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10 Hits One Run Nine Errors Cycle C
$8.95Add to cartJohn Berger’s lively and invigorating messages tell us that the path to true happiness is through God. From the man who remembered to thank Jesus for being healed of leprosy to the persistent widow, from the penitent tax collector to the forgiven thief on the cross … all these characters and more were happier when they did things God’s way. Berger brings us face-to-face with the people in Gospel passages from the Revised Common Lectionary. Contrary to his whimsical title, readers will discover that Berger does far better than score one run in ten trips to the plate — his sermons consistently knock the ball out of the park!
Titles include:
Ten Hits, One Run, Nine Errors — Luke 17:11-19
Don’t Hang Up On God — Luke 18:1-8
God, The Ultimate Professional — Luke 20:27-38
Golden Rule Saints — Luke 6:20-31
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1950 : Crossroads Of American Religious Life
$45.00Add to cart1. Journey To The Heart Of A Century
2. Heir Of The 1930s And 1940s: Depression, World’s Fair, And War
3. Things Old And New: Intellectual Life In 1950
4. Lies, Spies, And The Junior Senator From Wisconsin
5. The Protestant Establishment
6. The Church Of The Triple Crown
7. The Week The World Might Have Ended
8. African American Religion Before The Beginning
9. Evangelicals On The Rise
10. Judaism In Midpassage
11. Getting Ready For The 1950s And 1960sAdditional Info
The year 1950 saw the height of the postwar religious boom in America and also the depths of the Cold War. It was a year when religious enthusiasm and postwar affluence coexisted with anxiety about global communism and an ever-present nuclear threat. McCarthyism, the advent of the hydrogen bomb, and the onset of the Korean War provoked ardent and diverse responses from religious leaders and occasioned lively debate in flourishing religious journalism.Ellwood’s 1950 is a cultural time capsule, recovering the impetus for many of today’s trends, remembering endings and beginnings, and documenting many other developments in American religious life fifty years ago. It highlights the parallels and divergences between religious culture then and now.
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Proverbs Ecclesiastes And The Song Of Songs
$40.00Add to cartProverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs, though entirely different books, are similar in that they provide spiritual guidance about what it means to live wisely before God. In this thorough and readable commentary, Ellen Davis points out that the writers of these books considered wisdom and the fruits of wisdom – a well-ordered life and a peaceful mind – to be within the grasp of all those wholeheartedly desiring it.
From the confident “wise dealing” instructions in Proverbs, to the world-weariness of Ecclesiastes, to the exuberance of the Song of Songs, these books take the reader through the full range of human emotion. Their words cause one to reflect on both the ordinary and the extraordinary experiences of life: birth and death, poverty and wealth, education and work, grief and joy, human love and love of God. Though books of ancient wisdom, they continue to speak with particular power to the spiritual needs of our highly secularized age.
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Reading 1 Peter Jude And 2 Peter
$35.25Add to cartThis volume is dedicated to the study of three late, little-known biblical works that historically have been relegated to the lesser works of the New Testament. Reading 1 Peter, Jude, and 2 Peter underscores the light that these letters shed upon one another and focuses on the snapshots they provide of early Christian communities as they encountered the social and religious environment in which they were situated.
Careful reading of 1 Peter reveals the complex world of the post-apostolic period. Jude and 2 Peter provide a sober look at the early community’s evolution in doctrinal and moral terms
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Protestant Scholasticism : Essays In Reassessment
$39.99Add to cartTraditionally Protestant theology, between Luther’s early reforming career and the dawn of the Enlightenment, has been seen in terms of decline and fall into the wastelands of rationalism and scholastic speculation. Editors Trueman and Clark challenge this perception in this transatlantic collection of eighteen essays covering: Luther and Calvin; Early Reformed Orthodoxy; the British Connection; From High Orthodoxy to Enlightenment; and the Rise of Lutheran Orthodoxy.
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Church Planting
$19.99Add to cart1. Church Planting: Listening To The Critics
2. Church Planting: A Theological Framework
3. Church Planting: A New Testament Practice
4. Church Planting: A Historical Perspective
5. Church Planting And The Task Of The Church
6. Church Planting And The Shape Of The Church
7. Church Planting And The Ethos Of The Church
8. Church Planting And The Structures Of The Church
9. Church Planting And The Leadership Of The Church
10. Church Planting: Models And Methods288 Pages
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Describing his church planting ministry, the apostle Paul writes,“I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. . .For we are God’s fellow-workers; you are God’s field, God’s building. By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds. For no-one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.”
Mixing his metaphors, Paul speaks of the church in Corinth as both a field and a building. Church planters are co-workers with God, planting seeds from which churches grow and larying foundations on which they are built. God is the life source of these churches. Jesus Christ is their foundation. Other workers, like Apollos, water the seed which has been planted and build on the foundations which have been laid. The role of the church planter is to ensure that good seed has been sown and firm foundations laid.
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2 Views Of Hell
$30.99Add to cart“Hell” is a much-debated topic among evangelicals. Will the condemned experience perpetual, conscious torture; or will theirs be a limited suffering followed by an end to their existence? Theologians Peterson and Fudge debate these traditional/conditionalist perspectives, each making a case that his viewpoint is more consistent with Scripture and God’s nature. Includes rebuttals.
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Truth Decay : Defending Christianity Against The Challenges Of Postmodernis
$35.99Add to cartInterVarsity Press Publication
The concept of absolute truth has eroded over time. Groothuis demonstrates that the basic tenets of postmodernism are intellectually flawed and hostile to Christian views. In this biblical and logical presentation, he unveils how truth has come under attack and how it can be defended in the areas of theology, apologetics, ethics, and the arts.
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Diverse Worship : African American Caribbean And Hispanic Perspectives
$30.99Add to cartIn this book Pedrito Maynard-Reid explores the multiethnic dimensions of worship by looking at three specific cultural contexts for worship–African-American, Caribbean and Hispanic. After surveying worship and culture through history, the author devotes a section to each of these three cultural contexts. In these sections worship traditions are colorfully described and characterized. Historical developement and change are explored. In each section we gain new perspective on what it means to worship God.
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Nature Reborn : The Ecological And Cosmic Promise Of Christian Theology
$17.00Add to cartSantmire’s much-acclaimed Travail of Nature documented the unfortunate legacy of many Christian theological notions in the use, abuse and destruction of the natural world, along with its positive aspects. His new work returns to the fray, this time to reclaim classic, mostly premodern Christian themes and reenvision them in light of the global environmental and cultural crisis. This revisionist work – “To revise the classical Christian story in order to identify and to celebrate its ecological and cosmic promise”- mines Christian cosmology, Christology, Creation, Eucharist, so that the Christian “story” can be then rediscovered (history), reshaped (theology), reexperienced (spirituality), and reenacted (ritual).
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Peter : Apostle For The Whole Church
$29.00Add to cart)”Not since Oscar Cullman has there been a study of this range and stature dealing historically and analytically with the ‘chief’ of the apostles. Documentation is meticulous and extensive, the bibliography superb. A major contribution to both NT studies and to ecumenical theology. Indispensable,”—Choice.
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Anchor Man : How A Father Can Anchor His Family In Christ For The Next 100
$15.99Add to cartAcknowledgments
1. Anchoring The Family Chain
2. It Takes More Than Sperm
3. Plymouth Rock Coaching Clinic
5. Confused Christian Kids
6. NASCAR Fathering
7. Taming Your Barbarians
8. Bent By God
9. Braveheart
10. Memorial Stones
11. Dry Copies
12. Three-Peat
13. Notes P. 243Additional Info
If you thought your parenting responsibilities ended after eighteen years per child, you thought wrong. Instead, it’s your privilege to lead your family-and influence succeeding generations-for a century…or more. The Bible talks about it, men have done it, and you can do it too. That is, if you’re up to the challenge of a lifetime. -
1 Day At A Time (Reprinted)
$18.00Add to cartMany Christians are locked in a cycle of addiction, particularly in the areas of alcohol and drug abuse. Adapting his successful Steps to Freedom in Christ, Dr. Neil Anderson has provided an alternative model of recovery for substance and alcohol abusers–a model that has also freed hundreds of thousands struggling with other kinds of addictions. But the devil doesn’t give up easily. So to further help recovering addicts still struggling with temptation, there is the One Day at a Time devotional. Here are inspirational readings that reinforce the Steps to Freedom and encourage those on the road to recovery. This product is for those who want to break free from a debilitating lifestyle of addiction, and for pastors and counselors to use with their clients.
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Raising Great Kids For Parents Of Preschoolers (Student/Study Guide)
$7.99Add to cart1. Raising Children Of Character
2. Ingredients For Growth: Grace, Truth, And Time
3. Developing Connectedness And Responsibility
4. Developing Reality And Competence
5. Developing Morality And Spirituality
6. When In Doubt, Connect!Additional Info
It takes tender strength to raise children of character and faith. What does it take to raise great kids? If you’ve read any books on parenting, conflicting opinions have probably left you feeling confused. Get tough! Show acceptance. Lay down the rules. Lighten up, already! There’s got to be a balance between control and permissiveness. And there is. Drawing on the expert insights of counselors and award winning authors Henry Cloud and John Townsend and on the parenting wisdom of MOPS International (Mothers of Preschoolers), Raising Great Kids shows you how truth and grace go together. They are allies in your most challenging and rewarding task: raising children with character that can withstand life’s rigors and make the most of its potential. Using principles described in Raising Great Kids, the Raising Great Kids Workbook for Parents of Preschoolers will guide you through those first, formative years in your child’s life from infancy to age five. It’s filled with sound Biblical information and expert advise. But most important, it supplies tools you can begin using today, from thought – provoking questions and self-assessments to an abundance of practical applications. Each chapter begins by introducing three or four key parenting principles, and ends with hands on exercise and a prayer that crystallize the concepts dealt with in that chapter. The Raising Kids Workbook for Parents of Preschoolers will help you start sowing the seeds of character early in your child’s life for good fruit that lasts a lifetime. -
God Of Miracles
$21.99Add to cartPart of the debate over God’s existence centers on questions about the possibility and “provability” of miracles. In this groundbreaking work, Dr. C. John Collins provides a thorough exegetical foundation for discussing God’s action in the world within the framework of biblical Christian theology. He begins by presenting and contrasting the options within traditional Christian theism. He then explores the biblical passages that support a classically theistic foundation and relates these results to the philosophical theological, scientific, and apologetic questions that this rises. In so doing, he effectively takes on the God-of-the-gaps position and answers with a persuasive “yes” the crucial question of whether it is intellectually responsible to embrace the biblical view of God’s action in the world.
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Ordinary Ministry Extraordinary Challenge
$25.99Add to cartIn Ordinary Calling Extraordinary Challenge, Norma Cook Everist brings together several women clergy to demonstrate what parish ministry is like in women’s experience. Drawing on years of parish experience, they examine such a wide range of topics as the ministry of preaching, the ministry of stewardship, the ministry of justice, the ministry of outreach, and many more. Written for women and men, this volume will provide support, encouragement, and guidence for performing the many tasks and assuming the many roles of parish minister.
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52 Hymn Story Devotions
$14.99Add to cart52 Hymn Story Devotions is ideal for anyone who enjoys hymns and leads devotions at the church meetings, choir rehearsals, and Sunday school. The volume can also be used by individuals for personal devotions.
Key Features: * Each devotion includes a Scripture reference, printed hymn text, and commentary * Provides devotionals based on 52 familiar hymns * Devotions can be read verbatim by leader or party member Key Benefits: * Helps choirs with the spiritual aspect of choir membership * Can be given to a choir member to read with no advanced preparation * Allows choir directors to use devotions to strengthen the choir ministry -
Morning Sun On A White Piano
$15.00Add to cartThere’s a lot of talk these days about slowing down, simplifying, living in the moment, but it isn’t really happening. We all talk the talk, but the walk we walk seems to be getting faster and faster, and we seem to be enjoying it less and less. Our problem is that, in search of life, we pass it by.
Morning Sun on a White Piano is the perfect tonic for the freneticism of contemporary life. In twelve lucid, straightforward essays, Dr. Robin Meyers offers a brilliant guide to achieving the simple and sacramental life by recognizing what is holy in the seemingly insignificant details of everyday life: Books. Music. Letters. Children.
Morning Sun on a White Piano is a book about finding joy in the present, about reclaiming the lost art of living, hearing again, in a culture that has gone deaf; seeing again, in a culture that’s blinded; and feeling again, in a culture that overstimulates and numbs itself. If simplifying our lives means singing the song, Morning Sun on a White Piano challenges us to learn the dance.
Compact, accessible, gorgeously written, and beautifully designed, here is a book that is a perfect gift for anyone–especially ourselves.
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Jesus His Life And Teachings
$15.00Add to cartJoseph Girzone, the author who so powerfully captured the spirit of Jesus in his Joshua novels and in his bestselling A Portrait of Jesus, now brings his work to culmination with a beautiful retelling of the life and work of Jesus based on the accounts in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
Girzone captures the greatest story ever told in language that will open the hearts of readers from all backgrounds. From the birth of the Messiah to the wedding at Cana, the Sermon on the Mount, the Passion, and the triumphant Resurrection, each episode and lesson from the life of Jesus is rendered with wisdom and freshness.
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Fearlessly Feminine : Boldly Living Gods Plan For Womanhood
$14.99Add to cartHas anybody ever asked you, “What does it mean to be a truly Christian woman?” Have you asked that yourself? Tackling sensitive topics like submission and materialism, feminism and beauty, motherhood and marriage, Ortlund helps women carefully define and confidently become who they are in Christ. Includes study questions for individual and group use.
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New Song
$17.00Add to cart2000 GOLD MEDALLION WINNER
In A New Song, Mitford’s longtime Episcopal priest, Father Tim, retires. However, new challenges and adventures await when he agrees to serve as interim minister of a small church on Whitecap Island. He and his wife, Cynthia, soon find that Whitecap has its own unforgettable characters: a church organist with a mysterious past, a lovelorn bachelor placing personal ads, a mother battling paralyzing depression. They also find that Mitford is never far away when circumstances “back home” keep their phone ringing off the hook.
In this fifth novel of the beloved series, fans old and new will discover that a trip to Mitford and Whitecap is twice as good for the soul.
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New Creation : A Liturgical Worldview
$18.00Add to cartFrank Senn, one of today’s most knowledgeable liturgical theologians and historians, contemplates the furture shape of liturgy. He believes that ritual systems-liturgy- express and inculcate a worldview, and implicit theology; and fears that “lest the community of faith gain the whole world and lose its soul.” New Creation proposes the lines of a “Christian culture” or worldview or way of life that can inform liturgical renewal.
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New Faith : A Black Christian Womans Guide To Reformation ReCreation Redisc
$15.00Add to cartIssuing a passionate call to African American Christian women, Patterson challenges her sisters in Christ to rise above “unnecessary suffering” and embrace “new faith”! Exposing the religious and social negatives that have impeded Black women until now, she shows how “corrective love” can pave the way for a better existence.
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Spiritual Life
$16.99Add to cartThroughout the church today, there is a universal longing for a deeper spiritual life and relationship with God. Many have become consumed with a passion to continually be found in the presence of God. Giving up everything and holding nothing back, they abandon themselves to the pursuit of their hearts’ desire.
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City Of The Cyborgs
$7.99Add to cartWhat are cyborgs?
The Seven Sleepers don’t know. But they offer to help their new friend Rainor rescue his sweetheart from them, anyway. And does that ever get them into a pack of trouble.
The city of the cyborgs is totally weird. In the first place, travelers who go in can’t get out. The Sleepers can’t get out. And what’s with the cyborg people? How come they all wear these antennas on their heads? And who in the world are the annihilators?
Watch Josh and Sarah and your other Sleeper friends tackle their rescue mission. And see them get the advice they need from Goel, their good leader, at just the right time.
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Edward Said And The Religious Effects Of Culture
$41.99Add to cartThis book provides a distinctive account of Edward Said’s critique of modern culture by highlighting the religion-secularism distinction on which it is predicated. It refers to religious and secular traditions and to tropes that extend the meaning and reference of religion and secularism in indeterminate ways. It covers Said’s heterogeneous corpus–from Joseph Conrad and the Fiction of Autobiography, his first book, to Orientalism, his most influential book, to his recent writings on the Palestinian question. The religion-secularism distinction lies behind Said’s cultural criticism, and his notion of intellectual responsibility.
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Transformations Of Mind
$46.99Add to cartThis book deals with issues at the intersection of philosophy, theology, religious studies and Buddhist studies; in moral philosophy, philosophy of religion, and aesthetics. It is written by a philosopher but in a quasi-autobiographical style, reflecting the relations between the form of a person’s life and the nature of their philosophical reflections. It deals with questions of spirituality, moral feeling, the distinction between theistic and nontheistic religion, the impact of the Death of God controversy, and the nature of Buddhist forms of meditation and their relation to perception and action.
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Jesus Outside The New Testament
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Did Jesus actually exist? Much has been written recently on this subject, including numerous books examining the New Testament record of Jesus’ life. Now Robert Van Voorst presents and critiques the ancient evidence outside the New Testament, the Roman, Jewish, pre-New Testament, and post-New Testament writings that mention Jesus.This fascinating study of the early Christian and non-Christian record includes fresh translations of all the relevant texts. Van Voorst shows how and to what extent these ancient writings can be used to help reconstruct the historical Jesus.
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What The Bible Says About Parenting
$19.99Add to cartMore than ever, Christians need to know what the Bible actually teaches about parenting, and put it into practice. In What the Bible Says About Parenting, pastor/teacher John MacArthure presents time-proven principles of biblical parenting clearly and carefully to help parents make sense of their duties before God and to bring up their children in the ways of the Lord. In addition to this new trade paper edition (previously titled Successful Christian Parenting), there is also a resource kit and two workbooks available to help Christian parents instruct their children in a godly manner.
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New Testament Stories From The Back Side (Student/Study Guide)
$16.99Add to cartUsing an approach simlar to his other “Back Side” books, J. Ellsworth Kalas opens up new possibilities of insight into selected New Testament stories by entering them through the “back side” – through a unique starting point, a creative retelling, a new “lens,” or the eyes of a minor or unsympathetic character. Includes 12 stories and a study guide.
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Raising Sons And Loving It
$19.99Add to cart15 Chapters
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In these days of daunting headlines, here’s some really good news: Your son was God’s idea, and you can help him weather the often rocky transition from boyhood to a manhood shaped by God’s character and purposes. Drawing from their extensive clinical and personal experience, Gary and Carrie Oliver show you – How boys really are different from girls – Five keys to raising “emotionally intelligent” sons – What your boys need from your marriage — and from you – How to help your sons cultivate a heart for God – How to cultivate your sons’ ability to deal with failure, loss, and grief . . . And much more. -
To Love With All Your Heart (Student/Study Guide)
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For readers who are half-hearted in their relationship with God, To Love With All Your Heart will set them on a path to spiritual fullness. Fran Sciacca walks individuals or small groups through an in-depth study of Scripture that will re-educate readers on the subject of salvaiton. This greater understanding of salvation will result in an even deeper appreciation for the process of repentance and sanctification. Readers will learn to make salvation an active part of their daily life. Each chapter in this Bible study provides necessary skills for long-term spiritual growth.
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Greater Works : Experiencing Gods Power
$29.99Add to cart576 Pages
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“God has privileged us in Christ Jesus to live above the ordinary human plane of life. Those who want to be ordinary and live on a lower plane can do so, but as for me, I will not.” These words of Smith Wigglesworth capsulize his life and ministry. This man was extraordinarily used by God to see souls saved, bodies healed, and lives changed.Your heart will be stirred as you read in Wigglesworth’s own words about the dramatic healings of people whom doctors had given up as hopeless. Even in the face of death, Wigglesworth did not waver in his faith, because he trusted the Great Physician. You will discover how God can enable you to reach out to a hurting world, for, as Wigglesworth said, “Christ in us is greater than we know. All things are possible if you dare to believe.”
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Ransom Of Love
$18.99Add to cartIn this fifth installment of the bestselling Mail Order Bride series, two young couples seek freedom and love amidst slavery-rich Charleston, South Carolina. When nineteen-year-old Benjamin arrives from South Africa, he is scheduled to be sold into slavery-but is set free by a Christian who takes him in as a paid worker. The man’s son, Dan Johnson, befriends Benjamin, and the two make plans to start a cattle ranch in Texas.
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Overmountain Men : A Novel
$20.95Add to cartThe Cherokee called it Tanisi, a land rich in game, beauty and resources. Joshua Colter called it home. Born in Charles Town in Carolina and baptised in the horror of an Indian massacre, Joshua became one of the legendary long hunters and crossed the mountain range that for many years had protected Indian lands from the Atlantic Coast settlements. There he became a reluctant leader in the bitter struggle between the Cherokee nation and the white settlers, and between the settlers and the British crown. The first volume in the Tennessee Frontier series, The Overmountain Men is a saga of adventure in the period from 1757 to 1777. Cameron Judd paints a picture of the pioneering spirit of the men and women who moved west as homesteaders and traders and also of the courage of the Indians who fought to keep their lands.
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Pocket Patriot : An Introduction To The Principles Of Freedom
$13.99Add to cartThe Pocket Patriot is a citizenship primer for a new generation of Americans. It includes such important documents as the Mayflower Compact and the Declaration of Independence, as well as sketches of the lives of the presidents, including the largely unknown American presidents.
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Hope For The Troubled Heart
$18.99Add to cartWhat hopeless situation troubles your heart? The death of a loved one? The memories of childhood abuse? The diagnosis of terminal illness? The strain of financial failure? A stormy marriage? A body wracked by pain? A lonely sense of emptiness? Into your hopeless situation comes beloved evangelist Billy Graham bearing God’s gift of hope, one of the strongest “medicines” known to humanity, an amazing resource that “can cure nearly everything.”
Filled with unforgettable stories of real-life people and irrefutable lessons of biblical wisdom, Hope for the Troubled Heart inspires and encourages you with God’s healing and strengthening truths. It shows you how to cope when your heart is breaking, how to pray through your pain, how to avoid the dark pit of resentment and bitterness, and how to be a comforter to others who hurt. You’ll be reminded that “before we can grasp any meaning from suffering we must rest in God’s unfailing love.” And you’ll find the “joy to be discovered in the midst of suffering.”
Here you’ll learn how hope helps troubled hearts find peace.
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Apologetic Preaching : Proclaiming Christ To A Postmodern World
$26.99Add to cartWhile dealing with apologetic issues about relativism and faith was once reserved for non-Christians, today even regular churchgoers have questions that need to be addressed. But not only do the have questions, they often seem to have a totally different mindset of skepticism and doubt that resists authoritative presentations of spiritual truth.
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Living Water
$6.00Add to cart1. The Seal Of God’s Grace
2. The Water Of Life
3. In The Name Of God
4. A Statement Of Faith
5. The Ministry Of The BaptizedAdditional Info
Living Water describes in clear and understandable language what baptism means in a Presbyterian church. Divided into five parts, Davison discusses the sacramental features of baptism, the symbolic meaning of water, the importance of being baptized in the name of God, the recitation of the baptismal creed, and how baptism leads to service.Living Water is designed for candidates for baptism and for parents of children who are to be baptized. Pastors will want to give this book as a gift to those preparing for baptism. It can also be used in church school classes, new member classes, study groups, or in any other education setting where Presbyterians desire to understand the biblical, theological, and practical aspects of baptism.
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1 Corinthians (Student/Study Guide)
$17.00Add to cartIn First Corinthians, Paul writes to a troubled church at Corinth, urging its members to live a life distinct from the ways of others, governed by the law of love, and affirming of the tenets of the faith. His direct responses to their shortcomings provide us a window into daily church life in the first century. But this letter also paints a vivid picture of what any church can become by the grace of God.
Interpretation Bible Studies (IBS) offers solid biblical content in a creative study format. Forged in the tradition of the celebrated Interpretation commentary series, IBS makes the same depth of biblical insight available in a dynamic, flexible, and user-friendly resource. Designed for adults and older youth, Interpretation Bible Studies can be used in small groups, in church school classes, in large group presentations, or in personal study.
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Book Of Heaven
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In every culture, in every epoch, human beings have yearned for heaven–the kingdom of God, abode of the elect, fount of enlightenment, mirror of hopes and desires. Now, in The Book of Heaven , Carol and Philip Zaleski provide the first wide-ranging anthology of writings about heaven, drawing from scriptures, myths, epics, poems, prayers, sermons, novels, hymns and spells, to illuminate a vast spectrum of beliefs about the world beyond.The Zaleskis present a fascinating array of ancient and modern, solemn and comic meditations, as they explore such topics as the often treacherous journey to heaven, heaven’s colorful inhabitants, its topographic features, and its moral architecture. The emphasis is on great literature, with substantial excerpts taken from classic works such as The Iliad , St. Augustine’s Confessions, The Prose Edda, The Divine Comedy, Paradise Lost , and The Pilgrim’s Progress ; from sacred texts such as the Bible, the Upanishads, the Qu’ran, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, and the Bhagavata Purana; and from diverse writers such as Plato, Cicero, Thomas Traherne, Henry Fielding, Emanuel Swedenborg, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Henry Cardinal Newman, Hans Christian Andersen, William James, G. K. Chesterton, C. G. Jung, Rupert Brooke, and Arthur Conan Doyle. Selections highlight both the diversity and the universality of reflection on heaven: the sacred chants of the Buddhist Pure Land sutras reverberate alongside John Donne’s holy sonnets, and Shaker songs complement Jewish mystical hymns.
From the words of Sioux holy man Black Elk, to a sermon by Jonathan Edwards, to humorous musings by Mark Twain and fantastical passages from The Chronicles of Narnia , this rich anthology will deepen our understanding of the myriad ways in which human beings have envisioned heaven.
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Montclair Homecoming
$17.99Add to cartWhen Joy Montrose received her commission to paint a mural depicting the healing miracles of Jesus at Good Samaritan Hospital, she never anticipated forming a close friendship with Evan Marshall. But the bond between the talented young artist and the gifted surgeon has grown, even though their lives are worlds apart. Now, with the family estate falling suddenly and unexpectedly into Joy’s hands, she finds herself sifting not only through the memorabilia of generations but through her own heart and aspirations. Is it truly love that she feels for Evan? If so, can she at all reconcile it with the wounded healer’s lack of faith in God or with her personal need for freedom to pursue her calling as a painter? In this final book in Jane Peart’s beloved Brides of Montclair series, the faith and lives of an American dynasty wind to a poignant, present-day culmination as a young woman struggles with choices of love and obedience that will shapes the years to come.
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Unifying Glory
$18.99Add to cartWhat is Unifying Glory? It is the touch of glory that brings a divine joining of brother to brother. It is a miraculous uniting of the diverse members of the family of God. It is the answer to the prayer of Jesus: “That they all may be one.” God is calling us to live in the cloud of His glory, in the smoke of His presence. He wants His people to be known as “The People of the Glory Cloud,” not “The People Divided Into a Thousand Denominations.”
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Next Steps In Community Ministry
$29.00Add to cartDudley and a research team go back to 24 ministries still in existence five years after the Church and Community Project’s completion. They discovered:
how the myths and expectations of funding, lay/clergy leadership, and church/society partnerships were shattered by what is doable;
how the often Herculean efforts frustrated and tired participants, who were then uplifted and sustained by making a difference;
how faith was the foundation for action, and how, through action, the poor, the homeless, and others in need became real people and not statistics.
Perhaps most important is the discovery that community ministry takes shape in ways unique to local issues of theology, church size, social location, and cultural composition. -
Ministering To The Lord
$14.99Add to cartOne of the main reasons today’s Christians suffer “power failure” is that we have neglected to personally minister to the Lord. As a result, we have not been able to tap into the fulness of God’s power and strength. Can you love the Lord too much? Can you spend too much time with him? Absolutely not! You will maximize your effectiveness in ministering to others as you first experience the daily power of His presence.
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Heaven Or Hell
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What will happen when you die? The Bible clearly teaches that heaven and hell exist and that everyone will go to one or the other after death. If you are already a believer, this book will make both hell and heaven more real to you and will help you find the rest and joy that God has promised you. -
Angel Book : Personal Encounters With Gods Messengers
$16.99Add to cartCharles and Frances Hunter describe their own personal encounters with angels and what the Bible tells us about these messengers of God. They report on the different kinds of angels and their roles, how God’s messengers can impact your life, and how to experience the presence of God.
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Go And Make Disciples
$17.99Add to cart280 Pages
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This book is especially helpful for adult study groups in the church, persons preparing for short term mission experiences, and college level introductory courses in missions. The excellant organization, well selected quotations for missions scholars, coupled with helpful review and discussion questions make this volume ideal for group learning. -
Peace With God
$18.99Add to cartWith quiet confidence and surefooted faith, Billy Graham points unerringly toward the One who is the only dependable source of the peace which passes understanding. Both comforting and challenging, this classic explanation of the human predicament and the divine answer has been changing lives for generations.
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Angels
$18.99Add to cartThis book will make you aware of the angelic powers who are real and who associate with God himself, administering His works and plans for our lives. Knowing that these unseen yet powerful benefactors are there to protect and assist you is a source of great security and confidence. You are not alone in your daily struggles; there is an army fighting with you to attain victory over the forces of darkness.
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Changing Life Patterns (Expanded)
$27.99Add to cart“This splendid text has served well as a dependable guide for defining spirituality, connecting it with developmental thought, and placing both in the congregational context. All who are concerned with the necessary spiritual disciplines and spiritual formation of persons who will be living and serving in the complex worlds of our new millennium will be guided, challenged, and graced by its profound insights.”
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Choosing Contemporary Music
$32.50Add to cartA one-volume reference work designed to aid worship planners in the selection of contemporary song. Organized by the three- year lectionary cycle, this book also contains integrated scriptural, seasonal, and topical indexes. Song collections indexed include With One Voice; This Far by Faith; Worship & Praise; The Celebration Hymnal; Gather Comprehensive; Glory & Praise; Maranatha! Music Praise; Renew!; Spirit Calls, Rejoice!; and Worship Songs of the Vineyard.
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Glory Of It All
$11.95Add to cartBring Jesus’ message and ministry to life with this set of inspiring and thought-provoking sermons. Donald Lacy offers a treasure trove of creative homiletic ideas and practical, scripture-based wisdom in these messages based on these Gospel texts. In The Glory of it All!, Lacy weaves together insightful illustrations with keen insight into contemporary life. These sermons passionately proclaim the Good News and powerfully remind us of God’s limitless love. Each riveting message is certain to enlighten the mind and warm the heart.This essential resource is useful for: * Fresh homiletical approaches to the lectionary texts * Inspiring preaching illustrations and sermon starters* Understanding scripture passages* Bible study and discussion groups* Personal devotions and inspirational reading
Some of the captivating sermons in this collection are:
The Hard Sell
Testing Time
No Intimidation
More Time
The Two Prodigals
Holy Extravagance
History Hangs In The Balance
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Soul Of The Congregation
$23.99Add to cartThomas Edward Frank points out that the dominant paradigm of many comtemporary books about church administration reflects an underlying “theology of progress,” a distilling of the gospel into self-worth, a conflation of basilea with market growth. According to Frank, good fortune and blessing are confused; praise and good feeling are identified. The paradigm of success and progress, however, fails to account adequately for the vision of the believers’ presence in the world as ecclesia. “The soul of the congregation,” argues Frank, is a way of being and being-in-the-world, and not didactic or productive.
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1 Corinthians : Problems And Solutions In A Growing Church (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Add to cartPaul spent 18 months discipling the young church in Corinth, and when he moved on, the group kept growing. But fast growth brings its own problems. Concerned about divided loyalties, immorality, and pagan lifestyles, Paul’s letter highlights principles for balanced church life and growth. As you study this timely book, the Holy Spirit can activate these principles in your church community.
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Sally Stuarts Guide To Getting Published
$21.99Add to cartEvery Writer Needs One Book that Jump-Starts a Writing Career. This Book Is It.
In this one-stop writing resources, Sally Stuart will tell you how to:
* Find the publisher you want
* Write a professional query letter or book proposal
* Approach and work with editors
* Decipher copyright and tax laws
* Negotiate contracts
* Manage the writing life
* Set up a home office
* Develop your book and article ideasWith practical tips and anecdotes, technical details and legal helps, this essential compendium provides the information every writer needs to get in print and stay in print. Whether you are just beginning or you have been published for years and want to polish up on a few fine points, this is your guide to publishing success.
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Fruit Of The Spirit (Student/Study Guide)
$7.99Add to cartLove. joy. Peace. Patience. All of us desire to exhibit these spiritual qualities in our lives. But what does it mean to “live by the Spirit”? How much is up to us, and how much depends on God? In this studyguide you’ll learn better how to cultivate the fruit of the Spirit in your life and grow in Christlike character. 10 studies for individuals or groups.
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Pastoral Care Emergencies
$29.00Add to cartDrawing from 40 years of pastoral experience, Switzer discusses the attitude and act of caregiving, covering hospital calls, the dying and bereaved, suicide, divorce, domestic violence, psychiatric disorders, and more. The crucial question of when and how to refer is also addressed. Highly practical, yet sensitive to theological issues. You’ll reach for this book often!
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Prophets : Gods Truth Tellers (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Add to cartIn the Old Testament alone we have the writings of at least sixteen prophets. What kind of people were they: eccentric doomsayers or faithful truth tellers? And why were their messages so crucial that God appointed them specifically to speak? More importantly, do they have anything to say to God’s people today? From Elijah to John the Baptist this studyguide will help you listen anew to God’s truth as you look at the lives of thirteen prophets and the major themes of their messages.
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Cry Like A Bell
$8.99Add to cartA collection of poems by Madeleine L’Engle, poems of human struggle and God’s grace. She speaks across the centuries through the voices of biblical figures like Rachel, Isaac, Mary and Andrew. Everyone of us will find at least one character with whom we can identify–their dilemmas and struggles, moments of joy, and heart longings. Their dramatic songs echo in our minds and touch us afresh with belief in God’s grace and love, no matter what our situations.
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Home Schooling On A Shoestring
$17.99Add to cartSo you want to homeschool but don’t think you can afford it.
This book is a compendium of ideas for the family that wants to start or continue homeschooling on a tight budget. You’ll find it all here:
* Ideas for making money while staying at home.
* Sources for an inexpensive curriculum.
* Thousands of ideas for affordable teaching tools.
* Hundreds of suggestions for low-cost field trips.
* Ways to save on everything from housing to utilities.
* Ways to get free or low-cost computers. -
Who Is God (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Add to cart73 Pages In 12 Chapters
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What is God like? How does he relate to us? Through looking at the many facets of God’s character revealed in the Bible – his power, goodness, holiness, faithfulness, judgment, and wisdom – your view of God will be enlarged and your life will be challenged. -
Prayers Across The Centuries
$12.99Add to cartPrayers across the centuries is a family album of remnants from the lives of God’s people over years of struggle, victory, desire, and exultation. Spanning Old Testament times through the twentieth century, this volume includes over 350 petitions, praises, and longings of people such as Abraham, Hannah, David, the apostle Paul, Jesus, the martyr Polycarp, St. Augustine, Catherine of Siena, the reformers Luther and Calvin, Abraham Lincoln, and Mother Teresa.
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Midnight Sun
$21.99Add to cartFrom the fierce Alaskan wilderness to the gaiety of San Francisco society; the familiar peaks of Bergen, Norway, to the dark, churning waters of Cape Horn; witness the glorious conclusion of the Northern Lights family saga as four longtime friends journey out of the shadow of their darkest days into the bright future awaiting them in the land of the Midnight Sun.
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Lost Passions Of Jesus
$17.99Add to cartExoplore with Don Milam the passions that Jesus displayed when He walked the earth. Learn from other passionate people just like you. They lived and died with one goal in mind: to follow their Lord. And when you find the burning motivations of our Lord’s life, may you too pick up the flame and light a white-hot fervor in your heart for Him!
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Why I Believe In A Personal God
$14.99Add to cart“My own investigations over a period of many years have given me a quiet assurance that there is a God who has given us sufficient clues in life, nature, human thought, beauty and art to satisfy the genuine inquirer that he exists, and that he has expressed himself most meaningfully in Jesus Christ. However, you may come to a different conclusion at the end of this book and that is your right as a thinking responsible person. All I can do is to invite you to join me in looking at the arguments again…”
Writing in a popular style but with careful reasoning, George Carey explains the traditional message of Christianity in its stark confrontation with modern unbelief and indifference. Here is a brief, aggressive, but always warm and generous appeal to faith for modern readers.
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When Your Friend Gets Cancer
$15.99Add to cart1. Checking Your Attitudes About Cancer And About Friendship
2. Reaching Out Immediately And Boldly
3. Getting Prepped On Cancer Facts
4. Offering Your Helping Hands
5. Sharing Your Healing Heart
6. Helping Your Friend Make Death And Dying Decisions (If Asked)
7. Being There For Your FriendAdditional Info
You just found out. Your friend has cancer.You’re shocked. “Oh, no–not her! It can’t be-she’s so vital!” And perhaps, most of all, you’re overwhelmed. “What can I ever do to help her?”
This book will help keep you from being paralyzed by your first reactions. You can reach out to your friend now-no matter how in-adequate you feel. He or she needs all the support you can give, no matter how small your comfort may seem to you in the face of this giant crisis. Your gift is not small. You are a very significant person: you are a friend!
With unusual warmth and humanness, Amy Harwell shares from her own experience of cancer and the power of friendship. This new book, designed to be read at one sitting, offers practical helps on how to be a true friend in need. Amy’s unquenchable enthusiasm comes through in every line, making this a vitally important and enlightening book on a topic that can’t be ignored.
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Who Is Jesus (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Add to cartWHO IS JESUS?
“I am the Way,” he said. “I am the Good Shepherd-the Truth, the Light, the Bread, and the Vine. I am the Resurrection and the Life. I am the Beginning and the End.” This studyguide leads you through pivotal passages-with word pictures we can all understand-to see who Jesus claimed to be.
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When Our Parents Need Us Most
$13.99Add to cartYour parents are entering their senior years. How can you, as a caregiver:
*help them face retirement?
*assist them in financial decision making?
*handle your own emotions while “parenting” your parent?
*cope with sickness and physical changes?
*encourage them to reflect on their spiritual lives?Dr. McKenna speaks powerfully from his own experiences with four aging parents, two of whom lived in his home. He offers comfort and guidelines for times of transition, and explores in everyday terms the biblical meaning of caregiving.
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Strengthened To Serve (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Add to cart1. Comforted To Comfort – 2 Corinthians 1: 1 – 11
2. Tough Love – 2 Corinthians 1: 12-2: 11
3. Living Letters – 2 Corinthians 2:12-3:6
4. Unfading Glory – 2 Corinthians 3:7-4:18
5. At Home With The Lord – 2 Corinthians 5: 1 – 10
6. Ambassadors For Christ – 2 Corinthians 5:11-6:13
7. Purity And Promise – 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:16
8. Generous Grace – 2 Corinthians 8:1-15
9. Glad Givers – 2 Corinthians 8:16-9:15
10. A Wounded Healer – 2 Corinthians 10-11
11. Thorns And Grace – 2 Corinthians 12:1-10
12. Warning And Blessing – 2 Corinthians 12:11-13:14Additional Info
God has called each of us to be his ambassadors-to offer a message of reconciliation to an alienated world But what does a “successful ministry” look like? What Paul shows us about his life and ministry in this intensely personal letter is in startling contrast to prevalent views of successful ministry today. These studies will help you discover the power of strength through weakness for serving a needy world.Fisherman Bible Studyguides offer:
*Penetrating questions that generate discussion
*Flexible format for groups or individual needs
*Helpful leader’s notes
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Integrity : Character From The Inside Out (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Add to cartIn today’s society, public and private morality are often inconsistent and mutually exclusive. More than ever Christians need to become people of honesty and integrity, whole and complete. This studyguide will encourage you to think about what integrity is and how to grow in character from the inside out.
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Matthew : People Of The Kingdom (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Add to cart91 Pages In 14 Chapters
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For many, submission to human authority is a tense or confusing issue. Matthew shows what human life and community look like when they come under the gracious rule of God. As you study this Gospel, ask God to teach you how to submit to Jesus Christ, the King, and to relate to other human beings-people of the kingdom. -
Great Prayers Of The Bible (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Add to cartHow did people like Daniel, David, and Mary talk to God? What can we learn from their example? What can we know about God himself from the prayers of Hannah, Job, and Paul? These studies will help you discover new insights about prayer, God’s character, and the lives of his praying people. Your own prayer life will be enriched as you study the great prayers of Scripture.
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Discipleship : The Growing Christians Lifestyle (Student/Study Guide)
$7.99Add to cartIn a culture focused on success and individuality, many people are desperately seeking someone or something to follow that will give their lives meaning. Who people follow reveals a lot about who they are and who they want to be.
Christians desire to be true followers — true disciples — of Jesus in their daily lives. Through thoughtful study of several key New Testament passages, Discipleship: The Growing Christian Lifestyle offers new discoveries from Scripture that will help the reader live out God’s call to follow Him.
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Dead Sea Scrolls And Christian Origins
$33.99Add to cartFrom Joseph Fitzmyer, professor emeritus at Catholic University and a respected pioneer in his field, come 12 authoritative studies on the Dead Sea Scrolls—including a new essay on Qumran messianism. Fitzmyer brings his training in New Testament Semitic backgrounds and Aramaic studies to his examination of the Scrolls, the Qumran community, interpretation of biblical themes, and the relationship of the Scrolls to early Christianity.
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Pilgrims Progress : A Spiritual Guide For The Holy Land Traveler
$18.00Add to cartPilgrim’s Progress is a handy meditation book that takes actual and armchair travelers through the Holy Land, moving from Tel Aviv, northward along the coast, inland through Galilee, back to the southern area and finally going up to Jerusalem.
Each two-page devotional contains scripture references; a lyrical meditation on the locale, combining biblical, historical, and contemporary observations–be it ancient Joppa or modern Jerusalem; and a prayer.
This book is designed to supplement other handbooks for travelers by providing the biblical and religious background for exploring Israel. It is intended primarily for personal devotions, but can also be used for group worship.
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Feed All My Sheep
$19.95Add to cart1. Guidebook
2. Church Words: A Curriculum
3. Music For Church WordsAdditional Info
All congregations should have this book, a lovingly and competently composed curriculum for teaching aults and older youth with disabilities about the church. Doris Clark offers much-needed, experienced guidance for setting up church classes geared to the requirements of adults with special needs. She also provides comprehensive advice about how to integrate adults with special needs into the church community.This book grew out of Clark’s search for an appropriate church school class for her son, who has Down syndrome. Clark, an experienced teacher, soon came to several realizations;
*There is a great need for classes for adults with developmental disabilities within the neighborhoods served by most churches.
*Regular adult classes do not provide religious education on a level conducive to learning for most adults with special needs.
*There was no literature available giving guidance to churches wanting to start this type of ministry.
*Many programs provide a class for the developmentally disabled but offer no inclusion into the church community.Clark ultimately develped Joy Class at First Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, and wrote this step-by-step guide to help other churches set up similar classes. It includes everything from locating students and finding teachers to presenting a curriculum. Included are job descriptions for a coordinator, teachers, and Class Buddies, as well as a thiry-four-lesson curriculum, Church Words.
The curriculum is designed for ease of teaching for the Christian leader and maximum learning for the student. Church Words was developed to help students understand some of the terminology and theology of the church through Bible study, discussion, and hand-on activities. Participation in the programs of the church and interaction with church members is highlighted, with an emphasis on self-worth and building relationships.
Original music by Kinley Lange is included for use in the classes. The book also has an appendix of sample letters that can be used to solicit support.
