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Quick Start Beginners Guide To The Bible
$21.23Harvest House Print On Demand Title
From the author of the bestselling Complete Book of Bible Trivia (over 700,000 copies sold) comes this instant reference guide to God’s Word. This is the perfect foundational book for anyone who wants to learn about the Bible, its books, and the wonderful treasures within. Not everyone knows what the Bible is, why it was written, how chapter and verse numbers work, and why we even read it today. In this helpful guide, author Stephen J. Lang answers many key questions, includinga What are the books in the Bible named for? Why are there two testaments? Why are there so many versions? What do the chapter and verse numbers mean? Is the Bible the only “holy” book? This is an ideal resource for anyone who has never used the Bible before, as well as for new believers. It will give them a running start on getting to know the God who loves them, and understanding the written Word He has given them.
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Alternative Medicine : The Christian Handbook (Expanded)
$26.99Easy to use, this thoroughly revised and expanded edition of Alternative Medicine keeps pace with the latest findings and developments in alternative medicine. Here is the most comprehensive, current, well-balanced, and trustworthy information available from both a scientific and a biblical perspective.
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Christian Counseling 3rd Edition
$39.99This proven “course” in pastoral counseling has been extensively expanded and revised by the author to include recent developments and research, new resources, and attention to newly urgent needs such as AIDS and eating disorders. Written with clarity and warmth, this volume builds on biblical foundations and reflects the author’s practical experiences.
–This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Charts Of Apologetics And Christian Evidences
$18.99Apologetics-the intellectual defense of the Christian faith-is an important topic at a time when postmodernism, relativism, and religious pluralism are prevalent.
Charts of Apologetics and Christian Evidences deals with every aspect of apologetics, from the reasons for apologetics, to various apologetic methods and their presuppositions, to different apologetic approaches, to specific topics such as the resurrection. The limitations of rational argument and reasoned proof, often overlooked, are also addressed.
Sixty-eight charts fall into six sections: Apologetic Methodologies, Philosophical Apologetics, Theistic Apologetics, Religious Apologetics, Biblical Apologetics, and Scientific Apologetics. The charts cover historical, literary, archaeological, and theological aspects of both the Old and the New Testaments.
A sampling of the charts in this book includes
* What Is Apologetics? * Reasons for and against Apologetics * General Apologetics Systems * Philosophical Inquiry * How Can Truth Be Known? * Seven Major Worldviews * Views of Evil * Theories on the Origin of Religion * Secular Humanism versus Christianity * Old Testament Archaeology * Archaeologists and Historians Confirm Biblical Reliability * Jesus Seminar and the Bible * Intelligent Design Theory * Scientific Evidence for the Age of the Universe
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Eldercare Handbook
$18.99In this compassionate, comprehensive guide, care giving expert Stella Henry combines her professional expertise and personal experience of handling the challenges of long-term care, from the “red flag” signs that a parent needs long-term care to making the tough decisions and following through.
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On Writing Well (Anniversary)
$19.99On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you fundamental priciples as well as the insights of a distinguished writer and teacher. With more than a million copies sole, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valuable resource for writers and would-be writers.
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Faith Has Its Reasons
$50.00Ever since the apostle Paul addressed the Stoic and Epicurean philosophers in Athens, relating the Christian worldview to a non-Christian world has been a challenge. And despite Peter’s charge to be ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you (1 Peter 3:15), most Christian laypeople have left apologetics-the defense of the faith-to the ecclesiastical pros.
Faith Has Its Reasons is a study of four different models of how apologetics should be done, an assessment of their strengths and weaknesses, and a proposal for integrating the best insights of each. Kenneth Boa and Robert Bowman have assembled a wealth of information about what Christians believe and how to present that faith to an unbelieving world. Remarkable both in its depth of content and ease of accessibility, Faith Has Its Reasons gives Christian laypeople the tools to address such critical questions as:
Why is belief in God rational despite the prevalence of evil in the world?
What facts support the church’s testimony that Jesus rose from the dead?
Can we be certain Christianity is true?
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Doing Holy Business
$33.26This resource will appeal to those who subscribe to Vestry Paper as a convenient reference. For those in the church who do not subscribe, or perhaps do not know the publication, this book will be a helpful compilation of expert advice – a gathering in one place of useful “tips” on church management.
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Father Me
$18.73Looking for a father figure? Someone who will embrace and love you unconditionally? Someone who will listen to your stories and coach you through life’s journey? Can’t find him? Search no more. This book will help you to understand that you are not alone. Father Me surveys the actions of fathers and how it impacts their children, focusing on the relationship between children’s anger, or wrath, and their fathers’ actions. The Bible puts it best: “Fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, lest they be discouraged.” Father Me is a comprehensive handbook for individuals, especially parents who are seeking help for their hurting and angry children through a six-step, biblically based counseling strategy. This approach promises to bring inner and complete healing to the broken.
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Pastoral Care To The Aged
$14.95Here, in handy pocket or purse-sized format, is a nuts-and-bolts guide to visiting the elderly in a variety of settings, to offer pastoral care and spiritual comfort. Kirkwood offers readers a thorough overview of the aging process, including the challenges of dementia and a look at the unique emotional and spiritual needs of the elderly. This book offers help to those who want to make visits to the elderly more meaningful.
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Pastoral Care In Hospitals (Reprinted)
$53.26Bringing comfort to the sick or dying is never easy. Drawing from his own experience, Kirkwood shows laypeople and clergy what’s helpful—and what’s not—and provides a “theology of visitation” to guide your time with friends and patients. Includes an all-new section on the best practices for hospital chaplains; and prayers for specific circumstances.
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Princess Cut Diamond
$15.61Do you know that you are a Princess? Yes, YOU! Do you realize that you are responsible for ruling a dynamic, thriving kingdom? Do you understand that as a ruler you have every privilege and power, favor and freedom given to a royal born in nobility? If you are living as a mere peasant, or if the enemy has you fooled into thinking your life will never reach your God-given destiny, then A Princess-Cut Diamond is for you. A Princess-Cut Diamond is a must-have boot-camp training manual for any woman who is living beneath her God-given authority as a daughter of the King. Through hard-hitting, tongue-in-cheek examples, practical illustrations, and colorful parallels, Cami Deni exhorts you to dust off your crown and reclaim your spiritual place in God as His daughter and His Princess!
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Small Group Leaders Handbook
$19.99The Small Group Leaders Handbook provides a solid scriptural foundation upon which to build your small group ministry. By combining biblical teaching with practical guidelines, the Small Group Leaders Handbook provides a balanced and thorough exploration of small group ministry in the twenty-first century.
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Job Descriptions And Duties For Church Members And Workers
$22.48This material was produced around the general theme of outlining the duties and responsibilities of Christian people who live for and serve God. It takes the form of a manual to provide guidance in Christian living and service. The content is divided into two parts: (1) duties of church and Sunday workers, and (2) suggestions for the development of Christian character and conduct. Job descriptions for each church program are supplied.
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Studying Local Churches
$44.99This practical handbook – aimed at final year undergraduates, Masters-level students, student ministers, church leaders and policy makers interested in local faith communities – guides readers through the various tools, methods of analysis and research skills needed for studying local churches. This resource takes full account of the UK context and is an ideal basis for students undertaking research projects and dissertations. After an historical overview, the handbook identifies theoretical foundations for the study of local churches, drawing on the 4 disciplines of theology, anthropology, sociology and organisational studies. Guidance is provided on both quantitative and qualitative research methods. Research processes covered include such issues as selecting a church, gaining access, selecting methods, analysing data, maintaining confidentiality, research reflexivity, and completing the final report. There is also critical review of existing literature, as well as case studies and worked examples, demonstrating how key concepts from the 4 disciplines apply to actual local churches. The handbook contains a wide range of contributors with extensive theoretical and practical experience of studying local churches.
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Handbook To A Grammar For Biblical Hebrew (Revised)
$18.99This handbook is a companion to the widely used and standard text, A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew (revised edition), by C. L. Seow. It has been thoroughly and successfully field-tested in various settings for studying biblical Hebrew.
For each exercise in the Grammar, this volume refreshes the student on lessons already learned, reinforces explanations and terms used in the lesson, explains concepts not yet covered, provides an annotated answer key, offers practical helps and tips, and cites relevant information in the standard dictionaries and reference grammars. The Handbook helps students make the most of the introductory grammar, in the classroom or for self-guided study. The reference to the major research grammars and lexicons will enable the student and instructor to take learning and teaching to a more advanced level in studying and translating Biblical Hebrew.
The authors are doctoral students of C. L. Seow at Princeton Theological Seminary. Jennifer S. Green is an instructor at Columbia Theological Seminary, G. Brooke Lester is an instructor at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, and Joseph F. Scrivner is an instructor at Samford University.
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Lay Eucharistic Ministers Handbook
$23.99This practical volume explores every aspect of serving as a eucharistic minister in the Catholic church. It offers in-depth teaching on the meaning of the Eucharist; personal preparation for the rite of commissioning; an explanation of the practical skills required; pastoral advice on giving communion at home or in hospital as well as help for those unexpected moments when something may go wrong. A warm and encouraging companion for all who serve in this ministry.
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Drama Team Handbook
$35.99If a picture is worth a thousand words, a skit may be wortheven-more–especially when you are trying to make the Gospels come alive for a modern audience! Alison Siewert’s Drama Team Handbook helps you do just that. This resource features 11 attention-grabbing scripts to illustrate passages in Matthew, Luke, and John–including sketches for Christmas and Easter. Perfect for evangelism, urban ministry, youth outreach.
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Elegantly Frugal Costumes
$17.951. Introduction Resources
2. Where Do I Start
3. Period Costumes
4. What Was That Masked Man
5. Underneath It All
6. Helpful Hints And Useful Information
7. The Play’s The Thing
8. Epilogue Behind The ScenesAdditional Info
Do-it-yourself costume maker’s guide by Shirley Dearing. This wonderfully practical book literally shows you how to make costumes for plays, pageants and musicals at the lowest possible expense! Over 150 detailed illustrations work with the easy-to-follow text to walk you through every step of the process. Just about every basic period is covered: Biblical to Medieval, Renaissance, The Fabulous Fifties, 1800s to World War I, the Roaring Twenties and more.Many helpful hints on making or buying realistic period theatrical costumes on a shoestring budget from cast-offs, donations, scraps, and other easily obtained materials.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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New And Enlarged Handbook Of Christian Theology (Expanded)
$47.99An up-to-date and expanded version of a trusted textbook. A revision and enlargement of a popular textbook, The New and Enlarged Handbook of Christian Theology brings information up to date and provides an additional 30-plus articles. The list of contributors to this new edition broadens the inclusiveness of the denominational and ethnic representation of the author pool. This handbook provides thorough introductory articles on important themes in Christianity today. With cross references and select bibliographies, it is an indispensable reference source for students and professors.
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Pocket Handbook Of Christian Apologetics
$14.99Here is a concise, informative guide for anyone looking for answers to questions of faith and reason. Peter Kreeft and Ronald K. Tacelli have condensed their popular Handbook of Christian Apologetics, summarizing the foremost arguments for major Christian teachings and offering compelling responses to the most common arguments put forward against Christianity. In this book you’ll find answers to questions about
faith and reason
the existence of God
creation and evolution
predestination and free will
miracles
the problem of evil
Christ and the resurrection
the reliability of the Bible
life after death
heaven and hell
salvation and other religions
objective truth
The Pocket Handbook of Christian Apologetics is the place to begin for people with questions about Christianity.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Family Finance Handbook
$43.73With insights gained from twenty-five years in business and ministry, the authors impart to the reader biblical principles of stewardship and financial management. Readers learn how to get out of debt and are carefully guided through the investment process in this comprehensive and well-crafted resource.
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Handbook For Spiritual Warfare (Revised)
$39.99Your guide to understanding all dimensions of spiritual warfare!The Handbook for Spiritual Warfare is the most thorough treatment available of biblical and theological foundations and practical concerns for spiritual warfare. Further revised and updated for the 21st century.THE BOOK:Equips leaders and mature believersComprehensive coverage of all 3 dimensions of spiritual conflict: the World, the Flesh, and the DevilEndorsed by Frank Peretti, Dr. C. Peter Wagner, and others
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Help I Teach Childrens Sunday School
$14.411. Today’s Children
2. Characteristics Of Effective Teachers
3. Birth-2 Years Old
4. 3-5 Years Old
5. 6-7 Years Old
6. 8-9 Years Old
7. Pre-teens – 10-12 Years Old
8. Applying Effective Teaching Methods
9. What About Discipline
10. Children With Special NeedsAdditional Info
A teacher in a Sunday school program is a valuable asset in a child’s spiritual formation. Much of what they do lays the foundation for a child’s growth in the Christian faith and life. They are a vital resource to children and their parents. What they do during this crucial Sunday morning time truly matters. Help! I Teach Children’s Sunday School is an aid book for these special teachers of infants through sixth graders. This guidebook to teaching excellence in the Sunday school will be a help to beginning and experienced teachers alike.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Official Handbook For Boys
$35.23A facsimile reprint of the first Boy Scout Handbook as originally published in 1911. This volume standardized American scouting and includes information on the organization of scouting, signs and signaling, camping, scouting games, and a description of several scouting honors.
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Help Im Leading A Childrens Sermon 1
$16.761. Common Lectionary Year A
2. Common Lectionary Year B
3. Common Lectionary Year C
ApendixAdditional Info
Children are an important part of the worshipping community and need to have opportunities that create for them a sense of belonging. Children’s sermons provide this opportunity and should be events of proclamation. Help! I’m Leading a Children’s Sermon, Volume 1 contains a collection of children’s sermons designed to involve children creatively in worship and the proclamation of the Word. The collection contains two sermons for each Sunday with a key emphasis on Scripture, including key verses to be read within the sermon. The sermons invite the children to participate in corporate worship in a meaningful, creative way by asking questions and using hands-on activities to explain themes such as hope, forgiveness, repentance and God’s sovereignty. Help I’m Leading a Children’s Sermon, Volume 1 is an essential book for the collection of any worship leaderAdd to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Holy Spirit In The Third Millennium
$33.73This work deals with issues surrounding the manifestation of the Spirit in prayer from theological and practical points of view. The treatment is orthodox, yet it is charismatic in tone and practical in presentation. It is a culmination of thirty years of study and experience received from conducting seminars spanning denominational lines. It has broad appeal to charismatic, Pentecostal, and parachurch groups, yet it has reached into evangelical, mainline, Catholic Pentecostal, and ecumenical groups because of its reasoned theological and biblical content. This book deals with theological issues and answers questions that some have been afraid to ask. The author presents a thorough analysis of the Spirit’s manifestation with personal examples. The subject of the Holy Spirit is presented in a fresh manner that the modern churchman can receive. For some it may seem too practical, but it has proved itself to be the correct approach, as thousands have received the Holy Spirit and His presence has been manifested in our meetings. People have come to Christ and been healed by this message. Simply put, it works.
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Holy Spirit In The Third Millennium
$21.23This work deals with issues surrounding the manifestation of the Spirit in prayer from theological and practical points of view. The treatment is orthodox, yet it is charismatic in tone and practical in presentation. It is a culmination of thirty years of study and experience received from conducting seminars spanning denominational lines. It has broad appeal to charismatic, Pentecostal, and parachurch groups, yet it has reached into evangelical, mainline, Catholic Pentecostal, and ecumenical groups because of its reasoned theological and biblical content. This book deals with theological issues and answers questions that some have been afraid to ask. The author presents a thorough analysis of the Spirit’s manifestation with personal examples. The subject of the Holy Spirit is presented in a fresh manner that the modern churchman can receive. For some it may seem too practical, but it has proved itself to be the correct approach, as thousands have received the Holy Spirit and His presence has been manifested in our meetings. People have come to Christ and been healed by this message. Simply put, it works.
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Welcome Speeches For Special Days
$10.99This useful resource incorporates recitations, suggested scripture, prayers, poetry, speeches, and responses for celebrating a variety of special days in the African American church. Perfect as a worship planning tool for pastors and worship leaders, Welcome Speeches for Special Days is ideal for celebrating those special Sundays that congregations highlight throughout the year.
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So The Vicars Leaving
$14.00An essential handbook for churchwardens, PCC’s and all with responsibility during this crucial time in the life of a church. This comprehensive guide offers practical advice on preparing for an interregnum, arranging for continuing worship and pastoral care, keeping church administration going, meeting legal responsibilities, finding a new priest and laying a good foundation for future ministry between priest and people.
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Help Our Church Is Growing
$16.76It’s the secret, unspeakable dream shared by every minister. After years of diligent work in an average-sized church, you glance up one Sunday and notice a new family. The next month you notice another. Soon it seems like somebody new arrives almost every week. Suddenly you are the leader of a living, breathing, growing church!
Like any roller coaster ride, this one begins with a long, slow ascent. Attendance climbs. Giving climbs. Expectations climb. Of course a few problems crop up along the way, because, as with every other roller coaster, this one has a long and often scary downside. Even as your church continues to climb in every measurable statistic, you, the spiritual leader, may well find yourself in a virtual free-fall as you struggle over how to manage the impact this change will have on your congregation.
What can you, as a minister in a growing church, do to survive the pitfalls that lie just around the corner? What do you do when the old ways no longer work?
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Public Reading Of Scripture
$20.99The reading of Scripture holds a central place in Christian worship. Every week the Word of God becomes flesh again as the words of the biblical text are read aloud. Those who take on the responsibility of reading Scripture in public do so knowing its importance, but rarely having the change to train in how to do it better. Most readers have never been given the opportunity to consider how each act of public reading of Scripture is an interpretation of the text, nor have they been given the tools for an effective and faithful reading performance. The handbook begins with a brief overview of the meaning and importance of the spoken word in worship. He then goes on to provide practical, detailed instructions on how to understand the text for reading. The book concludes with several appendices, including a pronunciation guide for biblical words and an annotated bibliography that points readers in the direction of further study.
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New Testament Exegesis (Revised)
$32.00A favorite among pastors and seminary students for 20 years, Fee’s trusted handbook offers a clear, step-by-step process for interpreting the Greek text—even if you only know English. Newly revised, his indispensable manual provides seasoned guidance for accurate reading and practical help for sermon preparation. Includes an extensive annotated bibliography explaining the best resources
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It Works For Us
$16.18The reason you have this manual in your hands is that you hope yours can become a growing congregation. The question is “How?”
This study has been prepared by a minister whose church increased its membership from 790 to 1,200 plus and its worship attendance from 340 to 650 in five years.
The study is designed to help you and your church develop a positive, practical, biblical-based answer to the question: “How can it happen to us?”
Chapter titles include:
The approach
Prayer, power, Bible power and Small group dynamics
Christian education
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Penguin Principles : A Survival Manual For Clergy Seeking Maturity In Minis
$16.18Question: Why is a parish pastor like a penguin?
Answer:
Penguins have a way of looking dignified and ridiculous simultaneously.
Penguins are sensitive to heat.
Penguins have treacherous enemies.
Penguins are relatively defenseless.
Penguins have a homing instinct.
No matter what happens to penguins, they keep their heads high. (from the Authors’ Preface)While the surgeon-general has yet to rule publicly on this matter, the evidence suggests that reading this book could be injurious to the professional health and the personality of those pastors who are without fault; who have never had a parishioner or a denominational official or a seminary professor lay a guilt trip on them; and who find it painful to laugh at themselves.
Lyle E. Schaller
Yokefellow Institute
(from the Foreword)I believe this book will be a balm to veterans in the pastoral office and will help new clergy avoid many of the pitfalls that lie hidden in the path …
Paul A. Weber
President, Ohio District, LCMSAdd to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Funeral And Wedding Handbook
$29.93If you’re looking for a planning resource to help you deal with funerals and weddings, this book is worth its weight in gold. Pastors are repeatedly called on to perform these ceremonies in an infinite variety of circumstances, yet there’s no “one-size-fits-all” service, so it’s a constant challenge to come up with meaningful and appropriate material that witnesses to the Lord’s power. In this book an experienced minister shares a wealth of ideas that help you tailor services to individual needs, making these complicated occasions ones of impact and success for your ministry.
The Funeral And Wedding Handbook shows you how to …
* Deal with difficult funerals … suicides, infants, non-Christians, and many more
* Effectively comfort the hurting
* Plan memorable weddings from premarital counseling to the recessional march
* Be prepared for the overlooked details and unexpected events that often arise during funeral and wedding servicesAdd to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Best Wedding Meditations
$16.18This resource book for busy pastors provides homilies for marriage services, as well as two unique orders of service and a service for a fiftieth wedding anniversary.
Ministers from around the United States have contributed to this collection of classics. Each of the homilies is biblically based and can be used as is or adapted to different circumstances.
The contents include:
A Contemporary Wedding Service
Marriage Likened To A Wedding Cake
Leeches Or Lovers
Marriage As A Crisis
We Belong To Each Other
Let God Be The Go-between
A Motto For Marriage
Living In Harmony
The Greatest Of These Is Love
Love, Honor, Forgive
Dearly Beloved and moreAdd to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Word Among Us
$17.50An essential handbook for preachers and a lively, informed devotional companion for those who prepare for worship by reading the Scriptures, this commentary on the Principal Service readings for Year A offers: Variations in interpretation Background history Links between passages Theological significance Language sources Illustrative quotes
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Survey Of The Bible (Reprinted)
$44.00Time-pressed students and pastors will appreciate this well-organized Bible survey, beginning with a basic introduction to the Bible along with helpful study hints. Once you’ve mastered that material, you can plunge directly into a quick-reference outline of biblical history and a Bible survey that’s arranged chronologically (not canonically) for better comprehension. The final section contains memorable chapters and passages.
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Bible Handbook To Revelation
$32.99As the climactic book of the New Testament, Revelation takes its readers through the pangs and throes of the world’s death and then ushers them into the brilliance of the new and eternal state to come. Revelation is one of the Bible’s “bookends,” finishing with a triumphal sweep what Genesis begins. Yet because of its pictoral language and the complexity of its message, Revelation is often overlooked by believers who are convinced it’s too difficult to understand.
In this theological and textual guide to the book of Revelation, leading evangelical educators combine their efforts to examine the issues that most interest and sometimes trouble twenty-first century readers. With verse-by-verse explanations and background analysis, this handbook is a tremendous aid to understanding the scope of Revelation. Topics covered include a comparison of the ways the book of Revelations has been interpreted throughout history, as well as an understanding of the book’s structure. Other articles probe the book’s presentation of the persons of the Trinity, the church, humanity, angels, salvation, and judgment.
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Hospital Visit : A Pastors Guide
$17.99Along with funerals, hospital visitation is one of the most intimidating tasks new clergy face. Afraid of not knowing what to say when faced with situations of serious illness and death, uncertain of how to negotiate the maze of the medical establishment, unsure of themselves in the pastoral role generally, they often don’t know where to turn for help and advice about this central, yet tough, aspect of ministry. This book will help provide guidance.
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Caring For Sexually Abused Children
$22.99Dealing with sexual abuse is painful, especially when it involves a child you care about. When it happens in church families, we all bear the pain and need help in knowing how to respond. Dr. Tim Kearney has seen and felt such pain. In this warm and hopeful book he shows how the healing touch of God can come, frequently through God’s people in the Christian community.
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What Does The Bible Say About
$29.99The ultimate A to Z guide to contemporary topics one would not expect to find in the Bible!
Features:
* Contains articles on almost 500 topics that touch on modern life, identifying Bible verses or passages that have relevant messages for people today
* Catches the reader’s attention with words and phrases, such as “ecology” or “the bottom line,” that are more associated with modern life than a 2,000-year-old book
* Shows how the teachings of the Bible relate to these contemporary terms from “areobics” to “the workplace”
* Entertaining as well as informative: a one-of-a-kind illustrated reference work that all Bible students–whether lay persons or clergy–will enjoy and appreciateAdd to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Every Angel In The Bible
$24.99Every Good and Fallen Angel in the Bible is comprehensive, covering the activity of angels from Genesis to Revelation. Useful, with information selected and written with Bible students, preachers, and teachers in mind. Up-to-date, with current Biblical and historical research. It features cultural insight from the world of the Bible and the manners and customs of its peoples. Illustrations for enhanced understanding, with over 100 drawings, charts, and maps. Easy access to the information you want through comprehensive Expository and Scripture Indexes.
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Charlotte Mason Education
$14.9920 Chapters
Additional Info
The immensely popular ideas of Charlotte Mason have inspired educators for many decades. Her unique methodology as written about in her six-volume series established the necessary protocols for an education above and beyond that which can be found in traditional classroom settings. In A Charlotte Mason Education, Catherine Levison has collected the key points of Charlotte Mason’s methods and presents them in a simple, straightforward way that will allow families to quickly maximize the opportunities of home schooling. With weekly schedules, a challenging and diverse curriculum will be inspire and educate your child. A Charlotte Mason Education is the latest tool for parents seeking the best education for their children.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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1001 Things You Always Wanted To Know About Angels Demons And Afterlife
$33.99Longtime believers, new Christians, and skeptics alike will enjoy this fun, fact-filled book of biblical knowledge from Bible trivia buff and bestselling author, Stephen Lang. In 1,001 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Angels, Demons, and the Afterlife, Lang addresses such subjects as “why angels are depicted with wings,” “where the idea of purgatory originated,” “whether Christians can be demon-possessed,” and “the notion of guardian angels.” Readers will find all this information and more right at their fingertips in this topically organized, intriguing book that will whet their appetite for futher biblical investigation.
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Word In Our Time
$23.99An essential handbook for preachers and a lively, informed devotional companion for those who prepare for worship by reading the Scriptures, this commentary on the Principal Service readings for Year C offers: Variations in interpretation Background history Links between passages Theological significance Language sources Illustrative quotes
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7 Ways Of Teaching The Bible To Adults
$18.99Barbara Bruce helps teachers and learners understand seven different learning styles, or “intelligences,” and how these learning styles can be used to bring the Word of God alive for adult students. Chapters include suggestions of activities to incorporate a specific intelligence into lessons, questions for the teacher on his or her own preference for the particular intelligence, a lesson focusing on the intelligence and a prayer demonstrating the intelligence. In addition, the book contains suggestions for teacher training, bibliographies, a glossary, and a self-discovery sheet.
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Spiritual Care : A Guide For Cargivers (Revised)
$20.99This personal and practical book deals with hard issues and difficult situations that people with serious physical needs confront. Shelly explains how to offer spiritual support to those facing suffering, illness or other crises.
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Mack And Leeanns Guide To Short Term Missions
$25.99How can you and your team prepare for a short-term missions trip? These veteran leaders of trips all over the globe share field-tested advice nobody should go without. You’ll find practical tips, hard-won lessons, and hilarious stories about learning to trust God, your hosts, and yourself; growing a servant spirit; dealing with re-entry; and more.
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Caregivers Survival Guide
$24.99When you are responsible for another person’s physical needs, your own needs can take a back seat. After caring for her spouce for the ten years he suffered from a rare, debilitating disease, Kay Marshall Strom is able to bring a voice of experience and compassion to this important topic.
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You Can Start A Bible Study (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Have you taken a good look at your neighborhood, church, office, or dorm, and wondered whether God wants you there for a specific purpose? Maybe you’ve been involved in Bible studies before. Now it’s your turn to reach out and get a Bible discussion group goint. “But where do I start, and how do I keep it goint?” you ask. Drawing on personal experiences and her own insight, Gladys Hunt shares how you can start and lead an inductive Bible study group. Whether you are a beginner who needs to know the basics or an experienced leader who wants fresh motivation and ideas, you’ll find what you need in this “how-to” book for Bible study leaders.
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Wedding Sermons And Marriage Ceremonies
$16.18Marriage ceremonies don’t have to fall into a routine of just doing and saying the same old things. This creative resource provides pastors with several unique marriage liturgies, including ceremonies for a traditional wedding, a wedding of an older couple, a second marriage with children, a marriage combined with communion, and more. They’re guaranteed to put meaning into one of the most important days of a couple’s life.
This is a wonderful resource for those who want to be sensitive to the needs of couples from all backgrounds.
Tom Barnard, Vice President
Eastern Nazarene College
Quincy, MassachusettsThis collection also contains 14 five-minute wedding homilies which addresses a variety of situations. Blending images from scripture and the practical realities of modern life, these succinct messages reveal the connection between faith in God and the promises of marriage. Included are meditations for a marriage when both parties have been divorced; a widowed, mature couple; a wedding in an outdoor setting; a formal wedding; and the marriage of a couple with a baby…and more!
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Place For God
$23.00These days more and more people are scheduling getaways to retreat centers for their spiritual well-being–over 1.2 million Catholics alone during 1997. Located throughout the United States and Canada, these centers cater to the needs of people seeking quiet time, regardless of religious affiliation. Retreat possibilities range from one day of solitude surrounded by nature, to a few days of quiet time under the guidance of a resident spiritual director, to a week experiencing the rigorous rhythms of community monastery life.
In A PLACE FOR GOD, Timothy Jones shares the wisdom of his pilgrimages to retreat centers as diverse as a mountaintop hermitage overlooking the Pacific and a monastic oasis on Chicago’s South Side. First he explains everything about retreats: what they are, why people go, how to prepare, what to pack, and what to do while there. Then he provides an extensive directory of over 250 retreat centers in all fifty states and Canada, complete with all the information readers need to contact the retreat center that is right for them. A PLACE FOR GOD is the perfect resource for anyone who wants to find spiritual fulfillment or simply a place to get away.
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Loving Enemies
$23.25Randy and Joyce Klassen are deeply concerned about the state of the world in which their children and grandchildren will be living. This book is a manual to help strengthen and expand the reality of justice and peace in our world.
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Cross Cultural Conflict
$22.99With a particular focus on Asian and Hispanic cultures (at home and around the world) and on African culture, Duane Elmer walks readers through various types of conflict and shows how they can be handled effectively and appropriately.
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Prayer Book Rubrics Expanded
$43.93A liturgical manual that discusses each service of the Church according to shape, theology, past practice, and varieties of local expression. The book contains helpful material not only for clergy and worship committees, but also for church musicians.
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Handbook For Engaged Couples (Revised)
$15.99Do You KNOW the One You’ll Marry?
Of course, if you’re engaged, you know the person? But how well do you really know the person? Do you know his or her long-range ambitions? immediate vacation preferences? philosophy of child-rearing? Do you know if he or she wants children at all? If you disagree, how will you resolve your differences? If yours is a remarriage, how will you make a fresh start?
This workbook is for engaged couples who want to prepare seriously for a serious stage of life. Through questions with space for answers, Alice and Robert Fryling encourage open, honest communication in the light of Scripture. In fact, if both you and your fiance(e) have copies of this workbook, each of you can write your answers independently. Then you can compare your responses and talk over differences.
The workbook goes with you into your marriage. The last three chapters will help you during your first months together. You can use them to protect your marriage from unhealthy patterns–and to stay on track with those good intentions from your engagement days!
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Disciplemakers Handbook : Helping Pelple Grow In Christ
$28.99What does a healthy discipling relationship look like? What do you do together? In order to answer these and other questions, Alice Fryling gathered a team of experienced disciplemakers. Together they give us practical help in such ares as: overcoming our fears about discipling others; beginning a discipling relationship; how to be a friend; learning how people change; helping others share their faith. Many chapters include time-tested resources you can use in discipling relationships. A handbook for those who need help and encouragement in reaching out to others.
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Quiet Time : A Practical Guide For Daily Devotions
$10.9930 Pages 5 Points
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QUIET TIMEWe all long for an ever-deepening fellowship with God. But how do we find it? The mystery is not great. Experience shows that those who are close to God have set time aside each day with him.
Over a million Christians have turned again and again to this classic introduction to daily devotions. Here they have found simple, sound, and practical advice on quiet time with their Lord.
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Speaking Of Jesus
$26.99Speaking of Jesus – How to Tell Your Friends the Best News They Will Ever Hear – will open your eyes to how ordinary people in commonplace situations can use everyday language to reveal the simple news about Jesus. A practical and helpful books on how to speak about Jesus so people will listen. If you worry about your unbelieving friends, read this book. It could change your life and theirs.
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Give Me An Answer
$22.99Contents
In 9 Chapters
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IVP Print On Demand TitleTough questions are on the minds of Christians and non-Christians. Does God really send people to hell? Doesn’t science disprove Christianity? Why are there so many hypocrites in the church? Isn’t the Bible of errors?
Cliffe Knechtle handles these and other tough questions everywhere he goes. He has a calling-as an open-air evangelist for Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. In this book Knechtle answers forty of the questions he most often faces. He deals directly with the hurts, doubts, struggles and conflicts of those who are searching. A graduate of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Cliffe Knechtle gives clear, reasoned answers that satisfy both your heart and your mind.
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Making Your Church More Inviting
$38.33If you’ve read the book or viewed the course, now lead your church in study with this workbook approach to Alban’s Inviting Church materials. Its fifteen sessions are designed to help clergy or lay leaders guide committees or study groups through a dynamic exploration of their congregation’s IQ (invitation quotient). Discover how well you invite, welcome, and incorporate new members. As participants uncover the inviting elements of your church, they develop a personal witness style that emerges comfortably from their individual gifts.
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HarperCollins Concise Guide To World Religions
$19.99The definitive dictionary of the world’s religions, compiled by two of the 20th century’s most distinguished religion scholars.
This highly accessible resource distils Mircea Eliade’s lifework of detailing and comparing humanity’s entire religious heritage, providing fascinating insights into the character and worldview of the 33 principal religions. Including Buddhism, Christianity, Jainism, Judaism, Islam, Shinto, Shamanism, Taoism, South American religions, Baltic and Slavic religions, Confucianism, and the religions of Africa and Oceania, The HarperCollins Concise Guide to World Religions covers all kinds of religious figures, histories, sacred texts, mythologies, and mystical techniques.
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Every Man In The Bible
$24.99A comprehensive, fully illustrated exploration of every man mentioned in the Bible. Dr. Larry Richards, award-winning writer and editor, has produced more than 100 books and study Bibles used in churches, schools, and colleges. Dr. Richards resides in Hudson, FL.
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Behavioral Covenants In Congregations (Workbook)
$43.33This down-to-earth workbook gets to the heart of modern congregational life: how to live creatively together despite differences of age, race, culture, opinion, gender, theological or political position. Alban Senior Consultant Gil Rendle explains how to grow by valuing our differences rather than trying to ignore or blend them. He describes a method of establishing behavioral covenants that includes leadership instruction, training tools, resources (visual models, examples of specific covenants), small-group exercises, plans for meetings and retreats.
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Leading Change In The Congregation
$51.66Many books have been written about leadership and change, but until now none has focused on the kind of change that tears at a community’s very fabric. Alban senior consultant Gil Rendle provides a respectful context for understanding change, especially the experiences and resistances that people feel. Rendle pulls together theory, research, and his work with churches facing change to provide leaders with practical diagnostic models and tools. In a time when change is the norm, this book helps to “lead change” in a spiritual and healthy way.
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Worship Across Cultures
$28.99This book is a uniquely valuable resource whether for pastors who regularly lead Christian worship in cultural contexts beyond their own, or for persons visiting worship in another context to attend a marriage or a funeral. By approaching the study of worship through description of actual practices, it will inspire cross-cultural sensitivity, as well as providing food for thought and new ideas for worship.
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Church Communications Handbook
$22.99Print on Demand Title
An experienced speaker and author on communication issues, Wanda Vassallo provides a comprehensive look at structuring all forms of communication in the local church. She stresses the importance of and shows how to develop an overall communications plan. She discusses issues such as how to advertise, how to talk with the media to get out your message, how to communicate effectively with church members, and how best to utilize technology.
This new resource incorporates the developments of recent technology into a practical reference tool for pastors, parachurch ministry heads, church secrectaries, and other church staff members. Helpful forms, checklists for planning and tracking progress, and examples of materials from cutting-edge churches make this an invaluable addition to your library.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Studying Congregations : A New Handbook (Revised)
$31.99224 Pages
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A revised and updated edition of Handbook for Congregational Studies—the leading textbook in the field. Using a comprehensive systems approach, this volume helps you analyze the ministries, stories, and processes at work in congregations. Examine the sociological, anthropological, and demographic aspects of church bodies, and be better equipped for church planning and cultivating leadership skills.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Christian Educators Handbook On Teaching (Reprinted)
$37.0021 Chapters
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Written by Christian education specialists, The Christian Educator’s Handbook on Teaching is a complete resource on Christian teaching for use in the home, church, and school.
Each of the contributors to this volume is deeply concerned that the reader be equipped for the awesome privilege of teaching. A potpourri of principles and practices are outlined, including valuable insights for both the beginning teacher and the veteran.
Foundations are laid, patterns are presented, varieties of teaching are revealed, and crucial roles in Christian teaching are exposed–all with a view to providing the Christian educator with a helpful handbook on teaching. Keep it on your desk–at arm’s length–for ready reference and repeated reading.
Here you will find a gold mine of information on all phases and places of teaching God’s truth. Twenty-one chapters address four general topics:
Foundations for Christian Teaching
Crucial Roles in Christian Teaching
Patterns and Process of Christian Teaching
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Preparation For Discipleship
$14.93Preparation For Discipleship is for those who wish to improve their understanding of the language of faith. In the process it leads the reader to a deeper awareness of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ.
Written in easy-to-understand language, the book will be a useful resource for:
individuals seeking clarity about their life as Christians
new member classes for congregations
pastors in teaching and preachingContents include:
What Disciples Believe: The Basics Of Our Faith How Disciples Live Out Their Faith
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Choir Members Companion
$5.99The Choir Member’sCompanion is designed for use by individual choir members in a local church adult choir. The book is intended for purchase by the choir director to be given to choir members as gifts or as a way for choir members to better understand musical symbols, terminology, and symbols used in choral music. The Choir Member’sCompanion is designed for use by individual choir members in a local church adult choir. The book is intended for purchase by the choir director to be given to choir members as gifts or as a way for choir members to better understand musical symbols, terminology, and symbols used in choral music. CONTENTS: 1. Introduction to Choir Membership 2. Basic Music Reading Skills 3. Musical Road Map 4. Basic Vocal Techniques 5. Sight-reading New Music 6. How to Mark Your Music 7. Preparation for Worship 8. Preparation for Other Performances 9. Glossary of Musical Terms and Symbols
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Standing On The Promises
$25.00God has designed each family to be a culture – with a language, customs, traditions, and countless unspoken assumptions. The culture of the family intimately shapes the children who grow up in it. It is the duty of the father to ensure that the shaping takes place according to biblical wisdom.
Some fathers establish a rebellious culture for their children and bring upon their children the wrath of God, sometimes for generations. Other fathers fail to establish any distinct culture, and outside cultures rush to fill the void.
Through the Messiah, God promised blessings to His people, “their children, and their children’s children forever.” The norm for faithful members of the covenant is that their children will follow them in their faithfulness.
This book is part of Douglas Wilson’s series of books on the family, which has helped many people trying to deal with the everyday messes that come with sinners trying to live under the same roof.
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Relating To People Of Other Religions
$14.99This book is an autobiographical, anecdotal, and practical reflection on the different approaches and attitudes Christians bring to encounters with people of other faiths. Thangaraj favors plurality as a way of understanding and relating to non-Christians.
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More Welcome Speeches
$10.99Some General Words Of Welcome
Welcome Speeches And Responses For Specific Occasions
Children’s Day
Youth Sunday
Mother’s Day
Father’s Day
Graduate Recognition Day
Deacon Ordination
Pastor Anniversary/Appreciation
Choir Day
Missions
For Christian Unity
Welcome Speeches Given By Children
So Glad
A Secret
Too Little
About To Start
Poetry And PrayersAdditional Info
Sample speeches and responses for a variety of special occasions are included in this book, along with appropriate Scripture verses. These samples reflect the ways we honor God in both celebration and meditation. Use them as a handle when you are asked to give a speech or a response. You will find speeches for Pastor Appreciation Day, Church Anniversary, Choir Anniversary or Appreciation Day, Usher Board Day, Women’s Day, Men’s Day, and more. Another section contains poetry and prayers for use in speeches or short devotionals.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Showing How
$52.16Gabriel Moran presents the full story of the act of teaching. This book is a thoroughly original work on the meaning of teaching by one who has been widely credited with reshaping the field of religious education in the United States, and who has had a significant effect also in many other countries.
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Handbell Helper : Guide For Beginning Directors And Choirs
$15.99A how-to book for the church musician desiring further training,”Handbell Helper” offers basic, practical help to church music direcors. -Offers basic information which assumes no prior handbell knowledge -Provides examples for concepts presented -Written in an easy to read and easy to understand style and format -Helps eliminate some of the intimidation of beginning a bell choir -Gives new directors a higher level of confidence in working with a handbell group -Gives music directors something to give to potential handbell choir leaders MARTHA LYNN THOMPSON is Director of Music at St. James United Methodist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. She is one of the preeminent authorities on handbells
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Music Of The Great Composers
$22.99Patrick Kavanaugh shows that great music was written to be enjoyed, not merely admired. In Music of the Great Composers, he displays his gift for making the classics easy to understand and a delight to listen to. This practical book lets you select a listening program that’s based on your needs and interests. Choose from a variety of approaches to pick the one that fits you best. From chorales to concertos to solo repertoire, Music of the Great Composers lets you customize your listening to broaden your understanding and love of music. You’ll find: – Guidance for building a personal listening library – Fascinating insights into instruments, history, composers, compositions, musical terms–even simple music theory for the layperson – A lively guide to hundreds of masterworks–for hours of reading and listening enjoyment. Kavanaugh removes the intimidations from “highbrow” music, taking it out of its ivory tower so everyone can enjoy it. Written in a refreshing, popular style, Music of the Great Composers will bring an exciting new depth to your enjoyment of the classics.
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Compact Guide To World Religions (Reprinted)
$18.82World Religions Overview
Animism
Buddhism
Confucianism
Hinduism
Islam
Judaism And The Jewish People
Marxism
New Age Movement
Secularism
Shinto
Taoism
Is Jesus The Only Way To God?
How Can We Know The Bible Is The Word Of God?Additional Info
A generation ago almost everyone a Christian encountered went to church-or at least knew he or she should. Today, with the world at America’s doorstep, evangelical Christians more than ever need to understand their neighbors and their changing beliefs. The Compact Guide to World Religions is a complete, easy-to-use handbook of the origins, basic beliefs, and evangelistic challenges and opportunities of the world’s major religions in clear, easy-to-use chapters and charts.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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New Complete Server
$17.26This classic guide helps servers to perform with confidence and reverence, allowing the liturgy to unfold in a smooth and prayerful manner. A glossary of words and objects accompanies illustrations of vessels, linens, altar preparation, vestments, posture symbols, and examples of processions. Also contains easy-to-draw symbols that servers can use to make a diagram of their sanctuary’s layout for study and practice.
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Pastors Start Up Manual
$22.99The Pastor’s Start-Up Manual provides a blueprint for seminary students moving into their first pastorate with answers to questions such as: “What’s the first thing I should do when I get to the church”, “What should my first sermon include?”, “Should I unpack or start visiting menbers first?”. For seasoned clergy moving to a new church, The Pastor’s Start-Up Manual shows how to: learn the church’s history determine when it’s time to add additional staff help family members adjust to a new community minister within the larger community investigate multiple staff opportunities
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