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There Is More To The Secret
$16.99Add to cartThe Law of Attraction contends that one can have any health, wealth or relationship desired if the mind is trained to put out continual thoughts to attract it into one’s life. Although there is some truth to the fact that we tend to become what we think (the apostle Paul taught us that), the new-age representation of “individual as God” is a dangerous contention. In this companion book to the current media storm, Ed Gungor seeks to establish a more complete and accurate representation of the power of the mind by explaining the obvious role that the Almighty God plays in our lives with the power of the Gospel. This book is not written to attack recent publications but rather to correct their misguided advice while still speaking to the felt need that is causing millions to explore their pages.
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Living In The Grace Of God
$12.99Add to cartRob Rufus argues that grace is the exra dimension that enables Christians to live like Christ, enabling them to tap into the realm of unlimited supernatural resources and to experience unprecedented potential for growth.
Understanding God’s grace fully enables us to grow and flourish, fulfillin our destiny and becoming fruitful. Rob’s central tenet is that instead of trying to live up to other people’s expectations, it’s a relief to discover that God loves us just the way we are.
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Build Your Walls Guard Your Gates
$17.49Add to cartThe book of Nehemiah is a great story that has much to teach us about courage, leadership, faithfulness to God’s call and more, but can it really speak to us about sexual purity? Absolutely! Nehemiah provides a vivid word picture of God’s plan for purity in our lives. To unlock the metaphor, you only need a few simple keys: * Nehemiah represents Christ and the Word of God. * The temple represents your heart. * Jerusalem represents your mind. * The walls around Jerusalem represent your relationship with Christ. * The gates represent your eyes, ears and mouth, where information and images enter or exit your mind. By building your spiritual walls and guarding your eye, ear and mouth gates, you can overcome bondage to pornography and sexual sin.
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Fleeing God : Fear Call And The Book Of Jonah
$13.95Add to cartWhat does a big fish story like the Book of Jonah have to tell us about our relationship with God? Surprisingly, a great deal. In the story of the reluctant prophet we are invited to explore the times when we, like Jonah, have been less than enthusiastic about God’s call. The humor of the original story serves, as it does in Jesus’ parables, to draw in listeners and reveal our own flaws.
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Until Christ Returns
$18.99Add to cartDavid Jeremiah says this is no time for his Church to panic, to become distracted, to be confused by prophetic rabbit trails, or to miss priceless opportunities. In fact, these may be the best days to proclaim Christ since the first century. Previously titled Until I Come, this book helps readers listen for, and hear, the master’s voice even in the midst of chaos.
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Disciple Making Church (Expanded)
$16.99Add to cartNewly updated and revised for 2007 with new Foreword by E. Stanley Ott, President of Vital Churches Institute. New cover design, resource list and index.
Christianity Today says “The Disciple Making Church is a call to evalutate the way we live and minister.”
The Christian Century magazine calls The Disciple Making Church “An excellent resource for pastors and congregations seeking to reclaim formation and discipleship as central to their life and purpose.”
This modern day classic helps congregations to transform program-oriented churches into disciple making churches.
The story of the transformation of a large suburban congregation from one relying on the latest and greatest new programming to a ministry dedicated to making disciples of Jesus.
Glenn McDonald was the busy pastor of a large and growing congregation in the suburbs of Indianapolis when, late one night, a single question launched a journey that changed every facet of life at Zionsville Presbyterian Church. As a lengthy board meeting was about to wrap up, a board member asked, “How long would it take for someone who visits our church to learn about his or her need for Jesus and to find out what to do about it?”
After a long and hollow silence, a profound transformation began. All “canned programs” for ministry???along with a focus on the “ABCs” of attendance, building and cash???went by the boards as everything about the church was examined in the light of Christ’s charge to “go forth and make disciples.”
The Disciple Making Church divides the transformation in two parts: Six Discipling Relationships and The Six Marks of a Disciple. McDonald weaves vivid scriptural insights and the wisdom of scholars with the experiences of his own congregation and others, and distills it all into one helpful, valuable, enjoyable book. His enthusiasm for the “exhilarating freedom” of the disciple’s life is infectious.
If you’ve ever wondered if the “busy-ness” of many of today’s churches isn’t what Christ was talking about, this book will have a lasting impact on you and your walk with the Lord.
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Fragile Stone : The Emotional Life Of Simon Peter
$20.99Add to cartA Fragile Stone explores the dynamic life of the apostle Peter, revisiting well-known passages and revealing unexpected insights. Author Michael Card sketches out Peter’s life, showing how the impetuous fisherman of the Gospels was transformed into the pivotal leader of the early church. “The ultimate reason for getting to know Peter,” Card explains, “is so together we might better know Jesus. For the story of Peter is the story of Jesus. Perhaps, if you and I do our best, the same will be said of us someday.”
Peter’s life serves as a model for Christian discipleship, offering hope that we likewise can be changed as Jesus calls us to follow him. -
Becoming A Person Of Prayer
$23.99Add to cartHow is your prayer life? Or how do you want your prayer life to be? Does praying satisfy your heart’s desire to connect with God? Does God hear your prayers, or do they bounce off the ceiling? Do you want to make God happy? Chris Craig believes every Christian can learn to pray effectively. In this book, he offers practical biblical answers to show how you can pray powerfully and well for yourself and for others. Prayer shaped the life and work of Jesus Christ, and prayer is vital to developing and maintaining an intimate relationship with Him. Join Chris as he leads you to become a person of prayer. Becoming a Person of Prayer is an excellent, well-organized guide to prayer for personal spiritual growth or for group study.
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Becoming A Person Of Prayer
$15.49Add to cartHow is your prayer life? Or how do you want your prayer life to be? Does praying satisfy your heart’s desire to connect with God? Does God hear your prayers, or do they bounce off the ceiling? Do you want to make God happy? Chris Craig believes every Christian can learn to pray effectively. In this book, he offers practical biblical answers to show how you can pray powerfully and well for yourself and for others. Prayer shaped the life and work of Jesus Christ, and prayer is vital to developing and maintaining an intimate relationship with Him. Join Chris as he leads you to become a person of prayer. Becoming a Person of Prayer is an excellent, well-organized guide to prayer for personal spiritual growth or for group study.
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Prayer Of Our Lord
$16.99Add to cartThe Lord’s Prayer, the greatest prayer in the Bible, comes from the heart of the Savior, the Son of God, to his Heavenly Father. It is proclaimed at celebrations, cried in times of war, whispered in the face of death. In a society where people are bombarded by worry and concern, violence and evil, it is so important to meet with the Heavenly Father in the intimate solitude of prayer.
Pastor Philip Ryken urges readers to recognize the power that the Lord’s Prayer holds. This model reminds us that God is our protector and provider. It expresses our every need and gratitude to the one who graciously provides. By intently studying and applying this passage, Christians will recognize that this pattern of prayer holds the promise of a changed life.
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Prepared To Be Gods Vessel
$14.99Add to cartHenry Blackaby and his daughter Carrie Blackaby Webb show through the life of Mary how God can use any woman-regardless of stature or abilities-if her heart is fully committed to Him. Mary’s example of faithfulness and commitment will encourage and strengthen Christian women, knowing that God is continuing to look for a pure heart that He can use today.
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Table Before Me
$18.99Add to cartA TABLE BEFORE ME: THE MEDITATING CHRISTIAN reveals God as the Living God who has spoken to His people definitively through Jesus Christ and who continues to speak daily through His Word. God prepares a table before us each day, where He sits with us and feeds us His Word. The secret of meditation is that we do not have to force our entry into God’s Word. God delights to speak to all who will listen. He only requires that we listen, by opening ourselves to Him as He speaks, by focusing on the words that we read, and by allowing His Spirit to plant those words in our innermost being, just as a farmer plants seeds in the springtime. The result will be a transformed prayer life, deeper communion with God and a new joy in participating in God’s redeeming work throughout the world. The Korean edition of this book is a best seller in Korea, and translation has begun on the Chinese edition.
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So You Want To Be Like Christ
$18.99Add to cartInspired by the acts of sacrifice and discipline exemplified by the D-Day generation as well as the current generation of young American soldiers, many Christians today are looking for an obedient, disciplined approach to faith. This user-friendly study guides readers toward a greater understanding of eight spiritual disciplines of the Christian faith-prayer, humility, self-control, sacrifice, submission, solitude, silence, and hope. Each chapter defines and discusses the concept, then provides interactive assignments and suggestions for further study, as well as content summaries and outlines that aid in retention. Activities can be revisited again and again for a new outlook or just for a periodic refresher. Perfect for individual or group or family study, So, You Want to be Like Christ? is just right for anyone desiring to delve deeper into the fundamental elements of Christian life, and essential for all who hunger for authentic faith experiences. It is destined to be a classic text on the practice of Christianity.
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When God Doesnt Answer Your Prayer (Revised)
$18.99Add to cartWhen disaster strikes, when grief shatters us-what are we to make of prayer? Many of us have experienced some amazing answers, but what about when God seems to turn a deaf ear? Drawing from his own crushing experience, Jerry Sittser affirms the greatness of God’s love in the face of unanswered prayer.
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How To Set Your Heart On Fire
$24.99Add to cartThe heart’s four chambers can be said to mirror four aspects of God’s glory – and how our spiritual hearts should beat in time with Him.
Discovering how to set our hearts on fire takes us from the disciples on the Emmaus road to God’s return. With solid biblical teaching and practical examples, Jeremy guides us to an understanding of how God would have us live: ‘Our hearts are the control systems of our spiritual lives – getting them to beat in time with God will transform our attitudes.’
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Hidden Face Of God
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Most of us, at some point, experience the sense of God’s absence. Michael Card says that rather than letting the distance widen, this is exactly the time for a deeper pursuit of God. The method he proposes is recovery of the profound, biblical practice of lament.
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Epic : The Story God Is Telling
$6.99Add to cartIn Epic, a retelling of the gospel in four acts, John Eldredge invites us to revisit the drama of life, viewing God not only as the author but also as the lead actor, exploring His motives and His heart. Eldredge examines the power of story, the universal longing for a “plot” that makes sense deep inside us, our desire for a meaningful role to play, our love of books and movies, and how all of this points us to the gospel itself.
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Kindred Souls : Connecting Through Spiritual Friendship
$13.99Add to cartWhat is a “spiritual friendship”? How does a spiritual friendship differ from other kinds of friendship? In this book, Stephanie Ford reveals what it truly means to be a spiritual companion. She begins by reexamining the monastic roots of spiritual friendship through our shared tradition with the Roman Catholic Church and presents the unlikely friendship of Ruth and Naomi as a template for spiritual friendship. She gives practical insights on how to deal with real issues concerning spiritual friendships, from overcoming the risk and fear of sharing to learning how to become a faithful listener. Whether you are a novice at such friendships or have enjoyed their benefits for many years, this book will offer new insights that will enable and empower you to build and nurture partnerships that will continue to bear fruit throughout your lifetime.
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Between Religious Rocks And Lifes Hard Places
$18.99Add to cartThis easy-to-use resource offers 101 meaty responses to tough questions you’ll field from family, friends, and co-workers. Or even yourself. Greg Albrecht doesn’t know it all or pretend to, but he never backs away from heartfelt dialogue on subjects as diverse as cremation, homosexuality, church-hopping, mental illness, and cohabitation. Beyond a firm defense of the faith, he presents answers to issues small and large, to dilemmas that have bedeviled believers for generations. At the heart, these 101 questions and answers provide fodder for thoughtful inquiry, and scriptural enlightenment minus mangled proof texts. Best of all, Albrecht doesn’t condescend, doesn’t assume, but just responds to authentic concerns with timely answers.
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Cross Purposes : Discovering The Great Love Of God For You
$15.99Add to cartA New View of the Old Rugged Cross
Let Cross Purposes spark a fresh revival of love in your heart for the One who cherished you enough to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Each of the 48 short devotional readings will help you approach the crucifixion of Jesus Christ from a different perspective. Together they’ll take you on a moving journey to the very core of your faith…to explore the truths that matter most in our lives:
*At the cross you’ll find a clearer focus of God’s purpose for your time on earth.*At the cross you’ll find Him opening your heart and mind to more fully receive His intimate love.
*At the cross you’ll find Him sharing with you His victory over all evil and connecting you to His eternal plan for all humanity.
So let these pages bring you before the cross to explore its depths from the Lord’s perspective-so you’ll never forget all He’s done.
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Search For What Makes Sense
$18.99Add to cartFinding faith is not a leap in the dark that requires you to forsake truth and intellectual honesty. In two companion volumes, Brian McLaren affirms the needs of both your mind and your heart as he helps you to find a faith that is real, honest, good, enriching, transforming, and yours.
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Desert Mothers : Spiritual Practices From The Women Of The Wilderness
$16.95Add to cartResponds to interest in women’s spirituality and writings of early church
Offers new take on ancient spiritual practices
Based on solid research, yet accessible to lay readersExplores the thinking and spiritual approaches of the Desert Mothers as well as spiritual practices based on their writings.
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Pursuit Of God (Large Type)
$12.99Add to cart“Lord, I must speak of Thee,” wrote Tozer, “lest by my silence I offend against the generation of Thy children.” Written during a train trip from Chicago to McAllen, Texas, The Pursuit of God has become a classic best-seller. Recipient of both the ECPA Gold and Platinum Book Awards.
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Freedom To Forget
$16.99Add to cartMost of us don’t need as much help remembering as we do forgetting!
So many are locked in a swirling pattern of pain, failure, and anger that
thwarts their future progress by reminding them of all that has transpired in
life. Sound like you? You don’t have to remain a hostage to the past
anymore!
Pastor Dan Willis utilizes humor and biblical truth to help you:
* Learn the difference between forgiving and forgetting
* Overcome the pain you don’t understand
* Deal with family dysfunction
* Find hope in adversity
* Release the pain that holds you back
* Revive and protect your soul as you go forward.
No matter what you face or what you’ve been through, you can find the
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Geography Of God
$19.00Add to cartDescribes the life of a Christian as a journey with three parts: “Leaving for Home,” “The Way,” and “Life on the Road.” This wonderfully written book provides readers with some hints about what they may experience during their individual journeys. This book is ideal as devotional reading for all Christians, and it provides helpful explanations of many of Christianity’s foundational beliefs for those new to the Christian faith. Educators and pastors will also welcome the book as a help for sermon illustrations and adult and young adult study classes.
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Lead : Guide A Small Group To Experience Christ
$9.95Add to cartSmall groups are leader breeders. Jesus formed his twelve disciples in a small group atmosphere. The best way to become a disciple of Jesus Christ, in fact, is to disciple others. Lead! explains how to facilitate a small group and to grow in the process. This book highlights key small group dynamics that will give the leader confidence in facilitating others. People are longing for community and this book reveals how to find it in the small group atmosphere. Lead! shows a potential leader how to develop new leaders to continue the process of discipleship. It’s excellent to use both in a Sunday School setting or one-on-one. This book forms part of a five-part series to help a person become a fully-devoted follower of Jesus Christ.
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Share : Make Christ Real To Others
$9.95Add to cartJesus Christ wants every Christian to grow in a deeper relationship with Himself. Yet so many people stagnate in the Christian life. Grow! explains how to have a daily quiet time in order to know Christ intimately and grow to maturity. This book offers plenty of practical help for turning the “chore” of devotions into a life-changing, joy-producing habit. Grow! outlines clearly how to seek God in the quiet time and explains the amazing benefits of experiencing God on a daily basis. With this helpful and enthusiastic book, a person can have a quiet time that is much more than opening a Bible and saying prayers. It will be a time of experiencing the living God-a time of communion with the King. This book can be used both in a Sunday School classroom and/or one-on-one.
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Grow : Deepen Your Relationship With Christ
$9.95Add to cartJesus Christ wants every Christian to grow in a deeper relationship with Himself. Yet so many people stagnate in the Christian life. Grow! explains how to have a daily quiet time in order to know Christ intimately and grow to maturity. This book offers plenty of practical help for turning the “chore” of devotions into a life-changing, joy-producing habit. Grow! outlines clearly how to seek God in the quiet time and explains the amazing benefits of experiencing God on a daily basis. With this helpful and enthusiastic book, a person can have a quiet time that is much more than opening a Bible and saying prayers. It will be a time of experiencing the living God-a time of communion with the King. This book can be used both in a Sunday School classroom and/or one-on-one.
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Encounter : Receive Christs Freedom
$9.95Add to cartJesus said “you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:32). More and more need this freedom. People are increasingly bound by bitterness, chemical addictions, and other strongholds. Encounter! Receive Christ’s Freedom reveals how to be set free through Jesus Christ. This book begins by teaching how forgiveness is the only way to overcome hurt and resentment. It then instructs on how both forgive and receive forgiveness. Encounter! then guides the believer to receive inner healing, freedom from occult bondage, curses, and other debilitating strongholds. This book not only helps to remove sin hindrances, but it also shows the believer how to receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit and then to walk in the Spirit. This is a perfect book to give to a believer who needs Christian victory. This book can be used both in a group setting (e.g., Sunday school) and/or one-on-one.
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Live : Experience Christs Life
$9.95Add to cartJesus Christ offers abundant life for everyone who asks. But how does a person receive Christ’s life? This book clearly explains how. The first chapter, Finding God, explains how to have a personal relationship with Jesus. The subsequent chapters equip the believer to live a fruitful Christian life. The book teaches on prayer, Bible study, Christian fellowship, receiving a new identify, obeying Christ’s commands, and administrating God’s resources. Live! Experience Christ’s Life is an excellent resource to give to a pre-Christian seeker. A person can both find Christ and grow in Him by studying this book. It’s a great resource to use one-on-one or in a Sunday school classroom. This book is the first in a five-part series that makes fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.
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40 Days To A Closer Walk With God
$14.99Add to cartAre you trying to do it all yourself? Muyskens reminds us that what God seeks is relationship with us, a two-way communication. What relationship with God requires is very similar to what our earthly relationships require: openness, listening, focused time. One way to practice the skills needed for this relationship is centering prayer, a simple but deeply powerful prayer practice. In beautiful and accessible language, Muyskens invites us to spend time daily focusing our hearts on God, to find the power to be still and be reoriented to “the One who is the Center of all.”
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Give It Back
$14.99Add to cartIt is time to understand spiritual warfare…from God’s vantage point. Many believers have become insensitive, numb, and virtually powerless to deal with the occult in the world today. But this is not going to stop demon-busting pastor Kim Daniels. In her loving yet confrontational style, she exposes the enemy’s infiltration and strategies to keep us spiritually “dumbeddown.” This primer on spiritual warfare is written with a military flare. Using her military training, she delivers a message that teaches believers to confront the devil and his demons in a great spiritual battle–and come out victorious in God.
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Power And Passion
$18.99Add to cartSamuel Wells vividly paints the stories surrounding Jesus’ cross and resurrection. We see the weakness of Pontius Pilate and Barabbas, and the compromised character of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus. We discover the subtle power of Pilate’s wife. And in Peter and Mary Magdalene we find the true power of resurrection, bringing forgiveness and ending the stranglehold of death, thus transforming all human passion. Through close readings of the gospel texts, Wells demonstrates the significance of these characters for faith and life today.
In this book, structured with one chapter for each week of Lent, Wells guides us from the deathly power that put Jesus on the cross to the new power brought by Jesus’ resurrection. The book offers opportunities at the end of each chapter for prayer and discussion. The Archbishop of Canterbury has selected Power and Passion as his Lent book for 2007.
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Complete Book Of Discipleship
$16.99Add to cartThe first book in The Navigator Reference Library, The Complete Book of Discipleship is the definitive A to Z resource on discipleship and disciple making for every Christian. Drawing from the best in discipleship literature as well as from his own extensive disciple making experience with The Navigators, Bill Hull pulls together all relevant topics in one comprehensive volume. Well-organized and fully indexed, you’ll find included such topics as spiritual growth, transformation, spiritual disciplines, and discipleship in the local church. Given that The Navigators have more than 70 years of practical discipleship ministry experience world-wide, you’ll find The Complete Book of Discipleship a trusted resource.
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Healing The Heart
$16.99Add to cartFor anyone who has ever been betrayed; for anyone who has ever felt lost, abused, or abandoned; for anyone who has ever suffered a broken heart- THERE IS HEALING! In this inspiring and life-changing book, Joan Hunter shares her challenging testimony of how she overcame rejection and the worst betrayal imaginable. No matter what your circumstances, God wants to minister to you through Joan’s insights and practical advice. On the cross, Jesus paid for more than your physical healing. He has also made provision for Healing the Heart.
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Travesia Del Corazon Salvaje – (Spanish)
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En La travesia del corazon salvaje, John Eldredge, autor de exitos de libreria, ensena a los hombres que Dios quiere completar su crecimiento a traves de seis etapas de masculinidad y equipar a los padres para que puedan ensenar esto mismo a sus hijos varones. -
Mensaje Secreto De Jesus – (Spanish)
$14.99Add to cartBrian Aclaren, uno de los “25 Evangelicos mas influyentes en los Estados Unidos” de la Revista TIME”, regresa y esta vez para llevar a los lectores en una travesia que sera turbulenta y estremecedora, como tambien emocionante y transformadora. Sin temor a la controversia o a los tabues de la vida, la busqueda de McLaren es hallar la esencia del mensaje de Jesus, aunque esto signifique un vuelco a nuestras ideas convencionales, prioridades y practicas. “A traves de los anos, frecuentemente he tenido un sentimiento de incomodidad” escribe McLaren, “Que el retrato de Jesus encontrado en el Nuevo Testamento no se ajusta con las imagenes de Jesus en la iglesia”. De este sentimiento de incomodidad nacio este libro, prometiendo ser el mas revolucionario que haya escrito McLaren hasta la fecha. En el nos escribe: “Quisiera compartir mi busqueda con usted, e invitarle a que usted sea parte de ella. No quiero danar el final, pero esto le dire: cuanto mas avanzo en esta busqueda del mensaje de Jesus, mas me inspiro, soy conmovido, desafiado, sacudido y motivado.”
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Way Of The Wild Heart Manual (Workbook)
$19.99Add to cartBased on John’s new trade book, The Way of the Wild Heart Workbook sheds light on the initiation into manhood, reaching out to men who lacked the spiritual role models to help lead them through this rite of passage. It will reach out to “unfinished men” and help them identify their weaknesses, baggage, and uncertainties that hinder them in becoming the individuals and the mentors that they strive to be. Eldredge identifies six stages that all men go through: the beloved son, the cowboy ranger, the warrior, the lover, the king, and the sage. In this workbook, Eldredge presents a working, walking model that men can apply to their daily lives.
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Handfuls Of Purpose
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Many have been blessed by the letters of Ruth Bryan, for she continually pointed people back to Christ. Here in her diary, one sees that same dedication as she continually points her own heart back to Jesus. Scattered throughout her entries, she likens herself to her biblical namesake, Ruth the Moabitess. Ruth Bryan reckons herself a meager gleaner in the fields of the gracious, loving, and greater Boaz, Jesus Christ. Observing the inner life of Ruth Bryan is a reminder to all believers of the boundless mercies of Christ, for what are we that such “handfuls of purpose” should be dropped for us? -
Becoming : Meditations For The Ministry Minded
$15.99Add to cartMae Williams shares her insights into thoughts that must be deeply owned by aspiring, new, and experienced ministers. Known as a teaching minister, Williams urges ministers to stay intimately connected to God even during their busiest and most trying times. Beginning with short narratives and poetry expressing questions of the heart, the book presents aspects of our lives as Christians, interspersed with prayers for greater realization of God’s care for His ministers. Through personal stories and those of biblical characters, Williams illustrates such themes as self-talk, spiritual comfort zones, preparation for launch, and mind pain.
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Stones Of Remembrance
$14.99Add to cartWhen times get difficult – and they will – we all have a choice. We can either dwell on the crashing waves or turn our focus to the solid rock on which we stand. In this bedrock book of faith and assurance. Lois Evans draws the reader’s attention to those points in life when God has shown His enduring faithfulness, creating “memory stones” that will serve as a lifelong anchor of hope amid the rushing floodwaters of life.
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Divine Defense : 6 Simple Strategies For Winning Your Greatest Battles
$14.99Add to cartMany Christians are unaware of the meticulous plan Satan, the prince of darkness, has crafted for their destruction. As a result, they become “spiritual road kill.”
They assume that the conflicts they experience with others, the temptation that regularly assualts them, the depression and illness that pull them down, and the private doubts they harbor about God are all a natural part of life.
In this book, Robert Jeffress lifts the curtain of everyday existence to reveal the invisible but very real war Satan wages against followers of Christ. and he equips readers with six practical strategies for defeating Satan’s vicious and destructive plan – and living victoriously in the unshakable power of God. -
Become What You Are
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If you were sitting today on a hillside listening to Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, how ought you respond? Become What You Are is the insider’s guide to Jesus’ agenda-the goal of spiritual formation. This goal is a transformed heart, a change at the inner center of our being, that leads to a life that pleases God. Or, as a shorthand, it means becoming like Christ. This unique approach to the most famous sermon juxtaposes analysis with practice sections throughout. In the analysis sections, the essential meaning of the text-what Jesus and Matthew were driving at-is explained for each section of the sermon. A practice section follows, calling you to engage Jesus’ meaning for yourself. By understanding what the Sermon meant in its context and how you can take it seriously in this modern world, as a follower of Jesus, you will be able to become what you are.
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Justification In Perspective
$30.00Add to cartContents
Part 1 The Protestant Doctrine Of Justification The Heart Of Protestant Preaching
Part 2 The Protestant Doctrine Of Justification Its Antecedents And Historical Development
Part 3 The Protestant Doctrine Of Justification Continuities And Discontinuities In Current Challenges To The Traditional ViewAdditional Info
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Living The Heart Of Christianity
$16.99Add to cartMarcus Borg’s The Heart of Christianity struck a chord for countless Christians across this country. Church groups and small groups have been reading this influential book, hoping to put into practice Borg’s helpful suggestions for how we can be passionate believers today. For the millions of people who have turned away from many traditional beliefs about God, Jesus, and the Bible, but still long for a relevant, nourishing faith, The Heart of Christianity presents a new outlook on Christianity that is both refreshing and compelling. This companion to The Heart of Christianity is an invaluable resource that provides the tools to talk about Borg’s new vision for a life of Christian faith and how it can change our spiritual lives and Christian communities today. For groups as well as individuals hoping to go deeper in The Heart of Christianity, this guide includes personal reflection questions, discussion topics, exercises, and selections from the bestselling book. Organized into twelve chapters, or sessions, Living the Heart of Christianity includes both an individual or participant’s guide as well as a guide for group leaders, allowing the reader to engage with the issues that lie at the heart of Christianity today.
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Divine Nobodies : Shedding Religion To Find God And The Unlikely People Who
$18.99Add to cartDon Miller meets Anne Lamott meets Brian McLaren in this tale of how God is most deeply connected to the world in the most unexpected was through the least likely people. Jim Palmer, founder of a small, innovative emerging church, shares his compelling journey to authentic faith as it is intersected by the oddest of characters. Each chapter gives the reader permission and freedom to let go of “Christianity” as religion in order to embrace Christ.
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What Are Spiritual Gifts
$22.99Add to cartIn this groundbreaking work, New Testament scholar Kenneth Berding suggests that we have misunderstood spiritual gifts themselves and how they function, and thus have embarked on a misplaced search to find individualized spiritual gifts. Berding reconsiders at a fundamental level what spiritual gifts are and argues that the Holy Spirit does not give personalized abilities or enablements, but rather ministries to be undertaken.
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Battle For The Mind
$15.99Add to cartThe mind is the final frontier. While men leap for the opportunity to conquer the challenges presented to us in outer space there are few that have accepted the challenge to conquer our inner space. The Battle for the Mind is the answer to that call. Noel Jones has created a battle strategy that will help the reader to launch his own campaign for conquering the mind and overcoming negativity, guilt, and powerless thinking. Jones presents a blueprint that will eliminate the possibility of stepping on mind fields that destroy creative thinking.
The Battle for the Mind will lead you to discover your future by helping you to creatively explore and express your inward thoughts. Jones offers spiritual solutions that will unlock the door to inner personal change and a renewing of the mind.
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1 Conversation At A Time
$14.99Add to cartJesus was a conversationalist, and that’s how He taught. Through intimate exchanges with His disciples, He opened their eyes to the marvels of the Kingdom. And at the proper time, He commissioned them to go and make disciples of all nations, teaching each one all they had learned.
Christ calls believers to do the same today. He asks them to make disciples as He did-one conversation, one relationship at a time. But sometimes we spend more time keeping track of how many people we’ve told about Christ than we do getting to know them.
Making disciples is more than witnessing to nonbelievers and tallying numbers. Making disciples is really about building authentic relationships with those closest to us and helping them follow Jesus through heart-to-heart talks and committed friendships.
This book challenges you to reexamine your idea of evangelism and discipleship and reconsider what you say in hour daily conversations. Author D. Michael Henderson will show you how to turn your everyday interactions into open doors through which you can tell others about God and His love for them.
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I Will To You
$14.00Add to cartAlmost everyone has a Last Will and Testament that tells their family and friends what is to become of their property, but few people have thought about the spiritual gifts and memories they’d like to leave their loved ones.
Well-known and beloved author Herbert Brokering here shares the spiritual gifts and intimate memories that he’d like to leave to his family and his readers. As he ponders the grace he has received from the people, places, and events of his life he inspires our own reflection on what we wish to leave to our loved ones. Each chapter includes a Bible passage and key questions for reflection.
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Journey On The Kingdom Road
$16.49Add to cartThe kingdom of God is at hand. It is not just a future hope but an achievable reality through the work of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus tells us how that is possible in the greatest sermon ever preached, the Sermon on the Mount. In that sermon we learn kingdom living is not so much a lifestyle but a journey of the heart. Journey on the Kingdom Road describes that journey for which righteousness, peace, joy, and power lurk on every step.
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Fruitful Life
$17.99Add to cartAs we desire to be more like Jesus, we want to live loving, joyful lives. Yet loving our enemies seems impossible. Even being patient with our family is often difficult. How can we put on the gentle garments of grace when we’re so busy battling our old behavior patterns?
Navigator author Jerry Bridges explains how to practice the “fruit of the Spirit” (Gal. 5:22-23):
* love
* joy
* peace
* patience
* kindness
* goodness
* faithfulness
* gentleness
* self-controlLearn how the Holy Spirit can help in your spiritual formation as you become a serious follower of Christ.
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Pilgrim Heart : The Way Of Jesus In Everyday Life
$16.99Add to cartOriginally, the faith of Jesus was considered a distinctive way of life rather than a sophisticated theological system. Pilgrim Heart re-imagines discipleship as – first and foremost – a particular way of life guided by a set of simple, but powerful, daily practices known to the earliest disciples and the saints through the ages. These include:
Friendship
Sabbath Rest
Hospitality
Confession
Forgiveness
Listening
Discernment
Singing
Creating
Telling Stories
How would this approach to the religion of Jesus change the way we think and live? Pilgrim Heart is an invitation to consider afresh the way of Jesus in light of practices that have proven to transform lives for two thousand years -
Run To The Roar
$14.99Add to cartWhat do you do when facing lions on a spiritual safari? Veteran missionary pilot Joe Hurston uses a lion’s characteristics to teach life-changing spiritual principles while demonstrating the leadership principles of perseverance and confidence in the face of difficulty to fulfill God’s plan for your life.
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Doing Gods Business
$28.99Add to cartChristians have likely been struggling with the place of business in the life of faith ever since Paul’s days as a tentmaker. Just how do the spheres of private devotion and public business intersect in a meaningful way?
This book tells how readers can find lasting and satisfying meaning for marketplace involvement in the light of the Christian faith and tradition. Stevens explores the potential of business as a location for practicing everyday spiritual disciplines and as a source of creativity and deeper relationship with God. -
Prayer Warrior : The Battle Plan To Victory
$14.99Add to cartWe are at war. Our lives are filled with battles; from the battle of the bulge, fighting a disease, wrestling with depression or feeling that you live in a war zone. We live in a sin-filled society and many times Satan somehow finds a way to pull up a chair at your own dinner table. How can we draw nearer to God and draw others to Him? How do we engage in conversation that “speaks truth in love?” Prayer Warrior: The Battle Plan to Victory walks through the Scriptures to change the way we fight. Train for battle by gathering intelligence, identifying and combating the enemy in ways you may never have considered before. Using new “weapons” such as prayer, love, and forgiveness, you will change your focus and become a prayer warrior seeking God’s victory When God wins-we win. Learn how you can experience victory God’s way.
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Gods Pottery : Knowing The Potter And The Clay
$22.99Add to cartPottery and the pottery making process are fascinating. Our Father God was the original potter. His pottery is You! The purpose of this book is twofold. The first is to teach you about pottery through learning the pottery making process step by step. The second is, using pottery analogously, to help us see ourselves as God intended us to be when He created us, illustrating how we can assist Him. You will learn about the “Process for a Purpose”. You will discover why He created you, how He created you, and how you can help Him complete the process so that you become the vessel He wants you to be.
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Gods Pottery : Knowing The Potter And The Clay
$14.99Add to cartPottery and the pottery making process are fascinating. Our Father God was the original potter. His pottery is You! The purpose of this book is twofold. The first is to teach you about pottery through learning the pottery making process step by step. The second is, using pottery analogously, to help us see ourselves as God intended us to be when He created us, illustrating how we can assist Him. You will learn about the “Process for a Purpose”. You will discover why He created you, how He created you, and how you can help Him complete the process so that you become the vessel He wants you to be.
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Conquering The Spirit Of Unworthiness
$12.49Add to cartHave you ever felt worthless or like a failure? Have you been suffering with a lack of confidence in who you are? Do you cheat yourself out of blessings from God because you feel like you don’t deserve them? Are you good at encouraging others, but not yourself? God never intended for His people to go through life feeling worthless. This book deals specifically and strategically with this horrible enemy of our souls. God will restore you to what He has always intended for you to have – meaning and purpose!
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Secretos Del Lugar Secreto – (Spanish)
$15.99Add to cartThe secret place is “the beginning of the morning”, the central stream of the true productivity of God’s kingdom. This book was written to strengthen and inspire our secret relationship with God. Bob Sorge’s prayer is that when you read this book, you will catch a vision of the living relationship God desires to have with you.
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Uprising : A Revolution Of The Soul
$15.99Add to cartWe are all, as Erwin Raphael McManus states, broken pieces of the image of God. And as Christians, too often we talk about God’s ability to change lives without fully understanding how to access that power. The reason is simple: we ourselves have never been radically transformed. McManus explains how many people unknowingly block God from changing us and teaches readers the “texture of the heart” required to unleash God’s transforming power within us. He also demonstrates the passion and purpose that lie ahead when we undertake the journey that leads us to the true source, the very character of God. Fascinating stories from McManus’s personal life and ministry, paired with fresh biblical teaching and profound insights, will astonish and challenge readers to break free from negative habits, destructive emotions, and other strongholds that hinder lasting transformation and to turn toward a life marked by enlightenment, nobility, and virtue.
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Get In The Game
$14.99Add to cartA competitive athlete trains for one thing…the game. Having the skills and knowing how to play aren’t enough – you need to perform when it matters. Yet so many of those same athletes live in a spiritual offseason. They have faith. They know the Word. But they sit back and watch others take the lead. Get in the Game encourages athletes to transfer their drive and determination to the spiritual realm and shows that there is far more than a game on the line.
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Defiant Joy
$18.99Add to cartI dare you to choose joy!
Joy is not:
found in the words of a Hallmark card
fragile like flowers blowing in the wind
achieved with the plasticity of a pasted-on smileJoy is the solid, identifying trademark of a Christian who is desperate for His presence and His power. In this book you will learn how to become a contagious Christian and how to deal with emotions out of control.
This book is about a joy that is defiant…a joy that will literally defy your life’s circumstances! Your emotions define you as a person as well as determine your destiny. It’s time to tell your emotions to “SHUT-UP!” and embrace His joy!
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Furious Pursuit : Why God Will Never Let You Go
$18.99Add to cartToo often Christians measure the health of their relationship with God on the basis of what they’re doing. If they’re practicing spiritual disciplines they like to think God takes notice and draws near. But God is constantly pursuing them no matter what they do, or don’t do.
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Simply Praying : 52 Weeks With God
$16.99Add to cartDoes your prayer time consist mostly of mealtime thanks and bedtime requests? Do you long to pray more earnestly, more frequently, more hungrily?
Patsy Lewis leads you to more fulfilling, faith-filled, daily prayer as she opens her heart to share these life-changing prayer tools.
In this 52-week guide you’ll learn to:
*Stay focused during prayer; turning distractions into prayer requests
*Begin the process of letting go of emotional baggage
*Use scripture to pray intentionally and within the will of God
*Start or enhance a prayer journal that fits your personal needs and style
*De-clutter your home and your heart of personal items and issues that do not glorify GodThis insightful, practical book will improve your prayer life as you take prayer to a deeper level.
You can begin today.
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When Love Bends Down
$11.99Add to cart1. The Bent – Down Theology Of Jesus
2. A Bent – Down Healing Of Jesus
3. Bent Down – To Wash Feet
4. A Bent – Down Breakfast
5. “No One Has Ever Seen God”
6. God’s Word From The Beginning
7. How To Recognize The Antichrist
8. Bent – Down Love In The Church
9. The Bent – Down Life Of FellowshipAdditional Info
Mud pies. Sandy scribbles. Dirty feet.These images tell a story of how Jesus reached down to love us in the muck and mire of our lives and in doing so revealed the true nature of God.
‘When Love Bends Down’ breaks away from overspiritualized Christianity and reaffirms the “nitty-gritty loving one another” lifestyle that Jesus originally called us to – a Christianity that first finds its expression in our love toward others. With precision and craftsmanship, Michael Lodahl takes the threads of Christ’s love found in the writings of John and weaves them together into a beautiful picture of a love that poked below the surface of false piety, that slavishly washes the dirt and dust off road-worn feet, and that gives up everything – even life itself – for others.
This profound portrait of incarnational Christianity shows you a God who willingly opens His hands, stoops down, and reaches people where they are. It will challenge you to bend down and do the same.
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Way That Leads There
$23.99Add to cartSaint Augustine formulated the classic Christian understanding of desire, that “our hearts are restless until they rest in God.” Gilbert Meilaender maintains that this frustrated desire lies at the heart of our existence. In The Way That Leads There he takes Augustine as a “conversation partner” for exploring subjects that human beings have wrestled with for centuries – desire, duty, politics, sex, and grief. Meilaender’s carefully reasoned, insightful work rescues Augustine from many of our misperceptions and interacts meaningfully with both C. S. Lewis and Catholic moral theology, generating insights on difficult topics. The picture of life that emerges in these pages is one of incompleteness, of our inability to perfect and unify our moral lives. Yet this inability is not a cause for despair; it is rather a call to look, with Augustine, to God as the source and object of our greatest desire.
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Overcoming Spiritual Depression
$12.00Add to cart1.From Strength To Complaint
2.How Are We To Judge Complaints?
3.Lonely And Miserable
4.Satan’s Devices
5.Sleep And Nourishment
6.”Arise And Eat”
7.A Desire Fulfilled
8.A Divine Answer
9.From Complaint To DoxologyAdditional Info
Overcoming Spiritual Depression by Arie Elshout looks at the life of Elijah the prophet and explores his time of discouragement and depression. Elshout gleans insights that will help those who have become burnt out by life and ministry, and need rest and nourishmen from the Lord to heal their heavy hearts. -
Fear Of The Lord (Revised)
$18.99Add to cartPositions your heart to receive answers, promises divine protection, provides clarity and direction, produces riches honor and life.
Many christians have never understood the fear of the Lord, which builds passion and intimacy into their relationship with God and makes their lives real and pure.
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Transforming Word : Discovering The Power And Provision Of The Bible
$14.99Add to cartMaybe you read a portion of the Bible every day, or several times a week…but do you know the transforming power of that book you hold in your hands? The Word of God is unlike any other book…it is divinely inspired and therefore an agent by which we can be changed. In his personable style, Tony Evans explains where Scripture came from and why it is so unique. You will never view the Bible the same way again!
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Who Told You That You Were Naked
$15.99Add to cartThe gnawing question, Who Told You That You Were Naked? fell a bit more heavily than the forbidden fruit from that tree of knowledge of good and evil. As Victor Schlatter follows the fallout from that fatal bite, we find two streams of destiny flowing all the way into the 21 st century. The first was the Hebraic bedrock on which the Judeo-Christian standards were once founded; the challenger is the worldview of the ancient Greeks, which has formatted the mindset of the Western world-the very mindset that has become so familiar to the self-centered culture that swirls around us today. No less probing than it was in the Garden that dripped with dew and daisies, Who is it that has been whispering that all may not be well as we stand stripped of our humanistic self-confidence in a society that has long since forgotten how to blush?
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Connecting With God
$14.99Add to cartGod has communicated with his people throughout the ages in many ways. Adam and Eve encountered him directly in the Garden of Eden, Teresa of Avila experienced him through visions, and Francis of Assisi heard his voice in nature. This book gives practical advice for connecting on a deeply personal level with God. It uncovers new places to look for God, while providing reflection questions and activities to reinvigorate communication with God in such traditional areas as prayer and Bible study. Divided into twelve chapters conveniently organized for individual or group study, each section explores a different area in which we can deepen our individual communion with God.
The Renovare Spiritual Formation Guides, created by Richard J. Foster and the team that developed The Renovare Spiritual Formation Bible and the longstanding A Spiritual Formation Workbook, provide tangible lessons that help us become spiritually formed, conformed, and transformed into the image of Jesus Christ. Geared for either individual study or use in small groups, each Renovare Spiritual Formation Guide explores one facet of our life with God, providing readings from Scripture as well as classic and contemporary works of spirituality. The combination of readings, reflection questions, exercises, and activities makes these books invaluable interactive guides that prompt true spiritual growth.
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Learning From Jesus
$14.99Add to cartBecome a Student of the Master
To Christians, Jesus is many things: the Son of God, the pivotal figure in whom we put our trust and who speaks on our behalf, a companion in the life of faith. But Jesus is also an incredible example of how to lead a faithful life. Jesus, as a human, walked on earth and confronted the same struggles that we face. Our primary mission as his followers is to learn from him — to become his apprentices. In this book we seek to further our apprenticeship by studying everything from Jesus’s interactions with those around him to the revolutionary wisdom recorded in the Gospels. Learning from Jesus is conveniently organized for individual or group study, and each section of this guide leads you further down the path to true discipleship.
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Childlike Heart : How To Become Great In Gods Kingdom
$16.99Add to cartTo all of us too-serious, on-the-edge, busy-and-preoccupied adults, Alan Wright offers a reminder of Jesus’ words regarding the heart of the child: “Of such is the kingdom of God.” In this new trade-paper edition of A Chance at Childhood Again, Wright reveals how we can recapture the unbridled freedom we once relished. As he watched his own son discover the world for the first time, he realized that the carefree, wonder-filled attitude of youth is possible in adulthood. As we look back with nostalgia and appreciation at the simple pleasures of our growing-up years, Wright explains, we will rediscover how our days can be characterized by a spirit of adventure and wide-eyed joy in the Lord.
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30 Days To Experiencing Spiritual Breakthroughs
$22.99Add to cartThis thirty-day tool for spiritual growth presents practical articles — written by some of the nation’s best-known Christian authors — that show readers how to experience breakthroughs in their Christian lives, marriages, families, and walks with God. Their contributions, a combination of helpful insights from the Bible and personal experience, will revitalize anyone looking for life-transforming change. The book also serves as a resource guide for Dr. Bruce Wilkinson’s Experiencing Spiritual Breakthroughs, based on the internationally renowned Three Chairs series. Newly revised and updated!
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Lawful Or Legalistic
$14.99Add to cartThe laws of the Old Testament have immense practical value because they are a prophetic roadmap to lead us into deeper experiences of the spiritual fullness found in Christ. The Law is the shadow but the substance is in Christ. This book gives clear understanding as to why we are not obligated to keep the literal content of the Old Testament laws. Proper respect for the Law is maintained as you are instructed how to “serve in newness of the Spirit, and not in oldness of the letter” (Rom. 7:6 NASB). Though the bulk of the book is concerned with how to apply Old Testament commands, it also explains how to understand and obey New Testament commands. Practical instruction is given on how to walk by the Spirit to live by the Sermon on the Mount and the apostles’ teachings given in the Epistles
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My Journey So Far
$24.99Add to cartThe Christian walk is often filled with perserverance, puzzlement, and even persecution. This collection of experiences from 17 leaders will encourage readers along that narrow path. The contributors respond with honesty and vulnerability to questions such as What have you learned? and How is your relationship with God developing? Whether you are just starting out or thinking about finishing well, you will discover a rich source of guidance through this book.
The contributors respond with honesty and vulnerability to questions such as What have you learned? and How is your relationship with God developing? Whether you are just starting out or thinking about finishing well, you will discover a rich source of guidance through this book.
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Made Over : Renewal From The Inside Out
$19.49Add to cartAre you tired of what you see in the mirror each day? Have you spent countless hours and money to improve your outward appearance only to be left still feeling an emptiness inside? You need an extreme makeover! You need to let God make you over from the inside out. Join us as we become vessels of honor, designed and decorated by His loving hands. Your makeover starts on the inside. In this study, we’ll face the facts about our spiritual condition. We’ll deal with the reality of our circumstances and situations, and we’ll allow God to transform our minds and revive our hearts. Sure, the Great Physician will have to do some makeover surgery on our spirit, but we’ll nurse the wounds and overcome the pains. When the healing process is complete, we’ll have an unveiling where we can show off the new creature we’ve become in Christ
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Mind Field Of Success Or Defeat
$15.49Add to cartThis book will challenge and motivate the readers to walk in obedience to God’s Word and to fulfill our purpose and destiny, according to God’s design and not according to the dictates of our minds. It will provide valuable insights on how to achieve the victory that Jesus obtained for us on the cross of Calvary.
