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Oh My Dog
$18.99Add to cartTwelve-year-old Caroline Kline doesn’t believe in miracles. Not after her mom died, and certainly not after her family lost everything in Hurricane Emma. All Caroline wants to do is fit in at school, make some friends, and, above all else, just be normal.
But when Caroline takes a job walking Denver, her neighbor’s dog, her plans quickly get turned completely upside down. As it turns out, Denver is no ordinary dog: Not only can he talk–and not like bark-bark but in actual English–but worse than that, Denver tells Caroline that he’s been sent from the heavens with a message just for her. It’s up to Caroline to find a way to bring belief back to the world.
From acclaimed children’s author Iva-Marie Palmer comes a hilarious and heartwarming new tale about miracles, faith of all types, and the good that connects us all.
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1662 Book Of Common Prayer International Edition Service Book
$250.00Add to cartIVP Academic’s popular edition of the classic 1662 Book of Common Prayer, now available as a beautiful Service Book for use in public worship.
The Service Book of the The 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition contains all the services a minister would use in corporate worship. The liturgies present the unaltered text from the International Edition, set in large, readable type with red rubrics and five ribbons. Covered in beautiful genuine red leather, with gold stamping and a lay-flat binding.
The Service Book includes:
*Morning Prayer
*Evening Prayer
*The Creed of St. Athanasius
*The Litany
*Prayers and Thanksgivings
*The Collects, Epistles, and Gospels
*The Ministration of the Holy Communion
*Baptism, Both Public and Private
*Baptism for Those of Riper Years
*The Catechism, with Confirmation
*The Solemnization of Matrimony
*The Burial of the Dead
*The Thanksgiving of Women after Childbirth
*A Commination
*The Psalter
*Appendices
*Prayers from Other Services
*Additional Prayers and Thanksgivings
*From the Additional RubricsThe Book of Common Prayer (1662) is one of the most beloved liturgical texts in the Christian church, and remains a definitive expression of Anglican identity today. But the classic text of the 1662 prayer book presents several difficulties for contemporary users, especially those outside the Church of England. The 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition gently updates the text for contemporary use. State prayers of England have been replaced with prayers that can be used regardless of nation or polity. Obscure words and phrases have been modestly revised-but always with a view towards preserving the prayer book’s own cadence. Finally, a selection of treasured prayers from later Anglican tradition has been appended.
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When Faith Disappoints
$17.00Add to cartFor anyone who feels the weight of injustice, trauma, and suffering, the founder of the Jude 3 Project invites you to discover how to find hope when you can’t make sense of the pain.
Living as a Black woman in America, Lisa Victoria Fields understands the tension of relying on God in a broken world. While pursuing her calling in full-time Christian ministry–an often white, male-dominated vocation–she saw the contentions many people have with Christianity. She heard the theological questions, but instead of arguing for her faith, she listened to the barriers and heard the pain in their hearts: Why doesn’t God protect me from suffering and injustice? Others don’t seem to think I have value–does God?
Now, in her debut book, Fields shows us how emotional pain–often more than theological concerns–is at the root of our doubt. She invites us to bring our deepest soul questions to this journey as she explores:
– Seven pain points that might be keeping us from faith: a lack of personhood, peace, provision, pleasure, purpose, protection, and power
– Honest talk about how Christianity doesn’t seem to meet our very valid needs
– Why wrestling with God doesn’t negate our faith but instead deepens it
– What it looks like to allow God to bring healing to our pain so we can see Him and others more clearly
Through vulnerable storytelling and thoughtful use of Scripture, Fields tends to our hurting hearts and offers hope and resolve. She helps us move forward as we cling to a faith that brings us back to the truth of Christianity–not despite the pain of this world but in light of it.
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Prince Of Yorsha Doon
$14.99Add to cartFeaturing all-new illustrations, this captivating story recounts the origins of one of the most popular heroes from Andrew Peterson’s beloved Wingfeather world–originally published in Wingfeather Tales, now adapted for younger readers!
The Prince of Yorsha Doon tells the story of Safiki–already beloved by thousands of Wingfeather fans–as he emerges from his life of solitary freedom and becomes an accidental hero. Life on the streets of the bustling and mysterious city of Yorsha Doon can be hard, but Safiki loves being independent, free from the complications of personal relationships. But when he bumps into a very strange stranger who’s being far too conspicuous with the valuable book he’s carrying, Safiki finds himself at the center of a noble but foolhardy rescue and discovers that he can be braver than he imagined–and that friendship might be worth the risk after all.
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Thinline Bible Comfort Print
$39.99Add to cartEasy to Read. Easy to Carry.With an easy-to-read typeface and a slim size, the NIV Thinline Bible invites you to deeply explore God’s Word anywhere and at any time. Measuring less than an inch thick with a secure zipper closure, it is the perfect on-the-go Bible to take to church, your Bible study group, work, or travel. Expertly designed for the New International Version (NIV) text, Zondervan’s exclusive Comfort Print(R) typeface delivers a smooth reading experience that complements the most widely read contemporary-English Bible translation.Features:Complete text of the accurate, readable, and clear New International Version (NIV)Less than an inch thickZipper closure protects pages and offers storage space for writing instrumentsDouble-column formatPresentation pageWords of Jesus in redLeathersoft cover lies flat when openExclusive Zondervan NIV Comfort Print typefacePrint size: 9
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Thinline Bible Large Print Comfort Print
$49.99Add to cartEasy to Read. Easy to Carry.With an easy-to-read typeface and a slim size, the NIV Thinline Bible, Large Print invites you to deeply explore God’s Word anywhere and at any time. Measuring only an inch thick with a secure zipper closure, it is the perfect on-the-go Bible to take to church, your Bible study group, work, or travel. Expertly designed for the New International Version (NIV) text, Zondervan’s exclusive Comfort Print(R) typeface delivers a smooth reading experience that complements the most widely read contemporary-English Bible translation.Features:Complete text of the accurate, readable, and clear New International Version (NIV)Only an inch thickZipper closure protects pages and offers storage space for writing instrumentsDouble-column formatPresentation pageWords of Jesus in redLeathersoft cover lies flat when openExclusive Zondervan NIV Comfort Print typefacePrint size: 11
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This Is Not Forever
$19.99Add to cartRediscover hope in the hardest seasons and embrace abundant life today in this 90-day devotional from Sarah Grace Hallas. In This Is Not Forever, daily encounter God’s promises and His presence–even when life doesn’t go the way you planned–and journey with Him to a richer, more lasting, and confident faith.
Where do you go when it all falls apart? What do you cling to when your foundations are tested and it feels like hard times will never end? When Sarah’s life hit rock bottom, she had to reckon with who God really was in her life and what her future would be. As Sarah sought Him in the mess, she discovered that hard seasons don’t last forever and that the hope-filled, abundant life she was missing was available through a good and faithful God who had been with her all along.
In this honest, hope-filled devotional, Sarah shares 90 heartfelt devotions to bring you encouragement when you need:
*To encounter God in the mess
*Renewed faith amid trials and hardship
*Comfort when your heart is breaking
*Confidence in God’s goodness and faithfulness
*Compassion when you doubt and don’t have all the answersYou can have confidence in God’s eternal promises, and His faithfulness is greater than any temporary challenge you find yourself in. Discover the hope that leads to abundant life in this beautiful and encouraging devotional. With God, there is a brighter future ahead that is more than you could ever imagine.
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Get Your Spark Back
$19.95Add to cartThere is a fire within you. In her newest book, author and influencer Rachel Marie Martin shares deeply personal stories and hard-won wisdom to inspire readers to spark their soul’s fire and live a life of happiness.
Over the last ten years of writing for her blog, Finding Joy, thousands of readers have asked Rachel, “How do I get my spark back?” In Get Your Spark Back, she answers this question, helping readers lean into and invest in their own stories. Throughout the years, readers have watched as Rachel navigated a divorce, fixed her finances, started a seven-figure business, dealt with estrangement, moved cross-country and remarried. During that time, there came a day when she wondered, “Who am I now? What’s my spark?”
She set out on a journey to not only rediscover her spark, but also to share the process of self-investment with others. Through personal stories and practical action steps, Rachel not only teaches you how to find and reignite your spark but also how to fan those flames to live a vibrant, happy, and fulfilled life.
In Get Your Spark Back, Rachel Marie Martin empowers readers to:
*Identify and reframe self-imposed limitations
*Embrace uncomfortable thinking and master the art of wondering
*Discover what truly sets your soul on fire
*Reframe your relationship with money.
*Lean into possibilities and set audacious goals
*Reframe time and create consistent habits
*Create a soul map
*Live a life of joy and purposeFor anyone who has ever felt uninspired and lost or is wondering “What’s next?”, Get Your Spark Back is a transformative and motivational guide to reigniting your inner fire and living with deep happiness, intention, and an all out zest for life.
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Womanish Theology : Discovering God Through The Lens Of Black Girlhood
$39.99Add to cartKhristi Lauren Adams’s faith was first shaped by her experiences as a Black girl–learning about Scripture from her grandmother, Mama Hattie; “playing church” with her seven cousins over summer vacation; and grieving the murder of her sixteen-year-old friend when she was just fifteen.
In Womanish Theology, Adams reflects on those experiences, inviting readers to learn from a new perspective and guiding them to a deeper understanding of their own spirituality.
This groundbreaking book introduces a new branch of theological thought Adams calls womanish, as a play on the womanist tradition (the theology of Black womanhood). “Womanish,” remembers Adams, is a term Black mothers used for young girls as they grew more interested in doing grown-up things. Adams draws on her own life story as well as the life stories of other Black girls to explore theological concepts such as Scripture, theodicy, salvation, prayer, neighborly love, and the image of God.
Through this journey, readers will learn that theology is for everyone and that the whole community of God can learn from the spiritual insights of Black girls.
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Quick Reference Guide To Biblical Counseling 2nd Edition
$59.99Add to cartHurting people need help. But sometimes those who are faced with helping the hurting could use a little more information about the problems people bring to them. Now in its second edition, The Quick-Reference Guide to Biblical Counseling provides the answers.
This A to Z guide gives pastors, counselors, and all believers the information they need to help congregants, clients, and friends in a wide array of situations. The many issues addressed include:
– addictions
– burnout
– forgiveness
– sexual abuse in childhood
– worry
– and many moreEach of the 40 topics covered follows a helpful 8-part outline and identifies typical symptoms and patterns, definitions and key thoughts, questions to ask, directions for the conversation, action steps, biblical insights, prayer starters, and recommended resources.
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Flyover Church : How Jesus’ Ministry In Rural Places Is Good News Everywher
$19.99Add to cartChrist is present and at work in rural communities. How do we lead from that reality?
The temptation to operate from a scarcity mindset is stronger than ever. The tensions unleashed over the past few years–which led to skepticism, breakdowns of trust, declining church attendance, and uncertainty around community ministry–continue to linger in and among our rural churches. Yet God’s loving, redemptive work is happening in all places, no matter how small or far-flung.
In Flyover Church, Brad Roth, the author of God’s Country, describes how rural ministry shares soul-deep commonalities with the church in every place. And he speaks a hopeful message into the distinct challenges–and promises–faced by rural communities. Tracing Jesus’ ministry and bountiful work among the small-town people and places in the gospel of Mark, this book offers a vision for ministry tailored to rural settings. Pastors and leaders everywhere will be encouraged to approach ministry from the reality of God’s abundance.
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More Than A Carpenter
$7.99Add to cartHe thought Christianity was a sham. Then it changed his life.
Skeptic Josh McDowell thought Christians were out of their minds. He ridiculed and insulted them, then decided to combat them with his own robust research to disprove the claims of Jesus Christ. To his surprise, he discovered that the evidence suggested exactly the opposite?that Jesus, instead of being simply a first-century Hebrew carpenter, was so much more. Josh went on to write this inspirational book on Christian apologetics, More Than a Carpenter, which has sold over 16 million copies and transformed countless lives.
Now, in this revised and updated edition, Josh is joined by his son, Sean McDowell, as they tackle the questions that today’s generation continues to ask:
*”How do I find happiness and meaning in life?”
*”Is it really possible to know the truth about God and Jesus?
*”How can Jesus be the only way?”Whether you’re a spiritual cynic or a long-time Christian, experience a new perspective on faith through this bestselling, timeless classic on who Jesus really is.
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Beyond Ivy Walls
$17.99Add to cartReminiscent of Beauty and the Beast, a recluse and a young woman discover that the scars of life are no match against an act of love.
Iowa, 1903. All of Monticello believes Otis Taylor has been away fostering his musical genius. But the truth is that his father exiled him long ago, rejecting Otis’s appearance and the scars that came with it. Now that he is the last living Taylor, Otis has covertly returned to settle his family’s affairs and rid himself of his past for good. However, he soon discovers that he may not have been the only abandoned Taylor and begins a tireless search for his missing toddler niece.
At twenty-three years old, Sadie West left her family farm and found employment at the Hoag feather duster factory. It isn’t a romantic job, but she’s hardly had a glimmer of romance since her beau went off to college, leaving her with no promise of a future together. Desperate to save money and help her family make ends meet, she trespasses and finds shelter in an abandoned building–and is thrown in the path of the town’s mysterious bachelor.
Otis’s wounds are deep, but as Sadie’s friendship with him grows, she begins to fall for the man beneath the mask. Locating his long-lost niece, however, is more difficult than either could have imagined, and Sadie West may be the key to Otis Taylor finally finding his way home.
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Journey To Biblical Masculinity
$18.99Add to cartAs culture attacks men, marriages, and families, the Church has failed to empower men to connect courageously and consistently with the story God wants to write with them.
Looking to Jesus as the model, Jake Hamiliton casts a fresh vision of Spirit-empowered masculinity that calls men to be who they were created to be. Diving into Scripture, ancient traditions, and the mythological story of Parzival, Jake reveals 12 time-tested pathways God uses to train you to:
*own the radical responsibility God’s placed on you, no matter the cost
*use your unique perspectives and personality to fight the evil around you
*hold your ground with confidence, courage, and conviction
*no longer be sidelined by shame, addiction, depression, and disconnection
*live with purpose, clarity, integrity, and boldnessBiblical masculinity is not toxic. It is modeled in the life of Jesus Christ. It’s what our world needs. It’s time for real heroes to rise up, stand with humble strength, and fight against all odds for your identity, marriage, children, and the Kingdom.
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Stronger Than Stress
$39.99Add to cartEveryone experiences seasons of stress, but you are not condemned to a lifetime of anxiety. By developing 10 spiritual practices, you can overcome your daily overwhelm with God’s strength. Stronger than Stress helps you combat chronic stress, burnout, and overwhelm by helping you to:
– Learn the four main stress triggers that push you toward the breaking point and how to anticipate them
– Discover exercises to help you interrupt your fight-or-flight stress response
– Study the apostle Paul’s life and teachings as he models how to deal with daily overwhelm and leverage it as an opportunity to find strength in God
– Win the battle of overwhelm by utilizing spiritual practices as Jesus-centered, grace-based tools
– Wake up each day with confidence that you can live at peace and in wholeness even though you may be experiencing difficult or stressful circumstances
If you want less stress and more peace no matter what life throws at you, let this practical book be your guide.
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Now That Shes Gone
$39.99Add to cartThe day your mother dies is the day you acquire a powerful and persistent new companion–grief. It is also the day you become the keeper of a legacy that has the potential to affect generations to come. Between a past you can’t let go of and a future you can hardly find the energy to think about, you stand. The ground may feel shaky, but it is sacred. And it must be tread.
With vulnerability and honesty, Chelsea Ohlemiller walks you through her own journey of grief at the loss of her mother in order to help you along yours. These raw reflections on heartbreak, love, and hope in the midst of sorrow can help you put words to your own tangled feelings when you are speechless with grief. Chelsea does not couch her narrative in spiritual jargon or edit her feelings into “acceptable” sentiments that ultimately mean nothing and help no one. Instead, she invites you to be radically honest about your anger, disbelief, and sorrow so that you can move forward even if it feels like you will never be able to move on.
Whether you had a great relationship with your mother or a complicated one, you will find in this book a compassionate and understanding friend for the days, months, and years to come.
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Stronger Than Stress
$18.99Add to cartEveryone experiences seasons of stress, but you are not condemned to a lifetime of anxiety. By developing 10 spiritual practices, you can overcome your daily overwhelm with God’s strength. Stronger than Stress helps you combat chronic stress, burnout, and overwhelm by helping you to:
– Learn the four main stress triggers that push you toward the breaking point and how to anticipate them
– Discover exercises to help you interrupt your fight-or-flight stress response
– Study the apostle Paul’s life and teachings as he models how to deal with daily overwhelm and leverage it as an opportunity to find strength in God
– Win the battle of overwhelm by utilizing spiritual practices as Jesus-centered, grace-based tools
– Wake up each day with confidence that you can live at peace and in wholeness even though you may be experiencing difficult or stressful circumstances
If you want less stress and more peace no matter what life throws at you, let this practical book be your guide.
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Keeping The Faith
$38.00Add to cart“No subject possesses the minds of men like religious bigotry and hate, and these fires are being lighted today in America.” So said legendary attorney Clarence Darrow as hundreds of people descended on the sleepy town of Dayton, Tennessee, for the trial of a schoolteacher named John T. Scopes, who was charged with breaking the law by teaching evolution to his biology class in a public school.
Brenda Wineapple explores how and why the Scopes trial quickly seemed a circus-like media sensation, drawing massive crowds and worldwide attention. Darrow, a brilliant and controversial lawyer, said in his electrifying defense of Scopes that people should be free to think, worship, and learn. William Jennings Bryan, three-time Democratic nominee for president, argued for the prosecution that evolution undermined the fundamental, literal truth of the Bible and created a society without morals, meaning, and hope.
In Keeping the Faith, Wineapple takes us into the early years of the twentieth century–years of racism, intolerance, and world war–to illuminate, through this pivotal legal showdown, a seismic period in American history. At its heart, the Scopes trial dramatized conflicts over many of the fundamental values that define America, and that continue to divide Americans today.
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Circle Of Hope
$30.00Add to cartA Pulitzer Prize winner’s intimate portrait of a church, its radical mission, and its riveting crisis.
“The revolution I wanted to be part of was in the church.”
Americans have been leaving their churches. Some drift away. Some stay home. And some have been searching for?and finding?more authentic ways to find and follow Jesus.
This is the story of one such “radical outpost of Jesus followers” dedicated to service, the Sermon on the Mount, and working toward justice for all in this life, not just salvation for some in the next. Part of a little-known yet influential movement at the edge of American evangelicalism, Philadelphia’s Circle of Hope grew for forty years, planted four congregations, and then found itself in crisis.
The story that follows is an American allegory full of questions with urgent relevance for so many of us, not just the faithful: How do we commit to one another and our better selves in a fracturing world? Where does power live? Can it be shared? How do we make “the least of these” welcome?
Building on years of deep reporting, the Pulitzer Prize winner Eliza Griswold has crafted an intimate, immersive, tenderhearted portrait of a community, as well as a riveting chronicle of its transformation, bearing witness to the ways a deeply committed membership and their team of devoted pastors are striving toward change that might help their church survive. Through generational rifts, an increasingly politicized religious landscape, a pandemic that prevented gathering to worship, and a rise in foundation-shaking activism, Circle of Hope tells a propulsive, layered story of what we do to stay true to our beliefs. It is a soaring, searing examination of what it means for us to love, to grow, and to disagree.
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I Will Give Thanks
$16.99Add to cartGod’s goodness and grace abounds whether your heart is full or your needs are many.
Discover how a spirit of gratitude brings peace and hope to your days in I Will Give Thanks, a 90-day devotional by author and illustrator Becky Shannon full of thoughtful reflections and beautiful original artwork.No matter the kind of day, messy or mundane, spending time reflecting on God’s provision and care will feed your mind and spirit by cultivating a habit of gratitude. In this uplifting book, you will find that thankfulness is not an obligation but an invitation. When you have eyes to see God’s goodness around you–whether in an unexpected note from a friend, a stunning sunrise, or even in difficult seasons of illness or anxiety–you can know Him more.
This journey toward embracing a deeper contentment is ideal for:
*Anyone trying to form a natural habit of thankfulness
*Loved ones going through challenging times
*Those who appreciate beautiful, artistic design
*Prayer partners and small groups looking for ways to share how God is working in their livesGratitude for God’s gifts is possible, worthwhile, and life-giving, whatever your circumstances. I Will Give Thanks helps you adopt a posture of receiving from God the joy, peace, and hope that only He can provide.
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Little More Like Jesus
$18.99Add to cartFrom Grammy Award-winning musician Zach Williams comes a fun and engaging picture book that invites children to hop on board for a ride to learn about the fruits of the spirit and discover how to be a little more like Jesus every day.
Destination KINDNESS!
All aboard for LOVE!
Take a ride to PATIENCE, PEACE …
and FAITH in God above!
Climb on board for GOODNESS–it’s just up ahead!
Buckle up for Jesus and hear the things he said.
Kids can uncover the joy of following Jesus’s example in A Little More Like Jesus by Christian music artist Zach Williams. This imaginative picture book invites children 4-8 to climb aboard for a journey that explores the fruits of the spirit in a new and exciting way, using simple-yet-impactful rhymes that help kids see just how easy it can be to show more love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control, and goodness to everyone they meet. Paired with bright and engaging artwork that brings the message to life, this inspiring story for your young one will help them foster a strong connection with God through creativity and being exactly who God made them to be!
In addition, A Little More Like Jesus:
*Aids in spiritual development by giving kids real-world, hands-on examples of ways they can show Jesus’s love to those around them
*Is a perfect read-aloud for story time, family devotions, and bedtime
*Makes a great holiday or birthday gift
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Poverty In The Promised Land
$19.00Add to cartThis book provides biblical evidence of the structural and systemic factors that have long been part of the story of poverty. The people of God have often denied such structural claims in favor of the belief that individuals are poor because of personal choice. This absolves the social institutions of society, including the church, from responsibility to address these structural forces, including within the church itself. Charity and benevolence become the antidote for such a diagnosis of poverty, rather than the deeply rooted change that God intended for the Year of Jubilee and that the early church reflected. This book supports the biblical mandate of neighborliness as both a personal and a corporate response to systemic poverty, a mandate that is the second of the two great commandments.
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Refractions 15th Anniversary Edition
$24.99Add to cartEmbark on a profound journey through the depths of human emotion and spirituality in the updated anniversary edition of Refractions by renowned artist Makoto Fujimura.
This timeless collection of reflective essays invites you to explore themes of grief, loss, tragedy, and disruption through the eyes of an artist’s soul. Originally conceived in the shadow of the fallen twin towers of the World Trade Center, near where Fujimura’s New York art studio stood, this anniversary edition includes new essays unpacking the author’s further insights into his concepts of culture care and a theology of making. Refractions carries the weight of history and the urgency of the moment, illuminating beauty, healing, and hope. A gift for any artist or supporter of the arts, Refractions connects faith, art, and life, offering insight into:
*healing with the wisdom and perspective of a leading contemporary artist and follower of Jesus,
*making beauty from ashes, and
*the gospel as a message as breathtaking and intricate as the lives it touches.
In a world marred by violence and despair, Fujimura guides you toward a deep understanding of life’s intricate tapestry, where beauty emerges from unexpected places, and healing finds its roots in the goodness of God and human resilience.
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Disobedient Women : How A Small Group Of Faithful Women Exposed Abuse, Brou
$18.99Add to cartA NATIONAL BESTSELLER!
Uncover the true story of courageous American Christian women who confronted and aimed to reform the patriarchal structures and abusive practices within their churches and religious communities.
A generation of American Christian girls was taught submitting to men is God’s will. They were taught not to question the men in their families or their pastors. They were told to remain sexually pure and trained to feel shame if a man was tempted. Some of these girls were abused and assaulted. Some made to shrink down so small they became a shadow of themselves. To question their leaders was to question God.
All the while, their male leaders built fiefdoms from megachurches and sprawling ministries. They influenced politics and policy. To protect their church’s influence, these men covered up and hid abuse. American Christian patriarchy, as it rose in political power and cultural sway over the past four decades, hurt many faithful believers. Millions of Americans abandoned churches they once loved.
Yet among those who stayed (and a few who still loved the church they fled), a brave group of women spoke up. They built online megaphones, using the democratizing power of technology to create long-overdue change.
In Disobedient Women, journalist Sarah Stankorb gives long-overdue recognition for these everyday women as leaders and as voices for a different sort of faith. Their work has driven journalists to help bring abuse stories to national attention. Stankorb weaves together the efforts of these courageous voices in order to present a full, layered portrait of the treatment of women and the fight for change within the modern American church.
Disobedient Women is not just a look at the women who have used the internet to bring down the religious power structures that were meant to keep them quiet, but also a picture of the large-scale changes that are happening within evangelical culture regarding women’s roles, ultimately underscoring the ways technology has created a place for women to challenge traditional institutions from within.
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Let There Be Havens
$27.99Add to cartA door held open.
A lamp turned on.
A place prepared.
This is haven: gentle hospitality.
When one person reaches for another, makes an offering, and believes we all hold such worth. No matter what we have in our pockets or where we’ve been up until now, we take care of each other–whether we’re strangers on a sidewalk or families around a table. Each day, we create trails of beauty and connection. One open door opens the next. And then it happens: our streets fill with lamplight, our lives lift with spirit, and our homes become circles of gold.Let there be havens.
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Live Like A Guide Dog
$29.99Add to cartA guide dog ‘ s guide to life’s most important lessons!
Michael Hingson’s inspiring true story captivated the world when he and his guide dog Roselle escaped the Twin Towers together on 9/11, a story that became the New York Times bestselling book Thunder Dog. During decades of walking with guide dogs, he had learned a surprising truth that helped save his life that day: Being afraid can be a positive thing, one that prepares us to deal with any situation that befalls us. Now, in Live like a Guide Dog, he reveals how to:
*Get equipped for whatever obstacles or challenges you may encounter as you make your way through the world
*Train yourself to be brave, just like a guide dog’s training equips handler and dog to prepare for the unexpected
*Learn to use your natural fear reactions as a way to focus and concentrate to make better decisions and turn your fear into courage and confidence.
*Apply eleven principles Michael has learned with his guide dogs to overcome the fears that you face every day
Join Michael on the joyful adventure of walking with, loving, and learning from guide dogs!
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Where Have All The Church Members Gone
$19.99Add to cartA church leadership fable about how to combat the silent killer of churches.
Oliver, lead pastor of Connection Church, couldn’t put his finger on why he felt so unsettled. Everything seemed to be going right at Connection– that was until he asked a task force what had happened to one church member: Jill. Oliver couldn’t have known how his one simple question could lead to an unraveling of what was really happening within the church.
In this book, respected church consultant, founder and CEO of Church Answers, and author of several church leadership books, Thom S. Rainer, shows how the trend of low church attendance is slowly undermining churches and sending many to the grave. With this leadership parable, Thom illustrates the five key dysfunctions that plague congregations and block healthy church growth. He demonstrates why church leaders need to pay more attention to core issues like unbelief, membership, and dedication to evangelism.
Where Have All the Church Members Gone? will give you hope. The book will give you a plan on how to identify dysfunction and put your church on a path to renewal.
*A story that illustrates common church dynamics Follow Oliver and his Connection Church task force as they uncover the true reason for dwindling attendance;
*A plan that uncovers the real reasons: Don’t let appearances deceive you. Discover ways to pinpoint the key causes of apathy in congregations;
*A guide to the five typical dysfunctions: Find out why people are quietly quitting church and what you can do about it.
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Crown That Lasts
$29.99Add to cartIn A Crown that Lasts, former Miss Universe and Miss South Africa Demi Tebow confesses the danger of tying our identities to our accomplishments. Discover the truth of who you were created to be and how to use your platform, no matter how big or small, for eternal impact.
On this earth, a crown is what separates victors from the rest of the competitors, but the goal of creating a life worth living is not to gain a trophy, get a prize, or keep the crown. Our lives are not meant to be about being number one or making our own names known. While walking you through the journey of her evolving confidence–from basing her identity on temporary labels and her own efforts, to discovering the rock-solid security of anchoring her dreams in her Maker–Demi weaves her story together with the insights she’s learned along the way.
A Crown that Lasts will show you how to:
*Relate to the discomfort, confusion, and doubt that arises when you base your confidence on external things,
*Discover God-confidence when your plans take unexpected detours,
*Know what do when planted in unknown territory,
*Use your story to grow an eternal impact, and
*Stay grounded in the truth of who you are in Christ.
The purpose of our lives is to love and serve God and others. Demi shows how you can be encouraged to focus not just on your aspirations, but on your greater purpose and leave behind a footprint of significance, not just success.
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Finding Your Way Teen Devotional
$8.50Add to cartThis is the way . . .
It’s not easy being a teenager. It’s even tougher trying to faithfully follow Jesus during these important years. Every day you see or face conflict in relationships and in the world around you. At every turn, someone is seeking to influence you and pull you in their direction. Who can you trust? Where can you turn to find your way during this pivotal time in your life? God’s Word is a trustworthy guide as you seek to live for Christ as a teen today. And His Spirit lives within you-guiding you, directing you, and pointing you in the way you should go.
In this 12-volume series, each 30-day devotional will point to the unchanging truth of God’s love and anchor students in His Word as they walk through?the?seasons of change and milestones that come with each passing year. Students will learn to Discover God’s Word, Delight in the Lord, and Display God’s work in their lives.
Discover (Identity + Theology): Who is God? Who am I in light of who God is? These are two of the most important questions students can grapple with because in discovering who God is, they learn who He has meant for them to be. Studies within the Discover category will help students align their lives under God’s rule which will give them confidence in who they were created to be.
Delight (Spiritual Disciplines): What does it mean to delight in God? What leads to delight in God? Helping students see God in every detail teaches them to delight in Him. When students find their delight in God, they will learn what it means and how to be in relationship with Him.
Display (Leadership, Mission, + Disciple Making): How do students display the glory of God? How do they help others grow in their relationship with Him? How can they lead others to display the truth of God? Through students learning to lead, live on mission, and make disciples, God’s glory is on display and His kingdom is expanded.
Each book includes 30 daily devotions, applicable Scripture, prayer prompts, and practical application.
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Winged Tiara : A Novel
$17.99Add to cartDiamonds and danger dazzle in Ciesielski’s latest enchanting romp through post-war Europe as estranged spouses and jewel thieves hunt an elusive Valkyrie tiara.
November 12, 1918. It was a match made in champagne-soaked heaven, but all too soon the bubbles dried up, and Esme Fox awakens the morning after celebrating the end of the Great War to find herself shockingly and accidentally married. She gathers her belongings and slips out before her new husband can stop her. After all, she knows it’s best to leave before he does.
Four years later, Jasper Truitt, after having made a name for himself in the underground world of jewel thieves, is on the hunt for a valuable heirloom: a one-of-a-kind winged tiara–the last Valkyrie tiara ever created. So it’s with great surprise that he discovers it at a charity event atop the head of a woman he’s never forgotten. His long-lost wife . . . who happens to be pursuing the tiara for a vengeful opera diva desperate to obtain the jewel for herself.
The reunion is cut short when Esme vanishes–again–but their separation is temporary. With a hitman on their heels and a deadline looming, the pair find themselves in an epic game of cat and mouse across Europe following leads from the French Riviera to a shop of wonders in Venice, a fairy-tale castle in Bavaria, and a veritable circus thrown by a champagne heiress, all before a dramatic horseback flight through the French countryside.
In the end only one can win, and with both of their hearts on the line, the winner may well turn out to be the loser.
In her latest glamorous historical romance, J’nell Ciesielski spins a sparkling story filled with her signature snappy dialogue and vivid atmosphere that will keep you reading late into the night to see what happens next.
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Its All Relative
$17.99Add to cartShakespeare’s famous comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, gets a modern retelling in a lighthearted women’s fiction novel that proves ‘the course of true love’ (and the merging of families, for that matter) ‘never did run smooth.’
Helena’s a “fly by the seat of her pants” kind of girl. Amelia’s got her perfect life planned down to the minute. How will they ever get through their parents’ wedding–let alone a life as stepsisters–without ripping each other apart?
Twenty-seven-year-old Helena Crosby is over her mom Nora’s wedding–and it hasn’t even happened yet. For months, Helena’s been dreading the day she and Nora would become part of The Perfects, aka the Maddox family, led by oldest perfect daughter Amelia. Her complete opposite in every way, Amelia owns a house, runs her father’s architecture firm, and is engaged to her also perfect (and dreamy) fiance Gage, all before the age of thirty. Helena has no idea how she’s going to fit into this family with their fancy traditions and strict timetables. Thankfully, her best friend Landon is joining the festivities as her emotional support plus one–and the perfect buffer between her and her new family.
Amelia Maddox has spent months planning the perfect wedding week for her dad Steve and his bride-to-be Nora. She’d planned for every consistency . . . except for her new free spirited stepsister’s deadly shellfish allergy, her brother’s insistence on blowing up his life, and an unexpected guest on Helena’s arm. A guest she hasn’t seen in years. A guest who held her heart years before her fiance Gage ever did . . . her ex Landon Blake. But no matter–Amelia’s kept the Maddox family together since her mother died a few years ago. She’s not going to be thrown by Landon’s deep blue eyes and sun-bronzed forearms and the way he makes her feel all warm and cozy, like she’s come home to herself. Nope. She has duties to attend to: being the best daughter, sister, fiancee, boss, and wedding coordinator. And she’s going to bring her Eldest Daughter Energy to it all and push down those inconvenient feelings, no matter what.
Through a whirlwind week of wedding activities and a few near disasters, both Amelia and Helena realize that sometimes the blueprints for the perfect family and relationship look better on paper than in real life–and that family isn’t only made of the people you’re born with. Family is also made of the people we choose over and over again.
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5 Love Languages Singles Edition Workbook (Workbook)
$12.99Add to cartThe essential companion book for The 5 Love Languages(R) Singles Edition
You want to be able to love effectively and truly feel loved in return. The 5 Love Languages(R)Singles Edition Workbook provides the sure steps to meaningful, relational connection.
These ten lessons–created to strengthen and deepen your relationship with God and others–provide workable strategies for applying the principles of The 5 Love Languages Singles Edition.
This workbook includes interactive questions, quizzes, charts, and diagrams–all aimed at helping you better experience love, express love, and identify areas for development. Whether you want to be closer to your parents, reach out more to your friends, or give dating another try, this workbook gives you the confidence to love well.
This companion book–designed for individuals or small groups–helps you take the joy-filled insights of The 5 Love Languages Singles Edition and put them into practice.
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Esther : Becoming A Girl Of Purpose
$14.99Add to cartEsther: Becoming a Girl of Purpose
If you’ve ever felt inadequate or pushed into circumstances that are overwhelming, the book of Esther is for you.
Esther was given one of the world’s hardest assignments: to protect God’s special people from an evil plan. But it wasn’t because she was extra-brave or super-extraordinary. In fact, other than her beauty, she was a normal girl. But her life reminds us that every True Girl has a purpose and that it sometimes takes great patience to live it out.
So, what’s YOUR purpose? (You didn’t come with an instruction tag!) Well, if you’re a Christian… the Bible helps you understand what God wants you to do in life. It’s our instruction manual! And there’s no better place to begin to understand your calling than by studying the life of Esther who lived her purpose out so very well.
True Girl Bible Studies feature important women from the Bible so that from their examples, we can learn what it looks like to be a True Girl. Each study is designed to help moms lead their daughters deeply into the Word of God so they can develop a steady love for Scripture. Together, moms and daughters can discover what it means to be a True Girl after God’s own heart.
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1 Last Promise
$17.99Add to cartAfter years as a pilot of a Navy rescue chopper, Arlo “Moose” Mulligan returned home to start Air One Rescue–and made a name for himself. He loves his job, his life, and his routines, which include breakfast at the Skyport Diner, always at one of Tillie Young’s tables. She’s sweet and pretty, but Moose knows his life has no room for anything more. Until the day Tillie shows up beaten and desperate and needing his help.
Tillie Young never thought her ex would track her to Alaska, but somehow he’s found her. When he kidnaps her daughter, she’ll do anything to get her back–even enlist help from her favorite grumpy customer. But Moose Mulligan is no match for a former MMA boxer and possible child trafficker, right?
Maybe, maybe not, but he’s not going to let another child go missing on his watch. Worse, when Moose finds himself accused as the kidnapper, there’s no backing down. He must find the girl, keep Tillie safe, and outwit a man fueled by revenge. It will take all of Moose’s Alaskan savvy to keep them alive–but who is going to protect him from the love he never saw coming?
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30 Days To Taming Your Tongue
$6.99Add to cartCertified behavioral consultant Deborah Pegues knows how easily a slip of the tongue can cause problems in personal and business relationships. This is why she wrote the popular 30 Days to Taming Your Tongue (850,000 copies sold). Now in trade size, Pegues’s 30-day devotional will help each reader not only tame their tongue but make it productive rather than destructive.
With humor and a bit of refreshing sass, Deborah devotes chapters to learning how to overcome the:
*Retaliating Tongue
*Know-It-All Tongue
*Belittling Tongue
*Hasty Tongue
*Gossiping Tongue
*25 More!Short stories, anecdotes, soul-searching questions, and scripturally based personal affirmations combine to make each applicable and life changing.
Rerelease in trade edition
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Prayers For A Womans Heart
$16.99Add to cartHeartfelt Prayers for All of Life’s Moments Many of us long more meaningful prayer life but hardly know where to begin. For all the ordinary and extraordinary situations you face each day comes a collection of 100 prayers from bestselling author Elizabeth George.
Short devotions follow each prayer to help you navigate your relationships with your family, friends, and the world around you. Discover prayers that draw you close to your heavenly Father…
*to grow in wisdom and understanding
*for strength through temptation, fear, and depression
*that express reverence and worship
*for patience and contentment
*concerning spiritual growth and ministryGod will listen for as long and as often as you desire to talk to Him. This gathering of short and intimate devotions will enrich your prayer life and provide you with words when your heart needs them most.
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Youll Make It And They Will Too
$17.00Add to cartA lifeline of hope for parents of teens who feel adrift on the real and raw parenting journey, presented with wisdom and faith–and a touch of candid humor–from seasoned educator, mother, and Today Parenting contributor Amy Betters-Midtvedt.
As a mom with five kids ages twelve to twenty-two living at home, Amy Betters-Midtvedt found that parenting teens challenged everything she thought it meant to be a “good” mom. But in the unraveling came the building of something new and more beautiful than she could have imagined: an incredible sense of love, hope, joy, and relationship–even in the mess.
You’ll Make It (and They Will Too) is as much about navigating the minefields of anxiety and mental health as it is setting curfews, convincing kids to bring their dishes back to the kitchen, and deciding whose turn it is to have the car keys. It’s about dancing in the kitchen with soon-to-be adult kids who are taller than you. It’s making appointments with a therapist and a college admissions counselor in the same week. It’s helping your kids cling to faith even as they reject the pew on Sunday mornings.
Through stories steeped in hope and prayer of both her professional and personal parenting journey, Amy shares:
– words of comfort for when you feel alone, together with wisdom and strategies that will help you to not just survive the sleepless nights, but also to thrive as a stronger family unit
– prayers to draw on God’s strength when everything feels overwhelming
– a path forward with your teenagers that brings you into a lifelong loving relationship
– ways to celebrate the beauty in your teens in all that they are, just as God made them
Each chapter will leave you equipped, encouraged, and less alone by guiding you through how to listen to your own heart when parenting your precious teen.
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What Happens Next Bible Study Guide Plus Streaming Video (Student/Study Guide)
$21.99Add to cartWhat comes to mind when you think about the end times? If you are like many Christians, you might not think about it much at all. You have a carpe diem kind of faith that focuses on the here and now. Why occupy your thoughts with the “not yet” when you have enough to deal with in the “right now”? The answer is simple: because Jesus focused on the end times. A full thirty percent of his teachings in the Gospels have to do with discourses on heaven, hell, and the events that will signal the final age. So, if Jesus made the end times a priority, it only makes sense that his followers would make it a priority as well.
Perhaps one of the reasons why you don’t like to think about the end times is because you know it will involve turmoil and strife. Indeed, Jesus said the final days would be marked by events that include economic turmoil, political conflicts, ethnic tensions, persecution of Christians, famines, wars and rumors of wars, diseases, false prophets, waning faith in Jesus, and other fearful sights. Jesus declared, “All these are the beginning of birth pains” (Matthew 24:9). Labor pains increase in frequency and intensity as the delivery draws near. Jesus was speaking of a day in which the same will happen in the world.
Now, when it comes to considering these events that will signal the end of the age, you have a choice as to how you will respond. You can see these circumstances through the eyes of fear or faith. The eyes of fear see little reason for hope and ample reason for anxiety. However, the eyes of faith see history inching closer and closer to a new era that will usher in a heavenly destiny–a time when you will “reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize” (Philippians 3:14 nlt). God has told you what to expect not to scare you but to prepare you. He is like a pilot on the intercom telling the passengers about impending turbulence. A good pilot keeps his travelers informed. Your good Father does the same!
God wants you to have a deep-seated confidence that he is firmly on his throne and the future is in his hands. He has given prophecy to empower his saints with the reassurance that whatever happens in this life, he is ultimately sovereign.
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Now And Not Yet Bible Study Guide Plus Streaming Video (Student/Study Guide)
$24.99Add to cartIf you’ve ever waited on the Lord for something–direction, answers, resolution, strength–you know how challenging it can be. Even when we fully believe that God sees and hears our requests, if we’re honest, we sometimes view waiting as wasted time. But, what if it’s not? What if waiting is the means God uses to make us more like Christ? What if there are some pieces of God’s character that we’ll only learn while we wait?
If that’s true… how do we lean in? What lessons do these seasons hold? How do we keep hoping and believing what we know to be true?
In this six-week study, you’ll explore five biblical narratives that put God’s faithfulness to waiting people on display and help you direct your gaze from the answers you’re seeking to the God who meets you while you wait.
This study guide has everything you need for a full Bible study experience, including:
*The study guide itself–with discussion and reflection questions, video notes, and a leader’s guide.
*An individual access code to stream all video sessions online. (You don’t need to buy a DVD!)
Streaming video access code included. Access code subject to expiration after 12/31/2028. Code may be redeemed only by the recipient of this package. Code may not be transferred or sold separately from this package. Internet connection required. Void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by law. Additional offer details inside.
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Mixed Ecology : Inhabiting An Integrated Church
$26.99Add to cart‘Mixed ecology’ is a term use to describe how traditional parishes co-exist with fresh expressions, church plants and pioneer ministries.
Ed Olsworth-Peter explores what an integrated mixed ecology of Church looks like in a post pandemic world. As society begins to come to terms with the cultural and financial impacts of the last couple of years, the way we meet as church and how we reach out to those within our communities needs to be reconsidered.
The Church of England’s new vision and strategy includes three priorities one of which is that ‘mixed ecology is the norm’. Much has been written about the mixed economy/ecology of Church over the last 15 years across a range of traditions and denominations, but what hasn’t been explored as such is the connectivity and dependency between different local expressions of church, and the value of ‘co-growing’ alongside one another for their mutual health and missional development. More than ever there is a need for the church to be ‘one body’ – unified yet distinctive, aware of the gift of its breadth in a ‘global’ ecosystem that together recognises and resources different expressions of church.
This book will help church leaders and worshipping communities to understand their place within the mixed ecology, the value of growing their own local ecosystem, and how to develop a physically gathered, digital and hybrid ecology of Church. Offering cultural, ecclesiological and missional insights, coupled with practical application, it draws on the voices of respected theologians, authors and church leaders in the UK and USA.
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Bouncing Forwards : Notes On Resilience, Courage And Change
$15.99Add to cartBouncing Forwards offers hope to those who’re facing battles such as mental or physical health challenges, bereavement, the loss of cherished dreams or recovery from trauma.
Patrick Regan reveals his vulnerability as he shares that making peace with his own ongoing anxiety only came after a period of intense physical, emotional and spiritual pain.
There is always the temptation to wait for the day when all will be well. Yet becoming preoccupied with the future may well mean missing out on what’s happening in our lives in the here and now. Is it possible to be OK even when life isn’t? Can we thrive, not just once we’ve come through adversity, but right there in the midst of it?
Exploring resilience, acceptance and emotional agility, Patrick encourages us to believe we can find meaning in some of life’s toughest moments – and the faith to journey on.
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Kingdom Woman Devotional
$19.99Add to cartThis 90-day devotional with a beautiful lavender cover helps women find daily inspiration for embracing their purpose, power, and possibilities.
Based on the book Kingdom Woman by Chrystal Evans Hurst and Tony Evans, this daily devotional calls every Christ-following woman to tap into the power of God as she finds and fulfills the purpose for which God has fashioned her. With practical insights and applications in both the lives of Christian women and those they love, this devotional will:
*encourage women to embrace their role as leaders under God’s authority,
*disciple them to live as true heirs under the covenant God has made with His children, and
*challenge them to initiate the practical principles of living under the rule of Christ.For a kingdom woman who seeks to align herself and operate under the authority of God in every area of life, the Kingdom Woman Devotional will be a go-to resource to daily equip and inspire.
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Our Daily Bread 2025 Daily Planner
$16.99Add to cartMake time for your faith in your schedule. This lightweight, spiral-bound planner includes month-at-a-glance views, weekly calendar spreads, and pages for contact information and shopping lists. For spiritual encouragement, take advantage of its one-year Bible reading plan and monthly meditations. This organizational tool provides you with space to pencil in life’s activities and inspires you to walk in Christ’s love every day.
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Estresate Menos Ora Mas – (Spanish)
$5.99Add to cartWhat do you stress about most? . . .
No matter your age, there’s likely one thing (probably more!) that stresses you to your very core.
Whether you stress about piles of laundry, troubles at work, difficult relationships, finances, or something more, this devotional guide will help alleviate your anxiety-inducing thoughts as you learn to live in the freedom of Almighty God, who offers tranquility for your stressed-out soul. As you read the devotions and prayers, you’ll grow ever closer to the Stress-Reliever Himself, who will transform your tense heart into a heart of serene faith.
Inspired by this promise from God’s Word: “Make sure that you don’t get so absorbed and exhausted in taking care of all your day-by-day obligations that you lose track of the time and doze off, oblivious to God. . . . Be up and awake to what God is doing! God is putting the finishing touches on the salvation work he began when we first believed.” (Romans 13:11-12 MSG)
Read on. . .and discover the stress-free life today.
Que es lo que mas te estresa?
Sea cual sea tu edad, es probable que haya una cosa (!seguro que mas de una!) que te estresa hasta la medula.
Ya se trate del estres de la colada que se amontona, de los problemas en el trabajo, de relaciones dificiles, finanzas etc., esta guia devocional te ayudara a aliviar los pensamientos que te provocan ansiedad a la vez que aprendes a vivir en la libertad del Dios Todopoderoso, que ofrece tranquilidad para tu alma estresada. A medida que lees los devocionales y las oraciones, te sentiras cada vez mas cerca de Quien te redime del estres, que transformara tu corazon estresado en un corazon de fe serena.
Inspirado en esta promesa de la Palabra de Dios: “En todo esto tengan en cuenta el tiempo en que vivimos, y sepan que ya es hora de despertarnos del sueo […] dejemos de hacer las cosas propias de la oscuridad y revistamonos de luz, como un soldado se reviste de su armadura” (Romanos 13:11-12 DHH). Sigue leyendo… y descubre hoy mismo la vida sin estres.
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Sports Devotions For Kids
$6.99Add to cartWhat is a “can of corn” in baseball?
Why are there turkeys at the bowling alley?
Who kicks a squib, joins a peloton, or does the Fosbury flop?
You’ll find answers to these questions, and many more, in Sports Devotions for Kids: What the Games We Love Teach Us about God and Life!
Whether you love:
*baseball
*basketball
*football
*hockey
*soccer
*bowling
*surfing
*equestrian
*tennis
*track
*or many other types of competition
you’ll enjoy explanations of many of the weird and wonderful terms of the sports world. Plus, you’ll gain insights on God and life from the devotional thoughts based on the easy-to-understand New Life Version of the Bible.It’s a touchdown. . . a grand slam. . .and a slam dunk. . .all rolled into one!
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My Prayer Journal Quiet Time Prayers For A Womans Heart
$9.99Add to cartA Delightful, Faith-Inspiring Prayer Journal for Women!
My Prayer Journal: Quiet-Time Prayers for a Woman’s Heart is a lovely devotional prayer collection designed to help you grow deeper in your faith and connect to your heavenly Father’s heart. Dozens of practical and encouraging prayers alongside ample journaling space will help you celebrate the beautiful gift of prayer as you spend time each day talking with God. You will discover a deeper understanding and love for the One who holds the whole world in His hands.
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Protector
$16.99Add to cartA Mysterious Disappearance Shakes an Amish Family’s Faith
In book one of A Mifflin County Mystery series, after a night out with her boyfriend, Rosa Petersheim has disappeared from the Big Valley without a trace. Norman Petersheim always considered himself his sister’s protector, and he can’t believe she would have left home of her own accord. Clearly, he must have failed her. He throws all he has into helping the authorities search for Rosa, while trying to support his parents and siblings–who are struggling both mentally and physically. Salina Swarey loves Norman and hopes they are headed toward marriage, but his obsession with Rosa’s whereabouts is driving them apart. Can Norman find peace and contentment, even if he never learns where Rosa has gone?
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365 Bible Verses A Year For 2025
$17.99Add to cartHatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. Proverbs 10: 12
The timeless words of the Bible provide comfort, inspiration, and wisdom. And, in the King James version, an elevated sense of poetry. And paired with beautiful photography, they sing. A dramatic aerial of a curving river illustrates Corinthians 15: 10– But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. Alpine wildflowers accompany Isaiah 65: 24– And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. And a forest at sunset is paired with Mark 3: 35– For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
?Printed on responsibly sourced paper and 100% recyclable.
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Becoming Spiritually Intelligent
$19.99Add to cartWhat is spiritual intelligence? How do you gain it? And what if it looks a lot like love?
This first-of-its-kind guide to spiritual intelligence–rooted in attachment theory, Christian formation, and the science of spirituality–helps us develop healthy attachments, grow into our most secure selves, and love others in the way God loves. With the care of a pastor and the rigor of a researcher, Paul M. Burns gives us practical ways to develop our spiritual intelligence: the capacity to love God, ourselves, and others. Becoming a spiritually intelligent person means cultivating an attachment to God, learning self-differentiation, and nurturing empathy. Burns outlines nine paths toward “”lovingness,”” such as the path of sensing God’s nearness and the path of self-regulation.
Understanding the human psyche–a word that derives from the Greek for “”soul””–can help us grow in Christlike love. How do our earliest attachments shape our sense of who God is? How might stories from Scripture resonate anew when we read them through the lens of attachment theory and brain science? Each chapter offers a spiritual intelligence practice, reflection questions, and a prayer to help us translate emotional and spiritual insights into everyday life.
Your most loving self is the you who feels secure. The bad news is that you can’t love well when you’re feeling threatened–and you can’t rid yourself of such insecurity overnight. The good news is that, over time and with practice, you can discover deeper levels of attachment to God, self-differentiation, and empathy for others. Reminiscent of the work of Richard Foster, Ruth Haley Barton, and Ronald Rolheiser, Becoming Spiritually Intelligent is an authoritative guide to emotional health, relational intimacy, and spiritual growth.
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Luke In The Land Bible Study Book With Video Access (Student/Study Guide)
$24.99Add to cartIn our Bibles, we have four Gospels describing Jesus’s time on earth: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The land of Israel-the place Jesus walked and taught during His earthly ministry-is often referred to as the “fifth Gospel.”
Follow Kristi McLelland through Israel as we study snapshots from the Gospel of Luke to see where the stories of the Bible took place. Over 7 sessions, challenge the way you read the accounts of Jesus through teaching videos that take you to locations in Israel like Bethlehem, the Sea of Galilee, Gethsemane, Jerusalem, and the road to Emmaus. Along the way, you’ll see how Jesus, the Messiah, brought His kingdom to earth for everybody.
*7 video teaching sessions shot in Israel with Kristi McLelland, available via redemption code printed in the Bible study book
*Beautiful color photography that helps you visualize places where Jesus ministered
*6 weeks of personal study
Video Sessions:
*Session 1: Introduction (25:45)-From the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Kristi McLelland invites women to join her in a journey through the very places Jesus walked. In this introductory session, Kristi demonstrates the snapshot-like structure of the Gospel of Luke and tells of one day in the life of Jesus in the wilderness area along the road to Jericho.
*Session 2: Incarnation (28:42)-In this session, filmed in Bethlehem, Kristi dispels common myths as she teaches the Christmas story from Luke 2.
*Session 3: Inauguration (20:03)-At the beginning of His ministry, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River and then went into the desert for forty days and nights. From those locations, Kristi shows us how this inaugurated Jesus’s ministry on earth.
*Session 4: Invitation (29:39)-Jesus spent most of His time on earth in the region of Galilee. Join Kristi in that region as she describes Jesus calling His disciples and challenges us to follow Him still today.
*Session 5: Partnership (25:51)-In this session, Kristi walks us through snapshots of Jesus’s ministry and teaching in locations around and on the Sea of Galilee.
*Session 6: Crucifixion (30:52)-Beginning in the Garden of Gethsemane, Kristi walks us through Jesus’s last moments before His death in locations like the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Southern Steps of the temple.
*Session 7: Resurrection (31:04)-After Jesus’s resurrection, He spent time teaching, eating, and walking with His disciples. From the road to Emmaus, Kristi sends forth the same challenge Jesus doe
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Feeling Your Way Through Grief
$16.99Add to cartNothing can prepare you for the death of a loved one, and nothing is ever the same after. How do you even begin to live after loss?
When author Missy Buchanan lost her beloved husband of 43 years, she was devastated. As she looked for meaningful resources to help her with her grief, Missy found most books too long or heady. So, she decided to process her grief in her own way … by writing personal notes to her husband, unfiltered and straight from her heart.
In this poignant collection of reflections from that first year, Missy opens the window wide onto her personal journey and all the raw emotions that bubbled up from day to day. From family holidays to everyday tasks such as pumping gas or taking out the trash, Missy’s tender notes resonate with the shared experiences of grief, offering a guiding light and true companion for your own journey. Along the way, she also affirms that faith is not lacking when you don’t feel “strong” and that being vulnerable can help support the healing process.
Feeling Your Way Through Grief is an invitation to embrace the complexities of loss, find solace in genuine emotions, and embark on a faithful journey toward healing. Reflection questions at the end of each chapter invite you to explore your own emotions more deeply, gently guiding you along your unwanted journey of grief.
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Pastoral Pause : A Practical Guide To Renewal Leave
$19.99Add to cartTake a break before you shatter.
In the demanding realm of pastoral ministry, where energy fades and the threat of burnout is ever-present, pastor Greg Pimlott offers a lifeline. With disarming humor and refreshing honesty, Pimlott invites us into his own transformative journey from burnout to spiritual revitalization, providing encouragement, inspiration, and practical tools for other pastors on the brink of exhaustion and considering a renewal leave.
From his candid account of the moment he realized he needed a break, to a life-changing encounter deep in the New Mexico desert, Pimlott shares poignant glimpses of life before, during, and after his leave to inspire his fellow clergy. Along the way, he provides spiritual and practical resources such as renewal leave checklists, budget-planning tools, book lists, reflection prompts, liturgies, and devotions to equip others on their journeys.
Pastors, facing the challenges of strained relationships, waning creativity, and diminishing spiritual reserves, will find solace and guidance in this invaluable and relatable resource. Take a break before you shatter — Pastoral Pause is your indispensable companion on the journey to self-renewal.
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Portrait Of God
$18.99Add to cartHave you been struggling to see God lately? This beautiful weaving of biblical reflection and true stories from Jesus-followers turns our gaze again to the One who made us, loves us, and will never leave us. Each chapter in Portrait of God explores an attribute of God through a person in church history who radically experienced His nature. Here you’ll discover:
*Faith: how an all-powerful God worked miracles in the life of Kathryn Kuhlman,
*Holiness: what Augustine of Hippo’s life in a secular world teaches us about God,
*Compassion: how William and Catherine Booth’s service to others radiated God’s love,
*And more.Portrait of God includes a foreword from Michael W. Smith, thought-provoking questions, and a list of further reading about each faith leader. As author Jack Mooring writes, “The Christian life is less about learning and more about remembering.” When our spiritual life feels like a roller coaster, true stories of faithful Christians help us rediscover our wonder about the unchanging character of our Creator.
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1 Last Promise
$29.99Add to cartAfter years as a pilot of a Navy rescue chopper, Arlo “Moose” Mulligan returned home to start Air One Rescue–and made a name for himself. He loves his job, his life, and his routines, which include breakfast at the Skyport Diner, always at one of Tillie Young’s tables. She’s sweet and pretty, but Moose knows his life has no room for anything more. Until the day Tillie shows up beaten and desperate and needing his help.
Tillie Young never thought her ex would track her to Alaska, but somehow he’s found her. When he kidnaps her daughter, she’ll do anything to get her back–even enlist help from her favorite grumpy customer. But Moose Mulligan is no match for a former MMA boxer and possible child trafficker, right?
Maybe, maybe not, but he’s not going to let another child go missing on his watch. Worse, when Moose finds himself accused as the kidnapper, there’s no backing down. He must find the girl, keep Tillie safe, and outwit a man fueled by revenge. It will take all of Moose’s Alaskan savvy to keep them alive–but who is going to protect him from the love he never saw coming?
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Between The Sound And Sea
$29.99Add to cartEvery family has its secrets. Josephina Harris wouldn’t mind if her family still had a few of their own after a lawsuit tarnishes their name. When an opportunity opens to become a temporary keeper of a decommissioned lighthouse on a North Carolina island, she jumps at the chance to escape her small town to oversee its restoration.
As the work begins, “Joey” discovers strange notes tucked deep in the crevices of the old stone walls–pages torn from a lighthouse keeper’s log signed by someone named Mae who recounts harrowing rescues at sea. Fascinated by a woman lighthouse keeper, Joey digs into the past only to discover there’s never been a record of a lighthouse keeper by that name.
When things start to go amiss on the island, locals are convinced that it is the ghost of the lighthouse keeper and his daughter who were lost at sea during World War II. As Joey sifts through decades of rumors and legends and puts together the pieces of the past, what emerges is a love story–one that’s not over yet.
Multiple Christy Award winner Amanda Cox is your guide upon the raging seas of young love, heartbreaking loss, and learning to risk it all for a chance at happiness in this timeless novel.
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Saved By The Matchmaker
$29.99Add to cartAfter her annulment is finalized, Enya Shanahan finds herself caught in a web of scandal and obligation while carrying a secret that threatens to shatter her family’s reputation. Determined to find a suitable marriage for Enya, her father turns to a wily matchmaker to save them from their circumstances.
Sullivan O’Brien, a steamboat captain committed to aiding enslaved people on their path to freedom, is faced with an ultimatum from his father. Forced to marry or lose his livelihood, a marriage of convenience seems to be the only solution. As he and Enya face the trials of their pasts and a city consumed by fire, they must confront their deepest fears and learn to trust in love, even when darkness threatens to engulf them.
Bestselling author Jody Hedlund returns to 1800s St. Louis in this dramatic and stirring tale of resilience and love against all odds.
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I Surrender All
$16.50Add to cartAll To Him I Freely Give
From Priscilla Shirer comes this fervent appeal and invitation to surrender everything to Jesus. To follow Him not just as your Savior but as your priority, your first love, your Lord. To move beyond being a believer to becoming His disciple.
Because there is a difference.
Salvation is a gift of God. It’s free. It’s grace. It’s the cross. Discipleship comes at a high cost. It’s surrender. It’s effort. It’s a daily choice to lay down your life and follow His. Few believers choose this route, but the ones who do will experience the abundance that only the surrendered life can offer. It’s the one choice standing between you and the life of freedom and fulfillment, of peace and purpose you’ve always wanted. I Surrender All is all about making that choice.
The choice that changes everything.
This book will be impossible to simply read because it beckons you to make a decision about the kind of Christian you will be. Prepare to engage, to write, to pray, and be called into a surrendered life. An abundant life. A disciple’s life.
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Count Me In
$17.99Add to cartToday’s students are constantly pulled toward a life of confusion and half-baked beliefs. But Jesus Christ is calling them to something greater than anything this world can offer. He offers eternal life that includes a living relationship with God, a radical commitment to truth, and a life of love, compassion, and purpose. A radical life that counts now and in eternity.
Count Me In walks students through the entire Gospel of Luke and Jesus’s bold invitation to follow Him daily, obey Him faithfully, and trust Him completely. Each of the eight chapters focuses on an important element of discipleship, from studying Scripture to sharing Jesus with others. Students will be challenged with:
* Do I value the right relationships?
* Do I have a healthy perspective of my earthly stuff?
* Do I let temptation and sin block my spiritual growth?
* Do I have a plan to keep my life intentionally grounded in Christ?Including reflection questions and discussion guides, this book can easily work for solo readers or group studies. Students should feel inspired to take on a deeper study of Scripture and challenged to take Christ’s call of discipleship seriously in their own lives.
Jesus chose young followers in the first century and invites today’s generation of young people to follow Him now. To know Him, love Him, and make Him known. To surrender and put Him first in every area. To be a part of His message and His mission to the nations. Count Me In will engage students to hear the amazing call of Jesus and to boldly live out their faith every day.
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Devoted To Jesus
$17.99Add to cartJesus started His ministry saying, “Come, follow Me,” and finished it by saying, “Go, make disciples.”
Between these two challenges, His followers learned they could trust Him completely with every area of their lives.
From the writing team behind The Love Dare and The Battle Plan for Prayer, and the movie producers of The Forge and War Room, comes an exciting new resource for anyone who desires to grow spiritually and become an on-fire, all-in follower of Jesus.
Have you ever been personally discipled? Do you desire to walk closer to Jesus but wish someone would show you how? How can your faith become a thriving relationship instead of a religious duty? What are the keys to assurance of salvation, abiding in Christ, praying effectively, overcoming trials, and deeply loving others?
Packed with 52 topical chapters-ideal for reading daily or weekly-and presented with refreshing clarity, Devoted to Jesus is designed to help both new and mature believers grow together. This is a journey you’ll first want to experience yourself and then utilize to invest into others.
They first learned to be His disciples, then helped others as disciple-makers. . . and so can you.
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Who Is Mary
$16.99Add to cartThe first book in a new Amish romance series by beloved novelist Linda Byler, an active member of the Amish church.
With her flaming red hair and inquisitive personality, Mary is a bit of an anomaly in her Amish community in western New York. She tries to join in the fun with the other youth as they gather for hymn singings and games, but she finds it all rather dull. None of the young men are interested in her and she’s even less interested in them. With each passing year, she feels more and more out of place and stifled by life as a misfit in a rural Amish community.
When her aunt comes for a visit and suggests she return to Lancaster with her to help manage her bakery, Mary sees her opportunity for the change she’s desperately craving. But her parents forbid her to go, her father convinced that leaving the family for the busy life of Lancaster will lead her down a path of destruction. Mary is deeply distressed, wanting to honor her parents’ wishes and also knowing she can’t stay trapped in their isolated community forever. At twenty-one, she’s old enough to decide for herself, and yet it’s painful to be at odds with her father. Will she go, despite her father’s dire warnings? If she stays, will she just continue to disappoint her parents, asking too many questions and never finding a man to marry?
One thing is sure. Before she can even think about dating, she needs to figure out who she is and where she belongs. And that might require a boldness she didn’t know she possessed.
Author Linda Byler is an active member of the Amish church and writes all her novels by hand with a pen and notebook. She offers a unique and fascinating look into Amish history and culture.
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Dolphins In Danger
$14.99Add to cartFrom best-selling author Bill Myers comes a hilarious, faith-filled, and action-packed adventure starring the Mulligan family.
The Magnificent Mulligans are back, and they’re learning again how to stick together, protect the vulnerable, and stand up for what’s right. When Dad gets a call from a friend who needs help with a distressed dolphin, he and Lisa drive up the coast to try to help. But a big storm in the forecast is going to make this mission difficult.
Meanwhile, the other Mulligans are excited about new opportunities. Julie is learning to take care of flamingoes, Janelle is learning to play tennis, and Nick is learning how to fly an airplane. Nick’s first lesson? Convincing his instructor that he’s really ready to take the yoke. The guy keeps glancing nervously at the parachute he brings along for the flight!
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Experience The Gospel Of Mark
$14.99Add to cartHelp your students experience the storyline of Jesus and the major themes of the book of Mark.
The book of Mark introduces us to the life and ministry of Jesus and describes what it looks like to be a Christian. This beautiful and experiential study inspires students to follow Jesus and instills a lifelong love and appreciation for Scripture. Each day, a student will read a portion of Scripture and then be challenged to apply its truth to their everyday life. Experience Scripture resources are designed specifically to help readers engage with God’s Word through reading and reflection. As they become Biblically fluent, students will be able to apply its principles in everyday life. These resources are:
*Rooted in Scripture – this is not a self-help manual, but a resource that fosters a life-long habit of reading the Bible.
*Beautifully designed – contemporary design that appeals to students who appreciate a clean reading experience.
*Accessible – can be completed in one month. Each day includes brief explanation of passage’s major themes to quickly understand context.
*Experiential – Scripture is meant to be experienced. This resource provides tangible ways for students to interact with Scripture.
This Biblical commentary can be used devotionally, with these features and practices provided for each day-
*Know Before You Go – learn the essential context
*Read the Passage – average of about 20 verses per day
*After the Passage – explains meaning, themes, and the bottom line
*Experience – engaging questions and interactions
*Takeaway and Pray – personal application that lasts -
Bengal Believer : 52 Who-Dey-Votions For The Cincinnati Football Faithful
$16.99Add to cartWelcome to the Jungle-of Faith
Whether you have been a Bengals fan for decades or just a few days, Bengal Believer will inspire you to celebrate being a fan of a team that has had its highs and lows.
Bengal Believer recounts the stories of 52 true plays and players spanning decades of legendary football games, from Super Bowls to heartrending losses. In these devotions, you’ll get to relive some of the most incredible moments in Bengal history all while strengthening your faith with Scripture. The biblical and inspirational messages within these pages can be applied to the playbook of life and help you find inspiration in personal moments of victory or defeat.
So, grab your orange and black, start your “who-dey” chant, and get ready to be inspired.
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Penny Preaches
$18.00Add to cartPenny loves the sermon on Sunday because she loves to think about big things. But when preaching from the front porch to her friends doesn’t turn out quite as she expected, Penny wonders if she was wrong to want to teach others about God.
Written by Amy Dixon and Rob Dixon, and featuring delightful illustrations from Jennifer Davison, Penny’s story reminds us that God gives good gifts to everyone!
Penny Preaches will be enjoyed by children as well as the adults who read with them. Also included is a note from the authors to encourage further conversation about the topic.
Discover IVP Kids and share with children the things that matter to God!
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1 Peter : An Introduction And Commentary (Revised)
$25.00Add to cartPeter’s short letter to the “exiles of the dispersion” addresses many topics: holiness, the sufferings of Christ, God’s sovereignty in salvation and life, the grace of God, the work of the Holy Spirit, the church as the new people of God, the reality of the unseen spiritual world, and trusting in God in the midst of daily circumstances. What ties all these concepts together, Wayne Grudem suggests, is the theme of suffering. Most of all, suffering is a form of imitating Christ, who, by bearing our sins on the cross, gives meaning and comfort to Christians in every aspect of their daily lives.
Part of the Tyndale New Testament commentary series, 1 Peter offers a thorough understanding of the book’s content and structure as well as its continued relevance for today. This edition has been revised and updated by Grudem from his original TNTC volume.
The Tyndale Commentaries are designed to help the reader of the Bible understand what the text says and what it means. The Introduction to each book gives a concise but thorough treatment of its authorship, date, original setting, and purpose. Following a structural Analysis, the Commentary takes the book section by section, drawing out its main themes, and also comments on individual verses and problems of interpretation. Additional Notes provide fuller discussion of particular difficulties.
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Lay Me In Gods Good Earth
$20.00Add to cartA Christian case for natural burial
The promises of the Christian gospel are never more precious or more beautiful than in the context of death and burial. And yet current burial practices in Western society are archaic and impersonal. They fail to confront us with the reality of death, and they make it harder to process death or to grieve properly.
Kent Burreson and Beth Hoeltke have been teaching a Christian understanding of death and natural burial for many years. They argue that natural burial-laying the body into the earth in a way that allows it to decompose naturally-is not only better for the environment but is also a more accurate picture of Christian hope of the resurrection. Grounded in sound Christian teaching about death and burial, they advocate for natural burial and offer practical instructions for navigating the complex questions around burial practices.
Lay Me in God’s Good Earth is not only an immensely practical guide to natural burial; it is also an application of the hope of the resurrection to those grieving the loss of their loved ones.
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Faithful Politics : Ten Approaches To Christian Citizenship And Why It Matt
$24.00Add to cartChristians who seek to relate their faith to politics have always encountered tensions. Instead of easy answers and simple checklists, we need tools to help us thoughtfully navigate the complexities of Christian faithfulness in an increasingly diverse and polarized society.
In this book, Miranda Zapor Cruz guides readers in forming a vision of citizenship that brings Christian convictions into political engagement while avoiding common pitfalls. Cruz provides a measured, nonpartisan overview of different ways Christians have approached political participation. These ten views represent a range of theological approaches to the relationship between the kingdom of God and the country, including Anabaptist, social gospel, principled pluralist, and Christian nationalist. Cruz describes strengths and weaknesses of each view, with a focus on Christian faithfulness.
In the United States, Cruz argues, Christians who share very similar faith convictions can arrive at different political conclusions. There are, however, principles from Scripture and theology that should inform our thinking and remind us that our ultimate citizenship is in the kingdom of God. Faithful Politics helps us learn from Christians of the past as we discern how to be salt and light in our own time and place.
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Why I Am Roman Catholic
$18.00Add to cartThe Roman Catholic tradition in Christianity is breathtaking, complex, and rich in insight about what it means to follow God. But what does it look like to claim this tradition as one’s own? And how does this intersect with the reality of our daily and personal lives?
In this vulnerable and succinct volume, theologian Matthew Levering addresses the heart of these questions. Bringing together personal memoir and theology, he reflects on why he identifies as Roman Catholic, and considers how this tradition addresses what it means to follow and participate in the life of the Triune God as a finite creature. Rather than shy away from the challenges this tradition presents, Levering presses into these challenges to offer an honest yet hopeful account of being Roman Catholic.
‘The Ecumenical Dialogue Series’ seeks to foster ecumenical dialogue across theological differences. In each volume, contributors explore what it means to be Christian, what it means to identify with a specific tradition in Christianity (Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox), the challenges and benefits of their tradition, and how they can create dialogue and unity across historically tense division.
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Forge
$29.99Add to cartAs Cynthia Wright’s marriage implodes, she is forced to raise her teenage son, Isaiah, alone. The pressure of providing for them through her salon is a full-time job in itself. When Cynthia sees Isaiah pulling away and escaping into video games, tensions rise and prayers feel unanswered. Angry and hurt, Isaiah starts acting like the father who abandoned him, and Cynthia gives him an ultimatum while turning to her twin sister, Elizabeth Jordan, for support. Elizabeth enlists a seasoned prayer warrior who challenges Cynthia to pray boldly and believe God for the impossible.
Caught in the middle, Isaiah longs for respect, but sees no clear path to becoming a good man. Desperate for a job, he wanders into Moore Fitness, Inc. and encounters the owner, Joshua Moore, who introduces him to the concept of working for a coach rather than a boss. Needing the work, Isaiah reluctantly begins his mentoring process with Joshua. While Cynthia clings to hope, no one sees the coming storms brewing at the company and in Isaiah’s heart.
The Forge is about the power of prayer, the transformation only God can achieve, and the lasting influence one person can have on others.
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Kids Bible Thinline Reference Edition
$29.99Add to cartA Bible for kids on the go.
The new Kids Thinline Reference Bible in the New Living Translation is designed for the active lifestyle of kids ages 8-12. With fun cover designs and a compact size that’s easy to carry, your kids will be thrilled to take it everywhere-to school, church, or camp!
The New Living Translation – Where Truth Comes Alive:
The New Living Translation (NLT) is an authoritative Bible translation crafted by 90 leading Bible scholars. The NLT’s scholarship and clarity breathe life into even the most difficult-to-understand Bible passages-but even more powerful are stories of how people’s lives are changing as the words speak directly to their hearts. That’s why we call it “The Truth Made Clear.” The New Living Translation’s accessibility makes this children’s Bible easy to understand and an excellent option for the young reader.
A Meaningful Gift for Kids:
This beautiful Bible for kids is the perfect gift choice for your children. It nurtures their spiritual growth and helps them embark on a journey of faith like never before. Its lightweight size is convenient and portable, easily slipping into a backpack-it won’t slow them down when they’re on the go!
Invest in your child’s spiritual development and surprise them with the Kids Thinline Reference Bible -where meaningful truths await!
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I Thought This Would Make Me Happy
$19.99Add to cartWhat happened to us?
Why is there no joy, no friendship in our marriage?
Why don’t we feel like a team anymore?
If you’ve ever felt this way about your marriage, you’re not alone. Marriage is hard. Every couple comes to a place of disappointment and distance at one point or another. The good news is that your relationship can get better. If you’re both willing to work at it, it can work out.
Teacher, author, and creator of “Living the Sweet Wife” Chelsea Damon has coached thousands of couples through the hardest seasons of their marriage. In I Thought This Would Make Me Happy, she’ll help you take your first steps to a renewed and life-giving marriage. You’ll gain the tools you need to:
*Identify the problems–Anger, bitterness, and resentment arise in all marriages. You’ll learn how to assess what the problems are and step away from destructive patterns.
*Restore harmony–Reflection sections and journal exercises are specially designed to help you and your spouse forgive each other and communicate more deeply.
*Cultivate the good qualities–Each chapter is designed to help you and your spouse build the characteristics that make a marriage reflect Christ and grow stronger.
With stories, practical tips, and biblical truths, I Thought This Would Make Me Happy will show you a way forward. Your relationship with your spouse may be in a difficult season…but it can get better.
A marriage full of joy, grace, and unity is possible
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Jesus For Everyone
$29.99Add to cartAmy-Jill Levine, in Jesus for Everyone, argues that Jesus’ historic and cultural influence makes him fascinating, provocative, and relevant for everyone, not only faithful Christians but nonbelievers as well.
Two thousand years after his birth and death, Jesus of Nazareth continues to be of vital interest. Yet much of the scholarship around Jesus focuses on his religious significance. Jesus for Everyone examines his most famous teachings from a fresh perspective, exploring how they have continued to shape ethics and civilization in the West for two millennia.
Even for those who reject faith, Jesus’ life and his philosophy are important to study Levine contends, because of the insights they hold for us today. Poring through scripture, analyzing what historical scholarship has revealed about Jesus’ views on several subjects-including women-reveals surprising messages sure to be fascinating to all readers.
Placing Jesus of Nazareth within his historical context, Levine brings him vividly into focus and invites agnostics and the most committed nonbelievers to appreciate his lasting impact on the modern world.
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Gods Big Promises Bible Story Prayers
$17.99Add to cartPray with your children in response to Bible truths using this beautifully illustrated book of prayers. Each page begins with a Bible-story summary and a verse from the Bible, followed by a responsive prayer. Children will learn to say wow, thank you, sorry and please as they get to know God better. There are even actions to go with each response!
Features:
*92 prayers that relate to the 92 stories featured in God’s Big Promises Bible Storybook, so you can use this prayer book alongside the Bible Storybook.
*9 additional prayers specifically for bedtime that are based on Bible verses. They will help kids to give thanks and know that God is with them as they go to sleep.
*An index of prayers at the back linking to prayers for particular circumstances or feelings, such as prayers when feeling anxious, prayers when feeling tired, and prayers when feeling scared.
This wonderful book of prayers will give kids a framework that will help them to pray by themselves as they grow up.
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Prison Break : 21 Days To Spiritual Freedom
$19.99Add to cartA life with Christ is about unshackling your chains of bondage to embrace a life of freedom.
After reading this book you will understand the value of experiencing physical and psychological freedom that can only be found in Christ. You will be encouraged to uncover the root issues of your past traumas so that you can find real healing and transformation for a fruitful life.
After experiencing the realities of a physical prison cell, Pastor Juan Martinez has made it his mission to help others find freedom in every way possible–spiritually, culturally, emotionally, psychologically, and physically.
Encouraging life change through practical steps–such as challenging negative thinking patterns with positive affirmations and setting realistic goals–this twenty-one-day devotional helps expose the internal anxiety, faulty thinking, and traumas that put readers behind figurative or literal bars, causing them to repeatedly make bad decisions and experience relationship challenges. Readers will recognize the root causes of the psychological chains breaking them so they can reach greater personal growth. Prison Break serves as a poignant reminder that freedom is possible and shows readers that with the right mindset, they can overcome past mistakes, forgive others, be renewed by the transformation of their minds, and lead a fulfilling life.
Features and Benefits:
*Daily readings that encourage readers to seek healing and wholeness, reject old mindsets, and embrace new life in Christ
*Reflections on God’s unconditional love and forgiveness
*Affirmations to help readers find strength and hope
*Prayer prompts to guide readers in seeking divine protection and direction
*Motivation to trust God’s will and plans
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Invest In Transformation
$16.00Add to cartThere is no transformation without trust, but trust is not transformation. We must learn how to invest trust for transformation.
Groups that have become skeptical need leadership to refuel a sense of community and continuity if change is going to happen. But trust can be easily hoarded or squandered. This Practicing Change volume from Tod Bolsinger outlines steps to envision trust for the sake of growth.
In this essential Christian leadership resource, you’ll find:
*Wisdom on reviving trust within your community to enable transformative growth
*Practical advice from experienced Christian leader and bestselling author Tod Bolsinger
*Brief and accessible chapters sprinkled with colorful illustrations
*Real-life case studies and balcony time exercises for teamsThe Practicing Change Series from Tod Bolsinger offers an engaging introduction to how we process organizational change and come through with renewed mission and vision. Each of the four illustrated volume opens and closes with a case study and includes balcony time exercises for teams to process together. Also available: How Not to Waste a Crisis, The Mission Always Wins, and Leading Through Resistance.
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Leading Through Resistance
$16.00Add to cartWhen facing losses, even the best teammates can start pushing back. As teams wrestle with uncertainty, leaders need to chart a steady course. Join Tod Bolsinger as he teaches unexpected skills for engaging resistance and moving the mission forward.
In this essential Christian leadership resource, you’ll find:
*Wisdom on leading communities past losses with courage and empathy
*Practical advice from experienced Christian leader and bestselling author Tod Bolsinger
*Brief and accessible chapters sprinkled with colorful illustrations
*Real-life case studies and balcony time exercises for teamsThe Practicing Change Series from Tod Bolsinger offers an engaging introduction to how we process organizational change and come through with renewed mission and vision. Each of the four illustrated volume opens and closes with a case study and includes balcony time exercises for teams to process together. Also available: How Not to Waste a Crisis, The Mission Always Wins, and Invest in Transformation.
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Mission Always Wins
$16.00Add to cartIt’s time to further the mission. Not the boss, not the team, not the stakeholders-the mission.
Change requires tough decisions. But when the focus is blurred, how can we stay on track? We need clarity and agreement on the real task at hand-our genuine mission. This Practicing Change volume from Tod Bolsinger guides us through naming competing values and realigning the driving purpose with missional clarity.
In this essential Christian leadership resource, you’ll find:
*Wisdom on clarifying your organization’s purpose to give your team an aligned mission
*Practical advice from experienced Christian leader and bestselling author Tod Bolsinger
*Brief and accessible chapters sprinkled with colorful illustrations
*Real-life case studies and balcony time exercises for teamsThe Practicing Change Series from Tod Bolsinger offers an engaging introduction to how we process organizational change and come through with renewed mission and vision. Each of the four illustrated volume opens and closes with a case study and includes balcony time exercises for teams to process together. Also available: How Not to Waste a Crisis, Leading Through Resistance, and Invest in Transformation.
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How Not To Waste A Crisis
$16.00Add to cartRising to the occasion calls for a new skill set. But when crises hit, we return to our defaults and double down. The upheaval you find yourself in can reframe your leadership and revive your team.
In this volume, an ideal place to begin the Practicing Change Series, Tod Bolsinger explores the opportunity available in a reality shaken by health, financial, social, and political disasters. Crisis is an opportunity to stop trying harder and begin embracing adaptability. Through observation, interpretation, and intervention, we as leaders can explore a way forward. When your church or nonprofit needs fresh vision, take these steps to learn how to lead anew, and then continue on your leadership journey with the next volumes.
In this essential Christian leadership resource, you’ll find:
*Wisdom on leading your organization through a crisis by embracing adaptability
*Practical advice from experienced Christian leader and bestselling author Tod Bolsinger
*Brief and accessible chapters sprinkled with colorful illustrations
*Real-life case studies and balcony time exercises for teamsThe Practicing Change Series from Tod Bolsinger offers an engaging introduction to how we process organizational change and come through with renewed mission and vision. Each of the four illustrated volume opens and closes with a case study and includes balcony time exercises for teams to process together. Also available: The Mission Always Wins, Leading Through Resistance, and Invest in Transformation.
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Confronting Sexism In The Church
$18.00Add to cartHow to Fight Sexism in the Church
Despite the real progress that has been made in recent years, women continue to be silenced, wounded, and relegated to the sidelines in our churches. Many churches-even churches that outwardly affirm and platform women-remain unaware of the patterns and cultures at play that set up unseen barriers for women.
This is a book for Christians who want to learn how to do better. Heather Matthews has experienced sexism in the church firsthand. In Confronting Sexism in the Church, she explores the history and culture of sexism in our contemporary evangelical world and describes the many ways-subtle and not so subtle-that it lives on in the church today. She gives simple, practical steps for how Christians can actively fight sexism in its many forms.
The mistreatment of women has been part of the human experience from the very beginning-but in Christ, women are set free to be all they’ve been created to be. This book invites churches to live out that reality in all its fullness.
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Knowing God Through The Year
$25.00Add to cartHere is a one-year guide through one of our most treasured books: J. I. Packer’s Knowing God.
Each day you’ll read a Scripture and a brief passage about the glory and joy of being in relationship with God. At the end of each day’s reading you will find a prompt to help you respond to God in prayer and reflection. This could be the most significant book you will read this year-or next.
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Hearing God Through The Year
$25.00Add to cartA Guide for Drawing Close to God
Being close to God means communicating with him. It requires both telling him what is on our hearts in prayer and understanding what he is saying to us. The second half of this conversation is so important-and so difficult. How do we hear God?
In these daily devotionals, Dallas Willard helps us understand how we can know the voice of God and act on it. Each day you’ll read Scripture on this topic and find suggestions for prayer, journaling, and reflection to become more open to God’s presence. You may be surprised-and even transformed-by what you discover.
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Nothing Is Wasted
$28.00Add to cartNothing Is Wasted is a story for anyone who has encountered trauma, tragedy, or a major transition and wondered, How do I begin to move forward through what I’ve experienced?
Where is God in the midst of your greatest pain?
Davey Blackburn wrestled with that age-old question in the aftermath of the murder of his beloved wife, Amanda, and their unborn daughter. As the high-profile case slowly meandered its way toward legal justice, Davey embarked on the wrenching task of finding strength to restore his shattered soul and the broken pieces of his life.
At turns horrific yet hope-filled, heartbreaking yet faith-affirming, Nothing Is Wasted is Blackburn’s disarmingly raw account not only of the shocking tragedy that forever changed his life but of his late wife’s inspiring trust in the God who welcomed her into His loving arms.
The trauma he endured could have made anyone try to escape from the agony, yet by grace Blackburn chose to face the pain head-on and cling to his Savior to guide him through the storm.
As the riveting story of one man’s journey through the valley of suffering unfolds, readers will join Blackburn in discovering:
*the surprising ways that hope and joy can arise in the midst of any trial or sorrow
*the tension in accepting that “Why?” may never become clear this side of eternity
*how a good Father is faithful to draw near to the brokenhearted
*how forgiveness is the key to finding freedom in even the most unimaginable of offenses
*where to discover purpose in the deepest pain
*how a breathtaking moment at the altar symbolized love’s triumph over death
. . . and much more.Most of us will never endure the depth of heartache that Blackburn has walked through and yet his message is for us all: that even in the greatest losses and most complex tragedies, God is inviting us on a path towards redemption and healing, hope and faith, where we can begin to see that nothing is wasted.
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Shepherds For Sale
$32.99Add to cartHow deeply have leftist billionaires infiltrated America’s churches?
Liberal theology isn’t new. Pastors and theologians have drifted, slipped, or even plunged into doctrinal error for centuries. But in recent decades, Daily Wire reporter Megan Basham reveals, well-funded forces from outside the church have been sowing seeds of discord from behind the scenes.
In Shepherds for Sale, Basham documents how progressive powerbrokers –from George Soros, to the founder of eBay, to former members of the Obama administration– set out to change the American church. Secular foundations and think tanks have deliberately targeted Christian media, universities, megachurches, nonprofits, and even entire denominations, not to mention many high-profile pastors and influencers, with infiltration and astroturf campaigns. Their goal: to co-opt the church for political purposes. In exchange for toeing a left-wing line, many of those church leaders and institutions have received cash, career jumps, prestige, and praise.
Now, many evangelical leaders are pushing their members to “whisper” about sexual sins, reconsider the importance of abortion, lament the effects of climate change, and repent of “perpetuating systemic racism.” Meanwhile, America’s largest evangelical denominations are fraught with division over issues like critical race theory, and many ministries once known for publishing sound doctrine are now promoting social justice.
Through years of investigation, Basham uncovered compromise at the highest levels of evangelical leadership –from the revered Presbyterian theologian who furtively backed a rogue congregation rebelling against his own denomination, to the celebrity megachurch pastor who secretly encouraged a group of pastors to change their views on sexuality.
A rigorously reported expose, Shepherds for Sale serves as a warning of what can happen when a church forgets that true power lies not in the world’s wisdom, but in Scripture.
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Daniel Prayer Bible Study Guide Plus Streaming Video
$22.99Add to cartDo you long for a more powerful prayer life? Do you grow discouraged when your prayers don’t seem to change anything or allow you to hear God’s voice?
In this six-session video Bible study workshop (video access included), Anne Graham Lotz presents a biblical approach to prayer that will help you:
*Learn to listen for God’s voice,
*Know Him in a personal relationship,
*and Communicate with Him through His Word.By taking a close look at the life of Daniel, Anne unpacks the prayer he prayed in Daniel 9. Following the pattern of Daniel’s original prayer as a model for how we speak to our Creator, she helps us develop a more meaningful and powerful prayer life.
For an entire generation, Daniel’s people had been held in captivity and separated from their homeland. But when Daniel read a prophecy in which God said He would restore His people to Jerusalem after seventy years, he claimed that promise and cried out for to the Lord to bring it to pass. Daniel’s example of praying God’s Word back to Him is what Anne calls “reversed thunder.”
In this six-session study, Anne explains how we can reverse the thunder until Heaven is moved and we see real change in our own lives and the lives of those we’re praying for.
This study guide has everything you need for a full Bible study experience, including:
*The study guide itself–with video notes, personal study and group discussion sections, and a guide to best practices for leading a group.
*An individual access to stream all six video sessions online. (DVD also available separately)
This guide includes weekly Bible study readings, group activities, and space for writing your own prayers. It is ideal for use in small groups and Sunday school classes and includes a simplified Bible study track for more limited meeting time (such as a workplace lunchtime setting).
Sessions and run times include:
1. Bible Study Workshop (48:00)
2. Preparing for Prayer (17:00)
3. Prompting in Prayer (22:30)
4. Pleading in Prayer (25:00)
5. Prevailing in Prayer (18:00)
6. The Battle in Prayer (25:00)Streaming video access code included. Access code subject to expiration after 12/31/2029. Code may be redeemed only by the recipient of this package. Code may not be transferred or sold separately from this package. Internet connection required. Void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by law. Additional offer details inside.
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Poppys Perfect Crayons
$18.99Add to cartPoppy’s fancy new crayons were perfect . . . perhaps too perfect?
As Poppy’s classmates are having fun coloring, she doesn’t want to ruin her perfect-looking crayons by using them. Seeing her reluctance, each of her friends lends her one of their crayons, which happen to be short, broken, chewed, paperless, or even bent. But when no one has the color Poppy needs, will her own crayons do, or are they just too perfect?
For kids who struggle with perfectionism or fear making mistakes, Poppy’s Perfect Crayons offers a colorful story about how much fun “imperfect” things can be!
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Gods Got You
$18.99Add to cartDuring times of transition–such as a move, a divorce, or just a new season of life –you need reminders that even when you feel out of control, God is in control. In this practical guide to navigating uncharted territory, Tracie Miles equips you to say goodbye to the way things once were so you can embrace God’s future for us.
Beginning again can feel scary, even in the best of times. This biblically based guide equips you for the future God has for you, even if it’s not the one you expected. God’s Got You offers the encouragement you need to:
*Identify the stumbling blocks that prevent you from moving forward.
*Use times of transition to become who you’ve always wanted to be.
*Feel empowered to pursue the desires and dreams in your heart.
*Map out a life plan for the season ahead.At a time when you might be feeling fearful, Tracie helps you find the courage to reinvent yourself. With prompts for goal setting, vision casting, action steps, reflection, and prayer, God’s Got You empowers you to step boldly into the next season of your life.
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Fly Through The Bible
$9.99Add to cartThe view from above is majestic.
Have you ever experienced that thrill of looking out the window of a plane? The beauty of the mountain, the vastness of the water, the lights of the city–it all just looks so amazing from above. You might be familiar with the area, but you’ve never seen it like this. You think to yourself: This. Is. Stunning. That’s what it’s like to Fly Through the Bible.
With pastoral heart and insight, Colin Smith helps you find the right altitude to take in the big-picture landscape of God’s story. In this journey, you will meet five people from the Old Testament, explore five events from the life of Jesus, and discover five gifts God gives to every Christian. Even if you’ve never opened the Bible, this short flight will introduce you to God’s Word and leave you marveling at how it all fits together.
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1 Year With Jesus
$17.99Add to cartEvery girl’s guide to discovering who you truly are in Jesus
Being a middle school girl is . . . a lot. It seems like every day presents a new challenge as you navigate friendship, crushes, girl drama, stress, school, and confusing emotions.
One Year with Jesus is your guide for dealing with the stuff that life is throwing at you right now. Think of this devotional journal as a safe space where you can get real with God–and where God can bring you the peace and comfort you need.
Inside this book you’ll find:
*52 devotions to help you apply God’s Word when life gets messy–one for every week of the year
*Reflection questions to help you grow closer to Jesus
*Journaling space so you can be honest with God about how you feel
These early teen years can be really hard–but they can also be really beautiful. Because it’s here that God shapes the girl you once were into the woman he created you to be.
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When Demons Surface
$18.99Add to cartAre demons real? Do ghosts exist? Do some unresolved medical and mental health issues have a spiritual connection?
In When Demons Surface, former senior military chaplain Steve Dabbs answers those questions and more. Exploring more than 50 true stories of supernatural encounters from pastoral and personal experiences as well as historical research, this book is scholarly yet simple, hair-raising and enlightening.
When Demons Surface will fascinate those curious about supernatural experiences, equip pastors with a resource for those seeking answers, and enlighten advanced Bible readers with insights from Hebrew, Greek, and ancient literature. It will enable readers of all levels to identify supernatural encounters with angels and demons, exercise biblical authority over evil spirits, and help discern whether some unresolved mental or medical health issues are the result of spiritual warfare.
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Rebecoming : Come Out Of Hiding To Live As Your God-Given Essential Self
$18.99Add to cartFinding our true selves has become the call of authentic living. But this is where we can get it wrong and inadvertently pursue the wrong things. Living out of our true selves isn’t just about becoming–it’s about unbecoming all the things we believed we had to be to be loved and rebecoming our essential, God-given selves.
In this practical book, clinical psychologist Dr. Merry C. Lin guides you through a self-discovery process toward life-changing, daily transformation. She shows you how to:
– understand what motivates you and why you do what you do
– identify things you do out of fear and self-protection
– develop true resilience to handle the challenges of life
– experience joy as you experience success in pursuing your dreams
– and moreReady to live out of your healthiest, most integrated self to fulfill God’s purposes for your life? It’s time to embark on your own journey of rebecoming.
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Psalms A Christ Centered Commentary Volume 2
$49.99Add to cartCommentary from Christopher Ash Sets Out a Deeply Christian Study of Psalms 1-50
While reading Psalms, it is common for commentaries to focus on Old Testament meaning, without connecting it deeply to Christ’s fulfillment in the New Testament. By studying Scripture this way, believers miss out on the fullness of God’s word. The key to experiencing authentically Christian worship is learning a Christ-focused approach to praying and singing the Psalms.
In this thorough commentary, Christopher Ash provides a careful treatment of Psalms 1-50, examining each psalm’s significance to David and the other psalmists, to Jesus during his earthly ministry, and to the church of Christ in every age. Ash includes introductory quotations, a deep analysis of the text’s structure and vocabulary, and a closing reflection and response, along with selected quotations from older readings of the Psalms. Perfect for pastors, Bible teachers, and students, this commentary helps readers sing and pray the Psalms with Christ in view.
*Exhaustive: Christopher Ash’s exegesis explores how the Psalms are quoted and echoed throughout the New Testament
*Applicable and Heartfelt: Explains how a Christ-centered approach to reading the Psalms influences doctrines of prayer, prophecy, the Trinity, ecclesiology, and more
*Ideal for Pastors and Serious Students of Scripture: Written for Bible teachers, Sunday school and youth leaders, and small-group leaders
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Into The Starlight
$17.99Add to cartAfter more than a year in Europe, Joanna Vaughn returns to Sweetwater Crossing, her dreams of becoming a concert pianist shattered. As if that weren’t enough, her husband, whom she married after a whirlwind courtship, has died. The only thing sustaining her on the journey back to Texas was the thought of her childhood home. But to Joanna’s dismay, she’s changed so much that the place she once loved no longer feels like home.
After his fiancee married his partner and both blamed him for a patient’s death, Dr. Burke Finley believes it’s time for a change. A quick trip with his almost-aunt Della Samuels to Sweetwater Crossing turns into an extended stay to discover what happened to his uncle and her would-be husband. But the beautiful and musical Joanna makes it more than bearable.
As the two join forces to help Della, there is no denying the attraction felt on both sides. But ghosts from the past are coming to call–and threatening to destroy any chance at happily-ever-after.
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Meeting Her Match
$17.99Add to cartMiss Camilla Pierpont, a renowned matchmaker and influential member of the New York Four Hundred, has vowed never to marry after suffering a devastating heartbreak during her debut years ago. However, when she is nearly abducted along the Hudson River, she finds herself rescued by an annoyingly outspoken, albeit fascinating, gentleman who challenges her in a manner she wasn’t expecting.
After learning that Camilla Pierpont has enjoyed success with taking wayward young ladies in hand, Mr. Owen Chesterfield travels to the Hudson River Valley determined to convince Camilla to sponsor his sister, who is in desperate need of social rehabilitation.
Knowing her life is in danger, Camilla agrees to Owen’s proposition and travels with him to West Virginia, finding herself charmed by the less-than-formal attitude of his small hometown, as well as by Owen himself. But danger waits in the shadows, disrupting what she knows would be the most spectacular match she’s ever made–her own.
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I Gotta Sing
$14.99Add to cartSing along with Big Baby Jenkins, Pop Charlie, Great Nana, and a crew of farm animals as they shout for joy to this rendition of an African American spiritual!
From the author and illustrator team that brought you This Train Is Bound for Glory comes another riveting interpretation of a beloved African American spiritual, “I’m Goin’ a Sing When the Spirit Says Sing,” featuring farm animals. With illustrations that pop off the page, rhythmic text, and onomatopoeia for the youngest reader, I Gotta Sing! delivers a lively story that will quickly become a family favorite.
Hezekiah Big Baby Jenkins runs from the breakfast table to the farmyard begging Pop Charlie to sing. As he plucks his diddley bow, Pop Charlie smiles and invites the animals and Big Baby to join in the music.
I gotta sing when the Spirit says sing.
I gotta sing when the Spirit says sing.
I gotta sing when the Spirit says sing.
and shout in the Spirit of joy!Before long, the rowdy crew are singing, mooing, oinking, and clapping along to the toe-tapping tune. But when Great Nana calls that it’s bath time because “warm water and bubbles won’t last all day,” will the party end? Or will Pop Charlie snap snap snap the tempo back to life?
The lyrics of “I’m Goin’ a Sing When the Spirit Says Sing” have evolved across the ages. At the end of the book readers will find an invitation to write a version of the song for a new generation.
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Narrow Path : How The Subversive Way Of Jesus Satisfies Our Souls
$25.00Add to cartA compelling call to embrace the countercultural values of Jesus, which lead to a life of love, peace, and fulfillment, from the bestselling author of The Deeply Formed Life, winner of the Christianity Today Book Award.
We live in a culture that wants it all. More is seen as better–whether it’s more money, social media fame, choices, or power. For those chasing this way of life, “narrow” seems negative. Who wants to narrow their options . . . or be seen as narrow-minded?
Which is why the most well-known talk in the history of the world–the Sermon on the Mount–is also the most paradoxical one. In it, Jesus holds up the narrow path as the most spacious . . . and the broader path as the more confining one.
Rich Villodas, bestselling author of The Deeply Formed Life, explores what today’s broad and narrow paths look like so you can discern which one you’re on. The answer may surprise you–and will help you pursue the way of Jesus more deeply when it comes to loving God and others, prayer, sexual desire, conflict, money, anxiety, and more.
The Narrow Path reintroduces the counterintuitive wonder of Jesus’s timeless wisdom for this age, one fraught with anxiety, depression, polarizing politics, and online vitriol. The path of Jesus is most certainly narrow, but it is the only one filled with the ever-expanding life of God . . . and it is available now for all who want it!
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Image Of God In The Person Of Jesus
$16.95Add to cartOur image of God reveals not only God’s character, but our own.
Who is Jesus? Is Jesus more immanent (human) or transcendent (divine)? Because we are created in the image of God and Jesus is divine, the church struggles to define Jesus. This impulse can be a genuine attempt to know God better or it can be an insidious attempt to create God in our own image. This struggle is often tinged with a bit of both.
The Letter to the Church at Thessalonica was likely the first book written in the New Testament. In a literary sense, the implication is that the Apostle Paul is the father of the New Testament. Paul only knew the Risen Christ and, for him, the divinity of Christ was obvious. By contrast, the Gospels that record the humanity of Christ were written almost a generation later. Thus, the transcendence problem facing postmodern people that fixates on the humanity of Christ is relatively new.
My recent book, Image and Illumination (2023), asked the question-What does it mean to be created in the image of God?- focused on Christian anthropology. Embedded in this question is the metaphysical question: Who is God? The New Testament addresses this question with three pictures of God: The person of Jesus, Jesus’ teaching about God the Father in the parables, and the founding of the church on Pentecost by the Holy Spirit. In this book, I focus on the Image of God in the Person of Jesus.
Hear the Words; Walk the Steps; Experience the Joy!
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Unity : Striving Side By Side For The Gospel
$12.99Add to cartExploring Unity as a Fruit of the Gospel
Christians most effectively serve others and advance God’s kingdom when they are in biblical unity with one another. Unfortunately, modern Christians seem to be divided on countless issues related to ministry, culture, the church, and even unity itself. Some prioritize organizational unity over gospel truth, while others only seek unity with those who share their same doctrinal beliefs.
In this short, accessible guide, author Conrad Mbewe explores unity as a fruit of the gospel. He finds that biblical unity is only achieved after understanding what God has done through Christ and how it is continuously executed by the Holy Spirit. This biblically centered book encourages readers to respond to Paul’s apostolic plea of “standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel” (Phil. 1:27), embracing unity as a valuable, God-given blessing.
*Encourages Unity: Explores unity as a fruit of the gospel that is only understood through what God has done through Christ and executed by the Holy Spirit
*Practical Study: This concise guide encourages Christians to stand firm in the spirit and in unity with others
*A Part of the Growing Gospel Integrity Series: Created in partnership with Union School of Theology
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Choice Considered (Large Type)
$24.99Add to cartMelody Doyle has spent years following her father across the country as the transcontinental railroad is built. When she announces her desire to settle down in Cheyenne, her father presents her with an unconventional challenge: He will allow her to stay if she finds a husband before his departure. As word spreads and the men in town vie for her hand, she wonders if she could ever be happy with a husband chosen in such a way.
Charles Decker, the heir to a banking dynasty, has been sent West to manage the bank started by his brother. His heart yearns for a simple life of teaching, but banking is the family business, and Charlie feels obligated to fall in line. When his friendship with Melody blossoms, he’s drawn to this remarkable woman who defies conventions. Will he be able to come to terms with his growing feelings for her and confront the true desires of his own heart before it’s too late?
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Cold Vengeance
$17.99Add to cartWhen a renowned crime podcaster vanishes without a trace, former FBI behavioral analysts turned private investigators River Ryland and Tony St. Clair are called upon to track her down. As they wade through the evidence she left behind, they unearth a startling connection–she may have discovered the existence of an unknown serial killer, and he will stop at nothing to carry out a deadly plan.
As the pair delves deeper, they soon find themselves the target of a relentless enemy determined to silence them. With their lives–and hearts–on the line, can they confront the evil that threatens them before it consumes them both?
