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These Are Our Bodies Primary Participant Book (Student/Study Guide)
$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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Sacred Parenting : How Raising Children Shapes Our Souls
$18.99Add to cartParenting is a school for spiritual formation, says author Gary Thomas, and our children are our teachers. The journey of caring for, rearing, training, and loving our children profoundly alters us forever…even when the journey is sometimes a rough one.
Sacred Parenting is unlike any other parenting book on the market. This is not a “how-to” book that teaches readers the ways to discipline their kids or help them achieve their full potential. Instead of a discussion about how parents change their children, Sacred Parenting turns the tables and demonstrates how God uses children to change their parents.
Stepping beyond the overly-tilled soil of method books, parents can learn a whole new side of parenting. They’ll be encouraged by stories that tell how other parents handled the challenges and difficulties of being a parent – and how their children transformed their relationship with God.
The lessons the author writes about are timeless. But in this edition, Thomas adds in some additional insights and stories that he’s learned and lived over the past fifteen years of his own parenting. Gary has found that the lessons have remained much the same but there are new applications for the readers in this generation who are just now coming to his book.
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Essential Tozer Collection (Reprinted)
$15.99Add to cartThree Bestselling Tozer Books in One Powerful Volume
A.W. Tozer’s writings will stir your soul and change your life. To this day he remains one of the most quoted Christians around the world as he inspires readers young and old with his wisdom, insight, and call to holiness. The Pursuit of God is an enduring classic that is sure to resonate if you long for a life spent in God’s presence. The Purpose of Man is a call to worship as God reprioritizes your life and fills your soul. The Crucified Life will lead you to the cross so you can be raised to new life in Christ.This collection will teach you who God is, who you are, and how to live accordingly. In the end, understanding these truths will bring you deeper into God’s presence and open up the life he wants for you.
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All But Invisible
$26.99Add to cartWhat does it mean to be gay … and a Christian? Beginning with how the Bible describes sex and gender in Genesis 1-2, author Nate Collins provides a theological framework for conceptualizing gender identity. He unpacks biblical concepts like desire, lust, and temptation, and applies them to modern constructs like sexual attraction and orientation.
In addition, Collins explores the theme of identity, focusing on facets of personal identity that are central to the experience of Christian gender minorities. He looks at what the Scripture says about the formation and function of Christian identity, highlighting several theological and sociological tensions.
Collins helpfully outlines a theology of reconciliation that challenges the Church to examine the obstacles that inhibit Christian unity and calls straight and non-straight believers alike to patterns of Christian obedience that respect and honor their similarities and differences. He writes for believers who have a traditional sexual ethic and provides a compelling vision of gospel flourishing for gay and non-straight individuals.
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How I Triumphed Over Multiple Traumas
$19.95Add to cartOver the past 9 decades Ernie Nullmeyer has had his share of mountain top experiences but along with them came many deep valleys. The devastating, often painful vicissitudes of his life would have overwhelmed most people. But Ernie learned that the secret to a joyful, effervescent, meaningful life is not in some skill but in a person -God.
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Interviews With The Two Witnesses
$16.99Add 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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Moment : Blood Bowl
$17.99Add to cartIn the dark of the night, something begins and something ends. In one moment, suspended in the middle, a search for answers leads to an ultimate climax. In The Moment: Blood Bowl, witness both sides of an ancient struggle between God’s people and organized evil. In a story that could be real, ancient sin unfolds a plan to, in one moment, conquer all. One more sacrifice in this moment of destiny seems poised to unravel God’s delicately balanced creation. However, an unlikely band of heroes, swept into the great conflict has one chance to emerge victorious. They must survive a horde of demons, evils spirits, and cultists while battling the greatest enemy of all.
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Hidden Souls : A Bible Study For Women Seeking Healing From Abuse
$16.99Add to cartWhether the evil encountered was physical, mental, emotional, or sexual abuse, the lessons in this book answer some hard questions. Readers will be encouraged to discover how God has loved them and walked with them. They will see how God has healed women who have walked in their shoes.
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Rebuilding The Altar
$15.99Add to cartReject spiritual passivity by confronting areas of compromise in your life that prevent you from experiencing revival so that you can restore a hunger for a fresh encounter with God. You can feel it. Something isn’t quite right. You long for a closer walk with God, but He seems far away. You go to church. You read the Bible. But you don’t experience His presence. Why? Because you have forsaken the altar-the place where you meet with God. It’s time to be revived and encounter the presence and power of God like never before. It will bring life back to your home, to your house of worship, and to the nation. Experience daily, intimate fellowship with God, and you will never be the same.
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Fear Of The Other Leader Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
$10.99Add to cartThis five-week DVD/video based small group study (DVD and Leader Guide) companion to the book, Fear of the Other: No Fear in Love invites readers to consider the Gospel command to love (and not merely tolerate) those considered to be “Other” or outside mainstream Christian culture. Rooted in the faith of Israel and the Christian story and vision, Willimon – in an onscreen conversation with Delia Catalina Ramirez, brings a non-technical, Wesleyan perspective to bear on what may be the hardest thing for people of faith to do: keeping and loving the Other as Other. Emphasizing the biblical mandate to receive Others in their particularity and difference as gifts and mysteries bearing the grace of God, this study also offers a strong critique of the privileged who all too often rush to language of reconciliation and evade the huge inequalities surrounding conversations and practices dealing with xenophobia and injustice. Rooted in the New Testament understanding of Gentile outsiders grafted into the covenant community, this study invites readers to an on-the ground faith that hearkens to a soliciting and revealing God – the God who comes to us again and again through so-called outsiders, strangers, immigrants, and those without status. The 5 video conversations between Will Willimon and Delia Ramirez focus on each of the five chapters of Fear of the Other: Session 1: Saved by the Other Session 2: The Other, My Enemy Session 3: Learning to Fear Like Christians Session 4: Loving the Other in Church Session 5: Jesus, the Other
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Inside The NFLs First Family
$15.99Add to cartFrom the man who has played in more NFL games than any lineman in the football league’s history comes a memoir about the Matthews family and how eight people over three generations have achieved success in the NFL–more than any other family in sports history.
No family has qualified more of its members for the demands and rewards of the National Football League than the Matthews clan–eight and counting over three generations. They include Bruce’s father, Clay Senior, an original NFL San Francisco 49er; his brother Clay Junior, a four-time All-Pro for the Cleveland Browns; and nephew Clay III, a Defensive Player of the Year and Super Bowl champion with the Green Bay Packers. Bruce Matthews may be the best of them all, a fourteen-time Pro Bowler with the Houston Oilers and Tennessee Titans, holder of the all-time consecutive starts record for offensive linemen, and inductee in the NFL Hall of Fame.
The enduring success of the Matthews family is no accident. Their competitive nature, passion for excellence, never-quit attitude, compassion for the disadvantaged, and love for each other has propelled them to the peak of their abilities and professions. For Bruce, the foundation of it all is his faith in God. Inside the NFL’s First Family shows how the highs and lows of Bruce’s NFL career and expanding responsibilities as a husband and father led him to a lasting commitment to Christ. This book is a fascinating peek behind the curtain of professional football, featuring the insider stories that every fan craves. It also shows how Bruce and his family successfully dealt with challenges such as depression, cancer, and Down Syndrome. Yet Inside the NFL’s First Family offers readers even more–the principles and beliefs that have enabled the Matthewses to excel in football and in life.
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Unarmed Empire : In Search Of Beloved Community
$25.00Add 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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Deep Healing Series Confession And Forgiveness
$19.95Add to cartThe Deep Healing Series is a collection of workbooks designed to discover, process, and heal the broken places in hearts and lives through the application of Scripture and deeper understanding of God’s heart. This series is for groups and individuals who seek to delve deep into hard topics in the human experience through God’s Word.
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Dreams Of Heaven
$10.95Add to cartBlue Gator Inc
Savannah is haunted by a dream of losing her family in a tragic car accident, which causes her to vacillate between two lives–before and after the car accident. As she struggles between realities, Jesus suddenly appears to offer her unorthodox guidance, accompanying her for walks on the beach while answering some of life’s toughest questions.
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What Is Christianity
$10.95Add to cart* Esteemed former leader of the Anglican Communion distills the essence of the Christian faith * Overview from a scholar and pastor With clarity and insight, the former Archbishop of Canterbury takes the reader to the heart of what Christianity means for those who practice it and the hope it offers to the world at large. A book for all who wonder what the Christian faith is all about, and what difference it really makes.
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What About Sex
$10.95Add to cart* Deals with how we use our bodies sexually and holistically in contemporary culture * Includes discussions of all sexual orientations What About Sex? provides a moral compass to navigate the changing landscape of sex and sexuality. Dealing with the Bible, evolving traditions and customs, and the findings of science and psychology, Haller endeavors to inform and guide rather than lay down the law. This book is not about what goes where or who does what to whom, but about what it means to be an embodied person with responsibilities both to oneself and others.
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Building Bridges To Oral Cultures
$20.99Add to cartMillions hear the oral gospel.
Building Bridges to Oral Cultures narrates with chronological and adventurous detail, an extraordinary journey that began for Jim and Carla Bowman in the early 80s with a passion to share the Good News with a handful of the least-reached, indigenous groups in Mexico. Over the course of thirty years, their travels led to breakthrough discoveries and innovation in remote communities of traditional oral learners around the world. With time and God’s guiding hand, a new comprehensive, oral communications model emerged. Effective bridges to oral cultures were developed and tested. Without eradicating cultures, speakers of the local languages are embracing the local oral arts to communicate God’s Word and are reaching the lost for Him across the globe.
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Theater Of Gods Glory
$33.99Add to cartA theological framework for the liturgical arts rooted in John Calvin
Both detractors and supporters of John Calvin have deemed him an enemy of the physical body, a pessimist toward creation, and a negative influence on the liturgical arts. But, says W. David O. Taylor, that only tells half of the story.
Taylor delves deeply into Calvin’s work and shows that his theology of the material creation actually offers itself as a rich resource for the use of art in Christian worship. As he pursues the implications of Calvin’s trinitarian theology, Taylor illuminates the larger landscape of Calvin’s views and argues that his work opens up a way to understand the purposes of the liturgical arts.
Drawing on Calvin’s Institutes, biblical commentaries, sermons, catechisms, treatises, and worship orders, this book represents one of the most thorough investigations available of John Calvin’s theology of the physical creation–and the rich possibilities it opens up for the arts in worship.
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Migrants And Citizens
$28.99Add to cartWhat responsibilities do citizens have to migrants and potential migrants? What responsibilities do migrants themselves have? What is the basis of those responsibilities? In this book Tisha Rajendra reframes the confused and often heated debate surrounding immigration and develops a Christian ethic that can address these neglected questions.
Rajendra begins by illuminating the flawed narratives about migrants that are often used in political debates on the subject. She goes on to propose a new definition of justice that is based on responsibility to relationships, drawing on the concrete experience of migrants, ethical theory, migration theory, and the relational ethics of the Bible.
Professors, students, and others committed to formulating a solid ethical approach to questions surrounding immigration will benefit greatly from Rajendra’s timely presentation of a constructive way forward.
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Assault : Cycle Two Of The Harbingers Series (Reprinted)
$17.00Add to cartThe Next Wave of Stories in the Harbingers Series Arrives
Cycle 2 of the Harbingers series continues the story of four gifted strangers brought together to fight a growing darkness. In Bill Myers’s “The Revealing,” the team finds themselves in Rome trying to retrieve the mystical spear Hitler once owned–the very spear that pierced Christ’s side. This task will take them from hidden chambers inside the Vatican to a mysterious seaside cave with powers they could never expect.
Frank Peretti’s “Infestation” unleashes a microscopic evil on the world that deceives, blinds, kills, then spreads. The Harbingers team must confront a monster bent on seducing and destroying mankind.
In “Infiltration” by Angela Hunt, the team is wounded and barely holding together. Forced to split up, they realize their investigations have led them into dangerous waters.
Alton Gansky’s “The Fog” unleashes a supernatural mist unlike any other. There are vicious things in the fog that kill whatever they find. One team member realizes that the ultimate sacrifice may have to be made.
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Promise Of Dawn (Reprinted)
$19.00Add to cartBeloved Author Lauraine Snelling Launches New Immigrant Series
When Signe, her husband, Rune, and their three boys arrive in Minnesota from Norway to help a relative clear his land of lumber, they dream of owning their own farm and building a life in the New World. But Uncle Einar and Aunt Gird are hard, demanding people, and Signe and her family soon find themselves worked nearly to the bone in order to repay the cost of their voyage. At this rate, they will never have land or a life of their own.
Signe tries to trust God but struggles with anger and bitterness. She has left behind the only life she knew, and while it wasn’t an easy life, it wasn’t as hard as what she now faces. When a new addition to the family arrives, Signe begins to see how God has been watching over them throughout their ordeal. But after all that has happened, can she still believe in the promise of a bright future?
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Dream Of Home
$16.99Add to cartWhen she moves to Amish country to find peace and healing, Madeleine finds a special community-and a special man-who pull her out of her solitude and into a new life.
Moving to Pennsylvania wasn’t in Madeleine’s original plans. She should still be in California and should have married her pilot fiance; a year ago-but death has a way of changing everything. Now the former Air Force flight nurse is living alone in Paradise, Pennsylvania, and working as a maid at the Lancaster Grand Hotel. She isn’t exactly a widow . . . but she sure feels like one.
Saul Beiler isn’t exactly a widower . . . but his wife is long gone. His eleven-year-old daughter, Emma, doesn’t know that her mother fled the Amish community-and married another man-but she does know that her dat is lonely, and that a pretty young maedel just moved in next door. Madeleine’s numb heart begins to thaw as she spends more time with the innocent and ever optimistic Emma. The stronger her friendship grows with the young girl, the more intrigued Madeleine grows about the humble, strong man raising her on his own.
But even as a strange attraction pulls Saul and Madeleine across a stark cultural divide, they-and everybody around them-have to wonder: What could they possibly have in common besides heartache? Will love allow Madeleine to finally find the home she’s been dreaming of all along?
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Beyond The Offering Plate
$26.00Add to cartEveryone knows that stewardship is more than money and finances. Nevertheless, seldom do we give time to explore the profound concept of stewardship in its many dimensions, including stewardship of time, work, body, mind, spirit, community, technology, and more. Beyond the Offering Plate does just that.
Written by ten engaging pastors, seminary professors, and church leaders, this unique resource offers a diverse and holistic approach to stewardship. In ten accessible chapters, readers will learn how they can faithfully and practically discuss and engage with stewardship on a regular basis. Ideal for church leaders, seminary students, and pastors, this book includes questions for reflection and applications for life together at the end of each chapter. Copeland adds a special section with biblical references and preaching themes at the end of the book.
Featured contributors include:
Margaret P. Aymer, Associate Professor of New Testament at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Austin, Texas
Kathleen A. Cahalan, Professor of Theology at Saint John’s University School of Theology and Seminary in Collegeville, Minnesota
MaryAnn McKibben Dana, author of Sabbath in the Suburbs
David Gambrell, Associate for Worship in the Office of Theology and Worship of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
David P. King, Karen Lake Buttrey Director of the Lake Institute on Faith and Giving and Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana
Neal D. Presa, pastor and former moderator of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Ellie Roscher, Director of Youth and Story Development at Bethlehem Lutheran Church Twin Cities in Minneapolis and author of How Coffee Saved My Life
Mary Hinkle Shore, pastor of Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Brevard, North Carolina
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Magnificent Story : Uncovering A Gospel Of Beauty Goodness And Truth
$17.00Add to cartWe are story-making people. We love reading stories*and we love hearing the personal stories of others. We need stories, or narratives, to make sense of our world. And those stories shape our lives. What is the story you have been told about the gospel?
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Single Gay Christian
$17.99Add to cartPrelude: Promises
1. Revelation
2. Almost Straight
3. Debating The Divine
4. What God Called GoodInterlude: A Song For The Unknowing
5. Stranger Incognito
6. To Know As I Am Known
7. Nature Abhors A Vacuum
8. Quo Vadis?Postlude: A Letter To Myself At Age Twelve
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In an age where neither society nor the church knows what to do with gay Christians, Greg Coles tells his own story. Let’s make a deal, you and me. Let’s make promises to each other. I promise to tell you my story. The whole story. I’ll tell you about a boy in love with Jesus who, at the fateful onset of puberty, realized his sexual attractions were persistently and exclusively for other guys. I’ll tell you how I lay on my bed in the middle of the night and whispered to myself the words I’ve whispered a thousand times since: “I’m gay.” I’ll show you the world through my eyes. I’ll tell you what it’s like to belong nowhere. To know that much of my Christian family will forever consider me unnatural, dangerous, because of something that feels as involuntary as my eye color. And to know that much of the LGBTQ community that shares my experience as a sexual minority will disagree with the way I’ve chosen to interpret the call of Jesus, believing I’ve bought into a tragic, archaic ritual of self-hatred. But I promise my story won’t all be sadness and loneliness and struggle. I’ll tell you good things too, hopeful things, funny things, like the time I accidentally came out to my best friend during his bachelor party. I’ll tell you what it felt like the first time someone looked me in the eyes and said, “You are not a mistake.” I’ll tell you that joy and sorrow are not opposites, that my life has never been more beautiful than when it was most broken hearted. If you’ll listen, I promise I’ll tell you everything, and you can decide for yourself what you want to believe about me. -
Living In Christs Presence
$22.99Add to cartPreface – Gary Moon
1. How To Live Well: Eternal Life Begins Now – Dallas Willard Conversation: Dallas Willard And John Ortberg
2. Who Are The Experts On Life Transformation? – John Ortberg Questions And Answers With John Ortberg
3. How To Step Into The Kingdom And Live There – Dallas Willard Conversation: Dallas Willard And John Ortberg
4. Experiential Knowledge Of The Trinity – John Ortberg Conversation: Dallas Willard And John Ortberg
5. Understanding The Person: Including The Invisible Parts – Dallas Willard Conversation: Dallas Willard And John Ortberg
6. The Importance Of Christian Disciplines – John Ortberg Conversation: Dallas Willard And John Ortberg
7. Blessing – Dallas Willard
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Discussion GuideAdditional Info
Logos Bookstores’ 2014 Best Book in Spirituality 2014 Readers’ Choice Award Winner 2014 Leadership Journal Best Books for Church Leaders (The Leader’s Inner Life) A Special Award of Merit, from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore In these pages Dallas Willard explores what it means to live well now in light of God’s kingdom. He reflects on the power of the Trinity in our lives, the meaning of knowledge, the importance of spiritual disciplines and much more. Dallas Willard offers poignant thoughts about what it will be like to transition into the very presence of Christ in heaven. Now in paperback, this book is adapted from the talks given at the February 2013 Dallas Willard Center “Knowing Christ Today” conference in Santa Barbara, California. Each chapter is followed with an illuminating dialogue between Dallas Willard and John Ortberg. The book closes with the theme of offering a blessing to one another. These reflections form an apt conclusion to Dallas Willard’s public ministry. It is a gift of grace. A conversation guide written by Gary W. Moon is included. Also available is the companion Living in Christ’s Presence DVD. -
John (Revised)
$30.99Add to cartGeneral Preface
Author’s Preface
Chief Abbreviations
Select BibliographyIntroduction
Overview
Distinctive Features Of The Fourth Gospel
The Fourth Gospel And The Letters Of John: A Scenario
Composition Of The Fourth Gospel
Purpose And Readership
Authorship
Date And Place Of Writing
Historical Reliability
Recent Trends In The Interpretation Of The Fourth Gospel
Theology Of The Fourth Gospel
Structure Of The Fourth GospelAnalysis
CommentaryAdditional Info
Among the Gospels, John’s is unique. It has a structure with long conversations and extended debates, and much of its content is not found elsewhere. Jesus’ relationship to the Father and his teaching on the Holy Spirit are given special prominence. Ultimately, faith, believing in Jesus, is at the centre- with signs highlighted to provoke faith, and stories of those who responded to Jesus as examples of faith. Colin Kruse ably shows how the Fourth Gospel weaves its themes of belief and unbelief into its rich Christology. The Tyndale New Testament Commentaries have long been a trusted resource for Bible study. Written by some of the world’s most distinguished evangelical scholars, these twenty volumes offer clear, reliable, and relevant explanations of every book in the New Testament. The original, unrevised text of this volume has been completely retypeset and printed in a larger, more attractive format with the new cover design for the series. These Tyndale volumes are designed to help readers understand what the Bible actually says and what it means. The introduction to each volume gives a concise but thorough description of the authorship, date, and historical background of the biblical book under consideration. The commentary itself examines the text section by section, drawing out its main themes. It also comments on individual verses and deals with problems of interpretation. The aim throughout is to get at the true meaning of the Bible and to make its message plain to readers today. -
Lost World Of The Israelite Conquest
$24.99Add to cartPerhaps no Old Testament episode is more troubling than the conquest of Canaan. “Destroy everything” is the byword of holy war. This is genocide. Or is it? Do we too quickly set a contemporary overlay on these ancient texts? This book takes us into the lost world of these texts, recalibrates our understanding and reshapes our conversations.
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Grandparenting : Loving Our Childrens Children (Student/Study Guide)
$12.99Add to cartGetting The Most Out Of Grandparenting
1. A Grandfather’s Blessing
Genesis 48:1-20
2. Praying For Our Grandchildren
Ephesians 1:15-22; 3:14-21
3. From Generation To Generation
Psalm 78:1-8
4. Nurturing Contentment
1 Timothy 6:2-10
5. Loving Your In-Laws
Ruth 1:1-19; 2:8-13; 4:9-16
6. The Problem With Favoritism
Genesis 27:30-41; 37:1-26
7. Family Forgiveness
Matthew 18:21-35
8. Never Too Late To Change
2 Chronicles 33:1-20
9. When It Is Time To Step Aside
2 Samuel 19:31-40
Leader’s NotesAdditional Info
Written by grandparents and expert Bible study authors Phyllis and Andrew T. Le Peau, this LifeGuide Bible study explores the biblical framework for being a godly grandparent. In nine sessions, this study guides you in how to be a loving and caring presence in not only the lives of your grandchildren, but also for your adult children as they parent. -
How Then Shall We Live
$28.95Add to cartThe world constantly throws up new challenges about what it means to be Christian and to live a distinctively Christian lifestyle. The priest, broadcaster, writer and ethicist Samuel Wells considers some of the biggest contemporary political, social and moral challenges and grapples with them in the light of Christian hope and wisdom.
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Gods Profound And Urgent Message
$21.99Add to cartBlessed is the one who reads the words of God’s message, and blessed are the people who hear this message and do what is written in it, because the time is near! -Rev.1:3NCV
GOD’S PROFOUND AND URGENT MESSAGEThis book and the driving force of its message was truly accomplished by the grace and will of God
1 – To explain the validity, accuracy and importance of the Bible.
2 – To show that God’s primary biblical message is that we listen to His word, His instruction.
3 – To give Scriptural evidence of Christ’s absolute authority and only source to salvation.
4 – To explain God’s magnificent promises to believers and the facts about sin, prayer, and God’s forgiveness.
5 – To give Scriptural warning of false religions, varied teachings, and the consequence of unbelief.
6 – To tell of Christ’s return and His divine message to mankind.This book reveals God’s most important Scriptural messages and the life-saving information to mankind as we are truly at the threshold of His return. God is pleading to all nations and to all people of the earth, to draw near to Him, to listen to Him. God wants the world to understand and recognize the indisputable factual evidence and reasons for the credibility and accuracy of the Bible, and why it should be adhered to, and to understand His most profound and dominant messages and with a due sense of urgency for salvation. Nothing else you do will ever matter as much.
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Problem Of God
$19.99Add to cartThe Problem of God is written by a skeptic who became a Christian and then a pastor, all while exploring answers to the most difficult questions raised against Christianity. Growing up in an atheistic home, Mark Clark struggled through his parents’ divorce, acquiring Tourette syndrome and OCD in his teen years. After his father’s death, he began a skeptical search for truth through science, philosophy, and history, eventually finding answers in Christianity.
In a disarming, winsome, and persuasive way, The Problem of God responds to the top ten God questions of our present age, including:
*Does God even exist?
*What do we do with Christianity’s violent history?
*Is Jesus just another myth?
*Can the Bible be trusted?
*Why should we believe in Hell anymore today?The book concludes with Christianity’s most audacious assertion: how should we respond to Jesus’ claim that he is God and the only way to salvation.
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Some Small Heaven
$14.99Add to cartIn this Advent book with a difference, striking reflections and images combine to teach us to discover light in dark times, open ourselves to the possibility of newness and to become bearers of light ourselves. Daily seasonal meditations focus on: Advent as a time of waiting, which can occur in our lives at any time. Whether we are waiting for a darkness to pass or yearning for a light to come, learning how to wait in Advent will enable us better to understand how to negotiate the waiting times whenever they come, and to give that waiting our care and attention. Christmas and its capacity to nurture within us an openness to new possibilities coming into being, unseen, unlikely, unnoticed. We are helped to capture the wonder of God coming towards us, making a home in us. Epiphany, a time of revealing, invites us to look up and look out and see larger patterns at work in our world, to know that how things seem right now is not how they will always be, to see the holy child Jesus as a gift for all. In seeking light we discover how we too can be bearers of light.
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Napoleon Hills Greatest Speeches
$15.99Add to cartWe are pleased to present this never before published collection from the one and only, Napoleon Hill.
Along with other never before published material, this volume includes the speech that inspired the worldwide bestseller Think and Grow Rich.
With a foreword by Napoleon’s grandson Dr. J.B. Hill and introductory comments by Don Green, Director of The Napoleon Hill Foundation, personal letters from family members and Senator Jennings Randolph, this fascinating exploration of the speeches given by the pioneer of the personal development movement is packed with a wealth of information.
It is a revealing look at one man s quest for understanding why some men succeed, why others do not, and what makes success something that can be replicated.
This collection will provide you with some of Napoleon s finest speeches including:
*What I Have Learned From Analyzing 10,000 People
*The Man Who Has Had no Chance
*The Commencement Address at Salem College in Salem, West Virginia, 1922 likely his best-remembered and most- influential speech.Napoleon Hill dedicated much of his life to solving what he called the most stupendous problem confronting the human race today. That is, How can I get what I want?
As W. Clement Stone and thousands of others can attest, Hill succeeded in this venture, and we now have a success philosophy that Andrew Carnegie once saw as a possibility.
The pages within this book will tell you of the origins of a personal development legacy.
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Staying Together : Marriage A Lifelong Affair
$16.99Add to cartYou’ve done it; you’ve taken the plunge and said, “I do” to one another. Couples face some daunting marriage statistics these days. When so many marriages fail, how do you know yours won’t?
So, now what? What’s next for your marriage?
Staying Together is a unique book that’s been written for you to read as a couple. Together, you’ll hear from us and what we’ve learned over more than 40 years of marriage, as well as from other couples whose marriages have endured heartbreak, hardship, and even infidelity. You’ll read about their solutions and healing, applicable to your marriage oneness.
You will be confronted with questions about what it looks like to walk out your vows on a daily basis as life partners. Whether it’s communication, trust, or sex; money, loss, or mission; kids, jobs, or insecurities, Staying Together has insight on how to better navigate waters when they’re rough and better enjoy them when they’re smooth.
Whether you’ve been married for months, years, or decades, now is the time to make sure you’re in a marriage that’s not just surviving, but thriving.
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Because Of Gracia Theme 2 A Film And Faith Leaders Guide
$5.99Add to cartA Film and Faith Leader’s Guide: Theme 2 Choosing life equips youth pastors and small group leaders to explore the key theme of Choosing life as presented in the award-winning film.This three-session study guide empowers students to address the issues of unplanned and teen pregnancy with confidence, faith, and love.
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Because Of Gracia
$15.99Add to cartChase Morgan would love to live up to his name and pursue something great. It’s his senior year and he’s still as insecure as ever, but Eastglenn High’s newest student is about to turn that around. Gracia is a girl with charisma, intelligence and conviction, but she’s not as “together” as Chase and his best friend OB might think. A dark past gives her a unique connection with Bobbi, a misunderstood classmate with a strained home life and an all-too-cute boyfriend as her means of escape. As Bobbi struggles with a life-and-death decision and Chase risks rejection, Gracia challenges her friends, teachers and even herself to experience the transformative power of grace. Based on the award-winning film starring Moriah Peters and Chris Massoglia, Because of Gracia follows the stories of Chase Morgan, Gracia Davis, and their fellow high school seniors as they face life-altering decisions on their journeys of faith, friendship, and love.
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Do More Better Student Edition (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Add to cartChallies
In Do More Better – Student Editon, you will learn: > Common obstacles to productivity > The great purpose behind productivity > 3 essential tools > The power of daily & weekly routines > How to balance, school, family, church, & the rest of life > & much more! It really is possible to live a calm, orderly life.
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Kids Guide To The Names Of God
$12.99Add to cartYour Kids Will Be Encouraged by Learning God’s Names
The names of God contain powerful promises for you and your kids, revealing who He is and the many roles He fills in your lives. When your tween son or daughter (ages 8-12) learns these names they will have greater confidence in who they are in Christ and also gain a valuable tool they can use to help them overcome challenges in life.
Watch them grow as they learn about God as…
*Elohim: The Strong Creator God
*Jehovah: The Relational God
*Jehovah Jireh: The Lord Our Provider
*Jehovah Shalom: The Lord Is Peace
*Jehovah Rohi: The Lord My Shepherd
*Jehovah Nissi: The Lord My Banner
*Jehovah Rapha: The Lord Who Heals
*Jehovah Tsidkenu: The Lord My Righteousness
*El Shaddai: Lord God Almighty
*Immanuel: God With UsGive your tween the life-changing knowledge of God’s many names and see them fully realize His immense love for them.
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Mary Magdalene Speaks From Heaven
$12.99Add to cartNumerous bestselling books have been written about Mary Magdalene with many hushed conversations about this mysterious woman who followed Jesus. However, until now, no one has produced a book about who she is in her own words.
Join Matthew Robert Payne as he brings the words of Mary Magdalene to earth after an interview with her. She discusses topics such as:
What Jesus was like when he ministered on earth
What Jesus is like in heaven now
How you can qualify to go to heaven when you die
Her message for women on earth
Her message for men on earth and
Much more.Mary speaks quite candidly about several topics that are not covered in the Gospels, including her former life before Christ, her life with Jesus, and the backstory of her relationship with Jesus. Join her for a look behind the scenes into the times of the Gospels.
Learn about Mary’s role in heaven and the truth behind the false accounts about her and Jesus in popular books. Find out who Mary really is and let her convince you to rededicate your life to Jesus and his sacred and holy teachings.
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Mistsaken Love (Revised)
$12.99Add to cartAmpah, a boy and Asabea, a girl, are fraternal twins who fall in love and make a blood covenant to marry in the future because they do not know that they are of the same parents. All along, Ampah and Asabea do not know that they are twins until their wedding ceremony when they are about to take the marriage vow.
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Pregnant Husband (Revised)
$13.99Add to cartObiba, a rich man and Aba are lovers who plan to marry in the future, but Obiba jilts Aba after he has caused her an irreparable harm and goes for another woman whom he marries. In a state of emotional pains, Aba curses Obiba for causing her an irreparable harm and for jilting her. Consequently, Aba’s curse makes Obiba lose his riches. In an attempt to acquire riches again, Obiba consults a goddess who makes him rich. One day, Obiba slaps a mad woman who snatches his bag from him, but the mad woman is the goddess in disguise. To take vengeance, the goddess goes to Obiba in the exact form and image of his wife and makes romance with him while Obiba does not know that she is not his real wife and that she is an impostor. What transpires between the goddess and Obiba during the romance session makes Obiba have a baby in his belly. Medical tests carried out on him prove that there is a baby in his belly to the surprise of all and sundry. How Obiba, a husband has a baby in his belly and how the baby survives in his belly and comes out of his belly is what the story unfolds.
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Gaining Freedom From Sex Addictions
$17.99Add 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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Bouquets From My Beloved
$10.99Add to cartEach of us has a hole inside our hears, something our Creator put within us before we were even conceived. A place that is waiting to be filled, perfectly completing us. We can spend our entire lives searching, never finding peace. Or, we can respond to His invitation to turn to Jesus.
Do you believe that your Creator knew from the beginning where you would find yourself right at this moment? Do you have faith that He has been anxiously waiting for you to understand His passionate love for you?
Author Judy Lokits honestly addresses these quesitons in Bouquets from My Beloved–a study book for divorcees, widows, and all single women. Using humor and candid accounts of personal frailties, Judy brings to life the divine romance to which all are called but few partake. Singleness is meant to be a blessing, a source of peace, fulfillment, and fruitfulness beyond your wildest dreams; but you have to first accept it. Bouquets from My Beloved is a journey into a deeper and more intimate relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ as the Bridegroom. Along the way He offers reminders of His love–beautiful bouquests for His beloved.
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Roxie
$17.99Add to cartBlue has never left the state of Maryland. Smith has never been in love. By the end of the next week, neither of these statements will still be true.
Roxie alternates between Blue’s story in urban Baltimore and Smith’s in rural Mississippi, following the ten days that will transform their lives forever.
Things have never really changed for Blue–same friends, same jobs, same selfish behavior with women. But when his best friend threatens to move to New Orleans, Blue begins to reflect upon his fundamental purpose in life. Simultaneously, along come two prospective love interests who will complicate things as they push him to the brink of insanity.
Smith cuts fabric at a mattress factory but dreams of much more. After receiving an unexpected promotion, he encounters “the girl with the brilliant lilac,” a beautiful young woman who is new in town.
The story builds to a powerful and thought-provoking conclusion as the two men’s lives ultimately collide.
Roxie is a story of redemption, resiliency, personal growth, and the interconnectedness of us all. It inspires deep introspection, punctuated by a cast of delightfully eccentric characters who provide humor and levity to this dramatic tale.
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When God Speaks
$13.95Add to cartA daughter is unprepared to become the caregiver of her father. Accepting this assignment, one she was chosen for, changes her life.Come along on one woman’s personal journey through heartache, denial, and struggle to a new place of grace. Along the way, she learns to hear God’s voice speaking into her life, her faith deepens, and the depth of her experience becomes more precious than gold.
Inspiration for all those who are caregivers or deal with:
Changing life seasons
illness in the family
a loved one in denial
life changes and challenges.“A season inspired by God can change your entire life.”
“Whenever God is speaking into your life, there’s a job he has planned for you. He will give you the tools you need to perform his work in his timing.” -
Would You Die For Me
$16.99Add to cart“In Would You Die for Me, Patrick Irish takes you through an expedition of time, as his life unfolds to tell the true events of what happens between the seen and unseen lines of reality.
Who was I to pass judgment, who was I to decide what some deserved? Was I innocent? No, not by any means, but in the life I had lived, I hated those that preyed on the weak, those that stood above. In my mind, I was doing the world a favor.
For most, life is a journey, from one road to another, and for some, there is a journey that brings life to the brink of death. Pulling the reader in deeper with every turn of the page, his world soon becomes yours, as you find yourself in the imprint of each letter. Would You Die for Me was inspired to prove, when all seems to be lost, no matter how young, old, or indifferent, we all share one common goal, that is simply…to be loved. “
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Becoming A Voice Of Fire
$14.99Add to cartWhere are the Voices of Fire who hear from God and speak His words in a culture in desperate need of truth?
Today’s church culture is sacrificing voices of fire for voices of comfort, ease, and the power of positive speech.
Learn how to fan the flame of the Holy Spirit in your life to shape your voice to have true impact for Christ. Learn to believe God for great things and the impossible. Our circumstances, surroundings, or limitations never limit, stop, or change our God.
Voices of fire are men and women who:
Preach, teach, and live with passion the whole Word of God
Spend time with God, know Him, and communicate His heart
Live a life of power and are used by God to change lives.Let us all become fire starters in every corner of this world!
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Guide Your Mind Guard Your Heart Grace Your Tongue
$16.99Add to cartChristian women tend to have regrets the size of Mount Rushmore. They regret how they have used their time; they regret how they have spent their money; they regret how much chocolate they have eaten; and most of all, they regret the hurtful words they have spoken to the people they love the most and know the best.
Every woman with a heart that beats has spoken words “under the influence” of warped feelings and slurred thinking. And every woman wishes that she had the magical power to take those words back. This book may just be the solution.
Carol McLeod reveals that before the words are spoken, they brew in the heart and are formed in the mind. It’s our thoughts and emotions that determine what words will come out our mouths. Guide Your Mind, Guard Your Heart, Grace Your Tongue is an innovative blueprint that will enable all women to take back control of their minds and feelings in order to grace their tongues. You won’t find pat answers here, but rather powerful strategies based on the Word of God to reroute disordered thinking and cure rotten emotions so your words can be humbly grateful instead of grumbly hateful.
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Truth : 365 Devotions For Teens Connecting Life And Faith
$16.99Add to cartThis brand-new devotional from Josh McDowell unpacks spiritual truths that will inspire, challenge, and fuel your soul every day of the year–from January 1 to December 31.
Practical and relevant, each month of devotional readings shares a common theme–
*January: THE TRUTH THAT GOD EXISTS
*February: THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD’S WORD
*March: THE TRUTH ABOUT ORIGINAL SIN
*April: THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD BECOMING HUMAN
*May: THE TRUTH ABOUT CHRIST’S ATONEMENT FOR SIN
*June: THE TRUTH ABOUT JUSTIFICATION THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST
*July: THE TRUTH ABOUT LIVING THE TRANSFORMED LIFE
*August: THE TRUTH ABOUT JESUS’ BODILY RESURRECTION
*September: THE TRUTH ABOUT THE TRINITY
*October: THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD’S KINGDOM
*November: THE TRUTH ABOUT THE CHURCH
*December: THE TRUTH ABOUT CHRIST’S RETURN.Truth Is. . .365 Youth Devotions Connecting Life and Faith will lead you to understand the truths of God and how living them out is beneficial in your everyday life.
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Imprisoned To Hope
$16.99Add to cartWhen believers understand that God is fully present and affected during the deepest times of violation, they are then empowered to vocalize their greatest pains and see that honest faith is not only filled with praise, but can even include pain and doubt. This is the path to being imprisoned to hope.
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Journey Student Workbook (Student/Study Guide)
$24.95Add to cartThe Journey: Divorce Through the Eyes of a Teen is a small group curriculum designed to lead teens through the journey of recovery from the tragedy of divorce. This curriculum is filled with practical activities and hands-on tools to empower teens to make healthy choices.
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Science Of Virtue
$22.00Add to cartThe church and science have drifted apart over the past century. Today the church is often deemed irrelevant by those who trust science, and science is often deemed irrelevant by those whose primary loyalties are to the church. However, this book shows that the new science of virtue–the field of positive psychology–can serve as a bridge point between science and the church and can help renew meaningful conversation.
In essence, positive psychology examines how ordinary people can become happier and more fulfilled. Mark McMinn clarifies how positive psychology can complement Christian faith and promote happiness and personal flourishing. In addition, he shows how the church can help strengthen positive psychology. McMinn brings the church’s experience and wisdom on six virtues–humility, forgiveness, gratitude, grace, hope, and wisdom–into conversation with intriguing scientific findings from positive psychology. Each chapter includes a section addressing Christian counselors who seek to promote happiness and fulfillment in others.
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Mandated To Live Holy
$14.99Add to cartLiving holy in a world that promotes sin and pleasure at all costs is not easy. It is no secret that we struggle to subdue our fleshly desires and passions in the midst of immorality and irreverence. Does God still expect us to live holy anyway? Is it even possible?
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Right Here Right Now
$15.99Add to cartChristians have always practiced mindfulness. Yet, from the popular landscape of mindfulness movement, you’d never know that. Where is the Christian voice in this fast-growing movement? Many Christians practice mindfulness outside of church and believe it does not belong to our faith tradition. This book reveals the Christian roots of mindfulness and the actual practices that, when reclaimed, deepen the life of faith and the power of our mission of love in the world. When we understand how radical it is to live in God’s presence right here, right now, our lives are transformed toward mercy, justice and abundant life. In her new book, Amy Oden shows how the practice of Christian mindfulness begins with the teachings of Jesus and continues throughout Christian history. It also includes step-by-step instructions for the practice of Christian mindfulness today. Pastors and leaders will find this book useful on the ground as they curate current culture and guide Christians in spiritual practices.
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Keys To Grapeness
$14.99Add to cartPrinciples To Live By
Stieglitz helps Christians understand how the Holy Spirit speaks into their lives to strengthen relationships and increase joy in life. By partnering with God, believers can develop the fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22-23). The text includes links to video commentary.
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Love First : Ending Hate Before Its Too Late
$14.99Add to cartThis is not just a book to inspire more love; it’s a revolutionary call to love better.
“A terrible virus has spread across the planet and turned the human race into bloodthirsty monsters. Mankind’s only hope for survival is . . .” Originally part of the tagline for the sci-fi thriller, I Am Legend, these lines describe the undercurrent of unrest and turbulence in our world. The virus we face is hate-an epidemic infecting social media, politics, neighborhoods, and homes. Communities of believers, which should be clinics with the cure, are instead suspected of being primary carriers of the virus.
But there is hope. Hate, even in its most nefarious forms, is no match for the matchless love modeled by Jesus. Love is his cure for the sick and dying world. Historians, sociologists, and theologians agree that we are experiencing the most fundamental changes in global society in the last five hundred years. And while the church has a lofty vision and mighty power, we are disastrously unprepared. This book presents an understandable, practical, and doable approach to loving others with such clarity and conviction that the world will truly know the God who loves us first.
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Love Thy Colleague
$16.99Add to cartHow do you cope with arrogant colleagues, or coax the best from shy or sensitive colleagues? How do you develop a decent working relationship with someone who won’t shut up? Some people spread depression like a fog: how do you lift their spirits and stop them infecting the workplace? Our presence at work is a responsibility and an opportunity to bring the character and nature of God though what we say and do, and how we respond to our colleagues. William Morris draws upon his years in the corporate world and his Christian faith to reflect with wit and insight upon the characters we come into contact with during the working day. He explores these people from a pastoral perspective, informed by Jesus teaching in the parable of The Good Samaritan, giving reader’s permission to examine and find new perspectives on getting along with the people we work with.
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Our Deepest Desires
$20.99Add to cartAcknowledgments
Introduction: Making Sense Of Our DesiresPart I: Persons
1. Persons And Happiness
2. People Matter Most
3. We Flourish In RelationshipsPart II: Goodness
4. Looking For Goodness
5. Goodness Is Primary
6. Goodness Is Good For UsPart III: Beauty
7. The Startling Presence Of Beauty
8. The Artist
9. Beauty Points The Way HomePart IV: Freedom
10. Personal Freedom
11. Freedom And Truth
12. Freedom And HopeEpilogue: Human Aspiration And The Christian Story
General Index
Scripture IndexAdditional Info
How does the Christian story compare to our shared experience as humans? Philosopher and apologist Greg Ganssle explores this question by considering Christianity in light of our widely-shared human aspirations such as our relationships, goodness, beauty, and freedom, showing that the Christian story explains and grounds these deeply-held values. -
Mirror For The Soul
$20.99Add to cartIntroduction: The Puzzle Of Ourselves
1. What Is The Enneagram, And Where Did It Come From?
2. The True Self And The False Self
3. The Triads Of The Enneagram
4. The Heart Triad: 2, 3, 4
5. The Head Triad: 5, 6, 7
6. The Gut Triad: 8, 9, 1
7. Looking For Your Home Space
8. Understanding Wings And The Arrows
9. Biblical Truths Reflected In The Enneagram
10. Addicted To Ourselves
11. The Enneagram And Transformation
12. Continuing The Journey
Epilogue: Answering Alice
Acknowledgments
Appendix 1: Using The Enneagram In Spiritual Direction
Appendix 2: Additional Resources
NotesAdditional Info
“Who in the world am I?”The Enneagram is like a mirror, reflecting dimensions of ourselves that are sometimes hard to see. In this helpful guide, spiritual director and Enneagram teacher Alice Fryling offers an introduction to each number of the Enneagram and their respective triads. More than just helping us discern our number, this book relates the Enneagram to our spiritual journey, as a way to identify our gifts as well as our blind spots.
With Scripture meditations and questions for reflection and discussion, Mirror for the Soul offers a new perspective on our unique temperament so that we might know and extend God’s grace more fully. Knowledge of the Enneagram leads us into more authentic self-awareness, richer relationships, and deeper places in the soul where we can worship God in truth and grace.
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Forbearance : A Theological Ethic For A Disagreeable Church
$28.99Add to cartOffers a faithful, constructive way to deal with dissent
What happens when we approach disagreement not as a problem to solve but as an opportunity to practice Christian virtue?
In this book James Calvin Davis reclaims the biblical concept of forbearance to develop a theological ethic for faithful disagreement. Pointing to Ephesians and Colossians, in which Paul challenged his readers to “bear with each other” in spite of differences, Davis draws out a theologically grounded practice in which Christians work hard to maintain unity while still taking seriously matters on which they disagree.
The practice of forbearance, Davis argues, offers Christians a dignified, graceful, and constructive way to deal with conflict. Forbearance can also strengthen the church’s public witness, offering an antidote to the pervasive divisiveness present in contemporary culture.
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Protestant Reformation And World Christianity
$42.99Add to cartThe sixteenth-century Reformation in all its forms and expressions sought nothing less than the transformation of the Christian faith. Five hundred years later, in today’s context of world Christianity, the transformation continues. In this volume, editor Dale Irvin draws together a variety of international Christian perspectives that open up new understandings of the Reformation.
In six chapters, contributors offer general discussions and case studies of the effects of the Protestant Reformation on global communities from the sixteenth century to the present. Together, these essays encourage a reading and interpretation of the Reformation that will aid in the further transformation of Christianity today.
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Micah
$33.99Add to cartA distinctively theological take on the book of Micah
Readers of the book of Micah learn a great deal about God: he is a mighty God who controls the nations, yet he is also concerned with everyday matters like equity, poverty, and care for widows and orphans. In presenting this transcendent-yet-immanent God, Micah’s message revolves around themes of justice, judgment, and salvation that continue to carry great significance today.
In this theological commentary on the book of Micah, Stephen Dempster places the text in conversation with the larger story of Scripture. After discussing questions of structure and authorship in his introduction, Dempster systematically works through the text, drawing links to the broader biblical story throughout. In the second part of his commentary Dempster offers theological discussion that further explicates the most significant themes in Micah and their applicability to today’s Christians.
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Disruptive Generosity : Stories Of Transforming Cities Through Strategic Gi
$17.00Add to cartVisionary leader and outreach strategist motivates marketplace Christians to make a difference with their generosity and helps guide them in those decisions so they can make an impact and inspire others to do the same.
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Every Piece Of Me
$15.99Add to cartBestselling author and speaker uses Jesus’s I Am statements to help women identify and expel toxic thoughts buried deep in their hearts and minds, pointing them to God’s truth about who they are and helping them experience authentic, vibrant, and exuberant lives.
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Mark His Word Cycle B
$15.95Add to cartJesus told his apostles to “count the cost” of following him. For the twelve, it meant leaving their jobs, their homes and families. It meant literally taking up a new life and leaving the old one behind.
What is the cost of following Jesus today?
Frank Ramirez challenges the modern Church as he explores that question in Mark His Word: Cycle B Sermons for Proper 16 through Thanksgiving Based on the Gospel Texts. Using analogies from the space race to a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov to the diary of a Civil War-era abolitionist preacher, Ramirez paints a variety of pictures of what it looks like to act in allegiance to the cause of Christ, to answer the call of the Holy Spirit no matter the consequences.
The pastor who utilizes Mark His Word will see a church reinvigorated in time for Advent, prepared to step forth courageously into the world to live and speak truth to a world dying to know it.
Lessons Include:
“No Turning Back” (John 6:56-69)
“For Us or Against Us?” (Mark 9:38-50)
“Give Thanks for What?” (Matthew 6:25-33) -
Vision : The Final Quest And The Call
$19.99Add to cartRick Joyner brilliantly relays a panoramic vision of the ultimate battle between the forces of good and evil, taking place just beyond the veil of this world. Guided by Wisdom, Joyner embarks on a journey from the battlefield were the hordes of Hell wreak havoc, to the Mountain of the Lord and eventually through the ranks of Heaven itself.
By the end of the decade The Final Quest would top the bestseller lists multiple times and surpass a million copies sold worldwide. His follow up book, The Call, continues the epic saga, challenging readers to live out the truth they discover along the way.
Now, The Vision, brings both classics together in a single volume. Throughout, Joyner offers both a warning and encouragement to the faithful followers of Jesus who must stand against the Enemy in these last days
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All Saints
$15.00Add to cartThe True Story Behind the Powerful Upcoming Film ALL SAINTS
This nonfiction book will tell the story behind the upcoming film ALL SAINTS. The movie is inspired by the true story of salesman-turned-pastor Michael Spurlock (Corbett), the tiny church he was ordered to shut down, and a group of refugees from Southeast Asia. Together, they risk everything to plant seeds for a future that might just save them all.
Michael’s first assignment as their new pastor is to close down All Saints, a dilapidated country church with a dozen devoted members and a mortgage well beyond its means. But when the church hesitantly begins welcoming Karen refugees from Burma–former farmers scrambling for a fresh start in America–Michael feels called to an improbable new mission.Jeopardizing his family’s future by ignoring his superiors, Michael must choose between completing what he was assigned to do–close the church and sell the property–or listening to a still, small voice challenging the people of All Saints to risk it all and provide much-needed hope to their new community.
This nonfiction book will tell the true story that inspired the film while also diving deeper into the background of the Karen people, the church, and how a community of believers can coordinate their efforts to help those in need.
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How To Listen So People Will Talk (Reprinted)
$14.99Add to cartHow Listening Well Builds Stronger Communication and Deeper Connections
No relationship is perfect–but it can be better. The secret to stronger relationships isn’t to become more charming or funny or to solve the world’s problems or to just try harder. All you have to do is listen. It’s that simple.
Yet our noisy culture hasn’t equipped us to do this. With warmth and a touch of humor, personal coach and expert communicator Becky Harling shares simple, practical listening tools that will help you become a person others are drawn to and want to spend time with, as well as how to:
* be fully present
* offer understanding instead of advice
* ask great questions
* create a sense of safety and trust
* manage your body language
* and more!When you learn to listen well, your marriage will grow stronger, your parenting will flourish, your friendships will thrive, and your influence at work will increase. You will be amazed at how one simple act can transform the hearts of others–as well as your own.
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Developing A Powerful Praying Church
$8.95Add to cartBlackaby Ministries International
Today’s church faces challenges and crises it can only overcome through prayer. In their latest book, Blackaby and Fisher focus on the adjustments pastors and church leaders must make in their prayer life in order to see a rebirth of God-honoring, world-impacting …
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Celebrating Abundance : Devotions For Advent
$16.00Add to cartTo “prepare for Christmas” in our society is to be sucked into a vortex of indulgence, from decor to gifts to calorie-rich foods. Layer upon layer of tinsel, lights, chocolate drizzle, and wrapping paper create the illusion of abundance, disguising the feeling of emptiness in our souls. The arrival of the Messiah, by contrast, is true abundance disguised by the impression of scarcity. Training our eyes to see through the rough stable, the adolescent mother, and the anxious escape to Egypt, we can see in that poverty and powerlessness the wonder of God’s abundant life and grace coming down to dwell among us.
This powerful devotional by best- selling author Walter Brueggemann includes daily reflections on the Scriptures and stories of Advent in order to invite us to see beyond the world’s faux extravagance and realize the true feast laid out before us. Twelve prayers are also included for the twelve days of Christmas.
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Feasting On The Word Childrens Sermons For Year B
$24.00Add to cartMany pastors are confused about what to say during children’s time in churches. Feasting on the Word Children’s Sermons for Year B offers practical suggestions for preparing and delivering the children’s sermon. After explaining the importance and purpose of the children’s sermon, noted Christian educator Carol Wehrheim provides a retelling of each Sunday’s Bible story- based on the Revised Common Lectionary-for the entire church year. In addition, she provides a few stories for special Sundays, including the Jewish Celebration of Purim, the Jewish Celebration of Passover, and Thanksgiving Day. This resource provides pastors and other church leaders with fresh, engaging stories that children will understand and enjoy.
Also available: Feasting on the Word Children’s Sermons for Year A and Feasting on the Word Children’s Sermons for Year C.
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Small Beginnings : The Remarkable True Story Of A Boy Overcoming Rejection
$20.00Add to cartDennis McLeod
The remarkable true story of a boy overcoming rejection, to a man on a mission caring for children on the West Bank and serving God in Israel, Africa and New Zealand. Small Beginnings takes you on an exciting journey of discovery that you will never be truly rejected when you know God and have faith in His love.
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Emotionally Healthy Relationships Day By Day
$16.99Add to cartIn this groundbreaking devotional book, Peter Scazzero reintroduces and expands upon the ancient spiritual discipline of the Daily Office. The basic premise is simple: Christians need to intentionally stop to be with God twice each day to create a continual and easy familiarity with God’s presence for the rest of the day.
In the same powerful rhythm as Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Day by Day, each day offers two Daily Offices-Morning/Midday and Midday/Evening-where each devotional time will reflect on emotionally healthy relational themes, such as clarifying expectations, deep listening, and clean fighting. Readers will be ushered into a transformational practice that will deepen their daily walk with Jesus.
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Shes Still There
$19.99Add to cartWhat’s a woman to do if her life is not taking shape the way that she thought that it would? 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 all her original hopes, dreams, or plans? Speaker, blogger and writer Chrystal Evans Hurst wrote this book because she was that woman. One day she realized that she had somehow wandered away from the life that she had purposed to live a long time ago. Chrystal since discovered that this moment of awareness happens to lots of women at different seasons of their lives. Poor 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. And she just needs encouragement. This woman simply needs someone to hold her hand, to cheer her on, and to believe with her that she is capable of still being the person she intended to be or discovering the girl she never knew was there in the first place. Chrystal uses her poignant story of an early and unexpected pregnancy, as well as other raw and vulnerable moments in her life, to let readers know she understands what it’s like to try and find your way after some missteps or decisions you didn’t plan on. In She’s Still There Chrystal emphasizes the importance of the personal process and the beauty of that path as it is shared authentically from one girlfriend to another. It’s a book of “me toos”, reminders of the hoped for, and challenges for the path ahead-to find direction, purpose, and true satisfaction.
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Garden City : Work Rest And The Art Of Being Human
$19.99Add to cartYou’ve heard people say “Who you are matters more than what you do”. Does the Bible really teach that?
In Garden City, popular pastor and speaker John Mark Comer gives a fresh take on our calling and our purpose, with a surprisingly counter-culture take. Through his creative and conversational style, Comer takes a good look at Genesis and the story of a man, a woman, and a garden. He unpacks God’s creation and his original intent for how we are meant to spend our time. Here, you’ll find answers to questions like “Does God care where I work?” “What about what I do with my free time or how much rest I get?” “Does he have a clear direction for me?”
Practical and theologically rich, Garden City speaks to twenty and thirty-somethings who are figuring out next steps and direction in their lives.
Garden City is the Purpose Driven Life for the next generation-the book that helps us answer why we are here and what should we do about it.
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Understanding The Purpose And Power Of Women Expanded Edition (Expanded)
$15.99Add to cartTo live successfully in the world, women need to know who they are and what role they play today. They need a new awareness of who they are, and new skills to meet today’s challenges. Best-selling author Myles Munroe examines societies’ attitudes toward women and helps women to discover who they are. He addresses vital issues such as: Are women and men equal? What are the purpose and design of the woman? Are women meant to be leaders? Whether you are a woman or a man, married or single, this book will help you to understand the woman as she was meant to be.
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Into The Wilds
$16.99Add to cartBrent Henderson teaches spiritual truth to men through stories about wilderness trips, hunting excursions, and tales from life in the military. He teaches men about God’s love and grace, and he gets very honest about how men struggle with ego, approval, impure thoughts, spiritual attack, and what to do after hitting bottom. Brent tells his own story of experiencing a personal failing as worship leader of a church and the painful way in which he was ostracized and isolated from support during his “restoration.” He speaks of the people who stepped in to help him find healing and of how to understand that grace and real restoration is available through God. He also tells stories from the many men he has counseled about moving from shame and failure to a place of relief and hope. He uses an acronym “man TEA-Thoughts, Emotions, and Actions-to help the men he disciples and counsels. He tackles issues of pornography, addiction, lust, marriage, and failure. Through it all, he is adamant that real transformation isn’t based on trying harder but instead is found only through experiencing God’s grace and love. He punctuates these truths with great stories of safaris, wilderness excursions, and hunting trips that keep men’s interest while also supporting the spiritual lessons.
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I Saw The Glories Of Heaven
$14.99Add to cartOn December 23, 1966, eighteen-year-old Gary Wood was driving with his younger sister Sue along a dark street in their hometown. They were heading home singing Christmas songs when Sue spotted an illegally-parked tow truck sticking out into their lane of traffic. Her scream pierced the night only a moment before the car crashed headlong into the obstruction. In the accident, Gary suffered a mid-face injury with laryngeal fractures-his vocal cords and voice box were completely shattered. Doctors offered no hope that Gary would ever talk again. What the doctors didn’t realize, however, was that in the aftermath of the accident, Gary was given the miraculous experience of spending twenty minutes in A Place Called Heaven. While there, Gary witnessed sights such as the city of heaven; the grand auditorium; the spare parts room; and the Throne Room, as well as his very own personal mansion. He was also given ten amazing signs regarding Christ’s ultimate return. At the end of his time in heaven, Gary was commissioned to spend the rest of his time on earth telling his story and making Jesus real for people. God miraculously healed Gary and promised him that wherever he told his story, people would be saved, healed, and delivered. In the years that followed, Gary became a world-renowned evangelist, overcoming obstacles such as medical mysteries and the threats of unfriendly motorcycle gangs along the way, all while thanking God for his inspired life.
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Unraveling Revelation : Stepping Into Seven Rooms Of Insight
$19.99Add to cartThe book of Revelation is confusing to most Christians, but it is God’s great desire to reveal its meaning to every believer. The Bible even promises blessing to all who read this book. To guide you through the dense symbolism and evocative visions of Revelation, acclaimed and beloved Bible teacher Marilyn Hickey goes chapter by chapter through this fascinating book of the Bible in her new workbook. You will be blessed by…
*A step-by-step tour of the seven “rooms” in Revelation-the seven main events and places.
*Hickey’s easy-to-understand teaching on the rapture, the tribulation, and the millennium.
*Biblical answers for end-times questions on Armageddon and the Antichrist.
*Explanation of the seven blessings for believers found in Revelation.
*Note-taking space to answer questions and interact with Hickey’s teachings.This powerful book will open your eyes to future events and prepare you for what lies ahead.
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Straight To The Heart Of The Minor Prophets
$14.99Add to cartThe Straight to the Heart series of devotional commentaries allows people to get to grips with each book of the Bible one bite at a time. In part one of the Minor Prophets we study Amos and Hosea, the two prophets sent by God to confront the northern kingdom of Israel. In part two, Jonah and Nahum, two prophets who were sent to offer the same choice between blessing and judgment to the pagan superpower Assyria. In part three, Joel, Micah, Zephaniah and Habakkuk, four prophets that the Lord sent to warn the southern kingdom of Judah. In part four, Obadiah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi, four prophets that God inspired after the destruction of Jerusalem and the exile to Babylon, and who spoke glorious promises about a new hope for God’s people. Get ready to hear God speak to you as you read these twelve short books of prophecy. The arrival of Jesus to be our Saviour has amplified the urgent choice that they offer us. God still warns us: Blessing or curse – you decide. There will be 25 volumes in all. Although the tone is light, the text is full of useful application and backed by substantial scholarship.
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Learning To Love The Master
$17.00Add to cartJourney Companions Ministries
Often mature Christians feel inadequate to mentor younger believers. This book guides you on a journey to discover what you have seen and heard on your pilgrimage with God, strengthen your spiritual disciplines, allow you to see where God has been in your story and kindle a desire to invite others to the feet of Jesus, to fall in love with Him.
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Spiritual Leadership : Principles Of Excellence For Every Believer
$16.99Add to cartWhat every church will always need
The need for talented, vigorous leaders in the church cannot be overemphasized. Such times demand active service of men and women who are guided by and devoted to Jesus Christ.
With more than 1 million copies sold, Spiritual Leadership stands as a proven classic for developing such leadership. J. Oswald Sanders, a Christian leader for nearly seventy years and author of more than forty books, presents the key principles of leadership in both the temporal and spiritual realms. He illustrates his points with examples from Scripture and biographies of eminent men of God, such as Moses, Nehemiah, the apostle Paul, David Livingstone, Charles Spurgeon, and others.
Featured topics include:
*The cost of leadership
*The responsibility of leadership
*Tests of leadership
*The qualities and criteria of leadership
*The art of reproducing leaders
*The one indispensable requirement of leadershipSanders holds that even natural leadership qualities are God-given, and their true effectiveness can only be reached when they are used to the glory of God. Let this classic be your guide for leadership, and watch how God works through you to do great things for His glory.
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Spiritual Discipleship : Principles Of Following Christ For Every Believer
$16.99Add to cartTake time and trouble to keep yourself spiritually fit.*
As J. Oswald points out, true discipleship is more than intellectual assent to a belief in Christ; it involves the whole person and lifestyle.
Those with only superficial belief will soon fall away from the faith, but Sanders says a true disciple would rather be presented with a difficult challenge than a soft option. Disciples are charged with the task of training themselves to be godly, because it is their responsibility to remain spiritually fit.
In addition, a “For Reflection” guide is included, making this book ideal for both individual and group study.
* 1 Tim. 4:7, JB Phillips Translation
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Prayers For Victory In Your Marriage
$13.99Add to cartSeek God’s Grace and Power for Your Marriage Journey
What are the issues you struggle with in your marriage?
*Do you find it difficult to show love when you feel your needs aren’t being met?
*Have you held on to resentment for so long that it seems impossible to forgive?
*Do you desire God’s blessing and extra encouragement for the hard days?As a believer in Christ’s victory on the cross, you are not left defenseless against the enemy who seeks to destroy your union. You have authority, and it’s time to draw on the power of God to strengthen your relationship with your spouse.
Covering topics such as communication, conflict, and healing, this collection of spiritual warfare prayers from Dr. Tony Evans will revive your prayer life and help you put on the armor of God for every issue you and your spouse face. Let Christ reign victorious in your home!
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Treasure Principle : Unlocking The Secret Of Joyful Giving
$14.00Add to cartIn this revised and updated edition of the best-selling book, author Randy Alcorn introduces readers to a revolution in material freedom and radical generosity, combining thoughtful Bible exposition with highly practical applications for everyday life. This edition includes a new section that addresses some common questions and misconceptions about biblical principles for our stewardship of material resources. As you engage with the perspective-shifting truths in this book, you’ll learn that when Jesus told His followers to “lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,” He intended that they discover an astounding secret: how joyful giving brings God maximum glory and His children maximum pleasure.
In Randy Alcorn’s The Treasure Principle, you’ll unearth a radical teaching of Jesus-a secret wrapped up in giving. Once you discover this secret, life will never look the same. And you won’t want it to!
Story Behind the Book
After years of writing and teaching on the theme “God owns everything,” in 1990 Randy Alcorn was sued by an abortion clinic (for peaceful, nonviolent intervention for the unborn). Suddenly he had to resign as a pastor and was restricted to making minimum wage. Legally unable to own anything, Randy gave all his book royalties to missions work and need-meeting ministries. He and his family have experienced the reality of The Treasure Principle-that God really does own everything, takes care of us, and graciously puts assets into our hands that we might have the joy and privilege of investing in what will last for eternity.
