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Turn Your Radio On
$19.99Add to cartTurn Your Radio On tells the fascinating stories behind gospel music’s most unforgettable songs, including “Amazing Grace,” “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” “He Touched Me,” “I’ll Fly Away,” “Were You There?” and many more. These are the songs that have shaped our faith and brought us joy. You’ll find out: What famous song traces back to a sailor’s desperate prayer, What Bill Gaither tune was recorded by Elvis Presley in 1969 — and won a Grammy, What song was born during a carriage ride through Washington, D.C., at the onset of the Civil War. Turn Your Radio On is an inspiring journey through the songs that are part of the roots of our faith today.
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Christheart : A Way Of Knowing Jesus
$20.00Add to cartKNOW MY PURPOSE
Awakening: The Boy Jesus In The Temple (Luke 2:41-52)
Setting Out: Jesus’ Baptism (Matthew 3:13-17;Mark1:2-11; Luke 3:21-22)
The Temptation: Setting Priorities (Matthew 4:1-11;Luke 4:1-13)
Beginning The Adventure: Jesus’ Mission Statement (Matthew 4:18-22;Mark
1:16-20;Luke 4:14-30;5:1-11; John 1:35-42)
Invitation: Jesus’ Plea To All Humankind (Matthew 11:28-30)KNOW WHO I AM
A First Glimpse Of Glory: The Wedding At Cana (John 2:1-12)
Being Family/Being Oneself: Jesus’ Definition Of The Family (Mark
3:1-44;6:1-4)
Who Am I To You?: Jesus’ Question To His Inner Circle (Matthew
16:13-16;17:1-8)
One Last Chance: The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:20-30)KNOW MY GRACE
Confrontation With Grace: The Samaritan Woman (John 4:1-20)
First Things First: Jesus And Nicodemus (John 3:1-21)
Doing The Right Thing: Healing The Man With The Shriveled Hand (Mark 3:1-6)
Forgiving Sins: The Woman Caught In Adultery (John 8:1-11)
Facing Persistence: The Canaanite Woman (Matthew 15:21-28)
Lifting People Up: Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10)KNOW MY POWER
Multiplying Loaves And Fishes: Feeding The Hungry (John 6:1-15)
Order Out Of Chaos: Healing The Demon-Possessed Man (Mark 5:1-20)
The Wrath Of God: Cleansing The Temple (John 2: 12-25)
Unwrapping Souls: Raising Lazarus (John 11:1-44)KNOW MY COMPASSION
Friends Helping Friends: Healing Thee Paralytic (Mark 2:1-12)
The Hem Of His Garment: Healing A Suffering Woman (Mark 5:21-43)
Reversing Roles: Washing Feet (John 13:1-17)
The Child’s Way: The Only Way (Mark 10:13-16;Matthew 18:1-6;19:13-15;Luke
18:15-17)
The Power Of One Thing: Mary And Martha (Luke 10:38-41)KNOW MY INITIATIVE
Honoring Doubt: Appearing To The Disciples (John 20:19-29)
Second Chances: Reinstating Peter (John 21:1-19)
Waling On Water: Calming Seas And Hearts (Matthew 14:22-33;Mark 6:45-61)
Do You Want To Get Well?: Healing Thee Man At Bethesda’s Pool (John 5:1-15)KNOW MY LOVE
Seeing The Light: Healing Blindness (John 9:1-41)
Receiving Love: Jesus’ Feet Anointed By Mary (Luke 7:36-50)
Surrender: Jesus In Gethsemane (Matthew 26:36-46)
Love’s Way: The Cross Event (Matthew 26:47-75;27:27-55;John 19:17-27)KNOW MY PRESENCE
Drawing Near: Jesus’ Appearance To Mary (John 20:10-18)
Making All Things New: Jesus On The Emmaus Road (Matthew 28:19-20;Luke
24:13-49)Additional Info
ChristHeart is a book of meditations based on thirty-four (34) events or teachings from the life of Jesus Christ. The reader is invited to enter more fully into the life of the human Jesus and to identify with the feelings and thoughts of Christ as he carried out his earthly ministry.Designed to facilitate contemplative prayer, the author encourages readers to imagine the responses of Jesus as he dealt with conflict, entered into friendship with the disciples and others, and healed people and taught them about a vital, personal, love relationship with God. The reader can enter into the experiences of Jesus by reading a selected scripture from the Gospels and one of the meditations, and then picturing the scene and identifying with the feelings and thoughts of Jesus in that scene.
At the end of each meditation is a question to encourage reflection and a deepening of one’s own understanding of how the life of Christ intersects with and transforms the reader’s life.
Miley has written seven mediations for each of the thirty-five (35) Gospel stories
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Following Jesus In The Hindu Context
$15.99Add to cartNarayan Vaman Tilak was raised in western India in a Brahmin family as a Hindu of the highest caste. He was an ardent nationalist and gifted poet. Baptized in 1895, he remained one of the most highly placed Hindu leaders to turn to faith in Jesus Christ. This book tells Tilak’s story as a pioneer in Protestant mission history.
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25 Most Treasured Gospel Hymn Stories
$13.99Add to cartPull up a chair and listen as Osbeck tells the spellbinding stories behind 25 beloved American gospel hymns. . .stories you’ll recall each time you hear the melodies! Now you can cherish a song like “The Old Rugged Cross” with an even deeper reverence. . .and a fresh awareness of its American roots!
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Pilgrim Souls : A Collection Of Spiritual Autobiography
$33.95Add to cartWhat is the source of personal writing? When do we begin to consider our own lives worthy of a story? These powerful and passionate selections of spiritual autobiography do not merely represent a vital literary tradition; they bring together fifty-eight writers whose search for truth and understanding has spanned over two millennia and several continents.
From Saint Augustine and Rabi’a to T. S. Eliot and Kathleen Norris, each of these autobiographers tells the story of the inner life as a spiritual quest. Although separated culturally, historically, and linguistically, they are united by their efforts to respond to Socrates’ challenge to “know thyself.” In four parts this insightful collection includes works by:
* Wanderers and seekers, like Leo Tolstoy and Thomas Merton, who feverishly explore many experiences and world views
* Pilgrims and missionaries, like Anne Bradstreet and David Livingstone, who unwaveringly pursue God and holiness in lives of self-sacrifice
* Mystics and visionaries, like Julian of Norwich and Annie Dillard, who discover the ecstasy of epiphany in a life of contemplation and seclusion
* Scholars and philosophers, like Simone Weil and Blaise Pascal, who seek to ground spiritual conviction in a rational certitude.Strong, deep, and enduring, the selections in this illuminating anthology remind us that “the unexamined life is not worth living” and speak to us with an immediacy that transcends time and space.
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Divine Romance : Turn Back O City Turn Back O Bride Of God
$14.99Add to cart63 Chapters
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A book of power, beauty, and grandeur. Rarely has a piece of Christian Love Story literature combined the simplicity of the storytelling art with the profound depths of the Christian faith. In this sweeping saga, spanning from eternity to eternity, you will discover some of the deepest riches afforded the believer. Like some mighty symphony, here is a majestic rendition of the love of God. Behold the story of the Crucifixion and Resurrection as it has never before been presented … from the view of angels! Be there when, rising from the dead, the Lord brings forth his beautiful bride. The story concludes at the consummation of the ages, when a victorious Lord takes his bride to himself. This truly is the greatest love story ever told! -
Meeting Place (Reprinted)
$18.00Add to cartSet along the rugged coastline of 18th century Canada in what was then called Acadia (now Nova Scotia and New Brunswick), The Meeting Place re-creates a world that was home to native Indians, French settlers, and English garrisons. Such diverse populations did not live in accord, however. Instead, they were isolated within their own groups by a brewing political tension under the difficult English rule.
Amid such chaotic times two women, both about to become brides and both trying to live lives of quiet peace, meet in a lush field of wildflowers. Louisa, a Frenchwoman, and Catherine, who is English, continue to meet secretly through the seasons, sharing both friendship and growing faith.
The outside world does not mirror their own tranquil happiness, and the dreaded crackdown by the English throne threatens far more than their growing bond. In the face of a heart-wrenching dilemma, Louisa and Catherine strive to maintain their faith and cling to their dreams of family and home.
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Inheriting Paradise : Meditations On Gardening
$15.50Add to cartThe garden is a personal place of retreat and delight and labor for many people. Gardening helps us collect ourselves, much as praying does. For rich and poor – it makes no difference – a garden is a place where body and soul are in harmony.
In Inheriting Paradise Vigen Guroian offers an abundant vision of the spiritual life found in the cultivation of God’s good creation. Capturing the earthiness and sacramental character of the Christian faith, these uplifting meditations bring together the experience of space and time through the cycle of the seasons in the garden and relate this fundamental human experience to the cycle of the church year and the Christian seasons of grace.The tilling of fresh earth; the sowing of seeds; the harvesting of rhubarb and roses, dillweed and daffodils – Guroian finds in the garden our most concrete connection with life and God’s gracious giving. His personal reflections on this connection, complemented here by delicate woodcut illustrations, offer a compelling entry into Christian spirituality.
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Is Life Fair (Reprinted)
$13.00Add to cartPreface To The Second Edition
Preface To The First Edition
Chapter 1. Strong In Broken Places
Chapter 2. Loving God… For Nothing
Chapter 3. What Judas Did Not Know
Chapter 4. Medicine And Prayer: The Ways Of Healing Grace
Chapter 5. Is Life Fair?
Chapter 6. When It Isn’t The Thought That Counts
Chapter 7. The Rugged Side Of Easter
Chapter 8. What Should We Say?Additional Info
When life is complex, hearts are broken, and dreams go unfulfilled, we do not need words that are misty-eyed with shallow sentimentality, starry-eyed with naive optimism, or dry-eyed with cold logic. Rather, we need words that are clear-eyed with realism and wide-eyed with hope.These are the kinds of words that fill the pages of Charles E. Poole’s bestselling title Is Life Fair? Good Words for Hard Times. They are not perfect words or final words. Rather they are hopeful, good words for the weary ones who must stumble around on the rugged terrain of hard times.
This second edition contains a new introduction by Poole to further provide words of hope for some of life’s toughest struggles, darkest tragedies, and deepest mysteries
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Never Lick A Frozen Flagpole
$15.95Add to cartKeep this book nearby for those times when you need a smile to brighten your day, or just want to laugh out loud at life’s many amusing circumstances! Phillips offers a collection of humorous stories and uplifting spiritual insights that will motivate and encourage you with reminders of God’s love.
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Psalms Of Lament (Large Type)
$20.00Add to cartIf you’ve ever mourned the loss of a loved one, you can identify fully with Christian poet Weems’s poignant verses concerning her grief and anguish over her own son’s death. Like the Hebrew psalmist, she manifests a variety of emotions as she bares her soul before God. Would make an appropriate gift for someone who suffers.
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Prayers Encircling The World
$38.00Add to cartThis anthology of contemporary prayer reflects the truly ecumenical and international character of the Christian community, with prayers from more than sixty countries. A peasant from El Salvador prays in these pages alongside a businessman from the United States and a group of African mothers. The 300 prayers repesent a wide spectrum of Christian traditions, including Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Methodist, Reformed, and Evangelical. The themes range over life’s experiences: work and rest, war and peace, family and community, grief and joy, provery and plenty, churches and nations – all find their place in this tapestry of prayer.
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Match Made In Heaven
$14.99Add to cartSometimes a lost love is found years later and other times divine intervention is the only explanation for A Match made In Heaven! Then as now we find ourselves in a world where news of the spectacular and the sensational often overshadows the small but special moments of greatness, of extraordinary acts by ordinary men and women. Such is the story of a German war bride and an American soldier, or an 85 year old doctor who thought she was only wedded to her work, or a widow with three children and very little money, or a workaholic who couldn’t find love right under his nose. . .read on and learn to believe again that life is full, exhilarating and love is all around us
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Bright Intervals
$14.95Add to cartThese services with meditations are appropriate for any setting or occasion, but are especially useful for worship services in health care centers, retirement homes, and hospitals. Themes will have special meaning for older adults, while humor and narrative stories enliven the message.
These brief worship services with pastoral meditations are appropriate for any informal setting or special occasion. They will be particularly helpful for those who plan worship services for health care centers, retirement homes, hospitals, and nursing homes.
The selected theme of each meditation and service are of broad interest to a wide age spectrum, but will have special meaning for older adults. Beringer uses both humor and narrative stories to enliven the message.
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Fuego Vivo Viento Fresco – (Spanish)
$9.99Add to cartThe times are urgent, God is on the move, now is the moment to ask God to ignite his fire in your soul!
Jim Cymbala believes that Jesus wants nothing more than to renew and revive his people to call us back from spiritual dead ends that lead only to apathy and lukewarm religion.
As pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, one of America’s most remarkable churches, he knows firsthand the transforming power of God’s love – strong enough to convert prostitutes, pimps, drug addicts, homeless people, and transvestites. Strong enough to draw professional men and women, blacks, whites, and Hispanics together in worship. Strong enough to rekindle our own dull hearts and flagging spirits.
Twenty-five years ago, the Brooklyn Tabernacle could barely draw twenty people to a Sunday service. Today it is six thousand strong, a testament of what God can do when men and women begin to pour out their hearts to God.
The story of what has happened to a broken-down church in one of America’s meanest neighborhoods points the way to a new spiritual vitality in the church and in your own life. But don’t look in this book for faddish techniques – you wont’ find them. And while the Tabernacle today has an interracial membership and world-renowned choir, don’t look for an emphasis on cross culturalism, numbers, or well-orchestrates worship music.
Instead look for what God can do when a handful of people humble themselves and take the Gospel seriously. When believers turn to their last and only recourse – their knees – and discover there the life-changing reality of the Holy Spirit.
Whether you’re a pastor or a layperson, if you’re hungry for more of God, this book will break your heart and restore your passion.
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Hearts Rest
$12.95Add to cartAuthor Kathryn Popio suddenly lost her thirteen-year-old son, Macaulay, in 1988. Her chronicled steps toward healing will inspire and uplift others who have lost a child.
Popio writes, “It is my hope in sharing these experiences that they will also help someone else work through to a better resolution of their sorrow.”
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Light And Death
$19.99Add to cartBegun in 1994, The Atlanta Study is the first comprehensive investigation of its kind into near-death experiences (NDEs). The study’s name hardly captures what lies behind it: life-and-death dramas played out in operating rooms and hospital beds–and simultaneous events unseen by medical personnel but reported with astonishing clarity and conviction by nearly 50 individuals who returned from death’s door. Now the founder of The Atlanta Study, Dr. Michael Sabom reveals their impact on the people who have experienced them. From both medical and personal perspectives, he shares the electrifying stories of men and women from all walks of life and religious persuasions. He explores the clinical effect of the NDE on survival and healing and discloses surprising findings. He questions some common conclusions about NDEs. And he scrutinizes near-death experiences in the light of what the Bible has to say about death and dying, the realities of light and darkness, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Bendiciones Del Quebrantamient – (Spanish)
$11.99Add to cartConsidering that life can deliver hard punches in our lives, can we with all sincerity believe that God can bring good out of our crisis? But there is also another possibility: we might discover a richness in our lives that we might not have encountered otherwise.
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My Souls Been Anchored
$19.99Add to cartRev. Beecher Hicks Jr. knows that great preaching and great storytelling go hand in hand. He believes in the power of imagination to teach us about God and about life, and he knows that nothing can spark the imagination like a story well told. In My Soul’s Been Anchored, he presents vivid portrayals of the biblical truth shining through people he has known and experiences he has had.
Family, friends, church members, neighbors. . .well-loved faces peer from these pages. In their warm humanity they illustrate simple, profound lessons that touch us all. You’ll meet “Uncle Mugga,” a woman poor in money but rich in love for neighborhood children. Reverend Jones, whose dentures flew out over the pupil in mid-prayer. Mother Jackson, everybody’s mother at Second Baptist Church. Wilson McCray, who ran his shoes off praising God. Each person is a unique, creative snapshot — sometimes funny, sometimes poignant — of a living faith that helps us overcome obstacles, love God and each other more effectively, and make this world a better place.
Dr. Hicks’ stories read the way his sermons preach — full of life, feeling, and beauty. My Soul’s Been Anchored captures in print the oral tradition of the great African-American preachers — the cadences, the rhythms, the passion, the urgency. And the vision. Dr. Hicks says, “This is a time to rise above our limitations and set our sights on those things that the world believes are beyond us.” He encourages us to reach for purpose, to put our faith in motion, to never give up on our potential or God’s promises. Here is storytelling at its finest from a gifted writer and preacher, with universal truths that speak to every culture.
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Burdensome Joy Of Preaching
$20.99Add to cartIn this volume, James Earl Massey explores the sense of burden and the sense of joy that accompany the preaching task. He gives attention to the preacher’s sense of both the inward side of the task and the outward side of preaching. He then considers the togetherness that earnest preachers seek to experience with their hearers, followed by reflec- tions on the planning necessary for the eventfulness that preaching was ordained by God to offer. 102 page soft- cover from Abingdon Press.
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C S Lewis A Print On Demand Title
$29.99Add to cartA compulsive writer from childhood, C. S. Lewis saw the world primarily through the medium of books. He read voraciously, and his own writing covers a broad range of genres. This timely study of C. S. Lewis casts a unique light on this beloved figure by tracing his development as a reader and a writer of books.
Lionel Adey shows how the two sides of Lewis’s personality, for which Adey adopts the motifs of “the Dreamer” and “the Mentor,” are key to understanding Lewis’s writing in its various modes. Adey describes Lewis’s early development and then devotes a chapter to each kind of writing he attempted: literary history, practical and theoretical criticism, novels for adults and for children, poetry, apologetics, essays and addresses, and letters. Throughout, Adey discusses formative biographical events in Lewis’s life, such as the death of his mother when he was nine years old. Adey concludes with an estimate of Lewis’s achievement and enduring legacy as a writer.
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Whats So Amazing About Grace Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cart1. The Last Best Word
2. What Grace Is And Isn’t
3. Grace In The Bible
4. Forgiveness: An Unnatural Act
5. Why Forgive?
6. Getting Even
7. The Arsenal Of Grace
8. Oddballs, Jesus, And Me
9. Loopholes
10. Grace Avoidance
11. Morality, Politics, And Grace
12. Serpent Wisdom
13. Patches Of Green
14. Gravity And Grace
160 PagesAdditional Info
We speak of grace often. But do we understand it? More important, do we truly believe in it … and do our lives proclaim it as powerfully as our words? In What’s So Amazing About Grace?, award-winning author Philip Yancey explores grace at street level. If grace is God’s love for the undeserving, he asks, then what does it look like in action? And if Christians are its sole dispensers, then how are we doing at lavishing grace on a cruel and pain-filled world? -
Evangelism Made Slightly Less Difficult
$24.99Add to cartContents
15 Chapters In Four Parts
Total Pages 178Additional Info
MOST PEOPLE JUST AREN’T INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT JESUS.
(NO WONDER EVANGELISM IS SO HARD!)They are quite satisfied with their lives, quite content with their beliefs and see no need to change.
So how can we get them interested and make evangelism just slightly less difficult? Nick Pollard has been doing this for years and has some ideas on how we can do it too.
This book explains why people think the way they do and offers some practical suggestions on how to reach them. The author shows how we can break through the barrier of disinterest and help people want to know about Jesus and why he can and should make a difference in their lives. He also provides ways to answer their tough questions and lead them in their first steps to faith in Christ.
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Natalies Rose (DVD)
$7.99Add to cartNatalie Canton’s world is turned upside down when she loses her mother to cancer on Valentine’s Day. Now the heartbroken 15-year-old feels that all she has left of her beloved mother is a fragile white rose, her only symbol of hope. As a much-needed distraction, Natalie’s father sends her to Nevada to spend Christmas on her aunt’s ranch. On the first day, the rose falls from her coat pocket undetected and into the riding corral, where a pure white horse appears in its place the next day. Natalie names the horse Rose, and as she learns to care for her, she slowly begins to heal.
Natalie’s Rose is a simple, metaphorical story of comfort and assurance. This heartwarming family film teaches many truths about life while letting viewers learn, along with Natalie, that death is part of life, but love is eternal.
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Next Place
$16.95Add to cartThe Next Place is an inspirational journey of light and hope to a place where earthly hurts are left behind. An uncomplicated journey of awe and wonder to a destination without barriers.
Lose yourself in the uplifting sense of comfort and serenity. Embrace the joyful spirit of oneness. Then pour yourself into the lives of those you love.
The Next Place is, above all, a celebration of life. Hear the music. Feel the warmth. And be carried away along life’s everlasting flight.
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How Good Do We Have To Be
$18.99Add to cartFrom the author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People comes an inspiring new bestseller that puts human feelings of guilt and inadequacy in perspective – and teaches us how we can learn to accept ourselves and others even when we and they are less than perfect. How Good Do We Have to Be? is for everyone who experiences that sense of guilt and disappointment. Harold Kushner, writing with his customary generosity and wisdom, shows us how human life is too complex for anyone to live it without making mistakes, and why we need not fear the loss of God’s love when we are less than perfect. Harold Kushner begins by offering a radically new interpretation of the story of Adam and Eve, which he sees as a tale of Paradise Outgrown rather than Paradise Lost: eating from the Tree of Knowledge was not an act of disobedience, but a brave step forward toward becoming human, complete with the richness of work, sexuality and child-rearing, and a sense of our mortality.
Drawing on modern literature, psychology, theology,,and his own thirty years of experience as a congregational rabbi, Harold Kushner reveals how acceptance and forgiveness can change our relationships with the most important people in our lives and help us meet the bold and rewarding challenge of being human.
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Finding Peace In Lifes Storms
$15.99Add to cartCharles Spurgeon unwraps God’s gift of hope as he presents us with strong encouragement and a powerful tool for surviving daily struggles and temptations. This book will renew and strengthen your walk with Christ as you discover how to: Weather difficult personal storms, Experience God’s secure protection, Receive daily strength and encouragement, Turn painful memories into blessings, Build a solid foundation of faith and trust, Receive the outpouring of God’s love, Replace fear and doubt with peace, Know that Jesus will never let you go and Be assured of your salvation.
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If I Do Say So Myself
$9.94Add to cartThis third volume of poetry by Armstrong covers many topics in a variety of styles. The poems are separated into three sections — From Biblical Texts, Random Thoughts and From My Distant Past. In addition to being useful in personal devotions and meditations, they will also be a helpful source of illustrations for pastors, teachers and others in their preaching and speaking. A topical index and an index of first lines are included.
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Heart And Soul
$16.99Add to cartDr. Gary Morsch is living proof that ordinary, faithful people can do extraordinary things. This dedicated physician founded a grassroots relief organization that has currently delivered over 100 million dollars worth of medical supplies to the poor in Bosnia, Rwanda, Somalia, and elsewhere. His story in Heart and Soul: Awakening Your Passion to Serve, is sure to challenge and inspire you! Introduction by Tony Campolo.
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Emotional Freedom Workbook (Workbook)
$17.98Add to cartWhen your dreams get derailed, the culprit can usually be found hiding in your emotional life. It is a pattern of attitudes, habits, or relationships that won’t allow you to move forward, no matter how much you tell yourself you want to.
Negative feelings and unhealthy beliefs may have slowed you down and locked you up for years, getting in the way of your best intentions. You may need help breaking free from:
*Shame–because it locks you into your past
*Procrastination–because you are afraid to try
*Depression–because you have not grieved your sorrows
*Unhealthy Relationships–because they distract you from your unique purpose in lifeThese restrictive emotional traps needlessly deprive you of intimacy, trust, friendships, good feelings, rest, and peace of mind. By challenging them, and the self–destructive behaviors that may accompany them, you can learn to live life in a totally new way.
Based on the New Life Clinic Program, The Emotional Freedom Workbook will help you get past emotional obstacles and embark on an exciting spiritual pilgrimage.
This biblically and psychologically sound workbook will teach you better ways of thinking and help you experience a new sense of personal worth and inner strength as well as a full range of joyous emotions. You can successfully reclaim happiness, fulfillment, satisfying relationships, healthy attitudes, and inner peace.
Break free from emotional traps and learn to live life to the fullest with The Emotional Freedom Workbook.
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Subversive Spirituality
$29.99Add to cart25 Chapters
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According to respected pastor, author, and teacher Eugene Peterson, “the Christian life, in one of its main aspects, is a recovery of what was lost in Fall. We happen upon, we notice, we reach out and touch things and ideas, people and events, and among these the Holy Scriptures themselves, that were there all along but that our ego-swollen souls or our sin-blurred eyes quite simply overlooked–sometimes for years and years and years….”In Submissive Spirituality Peterson has gathered together a host of writings penned over the past twenty-five years that reflect on the overlooked facets of the spiritual life. Comprising occasional pieces, short biblical studies, poetry, pastoral readings, and interviews, this work captures the epiphanies of life with the pleasing pastoral style and inspiring depth of insight for which Peterson is well known.
Freshly phrased and refreshingly honest, these reflections will–as do all of Peterson’s writings–help lead readers into a deeper understanding of the spiritual meaning of the Christian life.
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Honestly
$19.99Add to cart1. The Distant Rumble
2. How Do You Mend a Broken Heart?
3. Hiding in the Shadows
4. Winter
5. Why Are You Afraid?
6. Paralyzed by Shame
7. The Longest Night
8. Forgiveness Comes Full Circle
9. The Companionship of Brokenness
10. Following the Shepherd
11. The Incredible Lightness of Grace
12. Stand Up and Walk
224 PagesAdditional Info
Talented and beautiful, Sheila Walsh seemed to be on top of the world. But behind her public success as a performing artist and talk show host, a private story was unfolding. Unable to cope with the inner turmoil that plagued her, Sheila stepped down as co-host of television’s “700 Club” to deal with a pain too pressing to ignore. Honestly takes you on a journey past the walls that most of us put up and into the recesses of one woman’s heart. With rare grace, Sheila shares the story of her pilgrimage — the journey of a soul as it moved from hopelessness, to honesty, to freedom, and ultimately, to a life of deepened faith and joy. -
Streams In The Desert Updated Edition
$15.99Add to cartIn a barren wilderness, L. B. Cowman long ago discovered a fountain that sustained her, and she shared it with the world, Streams in the Desert — her collection of prayerful meditations, Christian writings, and God’s written promises–has become one of the most dearly loved, best-selling devotionals of all time since its first publication in 1925. Filled with insight into the richness of God’s provision and the purpose of His plan, this enduring classic has encouraged and inspired generations of Christians. I heard the flow of hidden springs; before me palms rose green and fair; The birds were singing; all the air was filled and stirred with angels’ wings. Now James Reimann, editor of the highly acclaimed updated edition of My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers, again brings us the wisdom of the past in the language of today, by introducing this updated edition of Streams in the Desert. With fresh, contemporary wording and precise NIV text, the timeless message of the original flows unhindered through these pages, lending guidance and hope to a new generation of believers. We never know where God has hidden His streams. We see a large stone and have no idea that it covers the source of a spring. We see a rocky areas and never imagine that it is hiding a fountain. God leads me into hard and difficult places, and it is there I realize I am where eternal streams abide. Day by day, Streams in the Desert will lead you from life’s dry desolate places to the waters of the River of Life — and beyond, to their very Source.
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Journey Home : A Walk With Bob Benson
$15.99Add to cart1. A Place Called Home
2. The Journey Begins
3. You Made Me What I Am
4. Letting Things Grow
5. Children
6. The Fine Print
7. Reading Deep
8. Who’s Got The Urn?
9. The Fellowship Of Suffering
10. Home At Last135 Pages
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“The sin is not in breaking rules-it’s in holding back…”Those who walked closest with Bob Benson say he knew how to get the most out of life. The Journey Home is for people who need to hear Bob for the first time. And for people who need to hear him for the first time – again. You’ll look at life differently after you hear Bob talk. He’ll help you hear the unspoken lessons your families, your circumstances, and the world around you are teaching. He invites you into the wonder of the ordinary.
In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of Bob Benson’s death, his wife, Peg, and family friend and writer Karen Dean Fry offer you a rare opportunity to share intimately in the life journey of this special man. In addition to the very best selections from Bob Benson’s writings, The Journey Home includes reflections from many whose lives Bob touched, including James Dobson, Amy Grant, Gloria Gaither, and others. Their words are a tribute to his legacy.
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Reggies Prayer (DVD)
$7.99Add to cartReggie White stars as a football superstar turned high school history teacher who coaches at-risk kids in the inner city. Having recently retired at the height of his career, Reggie Knox is shaken when a young child is killed in a convenience store robbery. Not long after taking a job teaching and coaching troubled teens, Reggie discovers that neighborhood gangster, Mr. Portola (pro wrestler “The Big Show”), has been using the students in his local crime ring. When a young football player is kidnapped, it’s up to Reggie to get him back safely. A wild chase pits Reggie against Portola, while the life of a 16-year-old boy hangs in the balance between good and evil.
Reggie’s strong Christian faith is a powerful testament in this inspirational family film. Taking a lesson from Jesus’ “Parable of the Lost Sheep,” Reggie’s Prayer shows that one child’s salvation supersedes any material possession, including a Super Bowl ring. The cast includes cameos by Brett Favre and M.C. Hammer.
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Autumnal Tints
$9.95Add to cartTwo institutions of New England, our fall colors and Henry David Thoreau, are brought together in this posthumously published rumination on Nature. Autumnal Tints was originally published in the October 1862 Atlantic Monthly. “October is the month for painted leaves. Their rich glow now flashes round the world. As fruits and leaves and the day itself acquire a bright tint just before they fall, so the year near its setting. October is its sunset sky; November the later twilight.”
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Stories For The Heart
$19.00Add to cartNourish your soul and nurture your spirit with this treasury of tales rooted in God’s Word. All your favorite authors, from Max Lucado to Kay Arthur, Billy Graham to Alice Gray, James Dobson to Chuck Swindoll, share uplifting stories and poems about love, compassion, family, virtue, and more. This collection will encourage your heart, inspire your faith, and move you to laughter and to tears.
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Spellbinders Gift
$18.00Add to cartIn his long and successful career as an agent to many of the most famous and dynamic motivational speakers in the world, Bart Manning had no peer. But when a series of misfortunes silenced the voices of his star clients, he happily retired. He’d had his last innings, and with his lovely wife, Mary, was enjoying his newfound freedom.
So why, one morning, did he find himself headed back to the little office that he had never given up? He didn’t know. But as he sat at his dusty desk, he decided to go back into business. If God had sent him there, Bart told himself, he would wait for His plan to unfold.
Then, at a crowded convention, he found his answer, in the person of a handsome young man named Patrick Donne, whose deep, commanding voice spoke words of profound wisdom that electrified the audience. With the thrill of discovery, Bart recognized Donne’s short speech as the best inspirational talk he had ever heard. Bart was soon caught up in the extraordinary realm that was Patrick’s ordinary world, where even tragedy and sorrow became transforming experiences and remarkable things happened. . . .
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Everyones A Coach
$19.99Add to cartAre the people who report to you giving you their best? Is your team–whether a group of employees, a classroom of students, or your family–performing at its fullest potential? NFL coaching legend Don Shula and renowned business consultant Ken Blanchard team up in Everyone’s a Coach to share their secrets for inspiring others to greatness. At the heart of their book is a simple acronym that describes the qualities of an effective leader: -Conviction-driven–never compromise your beliefs. – Overlearning–practice until it’s perfect. – Audible-ready–know when to change. – Consistency–respond predictably to performance. – Honesty-based–walk your talk. Using an effective “tag-team” approach, Shula and Blanchard personally “unpack” the five leadership secrets behind this acronym. First, Shula tells you how each coaching concept worked on the field. Then, Blanchard explains how to apply that concept to your leadership situation. Complete with a self-test for measuring your personal coaching effectiveness, Everyone’s a Coach will help you unleash the excellence in anyone.
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Proclaim Jubilee : A Spirituality For The Twenty First Century
$20.00Add to cartThe biblical Jubilee that was celebrated once every fifty years is referred to in Leviticus 25 as the “Sabbath of Sabbaths”. Its requirements included that the land lie fallow, all debts be forgiven, captives be freed, and a celebration held. Maria Harris considers the implications of a living Jubilee for today and for the next century. She offers a compelling argument that a living Jubilee is a comprehensive spirituality that would have a positive political, economic, and moral impact on individuals, families, religious congregations, institutions, and nations.
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Spiritual Lives Of The Great Composers
$15.99Add to cart20 Chapters
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Handel, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Dvorak, Stravinsky, Messiaen … Men of genius as different as their music-but all inspired by deep spiritual convictions.Patrick Kavanaugh uncovers the spirituality of twenty of music’s time less giants, revealing legacies of the soul as diverse as the masterpieces they created. Warmly written, beautifully illustrated, and complete with listening recommendations for each composer, Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers is fascinating look at the inner flame that lit the works of these masters.
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Secret Strength : For Those Who Search
$13.99Add to cartDo you want to know a secret?
What’s so secret about God? Nothing. And yet everything.
Scripture tells us, “the secret things belong to the Lord our God.” God has secrets. Some to keep, and some to tell. And who doesn’t want to know a secret?
Most of us are filled with an incurable urge to discover secrets, to walk the higher and hidden roads. And it is our God, our wonderfully mysterious God, who has placed that yearning within us. He is the treasure we seek…the precious gem to be mined.
So take the time to spend these one hundred concise, life-changing appointments with him. And discover incredible handholds of refreshment, courage, and endurance you can cling to in Secret Strength.
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Music As Medicine
$19.99Add to cartDeforia Lane shares the healing power of music. Once a budding opera singer, Lane has dedicated her talent to treating hospital patients with music therapy. The results are astonishing. In the presence of Deforia’s musical gifts, seriously ill people find new joy and hope. Lane is the first music therapist to receive a grant to study music’s therapeutic effects on cancer patients. Thousands of patients have been inspired by her, and her success has spurred hospitals across the nation to launch music therapy programs. “Music and healing are often matters of the human spirit,” says Deforia. “because of the nature of my job, I have witnessed more than a few miracles, miracles worth telling and retelling.” Music as Medicine is a window into Deforia Lane’s world of miracles, where the melody of one person’s life has brought healing and strength to many.
