor Sam knows all about how to preach-but he’s got a lot to learn about how people listen. All of this is about to change. An unexpected heavenly visitor is coming Sam’s way with a few pointers designed to connect Sam-and every preacher who longs for significance-with the life-changing soul of the sermon. Sam is soon to learn that the sermon is a season of creation-a compass and a call to new directions. With extensive notations for study or discussion
-
Jesus Drives Me Crazy
$12.99Add to cartThis book is a biblical and theological meditation on the meaning of discipleship a discipleship defined not in terms of those who throng Jesus, but of those who throne Jesus. What it means to “throne him” is to let Jesus drive you crazy crazy in the sense that it goes against how normal people see and function in the world. A disciple is someone who is crazy in love with Jesus. Christians don’t do normal. One of the biggest mistakes a Christian can make is to believe that the way they see the world is the way most other people see the world. We see the world differently. We9re abnormal. We’re weird. We’re eccentric. Christians have an off-kilter view of the world. Loving your enemies, turning the other cheek, going the second mile, living without anger, living without lusting, being strong in the broken places_all these things normal people just have a hard time thinking these thoughts and living these ways. There is the “World According to Normal” where most Christians currently live. This book calls Christians to the World According to NUTS . . . where NUTS is an acronym for Never Underestimate the Spirit.
-
United By Faith
$75.00Add to cartIn the last four decades, desegregation has revolutionized almost every aspect of life in the United States: schools, businesses, government offices, even entertainment. But there is one area that remains largely untouched, and that is the church. Now comes a major new call for multiracial congregations in every possible setting–a call that is surprisingly controversial, even in the twenty-first century.
In United By Faith , a multiracial team of sociologists and a minister of the Church of God argue that multiracial Christian congregations offer a key to opening the still-locked door between the races in the United States. They note, however, that a belief persists–even in African-American and Latino churches–that racial segregation is an acceptable, even useful practice. The authors examine this question from biblical, historical, and theological perspectives to make their case. They explore the long history of interracialism in the church, with specific examples of multiracial congregations in the United States. They cite examples ranging from the abolitionist movement to an astonishing 1897 camp meeting in Alabama that brought together hundreds of whites and blacks literally into the same tent. Here, too, is a critical account of the theological arguments in favor of racial separation, as voiced in the African-American, Latino, Asian-American, Native-American, and white contexts. The authors respond in detail, closing with a foundation for a theology suited to sustaining multiracial congregations over time.
Faith can be the basis for healing, but too often Christian faith has been a field for injury and division. In this important new book, readers will glimpse a way forward, a path toward once again making the church the basis for racial reconciliation in our still-splintered nation.
-
Sexplosion : A Biblically Based Sexual Intimacy Workbook For Wives (Workbook)
$18.99Add to cartA lack of knowledge and the absence of proper teaching about sexual intimacy are contributors to the marriage bed perishing. For too long the secular society has been setting the standard for sex, for which the church should be setting the standard. No more! Sexplosion provides the knowledge and instruction needed to resurrect the marriage bed. Sexplosion very specifically, biblically, explicitly, unashamedly, and candidly teaches wives “how to” make love. This Workbook addresses areas that have been viewed by the Christian community as “taboo” or “off-limits” or “offensive,” yet God teaches is holy, acceptable, and to be enjoyed. Sexplosion is written by a wife to exhort and instruct wives to experience a lifetime of sexplosive sexual intimacy through abiding in the Word of God. Sexplosion teaches the wife to: Establish and maintain spiritual, emotional, and sexual harmony with her husband Overcome sexual anxieties, inhibitions, past traumas, and inaccurate beliefs Move from faking orgasms to multiple sexhilarating orgasms Become freer to initiate, give, and receive sexual pleasures Sexpel all her sexcuses: fatigue, lack of time, headache, not in the mood, etc. Sexpress to her husband what she likes, how she likes it, and when she likes it
-
Way To Heaven
$17.99Add to cartFrom sin to salvation, this book studies God’s plan for his people through the eyes of John Wesley Three hundred years after his birth, John Wesley’s teaching continues to be a source of inspiration to Christians of many denominations. Dr. Steve Harper has added a new introduction and two new chapters to his popular treatment of Wesley and Methodism first published in 1983. This book provides a basis for better understanding Wesley and taps into the growing interest of Wesleyan churches to get back to the spiritual roots of their faith and practice. Previously published as John Wesley’s Message for Today.
-
Beyond The Storm
$16.95Add to cart(When placing your order, please mention that this is a Lightining Source book.)
You’ll discover peace, guidance, and strength to face the storms in your life from this moving and ministering book. Dr. Jones shares his and other true-life stories of believers just like you who have weathered the storms of divorce, death, disease, and destroyed dreams. His Bible-based teaching will renew your faith and build you up again.
-
Ordinary Saints : An Introduction To The Christian Life (Student/Study Guide)
$26.00Add to cartThis thoroughly reworked and updated second edition provides students, lay people, and pastors with an insightful orientation to living the Christian life at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Benne begins with a sprightly review of the Christian vision and ethos for daily living as the biblical message addresses the felt and formulated needs of a new generation of Americans… Thought-provoking discussion questions and bibliographies heighten the usefulness of this volume for teaching and learning in the college classroom and in parish studies.
-
Guidelines For Spiritual Discernment
$15.49Add to cartAre you confused about doctrines, signs, wonders, and manifestations because of differing opinions in the body of Christ? Have you felt troubled in certain situations but could not put your finger on the problem? Do you wonder why the body of Christ is so divided? Do you desire to see reformation come to the Church? As the end of the age draws near, the call for the Church to rid herself of unrighteous judgments toward one another and misperceptions of God is becoming obvious. These constitute the greatest stumbling blocks to what God desires to do in and through the Church before Jesus returns. This book is a journey into understanding what true discernment or judgment is and what it is not. “I found myself stopping and asking for forgiveness in the middle of the pages.” -SAM FENCEROY, PASTOR
-
Mighty Armor
$7.99Add to cartCutting-edge art paired with stories of fantastical adventure and biblical fact make the all-new Toby Digz series a must-have for young readers. Kids will relate to Toby’s predicaments and his quirky sense of humor. Parents will love the fact that Bible stories and biblical truths are woven throughout these tales of adventure. With a little help from their imaginations, Toby and his friends crawl through the makeshift cave in his tree house to find an ancient world of adventure. As Toby and the gang venture back in time, they meet major Bible heroes and learn “up close and personal” about the culture and history of biblical times.
-
No More Bullies
$18.99Add to cartIf you’ve ever been there, you’ve never forgotten how it feels. It’s being undersized or oversized or less than beautiful. It’s knowing you are vulnerable and that someone is ready to take advantage of your weakness. It’s the fraternity you never wanted to join-the fellowship of the wounded spirit. And Frank Peretti is a member, too.
In this powerful book, Frank Peretti shares his deeply personal story of growing up different, and the persecution he suffered because of it. And from this reservoir of memories he urges:
*those being abused to speak up and seek help
*those in authority to take notice- and action
*the “strong” kids to stand up and protect the weak- not prey upon them
*all of us to stop thinking of abuse as “normal” or as “kids being kids”This groundbreaking work shows how we all – bullies and victims alike – can find both healing and forgiveness from the anguish and torment associated with the growing epidemic of bullying.
-
Dead Mans Noose
$12.99Add to cartThe dusty silence hung between them like a cloud of hate. Two days ago, Sheriff Matt Blake and his prisoner, cold-blooded killer Duke McClain, set out across the treacherous Arizona desert toward a date with destiny. Now McClain sizes up the lawman and waits to make his move – he swears he’ll take his chance with the desert before he’ll hang. Torn between vengeance and duty, Blake knows only that he will do whatever it takes to make McClain pay for what he has done.
-
Ghost Of Sonora
$12.99Add to cart256 Pages
Additional Info
The poor and oppressed of old California cheer Joaquin Murieta as El Patrio, the great liberator. The wealthy and powerful call him simply “the smiling bandit.” Officials dispatch rangers to kill the popular outlaw and bring his head back to them as proof. But justice does not die so easily. Now out of the darkness there rides a mysterious horseman – a headless specter bent in taking his revenge. -
Prayerful Spirit : Passion For God Compassion For People
$11.99Add to cartFaithful. Fervent. Focused. Does that describe your prayer life? In this book, Dr. James P. Gills tells us how prayer has changed his life, how it has changed the lives of other doctors and their patients, and how it can change your life.
-
Bible Answers For Almost All Your Questions
$16.99Add to cartWhy is cloning wrong? Does the Bible say a divorced person can remarry? Can angels sin? Is body piercing wrong? Can demons read our thoughts? Dr. Elmer Towns, author of over 80 books and Dean of Liberty University’s School of Religion, answers these and many other questions you have wondered about.Written for the new Christian too embarrassed to ask, and for the long-time Christian who still has unanswered questions, this one-volume, indexed resource provides the kind of responses your own pastor would give as you’re shaking hands after the Sunday morning sermon_short, knowledgeable, and to the point. Topics covered include: PoliticsThe Bible,The Holy Spirit,and AngelsCreationDemons and the Devil*God’s NamesPrayer, Salvation, and SinIf you have questions_and who doesn’t_Bible Answers for Almost All Your Questions is an essential resource.
-
Handbook For Spiritual Warfare (Revised)
$39.99Add to cartYour guide to understanding all dimensions of spiritual warfare!The Handbook for Spiritual Warfare is the most thorough treatment available of biblical and theological foundations and practical concerns for spiritual warfare. Further revised and updated for the 21st century.THE BOOK:Equips leaders and mature believersComprehensive coverage of all 3 dimensions of spiritual conflict: the World, the Flesh, and the DevilEndorsed by Frank Peretti, Dr. C. Peter Wagner, and others
-
Authentic Faith : What If Life Isnt Meant To Be Perfect But We Are Meant To
$18.99Add to cart“This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.”–John the Apostle Isn’t it startling how God reveals himself most profoundly in places we least expect to encounter him? He is intent on showing himself Lord in all our circumstances–in the highs and the lows alike. The faith he calls us to is far more than a glowing positivism that shields us from life’s struggles. It is one that guides us into a deepening intimacy with the God who sustains us in the broad sweep of life. Best-selling author Gary Thomas helps us sharpen our spiritual vision and fortify our commitment by examining ten disciplines God uses to forge a fire-tested faith. A biblical view of these disciplines can safeguard us from disillusionment when-not if-difficulties surface in our lives. How we respond will determine the depth and vitality of our walk with God. Sharing scriptural insights, the wisdom of Christians through the centuries, and cogent personal observations, Thomas explores the disciplines of: * Selflessness * Waiting * Suffering * Persecution * Social Mercy * Forgiveness * Mourning * Contentment * Sacrifice * Hope and Fear Drawing liberally from his storehouse of colorful and engaging stories, Thomas brings his topics to life. Find out how a message scrawled on a baseball made a big-league difference to a discouraged young pitcher. Learn how a nineteen-year-old Catholic acolyte, marked by the tragedies of war, grew up to usher in the collapse of Communism in Poland. Read the touching account of feud, reconciliation, and friendship between two of America’s founding fathers. As Gary Thomas reminds us, Jesus said that in this world we will have trouble. Paul exhorted believers to mourn with those who mourn. James wrote that God chooses the poor of this world to be rich in faith. Clearly, faith is about something other than a smooth ride through this fallen world. Rather, authentic faith is shaped, tempered, and purified in the flames of struggle. In a culture sated with blessings and comfort, Authentic Faith reveals the rich benefits that derive from embracing the harder truths of Scripture. This eye-opening look at what it means to be a true disciple of Jesus will encourage you, bolster your faith, and help you rise above shallow attachments to fix your heart on things of eternal worth.
-
Absolute Honesty : Building A Corporate Culture That Values Straight Talk A
$22.99Add to cartWorldCom. Enron. Tyco. Shocking accusations of dishonesty and silent complicity have dominated headlines recently, and cost the American economy trillions of dollars. Clearly, dishonesty doesn’t pay. Drawing from these stories, as well as from more positive ones, Absolute Honesty shows how to establish and maintain a culture where honest communication is the norm, and employees can speak openly without fear of retribution. The book illustrates the impact that truthfulness and accountability can have on organizations, attacking the sort of passivity that allows little lies to grow into giant disasters. Structured around the Six Laws of Absolute Honesty, this insightful book goes beyond simply extolling the virtues of ethics to provide a template managers can use to maintain an environment of healthy debate. It also contains a toolbox of techniques anyone can apply to improve his or her ability to confront and resolve difficult issues. Companies can reap huge benefits from cultivating an atmosphere of trust. Absolute Honesty is an important, timely book that provides readers with the tools and strategies to establish a culture in which communication thrives and results speak for themselves.
-
All My Tomorrows
$15.99Add to cartWhen 62 orphans and abandoned children leave New York City on a train headed out West, they have no idea what to expect. Will they get separated from their friends or siblings? Will their new families love them? Will a family even pick them at all? Future events are wilder than any of them could imagine – ranging from kidnappings and whippings to stowing away on wagon trains, from starting orphanages of their own to serving as missionaries to the Apache. No matter what, their paths are being watched by someone who cares about and carefully plans all their tomorrows.
-
Every Fixed Star
$19.00Add to cart385 Pages
Additional Info
Travel West with real-life American heroine Marie Dorion–a strong-willed mother who refused to be left behind when her husband joined the Wilson Hunt Astoria expedition! In Every Fixed Star, Marie struggles to keep her children safe, warm, and fed while practicing the art of trusting God through all life’s twists and turns. -
Heaven In The Real World
$15.95Add to cart(When placing your order, please mention that this is a Lightining Source book.)
Let the reality of Heaven shape your experience on Earth! Through inspiring real-life stories on how the transforming power of Heaven—God incarnate—changes lives, Pastor McLaughlin helps you live a life you wouldn’t dream of giving up, build relationships you’d never think of leaving, and weather difficulties without being washed away by life’s storms.
-
Living In Love With Jesus Workbook (Workbook)
$17.99Add to cartThe authors of the best-selling Falling in Love with Jesus video curriculum turn their insight towards the principles reflected in the life of the biblical character Esther. Though two very different women_one single and one a married grandmother the authors combine their unique perspectives of God’s love and our ability to love one another. Ideal for individual or group study, the Living in Love with Jesus workbook paints a portrait of biblical truth that infuses a woman’s relationship with God with new vibrancy.
-
John Wesley : A Theological Journey
$38.99Add to cartA chronological presentation of the development of Wesley’s theology. John Wesley remains a seminal figure, not only for “the people called Methodist,” but also within the larger Protestant tradition. Understanding his theology is a requirement for understanding the development of the Western Christian tradition in the modern period.
In recent years much work has been done to grasp the intricacies of Wesley’s theology. However, most of this work has been thematic in organization, studying Wesley’s thought according to a topical or systematic outline. The weakness of this approach, argues Kenneth J. Collins, is that it fails to demonstrate the evolution and changes of Wesley’s theology. What is called for is a historical presentation–one that examines the development of Wesley’s theology across the span of his long and eventful theological career.Drawing on an extensive examination of the primary sources, and demonstrating an intimate knowledge of the different contexts and social locations in which Wesley’s theology took place, John Wesley: A Theological Journey will be necessary reading for anyone wishing to understand the broad scope of the Methodist leader’s theological development and contribution.
-
Beautiful Work Of Learning To Pray (Student/Study Guide)
$17.99Add to cart31 lessons which set a course by which you might grow in the life of prayer. Prayer is not easy, yet prayer can be learned. The Beautiful Work of Learning tro Pray is a very brief but probing guide for those who want to begin, or to deepen, their relationship to God through prayer. James Howell examines the barriers to prayer (such as our busyness, our discomfort with silence, and our doubts and fears) and invites us to take a fresh approach. Each of the 31 lessons begins with a Scripture passage and ends with a prayer. The author shares his own insights about this “beautiful work of learning to pray,” and also draws effectively from the insights of a wide array of other writers. A study guide provides assistance for a 3- or 6-week group.
-
Divinity And Diversity
$23.99Add to cartOne of today’s foremost theologians presents the case for embracing religious pluralism as integral to the Christian gospel. Religious pluralism is a fact in North American society today. More than at any other time, adherents of different religious traditions live, work, and play side by side. Yet the fact of religious pluralism creates a tension for a large number of Christians. At the same time they have realized that Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and members of many other religious groups have become their neighbors, they are also aware of Christian teachings that seem to exclude these groups. Statements such as “no one comes to the Father except through me,” and “outside the church there is no salvation,” seem to imply that these new neighbors are not part of the family of God, or at least that their religious beliefs and practices are not viable avenues to human wholeness and salvation.
In this insightful and irenic work, Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki demonstrates that Christians need not ignore, nor even compromise, the teachings of the gospel in order to accept and rejoice in religious pluralism. She argues that the Christian doctrines of creation, incarnation, the image of God, and the reign of God make the diversity of religions necessary. Without such diversity the rich and deep community of humanity that is the goal of the Christian gospel cannot be realized.Along the way Suchocki rejects the exclusivist claim that there can be no relationship with God apart from the church, and the inclusivist idea that Christianity is the highest expression of the search for God, with other religions possessing in part that which Christians possess in full. She argues instead for a pluralist position, insisting on a full recognition of the distinctive gifts that all of the religious traditions bring to the human table.
-
Pocket Dictionary Of Ethics
$14.99Add to cartEthics is as old as the city-state and as new as cyberspace. Guided by the wagon tracks of moral tradition, it nevertheless rides the cutting edge of science and technology. Increasingly it is moving into the corner offices of law, business, medicine, science and technology.
But few of us arrive in our first ethics class–or take our seat on an ethics committee–with a grip on the range of ideas and thinkers, perspectives and pitfalls that make up this ancient conversation about what is good and right and moral. We may feel like college math students who slipped through high school without learning algebra.
The Pocket Dictionary of Ethics is a convenient boost to help you catch up.
Among the 300 definitions provided by Stanley J. Grenz and Jay T. Smith are
terms, from altruism to virtue
issues, from animal rights to war
ethicists, from Saint Augustine to Peter Singer
perspectives, from Aristotelianism to utilitarianism
marketplace specialties, from advertising to technological ethics
Not only does this brief and convenient reference book take you where your desktop dictionary was not designed to go, it doubles as your basic A-to-Z survey or refresher course in ethics. -
Jesus In His Jewish Context (Revised)
$29.00Add to cart“Vermes’s vast knowledge of first-century Judaism ensures his works will become some of the most important in historical Jesus studies. His readable style makes them useful for both public and academic library patrons. Recommended,”—Library Journal. Careful, nuanced, and stimulating.
-
Social Science Commentary On The Synoptic Gospels (Reprinted)
$39.00Add to cartContemporary biblical interpretation has narrowed the gap between modern reader and ancient author—but chiefly regarding individual events and ideas. This commentary mines cultural anthropology, macro-sociology, and social psychology to elucidate the values, conflicts, and mores of ancient Mediterranean culture. Through detailed textual notes and “reading scenarios,” it brings life and light to the synoptic texts.
-
Priest To The Temple Or The Country Parson
$20.99Add to cartGeorge Herbert, who died before he was forty, found his vocation as a poet in the last six years of his life and as a priest in the last three. It was a time of low standards for the Church and its ministry and from his parish at Bemerton near Salisbury he set about reflecting on what his role should be. The result was A Priest to the Temple, a text of deep devotion and beauty and a classic statement on the nature of priestly ministry that is unparalleled in its practical and timeless wisdom. Some thirty devotional poems, ranging across the poets life are also included here.
-
Forgive And Live
$18.99Add to cartHURT? ANGRY? DEPRESSED? BOUND? KNOWING YOU NEED TO FORGIVE, YOU’RE PLAGUED WITH QUESTIONS SUCH AS: Don’t I have a right to be angry? If I forgive them, won’t they get away with it? Why should I forgive them? I did nothing wrong. I was the victim. Shouldn’t they ask for my forgiveness? Why doesn’t God make them pay? Burdened with pain and resentment, you want freedom, but don’t know where or how to find it. Well-meaning friends and misinterpreted scripture can leave you confused and feeling worse. Yet God has a plan for freedom for you, freedom to Forgive and Live. Forgive and Live, a small group Bible study with daily homework, draws out scriptural principles and helps hurting people to be free from the bondage of unforgiveness. With Leader’s Guide included, it is an excellent resource in both church and counseling settings.
-
Memorandums From A Loving God
$15.99Add to cartDoes God speak directly to His children? If He does, do His children really want to listen? Are they ready to listen, or are they like the children of Israel who feared His voice? Not only does God talk to His children as a loving Father, but He also looks for and searches out those who are willing to listen and be obedient to His Word. Contained within these pages are some personal messages, recorded over a twelve-year period, that God has spoken to one of his sons-who has chosen to remain anonymous to avoid distracting attention away from the Author and Finisher of our faith. From those messages emerged an insight into the Holy Scripture of how we, the Body of Christ, need to devour God’s Word so we may live it. From an evaluation of these messages and instructions came an observation that the spectrum of Christianity goes from one extreme to another. The first is “intellectualism,” which has led to apostasy. The other extreme is physical immersion in the move of the Holy Spirit, which often lacks a truly in-depth knowledge of the Word of God. We need to understand our existence and purpose in this earthly realm, first as living, active members of the Body of Christ, and then in our current position in heaven as children and heirs of God and joint-heirs with our Lord Jesus. We need to devour the written Word to become the spoken Word. We need to stop seeing ourselves as just believers in the Word. We need to become “existers” in the Word That Became Flesh as living, active, obedient members of that Body, listening and responding to the Head. Contained within these Memorandums from a Loving God and the excerpted Guidelines for Victorious Prayer are clear instructions on how to live victoriously to fulfill God’s promises and the expressions of an infinite, loving Father toward His children.
-
Memorandums From A Loving God
$24.99Add to cartDoes God speak directly to His children? If He does, do His children really want to listen? Are they ready to listen, or are they like the children of Israel who feared His voice? Not only does God talk to His children as a loving Father, but He also looks for and searches out those who are willing to listen and be obedient to His Word. Contained within these pages are some personal messages, recorded over a twelve-year period, that God has spoken to one of his sons-who has chosen to remain anonymous to avoid distracting attention away from the Author and Finisher of our faith. From those messages emerged an insight into the Holy Scripture of how we, the Body of Christ, need to devour God’s Word so we may live it. From an evaluation of these messages and instructions came an observation that the spectrum of Christianity goes from one extreme to another. The first is “intellectualism,” which has led to apostasy. The other extreme is physical immersion in the move of the Holy Spirit, which often lacks a truly in-depth knowledge of the Word of God. We need to understand our existence and purpose in this earthly realm, first as living, active members of the Body of Christ, and then in our current position in heaven as children and heirs of God and joint-heirs with our Lord Jesus. We need to devour the written Word to become the spoken Word. We need to stop seeing ourselves as just believers in the Word. We need to become “existers” in the Word That Became Flesh as living, active, obedient members of that Body, listening and responding to the Head. Contained within these Memorandums from a Loving God and the excerpted Guidelines for Victorious Prayer are clear instructions on how to live victoriously to fulfill God’s promises and the expressions of an infinite, loving Father toward His children.
-
Enduring For The Promise
$18.99Add to cartThis book is a tool that is filled with ways of receiving what God has for you.You no longer have to live beneath your potential. God loves you and wants you to be the best that you can be.God has heard your prayers.He sees the bonds that hold you captive and desires to see you free. You owe it to yourself to succeed in life. You also owe it to yourself to help others succeed. I want you to be happy. Being happy about your outcomes is possible when you have joy in the process. Enduring for the Promise works.
-
Enduring For The Promise
$12.49Add to cartThis book is a tool that is filled with ways of receiving what God has for you.You no longer have to live beneath your potential. God loves you and wants you to be the best that you can be.God has heard your prayers.He sees the bonds that hold you captive and desires to see you free. You owe it to yourself to succeed in life. You also owe it to yourself to help others succeed. I want you to be happy. Being happy about your outcomes is possible when you have joy in the process. Enduring for the Promise works.
-
Women Sex And The Bible
$24.99Add to cartThere are principles that will enhance your sexual pleasure for the rest of your life; these principles are found only in the Bible. God’s Word is the key to unlocking the door to sexual happiness. Have you ever wondered, “What is OK in the bedroom?” Why are women more than equal to men when it comes to sex? What makes husbands great lovers? Why do Christians have the ability to enjoy sex more than anyone else? What do “male” and “female” really mean? What do angels teach about sex (it’s not what you think)? What do the lives of Esther, Ruth, and Abishag tell a woman about making love to a man? Take an unexpected journey though Scripture and discover your highest level of sexual pleasure, available only through Christ.
