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"Most Christians know they should be trying to tell their friends and family about Jesus. But in a post-Christendom world, personal evangelism is viewed negatively--it's offensive, inappropriate, and insensitive. Recent studies confirm that the majority of Christians rarely evangelize, worried they might offend their family or lose their friends. In How to Talk About Jesus (Without Being That Guy) , author Sam Chan equips everyday Christians who are...
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A guide to learn the skills you need to understand and apply God's Word. Now revised and updated!
Life is a journey, and like any journey, it requires an accurate, reliable roadmap to get us where we need to go. God has provided such a guide in his Word. But just as a navigator needs to learn how to interpret all the contours and symbols of a map, so also we need to be able to understand how the Bible communicates its directions
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If you've ever confused the ark of the covenant with the ark of Noah, or Jericho with Jeroboam, Max Anders' classic book, 30 Days to Understanding the Bible, is for you. In just fifteen minutes a day, you'll learn the Bible's key people, events, and doctrines to get more out of God's Word. This simple-to-use, straightforward guide has been recommended by Bible teachers and pastors for thirty years, and now it's available in an expanded thirtieth anniversary...
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Culture, church, and life have sold us narratives about who we're supposed to be as women. If we play the part well, we gain love, acceptance, validation, and significance. When we don't know which role to play from one day to the next, we sink in insecurity. We feel driven to people-please, downplay, settle, and perform. In all this, we accept less than the abundant life Jesus died to give us.
Amanda Pittman, founder of Confident Woman Co., explains...
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"What does a real relationship with God look like? What is the biblical vision of true spiritual life? How do we grow in spiritual maturity? How we answer these questions influences the health, potency, and witness of Christians in an increasingly complex and hostile world. Conformed to His Image, Revised Edition answers these questions with clarity and insight, offering a comprehensive, balanced, and applicable guide to spiritual growth. Designed...
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Some time ago, the Lord laid on our hearts the burden to write some books about Bible women who distinguished themselves in knowing, loving, and labouring for the Lord mainly, in secret and in private. This led us to conceive the books in the series, "Women of Glory". The books in this series are:Volume One: The Secluded Worshipper: The Life, Ministry and Glorification Of the Prophetess AnnaVolume Two: Unending Intimacy: The Transformation, Choices...
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During difficult days (days of rain) we need encouragement and reminding of the love, mercy, and power of God from someone who has been through the storm. These poems and essays were written over many years and through many hard times. It is my hope to connect to your heart so you can see that someone else has had doubts and discouragement through the Christian walk and has found hope, a pathway to get through the rain and see the sun again.
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A call for a warmhearted faith from former President Jimmy Carter
Former United States President Jimmy Carter's contagious desire for peace, compassion, and wholeness permeate the notes of this Bible. His decades-long Sunday School teaching ministry, his public service, and his humanitarian engagement form the basis of the book introductions, thoughtful essays, pithy quotes, and honest prayers, calling you to a warmhearted, justice-filled life of...
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Long-term pastor and radio host Don Hawkins explains how the twenty-first-century tool of Christian Life Coaching can facilitate Jesus's first-century mandate to make disciples. Based on Jesus's prayer in John 17, this book explores and applies the six steps the Lord carries out to guide His followers.
Master Discipleship Today is a practical how-to manual for pastors, group leaders, and individual Christians who want to lead others to a closer walk...
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The Jesusism Spirituality and Way of Life is a discussion on Jesusism.What is Jesusism? Jesusism is all about being a true follower of Jesus.It is not a religion, but a way of life.Just as followers of Buddha are called Buddhists, the followers of Jesus can be called Jesusists.As a Jesusist, we follow all the teachings of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. You might be wondering then, why not simply call ourselves as Christians? Well, we believe that...
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Amid culture wars and church division, Michael W. Austin calls us back to the authentic Way-following Christ in humility and love.
American Christians have lost the Way. We chase power and comfort and coat our self-righteousness in a Christian veneer. We comfort ourselves that we follow the rules and go to church, so life will work out for us. But we have forgotten what it means to truly follow Christ.
Michael Austin brings us back...
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There is no point in expecting anything from God without living righteously before Him.
If you desire the blessings of God in your life, you want to see miracles worked in your family, and you want God to hear and answer your prayers, there is only one way to do this: living a righteous life before God.
Discover the meaning of righteous living from the real lives of Biblical characters such as Elisha and the poor widow, Tamar (Judah's daughter-in-law),...
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“The NKJV Bible Study Bible” provides a study guide for every chapter of the Bible. Use this Bible to encourage discussion in a small group study or for further engagement in your personal devotions to gain a deeper understanding of any chapter in the Bible. Additional materials provide directions for leading a group through studies on specific topics such as the names of God, prayer, salvation, and suffering.
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This book reveals how God created us-body, soul and spirit. As the apostle Paul said "...may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely. And may your spirit, soul, and body be kept sound and blameless..." (1 Thessalonians 5:23) he was referring to how God works within our makeup to bring transformation. Dick brings this process to light and shares his knowledge of how we are each being redeemed to fulfill the destiny God has set before us.
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Transcending divisions and healing the broken Body of Christ.
Disunity is a reality within churches today. Left unaddressed, political disagreements and racial inequities can fester into misunderstanding, resentment, and anger. But often the act of addressing this discord prompts further animosity, widening fissures into gaping fault lines between fellow members of the same community.
Gary Agee, a pastor well-versed in leading diverse congregations,...
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"Could reading theology turn you toward God in astonished worship? Could it enliven your reading of Scripture? Could it move you toward your true self in Christ? Could it turn you toward your neighbors in self-giving love? Could it unmask your prejudices? Could it dethrone your idols? Should we hope for anything less?"
In this illuminating introduction, Kent Eilers invites Christians of all backgrounds into the practice of reading theology. With a...
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Cordell Strug has always loved collages, those jumbled forms assembled from parts of other, usually more coherent, forms. During the pandemic, when everyone had time to meditate and entertain possibilities, it came to him that by extracting the stories, wisecracks, and reflections from the sermons he'd given through the years, he might construct a kind of collage-commentary on the passages of Scripture that he had addressed. This book is what he came...
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Si alguna vez confundiste el arca del pacto con el arca de Noé, o Jericó con Jeroboam, el clásico de Max Anders, 30 días para entender la Biblia, es para ti. En solo quince minutos por día, aprenderás sobre las personas, los acontecimientos y las doctrinas de la fe cristiana más importantes, para obtener más provecho de la Palabra de Dios. Esta guía simple y fácil de usar ha sido recomendada por maestros bíblicos y pastores durante treinta...
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Be refreshed by the power and beauty of faithful Christ-centered teaching. Engage the issues of today. Build a firm foundation for this generation, and the next.
To be an evangelical is to believe in life-changing truth, it is to believe that the Bible not only gives us the key to eternal life in Jesus but also the way to live today. This is news worth sharing. But how do we do this in a rapidly changing culture that appears to be shifting from a...
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Each One a Minister, a revised and enlarged edition of Carter's previous book by the same title, begins with a 6-session study of Ephesians. Carter engages the reader in discovering the meaning of church, ministry, and gifts from the early church up to the present. As a follow-up to the Bible study, readers and study groups look at ways in which God's gifts are practical as well as spiritual. Four ministry categories, closely connected to the congregational...
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