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Save The Date
$16.99Add to cartWhen Alex and Lucy pick out wedding invitations, they wonder if they can be printed in vanishing ink. Former NFL star Alex Sinclair is a man who has it all–except the votes he needs to win his bid for Congress. Despite their mutual dislike, Alex makes Lucy a proposition: pose as his fiancee in return for the money she desperately needs. Bound to a man who isn’t quite what he seems, Lucy will find her heart on the line–and maybe even her life. When God asks Alex and Lucy to scrap their playbook and follow his rules, will they finally say, “I do”?
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Latin Primer 3 Teachers Edition (Teacher’s Guide)
$32.00Add to cartOver half of the English language is derived from Latin.
unicorn: cornu,horn
humble: humus, earth
gregarious: grex, flock
pantry: panis, bread
flamingo: flamma, flameThese and thousands of other words we use every day keep this “dead” language–a language of kings and poets, of scrolls and secrets–alive. And this means that when we study Latin, we’re not just learning about Rome–we’re learning about ourselves. Rediscover this time-honored language, which led classical education innovator Dorothy Sayers to declare that “Latin should be begun as early as possible . . . when the chanting of ‘amo, amas, amat’ is as ritually agreeable to the feelings as the chanting of ‘eeny, meeny, miney, moe.'”
In Latin Primer 3, the language basics explored in Primers 1 and 2 continue, with an increasing emphasis on translation. Revised and expanded, this text introduces students (grades 5 and up) to Latin’s final noun declensions and verb conjugations, as well asA to the perfect tense, indirect objects, simple prepositions, and more, opening up broad frontiers for their understanding and enjoyment of this early language.
Those of you familiar with the older editions of Latin Primer 3 may wonder what’s different about this new edition. If you’ve been using the new Latin Primer 1 and 2, you probably have a good idea what all the excitement is about!
To begin, the content and teaching approach of this third edition is fundamentally the same as before. We have added more exercises, moved some of the vocabulary around, etc., but these new editions won’t force teachers or parents to struggle through a long period of adjustment. If anything, this new edition will be much, much easier to use.
Why is that? Well, actually, there are several reasons.
First, the Primer 3 now features weekly Word Lists. Just like Primers 1 and 2, students will receive a new Word List every week, rather than once every few weeks. This transition from Primer 2 to Primer 3 has never been more simple or familiar.
Second, we have completely redesigned the layout. While older editions were arranged by category–a word list section, exercise section, and test section–the new edition has been arranged in a simple lesson-by-lesson format. For example, all of Lesson 1’s components are grouped together, back-to-back. When you finish one lesson, you’re on to the next. No more flipping back and forth between sections: everything you need for each lesson is right at your fingertips, whe
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Women Of The Gospels (Student/Study Guide)
$15.00Add to cartContents
Welcome To Ancient-Future Bible Study
The Movements Of Lectio Divina
The Essence Of Lectio Divina
Your Personal Practice Of Ancient-Future Bible Study
Collatio–The Communal Practice Of Lectio Divina
Further Help For Groups
Introduction To Women Of The Gospels: Friends And Disciples Of Jesus
1. Women Of Jesus’s Genealogy (Matthew 1:1-16)
2. Mary Brings Forth The Savior To The World (Matthew 1:18-25)
3. Elizabeth Conceives In Her Barrenness (Luke 1:5-25)
4. Mary The Virgin Conceives A Son (Luke 1:26-38)
5. Mary Journeys To Visit Elizabeth (Luke 1:39-45)
6. Anna The Prophet And Herald (Luke 2:33-38)
7. Simon’s Mother-in-law Healed By Jesus (Mark 1:29-31; Matthew 8:14-15; Luke 4:38-39)
8. A Little Girl Restored To Life (Mark 5:21-24, 35-43)
9. The Woman Healed Of A Hemorrhage (Mark 5:25-34)
10. Herodias Schemes With Her Daughter (Mark 6:14-29)
11. The Canaanite Woman And Her Daughter (Matthew 15:21-28)
12. The Mother Of James And John (Matthew 20:20-28)
13. The Widow Of Nain Mourns Her Only Son (Luke 7:11-17)
14. The Woman Who Showed Great Love (Luke 7:36-50)
15. The Women Who Accompany Jesus (Luke 8:1-3)
16. Martha And Mary Model A Balanced Discipleship (Luke 10:38-42)
17. A Woman In The Crowd Cries Out (Luke 8:19-21; Luke 11:27-28)
18. The Crippled Woman Set Free From Bondage (Luke 13:10-17)
19. The Mother Of Jesus Intercedes At The Wedding Feast (John 2:1-12)
20. The Woman Of Samaria Encounters Jesus (John 4:3-26)
21. The Samaritan Woman Witnesses To Jesus (John 4:27-42)
22. The Woman Judged Forgiven By Jesus (John 8:1-11)
23. Martha Expresses Confidence In Jesus (John 11:1-27)
24. Mary Weeps At The Feet Of Jesus (John 11:28-45)
25. The Poor Widow Gives Everything (Mark 12:38-44)
26. The Woman At Bethany Anoints Jesus (Mark 14:3-9)
27. The Women Of Jerusalem Weep For Jesus (Luke 23:26-31, 44-49)
28. Galilean Women At The Cross And At The Tomb (Mark 15:40-41, 47; Matthew 27:55-56, 61; Luke 23:49, 55-56; John 19:25-27)
29. The Women Of Galilee Proclaim The Resurrection (Mark 16:1-8; Matthew 28:1-10; Luke 24:1-12)
30. Mary Magdalene Announces The Good News (John 20:1-18)
Ancient-Future Bible Study For Small Groups
Suggestions For Participating In The Group
Group Study In Six Sessions
EndorsementsAdditional Info
Ancient-Future Bible Study incorporates contemporary study of the Bible with an experience of the church’s most ancient way of reading Scripture, lectio divina. This time-honored practice consists of five basic movements: biblical study (lectio), reflection (meditatio), prayer (oratio), discernment (contemplatio), and contemplative action (operatio). In six clearly written volumes, bestselling author Stephen Binz helps readers study the Bible in a way that leads to spiritual transformation and brings them closer to God.Binz leads readers in a vivid study of key biblical characters, including Abraham, Paul, Peter, David, the women of the Torah, and the women of the Gospels. He shows all Christians who desire to have a transforming experience with the inspired Word of God how studying Scripture through lectio divina can enrich their discipleship. This ecumenical Bible study, designed for use by individuals or groups, includes questions for personal reflection and suggested action. Each volume includes leader’s notes for guiding a study over the course of six sessions.
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Women Of The Torah (Student/Study Guide)
$14.00Add to cartContents
Welcome To Ancient-Future Bible Study
The Movements Of Lectio Divina
The Essence Of Lectio Divina
Your Personal Practice Of Ancient-Future Bible Study
Collatio–The Communal Practice Of Lectio Divina
Further Help For Groups
Introduction To Women Of The Torah: Matriarchs And Heroes Of Israel
1. Male And Female In The Image Of God (Genesis 1:26-2:3)
2. Woman, The Partner Of Man (Genesis 2:4-25)
3. Sin And Its Consequences (Genesis 3:1-13)
4. Eve, Mother Of All Who Live (Genesis 3:14-24)
5. Eve, Adah, Zillah, And Naamah (Genesis 4:1-7, 16-26)
6. Noah’s Wife And The Wives Of His Sons (Genesis 7:1-16; 8:14-19)
7. Sarai Offers Hagar To Bear A Child (Genesis 16:1-16)
8. God Promises A Son To Sarah (Genesis 17:15-22)
9. The Aged Sarah Laughs At God’s Promise (Genesis 18:1-15)
10. The Wife And Daughters Of Lot (Genesis 19:1-29)
11. Lot’s Daughters Manipulate Their Father (Genesis 19:30-38)
12. Sarah Gives Birth And Sends Hagar Away (Genesis 21:1-21)
13. Rebekah Shows Her Willing Heart (Genesis 24:10-33)
14. Rebekah Becomes The Wife Of Isaac (Genesis 24:50-67)
15. Rebekah Gives Birth To Two Nations (Genesis 25:19-28)
16. Rebekah Wins The Blessing For Jacob (Genesis 27:5-29)
17. Rebekah Rescues Jacob And Sends Him Away (Genesis 27:41-28:5)
18. Rebekah’s Son Meets Rachel At The Well (Genesis 29:1-14)
19. Leah And Rachel Married To Jacob (Genesis 29:15-30)’
20. Leah, Bilhah, And Zilpah Give Birth (Genesis 29:31-30:13)
21. Faithful Commitments Fulfilled For Rachel (Genesis 30:14-24)
22. Rachel And Leah Leave Their Homeland (Genesis 31:13-35)
23. The Rape Of Dinah (Genesis 34:1-31)
24. Deborah And Rachel Die Along The Journey (Genesis 35:6-20)
25. Tamar, The Righteous Woman (Genesis 38:6-30)
26. Joseph And The Egyptian Wife Of Potiphar (Genesis 39:1-23)
27. Midwives And Daughters Save God’s People (Exodus 1:15-22; 2:1-10)
28. Zipporah, The Wife Of Moses (Exodus 2:15-22; 4:19-26)
29. The Prophet Miriam Sings Of God’s Triumph (Exodus 15:19-21; Numbers 12:1-9)
30. Five Daughters Advocate For Their Rights (Numbers 27:1-11)
Ancient-Future Bible Study For Small Groups
Suggestions For Participating In The Group
Group Study In Six Sessions
EndorsementsAdditional Info
Ancient-Future Bible Study incorporates contemporary study of the Bible with an experience of the church’s most ancient way of reading Scripture, lectio divina. This time-honored practice consists of five basic movements: biblical study (lectio), reflection (meditatio), prayer (oratio), discernment (contemplatio), and contemplative action (operatio). In six clearly written volumes, bestselling author Stephen Binz helps readers study the Bible in a way that leads to spiritual transformation and brings them closer to God.Binz leads readers in a vivid study of key biblical characters, including Abraham, Paul, Peter, David, the women of the Torah, and the women of the Gospels. He shows all Christians who desire to have a transforming experience with the inspired Word of God how studying Scripture through lectio divina can enrich their discipleship. This ecumenical Bible study, designed for use by individuals or groups, includes questions for personal reflection and suggested action. Each volume includes leader’s notes for guiding a study over the course of six sessions.
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Paul : Apostle To All The Nations (Student/Study Guide)
$14.00Add to cartAncient-Future Bible Study incorporates contemporary study of the Bible with an experience of the church’s most ancient way of reading Scripture, lectio divina. This time-honored practice consists of five basic movements: biblical study (lectio), reflection (meditatio), prayer (oratio), discernment (contemplatio), and contemplative action (operatio). In six clearly written volumes, bestselling author Stephen Binz helps readers study the Bible in a way that leads to spiritual transformation and brings them closer to God.
Binz leads readers in a vivid study of key biblical characters, including Abraham, Paul, Peter, David, the women of the Torah, and the women of the Gospels. He shows all Christians who desire to have a transforming experience with the inspired Word of God how studying Scripture through lectio divina can enrich their discipleship. This ecumenical Bible study, designed for use by individuals or groups, includes questions for personal reflection and suggested action. Each volume includes leader’s notes for guiding a study over the course of six sessions.
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Grace For The Journey
$31.00Add to cartEvery community of faith journeys through periods of transition. In Grace for the Journey: Practices and Possibilities for In-Between Times, authors Beverly Thompson and George Thompson invite congregations to open themselves to the grace-filled possibilities that accompany these in-between periods. Drawing on biblical examples and contemporary experience, the authors invite the community of faith to see transitional times as an opportunity to develop deeper spiritual awareness of God’s call on its communal life-a call that open up fresh potential even as it calls us to consider what familiar things may need to change.
As pastors and teachers with experience in congregations across the country, the Thompsons serve as your travel guides, accompanying you and your congregation as you walk through the wilderness of transitional times to the hope-filled possibilities on the horizon.
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Becoming The Pastor You Hope To Be
$31.00Add to cartBecoming the Pastor You Hope to Be unapologetically urges clergy readers to develop practices that will help them become more excellent ministers. A long-time field educator, now serving as a denominational staff person responsible for ministerial formation, Barbara Blodgett believes excellence is a matter of doing simple things with care and consistency. Ministers who commit themselves to excellence will grow and flourish, and even become happier in ministry.Blodgett urges ministers to resist praise and instead to ask for feedback, to seek the company of mentors who are better than the reader is at what he or she does, to be vulnerable before their peers in order to learn from them, and to define themselves as a leader who does not merely take activist stances but risks entering into deep, transformative relationships. Improvement in ministry, Blodgett argues, comes about not through extraordinary leaps and bounds but rather through adopting simple habits and carrying through on small but thoughtfully made choices.
Blodgett urges ministers to resist praise and instead to ask for feedback, to seek the company of mentors who are better than the reader is at what he or she does, to be vulnerable before their peers in order to learn from them, and to define themselves as a leader who does not merely take activist stances but risks entering into deep, transformative relationships. Improvement in ministry, Blodgett argues, comes about not through extraordinary leaps and bounds but rather through adoptingsimple habits and carrying through on small but thoughtfully made choices.
Addressed to ministers, Becoming the Pastor You Hope to Be is also a valuable resource for discernment committees, Christian educators, leaders of continuing education and lay education programs, and all those who partner with theological schools to help form ministers, both lay and ordained.
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Sounds Of Our Offerings
$31.00Add to cartThe Sounds of Our Offerings is good news about the music of the church. It recounts what has been learned from studying nine congregations where music promotes the full, active, conscious participation of the worshipers and where it has done so consistently and coherently for many years. Pastors and musicians reflect on their work together and offer rich insights about what works and what does not. Lay musicians and members of the congregation also share their experiences with music in worship.
Though no site was without its struggles, and at times difficult choices had to be made, for the most part, we see unremarkable, week to week, year to year, faithful rendering of music for prayer and praise. We see that sometimes the nature of the music took a slightly different turn, one that built upon the foundations of the past. The music choices in these churches are not restricted to one particular era or style, but rather reflect the broader church’s music repertoire, including the best recently written music.
These are the stories of churches with a reputation for their fine music programs, churches that, with their leaders and congregations, have worked out these programs in consistent, coherent ways. In most cases, the programs span multiple priests/pastors and musicians. The Sounds of Our Offerings is about excellent music and how it has found its way into the life and faith practices of these congregations.
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Treatise On The Love Of God
$17.99Add to cartFrancis de Sales’s literary masterpiece, Treatise on the Love of God, was originally published in 1616 while he was Bishop of Geneva. This modern edition of the treatise preserves de Sales’s gentle prose, his enthusiasm for God, compassion, and good humor.
For all spiritual pilgrims seeking comfort and guidance, the writings of Francis de Sales will offer the assurance that “a deep and satisfying prayer life is not only possible, but within the reach of anyone who will accept what God is forever offering.”
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Seeking Wisdom From God
$33.95Add to cartSeeking Wisdom From God is a must read for anyone who is hungry for the meat of God’s Word. The answers to life’s questions as well as absolute truth are found in the Word of God. However, for the most part, these answers and truths lay beneath the surface of the verses and only when we seek discernment from God will they be revealed. God does not hide His truth to keep His children from finding it, but He did intentionally make deeper levels of understanding accessible only with His help.
Seeking Wisdom from God is about God’s promise to give abundantly to anyone who will seek wisdom through Him. God will reveal understanding that has escaped even the most learned of scholars. According to 1 Cor. 1:28,29, God’s extraordinary way of revealing His truth is through ordinary people.
With our advances in understanding the ancient Hebrew and Greek languages coupled with the dissecting of Scripture using historical, textual, and literary analysis, knowledge has increased exponentially. However, knowledge always increases faster than wisdom, and because of this, we have a glut of biblical knowledge and a shortage of wisdom. We need to know less and understand more.
This book chronicles the results of a heart and mind that learned early in life to go to the heavenly Father for understanding. It is a personal twenty-six-year case study of the faithfulness of God, who will give wisdom to anyone who asks. Seeking wisdom from God early in the author’s Christian walk did not happen because he was wise, but because of circumstances that God orchestrated for his training on how to find truth in His Word. May the different views shared in this book confirm that discernment of spiritual truth can only come from the spiritual.
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Dont Call It A Comeback
$17.99Add to cartSome of today’s most influential young evangelicals outline the relevance and theological foundations of Christian orthodoxy and evangelicalism. Recent cultural interest in evangelicalism has led to considerable confusion about what the term actually means. Many young Christians are tempted to discard the label altogether. But evangelicalism is not merely a political movement in decline or a sociological phenomenon on the rise, as it has sometimes been portrayed. It is, in fact, a helpful theological profile that manifests itself in beliefs, ethics, and church life. DeYoung and other key twenty- and thirty-something evangelical Christian leaders present Don’t Call It a Comeback: The Same Evangelical Faith for a New Day to assert the stability, relevance, and necessity of Christian orthodoxy today. This book introduces young, new, and under-discipled Christians to the most essential and basic issues of faith in general and of evangelicalism in particular. Kevin DeYoung and contributors like Russell Moore, Tullian Tchividjian, Darrin Patrick, Justin Taylor, Thabiti Anyabwile, and Tim Challies examine what evangelical Christianity is and does within the broad categories of history, theology, and practice. They demonstrate that evangelicalism is still biblically and historically rooted and remains the same framework for faith that we need today.
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John (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartA fresh new look at the Bible, from beginning to end, and what it means in your life
We’ve asked some of the leading Bible scholars and teachers to help us with a new kind of Bible study. Immersion remains true to Scripture but always asks, “Where are you in your life? What do you stuggle with? What makes you rejoice?” and then helps you read the text to discover the Scriptures’ deep, abiding truths. Immersion is about God and God’s word, and it is also about you-not just your thoughts but your feelings and your faith.In each study you will preview the focus of the Bible reading, prayerfully read and reflect upon it, then identify ways you can put into practice what you have learned from the reading. This process of engagement with the biblical foundations of Christian faith is intended to help people deepen their faith and grow in love of God and neighbor.
Immersion makes use of, but is not limited to, an exciting new translation of Scripture, the Common English Bible (CEB). Immersion, like the CEB, will offer adults:
the emotional expectation to find the love of God
the rational expectation to find the knowledge of God
reliable, genuine, and credible power to transform lives
clarity of languageWhether you are using the Common English Bible, the New Revised Standard Version, the New International Version, the King James Version, or another translation, Immersion Bible Studies will offer a refreshing plunge into God’s word, your own life, and your life with God.
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Luke (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartA fresh new look at the Bible, from beginning to end, and what it means in your life
We’ve asked some of the leading Bible scholars and teachers to help us with a new kind of Bible study. Immersion remains true to Scripture but always asks, “Where are you in your life? What do you stuggle with? What makes you rejoice?” and then helps you read the text to discover the Scriptures’ deep, abiding truths. Immersion is about God and God’s word, and it is also about you-not just your thoughts but your feelings and your faith.In each study you will preview the focus of the Bible reading, prayerfully read and reflect upon it, then identify ways you can put into practice what you have learned from the reading. This process of engagement with the biblical foundations of Christian faith is intended to help people deepen their faith and grow in love of God and neighbor.
Immersion makes use of, but is not limited to, an exciting new translation of Scripture, the Common English Bible (CEB). Immersion, like the CEB, will offer adults:
the emotional expectation to find the love of God
the rational expectation to find the knowledge of God
reliable, genuine, and credible power to transform lives
clarity of languageWhether you are using the Common English Bible, the New Revised Standard Version, the New International Version, the King James Version, or another translation, Immersion Bible Studies will offer a refreshing plunge into God’s word, your own life, and your life with God.
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Matthew (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartA fresh new look at the Bible, from beginning to end, and what it means in your life
We’ve asked some of the leading Bible scholars and teachers to help us with a new kind of Bible study. Immersion remains true to Scripture but always asks, “Where are you in your life? What do you stuggle with? What makes you rejoice?” and then helps you read the text to discover the Scriptures’ deep, abiding truths. Immersion is about God and God’s word, and it is also about you-not just your thoughts but your feelings and your faith.In each study you will preview the focus of the Bible reading, prayerfully read and reflect upon it, then identify ways you can put into practice what you have learned from the reading. This process of engagement with the biblical foundations of Christian faith is intended to help people deepen their faith and grow in love of God and neighbor.
Immersion makes use of, but is not limited to, an exciting new translation of Scripture, the Common English Bible (CEB). Immersion, like the CEB, will offer adults:
the emotional expectation to find the love of God
the rational expectation to find the knowledge of God
reliable, genuine, and credible power to transform lives
clarity of languageWhether you are using the Common English Bible, the New Revised Standard Version, the New International Version, the King James Version, or another translation, Immersion Bible Studies will offer a refreshing plunge into God’s word, your own life, and your life with God.
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Mark (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartA fresh new look at the Bible, from beginning to end, and what it means in your life
We’ve asked some of the leading Bible scholars and teachers to help us with a new kind of Bible study. Immersion remains true to Scripture but always asks, “Where are you in your life? What do you stuggle with? What makes you rejoice?” and then helps you read the text to discover the Scriptures’ deep, abiding truths. Immersion is about God and God’s word, and it is also about you-not just your thoughts but your feelings and your faith.In each study you will preview the focus of the Bible reading, prayerfully read and reflect upon it, then identify ways you can put into practice what you have learned from the reading. This process of engagement with the biblical foundations of Christian faith is intended to help people deepen their faith and grow in love of God and neighbor.
Immersion makes use of, but is not limited to, an exciting new translation of Scripture, the Common English Bible (CEB). Immersion, like the CEB, will offer adults:
the emotional expectation to find the love of God
the rational expectation to find the knowledge of God
reliable, genuine, and credible power to transform lives
clarity of languageWhether you are using the Common English Bible, the New Revised Standard Version, the New International Version, the King James Version, or another translation, Immersion Bible Studies will offer a refreshing plunge into God’s word, your own life, and your life with God.
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Courageous Compassion : A Prophetic Homiletic In Service To The Church
$19.99Add to cartA wonderfully intelligent, forceful book, bringing together masterful sermons by noted preacher Jerry Taylor and responses by world-renowned scholars.
Jerry Taylor’s preaching is characterized as a ”Compassionate Prophetic Voice” delivered in the traditional African American form: ”Start slow, stay low, rise higher, and end in fire.” His preaching is intelligent and wedded to the biblical text, effectively engaging listeners before exploding with persuasion.
COURAGEOUS COMPASSION provides examples of ten of Taylor’s best-crafted sermons, including ”The Curse of Babel,” ”They That Wait upon the Lord,” ”Alive to God,” and ”Courageous Compassion.” Respected theorists, biblical scholars, and denominational leaders have responded to each sermon, providing analysis, homiletic insight, reflections from the tradition of Black preaching, and comments on what Taylor is ”doing right.”
This volume accents the work of one homiletic practitioner whose work demands careful reflection and wide distribution. Its lively writing style, and its use of concrete images and examples to connect serious reflections with Taylor’s sermons, also serves as an example of how listeners and readers can interact with such rich preaching.
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Donald McGavran : His Early Life And Ministry
$26.99Add to cartThis biography is more than one man’s interpretation of another person’s life-it has numerous traits of an autobiography. Donald McGavran, His Early Life and Ministry: An Apostolic Vision for Reaching the Nations includes insights gleaned from archives, as well as hours of discussion with both Donald and Mary McGavran about the interpretation applied to particular events.
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Sacred Moment : Becoming Holy Right Where You Are
$17.99Add to cartWhat does it mean to be a holy person? The answer might surprise you. This delightful yet challenging book from spiritual director Albert Haase provides practical wisdom for becoming holy–right in the midst of “ordinary” life. “Any and every situation holds the grace for the transformation called holiness. . . . [By] imitating Christ and emptying myself for the benefit of another,” Haase writes, “I can become holy right where I am.” Haase guides us in this new way of living, offering practices that help us discern what God is calling us to in each moment, as well as clear direction for living in the Spirit, the source of our holiness. With brief, engaging chapters that share real stories of people who are living out holy transformation and short reflection questions, this book is designed to fit realistically into our already full lives. “I believe that holiness is not as elusive or impossible as most of us think,” Haase says. “That’s not to say it’s easy; it certainly is not. But I think there are many people in the world . . . who know that God calls them right where they are. Living in and guided by the Spirit, they imitate Jesus: they selflessly respond to God’s call in this sacred moment for the enrichment of others.” You can too. Here’s how.
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Demanding Our Attention
$33.99Add to cartEthical lessons drawn from a challenging ancient narrative
What can we possibly learn about our relationships to others from reading a story about an ancient father who raised a knife to slaughter his beloved only son?
Contemporary Christian ethicists, faced with such dilemmas, are often tempted to treat the Hebrew Bible in a limited, distanced, and even dismissive way. Yet Emily Arndt here argues that those ancient scriptures can be a vital resource for Christian ethical studies. She focuses on a close analysis of the akedah – the story of Abraham’s near-sacrifice of Isaac – to demonstrate the power of even the most troubling and uncomfortable Old Testament narratives to teach valuable lessons and develop in us the disposition and skills we need to relate authentically and ethically to others.
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Hearing The Call
$39.99Add to cartWhat is the Word of the Lord for a world of injustice? What does it mean to hear the cries of the oppressed? What does liturgy have to do with justice? These questions have been at the heart of Nicholas Wolterstorff’s work for over forty years. In this collection of essays, he brings together personal, historical, theological, and contemporary perspectives to issue a passionate call to work for justice and peace.
An essential complement to his now classic Until Justice and Peace Embrace, the forthcoming Love and Justice, and Justice, this book makes clear why Wolterstorff is one of the church’s most incisive and compelling voices. Reflections on Justice, Peace, and Liturgy invites us not simply into new ways of thinking, but a transformational way of life.
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Nobody Told Me (Reprinted)
$14.00Add to cartTeens have their whole lives ahead of them, but making poor choices can undermine their hopes for a bright future. Too many young adults look back on decisions they made in the heat of the moment and regret the path they chose–they wish someone had told them how premarital sex could negatively impact their future relationships. Here is a book to help teens make the right choices when it comes to sex, based on actual questions the author has received from real-life teens.Nobody Told Me is written for young men and women who want passionate, long-lasting marriages in the future but haven’t considered how the decisions they make now impact their chances for fulfillment. This accessible book contains information teens need about the physical, emotional, and spiritual risks associated with premarital sex, as well as guidelines for making healthy choices. Teens have questions about sex, and now there is somewhere to find the answers.
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Word Has Come Down
$12.95Add to cartLent holds a central place in the worship of many Christians. After the joyful celebrations of Christmas and Epiphany, it is vital for Christians to set aside time to repent, meditate, and reflect on the fact that Jesus’ life was a buildup to the ultimate sacrifice of himself on the Cross for our sins. In The Word Has Come Down, Huener guides participants through the ashes of repentance of Ash Wednesday, journeying through the Last Supper of Maundy Thursday and the crucifixion of Good Friday, culminating in the revelation of the risen Jesus at Easter. Along the way, Huener stops to look at each of the main characters in these events, people like Caiaphas, Peter, Judas, Pontius Pilate, and the women at the tomb, allowing each one to tell their side of the story. Huener explores each character in detail, allowing each one to flesh out this central event in Christian history. Whether used for congregational worship, small group study, or personal Lenten devotions, The Word Has Come Down will draw its readers into the beauty, agony, and triumph of Lent and Easter. Beth Huener is the pastor of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Oregon, Ohio, a suburb of Toledo. She has also served at other Lutheran parishes in Ohio and West Virginia.
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Soul Shaping Workbook (Workbook)
$16.99Add to cartSoul Shaping is a guide to the amazing journey of spiritual transformation. It is anchored in Scripture and filled with practical exercises designed for individual, small group or class use. These pages contain the challenge to look backward and forward, inward and outward, remember the past and dream for the future. Soul Shaping is an invitation to see yourself as you really are and imagine who you can become, an opportunity to explore the very hands of God that have and are shaping your one wild and precious life.
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Serendipity
$17.00Add to cartTodd Valmer should have known better. A farmer who’s been through several disasters, he travels to Virginia to fetch his widowed mother to cook and help him around his Texas farm… or that was the plan until she keels over on the train and they get kicked off. Maggie Rose barters for a living and also makes soaps, lotions, and perfumes with a special rose recipe passed down from mother to daughter for generations. She hasn’t wanted to marry… until that handsome Texan shows up. Her heart skips a beat, and when he proposes, a hasty marriage follows.
What ensues, however, is a clash of culture and a battle of wills–and it’s clear they both mistook instant attraction and infatuation for love. As their marriage loses its sparkle and fills with disillusionment, Todd and Maggie must determine what is worth fighting for. He dreams of a farm. Maggie wants to fulfill the family tradition with her rose perfumes. Todd’s mother, however, has entirely different plans for her son that do not include Maggie. In light of their hasty marriage and mistaken dreams, is there any hope of recapturing their love and building a future together?
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31 Days To A Younger You
$14.99Add to cartIf 40 is the new 30 and 50 is the new 40….how is the average women supposed to keep up? There’s got to be an easier way to look younger than Botox treatments, yo-yo dieting, or plastic surgery.
Author Arlene Pellicane offers readers a less troublesome (and less expensive!) solution to looking younger and feeling younger in just 31 days, especially for women who want to
have more energy
look 5-10 years younger
be happier and healthier
lose a dress size or more
improve their mood and sense of well-being
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Beyond Forgiveness : Reflections On Atonement
$19.95Add to cartAs indispensable as forgiveness has been to the healing process throughout history, there is another equally profound action that is needed for ultimate reconciliation, which Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mohandas Gandhi, calls “the other side of the coin.” Turning over the coin of forgiveness, we discover “atonement,” the half-hidden, much-overlooked other half of the reconciliation process.
“Beyond Forgiveness” shows how acts of atonement–making amends, providing restitution, restoring balance–can relieve us of the pain of the past and give us a hopeful future. This rich and powerful book includes 15 thoughtful contributions by high-profile thinkers and activists including Huston Smith, Michael Bernard Beckwith, Azim Khamisa, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Jacob Needleman, Michael Nagler, Diane Hennacy Powell, James O’Dea, Arun Gandhi, Kate Dahlstedt, Ed Tick, Richard J. Meyer, Rev. Heng Sure, Douglas George-Kanentiio and Katharine Dever. Atonement is put forward as a process that we must all learn to practice–from individuals to nations–if we are to heal our wounds and move forward.
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Made To Crave Participants Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$12.99Add to cartIn this six-session video study, Lysa TerKeurst helps women realize God created us to crave so we’d ultimately always desire more of Him in our lives. Many of us have misplaced that craving towards over indulging in physical pleasures rather than the desires God gave us to consume food – without letting food consuming us!
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Wired For Success Programmed For Failure
$14.99Add to cartIt is inherent in the fabric of mankind to make one’s life better. The desire to succeed is part of our permanent internal wiring. Yet, nearly everything and everyone in our life has unintentionally played a role in programming us to accept certain limitations. The majority of people live within invisible, impenetrable boundaries that have become the accepted limits of their success! Over nine billion dollars was spent in 2005 on self-help and motivational training in a disappointing attempt to expand our success boundaries. Future projections are staggering. At best, however, most participants seem to get temporarily charged up only to eventually succumb to the same limitations they sought to change! There is an internal law that brings us back to the scope of our internal beliefs. As surely as gravity will always bring us back to the Earth we will always come back to the boundaries of our internal beliefs. Wired for Success, Programmed for Failure will show you how to move those internal boundaries to enjoy and sustain the levels of success you truly desire. Now you can fulfill your desire for success while discovering the hidden keys to living your potential! For the past 50 years, success literature has primarily been filled with gimmicks, tricks and shortcuts. Most people are weary of trying, gaining momentary ground, only to land back where they started. But now there is a way to move those internal boundaries and break through the glass ceiling that has held you hostage! The missing element from all these approaches has been the beliefs of the heart! Apart from an internal belief system that supports success all efforts to move forward will be stressful, temporary and unattainable. However, when the beliefs of the heart create a sense of self that is able to experience success and prosperity, everything you’ve ever learned now becomes effective in your life. Wired for Success, Programmed for Failure is the matrix around all the pieces of the puzzle finally come together to bring you into the most incredible success you have ever imagined! Dr. James B. Richards has helped thousands of people around the world break through to new levels of success, and this how-to book will be the key that makes it all happen for you!
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Kingdom And The Cross
$16.00Add to cartIVP Print On Demand Title
We believe a lot of false narratives about the nature of God, things like “God helps those who help themselves”; “God blesses the righteous”; “God might not be out for your good, and you might be missing something.” But pastor and professor James Bryan Smith points us to the truth of who God is, revealed by Jesus: A God who loves to help the helpless. A God who doesn’t play favorites, whether righteous or unrighteous. A God who is, in his essence, self-sacrificing–even to death–to save a people he loves. In six short chapters, The Kingdom and the Cross zooms in on Christ’s work on the cross and what it all means about who God is and how we’re to live as his people. A soul training exercise is included for each chapter to help the new true narrative take root in our hearts. And a discussion guide at the end makes this complement to The Apprentice Series perfect for groups to work through together, especially during the season of Lent. Understanding Christ’s work on the cross is crucial for any apprentice of Jesus. Here is a resource to help you see–and believe–more fully, that you might live more faithfully in his kingdom.
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Search (Reprinted)
$19.00Add to cartFifteen years ago, Lainey O’Toole made a split-second decision. She couldn’t have known that her choice would impact so many. Now in her mid-twenties, she is poised to go to culinary school when her car breaks down in Stoney Ridge, the very Amish town in which her long-reaching decision was made, forcing her to face the shadowed past.
Bess Reihl is less than thrilled to be spending the summer at Rose Hill Farm with her large and intimidating grandmother, Bertha. It quickly becomes clear that she is there to work the farm–and work hard. The labor is made slightly more tolerable by the time it affords Bess to spend with the handsome hired hand, Billy Lapp. But he only has eyes for a flirty and curvaceous older girl.
Lainey’s and Bess’s worlds are about to collide and the secrets that come to light will shock them both.
Beautifully written, The Search is a skillfully woven story that takes readers through unexpected twists and turns on the long country road toward truth. Fans both old and new will find themselves immersed in this heartwarming–and surprising–tale of young love, forgiveness, and coming to grips with the past.
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LarryBoy Meets The Bubblegum Bandit Level 1
$4.99Add to cartThis series of Veggie Tale I Can Read books at Level One are sure to become favorites of young emergent readers and their parents and teachers. Using the beloved characters of Bob and Larry as well as their other Veggie friends, young readers will learn strong morals and values as well as be charmed by the humor and accessibility of the brand.
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Berenstain Bears Neighbor In Need Level 1
$4.99Add to cartIn The Berenstain Bears Good Deed Scouts Helping Hands, the Scouts extend helping hands to a well-known neighbor—Mrs. Grizzle. She is so appreciative, she repays them with lemonade and some memorable tricks…showing a chain-reaction of kindness in the Bear community.
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New Kind Of Christianity
$16.99Add to cartAfter the hailstorm of controversy stirred up by the hardcover, we hope the paperback release keeps the debate going. One of the most innovative Christian voices today and author of the controversial A New Kind of Christian faces head-on the questions that will determine the shape of the faith for the next 500 years.
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Contemplative Counselor : A Way Of Being
$18.00Add to cartIntroduction
1. Identity Revisited
2. A Mindful Approach To A Mindless World
3. Christian Contemplation – A Way Of Life
4. Christian Contemplation – A Way Of Being In Therapy
5. Christian Contemplation – A Way Of Action
6. Christian Contemplation – A Way Of Worship
Appendix – Contemplatives ExercisesAdditional Info
The purpose of this book is two-fold. First, it examines critically how the field of pastoral counseling has responded to the resurgence of interest in issues of spirituality, particularly the appropriation of various texts on spiritually-oriented psychotherapies in counseling. Second, moving beyond description, the book addresses the need to re-define the identity and practice of pastoral counselors as contemplative healers by appropriating insights from the rich tradition of contemplative spirituality, theology, and psychology, and to integrate this identity with professional standards and practices.The Contemplative Counselor extends the discourse on pastoral counseling beyond theories and techniques to include a focal description of a life lived in active contemplation. The contemplative approach to life, care, and counseling demands a daily call to surrender the underlying attitude of meritocracy that heavily emphasizes good works to produce successful results in counseling. At a fundamental level, the contemplative counselor exhibits an unwavering reliance on the grace of God, which transforms all that is descriptive of the counseling encounter. Here, being precedes becoming, and the act of counseling emanates from the deep and quiet center characterized by silence and solitude of the heart. Such counseling targets holistically body, mind, and spirit as a way of facilitating an experience of well being and transformation.
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All In One Sunday School Volume 1 (Revised)
$24.99Add to cartBe Ready No Matter Who Shows Up!
Formerly Sunday School Specials, this revised and updated volume includes original and creative programs designed for ministries with mixed-age classes of children ages 4 through 12! With 13 lessons, this book will work in any ministry, but it’s especially great for smaller churches that combine classes every Sunday. Also good for large churches that combine ages during summer and for any other multi-age class setting.
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Selections From Friedrich Schleiermachers Christian Ethics
$40.00Add to cartBrandt presents important selections from German theologian Schleiermacher’s Christian Ethics, a work that moves beyond formal matters to offer a comprehensive analysis of ethical issues, including what constitutes moral action for individuals in relation to the family, the state, the school, the church, and society. This edition also includes James Brandt’s in-depth introductory essay, describing the role of Christian Ethics in Schleiermacher’s overall corpus, its place in the history of Christian ethical reflection, and its structure and character.
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Stages Of Me
$13.95Add to cartThe Stages Of ME with faith, hope and understanding anything is possible. In The Stages Of ME you will experience a journey. Through each stage you will see the Director and how He intercedes to produce His scene. He is ever present hoping to form a personal relationship with anyone willing to open his or her heart to Him. The stages of ME are the stages of WE! ? WE – are all a collection of the words and actions that breach our path. Each interlude is a continuation. – WE – continue through the ME’s of the future. – WE – have tasks to perform with Direction. – WE – must be careful in the touches of others as gentle as possible and when we are not, stop, rewind and redo our scenes. The stages of ME has included my personal experiences with a debilitating muscle disease, near death occurrences, heart disease in the man I love and the loss of loved ones. My stages are personal as are yours. By sharing my journey I hope it sparks a desire for you to reflect on your stages. The irony of life has brought me full circle. My Director, places a touch, and a whisper of my future as He casts the people in my life. He is always guiding if I am open to Him. This is a journey I did not plan to take. I hope you enjoy the show with me. I hope and wish for you to find your STAGES OF ME!
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Evangelist Caper
$24.99Add to cartIn Mr. Malta’s first published novel, Evangelist Caper, Nassau County Detective Michael Ryan never dreamed that a charitable function would provide such profound changes to his life. Along with his partner Peggy Younger, he has become embroiled in the brutal murder of the wealthy and beautiful Evangelist, Tamara Steele. The case leads the two detectives down a path of intrigue where deception and corruption become the order of the day. The Tamara Steele murder forces Mike into corridors he can not otherwise avoid: the unsolved killing of his wife Katie, the care of his disabled son, Jamie and his relationship to Peggy, who is a born-again Christian. Who killed the charismatic Tamara? What was the motive for this brutal murder? Could it be greed, jealousy? Or was it the working of a deranged killer seeking revenge?
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Analogy Of Being
$51.99Add to cartExplores whether human minds can truly discover God without Christ
Does all knowledge of God come through Christ alone, or can human beings discover truths about God philosophically? This volume of essays by expert Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox theologians examines the relationship between divine revelation through the person of Jesus Christ and human reason.
These essays are the continuation of a lively, decades-long debate between Karl Barth and Erich Przywara, first sparked in 1932 when Barth wrote that the use of natural theology in the Catholic tradition was the “invention of the anti-Christ.” In The Analogy of Being, contributors analyze and reflect on both sides of the controversy and look deeply into such topics as the role of metaphysical thinking in theology, the nature and grace of human knowledge of God, and the Trinitarian structure of divine revelation and action.
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Resonant Witness : Conversations Between Music And Theology
$42.99Add to cartShows how music and faith can work powerfully in partnership
Resonant Witness gathers together a wide, harmonious chorus of voices from across the musical and theological spectrum to show that music and theology can partner together – and that the majesty and power of both are profoundly amplified when they do.
Examines the musical philosophy of St. Augustine
Delves into the theological imagery of J. S. Bach and Olivier Messiaen
Demonstrates how jazz improvisation can inform scriptural interpretation
Celebrates the political power of corporate song in South African worship -
All In One Sunday School Volume 3 (Revised)
$24.99Add to cartBe Ready No Matter Who Shows Up!
Formerly Sunday School Specials 3, this revised and updated volume includes original and creative programs designed for ministries with mixed-age classes of children ages 4 through 12! With 13 lessons, this book will work in any ministry, but it’s especially great for smaller churches that combine classes every Sunday. Also good for large churches that combine ages during summer and for any other multi-age class setting.
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Hand Of Fate
$17.99Add to cartWhen the host of a popular radio talk show is murdered, the suspects seem to out number his millions of listeners. Outspoken radio talk show host Jim Fate dies tragically when poisonous gas fills the studio while his polarizing show, “The Hand of Fate”, is on air. In the ensuing panic, police evacuate downtown Portland–and the triple threat of FBI Special Agent Nicole Hedges, Crime reporter Cassidy Shaw and Federal Prosecutor Allison Pierce begin piecing together the madness, motive and the mystery of what just happened. And this time it’s personal since one of the women was secretly dating the host and has access to his home…and secret evidence. In the days following Fate’s murder, these three colleagues and friends must confront a betrayal of the team while piecing together the not-so-public life of Jim Fate. Together, they must uncover the stunning truth of who killed him, how close the killer really is, and what the ultimate motive is for this cold-blooded murder.
