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PaperbackExploring the Old Testament
A Guide to the Psalms and Wisdom Literature
Exploring the Bible Series
by Ernest C. Lucas
Israel's poets and sages left a scriptural legacy that has powerfully shaped the worship, thoughts and actions of the people of God. In the highs and lows and crossroads of life, we instinctively turn to their poetry, proverbs and discourses for the language we do not possess and the wisdom we desperately seek. Yet there is more to this literature than meets the eye--or fills the momentary need. ...
PaperbackFollowing Jesus
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Douglas Connelly
In this study Douglas Connelly looks at various metaphors for how we grow more spiritually mature in Christ, including running a race, carrying a cross, constructing a building, fighting a battle and more.
This eight-session LifeGuide® Bible Study features questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, as well as a "Now or Later" section following ...
Number of Studies: 8
PaperbackThe Spiritually Vibrant Home
The Power of Messy Prayers, Loud Tables, and Open Doors
Lutheran Hour Ministries Resources
by Don Everts
We all long for homes where we can thrive and flourish. What does it take to have a spiritually vibrant household?Don Everts invites us to contemplate what the Bible says about households and consider what a new research project has revealed by pulling back the curtains on everyday households of faith. Original research from the Barna Group and Lutheran Hour Ministries shows that ...
PaperbackModern Technology and the Human Future
A Christian Appraisal
by Craig M. Gay
Technology is not neutral.
From the plow to the printing press, technology has always shaped human life and informed our understanding of what it means to be human. And advances in modern technology, from computers to smartphones, have yielded tremendous benefits. But do these developments actually encourage human flourishing?
Craig Gay raises concerns about the theological ...
PaperbackThe Message of Revelation
The Bible Speaks Today Series
by Michael Wilcock
What is the book of Revelation? Does it describe in veiled language events of its writer's own day, or is it largely a prophecy of events still to come? What should readers today do with strange scenes such as creatures covered with eyes, seven bowls of wrath, and a seven-headed dragon?
Michael Wilcock lifts the curtain on Revelation as a drama in eight scenes, highlighting ...
PaperbackThe Mestizo Augustine
A Theologian Between Two Cultures
by Justo L. González
Few thinkers have been as influential as Augustine of Hippo. His writings, such as Confessions and City of God, have left an indelible mark on Western Christianity. He has become so synonymous with Christianity in the West that we easily forget he was a man of two cultures: African and Greco-Roman. The mixture of African Christianity and Greco-Roman rhetoric and philosophy gave ...
PaperbackComing to Peace with Science
Bridging the Worlds Between Faith and Biology
by Darrel R. Falk
Foreword by Francis S. CollinsIs a thoroughly Christian and biblically informed doctrine of creation compatible with widely held conclusions of modern science, especially biology?For Darrel R. Falk, this is not just an abstract question but one with which he has personally wrestled. A professor of biology, Falk brings together his biblically based understanding of creation and the most current research in biology. The result ...
PaperbackTeach Your Children Well
A Step-by-Step Guide for Family Discipleship
by Sarah Cowan Johnson
Christianity Today Book Award—Marriage and Family
Half of Christian high school students walk away from their faith after graduation. But parental involvement is the most influential predictor of achild's spirituality throughout their lives. How do we parent our kids in ways that lead to lasting faith?
Sarah Cowan Johnson unpacks how parents ...
Paperback1 Timothy & Titus
Fighting the Good Fight
John Stott Bible Studies
by John Stott
With Lin JohnsonStudy Scripture with John Stott
We live in a culture where the beliefs and preferences of the individual are given final authority. Paul's firm commitment to the church as "the pillar and foundation of the truth" stands against the current. His letters to Timothy and Titus call us to reestablish the core beliefs of Christianity and affirm our convictions about the gospel. ...
Number of Studies: 12
Paperback2 Timothy
Standing Firm in Truth
John Stott Bible Studies
by John Stott
With Lin JohnsonStudy Scripture with John Stott
"Our era is one of theological and moral confusion, even of apostasy. And the apostle summons us, as he summoned Timothy, to be strong, brave and steadfast." In this way John Stott summarizes the message of Paul's second letter to Timothy, a letter about leadership and responsibility. The inductive studies in this newly updated guide speak to ...
Number of Studies: 8
