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Making Sense Of Spiritual Warfare (Reprinted)
$18.00Add to cartWhat does the Bible say about spiritual warfare? How are Christians to respond-with denial of its existence? Making it everyone’s highest priority? Respected teacher and intercessor Eddie Smith cuts through the confusion and clutter often associated with the issue of spiritual warfare and brings a balanced approach to this important subject. He clearly explains what spiritual warfare is, who is involved, what weapons are available, and what part Christian plays in the age-old conflict. Having laid out the foundations, he addresses issues of obedience to God, the goal each side desires-and the ultimate victory in store for the church. An excellent book to recommend for all who want to be ready for whatever assignment God has for them.
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Psalms Proverbs (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartSpirit-Filled Life Study Guides are perfect companions to the New Spirit Filled Life Bible or for use on their own. The guides’ interactive approach offers an in-depth look at practical living in God’s kingdom and challenges users to examine and live their daily lives in light of God’s Word. Features include:12 Lessons, plus an introduction to Spiritual Warfare and a guide to using the studyEach lesson features a Kingdom Key, Word Wealth, Kingdom Extra, and a guide to Kingdom Life. Includes strategies to overthrow works of darkness and live in victory More than 1 million SFL guides sold!
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Fireproof Your Marriage Participants Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$8.95Add to cartFireproof Your Marriage will challenge you to love better, love first and love for a lifetime. This six-week study is founded on Biblical principles for strong, God-centered, lifelong marriages. The Fireproof Your Marriage study integrates movie clips from FIREPROOF, along with key Scriptures, thought-provoking questions and devotionals, including concepts from The Love Dare book. For use with the Fireproof Your Marriage Leader’s Kit or Couple’s Kit. Great for small groups or sunday school class. Fireproof Your Marriage includes these six sessions:
He Said/She Said: appreciating the God-designed differences between men and women. He First Loved Us: God’s love for you and how it enables you to love others.
Love for a Lifetime: marriage as a lifelong covenant.
Breaking Free: freeing yourself from temptations that can destroy a marriage.
Forgiveness: offering and receiving forgiveness.
A Better Way of Loving: unconditional love -
Baby Bible Stories About Jesus
$12.99Add to cartA simple and interactive approach to teach Bible stories, Scripture, prayers and worship to toddlers and preschoolers. “Your child will look forward to these Teach Me! Moments when you share God’s Word together.” Three popular titles are available now. The Baby Bible Storybook offers twenty-three favourite Bible stories, like Noah and the Animals, David and Goliath, and Daniel in the Lions’ Den. Teach me to Sing and Pray features forty-six pages of songs and prayers that show the youngest member. . .
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Can You Believe In God And Evolution
$18.99Add to cartThe special edition of this award winning book celebrates the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin.
Since, even before, the publication of Darwin’s seminal work on evolution, science and religion have often been at odds. Even today culture wars continue to rage. How can I be faithful to God and fully enjoy the progress of science? Who is Charles Darwin and what did he actually say? Can you believe in God and evolution? Does teaching evolution corrupt our social values? How can you connect science and faith? Can science be a Christian vocation? So how can we interpret the creation story in the Bible?
Authors Ted Peters and Martinez Hewlett give a balanced discussion of the impact of evolution to help church leaders understand the values at stake. They make the convincing case that Christians can connect their faith in God with a scientific understanding of evolution with integrity -
Way Of Discernment Leaders Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
$12.99Add to cartHow do you discover God’s guidance for personal and congregational decisions? Lead others in exploring paths to clarity in this small group study.
Supporting resource for the Participant’s Book, this guide provides everything leaders need to prepare and conduct small group studies of The Way of Discernment. It offers clear suggestions for the structure of meetings, leadership ideas and specific centering and guided prayers.
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John A Broadus
$19.99Add to cartJohn A. Broadus (1827-1895) was a founding faculty member and the second president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He preached to Robert E. Lee’s army during the Civil War and later wrote the enduring classic, A Treatise on the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons. A. T. Robertson called him “one of the finest fruits of modern Christianity.” Charles Spurgeon deemed him the “greatest of living preachers.” A. H. Newman described Broadus as “perhaps the greatest man the Baptists have produced.”Indeed, the legacy of Broadus lives on today, reflecting a model author, teacher, preacher, scholar, seminary leader, and denominational statesman. This timely new biography, a collection of ten independently contributed chapters that address his work from various angles, presents Broadus as a shining example of balance, careful thinking, and biblical faithfulness in a season when Southern Baptists are seeking to re-establish a new consensus and move forward in the twenty-first century.
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Restoring The Anglican Mind
$16.00Add to cartWith the Lambeth Conference of 2008 in mind, the author presents this timely proclamation to Anglicans across the world of the need to return to a “Western Orthodoxy”. Canon Middleton takes us back to early principles and shows us how they still speak to us today.
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Baby Bible Storybook For Boys
$12.99Add to cartBaby Bible returns with a fresh look and expanded product line. Parents will cherish fun reading time that gently introduces spiritual truth to toddlers. These four titles feature brand new full-color art, updated for today’s kids. Every line accompanied by a hand motion or activity that keeps kids laughing and engaged.
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Way Of Discernment Participants Book (Workbook)
$12.99Add to cartFrom deep within us there’s a desire to do the right thing, to make wise choices, to live in a fruitful manner. There are simple steps anyone can take that will open understanding. The scriptures repeatedly acknowledge the existence of a sure pathway in life.
“Even the most exacting circumstances lies a way that leads to greater understanding of God’s desire and, therefore, of what we are to do,” write the authors. “…We pray for deeper understanding. We wait. We struggle. We search. Then, aha! Understanding comes. Perhaps it flares forth suddenly. Perhaps it emerges with the slow, growing radiance of the morning sun. Either way, we know we have not brought the insight into being ourselves. It comes from beyond us.”
So, how do you discover God’s guidance for personal and congregational decisions? Discover the way to greater clarity in The Way of Discernment, a 10-week study for small groups. More of a journey in discernment than a how-to guide, this study gently leads to a prayerful path for a richer, wiser life.
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Christianity Versus Fatalistic Religions In The War Against Poverty
$21.99Add to cartIVP Print On Demand Title
Most literature and many aid efforts concerned with poverty relief and development function on mathematical assumptions. Those who have more should share with those who have less, thus creating equality. Some would add a moral component saying that those having more are morally wrong and must have gained their surplus from outright theft or unfair trade. But on the side of the needy, religious and secular efforts see only a material problem. Both neglect the devastating power of bad ideas based in religion and social customs. Yet what anyone believes about the building blocks of life will have results; their ideas are like eye glasses that either distort or bring into focus an objective reality. Development work must focus on developing people’s ideas. Cultural change must precede material changes.
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Same Sex Marriage And Religious Liberty
$63.00Add to cartSame-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty explores the religious freedom implications of defining marriage to include same-sex couples. It represents the only comprehensive, scholarly appraisal to date of the church-state conflicts virtually certain to arise from the legal recognition of same-sex marriage.
It explores two principal questions. First, exactly what kind of religious freedom conflicts are likely to emerge if society embraces same-sex marriage? A redefinition of marriage would impact a host of laws where marital status affects legal rights-in housing, employment, health-care, education, public accommodations, and property, in addition to family law. These laws, in turn, regulate a host of religious institutions-schools, hospitals, and social service providers, to name a few-that often embrace a different definition of marriage. As a result, church-state conflicts will follow. This volume anticipates where and how these manifold disputes will arise.
Second, how might these conflicts be resolved? If the disputes spark litigation under the Free Speech, Free Exercise, or Establishment Clauses of the First Amendment, who will prevail and why? When, if ever, should claims of religious liberty prevail over claims of sexual liberty? Drawing on experience in analogous areas of law, the volume explores whether it is possible to avoid these constitutional conflicts by statutory accommodation, or by separating religious marriage from civil marriage.
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Jesus Parables About Priorities
$13.99Add to cartParables slip up on us. They flip our values. They turn our world upside down. They surprise us. This is the great thing about the parables of Jesus: They are always relevant and always personal. They speak eloquently to you and me, here and now. In this book, we will examine some of Jesus’ thought-provoking parables, parables about priorities, to see if we can find ourselves and God’s truth for us in these magnificent “truth-stories.” They are, after all, truth-stories from the mind of Jesus that can change our lives as they proclaim God’s truth for you and me.
Each of the six chapters features a key passage of Scripture and is centered on a theme from one of Jesus’ parables, including
The Priority of Love
The Priority of Grace
The Priority of Being Prepared
The Priority of Courage
The Priority of Forgiveness
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Jothams Journey : A Storybook For Advent
$18.99Add to cartIn this widely popular, exciting story for the advent season, readers follow ten-year-old Jotham across Israel as he searches for his family. Though he faces thieves, robbers, and kidnappers, Jotham also encounters the wise men, shepherds, and innkeepers until at last he finds his way to the Savior born in Bethlehem.
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Rook : A Patrick Bowers Thriller (Reprinted)
$24.00Add to cartAn arsonist has struck a top-secret research facility at a key US naval base. But it’s not just a random terrorist attack. These people were after something specific. When Special Agent Patrick Bowers is called in to investigate, he is drawn into a deadly web of intrigue and deception. With his own criminology research being turned against him and one of the world’s most deadly devices missing, Bowers is caught up in a race against time to stop an international assassin before it’s too late.
Full of fast-paced action and mind-bending plot twist, The Rook is an adrenaline-laced page-turner that will keep readers up all night. Book 2 in the Bowers Files, this riveting look into the criminal mind is the perfect follow-up to James’s well-reviewed The Pawn.
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Quest Of The Hermeneutical Jesus
$91.00Add to cartIntroduction
1. A Brief History Of Hermeneutical Methods In Previous Quests
2. John Dominic Crossan
3. N.T. Wright
ConclusionAdditional Info
The Quest of the Hermeneutical Jesus is a study in how reading documents referring to Jesus influences conclusions as to who Jesus was as a figure in history. In this book, author Robert B. Stewart leads his readers through the projects of two of the most important and influential scholars in the field of historical Jesus research, in order to show his readers how the philosophical presuppositions and hermeneutical methods of Crossan and Wright impact their respective historical conclusions concerning Jesus. There is arguably no more important question in religious studies than: What can we know about Jesus? Stewart takes on the task of filling the void in this area by addressing how hermeneutics influences history. In addition to highlighting the work of two great scholars, Stewart also provides a useful introduction and guide through much of the maze of contemporary literary criticism. -
Great Prayers Of The Old Testament
$20.00Add to cartWhat was ancient Hebrew devotional life actually like? Brueggemann goes behind the scenes to uncover how leading figures—Abraham, Moses, Hannah, David, Solomon, Jonah, Jeremiah, Hezekiah, Ezra, Nehemiah, Daniel, and Job—viewed their own situation, as well as the expectations they had of God.
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Re Enchanting Christianity
$20.99Add to cart“Dave Tomilinson is author of “”The Post Evangelical””, a seminal book which acknowledged the disenchantment with simplistic approaches to faith experienced by many evangelicals. Many, locked into interpretations of Christianity that they can no longer accept, have given up on the Church altogether. But is re-enchantment possible in our post-modern, post-Christian age?Re-enchantment is not a return to credulity or an attempt to recapture lost innocence, but it is finding a realistic faith that reconciles heart and head, that offers a positive, engaging spirituality, that is unafraid of grappling honestly with difficult questions.”
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Showdown : A Paradise Novel
$17.99Add to cartWhen a stranger named Marsuvees Black appears in Paradise, he brings with him a message of hope and love. Or is it death and hate? Perhaps neither – perhaps both. He seems to know too much about the town’s many unspoken secrets, and he himself holds the greatest secret of them all. As black clouds and sandstorms envelop the town, it becomes almost impossible to get in or out. It quicky becomes apparent that Paradise is being isolated for a reason. But why? Ted Dekker’s latest adrenaline-laced thriller has been proclaimed as his most original, daring tale to date. A novel that will take you further than anything he’s ever written. A novel that will leave you wanting more.
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When God Goes To Starbucks (Reprinted)
$19.00Add to cartMore than ever, Christians are bombarded with tough faith questions from their pluralistic friends and neighbors. Many of these emerge as “anti-truth claims” and slogans we are all familiar with:
*Why not just look out for yourself?
*Do what you want-just as long as you don’t hurt anyone
*Miracles violate the laws of nature
*Aren’t people born gay?Paul Copan has been answering questions like these for many years. In When God Goes to Starbucks, he offers readers solid and caring Christian responses to these and many other concerns that are being discussed in Starbucks, shopping malls, youth groups, and schools. Each chapter provides succinct answers and points for countering the cultural questions believers are faced with today.
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Outsider : A Novel (Reprinted)
$19.00Add to cartFor as long as she can remember, Gabrielle Hope has had the gift of knowing-visions that warn of things to come. When she and her mother joined the Pleasant Hill Shaker community in 1807, the community embraced her gift. But Gabrielle fears this gift, for the visions are often ones of sorrow and tragedy. When one of these visions comes to pass, a local doctor must be brought in to save the life of a young man, setting into motion a chain of events that will challenge Gabrielle’s loyalty to the Shakers. As she falls deeper into a forbidden love for this man of the world, Gabrielle must make a choice. Can she experience true happiness in this simple and chaste community? Or will she abandon her brothers and sisters for a life of the unknown?
Soulful and filled with mystery, The Outsider lets readers live within a bygone time among a unique and peculiar people. This tender and thought-provoking story will leave readers wanting more from this writer.
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Moments That Take Your Breath Away
$16.99Add to cartAs the saying goes, “It’s not the number of breaths we take, it is the number of moments that take our breath away.” Every now and then, and more often than we realize, God breaks into the routine and gives us one of those awesome moments, so powerful, so amazing, so beautiful that time seems to stand still.
How long has it been since you had one of those moments? I have had many moments like that. Some were quite dramatic, some were quite memorable, and some were just too beautiful for words. Do you remember the first time you saw the ocean, or a majestic mountain range, or a breathtaking sunset with colors so amazing that you find yourself thinking, Only God could do that!
As we explore in this book some of the many different kinds of moments that take your breath away, it is my hope and prayer that we will all become more aware of and receptive to the myriad breathtaking moments that God has in store for us.
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Wisdom On Getting Along With Parents
$9.99Add to cartFor many teens, the idea of getting along with their parents may seem like an oxymoron. Whether they get along with their parents most of the time or they seem to always be butting heads, Wisdom on Getting Along with Parents can help teens understand both sides a little better and improve their relationship.
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Do Nothing To Change Your Life
$11.95Add to cartWhen was the last time you had a real day off? Ditched the “to do” lists? Switched off the phone? Unplugged the alarm clock? Sat in the bath until the water went cold?
Most of us live at breakneck speed. Busy lives – work, family, friends, endless tasks – leave us with little time to sleep, never mind stopping and reflecting. We urgently need to stop imagining that everything is so urgent. We need to learn to nurture our inner slob.In this generous, life-affirming book, Cottrell invites us to slow down and stop… breathe… and start an adventure of self-discovery and renewed creativity that will improve the way we see life and help us catch a glimpse of God.
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Redemptive Divorce : A Biblical Process That Offers Guidance For The Suffer
$18.99Add to cartA graceful, biblical way to reclaim sanity for the home and dignity for the suffering spouse in a dysfunctional or dangerous marriage.
Thousands of conscientious believers wanting to honor the sacred vows they took before God suffer in dysfunctional, even dangerous marriages. Each and every day they must choose between the lesser of two evils: divorce without sound biblical support or a life of perpetual, unrelenting misery. Somewhere between the secular disregard for the commands of Christ and the sacred unwillingness to deal with real problems of people, there is a way.
The redemptive divorce process is designed to honor the sacredness of the union while offering practical relief for the suffering partner and tough love for the offending spouse. In some cases, it might even be the catalyst for the restoration and rebuilding of the marriage. Practical, provocative, and utterly unique, Redemptive Divorce includes a helpful guide with worksheets for implementation.
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Conspiracy Of Ravens
$17.99Add to cartLady Trent finds her sleuthing skills in high demand in this Victorian murder mystery.
With the help of her partner Dylan Tremayne, Serafina must help her neighbors determine who the true heir is to their sizable estate. Believing they were childless, the Haydens are shocked when Serafina uncovers that their sole child, whom they were lead to believe had died at birth, actually lived and is a criminal in England’s seediest part of town. When the Hayden’s butler is found poisoned, the stakes are raised, as is Serafina’s ever-growing interest in Dylan. Countess Trent has more than murder on her mind.
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People Of The Spirit (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartPeople of the Spirit takes a close and objective look at the third Person of the Trinity. It focuses on the gifts, fruit and fullness offered by the Holy Spirit of God. This study will lead the reader to a greater understanding of the ministry of the Holy Spirit and point them toward personal fulfillment of 1 Corinthians 14:1: “Pursue love and desire spiritual gifts.” Spirit-Filled Life Study Guides are perfect companions to the New Spirit Filled Life Bible or for use on their own. The guides’ interactive approach offers an in-depth look at practical living in God’s kingdom and challenges users to examine and live their daily lives in light of God’s Word. Features include: 12 Lessons, plus an introduction to Spiritual Warfare and a guide to using the study Each lesson features a Kingdom Key, Word Wealth, Kingdom Extra, and a guide to Kingdom Life. Includes strategies to overthrow works of darkness and live in victory More than 1 million SFL guides sold!
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New Strongs Guide To Bible Words
$18.99Add to cartGet more mileage out of your Strong’s Concordance with this English Word Index Every one of the millions of users of Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance can now multiply its usefulness and benefit from the exclusive English Word Index created by Thomas Nelson. A convenient addition to Bible study resources for pastors, scholars, students, and those who want to dig deeper in their personal Bible study, this index offers an easy-to-use format for doing word studies more efficiently and completely. The New Strong’s Guide to Bible Words helps you get the full benefit of your current Bible study resources-giving you access to over 14,000 biblical words, showing all Hebrew or Greek words that lie behind each English word, along with the number of times each occurs, Strong’s numbers, and brief definitions. If you own a Strong’s Concordance, you’ll want the New Strong’s Guide to Bible Words. If you want to do serious word studies, you won’t want to be without this valuable tool.
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This Is My Body
$26.00Add to cartIntroduction
1. His Completely Trustworthy Testament: The Development Of Luther’s Early Eucharistic Teaching, 1517-1521
2. The Truth Of The Divine Words: Luther’s Sermons On The Eucharist, 1521-1528, And The Structure Of Eucharistic Meaning
3. An Intermediate Brilliance: The Words Of Institution And The Gift Of Knowledge In Calvin’s Eucharistic Theology
4. Not Hidden And Far Off: The Bodily Aspect Of Salvation And Its Implications For Understanding The Body In Calvin’s Theology
5. Preaching And Presence: Constructing Calvin’s Homiletic Legacy
6. Reflections On A Mirror: Calvin’s Preaching On Preaching (Deuteronomy 5)
7. He Is Outwith The World…that He May Fill All Things: Calvin’s Exegesis Of The Ascension And It Relation To The Eucharist
8. The Communication Of Efficacy: Calvin’s 1 Corinthians Commentary And The Development Of The Institutes
9. Discerning The Body: The Eucharist And The Christian Social Body In 16th Century Protestant Exegesis
10. Hardened Hearts, Hardened Words: Calvin, Beza, And The Trajectory Of Signification`Additional Info
A leading scholar explores and analyzes the ways Calvin, Luther, and other Reformers understood the presence of Christ in the Eucharist.There are many general surveys of the Reformation available, and they all typically devote some space to how theologians such as Martin Luther and John Calvin understood the Lord’s Supper and Christ’s presence in the bread and wine. However, they usually do not provide a great deal of detail about the development of the Reformers’ thoughts or the finer elements of their respective opinions.
This volume by Thomas Davis fills these gaps with a more narrowly focused study. He devotes several chapters to Luther and to Calvin, examining their use of language and their understanding of the presence of Christ, both in the Lord’s Supper and in the broader sense of his presence in the church.
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Where Love Dwells
$16.00Add to cartEmma Garrett is eagerly anticipating the arrival of spring, when her three children and grandchildren will travel back to Candlewood to celebrate her birthday at Hill House, the boardinghouse she oversees. Though anxious to introduce her sons to Zachary Bredkenwith, the man who’s been courting her, her sons’ own problems-and wounds deeply hidden since childhood-soon overshadow her joy.
As Zachary presses Emma for an answer to his marriage proposal, Emma faces a host of dilemmas. Struggling to help her children, to determine the fate of Hill House, and plan her future with Zachary, Emma must rely on her wits, her determination, and her faith to help her fully understand the meaning of family, friendship, and love.
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Way Of Discernment
$22.00Add to cartHow can Christians invite God into their decision making? Liebert, who teaches spirituality at San Francisco Theological Seminary, says that discernment is about aligning human will with God’s. Unlike ordinary decision making, it requires prayer and the accountability of a faith community to help us know which way to go. Drawing on Christian thinkers through the ages, from Ignatius of Loyola and Jonathan Edwards to Frederick Buechner and Thomas Merton, Liebert teaches that discernment is both a spiritual gift and an acquired habit that can be honed through regular practice. To that end, she provides extensive exercises to help readers identify and work through discernment issues in their own lives. Readers should plan to take time with this book, because the exercises yield their richest rewards through careful and slow implementation-ideally over a period of 11 weeks. While the author cautions that absolute certainty is rarely possible, a diligent practice of discernment can lead to confirmation. Liebert’s wise spiritual counsel will aid many seekers as they determine their next step.
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ScreamFree Parenting : The Revolutionary Approach To Raising Your Kids By K
$14.99Add to cartParents are facing the toughest challenge of their lives. They want to create a loving family environment filled with mutual respect and cooperation… but they find instead that human nature and the influence of our culture combine to produce an atmosphere of anxiety, exhaustion, and far too much screaming. Perhaps you can relate!
Whether you scream at your children or not, you no doubt feel anxious about them and their choices. You worry how they’ll turn out. Unfortunately for parents, many of the techniques some experts present only seem to make matters worse. Hal Edward Runkel has discovered why: Parents are spending far too much time orbiting their lives around their children. They need to return the focus to themselves. They need to grow up and calm down.
ScreamFree Parenting is about taming your reactive responses to your deep anxiety. Rather than learning new techniques, you’ll discover the liberating principles, based on scriptural truths, that are inspiring parents just like you to revolutionize their family life. Principles that will enable you to remain cool, calm, and connected with your children, no matter what.
Learn how to parent less out of your deepest fears and more out of the highest principles in ScreamFree Parenting.
Special edition distributed through Christian booksellers.
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Light To The Darkness
$21.95Add to cartLight to the Darkness is a fresh interpretation of the well-loved Advent traditionof Lessons and Carols. Replacing the usual scriptural readings from the Old and New Testaments are first-person dramatic monologues based on these and other passages of scripture. Special emphasis is given to the role of the prophets, pointing the way to the Messiah and offering guidance to the Hebrew people, while providing very contemporary guidance for the 21st-century.
With a reading for each day of Advent, churches can choose pieces for their services of Lessons and Carols, while individuals can use the book for private devotions. Suggested music for these services is also included, encompassing a broad range of selections to accommodate parishes? needs and abilities. -
Celebrations : All Age Worship
$24.99Add to cartThis book is a ready to use resource for all age worship services on the theme of celebrations. Using a wide range of innovative teaching activities, users will be able to simply and easily put on family services. It includes drama, poetry,prayers, activity
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Saints And Scoundrels Of The Bible
$17.99Add to cartDiscover a new approach to Scripture with this imaginative way of looking at things that are right in front of us, all while delving deep into biblical truths. There are many ways to learn about the Bible, even if it seems to be totally familiar to us. It is, in fact, full of so many little known, interesting stories like the ones that rivet today’s audiences — full of intrigue and surprising changes of character. Broken up into individual sections, such as “Freaks and Geeks,” “Dashers and Vixens,” “Big Shots and Mug Shots,” “Leaders and Laborers,” and “Prophets and Losses,” it can be read a bit at a time. Saints & Scoundrels of the Bible reveals many of the little-known facts about Scripture in an entertaining and informative manner, so the reader will be fascinated and constantly saying, “I didn’t know that! ” With chapters such as “The Trickster Trailed,” “The Perils of Paul,” “Tempting Tamar,” “A Greedy Grandmother,” and “The Deadly Dance,” readers will turn each page to find out what happens next in these captivating tales. This clever new way of reading Scripture puts a light-hearted twist on old stories, all while drawing the reader closer to God’s truth. There is nothing old or boring in this creative approach to learning about the Bible.
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Aging And Ministry In The 21 Century
$13.00Add to cartAging faithfully is a blessing and a challenge and Richard Gentzler is an expert on the subject. In his newest book on aging, Gentzler offers church leaders a structured approach to implementing strong ministries by, with, and for older adults. In addition to the practical issues of programming, the book takes on more difficult topics of aging including chronic conditions, depression, and death. He also recommends that churches pay special attention to the needs of the boomer generation, since they are now becoming the older adults who will determine the church’s path for years to come.
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In The Bleak Midwinter
$11.99Add to cartOnce again, well-known and beloved author Herbert Brokering offers spiritual nourishment, this time based on Christina Georgina Rossetti’s Christmas carol, “In the Bleak Midwinter.” This set of forty meditations and prayers can be opened at leisure or followed as a guide to daily devotions. Either way, it is a rich and imaginative reflection on the incarnation as God’s continual gift to us. The overall tone of the book shows the depth and beauty, paradoxes and perplexities of the nativity.
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Anatomy Of Grace
$17.00Add to cartCombining lively prose and creative insight, pastor and radio host Peter W. Marty probes the intricacies of daily human experience and invites readers to reconsider their faith lives with fresh eyes. In this collection of reflections from a pastoral heart, Marty carefully slices the contours of divine grace and views them in micro- and macroscopic fashion for the sake of appreciating the magnificence of the body of Christ- the church.
The Anatomy of Grace takes well-worn religious language from another era and refashions it into powerful speech for the twenty-first century Christian. Organized around the themes of serendipitous grace, unobtrusive grace, ordinary grace, surprising grace, mysterious grace, and weightless grace, the work is both a treatise on living the Christian life well and a stirring reminder of why congregational life matters so significantly in America.
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Sharper Than A Two Edged Sword
$19.99Add to cartKeen insight for preaching and teaching Scripture are to be found in these pages. Several respected scholars here discuss how to read and live the Bible theologically in our contemporary context. Editors Michael Root and James Buckley maintain that these essays, though varied, share at least three assumptions: (1) The word of God (not necessarily human preaching and teaching) is “sharper than any two-edged sword.” (2) Preaching, teaching, and living the Bible are firmly yet delicately intertwined in the communion of saints. (3) There are distinctive ministries of preaching and teaching in the church as well as other liturgical and diaconal ministries. With its complementary reflections from theologians, exegetes, and preachers, Sharper Than a Two-Edged Sword will appeal to any clergy or laypeople who find themselves uncertain about how to relevantly preach, teach, and live the Bible today.
