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Untangle Your Emotions Curriculum Kit
$77.99Add to cartWHAT DOES THE BIBLE TELL US ABOUT OUR EMOTIONS?
Do we have control over feeling sad? Feeling angry? Feeling happy?
What do we do when we can’t interrupt a feeling?
Does the Bible really tell us that our emotions are untrustworthy?
After years of hiding and denying her own painful emotions, bestselling author and Bible teacher Jennie Allen decided to ask these vulnerable questions. In doing so, she discovered emotions are not our enemy. Emotions are designed by God as gifts to connect us to Himself and to the people we love.
Join Jennie on a journey to a healthier relationship with emotions and a deeper connection with God through a biblical study of how God made us to feel.
This kit is your tool for leading the Untangle Your Emotions study and to encourage you along the way. It includes all the elements you will need to lead this study effectively.
STUDY. This study guide uses projects, stories, and Bible study to engage the mind and heart. There are six weeks of Bible study for your group, and a leader’s guide to prepare you to lead this study.
SEE. Six short but deep teaching videos provide a starting place for meeting God and for transparent group conversations. Each video is approximately 17 minutes long.
ASK. Conversation cards offer questions for spontaneous and authentic group discussion time. You choose the questions that speak to you and your group.
Sessions and video run times:
1. Introduction (17:30)
2. Notice (17:00)
3. Name (17:00)
4. Feel (17:30)
5. Share (17:00)
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Strange Religion : How The First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous, And Comp
$18.99Add to cartThe first Christians were weird. Just how weird is often lost on today’s believers.
Within Roman society, the earliest Christians stood out for the oddness of their beliefs and practices. They believed unusual things, worshiped God in strange ways, and lived a unique lifestyle. They practiced a whole new way of thinking about and doing religion that would have been seen as bizarre and dangerous when compared to Roman religion and most other religions of the ancient world.
Award-winning author, blogger, speaker, and New Testament teacher Nijay Gupta traces the emerging Christian faith in its Roman context in this accessible and engaging book. Christianity would have been seen as radical in the Roman world, but some found this new religion attractive and compelling. The first Christians dared to be different, pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable, transformed how people thought about religion, and started a movement that grew like wildfire.
Brought to life with numerous images, this book shows how the example of the earliest Christians can offer today’s believers encouragement and hope.
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Alone Advantage : 10 Behind-the-Scenes Habits That Drive Crazy Success
$19.99Add to cartMaster Your Minutes in Private and You’ll Master Your Life in Public
In The Alone Advantage, Terri Savelle Foy shows how simple habits behind closed doors can reshape every aspect of your life.She knows what it’s like to be in a rut, repeating the same routine with no significant progress toward deep-down dreams. Terri started noticing that although the average person does not spend time alone–the average successful person does.
Whatever your unique, God-given dream is, Terri reveals what successful people do in private to prepare and achieve the dreams in their heart. Discover:
*the morning routine that can change your life before breakfast,
*how to harness your imagination to visualize the future you want, and
*why successful people spend time alone.Step-by-step, Terri shows you how realizing your biggest dream starts with a daily to-do list. As you learn the habits of successful people–everything from waking up to cleaning up to growing up–you will become your own best cheerleader. The Alone Advantage equips you to wake up with vision, have a clear set of goals, and protect your time in private so God can promote you in public.
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Awaken The Dreamscape
$16.99Add to cartMost Christians dismiss their dreams, yet they’re the gateway to the supernatural realm, the place where God reveals his plans and purposes. Diving deep into the supernatural side of your dreams, pastor and bestselling author Jennifer Eivaz offers a thorough, practical guide to navigating the vital, God-given dreamscape. Laying out a biblical framework, she empowers you to:
– reawaken your spirit to God’s voice at night
– discern the source and meaning of your dreams
– discover the plans God reveals as you sleep
– access supernatural weapons for any battle you face
– overcome sleep disorders and night terrors
– protect your sleep with night watch prayerGod’s supernatural provision and communication never cease. Here is everything you need to live victoriously all day–and all night–long.
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Cross Our Glory
$16.99Add to cartThe Cross, Our Glory Reflections on Christ’s Triumphant Sacrifice is a rich collection of messages by Charles H. Spurgeon on the Jesus’ journey from the garden of Gethsemane to Calvary. Spurgeon’s direct, compassionate, deep words surrounding Christ’s passion and His death will engage any reader eager to grow in their knowledge of Christ’s love for humankind.
Sample of selected sermon themes:
*Gethsemane
*Mourning at the Sight of the Crucified
*The Crown of Thorns
*The Believing Thief
*The Messages of Our Lord’s Love
*The Cross, Our GlorySpurgeon published over two thousand of his sermons, as well as numerous books, which constitute the largest collection of work by a single author. His printed Sunday sermons were so popular that they were literally sold by the ton. He continually appealed to his audiences to allow the Lord to minister to them individually. Highlighted with splashes of spontaneous, delightful humor, his teachings still provide direction to all who are seeking true joy and genuine intimacy with God.
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Prayers To Share 100 Pass Along Lunch Box Notes
$9.99Add to cartA winning edition of our popular Prayers-to-Share series made to encourage school-aged kids.
The formative years of school are filled with highs and lows. As kids break for lunch during busy school days, these Prayers-to-Share notes can brighten their spirits with a word of encouragement, a prayer, and a Bible verse. Parents, guardians, and siblings can easily tear out a hope-filled message and tuck it inside a lunchbox as a pleasant surprise. As they read these notes, children will be reminded just how much they are loved by God and the important people in their lives.
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God Calls You Blessed Girl
$12.99Add to cartIn a culture that fills your head and heart with lies about your value in the world. . .there is One who calls you blessed.
And He can be trusted. His Word is truth.
This delightful devotional–created just for you–will encourage and inspire your young soul with deeply rooted truths from God’s Word. Each devotional reading and heartfelt prayer will assure you that you are truly blessed–because God says so. . .and His Word is unchanging! Each of the 180 readings in God Calls You Blessed, Girl will help you to grow in your faith and increase your self-confidence as you become the strong and courageous young woman the heavenly Creator intended you to be!
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How Ableism Fuels Racism
$39.99Add to cartAs a Black autistic pastor and disability scholar, Lamar Hardwick lives at the intersection of disability, race, and religion. Tied to this reality, he heeded the call to write How Ableism Fuels Racism to help Christian communities engage in critical conversations about race by addressing issues of ableism.
Hardwick believes that ableism–the idea that certain bodies are better than others–and the disability discrimination fueled by this perspective are the root causes of racial bias and injustice in American culture and in the church. Here, he uses historical records, biblical interpretation, and disability studies to examine how ableism in America led to the creation of images, idols, and institutions that perpetuate both disability and racial discrimination.
He then goes a step further, calling the church into action to address the deep-seated issues of ableism that started it all and offering practical steps to help readers dismantle ableism and racism both in attitude and practice.
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How Ableism Fuels Racism
$19.99Add to cartAs a Black autistic pastor and disability scholar, Lamar Hardwick lives at the intersection of disability, race, and religion. Tied to this reality, he heeded the call to write How Ableism Fuels Racism to help Christian communities engage in critical conversations about race by addressing issues of ableism.
Hardwick believes that ableism–the idea that certain bodies are better than others–and the disability discrimination fueled by this perspective are the root causes of racial bias and injustice in American culture and in the church. Here, he uses historical records, biblical interpretation, and disability studies to examine how ableism in America led to the creation of images, idols, and institutions that perpetuate both disability and racial discrimination.
He then goes a step further, calling the church into action to address the deep-seated issues of ableism that started it all and offering practical steps to help readers dismantle ableism and racism both in attitude and practice.
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Red Rock Mysteries Books 10-12
$19.99Add to cartBest-selling and award-winning authors Jerry Jenkins and Chris Fabry grab the attention of kids in these fast-paced, exciting books.
Watch out! The Timberline twins are on the loose. Bryce and Ashley are 13-year-old twins from Colorado who unearth action-packed mystery and adventure wherever they go. The twins’ growing faith and the strong example of their parents guide them through even the most life-threatening situations. With the trademark page-turner style used by Jerry Jenkins and Chris Fabry in the Left Behind: The Kids series, these fast-paced books will keep even reluctant readers on the edge of their seats. Readers will definitely be hooked! Perfect for ages 8 12. This set includes Books 10 12 in the 15-Book Red Rock Mysteries series:
Escaping Darkness: An unfamiliar car runs Bryce Timberline off a back road. He and Ashley discover a secret that puts them in a race against time to save lives. Will they be able to get help without becoming victims themselves?
Windy City Danger: It has been years since Bryce and Ashley Timberline have been to their hometown. This trip to Chicago presents a new mystery when a family friend disappears. Can they unravel the clues and find him before it’s too late?
Hollywood Holdup: A family crisis causes Bryce and Ashley Timberline to volunteer to house-sit for some friends, but as soon as they move in, they notice strange happenings with the neighbors. Could one of them be involved in a series of robberies?
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Bloom And Grow
$21.99Add to cartGrowth begins in the garden.
In this fast-paced world, our souls wilt without a place to pause and take root. It becomes easy then to overlook the many reminders of God’s abundant life and transformation evident in creation.
Inspired by her garden, Laurie V. Soileau shares how to find mindful rest and fruitful flourishing in the Creator’s faithful hands. Through 365 devotions entwined with Scripture, reflections, practical tips, and prayers, Bloom and Grow will help you:
*find peace amid seasons of chaos and decay,
*steward relationships with people and nature,
*seek the steady presence of the Creator, and
*thrive where and how God has planted you.Pull on your gardening gloves and discover the strength and renewal revealed in God’s breathtaking creation.
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Healthy Conflict Peaceful Life
$19.99Add to cartAuthor, speaker, and pastor’s wife Donna Jones gives women a practical, biblical blueprint for making regret-free choices in the middle of real-life conflict so they can exchange relational turmoil for personal and relational peace.
We’ve all had moments where we look back on a conflict, shake our heads, and think, why did I handle it that way?
With three decades of ministry experience, Donna Jones has had a front-row seat to–and been in the middle of–all kinds of conflict and she understands the regret, guilt, heartache, and hurt conflict can produce. But she also knows it’s possible for God to use those chaotic, painful moments and turn them into opportunities for better connection with those around us. With encouragement, warmth, and wisdom, Donna shows readers how to navigate the stressful confusion conflict can bring and helps them to:
*discover the single most important quality necessary to handle conflict well;
*communicate thoughts, feelings, and opinions with grace, truth, and zero regret;
*be equipped to handle conflict in a God honoring way by exchanging conflict styles that hurt with conflict styles that heal;
*identify common conflict mistakes and prevent unnecessary disagreements and defeat; and
*stop being pulled into other people’s drama and remain calm in the midst of chaos.
Whether readers are dealing with daily disagreements or occasional blowups, Healthy Conflict, Peaceful Life offers them a new paradigm, one where they learn how to honor God when they’ve been hurt, communicate when they’d rather retaliate, and move toward others when it seems easier to run away.
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Daniel : A Strong Man Is Faithful – A 30-Day Devotional
$17.99Add to cartDaniel was only a teenager when he was taken captive in Babylon. For the next 70 years, he lived far from home in an unfamiliar culture, suffering under an enemy king who worshipped false gods. Yet Daniel was faithful to God.
In this 30-day men’s devotional, author Vince Miller asks: Do you want to be a man who is faithful all the years of your life, no matter what persecution or circumstances you face? Every devotion in Daniel: A Strong Man Is Faithful includes a verse from the book of Daniel and a thoughtful reflection that motivates you to stay strong in difficult times. This in-depth book also includes:
*Insights from the New Testament about living as a man of God
*Challenging application questions and action steps
*Prayer prompts focused on turning to God for guidance and strengthFor any man who wants to learn from someone who was faithful even when society pushed him not to be, Daniel: A Strong Man Is Faithful is an accessible yet hard-hitting devotional that reminds us that faithfulness to God is possible even in a faithless world.
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God Made Stop And Go
$8.99Add to cartThis delightful board book about movement teaches babies, toddlers, and preschoolers that God made all of them and the ways they move!
God Made Stop and Go helps very young children discover:
*We move in many ways.
*We can thank God for all the ways we move.
*It’s good to move our bodies.Create a time of sweet and fun connection with your child with this lively read-aloud board book. Your little one will love chiming in with the rhyming words as they move their bodies. It’s sensory learning at its funnest!
God Made Stop and Go is part of the charming God Made All of Me series. Also check out God Made Happy, Sad, and Mad, God Made Sounds Soft and Loud, and God Made Colors Oh So Bright as you celebrate with your child that every part of them–from their emotions to their wiggles to their curiosity–is beautiful in God’s eyes.
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God Made Happy Sad And Mad
$8.99Add to cartThis board book celebration of emotions teaches babies, toddlers, and preschoolers that God made all our amazing feelings!
God Made Happy, Sad, and Mad helps very young children discover:
*Feelings are normal.
*We can thank God for feelings.
*It’s good to talk about feelings.Create a time of sweet and fun connection with your child with this lively read-aloud board book. Your little one will love chiming in with the rhyming sound words as they learn that it’s good to talk about all the feelings God gave us!
God Made Happy, Sad, and Mad is part of the charming God Made All of Me series. Also check out God Made Stop and Go, God Made Sounds Soft and Loud, and God Made Colors Oh So Bright as you celebrate with your child that every part of them–from their emotions to their wiggles to their curiosity–is beautiful in God’s eyes.
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Irish Matchmaker
$29.99Add to cartAs daughter of a well-known matchmaker, Catriona Daly is no stranger to the business of love–and sees it as her ticket away from the sleepy village that only comes alive during the annual matchmaking festival. Enter Lord Osborne’s son, Andrew, who has returned to the festival after being disappointed by a rival matchmaker’s failed setup. Catriona seizes the opportunity to make a better match for the handsome man–and for herself!
Cattle farmer Donal Bunratty is in desperate need of a wife after loss left him to handle the farm and raise his daughter on his own. Shy and lacking the finer social graces, he agrees to attend the matchmaking festival to appease his daughter. But when he arrives, it’s not any of the other merrymakers that catch his eye but rather his matchmaker–who clearly has eyes for someone else.
Catriona will have to put all her expertise to work to make a match that could change her life forever. Will her plan succeed? Or will love have its own way?
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Ark And The Dove
$17.99Add to cartZara and Noah have walked together with the Creator for their entire lives, and they have done their best in an increasingly wicked and defiant world to raise their three sons to follow in their footsteps. It has been a challenge–and it’s about to get much, much harder.
When the Creator tells her husband to build an ark to escape the coming wrath against the sins of humankind, Zara steps out with him in faith. But the derision and sabotage directed their way from both friends and extended family are difficult to bear, as is knowing that everyone she interacts with beyond her husband, her sons, and their wives is doomed to destruction. And when the ark is finally finished and the animals have been shut up inside, Zara and her family embark on an adventure that will test their patience and their faith as they await deliverance and dry ground.
Experience the story of Noah and the flood like you never have before. With bestselling and award-winning author Jill Eileen Smith as your guide, you’ll never look at a rainbow the same way again.
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While The City Sleeps
$29.99Add to cartKatherine Schneider’s workaday life as a dentist in 1913 New York is upended when a patient reveals details of a deadly plot while under the influence of laughing gas. As she is plunged into danger, she seeks help from the dashing Lieutenant Jonathan Birch, a police officer she has long admired from afar.
Jonathan has harbored powerful feelings toward Katherine for years but never acted on them, knowing his dark history is something she could never abide. Now, with her safety on the line, he works alongside her through the nights as they unravel the criminal conspiracy that threatens her. And throughout it all, Jonathan fears what will happen should Katherine ever learn his deepest secrets.
Join award-winning author Elizabeth Camden for a sweeping and romantic adventure of dangerous secrets and wounded hearts fighting to overcome the darkness while the rest of the city sleeps.
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Ladys Guide To Marvels And Misadventure
$17.99Add to cartWhen Clara Marie Stanton’s ex-fiance begins to spread rumors that her family suffers from hereditary insanity, it’s all Clara can do to protect them from his desperate schemes and society’s prejudice. Her family may be eccentric, yes, but they certainly aren’t insane. Then Clara’s Grandfather Drosselmeyer brings on an apprentice with a mechanical leg, and all pretense of normalcy takes wing.
Theodore Kingsley, a shame-chased vagabond skilled in repairing clocks, wants a fresh start far from Kingsley Court and the disappointed father who declared him dead. Upon returning to England, Theodore meets clockmaker Drosselmeyer, who hires him as an apprentice, much to Clara’s dismay. When Drosselmeyer spontaneously disappears in his secret flying owl machine, he leaves behind a note for Clara, beseeching her to make her dreams of adventure a reality by joining him on a merry scavenger hunt. Together, Clara and Theodore set off to follow Drosselmeyer’s trail of clues, but they will have to stay one step ahead of a villain who wants the flying machine for himself–at any cost.
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Arise And Shine
$24.00Add to cartWhen the darkness of the world feels overwhelming, we wonder, Where can I find light?
And even more, How can I be the light?
Pediatric nurse Allyson Golden faces the hardest realities of life-and death-every day. She longed to be a light for Christ in every patient’s room, but she didn’t know what that looked like when she could hardly find that light herself.
As Allyson immersed herself in Scripture, she began to understand the transformative truth that we have no power to shine on our own, but the Light of the World shines through us-and no darkness can overcome it.
In Arise and Shine, Allyson explores our deepest questions:
* Can Jesus shine through me even when I doubt His presence?
* Does shining God’s light mean being cheerful all the time?
* How can I hold on to God’s light-and is that even a thing?
* Why is it so hard to give my burdens to God?
* Is the darkness ever going to go away?With practical action steps at the end of every chapter, Arise and Shine helps you renew your mind, recharge your spirit, and take a positive step forward, because nothing can dim the light inside of you.
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Untangle Your Emotions Conversation Card Deck
$22.99Add to cartWhat does the Bible tell us about our emotions?
Does the Bible really tell us that our emotions are untrustworthy? God made us to feel our emotions, to examine and share them–not manage or suppress them. We can learn what it means to live emotionally-healthy lives from studying Jesus’ life and how He cared for and responded to the people around Him.
Join Jennie Allen for the Untangle Your Emotions Bible Study as she helps you discover that emotions that are submitted to God and used for the purposes God intends connect us to each other and to Him.
This six-session study will equip you to:
*Be encouraged through the examples of emotion in Scripture by God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.
*Identify the unhealthy ways you might be coping with emotions.
*Learn a biblical step-by-step method to help you process, name, and notice what you are feeling.
*Move from apathetic to articulate when it comes to sharing what you feel.
This Conversation Card Deck includes 113 cards — fifteen cards for each session with questions designed to start deep, honest conversations. The card deck is designed to be used with the Untangle Your Emotions Bible Study Guide, sold separately.
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Just In Case You Ever Feel Alone
$19.99Add to cartEven children experience lonely moments. When they do, this book reminds them that you will always be there, and God is right there too. Max Lucado’s comforting words reinforce the thought that no matter what happens–the good and bad, the firsts and lasts–children will never be alone . . . just in case they ever wonder.
To a child, a day can last forever, and hurt feelings sink in deep. Whether they’re having trouble making friends, struggling to learn something new, or just having a sad day, children need daily reminders of how much they’re cherished. Just in Case You Ever Feel Alone soothes away loneliness by promising children that their parents or caregivers will always make time for them–they will squeeze away the sad and welcome back the glad every single day.
A follow-up to the classic children’s book Just in Case You Ever Wonder, which has sold more than 1.8 million copies, this jacketed picture book for boys and girls ages 3 to 7.
*addresses a child’s feelings of loneliness and uncertainty;
*assures children that their parents are there for them and that God is always with them;
*includes tender rhymes and endearing artwork from Eve Tharlet of a loving parent and baby bear; and
*is a perfect gift for Easter or for children who need reassurance that they will always have someone to turn to, someone to talk to, and someone who will love them no matter what.
Draw your little ones close as you affirm your unconditional love for them and God’s never-ending presence and desire to be with His children.
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You Are A Tree
$17.99Add to cartIn a world dominated by technology and efficiency, we speak of ourselves as computers: we process things, we recharge. But theologian and podcaster Joy Marie Clarkson suggests that people are more tree than computer. Pushing back against the impersonal way of viewing ourselves and the world, this book examines how metaphorical descriptions of our life and experiences shape the way we think, pray, and live. Weaving together personal stories, Scripture, poetry, and art, Joy offers a series of meditations on metaphors we use in everyday life to understand things like wisdom, security, love, change, and sadness. These reflections will inspire you to
*live with more joy, gratitude, and God-given purpose
*create healthier expectations of ourselves and others
*embrace the beauty of being a human crafted by God
*infuse the world with new meaningWhen we grow more attentive to the words we use, our experiences of the world will become more rich and meaningful. We will see God, ourselves, our relationships, and the world in a new light and with a tapestry of scriptural imagery, full of hope, promise, and beauty.
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Untangle Your Emotions Bible Study Guide Plus Streaming Video (Student/Study Gui
$24.99Add to cartWhat does the Bible tell us about our emotions?
Does the Bible really tell us that our emotions are untrustworthy? God made us to feel our emotions, to examine and share them–not manage or suppress them. We can learn what it means to live emotionally-healthy lives from studying Jesus’ life and how He cared for and responded to the people around Him.
Join Jennie Allen for the Untangle Your Emotions Bible Study as she helps you discover that emotions that are submitted to God and used for the purposes God intends connect us to each other and to Him.
This six-session study will equip you to:
*Be encouraged through the examples of emotion in Scripture by God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.
*Identify the unhealthy ways you might be coping with emotions.
*Learn a biblical step-by-step method to help you process, name, and notice what you are feeling.
*Move from apathetic to articulate when it comes to sharing what you feel.
This study guide includes:
*Individual access to six streaming video sessions
*Personal study between sessions
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Sharing Too Much
$22.99Add to cartThe #1 New York Times bestselling author and “king of Christmas fiction” (The New York Times) delivers a charming and inspirational collection of personal essays.
Before he was the #1 New York Times bestselling author of holiday classics such as The Christmas Box, Richard Paul Evans was a young boy being raised by a suicidal mother and dealing with relentless bullying. He could not fathom what the future held for him.
Now, in this intimate and heartfelt collection of personal essays, Evans shares his moving journey from childhood to beloved author. With his signature “seasoned finesse” (Booklist), he offers the insightful lessons he’s learned and engaging advice about everything from marriage to parenthood and even facing near-death experiences. This is a charming essay collection that is the perfect gift all year round.
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Everyday Courage : 50 Devotions To Build A Bold Faith
$19.99Add to cartIt takes courage to live out your faith boldly, especially in the face of hostility or suffering. What gave Joshua and Caleb the courage to follow God’s commands despite fear? What gave Esther the courage to risk her life and trust God’s plan for His people? What gave the disciples the courage to live out their faith, even to the point of being martyred? They leaned into a greater fear, one that conquers all others–the fear of the Lord.
The fear of the Lord gives believers the power to live with uncompromising faith–a powerful reality we see played out in the pages of the Bible as well as in our lives today. In Everyday Courage, respected Bible teacher, speaker, and bestselling author John Bevere reminds us through Scripture, devotions, and examples from the fathers and mothers of the faith that we, too can live with courage because the fear of the Lord swallows up every other fear in our lives.
Each entry offers:
*A Bible passage to help you discover how to fear God–and why the fear of the Lord is your ultimate source of strength
*A thoughtful reflection on the day’s Scripture
*Stories of biblical figures and other heroes of the faith who lived courageously
*A powerful prayer to seek courage every day
As you rediscover the power of holy fear in your life, you will step bravely into courageous living and bolder faith–every single day.
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King Who Found His Self Control
$18.99Add to cartThis fun fable teaches children the importance of having self-control and explains how true change–the kind only the great King Jesus can bring–always starts in our hearts.
In the city of Thad, no one is more powerful than King Ira. But Thad has a big problem: Their king has no self-control. When Ira’s anger leads to destruction, Lady Wisdom points the wayward king back to Jesus. After confessing his sins, King Ira is free to serve his people with love, care, and yes, self-control.
More than just a cute bedtime story, King Ira’s tale can lead to meaningful talks with your children about our everyday battle with sin and how we can ask God to help us resist the temptation to act out. This and other great suggestions for family discussions are included in the back of the book.
The King Who Found His Self-Control will engage your children and equip you to teach your young ones more about how King Jesus can rule in their hearts.
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Think Ahead Workbook (Workbook)
$19.99Add to cartWe all want to make great decisions, but frequently, we don’t. When the moment of truth arrives, we make choices that we later regret. It causes us to wonder if we actually can begin to make better decisions for our lives.
Pastor and bestselling author Craig Groeschel understands this dilemma that we all face. From both personal experience and as a minister and counselor to others, he knows what it is like to be trapped in a cycle of bad decision-making. But over time, he has discovered how to short-circuit the bad-decision cycle, make wise decisions, and begin to become the person God wants us to be.
In the Think Ahead Workbook, which accompanies the book of the same name, Craig draws on the truth of Scripture and the latest research in human behavior to reveal the power of making decisions in advance–what we might call “pre-deciding”–to position ourselves to make the choices we really want to make and avoid those choices that we do not want to make. In the process, he reveals:
*The science behind many of our decision-making habits
*How our small choices shape the kind of people we become
*Practical steps we can employ to combat decision fatigue
*How to develop the ability to diminish the role of emotions in decision-makingAre you ready to choose who you will become and live the life you really want to live? If so, this workbook will provide you with a clear biblical path on how to get there and think ahead.
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Even When : Experiencing God’s Presence During Difficult Days – 40 Devotion
$17.95Add to cartFrom award-winning author Sara Cormany, Even When is a raw and reflective devotional that ushers readers into God’s presence during difficult times and reminds us that even our hardest stories are written by the hand of a good God.
In these uniquely challenging and unprecedented post-pandemic times, the notion that God’s goodness ensures an easy journey has been met by the unfaltering truth that life is hard. It’s not a question of if there will be trials, but when. Sara Cormany knows this reality all too well. However, through personal health complications and family tragedy, she has chosen to believe that Jesus is enough.
Even When beautifully weaves together the inevitability of hard times with the unyielding heart of God’s goodness and inspires readers to experience His presence amid the storm in their lives. Each devotion begins with an “Even when…” statement, followed by a poignant personal story, a Bible verse, and a thought-provoking question that will encourage readers to embrace the truth that God is enough — even in our darkest moments.
This powerful devotional helps readers to:
*Become more comfortable with the difficult truth that life not only can, but will be hard.
*Reflect on where God has shown up in their own hardships.
*Experience God’s goodness while enduring life’s challenges.
*Explore what it looks like to “suffer well” and trust God as Jesus did on the Cross.
*Love God and know God’s love in a fallen world.Vulnerable and authentic, Even When strikes a universal chord and points readers toward the heart of God’s goodness in even the most challenging of circumstances, knowing that even when life is hard, He is always good
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Fight The Good Fight
$26.99Add to cartHard choices lie ahead, Christians. The bestselling team of James Robison and Jay Richards show what’s at stake in our post-Christian society, how to prepare, and why we must never forget that the battle, above all, is spiritual.
Our rulers have kicked aside our Constitution and common sense. They have demonized our heroes. Now they’re trying to erase the difference between male and female. All while running up unimaginable and catastrophic debt.
What’s left for Christians in such a society, where dissent invites ruinous retribution? Should they retreat? Fight back? Something else?
God is not finished with us as a nation, but if we’re going to get off the road to ruin, we must do more than slow down and conserve whatever good remains: We must repent. That means a hard, 180-degree turn–and fast.
If we’ll pray, think straight, persuade other lovers of truth to join us, and fight together–wise as serpents and innocent as doves–then there’s still hope.
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End Of The World As You Know It
$27.50Add to cartThinking about the end times isn’t supposed to terrify you
Christians rightly turn to the Bible to make sense of our times. But so often we get the wrong answers because we ask the wrong questions.
In The End of the World as You Know It, Matthew L. Halsted challenges common end-times assumptions and points us back to Scripture. Each chapter reevaluates a popular question in light of the Bible’s own concerns: Will Christians be raptured? What is the mark of the beast? When we let Scripture direct our questions, we get better-and more hopeful-answers.
The Bible was written for us, but not to us. We must bridge the gap between Scripture’s ancient context and our own. Reading end-times texts in their ancient context helps us understand our present and future. And when we do, we find that God’s word brings peace, not fear and confusion.
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Word For Your Day
$16.99Add to cart66 words, one from each book of the Bible. This 5-minute daily devotional highlights one relevant, perhaps unexpected, word to ponder from beginning in Genesis to new in Revelation. Well-loved author Lori Hatcher helps you stay in the Word through truth-packed, simple–but never simplistic–readings and reminds you that every part of the Bible is applicable for today.
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Glimpses : A Comedy Writer’s Take On Life, Love, And All That Spiritual Stu
$26.00Add to cartFrom the award-winning creator of Roseanne, Home Improvement, and several blockbuster films, comes Glimpses, a collection of stories filled with hope, humanity, and humor and an invitation to see goodness and grace in our everyday moments.
Matt Williams never focused on red carpets and glitzy parties during his successful Hollywood career–writer/producer of The Cosby Show and A Different World, creator of Roseanne and Home Improvement, producer of successful movies and plays. Looking back, Williams realized that throughout his life what sustained him, guided him, and inspired him were divine glimpses of goodness and grace .
Williams says, “When I started my quest to find little glimpses of God in everyday life, the clouds didn’t open, and a voice like rolling thunder didn’t call down to me. But I did start noticing simple acts of kindness, moments of grace that reflected God’s loving presence in the world. . . . This practice of noticing these glimpses changed my life. Instead of blasting my way through the week–competing, hurrying and scurrying, fighting for my personal space, my self-care, and my ego-based impulses–I started consciously looking for God’s goodness. And I found it everywhere.”
From a stranger in a casting office predicting Matt would succeed at a time when he felt like giving up, to deciding to work with Tim Allen after vowing not to work with another comedian after Roseanne, to learning what love really meant after “Spirit” told him he would marry Angelina–Williams realized that these “glimpses of God” have served as the loving, quiet providence that watched over him. Our job, then, is to pay attention to our lives. Regardless of your beliefs, Glimpses will inspire you to look for and find God in your daily life.
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1 Of A Kind
$18.99Add to cartFor fans of All-of-a-Kind Family, here is the true story of how Sarah Brenner, a poor girl from New York City’s Lower East Side, became Sydney Taylor: dancer, actress, and successful children’s book author.
Sarah Brenner might have come from an all-of-a-kind family (five sisters who all dressed alike), but she was always one of a kind. Growing up in a Jewish immigrant family on New York’s impoverished Lower East Side, Sarah loved visiting the library, celebrating holidays with her family, and taking free dance classes at the Henry Street Settlement. But she was always aware of things that weren’t fair–whether it was that women couldn’t vote, or how girls were treated in her school, or that her parents had had to leave Europe because they were Jewish. When she grew up, Sarah changed her name to Sydney and became an actress and a dancer, but she never forgot the importance of fighting unfairness, whether it was anti-Semitism at her job or the low wages of workers. And when her daughter complained that it wasn’t fair that there were no books about Jewish children like her, Sydney put pen to paper and wrote a one-of-a-kind children’s book.
From well-known Jewish children’s author Richard Michelson, this is the story of how Sarah became Sydney and how she showed children the joy of seeing their culture reflected on the page.
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Transfiguration Of Christ
$49.99Add to cartAll three Synoptic Gospels tell the story of Jesus’s transfiguration. Yet there has been surprisingly little written about this key event, and many readers struggle to understand its significance and place in redemptive history, let alone how it might be applied.
Here, Patrick Schreiner provides a clear and accessible study of the transfiguration with an eye toward its theological significance and practical application. Namely, this event points to Jesus’s double sonship, revealing the preexistent glory of the eternal Son and the future glory of the suffering Messianic Son. Further, the transfiguration points to Christians’ own formation and transfiguration. Schreiner traces the transfiguration theme through Scripture and employs hermeneutical, trinitarian, and christological categories to assist his exegesis, thus challenging modern readings.
This enlightening study will be of interest to students, pastors, and serious lay readers.
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Crossing Cultures With The Gospel
$49.99Add to cartSouthwestern Journal of Theology 2023 Book Award (Honorable Mention, Evangelism/Missions/Global Church)
Drawing on forty years of teaching and mission experience, leading missiological anthropologist Darrell Whiteman brings a wealth of insight to bear on cross-cultural ministry.
After explaining the nature and function of culture and the importance of understanding culture for ministry, Whiteman addresses the most common challenges of ministering across cultures. He then provides practical solutions based on lived experience, helping readers develop healthy patterns so they can communicate the gospel effectively. Issues addressed include negotiating differences in worldview, the problem of nonverbal communication, understanding cultural forms and their meanings, and the challenge of overcoming culture shock.
Professors, students, and anyone ministering cross-culturally will benefit from this informed yet accessible guide. Foreword by Miriam Adeney.
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Where Is Poppy
$18.99Add to cartIn this heartwarming Passover story, a young Jewish child learns to work through grief with the help of family, memory, and tradition.
It’s Passover time and everything seems the same, but there’s one major problem. Poppy is gone. And it’s just not Passover without Poppy. Mama says he’s still here, and Aunty says to keep looking, but where? This young child searches and searches but can’t find Poppy anywhere.
All of Poppy’s favorite people are here though, and so are the special traditions he taught them. Suddenly she starts to realize that maybe, just maybe, Poppy is here, too…and always will be.
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Church For Everyone
$18.00Add to cartDiversity is a high value for younger generations-but too often, they’re not finding it in the church.
Emerging generations in the West are more diverse than ever-ethnically, socioeconomically, educationally, and politically. And as church attendance among younger generations declines rapidly, research shows that one of their primary sticking points is the lack of diversity in most churches.
In Church for Everyone, pastors Dan Kreiss and Efrem Smith address this phenomenon head-on. In this research-based, theologically informed, and practical book, they explore the younger generations’ expectations and disappointments with church and hold out a vision for true diversity taken from the pages of Scripture. As experienced church leaders themselves, Kreiss and Smith share a wealth of practical experience and stories from the trenches of multiethnic ministry.
The good news is that God has already called the church to diversity. As we seek to live out this calling in our own local contexts, we can become the demonstration of God’s love for all humanity that he has designed the church to be-and that the younger generation is so desperately looking for.
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1 Wrong Move
$29.99Add to cartTaunting riddles.
A deadly string of heists.
Two broken hearts trapped in a killer’s game.Christian O’Brady was pulled into a life of crime at a young age by his con artist parents. Now making amends for his corrupt past, he has become one of the country’s foremost security experts. When a string of Southwestern art heists targets one of the galleries Christian secured, he is paired up with a gifted insurance investigator who has her own checkered past.
Andi Forester was a brilliant FBI forensic analyst until one of her colleagues destroyed her career, blaming her for mishandling evidence. She now puts those skills to work investigating insurance fraud, and this latest high-stakes case will test her gift to the limit. Drawn deep into a dangerous game with an opponent bent on revenge, Christian and Andi are in a race against the clock to catch him, but the perpetrator’s game is far from finished, and one wrong move could be the death of them both.
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Fatal Witness
$29.99Add to cartShe doesn’t remember the death of her parents–and someone will do whatever it takes to keep it that way
As a child, artist and potter Dani Bennett witnessed the brutal murder of her parents. With little memory of the incident or her true identity, she was forced to take on a new name and a new life, hidden away in Montana for the past twenty-five years.
Mae Richmond has spent the same stretch of time searching for her granddaughter, who went missing the night her daughter and son-in-law were murdered. Convinced the woman she saw in a pottery magazine feature is the woman she’s been searching for, she enlists the help of K-9 officer Mark Lassiter of Pearl Springs, Tennessee, who tracks Dani down.
Skeptical but curious, Dani sets out on a journey to uncover the secrets of her past and reclaim her true identity. But someone close to her is determined to keep the truth of what happened all those years ago hidden.
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Untangle Your Emotions (Large Type)
$29.00Add to cartHow often have you heard, “Don’t let your emotions get the best of you”? But what if instead of ignoring our feelings, we noticed them, named them, and let God use them to draw us closer to Himself and others?
Many of us need to unlearn damaging messages about our emotions. We’ve been taught, for example, that emotions are untrustworthy, when, in fact, God can use them to help us see where we need His healing.
In Untangle Your Emotions, Jennie Allen uses scientific research, biblical insight, and her own story to help you:
*exchange stuffing, dismissing, or minimizing your emotions for a five-step process to know what you feel and what to do about it
*debunk the myth that feelings are sinful by learning how emotional maturity leads to deeper connection with God and others
*live emotionally healthy by applying biblical wisdom and therapeutic research that works whether you self-identify as “emotional” or not
*sit with feelings that are confusing and painful by discovering the depth of God’s love and compassion for you
Feelings aren’t something to fix; they are something to feel. As we discover how to name and navigate our emotions, we’ll learn how they can draw us closer to the God who built us–soul, mind, and heart.
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Unique Woman : Understanding Her God-Given Qualities
$16.99Add to cartThere are opportunities everywhere for women who have the courage to seize them! You have more than you think you have. You can do more than you think you can. You alone are responsible to use the intelligence, talents, abilities, and gifts God has given you.
Ed and Nancy Cole took the truths and experience gathered from over half a century of marriage and ministry together to write Unique Woman : Understanding Her God-Given Qualities. In one of Christianity’s modern classics, the Coles furnish tools to help women achieve the image God holds for them.
In the same upfront and honest style that made Ed Cole an internationally known minister to men, he learned with his wife Nancy to answer the heart’s cry of women around the world who said, “Write us a book!”
Although Unique Woman is addressed primarily to women, male readers have gained new insights and greater understanding of the issues faced by their wives and other women in their lives. Men will discover how the complementary nature of women can lead to greater fulfillment in their own lives.
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Sugarcoated : Finding Sweet Release From Cravings That Control Us
$17.99Add to cartAll around the world, women yearn for a perfect life they can never grasp. They want to be successful, attractive, sexually fulfilled, and free from distress.
Rather than turning to God, too many try to feast on everything under the sun–diet pills, pornography, shopping sprees, one-night stands, and social media–anything to hit that sweet spot.
In the end, they are left with a deep sense of shame that can draw them further down into a spiral of bingeing, hiding, and emotional self-flagellation. They totally get Paul’s woeful lament, “I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing” (Romans 7:19).
Consequently, these women build a wall between themselves and God. They fear divine retribution for their chosen form of gluttony while simultaneously operating under the false assumption that God doesn’t want to have anything to do with them.
As author Angie Haskell notes, “This dangerous form of beratement worms its way into every facet of women’s lives. It burrows into their psyche, making them believe that demeaning treatment from others, as well as themselves, is perfectly normal. And if they dare throw caution to the wind, stepping out in their stilettos to stand up for what they need, it is often met with assumptions from others that their morals and values have flown out the window.”
These women feel alone, unseen and unsatisfied, but Angie wades into their despair. With disarming wit and boldness, she empowers readers to take a hard look at their secret cravings, understand where they are coming from, and get on a path that leads to emotional and physical health.
In a society that has become dangerously divisive, Angie reassures women that they’re still deserving of a relationship with God while also standing up for themselves and their needs.
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Unshakable Moxie A 6 Session Womens Bible Study With Video Access
$15.99Add to cartSee God’s faithfulness through the lives of other women and understand how your identity in Christ can strengthen your faith. Combined with the Unshakable Moxie video series, this powerful study explores biblical lessons around the themes posed in each episode. Hosts Moriah Smallbone and Toni Collier press deeply into the tough topics–forgiveness, disillusionment, hardship–with notable guests to reveal how they have grown their faith during challenging circumstances.
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365 Devotional Prayers For Women
$17.99Add to cartA Year of Inspiring Prayers for a Woman of God
The almighty God we serve is interested in what you have to say! . . . This daily devotional prayer book is a powerful reminder for women to courageously bring any petition before their heavenly Father. 365 just-right-sized prayers will help you cultivate courage and confidence while growing stronger in your faith and relationship with God. Each prayer is perfectly paired with a relevant scripture selection–a fabulous way for you to begin or end your day in quiet fellowship with the heavenly Father.
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Jesus Calling : Enjoying Peace In His Presence (Large Type)
$26.99Add to cartExperience a deeper relationship with Jesus as you savor the presence of the One who understands you perfectly and loves you forever. With Scripture and personal reflections, New York Times bestselling author Sarah Young brings Jesus’ message of peace–for today and every day.
Jesus Calling is your yearlong guide to living a more peaceful life. The Jesus Calling(R) brand has impacted more than 40 million lives!
By spending time in the presence of the Savior with the much-loved devotions in Jesus Calling, you will:
*Feel comforted by words of hope and encouragement
*Be reassured of Jesus’ unending love for you
*Receive gentle guidance based on Scripture
*Strengthen your faith with Scripture verses
*Connect with Jesus further with reflection and meditation based on God’s WordWritten as if Jesus Himself is speaking directly to you, Jesus Calling invites you to experience peace in the presence of the Savior who is always with you.
This edition features 365 devotions and is sure to be a favorite in the popular Jesus Calling(R) line. The vibrant teal cover with foil has feminine floral touches, giving a gorgeous, elegant feel, along with large text, and full Scripture verses, not just the reference, in each devotion. This edition resonates with women and makes a wonderful gift for Mother’s Day, Easter, birthdays, or for self-purchase.
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365 Talks With Jesus
$14.99Add to cartShare the best talk your child has all day.
In 365 Talks with Jesus, you’ll find prayers to share with your preschooler at any time of day, with helpful sections for different needs and emotions, such as “When I Am AFRAID” and “When I Have to Do HARD THINGS.” Each short prayer can be read aloud by the parent and includes a final line for the child to repeat before saying, “Amen.” These 365 prayers will help preschoolers develop the simple habit of talking with Jesus. Spend a few sweet minutes praying with your little one, and let it become your favorite talk of the day!
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Irish Matchmaker
$16.99Add to cartAs daughter of a well-known matchmaker, Catriona Daly is no stranger to the business of love–and sees it as her ticket away from the sleepy village that only comes alive during the annual matchmaking festival. Enter Lord Osborne’s son, Andrew, who has returned to the festival after being disappointed by a rival matchmaker’s failed setup. Catriona seizes the opportunity to make a better match for the handsome man–and for herself!
Cattle farmer Donal Bunratty is in desperate need of a wife after loss left him to handle the farm and raise his daughter on his own. Shy and lacking the finer social graces, he agrees to attend the matchmaking festival to appease his daughter. But when he arrives, it’s not any of the other merrymakers that catch his eye but rather his matchmaker–who clearly has eyes for someone else.
Catriona will have to put all her expertise to work to make a match that could change her life forever. Will her plan succeed? Or will love have its own way?
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Chasing The Horizon
$16.99Add to cartUpon uncovering her tyrannical father’s plot to commit her to an asylum, Beth Rutledge fabricates a plan of her own–she will rescue her mother, who had already been sent to the asylum by her father, and escape together on a wagon train heading west. Posing as sisters, Beth and her mother join forces with other travelers and hope they can make it to Idaho before the others start asking too many questions.
Wagon train scout Jake Holt senses that the mysterious women in his caravan are running from something. When rumors begin to spread of Pinkerton agents searching relentlessly for wanted criminals who match the description of those on his wagon train, including Beth, she begins to open up to him and he learns something much more sinister is at hand. Can they risk trusting each other with their lives–and their hearts–with danger threatening their every step?
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While The City Sleeps
$17.99Add to cartKatherine Schneider’s workaday life as a dentist in 1913 New York is upended when a patient reveals details of a deadly plot while under the influence of laughing gas. As she is plunged into danger, she seeks help from the dashing Lieutenant Jonathan Birch, a police officer she has long admired from afar.
Jonathan has harbored powerful feelings toward Katherine for years but never acted on them, knowing his dark history is something she could never abide. Now, with her safety on the line, he works alongside her through the nights as they unravel the criminal conspiracy that threatens her. And throughout it all, Jonathan fears what will happen should Katherine ever learn his deepest secrets.
Join award-winning author Elizabeth Camden for a sweeping and romantic adventure of dangerous secrets and wounded hearts fighting to overcome the darkness while the rest of the city sleeps.