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Choices Not Chosen
$16.49Add to cartA Journey of Brokenness My first introduction to brokenness came at the young age of seven. My parent’s divorce chained our family to everyday terms such as “broken home, single parent family, and child support.” Not wanting to experience the pain, I constructed walls of determination to become a survivor. A survivor determined to “never divorce.” I discovered however, love and determination wasn’t enough when my own marriage of 29 years crumbled to infidelity. Now broken again, the walls tumbled down and forced me to embrace the pain of brokenness. Grieving the losses in my life hurt so deeply, my heart actually ached. Embracing the pain began the transformation of God’s restoration plan to set me FREE! Choices Not Chosen will: Walk you through the valley Hold you close to reality Show you God is present in times of trouble Bring another perspective of brokenness Reveal healing in surrender
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Lovin A Thug
$15.49Add to cartSAFE IN THE KEEPING OF GOD I am Home in Heaven, dear ones, Oh, so happy and so bright! There is perfect joy and beauty In this Everlasting Light. All the pain and grief are over, Every restless yearning past; I am now at peace forever, Safely Home in Heaven at last. Dear one, do not grieve so sorely, For I love you dearly still; Try to look beyond earth’s shadows, Pray to trust Our Father’s will. When your work is all completed, He will gently call you Home; Oh! the rapture of that meeting! Oh! the joy to see you come!
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Ecclesiastes : A Course For Small Group Discipleship (Student/Study Guide)
$18.99Add to cartEcclesiastes – a Small Group Course is designed to be a leader’s guide for small group discipleship courses. The authors hope that it will help personal Bible study as well. It contains an expository commentary, chapter questions and answers to be used as discussion points and applications of Ecclesiastes for personal ministries. Author John Townsend is the senior pastor over the Church@Work, a work-place church organization which attracts many people who have never attended traditional churches. Church@Work celebrates all of the elements of a healthy, well-balanced church in 30-40 minute segments every day of the work week. Typical congregations are only 10-20 people. It is with these small groups in mind that this book is published. This course also serves well for Bible studies and Sunday school lessons for youth, adults and seniors.
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In Daddys Arms
$18.99Add to cartThis spell binding true story will keep you captivated as you travel with one girl on a humbling voyage. You will laugh and you will cry as you see a girl try to save herself with her “pk” title, along with any other label she can find, just to find herself lost in an identity she wishes not to claim. In the middle, she slips onto a few crossings that prove in the end to be quite beautiful. On one such passage, this “dignified Christian” finds herself unwed and pregnant. Standing before her father and eighty churches he represents, rumors quickly fly. Unveiled and about to be thrust in to motherhood, the woman marries the father just to learn the father is addicted to steroids and alcohol. Abused and anorexic, the woman finally flees and has her daughter’s father arrested. One would think that is the end of the story. However, the woman finally lets her boring religion grow in to an exhilarating relationship with an exciting Daddy. She comes to find in that charismatic place, away from labels and far from any human man’s grip, she can never fall too far without landing gently in Daddy’s arms. Cradled safely in this newfound place of faith, she remarries her daughter’s father in a blind belief her husband will become a godly man. She is inspired to journey on a gut wrenching expedition, walking every step with a tenacious faith, declaring to all of Heaven and hell she and her family will leave a legacy that will change her community, her world, and perhaps a part of eternity. Somewhere in the middle she too forever is changed, as she finds the highest accolade and her preordained destiny not in any man’s title, but instead resting securely inside of her Daddy’s arms.
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Together : A Story Of Shared Vision
$17.99Add to cartSometimes you can’t see what matters most until it’s gone. Brenden McCarthy feels like he’s lost everything. His fiancee. His independence. And his passion for life. All due to one tragic misstep while mountain climbing that cost him his sight. But he’s about to gain the last thing he ever expected. A big-hearted black Labrador named Nelson who’s given one last shot at being a Seeing Eye dog. Both are beyond hope and resigned to live alone. And both are about to experience a bond of friendship that develops when they least expect it. Together is a heartwarming story for anyone who’s ever lost sight of what matters most in life . . . but has hope that there’s more.
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Lonestar Secrets
$17.99Add to cartCan Texas’s majestic Big Bend help Shannon find her life again? Shannon Astor returns to southwest Texas to serve as the town’s veterinarian, believing she’s finally found the space to get her life back on track. Then she catches a glimpse of Jack MacGowan, the man who ruined her life years before. But even more shocking is the sight of Jack’s five-year-old daughter Faith, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Shannon’s own daughter Kylie. Is it possible that their similarities could be more than just coincidence? Could Faith be the daughter that Shannon has believed to be dead for all these years? As the truth emerges, everyone is forced to take sides–in a story with a heart as big as Texas.
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Unleashing The Word
$22.99Add to cart1. A Final Word To Preachers
2. Caring For The Flock
3. Developing A Preaching Plan
4. Fishing Expedition Sermons
5. Going Deeper
6. Ideas For Advent And Christmas
7. Preaching With Purpose
8. Preparing God’s People To Do The Work Of The Ministry
9. Rethinking “Prophetic” Preaching
10. Sermons To Strengthen The Church
11. The Worship Planning Team
12. Three Critical Ingredients
13. Using Video In Preaching And Worship
14. Weddings And Funerals
15. What Do Do If
16. Writing The SermonAdditional Info
Imagine announcing a new series of sermons and seeing worship attendance increase by 1,000 people on the first Sunday of the new series. Or consider a pastor developing sermon plans two to three years out. What kind of pastor sits in a bar with a notepad just looking for ideas for sermons? Or has as his aim to preach the best prepared, best researched sermons his congregation has ever heard? All of these and more explain part of the reason the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection has grown from four people to over 10,000 in just thirteen years.In Unleashing the Word, Adam Hamilton helps pastors and church leaders consider the purpose, planning, and execution of excellent preaching. He offers detailed descriptions of the sermon planning, writing and preaching process behind one of the fastest growing churches in the United States. He includes numerous personal anecdotes and enough sermon ideas to keep the average pastor busy for years! Finally, after you have read how sermons are planned and prepared at the Church of the Resurrection you can watch the included DVD which features four full-length sermons and other resources to help you apply what you’ve read in the book. If you only buy one book on preaching this year, this is the book you must buy!
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Jesus You Cant Ignore Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartBest-selling author John MacArthur gives readers a fresh look at how Jesus addressed attacks against the Truth. Meek and mild. Politically correct. A great teacher. These are the popular depictions of Jesus. But they aren’t the complete picture. Maybe because it’s uncomfortable, or maybe because it’s inconvenient, Christians and non-Christians alike are overlooking the fierceness of the Savior, His passionate mission to make the Gospel clear and bring people into the Kingdom of God. A mission that required he sometimes raise his voice and sometimes raise a whip. In the much-needed message in The Jesus You Can’t Ignore, renowned Bible teacher and best-selling author John MacArthur reintroduces the compelling and often unsettling passion of Jesus’ ministry. MacArthur points to the compelling picture of the real Jesus the world is so eager to gloss over. And he calls readers to emulate Jesus’ commitment to further the kingdom by confronting lies and protecting the truth of God.
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Scandalon : Running From Shame And Finding Gods Scandalous Love
$13.99Add to cartWith vivid and transparent writing, Susan takes us on a fascinating journey into the streets and homes of modern China. The travel memoir is interspersed with Susan’s personal story of emotional and spiritual sabotage, shame and shattered dreams. It all comes together as she opens her heart anew to God’s love – the most “scandalous” love of all.
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Saints Signs And Symbols (Expanded)
$25.95Add to cartExpanded new edition of a popular, best-selling resource for artists and Christian educators
Author is accomplished liturgical artist who attends many major religion trade exhibits
Complete guide to the symbols of the Church, with attractive design and many illustrationsThis thoroughly updated and comprehensive new edition enhances the well-loved and often-used earlier work as a guide to symbolism in Christian liturgical art, architecture, manuscripts, stained glass, and more.
The new book is more heavily pictorial in an effort to provide an even stronger resource for artists and researchers, as well as the general browsing public. It addresses the rich history of Christian symbolism, presented for the 21st century reader.
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Conversations With Scripture The Gospel Of Mark (Student/Study Guide)
$21.95Add to cartMarcus Borg is one of the most well-known and respected authors in religious publishing
The newest entry in the only Bible study series written from a uniquely Anglican perspective
Designed for adult formation programs in parish group settings or for use by individuals
Study and reflection questions included
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Divine Impassibility And The Mystery Of Human Suffering
$55.99Add to cartThe question of whether or not God suffers – whether his very deity places him beyond the reach of suffering and evil – has serious implications as to how we can correctly perceive human suffering. Though classical doctrine had long held that God is impassible – that is, that he does not suffer – most twentieth century theologians assert just the opposite, declaring instead that God suffers and in so doing shows true solidarity with the suffering of human beings. Some contemporary theologians, however, have begun to once again argue forcefully in favor of divine impassibility.
James F. Keating and Thomas Joseph White have gathered here a selection of essays that consider how God’s suffering or lack thereof can relate to our redemption from and through human suffering. The contributors – Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox – tread carefully but surely over this thorny ground, defending diverse and often opposing perspectives. Divine Impassibility and the Mystery of Human Suffering is an excellent contribution to the latest stage in this difficult and important theological controversy.
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Knowing Darkness : On Skepticism Melancholy Friendship And God
$19.99Add to cartToo often, Christians who discover melancholy or skepticism occupying a place in their minds are perplexed, troubled, or even ashamed. Knowing Darkness is a frequently provocative apologetic for the benefits of both skepticism and melancholy for biblical/Christian faith.
Arguing that these concepts are not only not detrimental to faith, but also often decidedly helpful, Addison Hart draws from familiar figures in Scripture like Job and Qoheleth of Ecclesiastes, and from the well-known life and experience of Mother Teresa. Understanding the challenges that melancholy and skepticism present to those who experience them, he reflects on the need for genuine human friendship in the life of faith.
With writing both engaging and forthright, Hart inspires us to look more deeply into troublesome matters of the heart and soul – emotions we would often rather ignore or condemn – and therein find a far more authentic faith.
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Reinhold Niebuhr Revisited
$37.99Add to cartReinhold Niebuhr Revisited offers fresh and creative ways of looking at Niebuhr’s views on religion, politics, and American culture through the eyes of authors with diverse academic backgrounds and perspectives.
“Despite all the efforts to dismiss and replace [Niebuhr], he remains and is to be reckoned with – profitably, we must say – given the quality of the essays and the qualifications of the essayists in this book. . . . If Niebuhr is worth reading today, what should the reader be looking for, and how might discoveries from a now-historic figure be influential today, and for what should he be noteworthy and a figure of promise? The contributions to this volume are most helpful in answering these questions. . . . Read on, please, and engage Niebuhr anew.”-Martin E. Marty (from the foreword)
Contributors: Charles C. Brown, Henry B. Clark II, William Dean, Gary Dorrien, Douglas John Hall, Martin Halliwell, Mark Hulsether, Robin W. Lovin, Colm McKeogh, Martin E. Marty, Eyal J. Naveh, David W. Noble, Larry Rasmussen, Daniel F. Rice, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Roger L. Shinn, John E. Smith, Ronald H. Stone, Kenneth W. Thompson.
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At The Scent Of Water
$20.99Add to cartThe book of Job is often discussed as a theodicy – an attempt to “justify the ways of God to man.” In this remarkable rereading of Job J. Gerald Janzen brings new light to this familiar account, showing instead that God invites Job to give up the traditional Deuteronomic logic of reward-punishment for a life-affirming strategy of risk-reward. From this perspective, affirmation of life in the face of all its vulnerabilities is the path to true participation in the mystery of existence.
Drawing on a recent study of the thematics of the “east wind” in the Bible (the “whirlwind” in Job), Janzen proposes that the prominence God gives to rain in Job 38, with its renewal of the parched earth and the ensuing vigor of all forms of life, signals God’s response to Job’s thirst, heals Job’s bitterness, and restores him to a life at the end of which he dies contented. Janzen demonstrates how life-crippling bitterness is transcended and hope in life’s worthwhileness is restored in the face of grievous evil. The resolution of the Joban question lies, therefore, not in the usual interpretation of a vindication of divine justice, but rather in God’s renewal of Job’s appetite for life.
Janzen underscores this interpretation with a candid epilogue on his own struggle with aggressive prostate cancer, which enabled him to connect personally with Job and to find a fresh and illuminating grace. At the Scent of Water will be useful not only to provide a greater understanding of the book of Job in classrooms and on pastor’s bookshelves, but also in the hands of any reader who has dealt with pain or doubt.
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Gods Empowering Presence (Reprinted)
$65.00Add to cartGod’s Empowering Presence is a fresh and original analysis of all the passages in the Pauline corpus (including Ephesians, Colossians, and the Pastoral Epistles) that concern the Holy Spirit. Through comprehensive lexical, historical, and grammatical study, Fee provides an exegesis of every Spirit text in Paul’s writings. He then investigates the Holy Spirit’s crucial roles in Pauline theology including eschatological fulfillment, divine Person of the Trinity, and evidence for and guarantee of salvation. New, updated cover.
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Sanctorum Communio : A Theological Study Of The Sociology Of The Church
$32.00Add to cartNow in an affordable paper edition, Sanctorum Communio is more readily usable for teaching and scholarship. The work, available in this series for the first time in its entirety in English, includes all material omitted from the original 1930 German publication. Bonhoeffer’s doctoral dissertation sets out the theology of sociality that informed all his work, engaging social philosophy and sociology to interpret the church as “Christ existing as church-community.” Here are the roots of his commitment to the Confessing church and the ecumenical movement, and of his actions in the resistance movement for the sake of peace and Germany’s future.
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Bamboo And Lace
$23.99Add to cartCan their love survive two very different cultures? Lily Walsh has never imagined anything like America. From supermarkets and swimsuits to the way women look men directly in the eye, she’s baffled by this strange new land. Raised in a remote Asian village by her disciplinarian father, 24-year-old Lily is thrilled to visit her brother Jeff in Hawaii-until Jeff is called away on urgent business. Left in the care of Jeff’s best friend, Gabe Kapaia, and his family, Lily discovers the paradise of Oahu’s north side at the Kapaia Resort. But she walks a fine line between two worlds. Can she embrace her new experiences without breaking her promise not to shame her missionary father? When Lily finds herself falling for Gabe, her heart is torn. Will her upbringing force her to make the difficult choice between true love and family honor?
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Political Grace : The Revolutionary Theology Of John Calvin
$33.00Add to cartIn this exploration of Calvin’s political thought, Roland Boer treats Calvin as a biblical scholar and political philosopher, showing us elusive aspects of Calvin’s Institutes. Boer investigates Calvin’s careful thinking in the Institutes as well as in his biblical commentaries, pursuing Calvin’s understanding of political freedom. Calvin argued for a greater freedom for the faith than theologians had imagined but then stepped back from the most radical implications of this call. Boer also explores Calvin’s views on grace with the eye of a careful interpreter, and suggests what we might find in Calvin’s political thought if we took the Bible, grace, and freedom as seriously as Calvin did.
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Theology And Ethics In Paul
$60.00Add to cartFirst published in 1968-and out of print since the 1980s-Victor Paul Furnish’s treatment of Paul’s theology and ethics has long been regarded as the key scholarly statement and most useful textbook on Paul’s thought. Now, Furnish’s landmark Theology and Ethics in Paul is available once again as part of the Westminster John Knox Press New Testament Library. Featuring a new introduction from Richard Hays, George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament at Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina, this timeless volume is as relevant in this century as it was in the last.
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Introducing Christianity : Exploring The Bible Faith And Life
$22.00Add to cartThis introductory-level book on Christianity looks clearly at what the church believed and taught throughout its history. Hard questions about the Bible, theology, and the Christian life are dealt with from the perspective of faith. As author, veteran scholar, and pastor James Howell puts it, “Great hope rests in thinking through these questions, and this book wrestles with them.” Howell knows the questions people ask and is adept at answering them. In doing so, he explores what it means to live as a Christian, as part of the church community, and also what it means to live with the hope Christian faith provides, even for those who “previously believed there was no hope.” Includes study questions for discussion.
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Doing Justice In Our Cities
$29.00Add to cartWarren Copeland, Professor of Religion at Wittenberg University and Mayor of Springfield, Ohio, draws from his experience of more than two decades in city politics and addresses head-on the issue of Christian ethics in public service. Throughout, Copeland animates the entire discussion with numerous anecdotes from his tenure in City Hall, combining examples of specific ethical issues in American cities with theological and ethical reflection. Then he takes it a step further by including specific suggestions for addressing social injustice in a manner that is true to Christian faith.
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Christ At The Center
$51.00Add to cartThis third volume in The Westminster History of Christian Thought series is an accessible introduction to the main theological disputes and debates that helped shape the church in the period of early Christianity. Early followers of Jesus Christ called themselves believers in “the way.” They sought to understand what they were coming to believe in relation to how these beliefs affected the ways in which they lived. Author Lisa Maugans Driver illustrates how early Christians’ interactions with one another in worship, and in their care for strangers and the poor, shaped how they came to understand God. This interrelation of faith and practice is the clarifying lens through which the story of emerging Christian thought is told. Questions for discussion with each chapter make this book an excellent resource for classroom use.
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Lost World Of Genesis One
$22.99Add to cartIn this astute mix of cultural critique and biblical studies, John H. Walton presents and defends twenty propositions supporting a literary and theological understanding of Genesis 1 within the context of the ancient Near Eastern world and unpacks its implications for our modern scientific understanding of origins.
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Abiding In Christ
$10.00Add to cartIn Abiding in Christ, trusted guides J. I. Packer and Carolyn Nystrom lead you through a study of Jesus’ farewell to his disciples in John 14–17 to help you discover what it means to abide in Christ during the time between Christ’s departure and his second coming.
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2 Corinthians : 13 Studies For Individuals And Groups
$12.99Add to cartPaul’s second letter to the Corinthians explores the meaning of the cross in terms of personal suffering–his own, and that of all the Messiah’s people. If in Galatians he is angry, if in Philippians he is joyful, in this letter his deep sorrow and the raw wounds of his own recent suffering are very apparent. Yet he is determined to view all of his suffering and all of the troubles of the world through the lens of the gospel. These studies by Tom Wright on this powerful epistle point us toward the strange comfort to be found in the suffering, death and resurrection-life of Jesus, the Lord of the world.
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Romans : 13 Studies For Individuals And Groups
$12.99Add to cartWith a scholar’s mind and a pastor’s heart, Tom Wright walks you through Romans in this guide designed especially with everyday readers in mind. Perfect for group use or daily personal reflection, this study uses the popular inductive method combined with Wright’s thoughtful insights to bring contemporary application of Scripture to life.
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Hebrews : 13 Studies For Individuals And Groups
$12.99Add to cartFor many Jewish Christians of the first century, living in the light of the gospel was challenging. Having accepted Jesus as the long-awaited Messiah, they were regarded by still-skeptical family, friends and neighbors as dangerous, misguided and even disloyal to all that God had said earlier on. The letter to the Hebrews was written to show that you can’t go back to an earlier stage of God’s purposes but must press on eagerly to the one that is yet to come. In these studies by Tom Wright we find encouragement and assurance that pressing on, even in the face of such close and constant pressure to fall back, is its own reward.
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Ephesians : 13 Studies For Individuals And Groups
$12.99Add to cartWith a scholar’s mind and a pastor’s heart, Tom Wright walks you through Ephesians in this guide designed especially with everyday readers in mind. Perfect for group use or daily personal reflection, this study uses the popular inductive method combined with Wright’s thoughtful insights to bring contemporary application of Scripture to life.
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Galatians : 13 Studies For Individuals And Groups
$12.99Add to cartPaul’s project, he often says, is building–not building with bricks and mortar but rather with people. He lays the foundation with the shockingly good news of one true God who raised Jesus from the dead, in order to build a new family with no divisions, all of whom can call God Father. In a world of widespread ethnic rivalry and trenchant divisiveness, Paul’s strong corrective message in Galatians demands to be heard and reheard. In these studies by Tom Wright, we hear once again what remains shockingly good news.
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Colossians And Philemon
$12.99Add to cartWith a scholar’s mind and a pastor’s heart, Tom Wright walks you through Colossians and Philemon in this guide designed especially with everyday readers in mind. Perfect for group use or daily personal reflection, this study uses the popular inductive method combined with Wright’s thoughtful insights to bring contemporary application of Scripture to life.
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Seasons Of The Soul
$22.99Add to cartSpiritual formation professor and New Testament scholar Bruce Demarest helps us grasp the whole picture of the journey we’re on with Christ that we might live our days with intention and keep moving toward maturity in faith. Using Scripture, writings from our rich spiritual tradition and stories of present-day believers walking the same path of faith, the Demarest leads us through the three main stages of the journey to become more like Christ.
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Faces In The Fire
$17.99Add to cartThe stories of four individuals collide in trademark T.L. Hines style where supernatural thriller meets mystery. Kurt Marlowe is a long-haul truck driver who is hearing strange things over his CB radio. When he goes to a truck stop to try to find a phone, he ends up having breakfast with a young woman with a stunning catfish tattoo on her arm. Inside the tattoo is a series of numbers that she didn’t even realize were there . . . but that have great significance.This collision with her life sets off an unstoppable series of interactions . . . each of which leaves the participants with the bizarre feeling that something fundamental has changed, and yet they have also, somehow, been freed.
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Interpreting The Bible
$18.00Add to cartThis volume provides preaching students and clergy with introductory knowledge of current approaches and methods in biblical studies, familiarity with the questions and aims that pertain to them, and facility with various methods of biblical exegesis. Approaches to biblical interpretation are then examined in light of the questions and concerns that arise specifically in the context of preaching. Methods of biblical interpretation are reviewed and explained in succinct fashion and related directly to the dynamics that give rise to the sermon and shape exegesis for sermon preparation, namely, the preacher’s engagement with the text, the author’s context, and the congregation. This volume enables preachers to approach the biblical text with greater clarity.
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Road Well Travelled
$14.99Add to cart“Patterns of discipleship, worship and prayer that have been hallowed by centuries of use in many branches of the Christian church are explored here afresh in the belief that they offer new significance in the rush and pressure of our modern lifestyles. The author, David Winter takes us on a tour of: “”Ways of Reading the Bible”” (Lectio Divina), “”Food for the Journey”” (the Eucharist), “”The Sacrament of the Word”” (attending to the preacher), “”Aids to Devotion”” (icons, candles, incense), “”The Double Cure”” (confession and absolution), “”The Cloud of Witnesses”” (learning from the saints), “”Self-Denial”” (fasting, personal discipline), “”The Sign of Christ”” (making the sign of the cross), “”The Christian Seasons”” (using the Church calendar), “”The Daily ‘Office'”” (giving shape to our quiet times), “”Anointing with Oil”” (the sign of the Spirit), “”Praying with the Whole Church”” (the Communion of Saints).”
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Gateway To Iraq
$21.99Add to cart…the compelling and poignant account of one woman’s experience as a chaplain on the edge of war. When Dr. Rachel Coggins received the call to serve overseas, the Army Reservist left a comfortable Georgia home to live in a harsh environment filled with challenge. Assigned to a base called the Gateway, she welcomed military members entering the war zones of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait and then bid them goodbye when it was time to return stateside. In between those times, Chaplain Coggins listened to the warriors-to their fears, their worries, their heartaches, and sometimes, their joys. She became a confidante to some, a comfort to others, and a friend to still others. Chaplain Coggins offers a glimpse into a world few civilians ever see. In retelling her experiences, Coggins reveals the struggles that confront today’s war-zone Soldiers and their loved ones, struggles that are often hidden from most Americans.
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Gateway To Iraq
$13.49Add to cart…the compelling and poignant account of one woman’s experience as a chaplain on the edge of war. When Dr. Rachel Coggins received the call to serve overseas, the Army Reservist left a comfortable Georgia home to live in a harsh environment filled with challenge. Assigned to a base called the Gateway, she welcomed military members entering the war zones of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait and then bid them goodbye when it was time to return stateside. In between those times, Chaplain Coggins listened to the warriors-to their fears, their worries, their heartaches, and sometimes, their joys. She became a confidante to some, a comfort to others, and a friend to still others. Chaplain Coggins offers a glimpse into a world few civilians ever see. In retelling her experiences, Coggins reveals the struggles that confront today’s war-zone Soldiers and their loved ones, struggles that are often hidden from most Americans.
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Liberal Utopianism Is Destroying The United States
$16.99Add to cartThis book is about liberal utopianism, which is bringing on the destruction of the United State, through the efforts of the Democrat Party with their never-ending attempt to increase or create new federal government social programs. In this process of trying to create utopia they have created liberal secularism, which is bringing on the destruction of our nation’s Christian values. There is a comparison between the historical records of the Roman Empire and the Chinese Dynasties to the current events that are happening in the United States, which shows that we are on the path of destruction. It’s only a matter of time.
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Dare To Love Completely
$17.49Add to cartFollow a young woman off the plane, down winding dusty paths, and through the doors of an orphanage where children are waiting to teach you the most important lessons in life. Travel past the orphanage to the surrounding villages, and stoop inside darkened huts to greet men, women, and children whose stories of amazing faith give you strength and courage to go forth and fight the everyday battles. See the AIDS epidemic spread from household to household, yet watch as each one rises from the ashes and keeps going. Return in the evening to the quiet cement house enveloped in darkness, the only light a small glow from your candle. Look around the room at your new friends, a people willing to trust God and find joy in the midst of these devastating circumstances. You will come to realize that no matter what a person faces, the pain of grief and hardship is greatly diminished in the presence of lavish love. Come experience true love!
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Spiritual Thoughts On Material Things
$23.99Add to cartThere has been a philosophy dating back centuries that teaches that all things material are evil and all things spiritual are good. According to this thinking, if you really want to be spiritual, you will divest yourself of all your material possession, take a vow of poverty, and separate yourself as much as is humanly possible from the evil, material world. Most pastors avoid teaching a proper perspective on material possessions because they themselves are often not sure exactly what they believe about wealth. Hence, the silence on this subject in churches is almost deafening. I have written this book to break the silence. I speak plainly about your material things and challenge you to think spiritually about them. This book is not intended to only change the way you think, but more importantly, to change the way you live. May this book provide you new spiritual thoughts on your same old material things.
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Echoes Of The Spirit
$17.99Add to cartThroughout most of his adulthood, Ken White’s life has been a series of ups and downs. The trials and tribulations he has experienced have found expression in his poetry, which will hopefully show others in similar circumstances that they are not alone, and that with God’s help, they can overcome. His areas of interest include poems: From the Spirit (Faith), Marriage and Divorce, Children’s poems, War, Jest for Fun, Potpourri (a medley of humorous and useful poetry), From My Pulpit; and Stories, Letters and Essays; all of which make for enjoyable and worthwhile reading.
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Forged By The Fires Of Adversity
$12.49Add to cartDealing with the storms of life can wear down even the most resilient person. It is easy to lose your way when you are being battered about. Chelle Lynne tells a compelling and inspiring story about her journey of faith as she cared for her daughter Alyssa who had special needs and eventually died at the age of 3. She lays out a remarkable journey from non-believer to Christian through an amazing little girl who never spoke a word, yet touched so many people. Her journey provides hope for those who feel hopeless and outlines strategies for keeping your faith in times of trouble. The principles discussed can be applied by anyone for any situation if they just remain open to the direction the Lord leads them. While her journey isn’t complete, the lord laid a burden on her heart to share her story.
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And Heaven Stood Silent
$34.99Add to cartIt was a bitter cold December night. The wind howled through the trees as the Artic air blew with the fierceness of a hurricane. Storm clouds gathered on the horizon as the forces of good and evil were about to collide. I could hear the howling of a lone wolf and the hooting of a wise owl as they warned both man and beast alike about the creatures that were on the move this bitter cold evening. While mortal men slept, totally oblivious to the warnings and movements of the creatures not of the realm of man, one person was called upon to witness and to intercede in the drama about to unfold; a drama unknown to mortal man, but one forever logged in the annuals of the highest courts of the heavenly realms…. The inevitable was about to take place…. All of Heaven Stood Silent… The fate of mankind was about to be sealed as the left side of the scale started to reach its lowest extreme. In who’s favor would the scales of justice tip? Discover who really holds the key to the fate of mankind in this powerful, touching tale written by Native American Christopher Billiot. Read the amazing story that “came” in the early morning hours to this boat captain as he was navigating the inland waterways, in the summer months prior to 9/11. There are no accidents!
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Slowly By Slowly
$13.49Add to cartGrowing up in a small Mississippi town Patrick dreamed of being a missionary to some exotic far away place. Through a series of disappointments, illness and heartbreak he was compelled to follow a narrow path. This would-be adventurer was being called to die to himself and live in Christ. This book is the story of the death of a dream and the birth of a vision that would become a new ministry born in suffering, carried out in simplicity and grounded in ancient roots. In a day of innovation and strategy this missionary implores us to rethink what it means to be a disciple of Christ, and calls to those who will join in a journey that takes place one step at the time. “Conformity to the image of Christ is not a prayer for a moment; rather it is a lifetime of faith and obedience that happens slowly by slowly.”
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Quote Me : The Book Of All New Quotes
$18.99Add to cartThe majority of this book is simply and cleverly written, with a few humorous puns. Some of the quotes were written from a slightly Christian conservative viewpoint. It is the author’s desire to entertain you and make you think and to make you appreciate good humor and well-written sayings.
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Broken Jar : 365 Days On The Potters Wheel
$32.99Add to cartBroken Jar is for those who wish to be transformed by the Potter from a showboat into an ark of testimony for Him. It is for earthen vessels who know that to be continually molded by His hands-even broken and reformed, if need be-is the only way to keep bearing His hallmark-the only way to continue glorifying the true Potter. From January through December, these daily devotionals, anchored deeply in the Word of God, ask challenging questions about growing pains and comfortable stagnation: * Are we allowing the Potter to do as He pleases with us, the clay? * Do we trust Him to put pressure where it is needed to mold us to His liking, or do we stiffen at and shrink from His touch? * When we arrive at a shape we like, do we grow so proud and possessive of this present form that we disengage ourselves from the wheel to harden into an independent and finished pot to remain permanently “fixed”? This book is for those jars who refuse to stay fixed.
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Broken Jar : 365 Days On The Potters Wheel
$21.99Add to cartBroken Jar is for those who wish to be transformed by the Potter from a showboat into an ark of testimony for Him. It is for earthen vessels who know that to be continually molded by His hands-even broken and reformed, if need be-is the only way to keep bearing His hallmark-the only way to continue glorifying the true Potter. From January through December, these daily devotionals, anchored deeply in the Word of God, ask challenging questions about growing pains and comfortable stagnation: * Are we allowing the Potter to do as He pleases with us, the clay? * Do we trust Him to put pressure where it is needed to mold us to His liking, or do we stiffen at and shrink from His touch? * When we arrive at a shape we like, do we grow so proud and possessive of this present form that we disengage ourselves from the wheel to harden into an independent and finished pot to remain permanently “fixed”? This book is for those jars who refuse to stay fixed.
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Seek His Face
$21.99Add to cartGod loves you-no matter who you are, no matter what your past; God loves you so much that He gave His one and only begotten Son for you. Jesus laid down His life and rose again so that you and I could spend eternity with Him in heaven and experience His absolute best on earth. But, our hearts desires can only be met through a relationship with our Lord, Jesus Christ. Each day, you should press forward to have a closer relationship with Him. He desires to help you, comfort you, and encourage you. Allow the ‘Thoughts to Ponder’ to challenge you to see God’s will in every aspect of life, to love greatly, and to forgive unconditionally.
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Seek His Face
$13.49Add to cartGod loves you-no matter who you are, no matter what your past; God loves you so much that He gave His one and only begotten Son for you. Jesus laid down His life and rose again so that you and I could spend eternity with Him in heaven and experience His absolute best on earth. But, our hearts desires can only be met through a relationship with our Lord, Jesus Christ. Each day, you should press forward to have a closer relationship with Him. He desires to help you, comfort you, and encourage you. Allow the ‘Thoughts to Ponder’ to challenge you to see God’s will in every aspect of life, to love greatly, and to forgive unconditionally.
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Discovering Your Hidden Power
$18.99Add to cartEmmy award winning news anchor and motivational speaker Julian Phillips chronicles periods in his own life to demonstrate how the power of the scriptures helped him through personal trials and crisis. Dr. A.R. Bernard, Senior pastor of New York Christian Cultural Center unlocks the keys to harness the power of the words in scriptures that deal with life’s many challenges.
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Christianity And Culture
$16.49Add to cartChristianity & Culture: A Christian Perspective on Worldview Development is a historical, scriptural, and comprehensive examination of the dynamics in secular and Christian education in light of the current cultural philosophy. With transformative, stimulating and revolutionary principles, this book challenges Christians to integrate Judeo-Christian values in an atheistic and pluralistic society. If you have been inundated by humanistic, liberal and secular indoctrination, the redemptive solutions in this book will ensoul the tools necessary to produce a Christian worldview. It will impart a commanding sense of purpose, passion, and appreciation for the teaching profession. Christianity & Culture will enable you to … * Deepen and broaden your understanding of the core presuppositions of the Christian faith * Effectively face the challenges presented by a hostile world * Take heed to your God-given mandate to influence this world for Christ * Build, stimulate and develop a biblical and theocentric worldview of education * Assume your responsibility as a steward of the mysteries of God * Discover the dynamics of an education that is Christian.
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Vault : A Novel
$24.99Add to cartVault is a story of relationships. It is a romance novel with a sports setting and a Christian thread woven throughout. Conflict comes on the playing field and in competition for the heart of Krysti Byrd, a high school teacher and track-and-field coach in Richmond, Va. Krysti serves as an official at a World Invitational sports event in Melbourne, Australia. If you love romance, you will find the story surprising; if you enjoy sports, you will find it challenging.
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Vault : A Novel
$15.99Add to cartVault is a story of relationships. It is a romance novel with a sports setting and a Christian thread woven throughout. Conflict comes on the playing field and in competition for the heart of Krysti Byrd, a high school teacher and track-and-field coach in Richmond, Va. Krysti serves as an official at a World Invitational sports event in Melbourne, Australia. If you love romance, you will find the story surprising; if you enjoy sports, you will find it challenging.
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My Conductor : An Allegory Of The Spirit Led Life
$12.49Add to cartIn a world gone mad with sin, strange religions, moral confusion and world-wide social, political and economical upheaval, Christians can still enjoy profound love, abundant joy and rivers of peace in their lives. This is only possible, however, if God, Himself, is allowed to orchestrate every detail of our lives. My Conductor is an allegorical representation of what a Spirit-led life should look like. God is The Conductor and believers are privileged to play in His orchestra. He has written the ultimate masterpiece and is conducting a worldwide symphony of which you can be a part. Everyone who accepts His invitation to join this endeavor is vital to the success of His great production. This book will ignite a passion to find your place in the body of Christ and play with all your heart. The imagery and wordplays will thrill your soul. Perhaps you will even sense the Great Conductor looking at you. The author’s prayer is that you and many others will truly tune in to God’s direction and join in the great symphony that He is now directing toward a fabulous finale!
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Horror To Glory
$20.99Add to cart“Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in My holy Mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; for the day of the LORD is coming, for it is at hand: a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness… “For the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; who can endure it?” Joel 2:1-2, 11 Why is most of the world clueless as to what God has on the drawing board for the earth in the years ahead? How might biblical prophecy unfold? Just how bad will it get? Will you be caught unaware? Read Randy and Nancy Moy’s companion book titled Covenant Partnership for revelations as to why Israel, Jerusalem, and the Jews are so important to the LORD-and why it is vital for Christians to stand with them in the end-times.
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Dare To Be Transparent
$16.49Add to cartSexual sin affects not only individuals but also entire families. In Dare to be transparent Charlie Hernandez shares his experiences and testifies about the work of God in his life and marriage, after struggling with homosexuality since early childhood. Written with a simple but deep style, the author shares his life so that, in the same way he was delivered and restored by the power of God, others may receive consolation, forgiveness and restoration from sexual brokenness. He challenges the reader to accept the resources that God has provided in the body of Christ for deliverance and freedom, without the fear of being rejected or misunderstood. In order to facilitate the learning dynamics and help the interaction of a group study, Charlie Hernandez presents a tool for discussion and analysis at the end of each chapter: *Points of reflection *Points of interest *How to help a loved one
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Gods Woman Unveiled
$28.99Add to cartGod’s Woman Unveiled is a different message than we usually hear from Proverbs 31. It’s about the intriguing revelation of the Body of Christ as the virtuous woman of this chapter. It is about the LORD who loves us and provides for us, equips us and enables us to be all that we can be as His witnesses in every situation to the praise of His glory. This book is a must-read for everyone from the non-Christian who will benefit from its principles and the Gospel message to the servant-leader who at the end of time wants to hear the Lord say, “Well done, my good and faithful servant! Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.”
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Gods Woman Unveiled
$18.99Add to cartGod’s Woman Unveiled is a different message than we usually hear from Proverbs 31. It’s about the intriguing revelation of the Body of Christ as the virtuous woman of this chapter. It is about the LORD who loves us and provides for us, equips us and enables us to be all that we can be as His witnesses in every situation to the praise of His glory. This book is a must-read for everyone from the non-Christian who will benefit from its principles and the Gospel message to the servant-leader who at the end of time wants to hear the Lord say, “Well done, my good and faithful servant! Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.”
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Terror And The Triumph
$37.99Add to cartThe scrolls of Mary of Magdala have been found! Two thousand years ago, a unique child was born into a world of unimaginable disregard for human life. Vengeful gods and cruel kings ruled over the desperate masses for whom life was short, hopeless and brutal. This is the story of how that young man came to stand at the crossroads of change and then ultimately choose an untrod path to show humanity how to lift itself up from the squalor of its existence.
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Thoughts Into Words
$17.49Add to cartWith crispness and skill the author brings big subjects into focus in the continuing pursuit of improving one’s own life and in understanding and appreciating other people. You will find Thoughts Into Words a most unique and inspiring book. Pick it up and read one or more of the proverbs. They are stimulating, and you will think deeply, see places for personal improvement, smile, and maybe sometimes weep. They are for quiet meditation or for discussion, some to go to sleep on and some to awaken to, and all to grow on. “The proverb condenses the meaning and power of a thousand words into? one short and simple sentence, and it is the more effective because?it carries so much force in so compact a form.”
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Fabric Of A Woman
$15.99Add to cartWhen was the last time you invested in you? When was the last time you were alone with God, allowing your spirit, mind, body, and emotions to be repaired and restored? Author Pamela Hines believes that it is possible to be better at forty than you were at thirty, and better at sixty than you were at fifty. Failing to invest in you, however, can cause just the opposite to take place. Instead of looking vivacious and graceful at fifty, you look rundown and forlorn. God wants His life to permeate your life. He doesn’t want the circumstances of life to overwhelm you and thus steal from you His joy, peace, and rest. With the help provided in this book, you will:
Control your emotions rather than letting themcontrol you.
Develop a more positive outlook on life.
Enjoy a more dynamic prayer life.
Judge yourself through Gods eyes instead of the eyes of others.
Be better able to extend love and forgiveness to friends and family.
Transform your negative thoughts.
Experience breakthroughs in diet and exercise.
Help other women with their self-images.
Radiate Gods glory in your spirit, soul, and body.God has placed within you everything you will ever need to be a success but it is up to you to utilize those things.Todays woman needs to invest in herself in order to accomplish the multifaceted tasks set before her. Life may tear at the fabric of our lives, but when we choose to invest in ourselves, the mending doesn’t take long.
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God Still Speaks
$19.99Add to cartKnown for his authoritative, dynamic style, best-selling author of Prayers That Rout Demons John Eckhardt combines instructive, narrative teaching about the role and power of the prophetic in the lives of believers today with succinct, dynamic power truths that will impact readers lives.
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Jeremiah A Parable Of Jesus
$15.00Add to cartBefore the Word was made flesh, the prophet Jeremiah embodied the Gethsemane mind-set, took up his cross daily and lived the incarnational life. In Jeremiah: A Parable of Jesus, Douglas Webster shows how this Old Testament prophet embodied the Word in his character, with his hard-hitting message, and loyalty to the Truth.
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Listen Up : How To Hear The Voice Of God
$11.00Add to cartDo you need direction in your life?
Have you asked God for help?
Did you hear the answer?
When He speaks God is not always audible yet it is easily heard, when He shows up He is not always visible, yet He is easily seen, and when He works it is not always comprehendible, but His deeds are easily understood.
When God speaks, His words have tremendous meaning, purpose and power, and when He shows up He has tremendous impact on all who are near, when He works on your behalf His deeds are powerful and evident.
No problem is too great or too small. All things are possible with God! As for our part it is simple: ONLY BELIEVE!
The problem is not whether God answers prayers, it is learning to position ourselves to receive His answer and to recognize and hear His voice.
In Listen Up!, Mike Janiczek will share with you his tremendous insight, experience and understanding on how to hear the voice of God.
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Why Is There A Menorah On The Altar
$23.95Add to cartEcumenical, liturgical Christian audience-particularly Episcopalians, Lutherans, and Roman Catholics
Addresses important topic of Jewish/Christian reconciliation
Excellent resource for interfaith couples and Christian formationA desire and demand to know more about the Jewish legacy of Christian identity is growing among laity. A similar desire to foster interfaith understanding and dialogue is growing among officials of local churches.
This new book seeks to meet these demands by providing information and insight about Judaish’s legacy as it is revealed in Christian rites, rituals, and traditions. It will introduce Christians in sacramental churches to ways Judaism has influenced the structure of liturgical worship and rituals; how church sanctuaries are designed and decorated; and baptism, Eucharist, and confirmation.
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Book Of Hours
$17.99Add to cartBrian thought he had no future. Now he has the chance to start over…if he can solve the mysteries of the past found inside Castle Keep. After his wife’s death, Brian Blackstone’s days and hours had become a meaningless blur. He finally wills himself to go to the English village of Knightsbridge to confront the inheritance he doesn’t want to claim. His wife had insisted that Castle Keep was a place of enchantment, and urged him to hold on to the crumbling property. Impoverished and alone, Brian feels only the despair of trying to honor her dying wish.Then a mysterious letter sends Brian on a search to find the secrets of the ancient estate. And the local doctor, Cecilia Lyons, soon becomes an ally in the fight to save Castle Keep before it can be auctioned off.Before he comes to the end of his quest, Brian will unearth the crumbling English manor’s secrets as well as find his own life in jeopardy. But it is Brian’s internal quest that proves the most dificult as he desperately searches for renewal and healing.
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Less Than Dead
$15.99Add to cartNick Polchak, “The Bug Man,” has finally met his match–an outcast who trains dogs to locate cadavers. When a grave is discovered on the property being excavated for the new Patriot Center mall–property that is owned by the front-running candidate for the next presidential election–the FBI immediately becomes involved. Nick’s services are requested to help determine ifthis is a forgotten graveyard or evidence of foul play. But when the cadaver team the FBI has secured can’t find any more graves, Nick follows local legend to a bizarre woman named Alena who keeps to herself in the mountains and trains the best cadaver dogs. When the FBI team takes credit for Alena’s work on the local newsand then immediately vanishes, Nick knows there’s more here than simply a forgotten graveyard. This small town–and the presidential-hopeful and his wife–have closets full of skeletons. But how far will they go to keep Nick and Alena from uncovering the truth?
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7 Laws You Must Honor To Have Uncommon Success
$7.00Add to cartLaws You Must Honor to Have Uncommon Success Experience With God Creates A Different Reward Than The Laws of God. Every Law Contains A Different Reward. Your Love For God Does Not Guarantee A Productive Life. In This Fascinating Study, Dr. Mike Murdock Reveals The Hidden Laws That Guarantee Your Personal Success.
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Preparing For Christs Return (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartTHE MOST EXHILERATING MOMENT OF YOUR LIFE MAY HAPPEN TODAY! This was the attitude of early Christians. They eagerly anticipated Christ’s return and talked about it daily like we talk about our team’s chance for the Super Bowl. In Preparing for Christ’s Return, a part of the Life Principles Study Series, you’ll learn how to live a life of satisfaction, purpose, and meaning – a life that brings great reward now and in eternity.
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Youth Worship Source Book
$29.99Add to cartUnit Topics
1. Introduction To Worship
2. Opening And Closing Worship
3. Music In Worship
4. Prayer
5. Visuals
6. Scripture
7. Preaching
8. The Body And The Senses
9. Offering
10. The Lord’s SupperAdditional Info
Given a chance, high school youth have a lot of ideas and energy to bring to congregational worship. How can they be encouraged, trained, and involved in worship leading?This book brings education together with hands-on participation. Each of the 10 units introduces one aspect of worship-openings and closings, public prayer, visual art, and others-and offers curriculum modules that not only teach youth about it, but also put it into practice. Each unit includes helpful ideas for times when youth may be in charge of a service or involved in an element of worship.
As a “source book,” this volume is meant to be used in a modular way, allowing you to pick which elements are most relevant to the needs and structure of your group. While written with Mennonite youth in mind, the material can easily be adapted for intergenerational and ecumenical settings as well.
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Acts : 13 Studies For Individuals And Groups
$12.99Add to cartThe mysterious presence of Jesus haunts the whole story of Acts. Jesus is announced as King and Lord, not as an increasingly distant memory but as a living and powerful reality, a person who can be known and loved, obeyed and followed, a person who continues to act within the real world. We call the book “The Acts of the Apostles,” but we should think of it as “The Acts of Jesus (II).” These studies from Tom Wright help us to do so, and to see how Jesus’ acts through the apostles inform our acts today.
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Mark : 13 Studies For Individuals And Groups
$12.99Add to cartWith a scholar’s mind and a pastor’s heart, Tom Wright walks you through Mark in this guide designed especially with everyday readers in mind. Perfect for group use or daily personal reflection, this study uses the popular inductive method combined with Wright’s thoughtful insights to bring contemporary application of Scripture to life.
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Matthew : 13 Studies For Individuals And Groups
$12.00Add to cartWith a scholar’s mind and a pastor’s heart, Tom Wright walks you through Matthew in this guide designed especially with everyday readers in mind. Perfect for group use or daily personal reflection, this study uses the popular inductive method combined with Wright’s thoughtful insights to bring contemporary application of Scripture to life.
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Heaven And Earth In The Gospel Of Matthew
$46.00Add to cartThe theme of heaven and earth is a much-overlooked aspect of the Gospel of Matthew. In this work, rising scholar Jonathan Pennington articulates a fresh perspective on this key interpretive issue. He challenges both the scholarly consensus on the kingdom of heaven in Matthew and a popular dispensationalist understanding, overturning some long-held assumptions in New Testament scholarship.
Pennington argues that rather than being a reverent way of referring to God as is typically assumed, “heaven” in Matthew is part of a highly developed discourse of heaven and earth language. He explains that Matthew’s way of using heaven language serves one overriding theological purpose: to highlight the tension that currently exists between heaven and earth or God and humanity, while looking forward to its eschatological resolution. Now available in paperback, this volume will appeal to students of the New Testament, including those interested in its theological and pastoral applications.
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Pastoral Care Of Alcohol Abusers
$16.00Add to cartOver 120 million American teens and adults use alcohol at one time or another. While in most situations these individuals are able to use it responsibly and with moderation, no one is immune to its destructive use – which makes it a significant public health issue. Many drinkers find that their otherwise responsible use turns problematic and abusive when faced with depression, trauma, grief, undue social pressures, or other tempting and potentially addictive behaviors. Not all of these people become full-fledged alcoholics, but they do develop an alcohol problem that needs careful and sensitive pastoral care to understand the underlying issues for their alcohol abuse. Because of this, clergy and other pastoral counselors need to develop competence in recognizing alcohol abuse problems, including alcoholism, identifying when to make referrals, helping persons to find available community resources, and training congregational members to provide support to affected individuals and families.
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And Still The Hour Shines
$23.95Add to cartAre you tired of going with the flow of the rest of the world? Do you want to stand out from the crowd and be counter-cultural, perhaps even revolutionary? While this may seem to be a tall order to many of us, the blueprints for personal and cultural change have been with us for centuries in the words of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.
Considered by many to be the most powerful message ever recorded, the Sermon on the Mount flies in the face of much of what our society esteems. In a world that thrives on stress, irreverence, and greed, Jesus describes a life of spiritual contentment, deep piety, and abundant generosity. And Still the Hour Shines… journeys through the Sermon on the Mount, examining everything from the Beatitudes to its teachings on prayer and giving. As Stephen Crotts unearths the simple yet profound messages in this passage, holding these principles up against our current societal standards, he calls us to embark on a different journey, living as examples of hope and goodness for the rest of the world to see. This resource is ideal not just for personal study but also for sermon inspiration and small group study.
And Still the Hour Shines… calls us to shine as beacons of light, guiding a world in darkness to its savior.
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Forgotten Scriptures : The Selection And Rejection Of Early Religious Writi
$50.00Add to cartWe know that the early Christian church had a variety of Scriptures and other source material that informed their faith and shaped their thinking. We also know that after a few centuries the church decided to keep the twenty-seven books of our present New Testament and to treat them as canonical in faith and practice. But the other books did not simply disappear. In fact, many of them remain valuable for understanding the diversity of the early Christian church and the astounding claims of faith on which the church was founded. Learning about these ancient documents need not threaten the church’s current orthodoxy and authority; in fact, learning about these texts can help today’s Christians form a deeper understanding of the early church.
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Puzzle Of Sex
$17.99Add to cartAlmost everyone is directly affected by questions involving sex and sexual ethics – yet few are aware of the background to current views on topics such as sex before and after marriage, sex as procreation and fulfilment, homosexuality, sexual abuse, rape and contraception. This new edition offers added and up-to-date material discussion burning current issues in a thoughtful, reflective and challenging way.
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Wholehearted Marriage : Fully Engaging Your Most Important Relationship
$18.99Add to cartPassionate…Exciting…Intimate…Romantic…
Do these words describe your marriage?
Or do they sound like impossible dreams?
Your marriage can be all these things, and more, when you know how to fully engage your heart. Drs. Greg Smalley and Shawn Stoever offer practical tools for sparking a passionate connection and keeping reactionary triggers from closing up your heart.
It’s your most important relationship, so put your heart into it — all of it.
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Martin Luther : A Life
$19.00Add to cartMartin Luther: A Life tells the dramatic story of the renegade monk whose heroic personal struggle ignited a revolution and shook Christendom to its foundations.
Through vivid anecdotes and lively historical descriptions, Martin Luther: A Life captures the turbulent times and historic events through which Luther lived as well as his profound vision of God. A fast-moving narrative, it shows how his stinging criticisms of the Christian church struck a deep and liberating chord in the German people and led to the momentous change we know as the Reformation.
For all who wish to understand Luther the man, the rebel, and the visionary, James Nestingen’s account also offers insight into Luther’s momentous contributions to the Western world and his personal encounter with God, the Christian scriptures, and the relentless demands of his own conscience.
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Matthew : A Bible Commentary For Teaching And Preaching
$45.00Add to cartThis commentary proceeds unit by unit (not verse by verse) to emphasize what each passage of Matthew means to the author of the Gospel and to the modern church. Douglas Hare shows that the purpose of Matthew’s writing is to convince Christians that a genuine faith in Christ must be demonstrated in daily obedience and that faith and ethics are two sides of the same coin.
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Snow Melts In Spring
$17.99Add to cartMattie Evans, a young veterinarian in rural Kansas, saves a horse injured in a terrible accident. But she also finds herself tending the wounded relationship between a prodigal son and his ailing father. Love, conflict, forgiveness, and renewal drive the first book of the Seasons of the Tallgrass series.
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Talking To The Dead
$14.99Add to cartTwenty-something Kate Davis can’t seem to get this grieving widow thing right. She’s supposed to put on a brave face and get on with her life, right? Instead she’s camped out on her living room floor, unwashed, unkempt, and unable to sleep-because her husband Kevin keeps talking to her.
Is she losing her mind?Kate’s attempts to find the source of the voice she hears are both humorous and humiliating, as she turns first to an “eclectically spiritual” counselor, then a shrink with a bad toupee, a mean-spirited exorcist, and finally group therapy. There she meets Jack, the warmhearted, unconventional pastor of a ramshackle church, and at last the voice subsides. But when she stumbles upon a secret Kevin was keeping, Kate’s fragile hold on the present threatens to implode under the weight of the past and Kevin begins to shout.
Will the voice ever stop? Kate must confront her grief to find the grace to go on, in this tender, quirky story about second chances.
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Awakening The Hermit Kingdom
$29.99Add to cartAwakening the Hermit Kingdom: Pioneer American Women Missionaries in Korea gives a focused look at the long-ignored subject, the pioneer women missionaries to the Hermit Kingdom, as the early missionaries often called Korea. Based largely on private papers and mission reports of the missionaries, the author explores the life and work of the American women missionaries in the first quarter century of the Protestant mission in Korea. This book brings a new light to the history of Protestantism in Korea by revealing the identity and activities of the women missionaries, as well as the level of religious and social impact made by their presence and work in Korea.
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Confirmation Basics
$24.99Add to cartThis new addition to our popular Basics series explores a variety of educational models for teaching confirmation. Learn the pros and cons of each model and discover which approach works best for you. It’s a must-have resource for helping students grow in the Word of God, the catechism, and their relationship with Christ.
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How To Lead A Church To Reach People And Grow
$19.49Add to cartThis book presents a unique approach to church growth. It is written mainly to help churches that are declining, but will help all churches. The underlying premise is that churches do not grow and reach new people because they do not know how, or because they are so poorly structured and organized that they spend most of their time and efforts in conflict. This disrupts the fellowship and leaves very little time and energy for reaching new people. The subtitle could be, “Fifteen Essential Steps To Growth”- Basic growth and administrative principles. The combining of these areas makes this a unique book. Young has brought together these basic elements, from over 40 years of experience. . The book is a practical guide for a local church to follow to function efficiently and effectively, and reach people for Christ. When the steps are followed, and in the proper order, the church can pretty well be assured of growth and effective ministry.
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8 Callings Of God
$14.99Add to cartAre you listening to the callings of God? Author and pastor Dr. Ted Traylor understands the importance of hearing from Him and following His plans for life. In this book, The Eight Callings of God, you will learn that God wants us to fulfill eight expectations that can give us meaning and purpose. They include the callings of salvation, separation, sanctification, service, suffering, submission, sharing, and spiritual maturity. Each blends together like notes that form beautiful music, giving us harmony as we live. The reader will learn that as each calling increases, our relationship with God and others matures and grows. Commit right now to begin the journey that can change your life forever, a life God can use to impact our world for Him. It’s a life worth living!
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How To Tell Anyone Anything
$14.95Add to cartNo one likes to be criticized. But when feedback is necessary-whether it’s with a boss, someone we manage, or another co-worker-it takes great communication skills to successfully get the message across with feelings and relationships intact. Drawing from the latest in psychology on how best to connect with others, How to Tell Anyone Anything steers readers away from the common mistake of focusing on what’s wrong, and shows them instead how to provide clear, constructive, positive messages that create real behavior and performance change. Complete with illuminating examples and a unique step-by-step process, the book gives readers powerful insight into how we all react naturally to criticism-and how to transform interactions that might become verbal tugs-of-war into collaborative, problem-solving sessions.
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Christmas : Vintage Images Of America’s Living Past
$9.95Add to cartOver 60 images relating to Christmas in a full-color paperback. Part of Applewood’s Pictorial America series, the book features images drawn from historical sources and includes prints, paintings, illustrations, and photographs. This small gem is the ideal gift for anyone interested in a concise and beautiful visual history of Christmas in America.
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Survival Guide For Project Managers 2nd Edition
$22.99Add to cartWhile the technical side of project management is important, it’s often “people problems” that derail even the most meticulously planned of projects. A Survival Guide for Project Managers gives you a complete understanding of what it takes to successfully finish a project, giving you not only valuable tools like Work Breakdown Schedule, Gantt Charts, and Network Analysis, but also tools to communicate, negotiate, listen, and lead. This practical, user-friendly guide walks you through the entire project life cycle, and shows you how to: * Develop the managerial and business skills required of a project manager. * Resolve conflicts and improve negotiation capabilities. * Understand and apply the technical tools of project management. * Establish project teams, and foster collaboration among team members, and more. Now in its second edition, the book has been revised to reflect the latest version of the PMBOK Guide, and includes new material on topics including project risk, cost-schedule index, the project management office, and emotional intelligence as it applies to project management. Packed with useful forms, charts, and other tools, this is the ultimate resource for project managers.
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Building Your Leadership Resume
$14.99Add to cartSouthern Baptist Convention president Johnny M. Hunt often shares his unique Christian testimony: a shy, rebellious kid whose alcoholic father left a wife and six children to fend for themselves, he did not embrace faith until after he was married. So when Johnny talks about investing in people, earning respect, living intentionally, daring to dream, and being courageous, his words ring especially fresh and true.Building Your Leadership is Hunt’s presentation of wisdom focused lessons like those mentioned above that will simply yet greatly enhance any business or ministry. Each five-to-six page entry guides the reader toward becoming a selfless leader whose impact on others can be immediately rewarding as well as eternally significant.
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Mark : A Bible Commentary For Teaching And Preaching
$42.00Add to cartInterpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching is a distinctive resource for those who interpret the Bible in the church. Planned and written specifically for teaching and preaching needs, this critically acclaimed biblical commentary is a major contribution to scholarship and ministry. It features individual commentaries by many of today’s best-known scholars and practitioners, including Walter Brueggemann, Katharine Doob Sakenfeld, Fred B. Craddock, M. Eugene Boring, Thomas G. Long, Patrick D. Miller, Richard B. Hays, and William H. Willimon, among others. All volumes are available in hardcover by single title or set, or on CD-ROM. And now, WJK Press is pleased to announce the rollout of this popular series in paperback, with several titles slated for reissue each year.
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Humor Me Im Over The Hill
$9.99Add to cartA delightful reminder to age gleefully while living life to the fullest.
“They say the best way to grow old is not to be in a hurry about it, and Lord knows, I’ve put it off for as long as I could.” says humorist and encourager Barbara Johnson. But old age happens…with little or no effort on our part. If you’re alive, you’re getting older! In this third book in the Humor Me series, readers will find hilarious ways to age both ferociously and joyfully. Created especially for those who are young at heart but slightly older in other places.
