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Witnesses Wanted : Living An Unexpected Adventurous Life
$14.99Add to cartWitnesses Wanted shares the unique story behind Hope Builders Ministries and opportunities for readers to partner in “rapidly winning communities for Christ through Disciple-making.”
For Johan Gous, obediently answering the Great Commission to take the gospel to everybody everywhere even to the “ends of the earth” meant into the rural bush of Africa. Reaching rural communities for Christ through indigenous Disciple-Makers is the core of his ministry’s calling. Over a forty-year period, Johan and his family began equipping, empowering, and encouraging local leasers to reach their communities with the gospel in local languages. They apply the Christian message to their people through walking with them and using the same Disciple-Making model Jesus used preparing his disciples for their task.
Witnesses Wanted shares how God can use yielded disciples as His ambassadors in their daily walk with Him through the story of Johan and his family. Hearing the stories of God providing ordinary people with resources that multiply is beyond exciting–it is inspiring and grows readers’ walks of faith. That same growth and excitement is available to anyone who is ready to follow God unconditionally! Johan is a Witness and Ambassador to readers in the same way as the Disciples and inspires others to answer the Call as well!
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Kinda Like Grace
$18.75Add to cartThe inspirational story of how a woman with a difficult past befriended a homeless man whose kind, life-affirming spirit taught her and their Texas community about forgiveness, humility, and the boundless love of God.
Stopped at a familiar Houston intersection on her way to work, Ginger Sprouse watched the homeless man pacing the garbage-strewn ground in his bare feet. Compelled to pull over and say hello, she was drawn to his exuberant joy and infectious smile. Over the next few months, she would learn that Victor, who was mentally disabled, had been returning to that spot because it was the last place he had seen his mother–three years earlier.
Motivated by her faith and their deepening friendship, Ginger set out to help Victor, creating Facebook and GoFundMe pages to raise funds for Victor’s medications, clothing, and food. When it became clear that he could not live safely on his own, she and her family took a leap of faith and offered him a permanent place in their family. What Ginger learned from Victor about forgiveness, humility, and love changed her forever. Kinda Like Grace is a powerful reminder that seemingly insurmountable obstacles can be overcome, that we all deserve second chances, and that each of us has a limitless capacity to love our neighbors, no matter how different from us they may appear to be.
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Every Tribe : Stories Of Diverse Saints Serving In A Diverse World
$14.99Add to cartThe Bible tells us Jesus is for every tribe, language, people and nation-so why are all the saints in our stained-glass windows white? An oppressive bias has taken hold of the storytelling of the Church. Many are surprised to discover that St. Augustine was from present day Algeria, and even that most British of saints, George, was an immigrant with a Turkish father and a Palestinian mother. Every Tribe celebrates the true diversity of the saints, inspiring the church to become what it is meant to be: the rainbow people of God serving the diverse needs of a diverse world.
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Devotions Of The Heart Book 2
$18.99Add to cartDevotions of the Heart, Book Two is the second book in a two-book series. It contains six months’ worth of devotionals, written from the acquired wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of scripture that Lorna has obtained through times of prayer, praise, and study of God’s Word.
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Devotions Of The Heart Book 1
$18.99Add to cartDevotions of the Heart, Book One is the first book in a two-book series. It contains six months’ worth of devotionals, written from the acquired wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of scripture that Lorna has obtained through times of prayer, praise, and study of God’s Word.
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Trust God : Poetry To Encourage, Inspire, Enlighten, And Guide
$14.99Add to cartTrust God is a book of poetry written for those who are discouraged, wounded, cursed, oppressed, lonely, doubtful, fear-hearted, sick, abused, despised, rejected, and neglected. Be encouraged, inspired, enlightened and guided to trust God in every area of your life. There are times in our lives when we go through trials and tribulations and there seems to be no solution.?
When you are burdened, beat down, sick, afflicted, hated, deceived, betrayed, scorned, tempted by the enemy, and doubtful that you can even trust God, trust Him even then, because He is able to come to your aid.?
Trust in the Lord with all your?heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your heart (Proverbs 3:5-6). ???
Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. (Psalms 37:3)
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Spared By Grace
$28.95Add to cartFor John Buchan, a summer morning began just like any other. He woke up and left for work-and then four weeks later, he awoke again to find himself in a hospital, suffering from catastrophic injuries. It was a miracle he was alive.
Spared by Grace is the inspiring true story of one man’s miraculous “against all odds” survival and recovery from a very serious head-on collision. Doctors were surprised he was alive and have expressed their amazement at his recovery. Having sustained a serious brain injury, one of the many miracles has been the completion of this book, which details many answered prayers. John, a fishing skipper, also shares the story of his life and how he built his family.
The strength he and his family have been given to carry them through this journey is remarkable. In the final chapter, John Buchan concludes that his life has indeed been spared by grace.
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Spared By Grace
$11.95Add to cartFor John Buchan, a summer morning began just like any other. He woke up and left for work-and then four weeks later, he awoke again to find himself in a hospital, suffering from catastrophic injuries. It was a miracle he was alive.
Spared by Grace is the inspiring true story of one man’s miraculous “against all odds” survival and recovery from a very serious head-on collision. Doctors were surprised he was alive and have expressed their amazement at his recovery. Having sustained a serious brain injury, one of the many miracles has been the completion of this book, which details many answered prayers. John, a fishing skipper, also shares the story of his life and how he built his family.
The strength he and his family have been given to carry them through this journey is remarkable. In the final chapter, John Buchan concludes that his life has indeed been spared by grace.
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Amish Voices : A Collection Of Amish Writings
$15.99Add to cartStrong families. Caring communities. The nearly nine in ten youth who join the church. How do the Amish do it?
In Amish Voices, Amish writers share news and advice from their communities and reflect on their daily lives, work, and faith. Brad Igou, publisher of Amish Country News, gives readers a behind-the-scenes tour of Amish life by compiling writing from Family Life, a popular monthly magazine that thousands of Amish people read. Learn about how the Amish began and what they value. Hear what they think about technology, happiness, community, obedience, success, and change. Listen in as they discuss shunning and rumspringa and forgiveness. Find out what sustains them in difficult seasons, and how they try to trust God in all things.
Why learn about the Amish from outsiders when you can learn from the Amish themselves? And why just learn about them when you can learn from them?
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Everything Jumbo Book Of Large Print Bible Word Searches (Large Type)
$19.99Add to cart160 new large-print word searches based on Bible verses from expert puzzlemaster Charles Timmerman.
The Everything(R) Jumbo Book of Large-Print Bible Word Searches is the biggest collection of large-print Bible word search puzzles yet! Each oversized puzzle is spread out over two easy-to-read pages–with a Bible verse on one page and a super-sized puzzle on the other. These word searches are perfect for puzzlers weary of the notorious small type and tight spacing in many word search books.
Packed with 160 puzzles in an easy-on-the-eyes format, this collection features puzzles based on verses from Genesis to Revelations and covers a variety of themes, including love, faith, parables, miracles–and more! These puzzles provide a fun way to relax while reflecting on the most meaningful passages of the New and Old Testaments.
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Heaven Sightings : Angels, Miracles, And Glimpses Of The Afterlife
$17.00Add to cartKing Solomon states that God has set “eternity in our hearts.” All our desires point to eternity and find their true fulfillment in heaven. But are there actually real glimpses of heaven in this life? Yes! Supernatural happenings take place from time to time as God so designates. Heaven reveals itself in the form of miracles, angels, and even near-death experiences. We also find it displayed in dramatic healings and gigantic answers to prayer that nothing else can account for.
Heaven Sightings contains a rich mixture of amazing true stories that will boost your confidence in God and his ability to work miracles in your own life–and give an even greater inkling of what the destination will be like at the end of your earthly journey. Put aside the worries of your day and be inspired to place your trust in the God of heaven.
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Amish Voices : A Collection Of Amish Writings
$28.99Add to cartStrong families. Caring communities. The nearly nine in ten youth who join the church. How do the Amish do it?
In Amish Voices, Amish writers share news and advice from their communities and reflect on their daily lives, work, and faith. Brad Igou, publisher of Amish Country News, gives readers a behind-the-scenes tour of Amish life by compiling writing from Family Life, a popular monthly magazine that thousands of Amish people read. Learn about how the Amish began and what they value. Hear what they think about technology, happiness, community, obedience, success, and change. Listen in as they discuss shunning and rumspringa and forgiveness. Find out what sustains them in difficult seasons, and how they try to trust God in all things.
Why learn about the Amish from outsiders when you can learn from the Amish themselves? And why just learn about them when you can learn from them?
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World According To Mister Rogers (Revised)
$20.00Add to cartA timeless collection of wisdom on love, friendship, respect, individuality, and honesty from the beloved PBS series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.
There are few personalities who evoke such universal feelings of warmth as Fred Rogers. An enduring presence in American homes for over 30 years, his plainspoken wisdom continues to guide and comfort many. The World According to Mister Rogers distills the legacy and singular worldview of this beloved American figure. An inspiring collection of stories, anecdotes, and insights–with sections devoted to love, friendship, respect, individuality, and honesty, The World According to Mister Rogers reminds us that there is much more in life that unites us than divides us.
Culled from Fred Rogers’ speeches, program transcripts, books, letters, and interviews, along with some of his never-before-published writings, The World According to Mister Rogers is a testament to the legacy of a man who served and continues to serve as a role model to millions.
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Surprised By Paradox
$18.99Add to cartWhat if certainty isn’t the goal? In a world filled with ambiguity, many of us long for a belief system that provides straightforward answers to complex questions and clarity in the face of confusion. We want faith to act like an orderly set of truth-claims designed to solve the problems and pain that life throws at us. With signature candor and depth, Jen Pollock Michel helps readers imagine a Christian faith open to mystery. While there are certainties in Christian faith, at the heart of the Christian story is also paradox. Jesus invites us to abandon the polarities of either and or in order to embrace the difficult, wondrous dissonance of and. The incarnation-the paradox of God made human-teaches us to look for God in the and of body and spirit, heaven and earth. In the kingdom, God often hides in plain sight and announces his triumph on the back of a donkey. In the paradox of grace, we receive life eternal by actively participating in death. And lament, with its clear-eyed appraisal of suffering alongside its commitment to finding audience with God, is a paradoxical practice of faith. Each of these themes give us certainty about God while also leading us into greater curiosity about his nature and activity in the world. As Michel writes, “As soon as we think we have God figured out, we will have ceased to worship him as he is.” With personal stories and reflection on Scripture, literature, and culture, Michel takes us deeper into mystery and into worship of the One who is Mystery and Love.
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When Only Faith Remains
$14.95Add to cartHidden just beneath the surface of Mary’s unique calling to serve as the mother of Christ lies an equally captivating story of her journey of faith.
Sometimes when our plans are derailed or we encounter struggles, our faith is the only thing we have to draw upon. Trusting God through those hard times is the bedrock of what will keep us grounded. But what happens when fear creeps in? Perhaps that’s what it was like for the virgin Mary when Gabriel came to her with news that she was highly favored and chosen to bear the Christ child.
Drawing parallels from her own journey-of-faith life experiences and the life of Mary, the mother of Jesus, Amy C. O’Reilly offers encouragement and inspiration to readers who seek to strengthen and move forward from fear to faith just as Mary did.
With Luke 2 and 1 Corinthians 13 as reference points, readers will connect their faith in ways that bind them to love and hope in the person of Jesus Christ. While your circumstance may differ from Mary’s, the similar deepening of faith through heartache and suffering and hope and triumph will inspire you in your identity, calling, and destiny in Christ.
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Between The Bells
$17.99Add to cartCorrymeela – a Christian community committed to reconciliation, is bounded by bells. Twice a day – morning and evening – a large bell sounds out over the site. This is a call to attention, a call to pause, a space to reflect on God, self, neighbour, stranger.
Between the Bells recounts the varied experiences of many whose lives have been changed by their visit to Corrymeela, and the changes they have effected in others. Narrated by the former Centre Director of the Corrymeela Community, it is full of wild and beautiful and funny stories that linger in the heart. Each story shows an aspect of the reconciliation journey, and captures various encounters – sad, challenging, inspiring, strange – that roam from the epic to the everyday.
Between the Bells considers these key questions:
– What needs reconciled in the 21st Century?
– What has religion to offer in a positive way to Northern Ireland, for its people, for society?
– How can we better understand conflict in order to build positive relations, improve communication, and nurture individuals, communities and society? -
Learning From Henri Nouwen And Vincent Van Gogh
$25.99Add to cartCarol Berry and her husband met and befriended Henri Nouwen when she sat in his course on compassion at Yale Divinity School in the 1970s. At the request of Henri Nouwen’s literary estate, she has written this book, which includes unpublished material recorded from Nouwen’s lectures. As an art educator, Berry is uniquely situated to develop Nouwen’s work on Vincent van Gogh and to add her own research. She fills in background on the much misunderstood spiritual context of van Gogh’s work, and reinterprets van Gogh’s art (presented here in full color) in light of Nouwen’s lectures. Berry also brings in her own experience in ministry, sharing how Nouwen and van Gogh, each in his own way, led her to the richness and beauty of the compassionate life.
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He Is So Faithful
$9.95Add to cartThe Lord Jesus Christ and His faithfulness is the main point of my book “He Is So Faithful! Therefore My Hope Is In Him” A devotional journal of inspiration and hope about some of my life experiences as the Lord has led me through the years. A verse of scripture heads each devotion.
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Power Of Jesus Names
$16.99Add to cart“Who do you say I am?” Matthew 16:15
In his insightful follow-up to the bestselling book, The Power of God’s Names, Dr. Tony Evans introduces you to Jesus in a new light. Jesus is anticipated from the very beginning of the Bible until He finally arrives on the scene in Bethlehem. During that time He isn’t called Jesus; rather, He has many names that reflect different aspects of His character, and this is true all through the New Testament as well.
Both in-depth Scripture research and Dr. Evan’s signature storytelling style make The Power of Jesus’ Names a fascinating journey–you will get to know more about Him as:
*Immanuel
*King
*Lamb of God
*Great High Priest
*Son of God
*and more.As you study the life and character of Jesus, you will enter into a more intimate understanding of who He is and what He came to do for–and in–your life today.
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Waiting On God (Reprinted)
$14.99Add to cartThe “busyness” of life can often creep up and overwhelm us. But rather than having to depend on our own strength, it is our Christian privilege to enter into God’s presence. As we do, He will supply answers to our problems and give direction for our lives. In Waiting on God, Andrew Murray shares thirty-one heartfelt meditations, one for each day of the month, to help renew our vision and quicken our desire to turn to the Lord for His quiet, peaceful strength. Discover how God’s loving presence can refresh the weary heart that learns to wait on Him.
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Being Rebuilt And Restored
$30.95Add to cartThis book takes you on a Biblical yet poetic journey and through a personal process to view life as a building process. God is the Master Architect of this life and the one beyond. The Holy Spirit works in, with, and through us like our Builder and Site Manager, guiding and constructing us into the image of Christ. By grace, we are being transformed into the Christ Plan-He is our Building Plan, true Blueprint, and the Architectural Drawing of God’s everlasting covenant with us. You are never too broken or ruined to be restored into God’s plan and His purpose for your life! Together, our living stones are being built into His eternal dwelling place. Trust God with your process and become a true builder of His kingdom. See how God is busy restoring your rubble mess into His eternal heavenly fortress.
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I Will See You In Heaven My Friend
$23.95Add to cart“Are there animals in heaven?”
Losing a pet is an experience that leaves a gaping hole in our hearts. I find that just talking about a rainbow bridge doesn’t really help. It is a beautiful thought, but I am a Bible-believing Christian, so that led me to look up all references to rainbow in the Bible.
Although there is no mention of a “rainbow bridge,” what I found was that the rainbow covenant God made with Noah wasn’t just to mankind but to every living creature that was with him! It was a covenant between God and all of his creation! God made an eternal, binding promise to animals!
If they are temporary or if he didn’t love them, why would he make this everlasting covenant with them? That inspired my journey to start at Genesis and walk through the entire Bible to see what God says. I decided to share the answer and hope that it blesses all who read it.
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Kids Say The Wisest Things
$12.99Add to cartKids have a way of saying things adults would never say and revealing profound–even biblical–truths in their unfiltered, unedited commentary on the world. In this inspiring book, Jon Gauger shares important lessons he learned about God by observing kids. Like the story of Joslynn’s tumble. When Joslynn was camping she falls down the camper’s stairs to the horror of her watching grandparents. But when she stands up and declares, “Let’s try that again,” Jon Gauger (Grandpa) notices how even though Joslynn had failed at something, she was kissed, hugged, and comforted by her family. Gauger reminds us that this is how God responds to us when we seemed to have failed “big time.”
Each anecdote teaches the Christian a familiar truth through a less familiar vehicle, making this giftable book fresh and fun.
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Summoned
$30.95Add to cartEvery life has a story. Human nature looks for meaning in all circumstances. Our journeys seldom unfold smoothly, but amidst turmoil and tragedy, mind-numbing boredom or maddening frustration, the mind weaves a narrative that tries to make sense of it all.
Kathleen Stauffer’s previous novels have shown how God molds the lifelong spiritual journeys of those who seek him. In this, her sixth book, she zooms in for a closer look at the nitty-gritty of life.
Summoned includes a novelette and six short stories, each of which portrays a unique individual facing unexpected challenges. Despite the sometimes dark subject matter, the characters are painted with such loving details and their stories are so well-surrounded with the context of an eternal viewpoint that the general effect is one of hope. Each protagonist in this book of stories is an affirmation that our stories, too, may be a part of a far-reaching narrative and that our lives can be part of something bigger and beyond our imaginations.
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Summoned
$13.95Add to cartEvery life has a story. Human nature looks for meaning in all circumstances. Our journeys seldom unfold smoothly, but amidst turmoil and tragedy, mind-numbing boredom or maddening frustration, the mind weaves a narrative that tries to make sense of it all.
Kathleen Stauffer’s previous novels have shown how God molds the lifelong spiritual journeys of those who seek him. In this, her sixth book, she zooms in for a closer look at the nitty-gritty of life.
Summoned includes a novelette and six short stories, each of which portrays a unique individual facing unexpected challenges. Despite the sometimes dark subject matter, the characters are painted with such loving details and their stories are so well-surrounded with the context of an eternal viewpoint that the general effect is one of hope. Each protagonist in this book of stories is an affirmation that our stories, too, may be a part of a far-reaching narrative and that our lives can be part of something bigger and beyond our imaginations.
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Now I Know His Name
$13.99Add to cartA Tableland Press LLC Title
After the death of her husband, sixty-two-year-old Frankie Wyatt wondered what to do next in her life. God had a plan: He was going to send her to China.
Frankie Willingham Wyatt had heard of the need of the Chinese people to hear about Jesus Christ. After she and her husband, Cecil, retired to Picayune, Mississippi, Cecil became seriously ill and was ultimately called to his heavenly home. Now alone, Frankie prayed for God’s direction in her life. God pointed her to China, and Frankie stepped out in faith.
Reissued with an epilogue and a new cover, Now I Know His Name shows what it is like to be a missionary in a foreign country. Most of Frankie’s time in China was spent teaching English in both public and private schools. She had difficulty learning Chinese, but God’s love bridged the language barrier.
Truly able to laugh at herself, Frankie shares many enlightening stories with humor and compassion. God used her in a mighty way to lead numerous people to salvation through Jesus Christ. She made many new friends who now call her “Mom” or “Grandma.” With God’s help, Frankie made a difference in the lives of countless individuals.
Based on emails that Frankie sent home, this book recounts her adventures and experiences in China. It is like reading a missionary letter written specifically to you.
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Crushing : God Turns Pressure Into Power (Large Type)
$38.00Add to cartBestselling inspirational author T.D. Jakes reveals God’s process for our growth and how we can benefit from life’s challenging experiences.
God has blessed each one of us with unique gifts and talents that are designed to grow and develop for our benefit. These qualities are planted like seeds within us and God’s plan is for them to mature and produce abundant fruit in our lives, much like grapes in a vineyard. In this insightful book, #1 New York Times bestselling author, T.D. Jakes explores the hidden mysteries of our maturation process–he identifies the search for divine direction, the steps to achieving our destiny, and how we must be crushed like grapes, via detours and setbacks, before we can reach our full potential. It’s all part of God’s plan.
THE CRUSHING IT’S NOT THE END is full of stories from Bishop Jakes’ personal journey and from those who have crossed his path, and the result is an insightful work that will help us fulfill the promise and potential of the seeds within.
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Being Rebuilt And Restored
$13.95Add to cartThis book takes you on a Biblical yet poetic journey and through a personal process to view life as a building process. God is the Master Architect of this life and the one beyond. The Holy Spirit works in, with, and through us like our Builder and Site Manager, guiding and constructing us into the image of Christ. By grace, we are being transformed into the Christ Plan-He is our Building Plan, true Blueprint, and the Architectural Drawing of God’s everlasting covenant with us. You are never too broken or ruined to be restored into God’s plan and His purpose for your life! Together, our living stones are being built into His eternal dwelling place. Trust God with your process and become a true builder of His kingdom. See how God is busy restoring your rubble mess into His eternal heavenly fortress.
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Waltzing With God
$11.95Add to cartIn a single moment,
when we feel His presence
drawing us to His grace,
all is possible-forgiveness, love,
being the whole.He saw in each of us
our essence,who we would become
as He spoke our names;
the thumbprint of God
whispered inside each soul.Waltzing with GOD is a collection of inspiring, spirit-filled poetry from a Christian woman who takes a heartwarming approach in writing about her relationship with the Holy Trinity. It is an uplifting read for anyone who wants to curl up with a book in search of peace and comfort with God Himself nearby. Hammond’s poignant words reflect upon Christ Jesus’ Love and Grace. These very personal poems pour onto each page, lifting us ever closer to Him as life taps upon our patience. Her book is a treasured waltz moving in concert with Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Piloted by His word, the Bible guides our dance and footsteps leading us ever closer to God’s heart.
Each original poem is enhanced with photos taken in historical Jerusalem and surrounding communities, in actual biblical settings. Pictures include: Gethsemane Garden at the foot of Mount Olives, Church of the Beatitudes and the Jordan River where Hammond and her husband were baptized. Captivating images of nature located in the Pacific Northwest, Eastern Washington and Central Oregon are also included.
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Love Its The Greatest
$17.95Add to cartWhat has happened to love?
1 Corinthians 13 tells us: “Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way … Love never ends … And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love (NRSV).”
Do we see that in American culture today?
More often, we see anger, vitriol, even hatred between opposing parties, often across political lines. But in St. Paul’s wonderful love poem in 1 Corinthians 13, we find just the prescription an often loveless modern society needs, because Love – It’s the Greatest!
Full of wonderful true stories, examples from daily life, and thought-provoking questions, this book makes great sermon material, especially for weddings; devotional reading; or small group study for Christian seeking a better understanding of this much used but not fully comprehended concept of love.
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God Is With You Every Day (Large Type)
$24.99Add to cartIt’s easier to face the day when you know that God is with you.
God Is With You Every Day (Large Text Leathersoft) version is the newest edition of the bestselling 365-day devotional from Max Lucado, his first devotional since the creation of the Grace for the Moment line. Max’s signature reassuring and encouraging voice, paired with the practical, relevant, and personal message that God is with you every day, makes a great way to start each day of the year.
This devotional begins each week with a prayer and scripture, followed by six days of devotions and scripture for reflection. Weaving messages of comfort, grace, and encouragement, this book is wonderful for anyone who wants a fresh infusion of faith to start each day, as well as those walking through difficult seasons of life such as loneliness, grief, or change.
You can face each day with courage-because God is with you.
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Waltzing With God
$28.95Add to cartIn a single moment,
when we feel His presence
drawing us to His grace,
all is possible-forgiveness, love,
being the whole.He saw in each of us
our essence,who we would become
as He spoke our names;
the thumbprint of God
whispered inside each soul.Waltzing with GOD is a collection of inspiring, spirit-filled poetry from a Christian woman who takes a heartwarming approach in writing about her relationship with the Holy Trinity. It is an uplifting read for anyone who wants to curl up with a book in search of peace and comfort with God Himself nearby. Hammond’s poignant words reflect upon Christ Jesus’ Love and Grace. These very personal poems pour onto each page, lifting us ever closer to Him as life taps upon our patience. Her book is a treasured waltz moving in concert with Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Piloted by His word, the Bible guides our dance and footsteps leading us ever closer to God’s heart.
Each original poem is enhanced with photos taken in historical Jerusalem and surrounding communities, in actual biblical settings. Pictures include: Gethsemane Garden at the foot of Mount Olives, Church of the Beatitudes and the Jordan River where Hammond and her husband were baptized. Captivating images of nature located in the Pacific Northwest, Eastern Washington and Central Oregon are also included.
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Day By Day With Life Coach Marlon Lock
$17.99Add to cartKrl Publishing LLC Title
In less than 5 minutes a day you will receive information that will fuel you to your next level. This book is filled with lots of emotion, passion, and of course, personality. It is a bood that is not about me being right or politically correct, it’s about me being me. I tried being someone else, and it didn’t work. So, I decided to just be who I am. My advice is to use this book as a tool. Make it a part of your morning routine to plant positivity and seeds of growth into your life. It is a book filled with 365 days of affirmations. Commit to the journey and watch how your life begins to transform.
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To The Ends Of The Earth
$12.99Add to cartJesus is always on the move. If we follow Him, where will we end up? An expert on nomadic peoples, Malcolm Hunter shares stories from a lifetime of working in some of the world’s most remote, colorful, and neglected communities. In the early 1960’s Malcolm and his wife, Jean, arrived in Ethiopia with only their professional skills-medicine and engineering-and a desire to show God’s love to those in need. Over the next forty years God would lead them across Africa, through lush hills and scorched bush, to a dozen people groups who hadn’t heard the gospel. Wherever the Hunters went, they found that God had been there first. This book is full of astonishing true accounts of Jesus preparing the world’s least reached peoples to encounter Him. Visions, dreams, miracles, shocking customs, and even human blunders and tragedies-God used all these and more to open a way to share the good news. Honest, hopeful, and never far from laughter, Malcolm invites us to consider anew what we can expect when we follow Jesus-wherever He leads.
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Historia Dentro De Ti – (Other Language)
$15.99Add to cartTu historia importa. Tu vida cuenta. Tu vida puede inspirar el futuro. Cuando no somos capaces de contar nuestra historia, cuando no escribimos las paginas de nuestra vida con intensidad y con intencionalidad… cuando no perseguimos aquello que queremos… cuando dejamos de aprender y dejamos de crecer… le estamos robando al mundo todo ese tesoro que esta dentro de nosotros. No hay nadie que sea demasiado pequeo, demasiado joven o demasiado pobre como para no cambiar el mundo con su historia.
En La historia dentro de ti, Xavier Cornejo se nos presenta como un apasionado e inspirador escritor con una exquisita e inusual habilidad: expresar los principios aprendidos en su caminar editorial en una ruta que parece bifurcarse, y de repente va fundiendose en una. Esa es la ruta hacia escribir la historia de tu vida y vivir el libro de tu historia. Conoce a un escritor experto que te cuenta su historia acerca de los principios que descubrio ayudando a grandes escritores a contar la historia dentro de ellos. Xavier te enseara, como el mejor maestro y un gran amigo, todo lo que necesitas saber para vivir tu historia mientras la escribes y escribir tu historia mientras la vives.
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Cielo – (Spanish)
$14.99Add to cartEsta version ampliada del clasico libro de Joni nos brinda una nueva comprension de lo que es el cielo, junto con renovados misterios y esperanzas. Ahora, hacia fines de sus sesenta aos, ella esta mucho mas cerca del cielo que cuando escribio el libro por primera vez, a mediados de sus cuarenta, y dice: !Pronto, muy pronto, oire su voz, lo mirare a los ojos y sentire su abrazo. Y El me dira “Bienvenida a casa, Joni”. Desde esta perspectiva, Joni ahora habla de como podemos vivir para Jesus mientras esperamos nuestro verdadero hogar.
Habiendo sido cuadriplejica durante cincuenta aos, tambien ha sufrido cancer y soportado un dolor agudo continuo. Por eso, ella no habla a la ligera cuando nos recuerda que Dios conoce las herramientas precisas para usar en tu vida para cortar, facetar, limpiar y refinar el diamante que es tu alma eterna. Cada cosa buena que Dios te ha dado alguna vez durara por toda la eternidad, incluyendo la parte buena de cada afliccion.
Al final de cada capitulo de este libro revisado y actualizado, la autora incluye reflexiones adicionales que cuentan donde se encuentra ahora, mas arriba en la cima, desde donde tiene una mejor perspectiva. Joni llama a estos pensamientos escalar mas alto, y esta es una invitacion para todos los que deseen emprender este viaje con ella.
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Standard Of Grace
$19.99Add to cartAre you standing in the middle of opportunity and being overwhelmed of crazy when you really need calm? Not sure where to start to simplify and bring grace and peace to your home?
A Standard of Grace is a gorgeous four-color, joy-inspiring guided journal designed to help you nurture your dreams, discover your hopes, and pay attention to those things you hold dearest to your heart. With quotes, journaling prompts, and Scripture, bestselling author of Grace, Not Perfection and A Simplified Life Emily Ley, encourages you to reach for the life of you want-all while holding to a standard of grace.
Both gorgeous and useful, A Standard of Grace will make a lovely gift and keepsake as well as be a powerful tool for both embracing where you are while reaching for your goals and dreams. Through practical, easy-to-follow prompts for journaling and reflection, Scriptures, and inspiring imagery, you’ll find an accessible, inspirational journal that to enjoy personally and to share with friends.
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Shattering
$14.99Add to cartOne phone call shatters Marcie’s life–her son Hunter had suffered a psychotic episode that landed him in a mental hospital thousands of miles away. But even after he’s home and seemingly on the road to recovery, the voices in his head direct him to kill his parents and throw himself in front of a moving vehicle. It seems more than Marcie can bear, but by the grace of God, she and her family usher Hunter, and each other, through his psychotic breaks and the dire aftermath. But every day is a balancing act, one in which they never know which side they’ll land.
Written from her mother’s heart, Marcie doesn’t sugarcoat the effects of drug abuse and mental illness, tackling head on the shame and seclusion that accompanies the life-changing diagnoses. Infused with grace and mercy, Shattering offers hope to those who face challenges that seem insurmountable.
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Ransom Notes : Moments Of Reflection, Courage, Engagement, Worship, And Hum
$37.95Add to cartDoes your Christian life need a spark or challenge? Have you experienced sadness, loneliness, or lack of motivation recently? Following Jesus’ time-honored tradition of parable telling, author Kathryn Ann Ransom helps you address those needs with Biblical reflections on everyday life situations, both the positive and the challenging.
In Ransom Notes, she offers 101 short, devotional essays that encourage you to pause, reflect, smile, and review your own life while drawing you closer to the Lord. The essays share stories of humans doing exciting things for the kingdom, providing meaning to your life. Ransom bases the narratives and accompanying challenges on examples of God’s people both growing and making mistakes.
Often humorous, the stories included in this collection inspire you to become a living example of God’s love for others. Ransom Notes encourages you to grow in your understanding and appreciation for Christian living and draw closer in your relationship with the Lord.
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Ransom Notes : Moments Of Reflection, Courage, Engagement, Worship, And Hum
$22.95Add to cartDoes your Christian life need a spark or challenge? Have you experienced sadness, loneliness, or lack of motivation recently? Following Jesus’ time-honored tradition of parable telling, author Kathryn Ann Ransom helps you address those needs with Biblical reflections on everyday life situations, both the positive and the challenging.
In Ransom Notes, she offers 101 short, devotional essays that encourage you to pause, reflect, smile, and review your own life while drawing you closer to the Lord. The essays share stories of humans doing exciting things for the kingdom, providing meaning to your life. Ransom bases the narratives and accompanying challenges on examples of God’s people both growing and making mistakes.
Often humorous, the stories included in this collection inspire you to become a living example of God’s love for others. Ransom Notes encourages you to grow in your understanding and appreciation for Christian living and draw closer in your relationship with the Lord.
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Unspoken : An Attempt To Put Into Words The Darkness That More People Succu
$28.95Add to cartThoughts that replay endlessly in your head, nightmares that leave you shaking, pain that brings you to your knees-we may not often discuss these experiences, but they are more common than we might think. Even in the darkest of times, we are not alone.
In The Unspoken, author Alyce Preston exposes her vulnerabilities and fears through poems about personal experiences relating to mental illness that are normally left unspoken in religious circles and within faith-based writing; these include depression, anxiety, and suicide. She seeks to shed light on the darkest of places and bring hope to those who can no longer see. In her poetry, Alyce describes her struggles, shared by so many today, and inspires through her own life and faith.
When we confront our troubles and speak about them, this can serve as a balm to help begin our healing journey. Through these raw and powerful verses, Alyce hopes to bring others with her along the path toward wellness.
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Unspoken : An Attempt To Put Into Words The Darkness That More People Succu
$11.95Add to cartThoughts that replay endlessly in your head, nightmares that leave you shaking, pain that brings you to your knees-we may not often discuss these experiences, but they are more common than we might think. Even in the darkest of times, we are not alone.
In The Unspoken, author Alyce Preston exposes her vulnerabilities and fears through poems about personal experiences relating to mental illness that are normally left unspoken in religious circles and within faith-based writing; these include depression, anxiety, and suicide. She seeks to shed light on the darkest of places and bring hope to those who can no longer see. In her poetry, Alyce describes her struggles, shared by so many today, and inspires through her own life and faith.
When we confront our troubles and speak about them, this can serve as a balm to help begin our healing journey. Through these raw and powerful verses, Alyce hopes to bring others with her along the path toward wellness.
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Pennys Poems : Penny’s Life Story From Drugs To Divine Healing
$9.95Add to cartThis book will take the reader into the horror chambers of drug addiction, where people only exist for their next rush. It could keep the readers on the edge of their seats as it takes them over the edge of chemical dependency into a nightmare world, filled only with the screams of people suffering in their addiction as they live out their lives in a self-induced hell surrounded with abuse, neglect, poverty, fighting, shame, vomit, jailhouses, hospitals, and finally, the graveyard.
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Ultimate Plan For Success
$13.99Add to cartA National Library Of South Africa Title
You probably have read many books and obviously enjoyed some and did not enjoy some, but this book, The Ultimate Plan For Success is a book that you will live to remember every day of your life. If you have ever heard of people put on a life support machine, then I think this book is the most recommended life support material for your life. It cuts across growth in your spiritual life, business, career, health, marriage, family life and all areas of your life. This book does not only teach you to succeed in life, but it also teaches you to take over and dominate everything under your responsibility and within your territories. It is a book that will teach you step by step how to walk out of poverty, how to build your spiritual life, how to develop an intimacy with God and tap into the supernatural, how to develop yourself, how to overcome daily challenges, how to rise from zero to hero, how to overcome certain limitations in your life and get out of the rat race, how to become resourceful to your community, country and the world at large, and how to transform the world as a Christian. I strongly believe that every individual has a moral obligation to make a positive contribution to their nation and the world at large, though only a few individuals pursue this course and the majority concentrates on their careers and family only. It is not enough to be born into this world, grow in this world, acquire all the things you need in this world to succeed in life, depart from this world and yet contribute nothing measurable to transform your community, nation or the world at large.God has endowed every individual (including you) with extraordinary abilities to transform the world and bring it under our control. This book will, therefore, help you to live up to your potentials as a child of God. It is a book that reveals deep mysteries about the things of God and how God handed over the keys of this world to us in order to rule and overcome the world. It is a practical book that interprets Scripture in a very simple and systematic manner. Reading through this book as an author has transformed my life and it has turned into a major addiction in my life, where I’ll have to read through the whole book at least once every week. It is a book written through a direct revelation from the Holy Spirit about major keys in life that can unlock and deliver millions of people from every unpleasant situation.I, therefore, recommend t
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In Our Weakness God Is Strong
$14.99Add to cartA Grace Theology Press Title
In our weakness, God is strong.
I invite you to join me during 40 days of an intense storm – the battle for my life in a relapse of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. During this trial, God gave me His biggest assignment yet – to take my focus off of myself and to pray for, and minister to all those around me in the hospital. His empowerment to do just that was a testament to His amazing grace. This hospital “ministry” gave me incredible joy and purpose for living each day to the fullest, in total dependence on God’s strength.
*Would you like to experience God’s power in your weakness? –
*Did you know you have purpose and opportunity, even on your weakest days?
*Would you like to experience God’s joy and peace, even in your darkest moments?I pray all who read this book will be motivated to allow God’s strength to work in their weakness; to experience His touch through them as they love others; and to accomplish amazing things in the power of God, all for His glory.
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Pray Hear Write
$24.99Add to cartAn Embolden Media Group LLC Title
Ignite your passion to write!
You know what God has spoken. But where do you start? What should you write? Who will read it? And how do you get it to them?
Pray Hear Write is designed for you to hear God speak His specific plans concerning your call to write, develop a writing plan and practice, and be positioned to connect with a receptive audience. In her more than fifteen years editing and writing best-selling books, Jevon Bolden has found no substitute for getting the right words to the right people than first going to God.
This prayer guide and fasting journal will help you:
*Overcome writer’s block and feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt
*Cultivate heightened spiritual awareness about what to write, whom to write to, and when to write it
*Develop a strategy for starting, completing, and publishing your work
*Flesh out God ideas and track divine connections
*Take action toward your dreams and stay encouraged throughout the journeyYou are God’s scribe. You have been called to write words that bring life and light to those who read them. Now set yourself to seek Him for all you need to get it written and published. Your most life-arresting book may be just a prayer away.
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Shattered Broken Restored By Grace
$12.99Add to cartThis book will have a wide range of interested readers. It has a strong God-faith based element for Christian bookstores, as well as the Amish community. It has a story line that will appeal to all ages and is written in an easy to understand format for young readers as well. Many will relate to the traumatic auto accident while others empathize with the abusive background of the author.
There will be those who have wronged others and seek forgiveness, and still others who have been wronged needing to forgive. The life lessons in this simple book far outreach what any of us can really foresee. Law enforcement officers will enjoy the realities of the job they are tasked with on a daily basis being portrayed, and courtroom employees will as well. Medical professionals will relate to the organized chaos of the trauma unit. Parents, grandparents, and children can all put themselves in the place of one losing a family member. People everywhere in every walk of life think “That could’ve been me” in many of the scenarios occurring in this book making it extremely relatable to everyone. The uplifting ending leaves its readers on an emotional high wishing to read it again and again.
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From Shattered To Restored
$14.99Add to cart“I just want you to know that God can change absolutely anything.” It was a simple statement, but it changed her life.
In this stunningly transparent memoir, Nanette Larson shares her journey from a life of constant hopelessness and despair, deep depression, crippling anxiety, and suicidality to one full of victorious hope and purpose.
After years of receiving unsuccessful treatments–therapy, medication, hospitalization, and more–for her mental and physical illnesses, Nanette finally found wholeness in the person of Jesus Christ. Realizing that she had allowed the labels that had been pasted upon her by medical professionals and society alike to define who she was, Nanette changed her perspective by seeing herself through the eyes of her Maker. She was not “sick in the head”; she had an illness, and God was healing her.
Taking control of her thoughts was only the first step of a winding road to wellness, however. As a mental health professional herself, Nanette now shares with her readers the techniques that helped her address every part of her being–spirit, soul, and body.
From distressed patient to nationally recognized deputy director and ambassador of Wellness & Recovery Services for the Illinois Division of Mental Health, Nanette is living proof that full recovery from mental health issues is, indeed, possible, and a successful, happy, healthy life can be found on the other side of the struggle.
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Making Of Us
$17.99Add to cartBeautifully written and deeply poignant, The Making of Us allows readers to walk alongside author and radio personality Sheridan Voysey during a transformational moment in his life journey. Picking up where Resurrection Year: Turning Broken Dreams Into New Beginnings left off, Sheridan helps us process what we can learn about our identities in the face of disappointment and change. Life had not gone according to plan for Sheridan Voysey and his wife, Merryn. When infertility ended their dream of becoming parents, they uprooted their lives and relocated from Australia to Oxford, England, so Merryn could pursue her professional goals. But the move meant Sheridan had to give up his well-established career in Christian radio, and though he was experiencing some success as a writer, he couldn’t reconcile his expectations for his life with the reality he was living. Lost and directionless, he came to a sobering realization: I don’t know who I am.
Following the example of many a seeker, Sheridan decided to pair his spiritual journey with a literal one: a hundred-mile pilgrimage along the northeast coast of England. Inspired by the life and influence of the monk Cuthbert, who was among the first to evangelize northern England in the 600s, Voysey and his friend DJ traveled on foot from the Holy Island of Lindisfarne to Durham, where the famed Lindisfarne Gospels were on display.
What makes us who we are? What shapes our hopes and dreams, and how do we adjust when things don’t go as we hoped? Can we recover if we make a choice that’s less than perfect? Voysey tackles these questions and others as he deftly weaves together Cuthbert’s story, the history of early Christianity in England, and his own struggle to find his identity and purpose. His introspective writing leads readers to consider their own stories and reflect on how God calls each of us to an identity bigger than any earthly role or career. Part travel memoir, part pilgrim’s journal, The Making of Us is a quiet story including a chapter-by-chapter reflection guide of trust in God’s leading for our lives, no matter where our paths take us.
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Motivate THIS : How To Start Each Day With An UNSTOPPABLE ATTITUDE TO SUCCE
$15.99Add to cartOne of the biggest challenges we face today in business and in life is staying motivated to be at our best for more than just a few days at a time. Every time a setback occurs, it is tempting to let it affect our outlook on life and diminish our excitement about our dreams as well as our willingness to take action on our goals. Motivate THIS! gives you the tools you need to discover increased productivity, greater enthusiasm, and new levels of success. Rather than allowing circumstances, events, and people to drain your energy and dampen your mood, you will learn techniques for taking control of your life in such situations and forging ahead in a State of Feeling Good. The Common-Sense Success Strategies offered in this book will enable you to:
–Develop greater resilience to bounce back from life’s challenges
–Cultivate a positive mentality attentive to and grateful for the good in your life
–Improve your focus and commitment to achieving your goals
–Enhance your “humor insights” so that you learn to laugh in difficult moments
–Understand the importance of work-life balance and make choices that contribute to a greater overall degree of happiness
–Reignite your passion for your personal and professional pursuits
–And enjoy yourself on your journey toward success!The action items and reflection questions at the end of each chapter will help you implement the Common-Sense Success Strategies and retrain your mind to think more positively to attain your goals. Filled with Rizzo’s unique brand of humor, insightful stories, and mindfulness techniques that can elevate your level of motivation, help you overcome self-criticism, and transform your mindset regardless of your circumstances, Motivate THIS! is an indispensable tool for maximizing your personal and professional happiness.
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Let There Be Light
$17.95Add to cartThis book is but a tiny taste of the great adventure that is life, a complete and wholesome life lived within the precepts of God’s Word. Following the bread crumbs left by our Creator is the greatest treasure hunt of all. The radical concepts in this book will expand your imagination. We are not talking merely about new discoveries. It is far beyond that.
You will go on a wild mental ride that will leave you breathless. You will see the past as never before. You will realize that you routinely foretell the future. You will never claim to see the present again. I promise you more aha moments than you have had in years. You are going to see the universe come alive in a simple and elegant way. I have done many things in life but few have been as exciting as this book. I hope you can enjoy reading it as much as I have enjoyed writing it.
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Big Challenges Even Bigger God
$15.99Add to cartSometimes life feels like it’s just a constant series of trials, each season presenting us with a new challenge to work through. What do we do in times when things are going from bad to worse? Is it possible to still live in joy and see God at work in our lives?
In Big Challenges… Even Bigger God!, Shireen shows that it is, sharing her own hard-learned understanding that, while life is hard, God is good.
You too can live every day in the knowledge that this is true. That even when you fear that you are alone, and feel that He has left you, God is always at work in your life. Remember, the challenges that we face in life may be big, but God is bigger!
It’s time for everyone to experience the comfort of God’s presence in even the darkest of times.
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Forgetting The Former Things
$20.00Add to cartIn August 1996 Tamara Puffer was a young, newly married violinist-turned-pastor serving a large suburban church. Her growing work with people living on Atlanta’s streets was beginning to reshape her theology and her calling, but a serious car accident derailed her carefully planned career path. Forgetting the Former Things is a rare tapestry of first-person faith journey woven with gritty theological reflection and persistent hope. Puffer writes honestly, poignantly, and often humorously about her efforts to accept limitations and to reimagine her life under radically altered circumstances.
She finds solace in the stories of biblical women as she also wrestles with negative images of disability in Scripture. She embraces her self-described role as a “minister of vulnerability” in this troubling national moment-as jobs, healthcare, and affordable housing are evaporating for so many, as countless people feel terrorized by discrimination or the threat of deportation-boldly casting her lot with others whose marginalization cuts deeper. At a time when traumatic brain injury is in the national spotlight, and many families, churches, and communities seek deeper understanding, Tamara Puffer provides in these pages an insightful, inspiring, and much-needed gift.
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Jesus Calling Botanical Cover (Large Type)
$26.99Add to cartExperience a deeper relationship with Jesus as you savor the presence of the One who understands you perfectly and loves you forever.
With scripture and personal reflections, bestselling author Sarah Young brings Jesus’ message of peace-for today and every day.
In this #1 New York Times bestselling devotional, readers will receive words of hope, encouragement, comfort, and reassurance of Jesus’ unending love. The devotions are written as if Jesus Himself is speaking directly to each reader and are based on Jesus’ own words of hope, guidance, and peace within Scripture-penned by one who loves him and reveres His Word. Each entry is accompanied by Scripture for further reflection and meditation.
These much-loved devotions will help you look forward to your time with the Lord. Experience peace in the presence of the Savior who is always with you.This edition is sure to be a favorite in the popular Jesus Calling line. The on-trend fabric cover with foil has feminine floral touches, giving a gorgeous, elegant feel, along with large text and written-out scripture verses.
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Footprints In The African Sand
$33.99Add to cartAs Africa shook off colonialism in the 1960s, a young man was gripped by a singular purpose: to play his part in God’s plans for the fractured nations of Africa.
A son of apartheid South Africa, Michael Cassidy appeared an unlikely candidate to lead a team bringing a gospel message of salvation, reconciliation and hope to a continent overturning white rule. Over five decades, and with the support of his extraordinary wife Carol, Michael and his African Enterprise team courageously built up ten national teams and a network of relationships criss-crossing Africa.
Michael saw clearly the need for quality leadership. He fostered vital dialogue among top politicians in the tense run-up to South Africa’s 1994 elections. As the country hurtled towards civil war, he helped facilitate a last-minute settlement, paving the way for the peaceful inauguration of Nelson Mandela.
Told with inimitable charm and humour, this is a personal story of family, friendship and faith and beautifully demonstrates God’s love at work in the turbulence of Africa’s recent history.
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Finish First : Winning Changes Everything
$18.99Add to cartIn his years as a professional figure skater, Olympic Gold Medalist Scott Hamilton learned to embrace the mind-set of working hard to beat the competition. In doing so, he found the strength to rise above every challenge life has thrown his way. But it seems competing to win has gotten a bad rap these days. We’ve bought into the belief that failure must be avoided at all costs and it’s unfair to participants to rank their performances.
Scott has lived a life filled with victories. But he wasn’t born a winner. Neither were you. Some labels just have to be earned. In Finish First Scott explains:
*how to understand your unique purpose,
*why you aren’t a winner-yet,
*how to break the pattern of losing,
*why you should ditch fear and celebrate failure, and
*the importance of editing your critics.You’ll be amazed at how simple and logical it is to be better than you’ve ever been. Awaken your greatest potential and embrace the fact that you were born for something special.
We need to relearn that competition is a good thing because it drives us to live to the fullest and strive to be better than we ever thought possible. To finish first is something we all dream about. It’s time to begin achieving those dreams.
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1 Simple Act (Reprinted)
$17.99Add to cartBeloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber shares inspirational and empowering true stories of what happens when we commit intentional acts of generosity.
Master storyteller Debbie Macomber knows a secret.In a world that seems too often reticent and begrudging, Debbie has learned firsthand that living in a spirit of generosity yields unforeseen miracles. Lives can be changed in ways we never envisioned. Just as a young boy volunteered his fishes and loaves to Jesus in Galilee and saw his meager gift multiplied many times over to feed five thousand, we can live open-handed and stand amazed at what God accomplishes through simple acts of generosity.
This moving blend of true stories and motivating messages delights and surprises us as we see for ourselves that giving the gifts of time, encouragement, hope, laughter, prayer, hospitality, service, and forgiveness often have a life-changing impact, not only on the recipient of such gifts, but on the giver as well. All it takes is one simple act.
Macomber, through her masterful power of storytelling, calls us to live with an open heart, offering who we are and what we have to God, to use in the lives of others. When we do so with an eager sense of expectancy, lives–including our own–are changed in ways we couldn’t have imagined.
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Let There Be Light
$33.95Add to cartThis book is but a tiny taste of the great adventure that is life, a complete and wholesome life lived within the precepts of God’s Word. Following the bread crumbs left by our Creator is the greatest treasure hunt of all. The radical concepts in this book will expand your imagination. We are not talking merely about new discoveries. It is far beyond that.
You will go on a wild mental ride that will leave you breathless. You will see the past as never before. You will realize that you routinely foretell the future. You will never claim to see the present again. I promise you more aha moments than you have had in years. You are going to see the universe come alive in a simple and elegant way. I have done many things in life but few have been as exciting as this book. I hope you can enjoy reading it as much as I have enjoyed writing it.
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Forgetting The Former Things
$40.00Add to cartIn August 1996 Tamara Puffer was a young, newly married violinist-turned-pastor serving a large suburban church. Her growing work with people living on Atlanta’s streets was beginning to reshape her theology and her calling, but a serious car accident derailed her carefully planned career path. Forgetting the Former Things is a rare tapestry of first-person faith journey woven with gritty theological reflection and persistent hope. Puffer writes honestly, poignantly, and often humorously about her efforts to accept limitations and to reimagine her life under radically altered circumstances.
She finds solace in the stories of biblical women as she also wrestles with negative images of disability in Scripture. She embraces her self-described role as a “minister of vulnerability” in this troubling national moment-as jobs, healthcare, and affordable housing are evaporating for so many, as countless people feel terrorized by discrimination or the threat of deportation-boldly casting her lot with others whose marginalization cuts deeper. At a time when traumatic brain injury is in the national spotlight, and many families, churches, and communities seek deeper understanding, Tamara Puffer provides in these pages an insightful, inspiring, and much-needed gift.
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Out Of The Holocaust
$12.99Add to cartThe details of my (and my brother’s) birth are unknown. My memories begin in Latvia. DNA tests strongly indicate that we are of Belarusian-Jewish origin, meaning that we might have been born in southeastern Latvia or in Belarus bordering on southern Latvia. Our mother is listed as “Miss Sinegins” in our personal records. Russian authorities stated our years of birth, mine 1937, my brother’s 1939. We plucked the specific dates out a bowl.
In 1943, I was about 6, my brother about 4 or 5, when our assumed mother felt it necessary to turn us over to the Baldone Children’s Home in Latvia due to ill health and extreme poverty. About a year later, the orphans and caretakers at that home trekked to Riga, Latvia’s capital city, to be transported to the Majori Children’s Home. We were there but a few months when we all were transported by ship, under German oversight, to Germany in October, 1944. We along with many other orphans resided at several homes and residences. Approximately half of our group of 130 orphans was transported to America after the war. Some died. Many were transported to other countries, and some remained in Germany due to ill health or other factors. My brother and I resided in foster homes and at a children’s home in St. Paul, Minnesota, until 1950, when we were adopted by the Rev. Victor Boe, former Dean of Men at Concordia College, and Hilda Boe, former librarian at the college.
I became a Lutheran pastor like my adoptive father. Following ordination, I served as a missionary in Nigeria. I have served at many parishes, and continue to minister at a small congregation in Iowa at age 80.
My prayer is that this book will fulfill the will and mission of God in Jesus Christ. The most effective means of achieving this is through direct person-to-person communication, by the empowerment of the Holy Spirit. In the absence of the Spirit, this and all other publications have no meaning or purpose. Words and inert objects alone cannot transmit God’s power, and we cannot convert anyone to the way of Christ. He does this through us, at his own timing and initiative. His light always conquers all forces of darkness. When we try to pressure anyone toward change, freedom of choice may manifest in resistance and rebellion.
Through the Spirit, my hope is that every reader of this book will obtain inner strength for daily living, through the most difficult times in life’s journey. Go and seek out a genuine, live Christian. Open your inner eyes,
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Threshold Of Discovery
$18.95Add to cartThoughtful exploration of midlife spirituality through the prism of nature walks – Study questions for each section Roger Owens, facing a “dark night of the soul” as he turned forty and entered midlife, was en-couraged by his spiritual director to think of it instead as a “threshold of discovery.” Rather than go on a grand adventure like walking the Appalachian Trail or the Camino de Santiago, he decid-ed to mark his fortieth year by taking forty walks in a nearby nature preserve. With patience and attention, he explored the concerns rising with him: the inevitability of death, his boredom with life, and the reality of his changing faith, changing images of God, and changing sense of self. The result is forty short chapters that weave together insightful stories of his walks with accessi-ble history and practices of Christian spirituality and the lives of saints. This field guide to the spirituality of midlife facilitates readers’ personal journeys through ques-tions of faith, purpose, and relationships. It is not solely a memoir, but a work of wisdom litera-ture that uses engaging first-person narratives to explore universal themes and spiritual inquiry. Wise and imaginative, and with study questions for each section, Threshold of Discovery is the companion guide for a thoughtful Christian journey.
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Your Hidden Season
$22.95Add to cartA Brielle Book Publishing Title
Look at you! You are beautiful, driven, goal oriented and still…. Single. The truth is, nothing is wrong with you and men are not in short supply. You may just be in Your Hidden Season. Whenever God wanted to do something great with someone he called them to a place of seclusion and you are no different. Whether you want to believe it or not, if you are feeling invisible, hidden from the world or even forgotten it is possible that you are right where God wants you to be. In this book, Your Hidden Season: Discovering the Beauty in the Wait, you are going to join Lisa Dannielle as you unpack all of your baggage and dive deep into devotion with God. Through her transparent story, she guides you through her turbulent journey from loss to total redemption. She unpacks the lies the enemy has tried to tell you about the church, sex, abuse, relationships and your ideas of Mr. Right. So, join the adventure and carefully follow the process– the results will be unimaginable.
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Pure Joy : Making The Choice To Rejoice
$9.99Add to cartJoy is a sustaining force in the Christian life, giving us strength to endure the most difficult of circumstances. Grieving the death of her husband by suicide, and facing other life tragedies, Lorna Hanishewski discovered that great joy can be experienced in a relationship with Jesus Christ. Founded on the truths of the Word of God, this practical book identifies seven keys to accessing true Christian joy. The pages are filled with biblical and personal examples of how to live a joy-filled life, challenging and inspiring readers to take hold of this fruit of the Spirit available to all who believe.
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Helpful Reflections For Difficult Times
$15.99Add to cartHelpful Reflections for Difficult Times is a combination of the author’s own original reflections about how a Christian copes with difficult times, augmented by his favorite Christian authors through direct quotations and paraphrasing of their key concepts. It is written for any Christian going through a difficult time, either currently or in the past; in other words, practically all Christians. The book contains 162 reflections, each preceded by a verse of Scripture which is elaborated upon in the reflection, and concluded with a brief prayer. Helpful Reflections for Difficult Times is best suited as a daily devotional book. It has been a work of love, taking the author over ten years to compile, as he would dedicate each morning to a time of devotion, reading Scripture, and writing his reflections. It is designed to help Christians cope with their difficulties, whether it be some form of suffering, personal crisis, grieving for a loved one, doubting their faith, or a multitude of other problems that we all face from time to time in our lives. The author has been through several difficult times of his own, suffering two bouts with cancer and a financial crisis early in his retirement. He was greatly comforted by Scripture during this time, and he doesn’t want anyone else to go through similar difficult times without the daily words of comfort that are provided in Helpful Reflections for Difficult Times.
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I Wish Id Paid Better Attention In Vacation Bible School
$9.95Add to cartSometimes valuable lessons from childhood are not appreciated until years later. Millions of us went to Vacation Bible School during Summer growing up. Memories of those experiences tend to spur a smile and a nod as we realize how we continue to learn those lessons every day.
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To Live Again
$19.99Add to cartCatherine Marshall’s candid story of recovery after devastating loss.
When Catherine Marshall’s husband, Peter, died unexpectedly, the sudden loss was overwhelming. Overnight, she became a single mother and young widow of a nationally beloved preacher. Catherine recalls how she clung tightly to a loving God while grappling with grief and loneliness. Thrust into an unfamiliar world of financial concerns, job hunting, and single parenting, she held fast to her tenacious faith.
When she was asked to edit a small volume of her husband’s sermons, a new chapter began. Catherine followed up by penning the powerful story of Peter’s life, catapulting her into a writing career as a New York Times best-selling author.
In this vulnerable account of the years after Peter’s death, Catherine shares how she learned to trust in the goodness of God that restored and redirected her life.
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Fearless In 21 Days
$19.99Add to cartFEARLESS IN 21 DAYS is a testimony of hope and a day-by-day guide to healing the mind using mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual applications for those bound by crippling fear, anxiety, panic disorders, and depression.
In the summer of 2013, family and friends watched helplessly as author Sarah E. Ball spiraled into the darkest season of her life. A passionate woman of God, wife, mom of five, and popular blogger, Sarah nevertheless found herself abruptly taken captive by a severe anxiety and panic disorder that left her bedridden for months. Those around her were shocked at her fast derailment because she had always been a very strong, dependable woman. With time and perseverance, her determination and faith in God led her out of anxiety and into a place of complete freedom.
After Sarah found deliverance from mental illness she was determined to reach back into the pit and pull the next person out. She began sharing the intimate details of her breakdown and recovery with her readers, creating an online series Fearless in 21 Days as a daily guide to overcoming anxiety. After the series gained an increasing amount of attention, Sarah expanded the series into an award-winning full book manuscript.
In FEARLESS IN 21 DAYS, Sarah takes the readers through 21 revelations that focus on healing the whole self-body, mind, and soul-and bridging the gap between effective mental health therapies and Scripture. The book begins with practical tips that can dramatically reduce the immediate symptoms of anxiety and then dives deeper into spiritual and mental truths to create a hope-filled guide to freedom from anxiety so that readers may boldly and bravely fulfill their purpose in Christ-fearlessly. -
Grace Abounding
$14.99Add to cartAlthough John Bunyan lived in the 1600s, he experienced the same kinds of trials and temptations that we do today. In this compelling spiritual biography, Bunyan describes how he was changed from the most notorious rebel in his village to a great man of faith. Bunyan was constantly concerned about the state of his salvation and whether God deemed him worthy enough for eternal life. This story communicates the author’s anguish over his sin, his confession, and the life-changing impact of God’s saving grace. Bunyan’s struggle for acceptance into the kingdom of God will give readers the courage and power for their own spiritual journeys, for the grace he received is available to everyone–even to the chief of sinners!
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Taste And See
$18.99Add to cartGod is a foodie who wants to transform your supper into sacrament.
After struggling with fad diets and food allergies, one of America’s most beloved teachers and writers, Margaret Feinberg, goes on a remarkable journey to unearth God’s perspective on food.
She writes that since the opening of creation, God, the Master Chef, seeds the world with pomegranates and passionfruit, beans and greens and tangerines. When the Israelites wander in the desert for forty years, God, the Pastry Chef, delivers the sweet bread of heaven. After arriving in the Promised Land, God reveals himself as Barbecue Master delighting in meat sacrifices. Like his Foodie Father, Jesus throws the disciples an unforgettable two-course farewell supper to be repeated until his return.
This groundbreaking book provides a culinary exploration of Scripture. You’ll descend four hundred feet below ground into the frosty white caverns of a salt mine, ferry to a remote island in Croatia to harvest olives, spend time with a Texas butcher known as “the meat apostle,” and wander a California farm with one of the world’s premier fig farmers.
With each visit, Margaret asks, “How do you read these Scriptures, not as theologians, but in light of what you do every day?”
Their answers will forever change the way you read the Bible-and approach every meal.
Taste and See is a delicious read that includes dozens of recipes for those who, like Margaret, believe some of life’s richest moments are spent savoring a meal with those you love.
Perhaps God’s foodie focus is meant to do more than satisfy our bellies. It’s meant to heal our souls, as we learn to taste and see the goodness of God together. After all, food is God’s love made edible.
See you around the table!
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Undeniable Presence : I Don’t Know Where God Is Not
$9.99Add to cartA Heather Helton Title
“Where is God?” is obviously the ultimate question for many when facing serious illness or possible death. Heather H. Helton, a young chaplain, enters the hospital rooms and worlds of many who are at this stage of life. Read as they share their most intimate thoughts and feelings as she attempts to bring comfort, understanding, and meaning during this critical period. The many different responses in these cases will be uplifting, sometimes surprising, but always inspiring. Read how Helton proclaims that “I don’t know where God is not.”
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Awakenings : The Early Days
$12.99Add to cartAwakenings is a collection of Ryan Phillips’ responses to the truth of God’s Word that came during a season of solitude and reflection in the remote and beautiful hills of Laupahoehoe, Hawaii, as he awoke every morning and had time to reflect on the Word and listen to the Holy Spirit.
This time of beautiful surroundings, quiet devotion, and writing helped Ryan grow spiritually, and his hope is that you will also be awakened to who God is calling you to be and become, and that his devotional journey will encourage you to deepen your walk with God and to embrace your identity as a believer in Jesus.
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From Basement To Sanctuary
$14.95Add to cartSometimes it takes a step. When we find ourselves at our lowest, struggling with addiction and broken lives, sometimes it takes one step, and one moment, to begin a journey to recovery. But how do we take that step when we are trapped in a pit of despair and surrounded by a lie, seemingly unable to change, unable to live, and unable to cry out for help? From Basement to Sanctuary is a radical story of conversion and transformation that speaks to how God’s strength truly can be made perfect though our weaknesses. Author Holly Christine Hayes spent her teen and young-adult life mired in alcoholism and drug addiction, and she was in the grips of a downward spiral that led to a life of trauma, shame, and eventual homelessness. After an encounter with God in a public bathroom in 2001, her life was forever changed. God miraculously healed her and delivered her from her addiction-but it took years for her to find out who the God was that saved her. Through the telling of her story, Holly takes us on a journey through the surrender of the recovery meetings that gather in church basements, to the wholeness and healing she found in the sanctuary of the church. All the while, she shares lessons she learned in the basement about who God really is and the miraculous ways he wants to heal our hurts, habits, sins, and setbacks.
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Greatest Exchange : Beyond Restoration
$14.99Add to cartThe Greatest Exchange is written by a man who understands God’s love for humanity and the tremendous sacrifice of Jesus Christ for us and the benefits we are blessed with as a result. The book is well written, well organized, easy to read and understand, for Christians, Non-Christians and New Christians alike. The prayers at the end of each Chapter, are so appropriate they bear repeating or confessing during one’s daily prayer time. Excellent Book! -Ed Huculak, Springs Church, Calgary The Greatest Exchange takes readers on a journey that helps us to more clearly understand the implications of Christ’s death on the cross as far as the human condition is concerned. Using both insightful biblical interpretation and pertinent real world examples, the text shows us in detail the progression of God’s plan for the Redemption of humanity following the Fall of Man in the Garden of Eden. It poses very intriguing questions in ways previously not considered. And the book also leaves one with a renewed feeling of joy and hope as far as the God’s real intentions toward mankind.
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Mile High Missionary
$13.99Add to cartA James Rush Manley Title
The jungle pilot occupies a high visibility seat.
His role creates the convincing illusion of connection. But the truth is, he or she often leads a solitary life. He drops in from the sky, visits for 15 minutes, then leaves. He touches many worlds but rarely becomes part of any.
The stories in Mile-High Missionary show how one pilot changed from hiding as a sky-creature to reentering the world of real people.
Sit in the pilot’s seat as this missionary memoir flies you into the Amazon Jungle. Encounter the pilot’s view. See what he saw. Hear what he heard. Meet who he met. Feel what he felt as he wrestles with his own hopes and joys, doubts and fears.
Experience bush aviation first hand as this Christian pilot asks the hard questions:
*Is my airplane safe to fly?
*Can I find one tiny scratch of an airstrip hidden in an immense jungle?
*What if the weather changes?
*Can I land and stay on the runway, then takeoff without hitting trees?
*After all that, am I really helping my passengers’ ministry?
*Does my flying benefit the ex-headhunters I work among?
*Am I honoring God, or just playing with airplanes?Read how he juggled safety and service while doing a dangerous job, then found himself changed by the ones he served.
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I Will See You In Heaven Dog Lovers Edition
$14.99Add to cartThis beautiful book is the presentation/gift edition of last year’s Paraclete bestseller, Will I See My Dog in Heaven Now the question mark is removed! The answer is Yes! Prayers and blessings for all animal companions;and plenty of hope and inspiration.
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Revives My Soul Again
$40.00Add to cartMLK and the Practice of Spirituality
The scholarship on Martin Luther King Jr. is seriously lacking in terms of richly nuanced and revelatory treatments of his spirituality and spiritual life. This book addresses this neglect by focusing on King’s life as a paradigm of a deep, vital, engaging, balanced, and contagious spirituality. It shows that the essence of the person King was lies in the quality of his own spiritual journey and how that translated into not only a personal devotional life of prayer, meditation, and fasting but also a public ministry that involved the uplift and empowerment of humanity. Much attention is devoted to King’s spiritual leadership, to his sense of the civil rights movement as “a spiritual movement,” and to his efforts to rescue humanity from what he termed a perpetual “death of the spirit.” Readers encounter a figure who took seriously the personal, interpersonal, and sociopolitical aspects of the Christian faith, thereby figuring prominently in recasting the very definition of spirituality in his time. King’s “holistic spirituality” is presented here with a clarity and power fresh for our own generation.
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Story Forgotten
$20.99Add to cartThis book takes you on a 4000 year journey that begins with creation and leaves you in an era that would change the world forever. Walk through time from creation to the great flood and follow the survivors of the flood to the generation that gave birth to the Arab and Israeli Nations.
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Rare Medium Or Done Well
$34.00Add to cartWhether in politics, family, education, or business, what matters most is leaving a legacy for future generations. Part of leaving a legacy is understanding where we’ve been, where we are now, and how both determine where we’re going. Author Mike Huckabee writes, “A person who has no standard to live by other than the culture of the moment is a person whose principles might as well come from the latest public opinion polls.” In a time where it seems anything foes, and truth is more fluid than ever, Rare, Medium or Done Well is for anyone wondering how to make a difference in today’s culture. Govenor Huckabee guides readers through multiple facets of life and how to be an example that others will follow and carry forward to the future. Also includes reflection questions and discussion prompts.
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Surrendered Hearts : An Adoption Story Of Love, Loss, And Learning To Trust
$14.99Add to cartA lifetime of knowing. Decades of praying. Years of paperwork, research, and planning. Lots of tears. And the growing of faith in the waiting.
One look into a pair of sparkling brown eyes, and Lori and Bryan Schumaker fell head-over-heels in love with a beautiful young girl in Bulgaria. Certain this was the child God intended for them, they stepped confidently into the adoption process they’d been preparing for. They thought they knew what to expect, and they did–but there was so much more.
The application process moved smoothly ahead, and they began making plans for their daughter–only to be informed she’d been adopted by a family in Italy. Heartbroken, they struggled to move on, until, through a series of incredible events, they learned their daughter still languished in her Bulgarian orphanage. Turning heaven and earth, the Schumakers started over. Mix-ups, red tape, inexplicable delays, and a difficult judge threatened the adoption, but they were determined to bring their child home.
In a true story of learning that trust means surrendering your version of how the story should unfold, Lori and Bryan finally let go–of their dream, of their daughter, of their fears and frustrations. And in that relinquishment, God began to move.
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Dios Es Real – (Spanish)
$16.99Add to cartDios es Real aborda las preguntas: Como es Dios? Por que son las cosas como son, a pesar de quien Dios es?
Si el primer libro de Todd, El Cielo es Real, fue sobre el “entonces y alli” del cielo, Dios es Real es sobre el “aqui y ahora” en la tierra:
Por que hay tantos hipocritas de iglesia?Por que los cristianos hacen de la cruz un asunto tan importante? Por que Dios no parece contestar nuestras oraciones mas grandes?
Las personas estan cansadas de las respuestas adecuadas que se ofrecen en lenguaje de iglesia explicando sus preguntas; nosotros queremos la verdad directa y explicita. Lo que nos molesta de la vida y la fe es real y rudo. Necesitamos una voz franca que brinde las respuestas de Dios a las luchas dificiles y a las dudas que duelen.
Todd va a la carga sobre estos temas con el valor de un bombero, la vulnerabilidad de un amigo de pueblo, y la compasion de un pastor local. El ayuda a articular las preguntas que tienen las personas, y luego les aporta sabiduria biblica relevante para que den sus siguientes pasos en la fe.
Dios esta preparado para conocerte. Estas tu preparado para conocerle?God is for Real addresses the questions: What is God like? Why are things the way they are in spite of who God is?
If Todd’s first book, Heaven Is for Real, was about the then and there of heaven, God is Real is about the here and now on earth. Why are there are so many hypocritical church people? Why do Christians make such a big deal about the cross? Why doesn’t God seem to answer our biggest prayers?
People are tired of pat answers offered up in churchy language explaining away their questions; we want the down-and-dirty truth. What bothers us about life and faith is real and gritty. We need a plain-spoken voice to offer God’s answers to difficult struggles and painful doubts.
Todd charges into these subjects with a fireman’s courage, a small-town friend’s vulnerability, and a local pastor’s compassion. He helps articulate the questions people have, then gives them relevant biblical wisdom for taking their next steps in faith.
God is ready to meet you! Are you ready to meet Him? -
Hope Rising : How The Science Of Hope Can Change Your Life
$17.95Add to cartHope Rising is a clarion call to apply the science of hope in daily life and overcome the trauma, adversity, and struggles everyone must face. Hope is the most predictive indicator of well-being in a person’s life in all the research done on trauma, illness, and resiliency. Based on nearly 2,000 published studies about hope, including their own research, Casey Gwinn and Chan Hellman call for rising hope to be the focus not only in personal lives, but in public policy in education, business, social services, and every other part of society. Hope is measurable. Hope is malleable. Hope changes lives. Hope Rising provides a roadmap to measure hope in your life, assess what may have robbed you of the power of hope, and then provides strategies to increase hope. It challenges every reader to be transparent and honest about their own stories of struggle and adversity, calls for the end of shame and blame in addressing the struggles of those who have experienced trauma, illness, or abuse, and provides practical ways to increase your Hope score and thrive because of it.
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Faith Hope And Health
$11.99Add to cartColor is fascinating! And the way it affects your life is even more fantastic. It shows you how color relates to science and how it affects your Faith, Hope and Health.
God has a plan for your Life. It is for good and that will give you HOPE and a FUTURE. Now, my real teaching begins. I will help people to ? nd their mission, purpose, and ministry.
Turn your life into a MASTERPIECE! And if at this time you can’t, let God help you.
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Win From Within Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$19.99Add to cartThe WIN FROM WITHIN Study Guide is an interactive companion to Pastor John Gray’s WIN FROM WITHIN.
It will help you identify and manage one of the most challenging, yet necessary battles we all face–our inner struggle to overcome the worst versions of ourselves.A powerful tool to use alongside the book, the guide provides biblical and practical self-help guidance to push you to victory over your personal and inner challenges.
Every chapter in this study guide matches a chapter in WIN FROM WITHIN. Activities and journaling questions walk you through each chapter’s content and help you apply Pastor Gray’s teaching to your own life. And you are not alone! The study guide provides numerous opportunities to interact with others on the WIN FROM WITHIN journey via social media prompts. It all adds up to practical applications of the concepts learned in WIN FROM WITHIN. Content-specific prayers help you seal your efforts.
Winning from within means becoming the person you have always wanted to be, the person you have dreamed about becoming, the person God created you to be. Let this interactive study guide set you on your own winning path.
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Wonderful Gift Of A Beautiful Life With Jesus
$36.00Add to cartMsb Property Services Pty Ltd Title
The spiritual world, your true destiny in heaven, is completely different to this world and when your sins are forgiven it is like crossing over from death into a new life. Even in this world we are able to comprehend something of the majesty and glory of heaven.
This is because we all within us have a spiritual side to our nature. This important but generally unrecognized part of us acknowledges what is wrong with this fallen world and yet still survives.
When we place our faith and trust in Jesus all of our sins will be forgiven.
With Jesus as our guide we are changed into a new creature; our conscience cleared, our spirit renewed and uplifted and every part of us sanctified for useful service.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17
Our Bible reading and quiet times are essential to challenge our thoughts and prayers, to direct our paths and adjust our lifestyles.
We should all feel the sense of looking forward towards that wonderful future in ahead in heaven. Each day just being thankful to serve Jesus and learn what we can in the process.
This is surely the most wonderful and beautiful gift of all.
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Heaven : Your Real Home From A Higher Perspective (Expanded)
$19.99Add to cartFor the past twenty-five years, Heaven has inspired us to live well on earth even as we long for eternity. Drawing on Scripture, Joni Eareckson Tada answers the deepest questions of our hearts about what heaven will be like, who we will see there, and who we will be there.
This updated and expanded edition of Joni’s classic brings a new understanding of what heaven is, along with new mysteries and hopes. Now in her late 60s, Joni is much closer to heaven than she was when she first wrote the book in her mid 40s. And she says, “I will soon-soon!-hear His voice, look into His eyes, and feel His embrace. And He will say, ‘Welcome home, Joni.'” It is from this vantage point that Joni now speaks about how we can live for Jesus as we look forward to our real home.
As a quadriplegic for fifty years, Joni has also endured cancer and extreme ongoing pain. She doesn’t speak lightly when she reminds us that, “God knows the precise tools to use in your life to cut, facet, cleanse, and refine the diamond that is your eternal soul…. Every good thing that God has ever given you will last for all eternity-including the best part of every affliction.”
At the end of each chapter in this updated book, Joni includes additional reflections that speak to where she is now, higher up on the hill of perspective. She calls these thoughts Climbing Higher, and that’s her invitation to all who make this journey with her.
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Bathed In Prayer
$26.00Add to cartA new must-have collection for fans of the New York Times bestselling Mitford series, featuring the prayers, sermons, and inspiration from beloved Father Tim, as well as new essays and reflections on faith from author Jan Karon.
Over the course of fourteen novels, millions of readers have fallen in love with the faith, encouragement, and wisdom that are at the very heart of Jan Karon’s Mitford series. Now, for the first time, readers will have the chance to walk with Father Tim through a collection of prayers, sermons, and inspirational passages that incorporates material from each of the novels. In addition, fans will get to hear directly from author Jan Karon, in a brand-new essay about her own personal journey in faith and the ways that the Mitford novels have impacted her.
Full of advice and inspiration from the characters that fans have followed for years, this beautifully designed compilation will soon become a staple for any Mitford reader.
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Finding God In Ordinary Time
$19.95Add to cartGreen Place Books Title
Take a wide-eyed look at your life–the commonplace, joyful, and even heartbreaking events–and discover the presence of God, hidden in plain sight. Forget bowing your head and closing your eyes. The secret to prayer is what happens when you’re not trying to pray.
This is the invitation of Christine Eberle’s Finding God in Ordinary Time. Each daily reflection contains a true story and a nugget of spiritual insight, accompanied by thought-provoking questions and a memorable Scripture quote. Together they reveal a God who is playful and affectionate, merciful and compassionate, and always relevant. Warm, accessible, and surprisingly funny, Christine offers spiritual nourishment to people skeptical or weary of religion, while still giving the faithful something to chew on.
Simple enough to be devoured in one sitting, this intimate little book is best enjoyed slowly. Each piece deserves to be savored and revisited through the unfolding of each ordinary, extraordinary day.
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Stories Behind The Great Traditions Of Christmas
$17.99Add to cartThe cheer of a crackling hearth fire. Colorful cards from friends and loved ones. An evergreen tree festooned with ornaments. The golden traditions of Christmas-gifts, wreaths, stockings, carols, mistletoe, and more-infuse our celebration of the season with meaning and glowing memories. And, in ways you may not realize, they point us to the birth of Christ. Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas reveals the people, places, and events that shaped the best-loved customs of this merriest of holidays. Here are spiritual insights, true-life tales, and captivating legends to intrigue you and your family and bring new luster and depth to your celebration of Jesus’ birth. Discover how – after eighteen centuries of all but ignoring the event, churches began to open the door for believers to commemorate Jesus’ incarnation. – the evergreen tree, once a central theme in the worship practices of pagan cultures, came to represent the everlasting love of God. – the magi’s three gifts-gold, frankincense, and myrrh-are filled with spiritual symbolism. The traditions of Christmas lend beauty, awe, and hope to the holiday, causing people all over the world to anticipate it with joy. The stories in this book will warm your heart as you rediscover the true and eternal significance of Christmas.
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Access To Kingdom Anointing
$10.99Add to cartAuthors Press Title
The book starts with the initial conversion to Christ. It shows the importance of water baptism and Holy Spirit baptism as Yashuah taught in the Bible by example. “Suffer it to be so to fulfill all righteousness.” Since Yashuah gave the example, the church must follow.
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They Called Us Love
$14.99Add to cartApril Holden is from St Helens, Merseyside. As a child she suffered from persistent ill health, and was both physically and emotionally fragile. Coming to faith in her teens, she became convinced that God was calling her to work with street children in Africa. While at university she applied to Africa Inland Mission, but they rejected her because of her chronic health problems. She then trained as a teacher, and during this period became filled with the Holy Spirit.In due course she was accepted by Operation Mobilization, who sent her initially to Egypt for training. While there she had an opportunity to move to Sudan, where the needs of the street boys were most acute: many had been traumatized by war, or were the offspring of sex workers, or had fled abuse. She opened a series of centers, despite ongoing infirmity caused by arthritis in her spine and frequent, severe muscle spasms.When the Americans invaded Iraq in 2003 the Sudanese reacted angrily, attacking anyone who looked American. One day, faced with an angry mob, April was protected in her car by four large men who held the crowd at bay while she escaped to a nearby compound. The following day she looked for them to thank them, but the manager of the compound assured her he had been alone.After harrowing experiences during the separation of North and South Sudan in 2011 she returned to Britain, emotionally and physically exhausted, and OM insisted she took a sabbatical. Within months however she was back in action, this time from a base in Zambia, where she continues to train workers from surrounding countries. Her team has also begun to train professionals like police officers who are already working with vulnerable children. Her passion is to prepare missionaries to serve as facilitators alongside African churches and communities, mobilizing and equipping them to work with homeless children and youth in a godly, professional, and sustainable manner. She continues to work tirelessly to this end.
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Hurricane Of Love
$17.99Add to cartBeth and Dan Wheeler had it all. Their growing family consisted of two beautiful daughters, a loving son-in-law, and a handsome grandson. They lived in their dream house on a beautiful, sprawling property. Dan was enjoying a thriving career as a popular television host on QVC. Suddenly in 2012, their world was rocked when Beth was diagnosed with stage IV cancer.
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Hurricane Of Love
$29.99Add to cartBeth and Dan Wheeler had it all. Their growing family consisted of two beautiful daughters, a loving son-in-law, and a handsome grandson. They lived in their dream house on a beautiful, sprawling property. Dan was enjoying a thriving career as a popular television host on QVC. Suddenly in 2012, their world was rocked when Beth was diagnosed with stage IV cancer.
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Travel : In Tandem With Gods Heart
$15.99Add to cartForeword By George Verwer (tbc)
Intro #Wanderlust Destination: Morocco
1. Travel: In The Land Of The Midnight Sun Destination: The Arctic Circle, Norway
2. Travelling East Of Eden Destination: China
3.Travelling With New Lenses Destination: The Middle East
4. Home Is Where The Heart Is Destination: America
5. To The Nations. Where Next? Destination: Pacific Islands
6. Dying To Travel Destination: Antarctica
7. Made For Better Travel Destination: Out Of This WorldAdditional Info
We live, eat, sleep and dream travel – it’s become a booming industry, a top conversation topic and, frankly, an obsession. But are we really free to roam the world as we wish? What does God say about travel? Shouldn’t we instead be doing evangelism? Where is the clear missionary purpose in all this?The author knows all too well what it is to have caught the wanderlust bug. He skilfully interweaves his, and others, travelling experiences as he applies the Bible’s teaching on this vital subject. Marvel with him at the generosity of our creator God who has given us this amazing world. And learn how to make the most of your travels -
Extra Ordinary Women
$12.95Add to cartCamille. Lynn. Monique. Becky and Margaret. Jaime. Olga. Christina. Rasheera. Odalys. Danielle.
These are the seemingly everyday women whose stories inspired (Extra)Ordinary Women – and whose resilience and strength will inspire women around the world.
These women have defeated breast cancer, addiction, and homelessness. They have lived through the Boston Marathon bombing and hundreds of surgeries. They have traveled from foreign lands to create a better life. They have endured brain cancer, abuse, and poverty. They have given a home to dozens of special-needs children. They have known loss, pain, and fear.
They are survivors. And they share their stories to empower other women who need something – and someone – to believe in.
(Extra)Ordinary Women reminds us of the amazing stories that we find all around us when we open our eyes, hearts, and minds.
And these extraordinary women remind us to never give up, never quit, and never underestimate the power of a woman.
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Perfectly Human : Nine Months With Cerian
$16.00Add to cartShe knew they would only have nine months together, but in that time Sarah Williams’s unborn daughter would transform her understanding of beauty, worth, and the gift of life.
Happily married and teaching at Oxford, Sarah William had credentials, success, and knowledge. It took someone who would never have any of these things to teach her what it means to be human.This extraordinary true story begins with the happy news of a new member of the Williams family. Sarah’s husband, Paul, and their two young daughters share her excitement. But the happiness is short-lived, as a scan at the hospital reveals that the baby has a condition causing severe skeletal deformity. Birth will be fatal.
Sarah and Paul decide to carry the pregnancy to full term and not abort, which shocks hospital staff and Sarah’s professional colleagues. She finds her personal anguish exacerbated by having to defend her child’s dignity and worth. Naming her is important; they decide on Cerian, Welsh for “loved one.”
Williams writes, “Cerian is not a strong religious principle or a rule that compels me to make hard and fast ethical decisions. She is a beautiful person who is teaching me to love the vulnerable, treasure the unlovely, and face fear with dignity and hope.”
In this candid and vulnerable account, Sarah lets the reader in on her family’s journey towards Cerian’s birthday, which will also be her deathday. It’s rare enough to find a writer who can share such a heart-stretching personal experience without sounding sappy. Here is one who at the same time has the ability to articulate the broader issues Cerian’s story raises. In a society striving for perfection, where worth is earned, identity is constructed, children are a choice, normal is beautiful, and deformity is repulsive, Cerian’s short life raises vital question about what we value and where we are headed as a culture. -
Plough Quarterly Number18 The Art Of Community
$10.00Add to cartCan beauty save the world?
These days criticism of art–whether visual, musical, or literary–is often marked by a suspicion of beauty. What happened to the belief that the creativity of the artist reflects the creativity of the Maker of heaven and earth, and that art can therefore be a channel for divine truth? Anyone who has joined with others to sing Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion or stood before a painting by Raphael or Chagall can attest to this. At such moments, art binds people together. This issue of Plough focuses on art that leads to such community: through theater, painting, music, and the objects and architecture of everyday life. And while art fosters community, building community is itself a work of creativity.
Also in this issue: original poetry by Cozine Welch Jr.; reviews of new books by Eliza Griswold, Alissa Quart, Eugene Vodolazkin, and Nathan Englander; and art by Denis Brown, JR, Valerie Jardin, Isaiah King, Isaiah Tanenbaum, George Makary, Oriol Malet, Alex Nwokolo, Ashik and Jenelle Mohan, Raphael, Aaron Douglas, Winslow Homer, Vincent van Gogh, Wassily Kandinsky, and Jason Landsel.
Plough Quarterly features stories, ideas, and culture for people eager to put their faith into action. Each issue brings you in-depth articles, interviews, poetry, book reviews, and art to help you put Jesus’ message into practice and find common cause with others.
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Sojourners Truth : Choosing Freedom And Courage In A Divided World
$18.99Add to cartPreface
Part I: Formation
1. Pain: Truth Is, Your Identity Can Get You Into Hot Water
2. Grace: Truth Is, Women Are The Unsung Heroes In This World
3. Community: Truth Is, There Is No Place Like Home
4. Purpose: Truth Is, Winners Don’t Quit On ThemselvesPart II: History
5. Consciousness: Truth Is, It’s Time To Wake Up
6. Deliverance: Truth Is, Freedom Comes To Those Who Demand It
7. Trust: Truth Is, We Have A Money ProblemPart III: Wilderness
8. Anger: Truth Is, There’s Something That Can Kill You
9. Death: Truth Is, Remembering Can Bring Us Together
10. Humility: Truth Is, There Is Hope Worth Holding On To
11. War: Truth Is, We Must Prepare To FightPart IV: Redemption
12. Live: Truth Is, We Can Find A Way Out Of The Wilderness
13. Build: Truth Is, You Need The Right People And The Right Perspective
14. Heal: Truth Is, Love Will Lead Us Home
15. Light: Truth Is, Beauty Can Come From Ashes
16. Home: Truth Is, We Need Courage To Live Redeemed
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In A Sojourner’s Truth we are drawn into the journey of a young African American girl from South Carolina to the United States Naval Academy and then into a calling as a speaker, mentor, writer, and teacher.Intertwined with Natasha Sistrunk Robinson’s story is the story of Moses, a leader who was born into a marginalized people group, resisted injustices of Pharaoh, denied the power of Egypt, and trusted God even when he did not fully understand or know where he was going. Along the way we courageously explore the spiritual and physical tensions of truth-telling, character and leadership development, and bridge building across racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and gender lines.
You are invited to bring along your story as well-to discover your own identity, explore your truth-revealing moments, live unafraid, and gain a deeper sense of purpose.
