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Jesus Paul And The Law
$50.00Add to cartHere is a master new Testament scholars decade of research – along with new material – on a major issue on the study of Christian origins. Extended international debate has been concerned with this question: What were the attitudes toward the Jewish law within earliest Christianity?
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Social Ethics : An Examination Of American Moral Traditions
$39.00Add to cartRodger Betsworth introduces ethics by focusing on the cultural narratives that shape American images of self and world: the biblical story American gospel of success, the idea of well-being, and the global mission of America.
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Liberating Exegesis : The Challenge Of Liberation Theology To Biblical Stud
$41.00Add to cartThis important book provides a sampling of liberation theology’s use of biblical texts, relating it to the “standard” methods of interpretation in Europe and America. Divided into four sections, the book sets out contemporary readings of the parable of Jesus influenced by a liberationist perspective; identifies the biblical and theoretical foundations of liberation theology, comparing them with the dominant exegetical paradigm in the first world; explores the way in which liberation exegesis affects reading the canonical accounts of Jesus; and argues that liberation theology cannot be seen solely as a third-world phenomenon.
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Return To Reason
$22.99Add to cartClark provides a penetrating critique of the Enlightenment assumption of evidentialism–that belief in God requires the support of evidence or arguments to be rational. His assertion is that this demand for evidence is itself both irrelevant and irrational. His work bridges the gap between technical philosopher and educated layperson.
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Man As Male And Female A Print On Demand Title
$25.99Add to cartNot without justification, Christian theologians (most of whom have been men) have been described as male chauvinists. But to the extent that such an accusation is fair, Paul Jewett would argue, these theologians are not living up to the genius of Christian theology. That is the burden of this provocative new book.
In Man as Male and Female Professor Jewett sets forth and elaborates a full-orbed theology of human sexuality. The key to it is embedded in the Genesis account of creation. Not only are we told that Man is created in God’s image but also “male and female created he them.” The differentiation between the sexes, Jewett argues, captures something of the trinitarian character of the Creator, particularly the dimension of fellowship.
What that means is that the relationship of man to woman is one of partnership, not hierarchy. Man and woman are properly related when they accept each other as equals whose differences complement each other in all areas of life.
Quite a different view took hold as the religion of the Old Testament developed. Man was seen as superior, women inferior; man made the rules, woman obeyed them. Jesus made no radical verbal challenge to that system. But his way of life and his treatment of women, Professor Jewett argues, bespoke a profound new theory, later given definite expression by the Apostle Paul: “In Christ there is . . . no male and female.” In response to those who would quote Paul to support the other side, Professor Jewett contends that Paul’s practice simply did not always match his profound and revolutionary insight.
Interspersed among the steps of Professor Jewett’s careful theological study are fascinating notes concerning questions like sex in the final eschaton, the marital status of Jesus, the hatred of women in Western thought, and the ordination of women.
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Ephesians : A Self Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$11.99Add to cartContents
Introduction
1. Background Of Ephesians
2. Survey Of Ephesians
3. Spiritual Blessings In Christ
4. Prayer For Spiritual Wisdom
5. Once Dead, Now Alive
6. Paul’s Testimony And Prayer
7. Preserving Church Unity
8. The Daily Walk Of Christians
9. Conduct In The Christian Home
10. The Christian’s Armor P. 96Additional Info
EPHESIANS
A Self-Study GuideDuring Paul’s imprisonment in Rome, he wrote many letters to churches and friends. Ephesians is one of those letters. Written to the believers at Ephesus, it speaks of the plan God has had from eternity to establish and complete His church. This self-study guide will help you understand a number of key topics in the book of Ephesians, among them predestination, the church, spiritual gifts, and spiritual warfare.
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Jesus After The Gospels
$30.00Add to cartThis study first examines the New Testament origins of second-century thinking: the humanity of Christ in biblical Christology, including the infancy narratives and the divinity of Christ. The book then deals with Gnostic Christologies of the early second century, interprets the christological thinking of the apostolic fathers and Justin Martyr, discusses the Jewish Christian Christology of Theophilus, shows how disagreements were dealt within developing concepts of orthodoxy versus heresy, and explores how Irenaeus’s Christology was worked out as a basis for molding an orthodox consensus. The book shows early attempts to synthesize diverse strands in the Gospel portraits of Jesus.
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All The Promises Of The Bible
$18.99Add to cartThe Substance Of The Promise
The Simplicity Of The Promise
The Stipulation Of The Promise
The Surety Of The Promise
The Source Of The Promise
The Security Of The Promise
The Scope Of The Promise
343 PagesAdditional Info
Throughout the Bible are scattered hundreds of definite, explicit promises that form the category Peter calls “the exceeding great and precious promises.” In All the Promises of the Bible the noted evangelical and expository writer, Dr. Herbert Lockyer, undeniably achieves his goal of marshaling “a comprehensive and representative number of the promises” in Scripture, which he likened to “an arranged museum of gems and precious stones and pearls in God’s cabinet of spiritual jewels.”Dr. Lockyer leaves no theological stone unturned in his chapter-by chapter exegesis of
The substance of the promises
The source of the promises
The simplicity of the promises
The security of the promises
The stipulation of the promises
The scope of the promises
The surety of the promisesThe believer who reads All the Promises of the Bible will find encyclopedic knowledge uniquely combined with deep spiritual insight that enlightens as it inspires.
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All The Prayers Of The Bible
$24.99Add to cartThe believer will find in All the Prayers of the Bible not just a recital of well-known and well-worn phrases, but an outpouring of the heart to God. The passion and the beauty of prayer (as well as its necessity and efficacy) have never been so happily assembled as in this remarkable devotional. This unique book has become a spiritual classic and study book that will enrich any prayer life. All the Prayers of the Bible contains hundreds of seed thoughts for sermons-and inspiration for Sunday school and Bible study teachers, and other Christians alike. Dr. Herbert Lockyer not only summarizes all the prayers of the Bible, but also analyzes what each book of the Bible tells us about prayer and its role in human life and history.
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Romans : A Self Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Add to cartContents
Introduction
1. Introduction To Paul’s Epistles
2. Background And Survey Of Romans
3. Paul’s Burden
4. The Pagan World And The Self-Righteous Condemned
5. The Jew Condemned; The Whole World Condemned
6. Justification Defined And Illustrated
7. Fruits Of Justification
8. Principles Of Christian Living
9. The Practice And Power Of Christian Living
10. God’s Sovereignty In Saving Jew And Gentile
11. The Christian Servant
12. The Christian Citizen
13. The Christian Brother
14. Epilogue: Personal Notes
Bibliography P. 115Additional Info
ROMANS: A Self-Study GuideTo understand the deeper truths of the Word of God, study the book of Romans. Paul’s letter reveals one important theological truth after another, laying a foundation for the Christian faith. By using this self-study guide you will be able to apply basic Bible doctrine to your everyday Christian experience. You’ll understand more fully subjects such as justification, propitiation, the universality of sin, and the characteristics of the new life in Christ.
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Acts : A Self Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$11.99Add to cartContents
Introduction
Geography Of Acts
1. Background Of Acts
2. Witnesses For Jesus
3. The Holy Spirit Poured Forth
4. A Miracle And A Sermon
5. The Test Of Conviction
6. More Tests And Victories
7. Stephen The Martyr
8. Philip The Soul-Winner
9. Conversion Of Saul
10. The Gospel For Gentiles
11. Antioch Christians
12. First Missionary Journey
13. Jerusalem Council
14. Second Missionary Journey
15. Third Missionary Journey
16. Paul Before The Mob
17. Paul Before The Council
18. Paul Before The Governors
19. Paul Before A King
20. Voyage To Rome
21. Paul’s Witness At Rome
Index Of Topical Studies
BibliographyAdditional Info
The book of Acts spans thirty years and is a record of the spread of Christianity from the coming of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost to Paul’s arrival in Rome. This self-study guide will enable you to understand the formation and the development of the church. Patterns of church life and principles for missionary work are among the topics discussed. If you are looking for a comprehensive, challenging tool to use in personal, group, or class Bible study, you’ll find the Jensen Bible Self-Study Guide series an exciting way to better understand the important truths of God’s Word. Each response-oriented guide in the 39-book series features helpful charts, graphs, maps, and ideas for projects and further study. You’ll refer back to each completed guide as a reference again and again as you study the Scriptures. This study series has enabled millions to effectively explore and understand God’s eternal message, and it continues to be the most widely used tool for Bible study today. -
Genesis : A Self Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$11.99Add to cart1. The Book Of Genesis
2. Creation
3. The Fall
4. The Flood; Birth Of Nations
5. Abraham-Four Great Tests
6. Abraham’s God Of Promise
7. Abraham’s Crucial Last Years; Isaac
8. Jacob Striving For Blessing
9. Jacob Learning True Blessing
10. Joseph As Prisoner
11. Joseph As Benefactor
12. Joseph As Son And BrotherAdditional Info
Genesis is the book of beginnings. In it we have the account of the creation of the universe and all that is within it. In the book of Genesis we see god putting into action the plan He has had eternally for mankind. This self-study guide will help you as you study each facet of God’s program through fourteen organized lessons. Charts, maps, and diagrams appear throughout the study guide and ill give you a greater understanding of this unique, foundational book of beginnings.If you are looking for a comprehensive, challenging tool to use in personal, group, or class Bible study, you’ll find the Jensen Bible Self-Study Guide series and exciting way to better understand the important truths of God’s Word. Each response-oriented guide in the 39-book series features helpful, charts, graphs, maps, and ideas for projects and further study. You’ll refer back to each completed guide as a reference again and again as you study the Scriptures. This study series has enabled millions to effectively explore and understand God’s eternal message, and it continues to be the most widely used tool for Bible study today.
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Reframing : A New Method In Pastoral Care
$29.00Add to cartThis is a new method of pastoral care by Donald Capps. Capps is a professor of pastoral theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He explains his theory of Reframing in three parts. Topics touched on are techniques of refraiming, the ministry of Jesus, superficial counsel, healing utopia, the inadequate methods of Job’s counselors, and more.
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Spiritual Man
$19.99Add to cartThe Spiritual Man is a translation of the only book of any substantial size which brother Watchman Nee himself ever wrote. At the time of writing it he felt this work might be his last contribution to the church, although since then God has graciously overruled. Long after the books initial publication in Chinese our brother once was heard to express the thought that it should not be reprinted because, it being such a “perfect” treatment of its subject, he was fearful lest the book become to its readers merely a manual of principles and not a guide to experience as well. But in view of the urgent need among the children of God today for help on spiritual life and warfare, and knowing our brother as one who is always open to God’s way and most desirous to serve His people with all that God has given him, we conclude that he would doubtless permit it to be circulated in English. Hence this translation.
Translations used. The Revised Standard Version (RSV) of the Bible has been used throughout the text unless otherwise indicated. Additional translations where employed are denoted by the following abbreviations-.
Amplified-Amplified Old Testament
ASV-American Standard Version (1901)
AV-Authorized Version (King James)
Darby-J. N. Darby, The Holy Scriptures.. a New Translation
Young’s-Young’s Literal TranslationSoulical and Soulish. The adjectives “soulical” and “soulish” have been used to convey distinctly different meanings. “Soulical” as herein employed pertains to those proper, appropriate, legitimate, or natural qualities, functions, or expressions of man’s soul which the Creator intended from the very beginning for the soul uniquely to possess and manifest. “Soulish” appears in these pages to describe that man in toto who is so governed by the soulical part of his being that his whole life takes on the character and expression of the soul.
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Building The Youth Choir
$10.95Add to cartIntroduction
1. Getting Started
2. Establishing A Sound
3. Practical Application
4. Choosing The Music
5. Studying And Conducting Your Choices
6. Changing Voices
7. Private And Class Voice Instruction
8. Pleasures And Problems Of The Tour
About The Author
Repertoire List
BibliographyAdditional Info
Yarrington provides practical advice on how to get started, offers techniques that work to establish a good sound, suggests music suitable for youth, deals with the challenge of changing voices, and more. -
Legends Of Christmas
$7.95Add to cartThis delightful Christmas pageant includes speaking, reading, and non-reading parts for all the children in your congregation. Pre-schoolers, younger children, older youth, and their adult audience will all enjoy exploring a variety of charming Christmas legends from around the world. Familiar carols highlight each legend and involve your entire congregation in song and celebration.
Sets and props can be simple; costumes for most players consist of ordinary school clothes. Performance time is approximately 49 minutes.
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Deuteronomy : A Bible Commentary For Teaching And Preaching
$50.00Add to cartThe book of Deuteronomy self-consciously addresses different generations of readers—creating unusual problems in understanding and interpretation. Patrick Miller steers preachers and teachers through these difficulties, carefully discussing the nature and character of the law, the nature of the moral life under God, and even the place of Deuteronomy in the New Testament.
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Psalms 60-150
$69.00Add to cartPsalms 60-150 by Hans-Joachim Kraus completes the publication in English of Kraus’s classic work on the Psalms in the Biblischer Kommentar series (previously published: Theology of the Psalms 1-59, 1988). The English edition has been widely praised by reviewers. This commentary is the best resource available to understand the Psalm. It is marked by both scholarly rigor and practical usefulness for teaching and preaching in the church … Kraus is indispensable. It breaks new ground, bringing the multifarious theological dimensions of the Psalter into reasonable clarity without dissipating its charm.
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Tragic Vision And Divine Compassion
$30.00Add to cartOffering an alternative to classic Christian theodicies (justification of God’s goodness and omnipotence in view of the existence of evil), Wendy Farley interprets the problem of evil and suffering within a tragic context, advocating compassion to describe the power of God in the struggle against evil.
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Ezekiel : A Bible Commentary For Teaching And Preaching
$40.00Add to cartThis major work explores the message and meaning of Ezekiel, one of the longest and most difficult of the prophetic books. An introduction explains what is involved in reading a prophetic book, and how the book of Ezekiel was put together and structured. It looks at the form of speech used and discusses Ezekiel’s author and those who transmitted, edited, and enlarged upon what he had to say. The destruction of Jerusalem is a primary concern, and attention is focused on the political and social situation of the time in order to provide a clear understanding of the political and religious crisis facing the prophet’s contemporaries.
Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching is a distinctive resource for those who interpret the Bible in the church. Planned and written specifically for teaching and preaching needs, this critically acclaimed biblical commentary is a major contribution to scholarship and ministry.
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Justification The Article By Which The Church Stands Or Falls
$15.00Add to cartIn Part I, Braaten assesses Luther’s view of justification and its subsequent interpretation by orthodoxy, by Calvin, by Ritschl and Harnack, by Tillich, and by Barth. In Part II, the discussion turns to ecumenical dialogues on justification and the relation of the doctrine to evangelization, to the distinction between law and gospel, to pastoral care, and to the church’s involvment in secular issues.
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1-2 Samuel : A Bible Commentary For Teaching And Preaching
$56.00Add to cartThe books of Samuel are so packed with good stories, one right after another, that their theological significance is easy to overlook. In this new Interpretation volume, Brueggemann uses literary analysis to show how the writer of Samuel describes God’s actions in human history. He is not so much interested in how the books of Samuel were put together, as in how they communicate God’s care to his people. Preachers and teachers will find this ”big picture” especially helpful. Hardcover from John Knox, 420 pages.
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Old Testament Theology In A Canonical Context
$39.00Add to cartChilds, eminent Yale professor of divinity, provides a fresh approach to Old Testament theology that frees the text for a more powerful theological role within the Christian church. Moving beyond prior historical-critical studies, Childs’ canonical approach provides “a major check against the widespread modern practice of treating it solely from a philological, historical, or literary perspective.”
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God Book : Everything You Wanted To Know About God But Were Afraid To Ask
$12.00Add to cartIf You Are Seriously Interested In Learning About God, This Is The “Answer Book” You Have Been Waiting For! 127 questions answered directly from Scripture. A must for those who have a great desire to know God, His personality and what the Bible says. This book answers “Everything You Always Wanted To Know About God But Were Afraid To Ask!”
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Christ Is Come
$7.95Add to cartThis flexible worship planner can be used as a supplement to your regularly scheduled services or as an independent celebration. Thoughtful reflections on the meaning of Advent and the birth of the Christ child are punctuated by an Advent wreath, familiar hymns and scriptures, insightful prayers, and a colorful banner.
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Janice VanCleaves Biology For Every Kid
$19.00Add to cartWhat’s the effect of osmosis on a raisin? How is water transported through plant stems? What’s the best way to grow penicillin? How are butterflies different from moths? Now you can discover answers to these and other fascinating questions about biologythe study of living organisms. In Biology for Every Kid, you’ll learn how to talk with fireflies, watch bacteria wage war in a glass of milk, discover how to tell the temperature by counting cricket chirps, and find out how an apple and an onion can taste the same. Each of the 101 experiments is broken down into its purpose, a list of materials, step-by-step instructions, expected results, and an easy to understand explanation. Every activity has been pretested and can be performed safely and inexpensively in the classroom or at home.
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Haggai
$29.00Add to cartIn this distinguished commentary, Wolff is concerned to defend Haggai as much more than a “minor” prophet. He was a man whose feet were placed firmly on the ground, one of the dominating figures of the postexilic community, the main instigator of the rebuilding of the Jerusalem temple, and so responsible for inaugurating a new era in Jewish history. This commentary is verse by verse, includes the text written out for the reader, and offers excellent bibliographical information with detailed footnotes. Most appropriate for scholars and academics, rather than for laypeople who do not have a working knowledge of biblical Hebrew. Hans Walter Wolff is emeritus professor of Old Testament at the University of Heidelberg.
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Christian Primer : The Prayer The Creed The Commandments
$35.00Add to cartWith the Lord’s Prayer, the Apostles’ Creed, and the Ten Commandments as his outline, Winn offers plain talk about the basics of Christian faith. From these three familiar sources he fashions a primer to help renew faith. He demonstrates in a clear and helpful way the powerfull resource that many Christians carry in their memory though they are almost unaware of it. His vibrant images warm the heart with the sudden awareness that God is very near, right now. Albert Curry Winn is President Emeritus, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He is author of Ain’t Gonna Study War No More: Biblical Ambiguity and the Abolition of War.
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Get Em Talking
$22.99Add to cartDoes your youth group suffer from the “silent complex”? Need help to get them talking about what’s really important? Would you like to be a more effective discussion leader? Then look no further! Get ‘Em Talking gives you 104 field-tested ideas that will get your kids talking about topics like . . . Rock Music – Dating – Serving God – Death – Friendship – Peer Pressure – Anger – Drugs and Alcohol – Gossip – Family – Parents – The Church – Values – Faith – Cheating – Jesus . . . and many more! Get ‘Em Talking is the perfect resource for anyone who leads discussions. You’ll glean the insights of two of the nation’s most experienced youth professionals on what makes discussion groups tick, how to get a good discussion started, what to do when problems hit, and much more. Learn How to Effectively Use Discussion Techniques Like: – No-risk Discussions – Rug Discussions – “If” Surveys – Yarn-Sharing Experiences – Relay Discussions – Tape Talk – Groupers – Continuum Discussions — Get ‘Em Talking will quickly become an indispensable part of your youth ministry resource library. Whenever you need a great discussion-starting idea, just reach for Get ‘Em Talking!
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Let Us Pray
$7.99Add to cart1. What Is Prayer?
2. Pray According To God’s Will
3. Prayer And God’s Work
4. The Principle Of Praying Thrice
5. Prayer That Resists Satan
6. Some Pointers On Prayer
7. The Wearing-Out Tactics Of SatanAdditional Info
What is prayer? Are we really praying when we pray? Do we know the power of prayer? These matters and others must be understood if we would have a real prayer life and be effective in prayer. In this little volume of collected messages given over a long period of ministry by the author, and which are now translated and published in English for the first time, Watchman Nee shares with us the lessons on prayer that he has learned through the years.
* He considers prayer to be a mystery, though not something that is incomprehensible. He views prayer as the greatest work to which men are called. It is a working together with God. Through it, God’s purpose is accomplished and Satan’s intentions are broken. And its benefit to the one who prays is something great as well. -
Living With Aids
$12.95Add to cart“Terry Boyd has touched theological depths and clear biblical understanding in his book, Living With AIDS: One Christian’s Struggle. A victim of the dread pandemic … Boyd shares the practical reality of his intimate experiences with the illness, his daily struggles to face death, his relationships with others whom he loves, both inside and outside the church, and who risk sharing their love with him in return. His words are not only informative, but inspire any reader to make direct application of faith perspectives no matter how severe, untimely, or unpredicated.
“His refusal to accept morbidity for whatever days remain for him call us to a commitment to God’s purposes — one day at a time. I could not put the book down. More importantly, it will never release me.”
Leontine T. C. Kelly
President, AIDS National Interfaith Network
Bishop (Retired), San Francisco Area United Methodist Church“Terry Boyd’s writings during the last year of his life represent the faith journey of a man who has no illusions. He is going to die and he knows it…. Herein you will read about his spiritual journey, the milestones along the way, the importance of prayer, his ability to rely on God and experience God’s presence. Terry also writes about the fear, bigotry, isolation, and financial hardships which too often follow a diagnosis of AIDS and which persons of faith are called to address.
“Faith is a rod by which we measure life. When I visit Terry I take a ladder. Thanks for the soul’s embrace, Terry: for that ‘love that flows between two spirits like water in a stream. ‘ “
Cathie Lyons
Associate General Secretary
Health and Welfare Ministries Department
General Board of Global Ministries
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Joyful Noise
$7.95Add to cartOrgans, choirs, hand bells, trumpets — even a brass quartet — are all possibilities with this versatile service for Easter morning.
Appropriate for use as a sunrise service or regular Sunday worship, this celebration of Easter joy will leave you and your congregation exulting in the full meaning and significance of Christ’s triumph over death.
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Finding The Right Words
$14.00Add to cartWhat do you say to someone who is facing a death in the family, a divorce, the loss of a job, or a life threatening illness? In this helpful book Wilfred Bockelman gives practical suggestions for offering care and comfort. He discusses many common situations and provides guidelines for using Scripture and sharing your faith as you reach out to others.
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Psalms 1-59
$69.00Add to cartThe first volume of Kraus’s magesterial commentary on the Psalms is here made avaliable to English speaking readers. For each psalm the reader will find: bibliography, fresh translation of the Hebrew text, linguistic notes, dis cussion of the form of the passage and its origin, and a verse by verse commentary followed by a statement regarding the theological thrust of the passage. In addition,there is an extensive introduction that deals with the text tradition, titles, poetic form, liturgical functions, and historical allusions of the Psalms.
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Genesis 1-11
$69.00Add to cartWestermann’s commentary on the book of Genesis is divided into three volumes. The first volume comments on Genesis 1-11, which deals with the beginning of the world and the human race. The second volume comments on Genesis 12-36, and deals with the patriarchal story in the figures of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The third volume comments on Genesis 37-50 and touches upon the Joseph story. In each of these volumes Professor Westermann offers an extensive introduction to the social and religious setting of the patriarchal period and an analysis of the shaping of the text of Genesis 12-36. Readers will also find features for each unit of the text as follows: rich bibliography a new translation with linguistic notes analysis of form and setting verse-by-verse commentary word studies and short essays on particular themes theological assessment.
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Choices
$7.95Add to cartYour congregation’s children are the focus of this spectacular service for Christmas Eve.
Traditional Christmas scripture texts are skillfully interwoven with mimed dramatizations, dramatic dialogs in contemporary language, and familiar hymns and carols in this complete order of worship.
With something for everyone to do, from pre-schoolers to high school seniors, your children — and their parents — will personally experience the joy of the Christ child’s birth — and the choices which that miraculous event gives us.
Performance Time: approximately 45 minutes.
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Preaching The Miracles Cycle B
$14.95Add to cartour partner in intelligent, meaningful sermon preparation Cycle B
Exegesis
The Situation
The Setting
Cultural and Historical Contexts
Other Lectionary Texts For the Day
Meanings and Derivations of Key WordsHomiletics
Suggested Sermon Themes
Sermon Outlines
Preaching IllustrationsNine Miracles Include
Cleansing a Leper — Mark 1:40-45
Calming a Sea Storm — Mark 4:35-41
Healing a Blind Man — Mark 10:46-52 -
Places Of The Promise
$12.95Add to cart“The Advent/Christmas story is one that identifies specific places as the font of the rich interactions between God and humanity. The names of such locales are as familiar to us as our own homes.”
Here are six sermons with accompanying children’s sermons. The series covers Advent 1 through Christmas 1. Each sermon focuses on the particular sphere God used to prepare creation for the gift of Jesus.
The sermons offer:
* Texts from Lectionary Cycle B
* Other suggested texts
* Suggestions for congregational activitiesThe children’s sermons follow an advent wreath-lighting series. Following Christmas, these sermons use the Christmas tree and the creche scene as themes. Each children’s sermon offers at least three objects to use as illustrations.
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Palms And Thorns Cycle B
$12.95Add to cart“Liturgy,” which literally means “the work of the people,” sums up all the ways people have responded to God, including hymns, prayers, laments, invocations and confessions of faith.
14 Worship Services The Liturgical Witness Of The New Testament contemporizes and brings to life these various forms of worship as the author draws unique canticles, prayers, hymns and responsive petitions from the books of the New Testament. Each New Testament book is allowed to speak with its own voice. For example, the service based on Luke gives voice to the Gospel by the use of four canticles (psalms), and Luke’s own version of the Words of Institution and his truncated version of the Lord’s Prayer are included.
Also included are a helpful index listing the worship services according to their use in the lectionary and ten sermons for use with these liturgies.
Contents include:
Through The Desert Clear A Highway! — The Liturgical Witness Of Luke
One Lord, One Body — The Liturgical Witness Of The Corinthian Letters
Lordship And Unity — The Liturgical Witness Of Colossians
God Is Love — The Liturgical Witness Of First John
Worthy The Lamb — The Liturgical Witness Of Revelatio -
Alive For Everymore
$7.95Add to cartAlive For Evermore is a collection of seven worship services compiled by CSS. It recognizes the need of pastors to have in one volume, orders of service for important celebrations of the church during Lent and Easter.
You will find in this compact volume complete services for:
Ash Wednesday
Palm Sunday
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday (two services)
Easter Sunrise
Easter MorningEach suggested service includes an order of worship, liturgy, scripture, and hymn possibilities. Copy privileges are available with each service. The seven services include congregation involvement in various forms. The Sunday sunrise service invites participation from a family in the congregation.
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Glimpses Through The Dark Glass
$12.95Add to cartThis collection of forty meditations for the days during Lent is a treasury of insightful reflections on the state of Christianity — and challenges to the state of our Christianity.
Glimpses Through The Dark Glass is the perfect resource for Lenten study groups, pastoral reflections, or personal Bible study.
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Pastor : Readings From The Patristic Period
$26.00Add to cartPatristic theology is primarily pastoral. Yet often the study of writings from the first six centuries of the church is pursued in ways that make the polemical, philosophical, and political aspects stand out. But if one reads around those texts that are profiled in these ways, the pastoral concerns will emerge. Even contemporary interests in social, economic, and deconstructionist approaches locate much of the data for their questions within or near texts that also can be looked at for the descriptions of shepherding the flock. Thus it is likely that any who read ancient Christian literature will find this volume helpful. The introduction is masterful. No other volume known to me does that so well through the translated words of ancient leaders. Whatever historical surveys one finds helpful, they cannot replace this guide. It is done with such competence and flair that specialists who are historians with no particular interest in ministry other than its being a feature of the early church will need to consult it. Those, however, who as believers and ministers are attempting to serve contemporary congregations will devour this book. No seminarian should be without it
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Liberating Visions : Human Fulfillment And Social Justice In African Americ
$23.00Add to cartThe four men spotlighted in this book, together with other black religious and political leaders and communities, have developed distinctive and significant traditions of moral thinking and social criticism. Although the principal concern of these thinkers was social justice entailing significant institutional transformations in American society, they were also attentive to the substantive content and formal character of the authentically free life and moral person. The four men highlighted are Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr
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Oh The Places Youll Go
$18.99Add to cartIllus. in full color. “Don’t be fooled by the title of this seriocomic ode to success; it’s not ‘Climb Every Mountain,’ kid version. All journeys face perils, whether from indecision, from loneliness, or worst of all, from too much waiting. Seuss’ familiar pajama-clad hero is up to the challenge, and his odyssey is captured vividly in busy two-page spreads evoking both the good times (grinning purple elephants, floating golden castles) and the bad (deep blue wells of confusion). Seuss’ message is simple but never sappy: life may be a ‘Great Balancing Act,’ but through it all ‘There’s fun to be done.'”
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Protestant Worship
$46.00Add to cartDrawing on years of teaching experience, James F. White provides a unique overview of PROTESTANT WORSHIP. He examines the origins, development, and present characteristics of nine traditions: Lutheran, Reformed, Anabaptist, Anglican, Separatist, and Puritan, Quaker, Methodist, Frontier and Pentecostal. To capture the “reality of worship,” White looks beyond the printed texts and sacraments. He deals with Protestantism on a historical basis and brings insight by studying distinctively American contributions. He develops fresh and appropriate methods, focusing on ordinary events and tendencies that include piety, times of worship, architectural settings for worship, preaching, public prayer, church music, and social change among people.
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Ethics In Ministry
$29.00Add to cart1991 Academy of Parish Clergy Book Award recipient. ”Deserves commendation and a large readership. The authors have touched sensitively on a wide range of issues with a wisdom that is practiced and practical.”—Christian Ministry. Deals with truth-telling, authority, salary, burnout, confidentiality, and more.
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Community And Gospel In Luke Acts
$58.99Add to cartAlways observing the established techniques of New Testament analysis, especially redaction criticism, Professor Esler makes extensive use of sociology and anthropology to examine the author of Luke-Acts’ theology as a response to social and political pressures on the Christian community for whom he was writing. Various themes such as table-fellowship, the law, the temple, poverty and riches, and politics are examined to determine how they have been influenced by the social and political background of Luke’s audience. This book offers a New Testament paradigm and warrant for those interested in generating a theology attuned to the social and political realities affecting contemporary Christian congregations.
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Living Above The Level Of Mediocrity
$19.99Add to cart16 Chapters In 299 Pages
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LIVING ABOVE THE LEVEL OF MEDIOCRITYIn this book on excellence Chuck Swindoll – “America’s foremost applicator of Scripture to daily life” – boldly tackles the difficult problem of self-discipline, laziness, and our tendency to accept less of life than we deserve.
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Ransomed Bride
$17.99Add to cart“I won’t lose you now!” said Cam in a voice ragged with emotion. The moon moved across the sky from behind the sheltering trees, and suddenly the two of them were enveloped in moonlight. “I love you, and yet I know I have no right to speak to you of this. I’m not free. I’m engaged–” “Oh, Cam, don’t!” she begged. “It cannot be. It is too late. There is no way–” A tremor coursed through her — a premonition of danger. This was madness, she knew. The two were as much star-crossed lovers as Romeo and Juliet, theirs as forbidden a love by all the same barriers of family, church, and honor. “There has to be a way. There must be. We’ll find a way!” Cam declared as he drew her into his arms. “Cam, let me go. We must forget this ever happened.” “How can we?” he asked in anguish. Ransomed Bride is a historical romance that brings to life a young couple’s choice between duty and love.
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Valiant Bride
$17.99Add to cartNoramary came out of the parlor into the hall. Stunned by what she had just heard, she felt slightly light-headed and leaned against the closed door for a moment to steady herself. The shock of Winnie’s elopement during the night had been followed by a second — the staggering request of her foster parents that she step into her errant cousin’s place as the bride of Duncan Montrose! “So you see, my dear, why we must ask this of you?” Aunt Betsy’s voice rang in her ears. Noramary closed her eyes, bringing back the scene that had just taken place. As her aunt had explained the dilemma Winnie’s irresponsibility had caused and what must now be done, Noramary had sat very still, eyes downcast, hands folded in her lap, hearing but not fully absorbing her aunt’s words. Now those same words burst upon her, strong and clear: “–marry Duncan Montrose!” Valiant Bride is a historical romance that brings to life a young woman’s choice between duty and love.
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Saving Life Of Christ
$17.99Add to cartSays Dr. V. Raymond Edman in his introduction, “Some Christians learn that the Lord can make life an adventure. Major Ian Thomas of England is one of them. The major is every inch a soldier. With his infantry battalion he served in the British Expeditionary forces in Belgium at the outset of World War II, and took part in the evacuation at Dunkirk. Often in combat he found the Lord Jesus to be his complete sufficiency. The major is likewise a soldier of the cross, faithful to the Captain of our salvation. He has found life an adventure with God and for Him, a pageant of triumph in Christ.”
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From Old Revelation To New A Print On Demand Title
$40.99Add to cartThis is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.
From old revelation to new takes an important step beyond the studies by Robert Carroll and Michael Fishbane in exploring inner-biblical exegesis. Simon De Vries attempts to solve the problem of ideology and technique in the expansion of prophetic prediction by schools of redactors. By analyzing those prophetic predictions that employ temporal expressions as introductory transitions – expressions such as “in that day,” “behold, days are coming,” and “at the end of days” – De Vries demonstrates how futuristic expectation was expanded and reshaped within the prophetic collection toward an eventual canonical form.
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Struggle For Americas Soul A Print On Demand Title
$25.99Add to cartIn this book Robert Wuthnow examines the two major factions in American religion – conservatives and liberals – and analyzes the secular forces shaping both sides. Wuthnow’s clear, perceptive sociological study is prescriptive as well as descriptive, stressing the need to maintain a healthy, honest dialogue in the ongoing tensions between liberals and conservatives.
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Ezekiel A Print On Demand Title
$39.99Add to cartHals analyzes in detail the structure and intention of the unusually long prophecies of Ezekiel. Because this prophet genuinely qualifies for the designation “theologian,” Hals devotes much attention to examining Ezekiel’s theological perspective and style. He argues that Ezekiel, despite his proclamations of judgment, is not a prophet of despair. Rather, Ezekiel affirms the stubborn grace of Israel’s sovereign Lord – the God who follows his people into the death of exile and loss of nationhood and promises them life out of death via a new exodus, a new “peoplehood,” and a new temple.
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Theological Worlds : Understanding The Alternative Rhythms Of Christian Bel
$28.99Add to cartBy exploring five common Christian perspectives (“theological worlds”), this volume helps readers understand the basis of their own Christian attitudes, identify the sources of their confusions about life and the church, and come to a deeper appreciation of the assumptions and motivations of others.
Author W. Paul Jones demonstrates that each of the five “theological worlds” has a legitimate basis in both Scripture and tradition. He explores why the “citizens” of each world have great difficulty understanding and accepting the legitimacy of other worlds, and why people of goodwill often misconstrue the words and intentions of others.
Theological Worlds offers thoughtful insight to all Christians who want to understand and deal effectively with other human beings. Christian educators will appreciate the references to literature–books, plays, songs, poetry–which illustrate the characteristics of residents of the five worlds and point toward ways to achieve nurturing experiences for students and congregations. Preachers will find the volume helpful as a means of crafting sermons that speak to the diversity of experience among their church members.
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Teddy Roosevelt : Young Rough Rider
$7.99Add to cartEasy to read, and full of the spirit and adventure of the famous Americans who’ve made America what it is today, the Childhood of Famous Americans Series is a series of fictionalized biographies for children 8 & up.
Learn about Teddy Roosevelt overcame asthma to become one of our most outdoors-loving presidents.
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Hosea : Grace Abounding
$24.99Add to cartCentering on the “knowledge of God” and the ultimate painful, paradoxical triumph of God’s grace, the book of Hosea is one of ambivalence and redemption. The redemptive message of Hosea is underscored by H. D. Beeby’s canonical and Christological interpretation. Beeby stresses that the true context of the book is much wider than the eighth century B.C.; Hosea must continually be heard against the background of and in response to the reader’s own time. This commentary makes Hosea’s message available today to all who struggle with questions of gospel and culture, contextualization, idolatry, church and state, and interfaith dialogue.
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Keep It Simple
$18.95Add to cartThese daily meditations are for people in recovery who are either beginning a Twelve Step program or looking for renewal in the basic principles of recovery. Keep It Simple shows how prayer, meditation, and action can bring sobriety and peace to one’s life. Suggested daily activities help readers integrate these concepts into their daily lives. Keep It Simple presents the basics of recovery in terms that allow any reader the chance to enjoy the gifts of sobriety and serenity.
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Prayertimes With Mother Teresa
$15.00Add to cartSpend a year meditating on the gospel call, as lived out in Mother Teresa of Calcutta. This devotional guide is arranged under fifty-two themes of love and charity, incorporating relevant scriptural passages, the inspiring words of Mother Teresa, and anecdotes from her life’s ministry of tireless service to the world’s forsaken destitute and dying.
The reader’s own reflections can be recorded in the generous space provided at the end of each week. An added feature of this book is a seven-day selection of prayers and litanies ideally suited for private retreat in the spirit of Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity.
Prayertimes offers an easy-to-follow formula for deriving needed spiritual nourishment in the Word and prepares us for living the Word in our own everyday lives.
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
$18.99Add to cartThere is always enough room on your child’s bookshelf for this rollicking alphabet chant that has been a children’s favorite for over thirty years!
A told B,
and B told C,
“I’ll meet you at the
top of the coconut tree”In this lively alphabet rhyme, all the letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. Will there be enough room? Oh, no–Chicka Chicka Boom! Boom!
Countless children–and their parents–can joyfully recite the familiar words of this beloved alphabet chant. Bill Martin, Jr., and John Archambault’s rhythmic text keeps the beat with Caldecott Honor illustrator Lois Ehlert’s bold, cheerful art. This winning combination has made the Chicka Chicka series an enduring classic.
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Logic Of Evangelism
$28.99Add to cartAbraham argues, in contrast both to the traditional focus on proclamation and to the more recent emphasis on church growth, that evangelism should be construed as primary initiation into the kingdom of God. Fleshing out his thesis by discussing how conversion, baptism, morality, the creed, the gifts of the Spirit, and the classical spiritual disciplines are related to kingdom initiation.
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Tale Of Three Trees
$17.99Add to cartFeaturing the wonderful illustrations of Tim Jonke, this best-selling children’s book tells the Easter story from a new and unusual point of view. Children will be deeply touched as they understand, perhaps for the first time, the significance of Christ’s life and his atoning sacrifice on the cross.
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How To Preach A Parable
$23.99Add to cartIn this pratical and insightful guide, one of the nation’s most respected preachers shows how to use the structure of Jesus’ parables to preach highly effective sermons. During the past decade, NT scholars have dne fresh and exciting work on the style and function of Jesus’ stories. Now Eugene L. Lowry–in clear, step-by-step fashion–shows how he and other well-known preachers use and develop parables to create lively and interesting sermons.
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Christology Of Peace
$29.00Add to cartJames E. Will shows how peace with justice is evident in the life, message, death, and resurrection of Jesus. The major illuminator of both personal and political peace, Will explains, is Christology. This Christology of peace is a major contribution to the interconfessional dialogue about peace–both Protestant/Catholic and Christian/Jewish.
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Cowherding Christians Cycle A
$12.95Add to cartIf you and your parishioners don’t know much about sheep, you might find a shepherding Savior difficult to fathom; but if you grew up on a family farm anywhere in rural America, you might know something about cows. And you just might find it easier to relate to a cowherding Savior. It is this type of familiar, experiential approach to God’s word that makes this collection of model homilies so unique — and so meaningful.
Messages include:
– Where Are the Lilies Now?
– Jesus’ Hospital
– Cowherding Christians
– A House for God
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Elect In The Son
$22.00Add to cartIn this comprehensive treatment of all pertinent Scripture passages dealing with election, Dr. Shank demonstrates that Calvin’s doctrine of the unconditional election and the reprobation of particular people is without foundation in the Scriptures. He challenges the use of certain “proof passages” and shows that their application in this manner requires circumventing some of the most explicitly categorical affirmations of Scripture.
Dr. Shank demonstrates that the election of grace does not rule out the salvation of any man, that God truly wills all men to be saved. The cross is seen as the focal point of election and the event in which time and eternity find their true perspective.
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Introduction To The Old Testament A Print On Demand Title
$41.99Add to cartA scholarly conservative study of the literary characteristics of the books of the Old Testament. Young argues for the inner harmony and underlying unity of the literary units that make up the Old Testament. Includes special bibliographies for each chapter, a general bibliography, and three indexes.
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On The Far Side Of Liglig Mountain
$19.99Add to cartOn the Far Side of Liglig Mountain is a book that will take you lands away to the mysterious “closed” kingdom of Nepal, where its author, Thomas Hale, and his wife, Cynthia, have struggled to serve God as medical doctors. With beguiling humor and humility, Dr. Hale recounts his often amazing (and sometimes almost unbelievable) experiences in bringing western medicine to people who distrust — even fear — the introduction of ideas different from their own. He and his family work as a team to dispel that distrust and fear, and in the process have experienced incredible adventures. On the Far Side of Liglig Mountain is a book about – faith and courage – laughter and loving your neighbor – the hardships and the blessings of self-denial — a book that you will not easily lay aside. Just as he has gained the trust and affection of his Nepalese patients and neighbors by his love for people and his eagerness to share his love of Christ, Thomas Hale will captivate the reader with his intriguing account of the joys and realities of ministering to the human condition.
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Please Dont Say You Need Me
$17.99Add to cart1. What’s Wrong with Me?
2. What Are the Symptoms of Codependency?
3. Why Do I Act This Way?
4. Codependency in Parent-Child Relationships
5. Codependency in Marriage
6. Codependency in Friendship
7. Codependency in the Workplace
8. Help! I’m Dependent!
9. Maintaining Healthy Relationships
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Please Don’t Say You Need Me … is a common plea voiced by people trapped in unhealthy, codependent relationships. Confused by their conflicting emotions, they feel trapped between wanting to love and care for someone else and yet at the same time, needing to escape from his or her intense and suffocating demands for self-esteem. Jan Silvious offers practical biblical answers for those dealing with codependency – actually people dependency – which can exist not only between mates, but also between siblings, parents and children, and friends. -
Celebrating Life : Catching The Thieves That Steal Your Joy (Student/Study Guide
$12.99Add to cart1. CELEBRATING THE PRESENT: Catching Discontent
2. CELEBRATING THE PAST: Catching Regret
3. CELEBRATING PROGRESS: Catching Perfectionism
4. CELEBRATING TRIALS: Catching Resentment
5. CELEBRATING RELATIONSHIPS: Catching Self-Protection
6. CELEBRATING LEARNING: Catching Narrow-Mindedness
7. CELEBRATING GOD’S BLESSINGS: Catching Ingratitude
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NAVPress Publishers Print On Demand TitleDo any of these things got you down?
*Discontent *Failure
*Regret *Unpleasant Relationships
*Resentment *Anxiety
*Disappointment *Pressure
If so, you’re in a perfect position to begin Celebrating Life! Luci Swindoll wants to open your eyes to the many reasons you have for celebrating life. Her enthusiasm will Inspire you, her questions challenge you, and her Insight significantly Impact the way you face each day.So come learn how to “catch the thieves that steal your joy.” Begin to enjoy your talents, experiences, relationships, and uniquenesses. Discover the joy of celebrating your past, your present, your blessings, and even your trials! All It takes Is the decision to stop “enduring,” and to start Celebrating Life.
