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Shes Still There Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$12.99Add to cartPoor decisions, a lack of intentionality or planning, or a long-term denial of deep hopes and dreams can leave a woman, old or young, reeling from the realization that she is lost, disappointed, or simply numb. What’s a woman to do, if her life is not taking shape the way that she thought that it would despite all of the knowledge available and possibly even consumed? What happens when she looks at herself in the mirror, lingering just a little longer than usual and realizes that she no longer recognizes the person staring back at her? What does she do when she sees that, somehow, her life has drifted away from her hopes, dreams, or plans? How does she find the part of herself that she’s lost and realign her daily actions to the system of belief to which she subscribes? In this six-session study, Chrystal Evans Hurst will walk alongside women to simply hold their hand, to cheer them on, and to believe with them that they’re capable of still being the person she intended to be or discovering the girl she never knew was there in the first place. In each session, Chrystal will help women aim for godly womanhood, focusing not so much on a program, plan, or prize but instead shining the light on the journey. In this study guide, group discussion material and personal study questions emphasize the importance of the personal process and the beauty of that path as it is shared authentically from one girlfriend to another. It’s one thing to “know” you were created and designed for a purpose and have the power to reach the potential that lies within. It’s another thing to “do” what you were created to do. This study guide is designed to use with the She’s Still There DVD (sold separately).
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Horse Puzzles
$9.95Add to cartThis puzzle book for kids provides horse lovers of all ages with hours of activity and puzzle fun! Kids who love puzzles will keep busy with this activity book packed with more than 100 horse puzzles drawn in the classic Highlights(TM) black-and-white style. With more than 1,200 objects to find, each puzzle is carefully designed to engage and entertain children while honing their concentration skills and attention to detail.
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1st Grade Big Fun Workbook
$12.99Add to cartPower up kids’ first-grade skills! With pages of fun puzzle-based activities including Highlights Hidden Pictures, this workbook offers age-appropriate fundamentals in language arts, math and science, plus skills like word recognition, digraphs and consonant blends. They’ll also learn about homophones, shapes, numbers, addition, subtraction, sequencing, science and more!
Every exercise will boost their confidence and supplement what they’re learning in school. This 256-page workbook also features simple tips for parents to extend learning, a Certificate of Achievement to celebrate their hard work, plus links to online activities.
Developed with educational experts, teacher-approved and aligned with state standards, the First Grade Big Fun Workbook will engage students and get them excited about learning. It’s a Family Choice Award Winner, PAL (Play Advances Language) Award Winner, a Parents’ Choice Recommended Book and a PAL Top Ten Pick.
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These Are Our Bodies Intermediate Parent Book
$11.95Add to cart* Faith formation resource for children on human sexuality * For use in congregational, home, and school settings This sexuality education resource from a mainline/progressive denominational prospective aids the leader, child (participant), and parent in learning about their body and using skills that enable them to embrace and affirm the wholeness of sexuality as part of who they are. Session plans will address facts about sexuality, vocabulary, decision making, faith and daily life, respect, growth and change, behavior, responsibility, values, prayer, and intentionality in an age appropriate manner for children and their parents. One Leader Guide will cover all ages, with three Parent Books (Preschool: 3- to 5-yearolds, Primary: 6- to 8-year-olds, and Intermediate: 9- to 11-year-olds), and two Participant Books (Primary and Intermediate ages).
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These Are Our Bodies Young Adult Leader Guide
$28.95Add to cart* Faith formation resource for young adults on human sexuality * For use in congregational and campus ministry settings Our inherent value and worth comes from God’s love for us, but our modern world is filled with sexual expression that too often leads us away from the life of Christ. As Christians seeking to live a life worthy of our calling and desiring to pass along these values to our children and youth, these books (Leader Guide and Participant Book) offer session plans with activities for Young Adults (ages 18-30) to explore issues of sexuality in the context of our faith, building on the foundational book of the same name and as part of the These Are Our Bodies program resource. Session topics include: * Holiness * Intimacy * Covenant * Love * Biology * Communication * What is Sacred? * Power and Parity * Mind, Body, and Soul * Brokenness and Shame * Our Bodies: Currency and Creators
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These Are Our Bodies Preschool And Elementary Leader Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
$34.95Add to cart* Faith formation resource for children on human sexuality * For use in congregational, home, and school settings This sexuality education resource from a mainline/progressive denominational prospective aids the leader, child (participant), and parent in learning about their body and using skills that enable them to embrace and affirm the wholeness of sexuality as part of who they are. Session plans will address facts about sexuality, vocabulary, decision making, faith and daily life, respect, growth and change, behavior, responsibility, values, prayer, and intentionality in an age appropriate manner for children and their parents. One Leader Guide will cover all ages, with three Parent Books (Preschool: 3- to 5-yearolds, Primary: 6- to 8-year-olds, and Intermediate: 9- to 11-year-olds), and two Participant Books (Primary and Intermediate ages). Session topics include: * We are Wonderfully Made * We are Complex * We are Changing * We are Knowledgeable * We are Equipped * We are Called * We are Growing Up
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Jesus Heist : Recovering The Gospel From The Church
$25.95Add to cart* Provocative readings of biblical stories, with thoughts on what they are saying to the church * Listens for critique rather than support, encouraging us to hear Jesus fresh Inside the Church, we are constantly and consistently reading the gospels through the lens of supporting our own institution and structure. This prevents us from hearing the critique Jesus offered in his own day and his emphatic and persistent call to be and do differently now (Matthew 23:1-12). Stories that will be covered include Widow’s Mite, Rich Young Ruler, Destruction of the Temple, Searching for the Lost Coin, Sower of the Seeds, Transfiguration, and the Great Commission. This book will flip the script of many Bible stories, allowing us to hear Jesus’ call to change as one that is directed at us rather than as one we should direct toward others.
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Biggest Story ABCs
$12.99Add to cartFrom Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden to Zion and the new creation, the Bible is telling one big story-the story of God’s promise to deliver his people. Kevin DeYoung, best-selling author of The Biggest Story, has written a new board book to help kids ages 1 to 3 to make connections from Genesis to Revelation and from A to Z. Each page introduces a new letter of the alphabet with engaging and whimsical illustrations from award-winning artist Don Clark, retelling the biblical narrative in one continuous story. This board book is a fun way for parents to introduce their small children to the big story of the Bible.
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Sticker By Number Animals
$16.98Add to cartKeep your brain engaged while creating fun, beautiful art, with Sticker by Number Animals! As in color or paint-by-number, each design is divided into dozens of spaces. Each space has number that corresponds to a sticker. Find the sticker, peel it, and place it in the right space. Watch as a full colored image emerges from the original unfinished illustration.
*Includes 28 animal images that range from easy to hard.
*Images range in difficulty.
*Spiral binding and perforated pages make it easy to use!
*Made for adults but kids can enjoy as well!
*8 x 10 inch pages.** The images in this book also appear in Brain Games – Sticker by Number: Animals (2 Books in 1), 156 pages – ISBN-13: 9781645580355 **
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Jeremiah-Lamentations NIV Preacher Edition
$39.99Add to cartWhat if you could study Jeremiah & Lamentations with your favorite Bible scholars from across the ages? With The Preacher’s Outline & Sermon Bible, you can! This unique resource is designed to empower pastors and leaders to effectively preach and teach God’s Word. This is much more than a commentary – it takes the best scholarly works available and combines them in a single resource. Inside each volume of The Preacher’s Outline & Sermon Bible, you’ll find: A verse-by-verse outline alongside each passage of Scripture that draws out key concepts. In-depth commentary synthesized from hundreds of trusted sources, including Matthew Henry, John MacArthur, Charles Spurgeon…and many more. Thoughts designed to provide practical application of Scripture for your congregation. Deeper studies that expand on original Greek sources, provide historical background, and explain key points. An Outline & Subject Index designed for topical study – perfect for quickly creating messages on a particular theme. There’s a volume of The Preacher’s Outline & Sermon Bible series for nearly any sermon you can imagine. Explore the full series on our website at lmw.org
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Unarmed Empire : In Search Of Beloved Community
$45.00Add to cartShunned. Condemned. Controlled. Describing church, believers and nonbelievers deploy stinging terms to define an imperial, culturally privileged, and powerful American force. Church has become synonymous with shame, exclusion, and hostility. This is not the church of Jesus. American Christians are victims of a deliberate and shortsighted scheme designed to identify and defeat religious, cultural, and sexual Others. From the language of “makers and takers,” to “if you’re not for us, you’re against us,” to the continual suggestion that we are soldiers in a constant series of wars–the war on women, the war on the family, the war on Christians, the war on Christmas, the war on terror, and much more–Christians are near the heart of enmity. The New Testament, however, seeks to create an alternative community–a community devoid of fear, wherein God’s love and acceptance are mediated to all people through the grace of Jesus. In Unarmed Empire, Sean Palmer reclaims the New Testament’s vision of the church as an alternative community of welcome, harmony, and peace. Unarmed Empire is for everyone who’s been misled about church. It’s for everyone who feels blacklisted by believers, everyone who has been hurt. It’s for everyone longing for a purer experience of church.
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If You Miss The Rapture
$11.95Add to cartAre you concerned that your family members and friends may miss the Rapture? Do you believe they can still get in afterwards, even if they have rejected the Gospel previously? Jesus plainly stated in Mat.25:10-C-“and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.” Jesus first admonition to His Disciples in Mat.24 was “take heed that no man deceive you.” In this book you will find concise verse by verse direction in being ready for The Rapture. Sin always has a price, Faithfulness always has a prize.
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Because Of Gracia Theme 3 A Film And Faith Leaders Guide
$5.99Add to cartA Film and Faith Leader’s Guide: Theme 3 Voicing Faith equips youth pastors and small group leaders to explore the key theme of Voicing Faith in public as presented in the award-winning film. This three-week guide inspires participants to confront fear and complacency even when faced with opposition from the world around them.
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His Faith Works
$15.00Add to cartThe author shares a deep revelation on Faith, one you are unlikely to have heard before. A revelation that has set many people free to walk in faith like never before. It will challenge, encourage and compel the reader to want to step out in faith with a new found confidence. It will also dispel a few myths along the way. In 2003 Robert King had a powerful encounter of the Holy Spirit. He has a powerful prophetic and healing ministry seeing many signs and wonders. As he ministers, God’s tangible presence falls. The testimonies are both diverse and incredible. Robert has pastored full time for several decades in the UK. The author of several books, an accomplished musician and the producer of several worship and soaking albums.
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Restoring The Ark Of The Covenant To His Church
$8.99Add to cartBringing Back the Ark of the Covenant to His Church is a responsibility each Christian should undertake, especially for those working towards dining with the Lord at the Last Supper of the Lamb. The Ark of the Covenant as God’s presence is the most precious blessing the Church can ever have. It’s all about the Lord Jesus Christ being formed in our lives, for the Church to grow into His fullness. This is the only way His Church will manifest His presence. His manifest presence is a reality that His Remnant Church is living each day. Many who have broken into the Holy of Holies have tasted, seen, and heard the mysteries and secrets of the Lord God that have made them keep in there. The New Jerusalem is a Church that is being made by the Lord Himself. She must keep in His presence to be beautified.
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This Is My Heaven
$12.99Add to cartYou can live in God’s Kingdom and still not be convinced. Heaven is filled with those who bow and worship while one secretly disagrees and questions God’s plan for a family on Earth. This worker of Eternal Paradise sees the family suffering and in pain and wonders what God is up to. Is God really good? Is God always right?
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Hope Everlasting : A Story Of Faith Hope And Love
$17.99Add to cartIn Hope Everlasting, by J.C. Lafler, a young runaway struggles with feelings of guilt, abandonment and worthlessness. Vaguely remembering his mother’s belief that “God is with us and there is always hope,” he tries to make his way on his own, when a horrible experience as a foster child leaves him no other options. After meeting another runaway, and helping the girl with her infant daughter, she disappears leaving the infant with him. Having no way or means to care for an infant, he leaves her on the doorstep of a home for girls, praying that she will be taken care of. Penniless, with nothing but an old backpack containing all that he owns, he continues his search for a job and a warm place to spend the night.
When the last glimmer of hope seems to be disappearing, he wanders onto a farm and finds not only a job, but eventually a loving family and a permanent home. Hope Everlasting is a story about the amazing possibilities that exist when we turn to God and believe in His desire to give us a future and hope.
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He Leads Me Beside The Still Waters And He Restores My Soul
$14.99Add to cartVeretta Elaine Burrows
NEW DEVOTIONAL INSPIRED BY THE HOLY GHOST This 30-day Inspirational poetry devotional was birthed by the Holy Spirit to bring forth inner healing and wholeness. Read your daily devotion, along with the Holy Bible to receive the most out of this devotional. The power of God will always show up when you yeilded to Him. Congrats on your healing!
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D Life Journal For New Testament 1
$16.99Add to cartThe D-Life Journal for New Testament 1 is an excellent tool for personal study or for using the New Testament in discipleship. By reading one chapter a day for five days each week, you will read through the New Testament in exactly one year and record a brief journal entry from each chapter. For 52 of those chapters you will have a weekly study guide with great discussion questions for leading a discipleship group to discuss a story or topic covered in your weekly reading. Stories or topics for your discipleship group will include: Fishing for Men, The Lord’s Prayer, The Great Commission, The Good Samaritan, The Prodigal Son, The Raising of Lazarus, Philip and the Eunuch, Peace with God, Ambassadors for Christ, Cheerful Giving, The Fruit of the Spirit, Authentic Discipleship, The Living Word, Heroes of Faith, Eternal Life in Heaven, and many more. Whether you use this journal for you own personal devotional time or for leading a discipleship group, you will find this to be an excellent resource for studying the New Testament.
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Why Jesus Turned Water Into Wine And Still Does
$11.95Add to cartJohn, the writer of the gospel of John, writes as though he were a reporter in that he uses four of the five Ws (when, what, where, and who) that journalists are taught to use in their articles. However, he does not tell us why, which is the missing W.
The questions are as follows:
Why did Jesus get involved?
Why did the wedding happen on the third day?
Why was this wedding special as to warrant Jesus’s involvement?
Why in Cana of Galilee, of all places?
Why was Mary there?
Why did Jesus intervene by turning water into wine?
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Climbing Prayer Mountain
$13.99Add to cartMill Street Press
Inspired by the events atop Mount Hermon in Mark 9, known as the Mount of Transfiguration, Spykstra’s 40 devotionals examine pivotal events in the spiritual growth of those who were present that day: Moses, Elijah, Jesus, Peter, and John.
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These Are Our Bodies Primary Parent Book
$11.95Add to cartFaith formation resource for children on human sexuality – For use in congregational, home, and school settings This sexuality education resource from a mainline/progressive denominational prospective aids the leader, child (participant), and parent in learning about their body and using skills that enable them to embrace and affirm the wholeness of sexuality as part of who they are. Session plans will address facts about sexuality, vocabulary, decision making, faith and daily life, respect, growth and change, behavior, responsibility, values, prayer, and intentionality in an age appropriate manner for children and their parents. One Leader Guide will cover all ages, with three Parent Books (Preschool: 3- to 5-yearolds, Primary: 6- to 8-year-olds, and Intermediate: 9- to 11-year-olds), and two Participant Books (Primary and Intermediate ages). Session topics include: – We are Wonderfully Made – We are Complex – We are Changing – We are Knowledgeable – We are Equipped – We are Called – We are Growing Up
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Diversity Matters : Race Ethnicity And The Future Of Christian Higher Educa
$29.99Add to cartToday, no institution can ignore the need for deep conversations about race and ethnicity. But colleges and universities face a unique set of challenges as they explore these topics. Diversity Matters offers leaders a roadmap as they think through how their campuses can be hospitable environments for diversity.
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Like A Phoenix Cycle B
$16.95Add to cartThe season after Pentecost has had several different names over the years. It has been called “Ordinary Time,” which meant that the Sundays were numbered, not that they were common or mundane. It has been called “Kingdomtide” as the celebration of the imminent nature of God’s Kingdom breaking forth in the world as both present and future reality. And it has sometimes just been called “The Time after Pentecost.” Whatever we choose to call it, it is often felt as a slow-down, or a sag in the enthusiasm and energy of the church. Rarely does anything new begin in the summer. It’s a time of waiting for vacations to end and school to begin again so we can get back to the business of doing ministry. The sermons in Like A Phoenix offer the goal of bringing new vigor and vitality into the life of the church even in the hot months of the year when everything and everyone is calling us to slow down and take it easy.
Since the season after Pentecost is drawn out it may be more difficult to come up with sermon ideas. This book will help ease the burden. A busy pastor will have more time to focus things other than sermon preparation, especially during the summer, with vacation time in full-swing.This book may be used for:
Sermon preparation
Independent or group study
Inspirational readingSome Sermon Titles Include:
Together in One Place (Acts 2:1-21)
Meeting Jesus (John 3:1-17)
Meet the Rose Family (Mark 3:20-35)
Little Start, Big Finish (Mark 4:26-34)
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Hearers To Kneelers To Chosen Cycle B
$12.95Add to cartCSS author, Ron Love’s Hearers to Kneelers to Chosen: The Transformed Life provides Second Lesson sermons for Cycle B for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. These sermons are filled with spiritual guidance and will help you serve your own congregation with fresh ideas.
Some sermon titles include:
“Cathedra” (1 Corinthians 1:3–9)
Wavering Notes by an Uncertain Trumpet (1 Corinthians 1:3–9)
Standing in the Forecastle (1 Thessalonians 5:16–24)
Soli Deo Gloria (Romans 16:25–27)
Abba! Father! (Galatians 4:4–7)
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Saints Alive : Claiming The Saints For Protestant Preaching
$12.95Add to cartOver 20,000 visit the unincorporated farming community of Maria Stein, Ohio every year to visit the National Shrine of the Holy Relics, which displays around a thousand relics of Roman Catholic saints. Rev. Dr. Alex A. Gondola, Jr. would often visit this peaceful setting and, as he watched devotees come to honor these figures and pray, he realized he didn’t quite “get it.” Could there be spiritual enrichment for him, a Protestant, in a place like this?
Discover the answer for yourself in Saints Alive: Claiming the Saints for Protestant Teaching, sermons from a year Rev. Gondola devoted to preaching on one saint per month. He offers this volume as a companion for pastors and group leaders prepared to take a deep dive into matters of faith, calling and the hope Christ offers the world through his humblest of servants, from St. Augustine to Mother Teresa.
Seasonal sermons include:
St. Patrick: “Christ in All Things” for Lent
Nicholas of Myra: “An Advent Saint” for Advent
You and I: “Called to Be Saints” for Year End/New Year’s Day -
Transfigured : Patricia Sandoval’s Escape From Drugs, Homelessness, And The
$16.95Add to cartQueen Of Peace Media Title
When Patricia Sandoval worked at Planned Parenthood, they told her, “Never tell a soul what you see behind this door.” So now she is telling the world. TRANSFIGURED is the riveting story of a young girl who after three abortions and work at an abortion clinic, became a methamphetamine addict living on the streets-until a miracle occurred.
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Because Of Gracia A Film And Faith Leaders Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
$9.99Add to cartBecause of Gracia: A Film and Faith Leader’s Guide equips youth pastors and small group leaders to explore the key themes in this award-winning film through a life-changing discipleship curriculum. The nine-week guide contains three weeks of “Conversations” on three core topics from the film, Practicing Friendship (God’s Design for Relationships), Choosing Life (Teen Pregnancy and the Sanctity of Life), and Voicing Faith (Defending Christianity in Public). The Because of Gracia Leader’s Guide is designed for use with the related Because of Gracia Film and Faith Conversation Guide for students, a unique hybrid experience that offers complementary material for small group sessions, as well as daily reflections for students to use throughout the week in “conversation partner” pairs. The resulting 45-day experience allows young Christians to pursue discipleship with others, while helping them to wrestle with the difficult issues they’re facing today. The Because of Gracia curriculum was created to affirm that with God’s amazing and empowering grace, young people CAN live in a new way.
Take your students on a spiritual journey alongside Gracia, Chase, and the rest of Eastglenn High as they face life-altering decisions, learning that grace is both the gift of mercy when we fail and our empowerment to live in truth and light.
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Because Of Gracia A Film And Faith Conversation Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartThe Because of Gracia Film and Faith Conversation Guide is a different kind of resource from most movie discussion guides, and it’s different from most bible studies. It’s a 45-day experience to spark conversations on the challenges students face every day as Christians. Based on the themes of Because of Gracia, each week’s conversation has info on group activities and then follows up with five days of devotional reflections for a student and his or her conversation partner. Topics and conversations include Practicing Friendship (teen dating and relationships), Choosing Life (pro-life values and ministering to those facing teen pregnancy), and Voicing Faith (defense of one’s faith in public). These Because of Gracia conversations will help students know how to handle the life-altering choices they face everyday– friendships and relationships, dating and falling in love, how to choose life and support those facing teen pregnancy, and how to confidently voicing your faith and beliefs in public. So let this film and faith conversation be a part of their faith journey, and get real with these real-life questions on God, friendship, and love.
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Unboxed : Uncovering New Paradigms For Tomorrow’s Church
$18.99Add to cartWhy live like an artificial when you were designed to be an original? That’s the theme ministry leader entrepreneur Martijn van Tilborgh unpacks as he delivers this challenge for us to become “unboxed.” His premise? God is waiting to empower you to shed the shackles of personal limitations so you can become an authentic change-agent in this world.
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Gaining Freedom From Sex Addictions
$12.99Add to cartAre you addicted to pornography or to the services of prostitutes? When you are caught in addiction, you face a sad, lonely, and difficult journey. The path to freedom is not always clear, and you might struggle to find people who can help you.
In this transparent book, Matthew shares his heart after overcoming his addiction of thirty-six years to pornography and his addiction of twenty-five years to prostitutes. You will appreciate his vulnerability and insight as he helps you in your own journey to freedom.
In this book, you will learn the importance of:
Correct theology
Your identity in Christ
The importance of repentance
The need for inner healing and deliverance and
A strong understanding of God’s grace.While this book is not an exhaustive treatment of the subject and while Matthew is not a medical professional, he relates stories from his own experiences. Most importantly, Matthew shares the power of Jesus to win the ultimate victory over the battle with pornography.
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Interviews With The Two Witnesses
$10.99Add to cartWe are living in strange times when life on earth is growing darker and darker, according to Isaiah 60:1. Often, we hear of terror attacks on the news, and we see that mankind is turning away in large numbers from the message of Christ and Christianity.
Some years ago, in 2014, Matthew interviewed nineteen saints, which included an interview with Elijah and Enoch, the two witnesses in Revelation 11. Today, so that people don’t miss what they have said, Matthew has republished their interviews in this small book.
This book will tell you:
* What these two men say is important to God
* What the future of the earth will look like
* The importance of building your life on the rock and
* Insight into the thoughts of these two men who will judge the world.
In this updated and edited version of the interviews from Great Cloud of Witnesses Speak, you will also be directed to other important books that will teach you how to be a light of Jesus to the world, how to find your purpose on earth, and what the two witnesses will do when they come to earth.
In this book, I endeavor to share the hearts and minds of the two witnesses. However, this book is not about what they will actually do on earth. For more information on what the two witnesses will do on earth, read Matthew’s book, Optimistic Visions of Revelation.
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Prayer Book Of The Early Christians
$22.00Add to cartDesigned for any 21st-century Christian, this prayer book gathers prayers and rituals from the ancient Church (especially early Greek Christianity), re-presenting them for the use of Christians at home, in small prayer groups, cohorts, and house churches. It offers a structure of prayer offices and blessing rituals for all times of day and year, and articulates many religious needs including bereavement, house blessing, praise, worry, gratitude, and thanksgiving.
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12 Truths About Sex For Tweens And Teens
$13.95Add to cartParents as well as teachers and counselors have searched and requested a resource, such as, Twelve Twitter Truths About Sex for Tweens and Teens, to help young people prepare to make a sexually abstinence promise until marriage. This book provides such an avenue. Each student along with his/her parents/teachers will work through 12 short chapters to guide them into making a decision.
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Who Do You Think You Are
$19.99Add to cartPastor Mark Driscoll answers the one question you need to ask: Who am I in Christ?
Being a Christian can be like driving in a foreign city. You try living on the straight and narrow but instead take a wrong turn onto the wide avenue of sin and temptation. In the process, you become discouraged and condemned, limping along in your faith-or giving up altogether.
But this isn’t the real Christian life. You can make a U-turn.
Pastor Mark Driscoll knows that underlying our struggles in life is the issue of our identity. “The fundamental problem we have in this world,” he says, “is that we don’t understand who we truly are-children of God made in his image-and define ourselves by any number of things other than Jesus. Only by knowing our false identity apart from Christ in comparison to our true identity in him can we finally deal with and overcome the issues in our lives.”
Who are you in Christ? Among other things:
*You are a saint
*You are blessed
*You are saved
*You are afflicted
*You are heardYou aren’t what’s been done to you but what Jesus has done for you. You aren’t what you do but what Jesus has done. What you do doesn’t determine who you are. Rather, who you are in Christ determines what you do. These are fundamental truths that Pastor Mark explores in depth throughout Who Do You Think You Are? Finding Your True Identity in Christ.
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Message From My Angel 1
$17.99Add to cartWhat if you could learn the name of your angel, receive a picture of your angel’s likeness, and receive a five-minute message from your angel? Would that initial message stir your heart enough to start a dialogue with your angel? This unique Christian book that might be more at home in a New Age bookstore is A Message From My Angel: Book 1.
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Conversations That Change Us 2nd Edition
$25.95Add to cartTall Pines Press
Introducing a model for collaborative theological reflection that captures the essence of what’s necessary when people who differ from one another begin to work together, this guide discusses how to create dialogical, collaborative reflection based on Scripture, tradition, reason, and experience.
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Lectionary Stories For Preaching And Teaching Series 2 Cycle B
$19.95Add to cart“A good story of faith … allows us to better see ourselves and our relationships while offering to us an opportunity to consider and know God. We enter into the story and emerge a different person.” – Peter Andrew Smith
Restaurant workers closing up for the night do their duty to prepare the store for the morning crew, despite their impatience to leave. An elderly man finds hope and encouragement in a congregation where he never quite felt like he belonged.
These are the simple, quiet vignettes Smith offers in his third collection of stories.Lectionary Stories for Preaching and Teaching: Series II, Cycle Bis inspired by the details Jesus draws from everyday life in the Gospel of Mark. Likewise, Smith delves into the ordinary to explore the extraordinary power of the Holy Spirit alive from moment to moment today.
Lectionary Stories for Preaching and Teaching is an accessible collection of stories ideal for inviting both experienced disciples and those young in the Christian faith alike to discover the Lord yet at work where and when we least expect Him.
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That Deacon Book
$14.99Add to cartIn many churches today, finding true, faithful servants to the church can feel like hunting for unicorns. Lots of people say they want to be like Jesus, but too few are willing to serve like him. “That Deacon Book” was written for pastors, staff, and lay leaders in mind. It can be handed to literally anyone in the church to great benefit.
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Martin Luthers Table Talk
$19.00Add to cartImagine pulling up a chair to the Luther family table after a fine dinner.
Imagine being invited to ask Martin Luther questions about . . . almost anything.
Imagine Luther talking about his early life, his education, his decision to become a monk, his rediscovery of the gospel, his attacks on scholasticism and the papacy, his journey to the Diet of Worms where he was ordered to-but refused to-recant his teaching, his marriage to Katherine von Bora, and much more.
Because Luther’s friends took notes of many private conversations around the Luther family table, you don’t have to imagine Luther’s answers. This newly abridged edition of Martin Luther’s Table Talk serves up a rich sampling of Luther’s wide ranging thoughts on biblical exposition, doctrinal teaching, ministry, the church and the sacraments, pastoral counsel, and life as a Christian. You will also learn much about the political, economic and social world that Luther lived in-a world unlike our own.
The theological convictions of Luther and other early reformers that shaped the Reformation are often referred to as The Five Pillars of the Reformation-Word alone, Faith alone, Grace alone, Christ alone, and Glory to God alone. In the “table talks” in this volume, you will find these themes woven over and over again into the mealtime conversations around Luther’s table. Pull up a chair and spend some time with the great reformer.
This volume provides access to selections from Martin Luther’s Table Talk, Volume 54 of Luther’s Works.
Editor Henry F. French has carefully chosen some of the best of Luther’s conversations with many guests who frequented the dinner table in the home of Martin and Katie Luther.
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Position And Condition
$22.99Add to cartNothing in a person’s condition can ever change his or her position, but a focus on position can radically improve condition. That’s what Ephesians is all about. For anyone who has wondered how to be one of God’s children and still be so far from being like Jesus, this is the book with the answers.
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Angel Bumps : Hello From Heaven
$14.95Add to cartWinston Publishing DBA
Do you believe in signs from loved ones in Heaven? Sixty true stories will touch your heart. Come along on an emotional, spiritual and loving journey and you will never feel alone again. While people die, love never ever dies. Angel Bumps is proof that love continues through signs they send. -
Journeying With Mark
$22.00Add to cartJourneying with Mark offers a brief and accessible guide to the Gospel of Mark. Perfect for personal reflection and sermon preparation, this inspiring resource follows the Revised Common Lectionary. Each chapter corresponds to a season of the liturgical year and the Gospel passages read during that season. The reader will find an introduction to the biblical text that looks at historical and literary themes; imaginative new ways to encounter Mark in preaching and study, including poetry; and reflections on the text’s meaning for contemporary Christian life. Each chapter ends with an action item, reflection questions, and a prayer.
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Untrapped : Nine Secrets To Getting Along
$16.99Add to cartMarie feels trapped in her relationship with her mother. Her mom is a hoarder, so Marie came to Dr. Daniel Nerhbass with the question: “How can I get my mom to stop hoarding, so we can all live a normal life?” Dr. Nehrbass couldn’t think of one thing that would get her mom to stop hoarding, but he could think of several options she had for improving the relationship.
In UnTrapped, Dr. Nehrbass shows that whenever a relationship has you feeling trapped, you have options. While you may not be able to control another person’s behavior, you can take control of your happiness by determining how you respond.
Dr. Nehrbass shares real-life stories of people who’ve tried these options for relational change and he also offers biblical examples. Next time you feel trapped, you’ll be prepared with the options you find in UnTrapped. And whichever option you choose, you’ll know that God used this experience to grow you and the people around you.
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Mind The Gap
$39.00Add to cartIntroduction
Part I: Mind The Gap! Reading Between The Old And The New Testament
When Was The Old Testament Written? A Brief Timeline
Ancient Judaism And Its Literatures
Part II: The Jewish Jesus
Jesus, The Messiah Of Israel
In A World Of Demons And Unclean Spirits
Did Jesus Abolish The Law Of Moses?
The Resurrection Of The Dead And Life In The Company Of Angels
Epilogue
Glossary
Further Readings
Additional Info
Do you want to understand Jesus of Nazareth, his apostles, and the rise of early Christianity? Reading the Old Testament is not enough, writes Matthias Henze in this slender volume aimed at the student of the Bible. To understand the Jews of the Second Temple period, it’s essential to read what they wrote-and what Jesus and his followers might have read-beyond the Hebrew scriptures. Henze introduces the four-century gap between the Old and New Testaments and some of the writings produced during this period (different Old Testaments, the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, the Dead Sea Scrolls); discusses how these texts have been read from the Reformation to the present, emphasizing the importance of the discovery of Qumran; guides the student’s encounter with select texts from each collection; and then introduces key ideas found in specific New Testament texts that simply can’t be understood without these early Jewish “intertestamental” writings-the Messiah, angels and demons, the law, and the resurrection of the dead. Finally, he discusses the role of these writings in the “parting of the ways” between Judaism and Christianity. Mind the Gap broadens curious students’ perspectives on early Judaism and early Christianity and welcomes them to deeper study. -
Thirsty For God (Revised)
$29.00Add to cartIntroduction
1. What Is Christian Spirituality?
2. The Bible And The Four Relationships
3. The Beginning Of A Global Community
4. The European Era
5. Protestant And Catholic Reform
6. The “Modern” Era
7. The West Since 1900
8. The Non-Western World Since 1900
9. Interfaith Spirituality For Christians
10. Christian Spirituality And Ecology
Afterword: Spirituality And Digital Technology
Appendix: Timeline
Glossary
Index Of Names
Index Of Subjects
Additional Info
A landmark text on the history of Christian spirituality embarks on the journey afresh. This accessible and engaging history provides an excellent primer on the two-millennium experience of the presence of God, a “thirst” at the center of Christian life and practice. Holt traces the spiritual practices of Christian devotion, prayer, action, and contemplation from the biblical and influential early periods through the diverse insights of Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant Christians. Globally framed, the book highlights the local contributions of people from all continents, a wide array of traditions and perspectives as unified yet diverse voices. They give witness to the thirst for God who graciously supplies living water.This new edition not only updates all the chapters and features but also adds new chapters on interfaith spirituality, ecology and spirituality, and spiritual practice in the digital age. Excerpts and illustrations from primary sources, maps, a glossary, a timeline, new bibliographies, and sets of spiritual exercises heighten the book’s usefulness for students and lay persons alike.
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These Are Our Bodies Preschool Parent Book
$11.95Add to cart* Faith formation resource for children on human sexuality * For use in congregational, home, and school settings This sexuality education resource from a mainline/progressive denominational prospective aids the leader, child (participant), and parent in learning about their body and using skills that enable them to embrace and affirm the wholeness of sexuality as part of who they are. Session plans will address facts about sexuality, vocabulary, decision making, faith and daily life, respect, growth and change, behavior, responsibility, values, prayer, and intentionality in an age appropriate manner for children and their parents. One Leader Guide will cover all ages, with three Parent Books (Preschool: 3- to 5-yearolds, Primary: 6- to 8-year-olds, and Intermediate: 9- to 11-year-olds), and two Participant Books (Primary and Intermediate ages). Session topics include: * We are Wonderfully Made * We are Complex * We are Changing * We are Knowledgeable * We are Equipped * We are Called * We are Growing Up
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Who Was Jesus
$10.95Add to cart* Author distills a life-time of biblical research into an easy-to-understand survey of Jesus’ life, his mission, and his self-understanding * Both introduction and source of new insights Renowned New Testament scholar James Dunn investigates what is known about the historical Jesus and the reasons for his enormous impact-then and now.
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Presence Of God
$15.99Add to cartHonor, glorify, and love God by learning to dwell in His presence.
R. T. Kendall invites you to discover what it means to be in the presence of God. In this fresh, new look at God’s presence, Kendall explores everything from the omnipresence of God to the tangible manifestation of His presence.
You will discover why God might at times withhold a sense of His presence. And at other times you might experience an acute sense of awe or reverence of God that drives you to your knees in prayer, leads you into spontaneous worship of Him, or brings about healing and other miracles.
Kendall teaches you how to develop a sensitivity to His presence so your love for Him and relationship with Him will deepen and grow.
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Gods Country : Faith Hope And The Future Of The Rural Church
$29.99Add to cartWith the poetic force of Kathleen Norris and the pastoral warmth of Eugene Peterson, Kansas pastor Roth sets forth a vision for vibrant rural churches, for ministry in congregations that bear a profound sense of both loss and possibility, and for harvesting fruits of transformation and renewal. Rooted in stories from Scripture, his own ministry, and interviews with rural church leaders, Roth offers a sturdy theological and practical alternative to church-growth strategies that rely on success stories and flashy metrics.
Reclaiming God’s vision for the rural church, Roth writes, means learning how to praise, abide, watch, pray, grow, work the edges, die, befriend, and dream. In God’s Country, rediscover the stunning abundance of God’s presence in rural communities. Name the ways that the rural church testifies to God’s glory and goodness. Learn to live and love and minister right where you are, no matter how small or unassuming it may seem.
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Coloring Advent
$12.99Add to cartFollowing up to our bestselling Coloring Lent adult coloring book, Coloring Advent offers four weeks of original illustrations and scripture reflections to draw you deeper into the familiar Advent story. From the prophesies of the coming Messiah to the humble birth of Jesus and the arrival of the Wise Men, Coloring Advent offers a colorful and meditative journey through Advent like no other.
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Incarnational Ministry : Being With The Church
$27.99Add to cartOn the implications of “being with” for the ministry of the church
” With,” says Samuel Wells, “is the most important word in the Christian faith.”
In the Trinity, we see the eternal persons of the Godhead being with each other. In the Gospels, we see Jesus being with the people he encounters, mediating God’s grace to them with his own incarnational presence. Those in ministry, as Wells shows in this book, are also called to the task of being with with God, with the church, and with the created world and those who dwell in it.
Wells elaborates on the concept of being with in eight dimensions: presence, attention, mystery, delight, participation, partnership, enjoyment, and glory. His vivid narratives and wise reflections challenge readers to deeper discipleship and more vital ministry as they explore what it means to be with the troubled, the hurt, the afflicted, the challenged, the dying–and all who are embraced by the church’s incarnational ministry.
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Adopted : The Sacrament Of Belonging In A Fractured World
$23.99Add to cartAdoption is one of the most radically inclusive aspects of God’s kingdom. All of us belong to God’s family–Jesus as God’s son and the rest of us as his adopted children.
In Adopted Kelley Nikondeha explores how the Christian concept of adoption into God’s family can broaden our sense of belonging. Drawing on her own story as both an adopted child and an adoptive mother, Nikondeha invites readers to a rich, biblically grounded understanding of adoption that reframes the way we perceive family, friends, and those in need of rescue.
As Nikondeha unpacks the implications of adoption–and especially its potential to cross socioeconomic and ethnic boundaries–she offers new ways to approach conversations about family, adoption, connection, and the mystery of what it means to belong.
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Going Deep And Wide
$14.99Add to cartEvery Sunday people walk onto your church campus and decide if they will return the following week before the preacher even opens his mouth. Many of those people don’t know what to make of Jesus. They’re hesitant to be in a church. They’re not sure they belong. But over and over in the pages of the gospels, we see something extraordinary.
People who were nothing like Jesus liked Jesus.
Shouldn’t that be true of his church as well?
In Going Deep & Wide, Andy Stanley lays out a blueprint for becoming that kind of church. Going Deep & Wide offers practical steps to help church leaders create irresistible environments, define ministry goals, and communicate more effectively with unbelievers. Each section includes discussion materials that walk you more deeply into the content of Deep & Wide and invites conversations about how to apply what you’ve learned.
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Renovate Participant Book (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartRenovating a house can be an exciting and rewarding experience. But the act of renovation can often leave the house in a state of disarray, causing stress and frustration. In the same way, God wants to renovate your life by altering the “old you” and creating a “new you” with an improved heart. It’s not going to be easy, and your life might experience some disarray, but renovating with God is the opportunity of a lifetime. Using the Book of Nehemiah, popular author and pastor Jacob Armstrong explores the physical and spiritual renovation experienced by the nation of Judah. Nehemiah knew that his plan for renovating the wall and gates of Jerusalem would be hard work. But equally hard would be the spiritual renovation of the Jewish people as they returned to their homeland. Thankfully, spiritual renovation is not a do-it-yourself project. We need God’s great power working through us to renovate our lives by the power of the Holy Spirit. Chapters include: Never Too Late for a Renovation It Starts with Tears What to Know Before You Build When Others Don’t Like Your Plans Inviting Others to Come Home The Big Reveal Additional components for a six-week study include a comprehensive Leader Guide and a DVD featuring author and pastor Jacob Armstrong.
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5 Means Of Grace Leader Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
$13.99Add to cartJohn Wesley gave the Methodist movement (and all Christians in general) a discipleship pathway to follow. Wesley began with Three Simple Rules (or “General Rules”), and followed this instruction a year later with the Five Marks of a Methodist (or “Character of a Methodist”). Over the next decade, Wesley observed the need for continuous renewal of relationships with God and others, so he established a recurring annual process for God’s people to make One Faithful Promise: The Wesley Covenant for Renewal. Wesley confirmed the tendency in each of us for the love of God and others to grow cold, so that we drift away from the gift of God’s unmerited grace. So Wesley showed us ways to reorder our lives through the “means of grace.”
These means are the ordinary channels that God uses to draw us into a fruitful relationship. These five means or channels are:
1. Prayer
2. Searching Scripture
3. Receiving the Lord’s Supper
4. Fasting
5. Conferencing (worship together)This six-week, video-based study will help Christians (new and seasoned) to re-order their lives by recognizing and affirming the outward signs, words, and actions of an invisible divine grace. Through these “means” we receive God’s gifts together, and we experience the power of a spiritual relationship with God.
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Numbers Leader Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
$15.99Add to cartSomething in us aches for more-more hope, more joy, more freedom. All around us people are dancing to the steps of bigger, better, and faster, and we can easily join in without even realizing it. Before long complaining and comparing accompany our desire for more, yet we’re not any closer to filling the ache inside. God offers us another way. In this study of the Book of Numbers, we’ll find a group of people that wandered in the desert for forty years, unable to enter the Promised Land because of their complaining, grumbling, and lack of faith. The New Testament tells us that their story was written to warn us (1 Corinthians 10:6) so that we would not make the same mistakes and suffer the same consequences. God sent His only Son to die to buy our freedom from the sin that leads to discontentment, and we find our own promised land of peace and contentment in the life He gives us. By exploring Numbers we can come to identify the reasons for our complaining, learn contentment while being authentic about the difficulties of life, accept short-term hardship in light of the greater good of God’s ultimate deliverance, recognize the relationship between complaining and worry, and discover how to realign with God’s character and promises. Together we will learn contentment as we discover more of our incredible God who truly is more than enough. Only He can fill that ache inside and help us focus on His provision and purpose in the midst of life’s joys and pains. The Leader Guide contains six session plan outlines, complete with discussion points and questions, activities, prayers, and more-plus leader helps for facilitating a group. Other components for the Bible study, available separately, include a Participant Workbook, DVD with six 20-25 minute sessions, and boxed Leader Kit.
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Which Way Lord
$14.99Add to cartThe life and travels of the apostle Paul can help us find God’s purpose for our lives. God created every person with a desire for meaning and purpose. Most of us ask how and what do we do to live the purposeful life God intends for each of us? This 6-week church wide series is designed to help us intentionally consider the big question asked by everyone: “What is the purpose of my life?” It wasn’t the Damascus experience only that sent the apostle Paul into a life of evangelism, but the entirety of his life including his traditions, his education, his travels, and his challenges that shaped him for his ministry. Paul traveled a course covering roughly 10,000 miles to spread the Good News throughout the Mediterranean world. After years of prayer and discernment, Paul was certain of his purpose, but he had no idea how God’s plan for him would take shape. This series helps us unpack our life alongside Paul’s life, past and present, to find our purpose and passion. A perfect study series for back-to-school or the beginning of a new year, the series includes a book; DVD with video sessions filmed in Turkey, Israel, and Greece; age-level discussion guides for children, youth, and adults; sermon helps; worship media; daily devotions; and more. Rediscover you are wonderfully made, created for purpose, and equipped to live a life of significance, despite the adversity and detours you will encounter along the way. Join us as we travel to find our purpose together. For more information, visit RobFuquay.com.
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Which Way Lord
$12.99Add to cartThe life and travels of the apostle Paul can help us find God’s purpose for our lives. God created every person with a desire for meaning and purpose. Most of us ask how and what do we do to live the purposeful life God intends for each of us? This 6-week church wide series is designed to help us intentionally consider the big question asked by everyone: “What is the purpose of my life?” It wasn’t the Damascus experience only that sent the apostle Paul into a life of evangelism, but the entirety of his life including his traditions, his education, his travels, and his challenges that shaped him for his ministry. Paul traveled a course covering roughly 10,000 miles to spread the Good News throughout the Mediterranean world. After years of prayer and discernment, Paul was certain of his purpose, but he had no idea how God’s plan for him would take shape. This series helps us unpack our life alongside Paul’s life, past and present, to find our purpose and passion. A perfect study series for back-to-school or the beginning of a new year, the series includes a book; DVD with video sessions filmed in Turkey, Israel, and Greece; age-level discussion guides for children, youth, and adults; sermon helps; worship media; daily devotions; and more. Rediscover you are wonderfully made, created for purpose, and equipped to live a life of significance, despite the adversity and detours you will encounter along the way. Join us as we travel to find our purpose together. For more information, visit RobFuquay.com.
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Exile : A Conversation With N T Wright
$44.99Add to cartPreface
Introduction
N. T. Wright’s Hypothesis Of An “Ongoing Exile”: Issues And Answers (James M. Scott)Main Paper
Yet The Sun Will Rise Again: Reflections On The Exile And Restoration In Second Temple Judaism, Jesus, Paul, And The Church Today (N. T. Wright)Part I: Old Testament/Hebrew Bible/Septuagint
1. Wright On Exile: A Response (Walter Brueggemann)
2. Exile And Restoration Terminology In The Septuagint And The New Testament (Robert J. V. Hiebert)
3. Not All Gloom And Doom: Positive Interpretations Of Exile And Diaspora In The Hebrew Bible And Early Judaism (Jorn Kiefer)Part II: Early Judaism
4. Jewish Nationalism From Judah The Maccabee To Judah The Prince And The Problem Of “Continuing Exile” (Philip Alexander)
5. Continuing Exile Among The People Of The Dead Sea Scrolls: Nuancing N. T. Wright’s Hypothesis (Rob Kugler)
6. The Dead Sea Scrolls And Exile’s End: Sword And Word And The Execution Of Judgment (Dorothy M. Peters)Part III: New Testament
7. N. T. Wright’s Exile Theory As Organic To Judaism (Scot McKnight)
8. Paul, Exile, And The Economy Of God (S. A. Cummins)
9. How To Write A Synthesis: Wright And The Problem Of Continuity In New Testament Theology (Timo Eskola)Part IV: Theology
10. Sacramental Interpretation: On The Need For Theological Grounding Of Narratival History (Hans Boersma)
11. Exile And Figural History (Ephraim Radner)Conclusion
Responding To Exile (N. T. Wright)Additional Info
N . T. Wright is well known for his view that the majority of Second Temple Jews saw themselves as living within an ongoing exile, and that both Jesus and Paul drew on this theme. Here Wright spells out his view in a lengthy essay, scholars respond from various perspectives, and Wright responds to them. -
Disruptive Discipleship : The Power Of Breaking Routine To Kickstart Your F
$21.99Add to cartAuthor Note
Introduction: We Can’t Not ChangePart I: Growing Restless
1. Feeling Stuck
2. Exploring Options
3. Making A PlanPart II: Growing Deeper
4. Stepping Out In Faith: Adventures In Trust
5. Rediscovering Hope: Tests Of Endurance
6. Growing In Love: Experiments In ServicePart III: Growing Up
7. Translating Change
8. Navigating Valleys
9. Getting Unstuck TogetherEpilogue: A Caution For Disciple Makers
Acknowledgments
Small Group Study Guide: Disruptive Discipleship With Others
Appendix A: What Jesus Knew About Experiential Education: A Bible Study
Appendix B: Design Templates For Disciple Makers
Additional Resources For Disciple Makers
NotesAdditional Info
Sometimes in the Christian life we get stuck. Something seems off, and we don’t know why. We may not even notice it at first. But we feel like God is far from our daily lives, or we lose hope for the future, or we don’t treat others in loving ways. What can we do? Sam Van Eman has found that our spiritual lives need disruptive experiences, which can jolt and reorient us for greater spiritual maturity. Out-of-the-ordinary activities such as a wilderness adventure or an international service trip can challenge our assumptions and give us space to consider new perspectives. And when we intentionally choose to pursue designed experiences, we stretch our faith in new and unexpected ways. Filled with concrete examples of how ordinary people are shaped by disruptive experiences, this book provides a path to deeper faith on purpose. Jesus disrupted his disciples with invitations to get out of their boats, leave their nets, and follow him. Have courage, and discover what those kinds of disruptions might look like for you. -
Simple Prayer : Learning To Speak To God With Ease
$16.99Add to cartForeword By Mark Batterson
Introduction
1. What Is Simple Prayer?
2. Simple Prayer Of The Heart
3. Simple Prayer Of Faith
4. Simple Prayer Of Forgiveness
5. Simple Prayer Of Unity
6. Simple Prayer Of Restoration
7. Simple Words To Pray
8. Simple Prayer Of Finding Your Way
NotesAdditional Info
For many Christians, prayer can be daunting and difficult. God may be omnipresent, but trying to connect with him can feel perennially challenging. This book provides a different way to think about prayer by keeping it simple and showing how even short phrases prayed with sincerity can open a pathway to God. -
Keeping The Soul In Christian Higher Education
$31.99Add to cartMany colleges with historical church ties experience significant tension between the desire to compete in the secularized world of higher education and the desire to remain connected to their religious commitments and communities. In this history of one such school, Roanoke College, Robert Benne not only explores the school’s 175-year tradition of educational excellence but also lays bare its complicated and ongoing relationship with its religious heritage.
Benne examines the vision of ten of Roanoke’s presidents and how those visions played out in college life. As he tells the college’s story, Benne points to specific strengths and weaknesses of Roanoke’s strategies for keeping the soul in higher education and elaborates what other Christian colleges can learn from Roanoke’s long quest.
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Good Arguments : Making Your Case In Writing And Public Speaking
$22.00Add to cartThis brief introduction to making effective arguments helps readers to understand the basics of sound reasoning and to learn how to use it to persuade others. Practical, inexpensive, and easy-to-read, the book enables students in a wide variety of courses to improve the clarity of their writing and public speaking. It equips readers to formulate firmly grounded, clearly articulated, and logically arranged arguments, avoid fallacious thinking, and discover how to reason well. This supplemental text is especially suitable for use in Christian colleges and seminaries and includes classroom discussion questions.
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Sticker By Number Nature
$16.98Add to cartKeep your brain engaged while creating fun, beautiful art, with Sticker by Number Nature!
*Includes 28 nature images that range from easy to hard.
*Made for adults but kids can enjoy as well!
*Perforated pages and spiral binding make it easy to use!
*8 x 10 inch pages.As in color or paint-by-number, each design is divided into dozens of spaces. Each space has number that corresponds to a sticker. Find the sticker, peel it, and place it in the right space. Watch as a full colored image emerges from the original unfinished illustration.
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Biblicist View Of Law And Gospel
$16.99Add to cartPaul told the Romans the Law is holy and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. Yet four times in three epistles he wrote, We are not under law but under grace. Christians read these seemingly conflicting statements and are easily confused. They wonder if anyone can understand how the law and the Old Testament relates to their faith.
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Strains Of Silence
$16.95Add to cartMusic was her driving passion and the truest expression of her faith, but three months before her wedding, twenty-year-old Kasia Bernolak can’t even pick up her guitar. Feeling like a fraud who will ruin her dad’s pastoral reputation, she can barely meet his eyes. When Kasia finds the strength to break off her engagement, she still doesn’t realize the dangerous truth: Blake Hamilton isn’t ready to say goodbye. And he’ll do whatever it takes to keep her.
Alexander “Zan” Maddox has seen what a domineering man can do to an unsuspecting woman, and Zan is sick of injustice. He gave up a college baseball scholarship so he could protect his sister from her abusive husband. When he rescues Kasia from her ex-fiance, he instinctively appoints himself her personal bodyguard. Now, all he has to do is keep from falling for her himself.
Kasia and Zan become fast friends, but true healing and justice might cost more than either of them is willing to pay.
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Betrayal Of The Band
$15.95Add to cartThree friends. One summer. Countless consequences.
Lured away by a college band promising more singing exposure, ambitious high school senior, Zoey Harris, abandons her boyfriend, her band, and her values.
Justin Conrad is determined not to make the mistakes his dad made that nearly tore their family apart, so he will support Zoey’s every decision–even if he knows it’s the worst decision for her and for him.
Being a drummer is all Sawyer Mahon has. When Zoey abandons them, Sawyer sees his future fading faster than the crash of cymbals. After all, what good is a drummer without a band?
But after one wrong kiss, more than just the future of their band is destroyed. Can Zoey, Justin, Sawyer, and their band survive betrayal?
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Catch A Star
$17.00Add to cartWhen all she wanted was to fit in, Tamika Catchings never imagined one day she’d stand out–as a basketball superstar and an inspiration. Catchings faced being set apart by her hearing loss, separation from family, living up to high expectations, and the pain and discouragement of debilitating physical injuries. Yet she reached for the stars with hard work, perseverance, and her faith in God. Through the silence, she found the way to shine.
Catch a Star tells Tamika’s story of overcoming: of leading the Indiana Fever to its first championship, being named to the WNBA’s All Decade Team, earning four Olympic gold medals, and founding the Catch the Stars Foundation to help young people achieve their dreams. Her story will inspire readers to face their doubts and fears, encouraging them to reach for their own stars, no matter what challenges come their way.
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Living The Spirit-formed Life
$15.00Add to cartNew Look for Landmark Teaching on Living the Spirit-Empowered Life
In our instant-gratification culture, we consume a fleeting, shallow diet of media, relationships, entertainment, and spirituality. Our souls go hungry, longing for a fuller, more satisfying life.
Bestselling author and beloved pastor Jack Hayford shows, in what has become a modern-day classic, how we can feed our deepest places with the sustaining Bread of Life. With warmth and wisdom, he reveals how we can link our souls to timeless practices and principles set forth in Scripture. He invites you to rediscover the power and blessing of these spiritual disciplines–of true Spirit-fullness.
Even more, he shows how these spiritual disciplines are relevant for today and how we can practice them in our quick-paced, surface-level culture. When we take time to fast and pray, worship daily, feed on God’s Word, and more, we fully enter the rich adventure of becoming an effective disciple of Christ–ensuring that our souls will never go hungry.
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Week In The Fall Of Jerusalem
$17.99Add to cart22 Chapters
Additional Info
It’s A.D. 70. Jerusalem and its temple have been destroyed by the Romans. As Jews and Christians escape the terror, we travel with some of them through an imagined week of flight and faith. A scribe heads for Galilee in search of records of Jesus’ life and teachings. And a company of women makes its way to a new life in Pella. -
Mom Set Free
$17.99Add to cartCombining modern research, personal stories, professional experience, and real-life examples, Jeannie Cunnion shows parents how to embrace God s grace and let go of the pressures external and internal that come with raising children.
When it comes to their children, parents feel constant pressure to get everything right. They face overwhelming moments of weakness when they believe they re doing it all wrong or feel like they re not enough leaving them with a constant fear that their kids won t turn out the way they hoped, or worse, have already turned out badly.
Jeannie Cunnion is here to tell you that the pressure is off.
Mom Set Free is an invitation to parents to stop worrying about the minor details and embrace God s role in their child s life. This isn t an excuse to be a lousy parent, but instead offers a chance to focus on your relationship with God and what he has asked of you. This book is a long overdue permission slip for parents everywhere to stop ceaselessly trying to be perfect and trust God with the children He has entrusted to them, and learn to reflect His grace in the everyday moments of parenting.”
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When Women Give
$18.99Add to cart19 Chapters
Additional Info
Women are entrepreneurs, highly paid professionals, and leaders in business. Many of us have skills to give. We are marrying later. Many of us have time to give. Women are also likely to manage the family money for a significant portion of their lives. Many of us have money to give. When Kim King, a former corporate lawyer, began her own giving journey she found herself short on resources that would guide her along the way. She faced many questions: How much do I give?How do I find good organizations that are efficient and effective?What are some of the common methods of giving?How do I find others to join me on this journey? Most of all, she was eager to root all of her decisions in a biblical framework. When Women Give is filled with practical advice and stories to foster growth in giving at any and every level. Kim shares openly from her own story, both from her perspective as a donor and from serving on the boards of several Christian nonprofits. If you want to be a wise steward of what you’ve been given, then this book is for you. -
Dwelling In Gods Peace
$12.99Add to cartIn Dwelling in God’s Peace, the eighth study in the Jesus Calling Bible Study Series, participants are guided through eight sessions of study that explore what the Bible has to say about the peace God provides, how they can obtain it, and why Jesus said that peacemakers are blessed. They will discover what God’s promises to them when they go to Him in prayer, how to find the rest only God can provide, and how they can share God’s love and peace with others.
Each of the Jesus Calling Bible studies includes devotional readings from Jesus Calling, selected passages of Scripture for reflection, Bible study questions, and additional questions to help you apply the material. This study can be used for personal reflection and Bible study or in a small-group setting.
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Invading The Heavens
$16.99Add to cartIs a brick wall blocking your spiritual path? Is a barrier of fear, lack, sickness, or anxiety hindering your vision of heavenly possibilities? Then it’s time to reach up and receive the power for a supernatural breakthrough so you can move forward into the blessings on the other side.
But first you must be willing to hear a supernatural instruction from God, because a supernatural breakthrough requires supernatural obedience.
In these powerful pages, Dr. Kynan Bridges will teach you how to invade the heavens for your breakthrough by responding to heavenly instruction just as Peter responded to Jesus’s instruction with, “Because You have said it, I will do it.” As you do, you will gain the confidence to:
*Believe you live under an open heaven.
*Press into the promises of God.
*Avoid the roadblocks of the devil.
*Embrace the “breaker anointing.”
*Do the impossible with faith in God’s possible.Don’t stand stymied for a minute longer. It is God’s will for you to receive what He has promised you. Launch into the deep at the Lord’s command. Break through to the life you’ve been waiting for!
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Will Willimons Lectionary Sermon Resource Year B Part 1
$26.99Add to cartWill Willimon is widely acclaimed as one of the top ten preachers in the world. For each Sunday of the Christian year, Will provides just what you need to begin the journey toward a sermon. This guide will stoke, fund, and fuel your imagination while leaving plenty of room to insert your own illustrations, make connections within your congregational context, and speak the Word in your distinctive voice. Guidance from Will Willimon is like sitting down with a trusted clergy friend and asking, “What will you preach next Sunday?”
Year B, Part 1 is part of a six-volume set that includes years A, B, and C (2 volumes per year) in the Revised Common Lectionary.
Each week of sermon resources includes:
1. Readings
2. Theme title
3. Introduction to the Readings
4. Encountering the Text
5. Proclaiming the Text
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Woman Overwhelmed : Finding God In The Messes Of Life
$18.99Add to cartA Woman Overwhelmed is a term with which many women can relate. But what would happen if we could see the insanity in our pace and embrace the overwhelming Spirit of God? There is a reason they say that a woman’s work is never done- because it isn’t! As women, we often are overwhelmed by the demands and circumstances of life, resulting in stress, fear, worry, impatience, fatigue, frustration, and even depression. The truth is that we were created to be overwhelmed . . . not by life but by God! When we learn to be overwhelmed by God, the fruit in our lives goes from rotten to fragrant-filling our days with peace, hope, love, and joy. In A Woman Overwhelmed, best-selling author Hayley DiMarco shares biblical insights and personal stories to offer a glimpse at the comedy of an overwhelmed life while encouraging us to discover the depths of God’s love. Be empowered to find freedom in becoming overwhelmed with who God is-by learning to “treasure in our hearts” what we know about God so that we can hold onto faith even when it seems that all is lost. For it is when an overwhelmed woman gives up the mission of me and exchanges it for the mission of God that being overwhelmed becomes a good thing. Choose to bask in the abundance of the Father instead of the abundance of life as his unfathomable depths can surely replace our fathomable messes.
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Christology In The New Testament (Student/Study Guide)
$32.99Add to cartThe different pictures of Christ presented in the New Testament can be understood in light of the different problems and situations the New Testament authors were addressing. The interpretation of Christ that most closely addressed the pressing needs and daily reality of the churches the writer was addressing naturally came to the forefront of the way Christ was described. In addition, different kinds of literature use Christology somewhat differently. Some Christological claims are made as part of a narrative. Some are doxological, included in early Christian hymns. Some are more discursive – as part of a response to concrete practical problems. David Bartlett presents Christological claims as part of ongoing conversations in the early church about who Jesus was and how he was understood as still present in believing communities.
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Real Heaven : What The Bible Actually Says (Reprinted)
$17.99Add to cartHeaven has received a lot of attention in recent years as bestselling books and movies have told the stories of people who claim to have been there. But what does the Bible actually say about heaven? What difference does it make? What happens the moment after we die? What will our relationships be like in heaven?
Chip Ingram sets aside the hype and myths and digs into the Scriptures to discover what God actually wants us to know about the hereafter. Most importantly, Ingram shows why our understanding of heaven matters now, in this life. Because what we believe about heaven actually affects us today in ways we may not have imagined.
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Esthers Grand Adventure
$9.95Add to cartEsther’s Grand Adventure is an exciting take on the story of Esther for the whole family. It brings the story to life in a relatable way for kids and their parents as it is a Bible story that reads like a bedtime story. It follows Esther as she goes from being an ordinary girl with big dreams, to a queen who has the opportunity to save her people. Esther is brave and confident and shows young readers the importance of speaking up and doing what is right.
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Mythical Leader : The Seven Myths Of Leadership
$19.99Add to cartPastor and popular blogger, Ron Edmondson exposes some of the common misunderstandings of leadership through stories from his own experiences, helping leaders develop healthier patterns of individual leadership.
Being a leader involves much more than holding a title. And simply having a leader doesn’t ensure success. This reality has never been more prevalent in the church than now, when so many churches are considered to be plateaued or dying.
Pastor and popular blogger, Ron Edmondson believes this is due to a misunderstanding of what leadership is and what it isn’t. In his work with hundreds of pastors and churches, the most common need he encounters is the need for more effective leadership in the local church. Seminaries may prepare pastors to preach, just as colleges may prepare teachers to teach, but who prepares pastors to lead?
Simply stated: The church needs better leadership.
In The Mythical Leader, Edmondson exposes some of the most common misunderstandings of leadership, shares stories from his own experiences, and will help church leaders develop healthier patterns to improve their individual leadership.
While most people may have a preliminary understanding of many of these myths, they often are not lived out with a great degree of depth in the life of the church leader. Don’t fall prey to these myths! If gone untreated they can be the very thing that prevents a good leader from leading well.
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Portrait Of Vengeance
$17.99Add to cartDead parents and a missing four-year-old girl. Gwen Marcey’s latest case brings with it an uncomfortable sense of deja vu.
Gwen Marcey’s first job for the Interagency Major Crimes Unit lands her at the Nez Perce Indian Reservation in North Central Idaho. But the crime is all too familiar: dead parents and a missing four-year-old girl. Over thirty years earlier, Gwen was that missing girl and her own parents were murdered.
Gwen has always refused to speak of her past, but it soon becomes impossible for her to ignore. Especially when a shocking discovery reveals that her parents were not murdered as she’d been told. Instead, they died in a plane crash–and she was supposed to die with them. Why the lies? But Gwen’s obsession with her parents and with the missing girl causes her to be removed from the case . . . at least, officially.
As the past and present collide, Gwen longs to finally understand the events that shaped her childhood–if she can just stay alive long enough to uncover the answers.
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Promise Of A Letter
$16.99Add to cartA letter brings him back to Birch Creek. Can one feisty woman make him stay?
Roman is on the verge of leaving the Amish church. He feels confined by the strict rules and longs to do something more with his life. But when his brother is gravely injured, Roman receives a letter from his sister-in-law, begging him to move to Birch Creek to help the young family.
Leanna Chupp as always made her own way in her small community of Birch Creek. Though some may call her unconventional–strange, even–Leanna is passionate about her faith. Her unique outlook on life has meant she’s never had many suitors pursuing courtship, but she is happy being single and believes she always will be.
But when Roman and Leanna find themselves working together again, everything changes. Neither of them fit squarely within the strictures of the Amish faith, but could their differences be the one thing that helps them form a deeper connection to their faith . . . and each other?
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Forever Doon
$12.99Add to cartWith the Witch of Doon on the throne, Jamie believed dead, and Duncan and Mackenna trapped in Alloway, Veronica has no choice but to put her grief aside and prepare her remaining followers for the impending battle against the false queen and her forces. But while on a covert mission to steal a powerful elixir from the castle, Veronica discovers her true love may actually be alive, and fighting a battle of his own.
With the Brig o’ Doon destroyed and the portal fragmented, Doon’s forces are not only divided, but also isolated in different dimensions. With the help of a storyteller as ancient as the witch herself, Kenna and Duncan learn they must rebuild the bridge to have any chance of crossing back into Doon with their ragtag army. But when Mackenna insists on fighting as well, Duncan soon realizes the only way he can ensure her safety is to turn her into a cold-hearted killer.
For Vee, Jamie, Kenna, and Duncan, saving their kingdom while keeping their lives intact will take a miracle.
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To Wager Her Heart
$17.99Add to cartCan a railroad man and a Southern Belle turned teacher find a way to work together to achieve their dreams in the new reality of the post-Civil War South?
Sylas Rutledge, former gambler and new owner of the East Line Railway, invests everything he has into this venture, partly to see if he can do it-but mostly to avenge his father. One man holds the key to the railway’s success-General William Giles Harding of Nashville’s Belle Meade Plantation. But Harding is champagne and thoroughbreds, and Sylas Rutledge is beer and bullocks. Sy needs someone to help him maneuver in high society, and when he meets Alexandra Donelson, he quickly decides he’s found his tutor.
Spurning her family’s wishes that she marry, Alexandra Donelson is pursuing her passion for teaching at Fisk University, the first freedmen’s university in the United States. But her family does not approve, and ultimately, her father expels her from the family home and cuts her off completely.
Through her friendship with Mary Harding, Alexandra is thrown together with both General Harding and Sylas Rutledge. And she soon finds herself falling in love with a man whose roguish qualities and adventuresome spirit smack more of recklessness than responsibility.
Sylas Rutledge will risk everything to win the hand of the woman he loves. What he doesn’t count on is having to wager her heart to do it.
Set at Nashville’s historic Belle Meade Plantation, To Wager Her Heart is a sweeping Southern love story about a nation mending after war, the struggle to move a country forward, and the courage of a man and woman to see themselves for who they truly are-and can be-with each other.
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D Life Journal Old Testament 1
$16.99Add to cartThe D-Life Journal for Old Testament 1 is an excellent tool for personal study or for using the Old Testament in discipleship. By reading one Bible story a day for five days each week, you will read 260 different stories from the Old Testament and record a brief journal entry from each story. For 52 of those stories you will have a weekly study guide with great discussion questions for leading a discipleship group.
Stories for your discipleship group will include: The Fall of Man, The Call of Abraham, The Sacrifice of Isaac, Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife, Moses and the Burning Bush, The Ten Commandments, The Fall of Jericho, Gideon and His Army, The Love of Ruth, David and Goliath, David’s Mighty Men, Naboth’s Vineyard, The Valley of Dry Bones, Daniel in the Lion’s Den, Jonah and the Great Fish, and many more.
Whether you use this journal for you own personal devotional time or for leading a discipleship group, you will find this to be an excellent resource for studying the Old Testament.
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Numbers Participant Workbook (Workbook)
$17.99Add to cartSomething in us aches for more-more hope, more joy, more freedom. All around us people are dancing to the steps of bigger, better, and faster, and we can easily join in without even realizing it. Before long complaining and comparing accompany our desire for more, yet we’re not any closer to filling the ache inside. God offers us another way. In this study of the Book of Numbers, we’ll find a group of people that wandered in the desert for forty years, unable to enter the Promised Land because of their complaining, grumbling, and lack of faith. The New Testament tells us that their story was written to warn us (1 Corinthians 10:6) so that we would not make the same mistakes and suffer the same consequences. God sent His only Son to die to buy our freedom from the sin that leads to discontentment, and we find our own promised land of peace and contentment in the life He gives us. By exploring Numbers we can come to identify the reasons for our complaining, learn contentment while being authentic about the difficulties of life, accept short-term hardship in light of the greater good of God’s ultimate deliverance, recognize the relationship between complaining and worry, and discover how to realign with God’s character and promises. Together we will learn contentment as we discover more of our incredible God who truly is more than enough. Only He can fill that ache inside and help us focus on His provision and purpose in the midst of life’s joys and pains. The participant workbook includes five days of lessons for each week, combining study of Scripture with personal reflection, application, and prayer. Other components for the Bible study, available separately, include a Leader Guide, DVD with six 20-25 minute sessions, and boxed Leader Kit.
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Very Thankful Prayer
$9.99Add to cartThank You, God, for autumn! The colorful leaves, crisp air, and cozy snuggles by the fire are the best! Show your child how important it is to see their blessings and express gratitude with A Very Thankful Prayer, a beautiful new board book from bestselling author Bonnie Rickner Jensen. A Very Thankful Prayer is the perfect book to share with your little one this autumn. With eye-catching foil on the cover and a timeless message of the importance of gratitude, this board book will instill a habit of gratitude. The rhyming text and beautiful artwork will make this book a classic addition to your home, bound to be a family favorite year after year. You already know and love A Very Merry Christmas Prayer, and now A Very Thankful Prayer will carry your family through the next season. Spend some time being thankful together as you read and enjoy A Very Thankful Prayer.
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Introverts In The Church (Expanded)
$20.99Add to cartIntroduction: Can Introverts Thrive In The Church?
1 The Extroverted Church
2 The Introverted Difference
3 Finding Healing
4 Introverted Spirituality
5 Introverted Community And Relationships
6 The Ability To Lead
7 Leading As Ourselves
8 Introverted Evangelism
9 Introverts In Church
Epilogue: Finding Our Place
Questions For Reflection And Discussion
Further Reading
NotesAdditional Info
Introverts are called and gifted by God. But many churches tend to be extroverted places where introverts are marginalized. Some Christians end up feeling like it’s not as faithful to be an introvert. Adam McHugh shows how introverts can live and minister in ways consistent with their personalities. He explains how introverts and extroverts process information and approach relationships differently and how introverts can practice Christian spirituality in ways that fit who they are. With practical illustrations from church and parachurch contexts, McHugh offers ways for introverts to serve, lead, worship and even evangelize effectively. Introverts in the Church is essential reading for any introvert who has ever felt out of place, as well as for church leaders who want to make their churches more welcoming to introverts. This expanded edition has been revised throughout and includes new research on how introverts lead and material for parenting and encouraging introverted children. Discover God’s call and empowerment to thrive as an introvert, for the sake of the church and kingdom. -
Purple Book Updated Edition (Revised)
$14.99Add to cartTeens, rock stars, pro athletes, students, scholars, parents… people all over the world are doing The Purple Book. Now it’s your turn. Why? Because you need a foundation that no storm in life can demolish-and a heart that’s shaped and guided by the knowledge of God’s Word. The Purple Book is a twelve-part Bible study designed to help you stand firm and grow strong in your Christian life. This revised and updated edition of the bestselling classic includes a new introduction and Scripture passages now drawn from the New International Version.
Take the challenge. Build your life on the Word of God. Do The Purple Book.
Topics include:
*Sin & Salvation
*Lordship & Obedience
*Repentance & Baptism
*The Holy Spirit & Spiritual Gifts
*Spiritual Hunger & God’s Word
*Discipleship & Leadership
*Spiritual Family & Church Life
*Prayer & Worship
*Faith & Hope
*Biblical Prosperity & Generosity
*Evangelism & World Missions
*Resurrection & Judgment
