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Setting Boundaries With Your Adult Children
$16.99Add to cartThis important and compassionate new book from the creator of the successful God Allows U-Turns series will help parents and grandparents of the many adult children who continue to make life painful for their loved ones.
Writing from firsthand experience, Allison identifies the lies that kept her, and ultimately her son in bondage–and how she overcame them. Additional real life stories from other parents are woven through the text.
A tough-love book to help readers cope with dysfunctional adult children, Setting Boundaries(R) with Your Adult Children will empower families by offering hope and healing through S.A.N.I.T.Y.–a six-step program to help parents regain control in their homes and in their lives.
*S = STOP Enabling, STOP Blaming Yourself, and STOP the Flow of Money
*A = Assemble a Support Group
*N = Nip Excuses in the Bud
*I = Implement Rules/Boundaries
*T = Trust Your Instincts
*Y = Yield Everything to GodForeword by Carol Kent (When I Lay My Isaac Down)
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False Promise Of Discipleship
$7.98Add to cartAvoid a major pitfall. Most disciple-making efforts today fail because they focus on me: discipleship gets me closer to God, makes me a better Christian, and helps me gain purpose in life. But Jesus-style discipleship focuses on God and his kingdom.
How can we relearn this simple yet profound truth when so many people today have embraced the American gospel of me? And how can we teach this to others? Bill Hull and Brandon Cook tell readers to stop asking . . .
How am I doing?
Instead, they teach us to ask God-centered questions. This reorientation changes everything. The False Promise of Discipleship implores readers to stop asking the wrong questions and to start making disciples the way Jesus made disciples.
This short book equips you with practical takeaways so you can thrive as a disciple maker. Written for disciples at all stages of growth, it challenges common assumptions that may be undermining your disciple-making efforts.
Based on their personal experience as pastors, authors Hull and Cook provide you with a scriptural, gospel-centered approach to becoming a thriving disciple and disciple-making leader. Learn to ask the right questions and avoid some of the most pervasive-yet common-pitfalls among disciple makers today. Take a quantum leap toward Jesus-style disciple-making. Walk away with a new framework and the right questions you need to follow Jesus faithfully amidst the all-pervasive American gospel.
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Jesus Is King
$4.99Add to cartJesus is KING! This little book is designed to inspire and encourage the reader to live in the fullness of life that Jesus Christ provided for us. Every chapter brings understanding and clarity of who Jesus was, what Jesus did and what He is still doing for us today! It provides a unique perspective by blending short narratives, scriptures, and inspired insights by Christian leaders. Jesus is King is an extraordinary look at Jesus that will leave a powerful imprint on every reader. Chapters include: He is our Savior; He is risen; He is our Advocate; He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. He is for you, with you and in you. He is the Prince of Peace, our neighbor and Jesus is King.
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Prayers That Avail Much 40th Anniversary Commemorative Gift Edition
$25.99Add to cartDo you long to pray powerful prayers that impact Heaven and shake earth? Do you want to partner with God to deliver victory in challenging circumstances? Do you want to see God move powerfully in the lives of your loved ones?
For more than 30 years, Germaine Copeland, author of the Prayers That Avail Much Series(R), has been helping millions of people pray-and get results!
This 40th anniversary commemorative edition is an all-in-one collection of Germaine Copeland’s three bestselling works. This book will enhance your ability to pray by placing dozens of specific, powerful prayers and scriptures at your fingertips. Whether you are a seasoned prayer warrior or a novice, this foundational work will empower you to pray with confidence, and witness the amazing effects.
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Praying Clear Through
$16.99Add to cartMost believers do not rise to their full privilege in prayer. Successful prayer cannot be rushed. If we want to hear from heaven, we must allow time for God’s voice to successfully break through the din of life. When we have a tremendous amount of work to be done for the day, we dare not leave out prayer. As Martin Luther observed, “I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.” The real danger in not taking sufficient time to commune with God and implore him for our requests is the resulting slow erosion of the Spirit’s voice, when life’s static distracts a Believer from what is truly important and necessary to a successful life.
In Praying Clear Through, Will Harney demonstrates by examples from his own life that there are vast rewards in store for those who make prayer a top priority. Prayer should not be a chore for the growing Christian but one of the highest privileges accorded us. The author decries the fast pace of his age for crowding out the time of prayer–a century ago. He urges the believer to “pray clear through”– that is, to pray with urgency until he or she hears from heaven.
This book has thirty-three short chapters (5-6 pages each) that bounce from prayer topic to prayer topic–including obedience, the prayer closet, not looking but trusting, and how prayer is the secret to revival. The final chapter is a short guide on how to use prayer to obtain great victories. Contains modern Introduction by Nick Harrison.
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When God Calls The Heart Devo And Journal Combo
$32.89Add to cartFollow Your Heart to Hope Valley Inspired by best-selling author Janette Oke and the Hallmark Channel original TV series When Calls the Heart, these inspirations from Hope Valley are about finding moments of grace, joy, and beauty amid the unexpected circumstances of life. In this collection of 40 devotions, Brian Bird, executive producer and co-creator of When Calls the Heart, and Michelle Cox illuminate the “God-moments” from the fictional, 1910 mining town of Hope Valley-the stories of faith, hope, and love from each episode that will inspire and encourage with wonderful virtues and relatable life lessons. Each chapter contains a quote from one of your favorite “citizens,” a Scripture verse, a devotional reflection, a prayer, and questions to help you think a little deeper about what’s on your own heart. You don’t want to miss this journey-because as Elizabeth Thatcher learned when she headed West to fulfill her dream of becoming a teacher-when God calls the heart, you can expect an adventure.
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Kingdom Mysteries Hidden In Plain Sight
$16.99Add to cartMake Daily Withdrawals from Your Kingdom Inheritance!
Are you living up to your supernatural potential?
Many Christian live their lives in a spiritual desert, never witnessing the incredible things that Jesus promised. This is because they fail to make regular withdrawals from their Kingdom inheritance!
Adrian Beale, co-author of the international bestseller, The Divinity Code, is a globally recognized prophetic voice and a Bible-based interpreter of God’s prophetic mysteries.
In this user-friendly guide, Adrian shows you how to access all that Jesus promised!
Discover how to:
*Access Kingdom mysteries and insights hidden throughout the Scriptures.
*Make withdrawals from your invisible Kingdom account to see miracles, breakthroughs, and answered prayers come speedily.
*Partake in Heaven’s prosperity and provision every day.Presented in short chapters, ideal for daily reflections, this book features practical ways to begin unlocking your Kingdom inheritance today!
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100 Bible Verses That Will Change Your Life
$14.99Add to cartGod is madly in love with you!
You’ve heard the phrase “God loves you.” But what does it really mean? And do you even believe it?
The 100 Bible verses compiled in this book are a profound glimpse into the heart of Father God. They tell a story of the God who made you, knows everything about you, and who loves you so much that He bankrupted Heaven to win you back.
If your daily life hasn’t been radically changed by the power of this love, then this book is for you.
Author and compiler, Mark Stibbe, is passionate about awakening people to the reality of the Father’s incredible love. These carefully selected Bible verses from the Old and New Testaments will gently guide you to experience the depth of God’s love in amazing new ways.
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Grace For Today
$4.99Add to cartGrace for Today Mini Devotions features 180 short yet powerful devotions focused on God s faithfulness and lovingkindness, reflecting on His power, presence, and promises.
Grace for Today Mini Devotions fits perfectly in any pocket or handbag or briefcase, allowing the reader to pause, reflect and spend time with God anywhere and at any time.
Author Solly Ozrovech (1927-2015) pastored in the Cape Province, South Africa, for more than 40 years. After his retirement, he focused on writing Christian books. Every book that flowed from his pen has been a best-seller.
Grace for Today Mini Devotions makes a great gift for friends and family members who need to be reminded of God’s character and promises. Wrap one as a Christmas gift, birthday gift or graduation gift. It will become a treasured little companion to any reader.
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Rings Of Fire
$17.99Add to cartIf you follow the works of bestselling authors Malcolm Gladwell, Faith Popcorn, Daniel Pink, and other trend forecasters, you’ll appreciate learning about the 34 rings of fire that lie ahead for Christians around the world.
Len Sweet once again maps the future for the church in this sweeping survey of the twenty-first century. In the face of eruptive and disruptive culture changes from economics and communications to bioethics and beyond, how do we fight fire with fire, not only catching up to our culture but leading our friends and neighbors toward the feet of Christ? No one has done more to startle the church from its slumber than Len Sweet, and no one has equipped the church as effectively. This will be a benchmark book from a seminal leader of the modern evangelical movement.
Mark Chironna provides incisive questions to stimulate creative thinking for individual or group study and an afterword that ties Len’s expansive work together and sets us on the right course for decades to come.
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Mini Devotions For Girls
$4.99Add to cartMini Devotions for Girls offers 180 short and sweet devotions that will help busy girls slow down and take time to grow closer to God. Devotions focus on typical tween-girl issues while showing girls how to live for God at the same time.
Mini Devotions for Girls fits perfectly in any pocket or backpack, allowing girls to pause, reflect and spend time with God anywhere and at any time.
Author Carolyn Larsen is a trusted and prolific and best-selling author and an experienced speaker with a God-given passion for ministering to women and children.
Mini Devotions for Girls will make a great gift for young girls aged 8-12 who are serious about living the life God calls them to. Wrap a mini devotional as a Christmas gift, birthday gift or middle school graduation gift. It will become a treasured little companion to any young lady.
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Mini Devotions For Women
$4.99Add to cartMini Devotions for Women offers 180 short devotions that uplift, refresh and inspire. This little devotional that focuses on the assurance of God’s love will become a little treasure that you won’t want to leave behind.
Mini Devotions for Women fits perfectly in any pocket or handbag, allowing women to pause, reflect and spend time with God anywhere and at any time.
Author Carolyn Larsen is a prolific and best-selling author and an experienced speaker with a God-given passion for ministering to women and children. She has spoken at conferences and retreats around the United States, Canada, and India. Carolyn has written over 50 books and her work has won various awards.
Mini Devotions for Women will make a great gift for moms who are always on the go. It fits easily in a bag, a briefcase or diaper bag. Wrap one as a Christmas gift, birthday gift or baby shower gift. It will become a treasured little companion to any woman.
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Journaling Through Anchors For The Soul
$15.99Add to cartJohn Mark Hicks Has Mapped Out a Guided Journaling Experience for Those Who Want to Process Loss and Grief Through Writing . . .
For each chapter in Anchors for the Soul, the Journal Provides . . .
*Scripture Readings
*Personal Reflection Questions * Journaling Prompts
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Anchors For The Soul
$17.99Add to cartANCHOR YOUR FAITH IN THE STORY OF GOD BEFORE-AND DURING-THE STORMS
Drawing on his own experience with losses and tragedies through the death of his young wife and, more recently, the death of his sixteen-year-old son, John Mark Hicks tells the story of God through his own experiences of suffering.
He does not explain suffering because, as he describes, that cannot be done; rather, he walks with sufferers through the valley of loss. He grounds them deeply in the story of God’s love, listening, empathy, sovereignty, and victory. This path is not only for those who seek to persevere in the midst of their suffering but also for those who want to prepare for the suffering that comes to all.
In addition to helping sufferers, John Mark provides guidance for those who want to sit with people who are suffering. He offers advice to help comforters provide comfort. There are no easy answers. Our questions, in fact, are never fully answered. Despite this, however, there is a path of assurance, comfort, and trust that yields perseverance, peace, and hope.
The “anchors” are found in God, who:
*loves us
*listens to us
*empathizes with us
*gives meaning to our suffering
*ultimately triumphs over all sufferingThese anchors ground us in God’s redemptive story.
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Power Of Prayer
$4.99Add to cartE. M. Bounds offers 180 concise, practical and powerful devotions on prayer. In The Power of Prayer Mini Devotional, he communicates in a simple yet profound way the practical methods, the necessity, and the possibilities of prayer.
E.M. Bounds (1835 – 1913) was a pastor in the Methodist Episcopal Church South who preached revival and restoration to civilians and soldiers during the American Civil War. To Bounds, prayer was as necessary to the Christian’s life as physical breath.
The softcover The Power of Prayer Mini Devotional has 184 pages and a soft binding. The compact size makes it perfect for people who are always on the go and prefers to read a printed devotional. This devotional on prayer makes a thoughtful gift to those who are serving in the military or on the police force.
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Significant : Becoming A Woman Of Unique Purpose, True Identity And Irrepre
$16.99Add to cartIn the midst of our busy, stressful lives and the increasingly chaotic state of our world, we can lose sight of-or never really discover-our personal significance. We desire meaning and fulfillment but battle the stress and loneliness that often push their way into the forefront of life.
What makes you significant as an individual? As a woman? As a wife, mother, daughter, or friend? No matter what your age or current course in life, you can come to know your remarkable significance and eternal value. As you thirst for relief from stress and loneliness, you can build a foundation on what is divine and eternal, while also immensely practical for this life on earth. The truths God says about you as a woman are powerful and glorious!
In Significant, you will discover that you are the steward of your own self and will be challenged to embrace every season of your life. What is God calling you to do through the power of His Holy Spirit? The days of cowering in fear, hiding behind insignificance, and wallowing in lack of opportunities are over. God is blowing doors wide open for women as never before. It is time for women to march forward in grand anticipation of all that God can do through even one woman submitted to the call of God and filled with His Spirit.
So often we look for identity, purpose, and comfort in all the wrong places. We have sought lasting meaning from temporary fixes, immature voices, and cultural Band-Aids. This book is a call to women who possess a relentless desire to discover their unique purpose, to embrace their true identity, and to be comforted by irrepressible hope.
Significant reminds women from every generation that identity, confidence, and purpose come from who God is-not from how we feel at any given time. How wonderful to know that we are allowed to be both God’s masterpiece and a work in progress at the same time!
You never know your true self until you know yourself in God.
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Lords Prayer : A Guide To Praying To Our Father
$18.99Add to cartYou pray it. But do you understand it?
The Lord’s Prayer has become so familiar to us that we don’t think about what we’re praying. It’s a portrait of Jesus’ heart. And in it Christians from different times, places, and traditions have been united. We pray it, but do we actually believe it?
When Jesus taught his followers how to pray, he emphasized how uncomplicated it should be. There’s no need for pretense or theatrics. Instead, simply ask for what you need as though you were speaking with your earthly father. This opens a window into Jesus’ prayer life and presents us with a portrait of his heart for his followers.
Wesley Hill re-introduces the Lord’s Prayer. He shows us a God who is delighted to hear prayer. Petition by petition, in conversation with the Christian tradition, he draws out the significance of Jesus’ words for prayer today.
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10 Commandments Of Progressive Christianity
$7.99Add to cartA cautionary look at ten dangerously appealing half-truths.
In 1923, J. Gresham Machen, then a professor at Princeton Seminary, wrote his classic text, Christianity and Liberalism. The book was a response to the rise of liberalism in the mainline denominations of his own day. Machen argued that the liberal understanding of Christianity was, in fact, not just a variant version of the faith, nor did it represent simply a different denominational perspective, but was an entirely different religion. Put simply, liberal Christianity is not Christianity.
What is remarkable about Machen’s book is how prescient it was. His description of liberal Christianity–a moralistic, therapeutic version of the faith that values questions over answers and being “good” over being “right”–is still around today in basically the same form. For this reason alone the book should be required reading, certainly for all seminary students, pastors, and Christian leaders.
Although its modern advocates present liberal Christianity as something new and revolutionary, it is nothing of the sort. It may have new names (e.g., “emerging” or “progressive” Christianity), but it is simply a rehash of the same well-worn system that has been around for generations.
The abiding presence of liberal Christianity struck me not long ago when I came across a daily devotional from Richard Rohr that listed ten principles he thinks modern Christianity needs to embody. These ten principles are actually drawn from Philip Gulley’s book, If the Church Were Christian: Rediscovering the Values of Jesus. In that devotional series, ironically titled “Returning to Essentials,” Rohr sets forth the ten principles as a kind of confessional statement of modern liberalism (while at the same time pretending to deplore confessional statements). They are, in effect, a Ten Commandments for progressive Christianity.
Indeed, these ten sound like they were gathered not so much on the mountaintop as in the university classroom. They are less about God revealing his desires and more about man expressing his own–less Moses, more Oprah.
But take note: each of these commandments is partially true. Indeed, that is what makes this list, and progressive Christianity as a whole, so challenging. It is a master class in half-truths that sound appealing on the surface until you dig down deeper and really explore their foundations and implications. Benjamin Franklin was right when he quipped, “Half the truth is often a
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Best News Ever
$14.99Add to cartWhen was the last time you heard some really incredible news that you couldn’t wait to share? The Gospel of Mark is that kind of good news! It’s a life-changing announcement about who Jesus is, and what he’s done.
Best News Ever is a devotional that takes tweens aged 9-12 on a 100-day journey through Mark’s fast-paced, action-packed story–helping them to understand the confusing bits, showing them how it connects with their life, and bringing them face to face with Jesus: the one who changes everything.
Each day’s devotional includes:
– A passage to read — work through the whole of Mark’s Gospel in bite-sized chunks
– A short explanation — guiding you though the confusing bits and showing what it means for you
– A question to reflect on — so that you can slow down and think through what you’ve read
– A prayer to pray — to help you respond to what God has saidWritten in a pithy and engaging style, Best News Ever will help young people of all backgrounds to read the Bible for themselves, whether they know a little or a lot about Jesus already. It is also ideal to use as a family devotional.
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Serenity Prayers For A Womans Soul
$14.99Add to cart“God, grant me serenity in my relationships, my work, my church. . .my life!”
What happens when we live God’s way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard–things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity.
Galatians 5:22 MSGSerenity Prayers for a Woman’s Soul will help you invite refreshing serenity–that comes only through an intimate relationship with the heavenly Father–into every area of your life. 180 prayer starters will gently guide you into meaningful, purposeful, honest conversation with your Creator; and the accompanying scripture selections will encourage you to meditate and reflect on God’s Word while quieting your heart before entering into His presence in peaceful expectation. You’ll discover the comfort, healing, and calm your soul is craving with Serenity Prayers for a Woman’s Soul.
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Seductive Slayers Of Success
$16.99Add to cart“I am not a neat nut. Let me start with that confession. Don’t let the title of this chapter, Clean the Clutter, fool you into thinking I have all my ducks in a row. If I had ducks, they would not be in a straight line. Or all accounted for.”–Rosalinda Rivera
The snooze button on your alarm clock. The “brilliant shortcut” that makes you late. The unwritten to-do list that you follow from the time you get out of bed till the time you crawl back in it, making each day seem like the last.
These things are all The Seductive Slayers of Success–the little things that add up and try to stop you from moving forward and realizing your dreams. Rosalinda Rivera has been there and she knows just how to help you get up, move on, and Harness Your Strengths to Take Control of Your Destiny.
Using stories from her own life as well as Scripture, Rosalinda offers encouragement to help you kick the negative aspects of life to the curb and jump start your way to a brighter tomorrow. Like a close friend, she gives inspirational, down-to-earth advice with a dash of humor thrown in.
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Rest For The Justice Seeking Soul
$16.99Add to cartSusan K. Williams Smith is a minister and activist who has been on the front lines of social and racial justice for many years. As she has marched shoulder-to-shoulder to resist systematic oppression, she has heard the same question over and over: “How are we going to get through this?” Rest for the Justice-Seeking Soul was birthed out of those cries.
Here is a soul-care manual for social justice-seeking believers who stand in constant vigilance against all forms of racial, class, and gender oppression. The fight for justice and equality is an exhausting daily grind–and the work is never over. That’s why it is incumbent upon all who speak and advocate for the less fortunate to practice self-care. You can’t fight when your tank is empty.
In response to the many calls and emails she has received from friends, clergy, and strangers who are in utter despair and even deep depression, she has created ninety daily devotions to provide a daily spoonful of hope and encouragement, a healing balm to “strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees” (Hebrews 12:12). Lift your gaze upward toward a better future by allowing God to restore harmony and focus in your soul and justice in your community. Our God is bigger than whoever is oppressing you. As the old hymn states, “Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.”
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Way Of Life Updated Edition
$16.99Add to cartWhen the Christian church was born on the Day of Pentecost, it was launched through the demonstration of signs, wonders, and miracles. The gospel of the Kingdom of God was never meant to simply be spoken through words; it was intended to be both declared and demonstrated. Naturally, the question is: Why doesn’t much of modern Christianity experience the miraculous power of God like the early church? This is not a new question. In fact, it has been asked by spiritually hungry men and women through the ages.
Many have attempted to answer this question. Unfortunately, many of the answers have caused spiritual seekers to stop short of their divine destiny because they were taught that the “age of miracles” ended with the closing of the Scriptural canon.
But while Scripture is no longer being written, the Gospel must continue to be supernaturally demonstrated through the lives and actions of every believer…including you!
Get ready to discover The Way of Life. Jesus modeled it. The early church demonstrated it. And now, the invitation is being extended to you. Learn how you can move in the signs, wonders, and supernatural power that the Bible says are available!
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Be Brave 365 Daily Devotions
$17.99Add to cartCourage isn’t something that comes naturally to most. The only way to truly be brave is to walk in the confidence that comes from knowing God and relying on him to be your strength. When you spend time with him, he will fill you with peace and hope for the future. When you finally see yourself as God sees you, you will recognize the talents and abilities you have been blessed with and start operating in the fullness of those gifts. Be encouraged with truth as you spend time with God, reflecting on these devotions, scriptures, and prayers. Let him show you that you are beautiful, you are strong, and you were created with a purpose. Take courage in God’s love for you and be ready to conquer each day!
– Exquisite faux leather cover, heat debossed and stamped with foil
– Beautifully designed full color interior on high quality paper
– Encouraging Scriptures
– Inspiring devotions
– Heartfelt prayers
– Thought-provoking questions
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I Hear His Whisper 365 Daily Devotions
$17.99Add to cartEncounter God’s heart and hear his gentle voice.
We love and serve a God who delights in hearing our voices. He hears our songs and sighs, and he answers those who seek him with whispers of love and truth. I Hear His Whisper contains messages of God’s love for his people as spoken to the hearts of Dr. Brian Simmons, the lead translator of The Passion Translation, and author Gretchen Rodriguez. Each day, a devotion and Scripture will encourage you to listen to God as he speaks words of comfort, joy, and unconditional love into your heart. Lean into God’s presence and enjoy his peace-today and every day.
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Adorning The Dark
$16.99Add to cartMaking something beautiful in a broken world can be harrowing work, and it can’t be done alone.
Over the last twenty years, Andrew Peterson has performed thousands of concerts, published four novels, released ten albums, taught college and seminary classes on writing, founded a nonprofit ministry for Christians in the arts, and executive-produced a film–all in a belief that God calls us to proclaim the gospel and the coming kingdom using whatever gifts are at our disposal. He’s stumbled along the way, made mistake after mistake, and yet has continually encountered the grace of God through an encouraging family, a Christ-centered community of artists in the church, and the power of truth, beauty, and goodness in Scripture and the arts.
While there are many books about writing, none deal first-hand with the intersection of songwriting, storytelling, and vocation, along with nuts-and-bolts exploration of the great mystery of creativity. In Adorning the Dark, Andrew describes six principles for the writing life:
*serving the work
*serving the audience
*selectivity
*discernment
*discipline
*and communityThrough stories from his own journey, Andrew shows how these principles are not merely helpful for writers and artists, but for anyone interested in imitating way the Creator interacts with his creation.
This book is both a memoir of Andrew’s journey and a handbook for artists, written in the hope that his story will provide encouragement to others stumbling along in pursuit of a calling to adorn the dark with the light of Christ.
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Ruthless Elimination Of Hurry
$25.00Add to cartSuccessful Portland pastor and author John Mark Comer didn’t like the pace of his life. So he turned to a trusted mentor who encouraged him to “ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.” It hasn’t been easy, and he hasn’t arrived, but he likes his life more these days as it reflects the unhurried Way of Jesus.
Too often we treat the symptoms of toxicity in our modern world instead of trying to pinpoint the cause. A growing number of voices are pointing at hurry, or busyness as a root of much evil. Within the pages of this book, you’ll find a compelling emotional and spiritual case against hurry and in favor of a slower, simpler way of life.
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How To Pray A Simple Guide For Normal People
$16.99Add to cartPete Greig is a worldwide authority and the face of a generation when it comes to prayer. One of the founders of the 24-7 prayer movement, he has seen, experienced, and chronicled amazing works of God in the world. While you might imagine him to be puffed up, Pete Greig is entirely the opposite. He is enchanting, down-to-earth, friendly, and most of all, very normal-and yet he tells preposterous tales about prayer (and they’re true). He is basically a regular dude who loves to talk with God.
How to Pray is written to evoke a passion for prayer in everyone-the committed follower of Jesus as well as the skeptic and the scared. The enormous blessing of How to Pray is that it is accessible, full of surprising stories of answered prayer, and tremendously engaging. The basic idea is that prayer is a conversation between you and God. Pete Greig demystifies and reenchants prayer, helping you to find prayer achievable and enjoyable, and ultimately life-giving and life-changing.
How to Pray is designed to be used together with The Prayer Course (a free video curriculum associated with the Alpha course), making it useful for personal and group or church-wide reading.
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Anxious For Nothing
$19.99Add to cartAnxiety is at an all time high, but there’s a prescription for dealing with it. Max Lucado invites readers into a study of Philippians 4:6-7 where the Apostle Paul admonishes the followers of Christ, “Do not be anxious about anything . . .”
Philippians 4:6 encourages the believer to “be anxious for nothing.” As Lucado states, the apostle Paul seems to leave little leeway here. “Be anxious for nothing. Nada. Zilch. Zero.”
What’s he suggesting? That we should literally be anxious for absolutely nothing? Lucado says, “The presence of anxiety is unavoidable, but the prison of anxiety is optional. It’s the life of perpetual anxiety that Paul wants to address. Don’t let anything in life leave you perpetually in angst.”
Americans especially know about living in perpetual anxiety. According to one research program, anxiety-related issues are the number one mental health problem among women and are second only to alcohol and drug abuse among men. Stress-related ailments cost the nation $300 billion every year in medical bills and lost productivity. And use of sedative drugs like Xanax and Valium have skyrocketed in the last 15 years. Even students are feeling it. One psychologist reports that the average high school kid today has the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient in the early 1950s.
“The news about our anxiety is enough to make us anxious,” says Lucado. But there’s a prescription for dealing with it. Lucado invites readers into a study of Philippians 4:6-7, the most highlighted passage of any book on the planet, according to Amazon:
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
“With His help you will learn to face the calamities of life. You’ll learn how to talk yourself off the ledge. Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, you will learn to view bad news through the lens of sovereignty; to discern the lies of Satan and tell yourself the truth. You will manifest a gentleness that is evident to others. Anxiety comes with life. But it doesn’t have to dominate your life.”
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Jesus Skeptic : A Journalist Explores The Credibility And Impact Of Christi
$19.00Add to cartAward-winning journalist and pastor answers young adults’ questions with clear and compelling evidence for the historical Jesus and the timeless influence of his teaching, presenting Christianity as the greatest force for social good in history.
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Is Jesus History
$16.99Add to cartWhat can we really know for sure about the past? Can anything from ancient history be regarded as ‘fact’? In particular, how seriously can we take the historical sources for the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth? Did he really even live in first-century Galilee and Judaea, or is he a figure of legend?
In this timely book, historian Dr John Dickson unpacks how the field of history works, giving readers the tools to evaluate for themselves what we can confidently say about figures like the Emperor Tiberius, Alexander the Great, Pontius Pilate, and, of course, Jesus of Nazareth.
He presents the evidence, methods, and conclusions of mainstream scholars–both Christian and not–and asks some pertinent contemporary questions, without offering any pushy answers: If Jesus really did exist, what are we to make of his own claims and those of his followers, and what would any of it mean for us today?
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Good Man Great Family
$10.99Add to cartAre You A Good Man?
What makes a good man? As a husband and father, how do you raise a healthy family?
In a culture where men are burdened by shame and confused about their identity, there remains one beacon of hope which every man must follow: God’s Word.
In Good Man, Great Family, Dr. Bill Moore offers Biblical truths, practical steps, and engaging examples to guide you on your journey to becoming the husband and father that God created you to be.
Dr. Moore shares:
*How to affair-proof your marriage
*4 things most men don’t know about life
*That God is bigger than any failureBecome the man that God created you to be, and discover the true satisfaction that comes from being a good man, with a great family!
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School Of The Miraculous
$16.99Add to cartDemystifying Miracles
What if you could experience something miraculous every day?
Many Christians think of miracles as rare events for a select and fortunate few. But miracles don’t have be something mysterious and out of reach. They don’t have to be the exception. Just as they were common in the early church, they can become common for you.
The School of the Miraculous A Practical Guide to Walking in Daily Miracles by Dr. Kynan Bridges shows how every believer can develop a miracle mind-set, operate in miracles, and establish a life routine in which miraculous events occur.
Dr. Kynan has encountered many believers who are frustrated because they are not seeing evidence of God’s power in their circumstances. They have a growing desperation for more of His intervention in their lives. This book was designed to answer that cry for more.
The Holy Spirit is the Miracle Worker–but all miracles involve human participation in some way. Dr. Kynan reveals that our growing intimacy with God’s Spirit will lead us to see and participate in His miracles–living in His power and setting our expectations increasingly higher for His miraculous works in our lives.
This practical guide for every believer is filled with ideas for personal application, encouraging testimonies, and spiritual activation prayers for tapping into the miraculous. Enroll in The School of the Miraculous today!
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And Yet Undaunted
$15.99Add to cartYour story. It zigs just when you thought it should zag. You honestly didn’t realize you had a plan for your life until it didn’t turn out the way you thought it would. But there’s good news. Belonging to Jesus means that your story is part of a much larger tale to be told.If you see how the real Story began-and where it’s headed-you will catch a glimpse of the good heart of God that will anchor you when life gets crazy. Authors Paula Rinehart and Connally Gilliam take a fresh look at the gospel to show you how to place your story within God’s greater Story. The life you were created for takes redemptive shape in the present as you look ahead at the hope of what’s to come.
Through personal story and Scripture, these two women invite you to face reality head-on. In And Yet, Undaunted, you will learn how to step into the embrace of God’s goodness so you can find wholeness within the broken pieces of your life.
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Redefined : When Jesus Invades A Womans Heart
$16.99Add to cartIn Redefined, Melissa explores the stories of women in 1st Century Israel and 21st Century America whose hearts were captivated by Jesus. Through their stories and Melissa’s teachings, Redefined speaks to the heart and encourages every woman who has ever been denied because of their gender or past.
With a Pastor’s heart, Melissa will comfort women who struggle with guilt or condemnation because of the choices they have made or the choices that were made for them, while inspiring women to accept their forgiveness.
Redefined is a must read for all women who have ever been rejected, devalued, or are in need of a miracle.
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Is It Of God
$25.99Add to cartIs It of God? Is a practical, biblically-saturated book written for those who want to know how to avoid deception and discern truth, error, and mixture in teaching, practices, and supernatural manifestations. With nearly fifty years of discerning experience in revivals, Holy Spirit movements, and spiritual warfare ministry as a pastor and professor, Dr. Paul King provides wise guidance on:
*Biblically-based foundations and principles for spiritual discernment
*How to maintain balance and avoid both ditches of charismania and charisphobia
*Discerning vs. judging
*Discerning Spirit, flesh, and demonic manifestations
*Discerning psychic from Spirit
*Distinguishing non-biblical from unbiblical
*Identifying true and false revival
*Avoiding undiscerning discernment
*A biblical discernment response to John MacArthur’s Strange Fire
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No Limits : Embracing The Miraculous
$16.99Add to cartThe naysayers of the world want to convince us that the days of God working miracles have passed. But in No Limits: Embracing the Miraculous, Donna Sparks uses contemporary testimonies of powerful miracles released into the lives of believers and non-believers alike to show God has not changed. He has worked miracles in the past, and there are no limits on His ability to work miracles today. Backed by Scriptural truth, the author assures her readers that they can depend on God to not only know their needs but also meet them. God lives in the realm of the miraculous, and He wants us to live there too. In this new book by Donna Sparks, she inspires her readers to not only believe for their own miracles today but also take the good news to others that God is still in the miracle-working business.
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Swing Wide : A Story About Love, Sexual Identity, And How God Redefined It
$16.99Add to cartSwing Wide is a love story, not a gay story.
After years of believing she was “born this way,” Keri hit a wall when faced with the decision to marry a woman. With a slight hesitation in her heart and a faint memory of the love she once had for Jesus, Keri chose to walk away from the life she knew and gave God the chance to show her who she was made to be.
“This is the love I have always longed for. Jesus picked me up, cleaned me off, renewed my mind and re-wired my desires.”
It’s a story about experiencing the greatest love of all – the love that knows no bounds.Through heartfelt stories that will make you laugh and cry in one breath, Keri Cardinale shares her personal journey of how she came to identify herself as a homosexual, sensed a hint of doubt that life could be different, and eventually made the decision to trust God enough to show her who He created her to be.
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Stewarding Your Best Life
$10.95Add to cartDo you feel you have untapped potential? Do you want to grow your success in God’s eyes? In Stewarding Your Best Life, Sherilyn Hamon-Miller explores these ideas and reveals a critical biblical truth to equip you and maximize your role as a wise steward. Sherilyn Hamon-Miller presents practical applications for every believer to measure and grow your life through God’s eyes. Join with her as she guides you through a series of prayers and activations designed to help you live a successful and profitable life according to God’s Word. By the time you finish reading this book, you will have a greater understanding of what it takes to hear the words, “Well done, good and faithful servant!”
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Complicated Heart
$16.99Add to cartPeople always ask Sarah how she forgave her alcoholic mother.
How do you forgive someone who wounded you so deeply, who carelessly brushed aside your pain, who caused such destruction? How do you forgive them when your wounds are still open, they show no remorse, and you’re so tangled up with them you’re not sure how to get untangled?
These are the questions Sarah Mae has wrestled with since she was fourteen years old–the year she moved in with her mother.
The Complicated Heart takes readers on a journey where they will experience Sarah’s story with her. Readers will be able to peek behind the curtain into the heart of her mom as well, through journal entries and letters. The story of Sarah and her mom is the story of how light finds a way in, even in the deepest darkness. It is a story that shows victory, hope, and redemption in the midst of trauma and pain.
Specifically, The Complicated Heart will help you:
Learn how to forgive when your wound is still open
Heal even when circumstances don’t change
Get out of the cycle of dysfunction that you seem trapped in
Love when it feels impossible
Persevere in hope even when you think it’s a waste of time
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Women Of The Word
$14.99Add to cartWomen of the Word has sold over 250,000 copies since its initial release in 2014. In this updated edition with new study questions, popular Bible teacher Jen Wilkin challenges women to go deeper in their study of Scripture, offering a clear and concise plan they can use each time they open their Bible. Many Christian women know it’s important to study God’s Word-but often don’t know where to start. If they’re not careful, they can let their emotions rule their study of Scripture and forget that the Bible is primarily about God and not us. This book will equip women to engage God’s Word in a way that both trains their minds and transforms their hearts.
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Beholding And Becoming
$32.99Add to cartBecome What You Behold
You are in the process of becoming. Every day is an opportunity to be shaped and formed by what moves your heart…drives your thoughts…captures your gaze. Is it any wonder that where you direct your eyes and your heart matter in your day-to-day?
We become what we behold when we set our hearts and minds on Christ and His redemption story here in the details of our daily lives. Not just on Sunday, not just on holidays, not just when extraordinarily hard or wonderful things happen…but today.
Bestselling author and artist Ruth Chou Simons invites you on a new journey to Beholding and Becoming. With more than 850 pieces of intricate, original artwork, Ruth encourages you to elevate your gaze to the One who created all things.
Today is an opportunity for God to demonstrate His love and His faithfulness in the midst of your mundane. No circumstance is too ordinary or too forgotten for Him to meet you there in worship. His transforming grace turns your “everyday ordinary” into a holy place of becoming.
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Dad Tired And Loving It
$16.99Add to cartDo You Want to Be a Spiritual Leader? Start Here
Have the day-to-day realities of being a dad and husband left you frustrated or just plain worn out? You’re not alone.
Jerrad Lopes felt that way too…until he started blogging about his struggles and discovered thousands of other men who want to be good husbands and fathers but don’t know where to start.
You will learn that spiritual leaders:
*realize their story isn’t the story-it’s all about Jesus
*point their wives, children, community, and world toward God
*stumble their way through spiritual leadership rather than doing nothing
*seek humility rather than striving for perfection
*refuse to let their sin and shame stop them from leading their family
*look for adventure in the kingdom of God, not in the world
*create gospel-centered memories with their wife and childrenWhen you begin to understand the bigger picture of God’s purpose for you in your marriage and family, you’ll see that the good news of Jesus makes it possible for you to love and lead without fear and discouragement.
Get equipped and encouraged as you become the man God is calling you to be-even when you’re dad tired.
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Crutch Of Success
$16.99Add to cartBorn in Korea in 1956 soon after the end of the Korean War, Steve Stirling was stricken with polio at age one when his father unknowingly brought the virus home after consoling a friend whose child had contracted the disease. Steve survived; the son of his father’s friend did not. Marital and financial struggles caused Steve’s father to leave him at an orphanage when he was five. Three weeks later, his three-year-old sister was left there as well.
After four years, they were adopted by an American couple, Jim and Lynn Stirling, who settled in Anchorage, Alaska. The Stirlings now had seven children, all but one of whom was adopted.
Steve’s legs were paralyzed but his mind was sharp. He excelled in school, earned degrees at Cornell and Northwestern universities, and married. He and his wife, Sook Hee, moved from city to city as Steve moved up the corporate ladder with several Fortune 500 companies. They had two children and plenty of money, but their marriage was not happy.
Then they came to a saving faith in Jesus and their lives changed forever. They traveled to Korea and miraculously located Steve’s birth family. On a subsequent trip to visit the orphanage where he had grown up, Steve encountered a fellow handicapped orphan who had also become a Christian and his words caused Steve to rethink his life direction. He decided to shift his executive career away from the corporate world in order to devote his energies to nonprofit charities, working for World Vision and several others. Now he is the executive director for MAP (Medical Assistance Programs) International, based in Georgia, and spends as much time as possible spreading the gospel message as well as distributing medical assistance to developing countries. “For me, joining the MAP family feels like ‘coming home,'” he says. “It’s a culmination of my personal and professional life experiences.”
A vial of polio vaccine costing sixty cents could have prevented Steve from contracting the disease.
Steve’s favorite Bible verse is Ephesians 2:10: “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them” (nas). He sees God’s hand bringing all the elements of his life together perfectly for His purpose.
“I believe God has called me to be the voice of millions of children who desperately need life-changing medicines,” Steve says. “He has given me these experiences, even polio, to prepare me to be used by Him. I’m not bit
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Joy In The Sorrow
$16.99Add to cartWe all wonder how we will cope in times of terrible suffering, and how we can best support others who are suffering. And we all ask the question: how does suffering square with God’s character and purpose?
As a young pastor, Matt Chandler knew he needed to learn how to help hurting people. He studied the Scriptures, and he learned from people at the Village Church who remained joyful in their suffering. And then suddenly he was having to live what he’d learned.
This is the moving story of Matt’s battle with a potentially fatal brain tumor. But it’s also the stories of those who taught him, and teach him, how to walk with joy in sorrow.
This book will make you cry, laugh, and worship God. And you will see how you can live with joy when times of sorrow come, and how you can support others going through tough times.
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His Testimonies My Heritage
$16.99Add to cartHear the voices of women of color on the most important subject in any age–the word of God.
This inspiring collection of devotions is by a diverse group of women of color–African-American, Hispanic, Caribbean, and Asian women. Contributors include Kristie Anyabwile, Jackie Hill-Perry, Trillia Newbell, Elicia Horton, Christina Edmondson, Blair Linne, Bev Chao Berrus and more.
It is a faithful exposition of Psalm 119 and incorporates each contributor’s cultural expression both within the teaching and as they bring the word of God to bear on their lives.
You will be thrilled and encouraged by hearing God speak through his word as it is expounded by these faithful women teachers, and you will long for more.
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Moral Questions Of The Bible
$14.99Add to cartAre all the moral commands of the Bible meant to be obeyed exactly for all time, or are there some that need to be adapted for our modern world?
Scripture contains lots of guidance on ethical issues, including statements about polygamy, slavery, divorce, sex, and other things that sound strange to our modern ears. Even Christians, who believe the Bible is God’s word, disagree on whether women should wear head coverings, whether Christians can ever lie, whether women should preach, and whether Christians should drink alcohol. How can we resolve these issues and figure out how to apply the Bible to our lives?
David Instone-Brewer helps answer this question by showing how the Bible’s moral commands were understood in their ancient cultural context. The more we understand what God and the biblical authors intended to communicate to the original audience, the better we will be able to make sense of how to apply those commands today.
In brief chapters that address a wide variety of moral issues, Instone-Brewer equips Bible readers with a paradigm they can use to discern matters for themselves: Is a biblical command timeless or time-bound? If the command itself is time-bound, what is the timeless purpose behind it? And how do we remain faithful to the Bible’s commands today even when handling subjects the Bible does not address?
The Scripture in Context series is driven by the conviction that there is nothing as exciting, direct, provocative, and spiritually enlightening as the Bible when we read it as it was meant to be read. Each book in the series dives into the ancient cultural context behind Bible passages, examining the effect this context had on what the Bible writers were saying and how we should understand their words today. When we read the Bible in light of its context, it is anything but boring. Instead, God’s word can speak to us as powerfully as it did to those who first read it.
Chapters are short and informal, so it’s easy to read one chapter at a time or the whole book straight through.
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In Season And Out
$16.99Add to cartGrow in the Scriptures throughout the church year with David deSilva as your mentor.
Beginning with Advent and moving through the church year, David deSilva brings his years of experience as a biblical scholar to the church in the form of sermons delivered to his home congregation throughout the church year, now adapted into a thoughtful and inspiring collection of reflections.
These reflections, which draw on readings from the Revised Common Lectionary, will inform and inspire your understanding of Scripture, written with Dr. deSilva’s characteristic warmth and wisdom.
In Season and Out makes for excellent devotional reading that will feed saints both in front of and behind the pulpit.
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How To Keep Your Head On Straight In A World Gone Crazy
$19.99Add to cartWe are living in a day when countless multitudes have lost their way both morally and spiritually. Like a ship without anchor, this last day’s generation is being tossed to and fro by a flood of deception and wrong influences that is tragically causing people to lose their moorings. What should we do to make sure we don’t get sucked in to the chaotic swirl of moral and spiritual confusion sweeping the world today? That is the vital question prolific author and Greek scholar Rick Renner answers in this riveting and timely book.
