Showing 691 - 700 of 1814 results

  • Comfort Detox: Finding Freedom from Habits that Bind You, By Erin M. Straza
    Paperback

    Comfort Detox

    Finding Freedom from Habits that Bind You

    by Erin Straza

    "For too long I have lived life on comfort mode, making choices for life engagement based on safety, ease, and convenience. It has left me very little wiggle room, just a small parcel of real estate upon which to live, move, and have my being. It's not quite the abundant life Jesus was offering."Whether we're aware of it or not, our minds, bodies, and souls often seek out what's comfortable. Erin ...

  • Self-Esteem: Seeing Ourselves as God Sees Us, By Jack Kuhatschek
    Paperback

    Self-Esteem

    Seeing Ourselves as God Sees Us

    LifeGuide Bible Studies

    by Jack Kuhatschek

    The world encourages you to love yourself, believe in yourself and tell yourself that you are intelligent, capable, beautiful, wonderful. But deep down, what do you most want to know? What does God think of you? What is your true worth?

    As Jack Kuhatschek leads you through this nine-session LifeGuide® Bible Study on self-esteem, you'll gain an essential understanding of who you ...

    Number of Studies: 9

  • Persevering Power: Encouragement for When You're Oppressed by Life, By Bruce D. Strom
    Paperback

    Persevering Power

    Encouragement for When You're Oppressed by Life

    by Bruce D. Strom
    Foreword by Eugene Cho

    Life is filled with challenges. We might be weary and overwhelmed by the world around us. Whether we are facing personal struggles or working against unjust circumstances, it can feel like the odds are against us. Does God care? How can we carry on?

    There is hope for us because God is a God of justice who cares for people in distress. Bruce Strom shows how those facing difficulties ...

  • God Dwells Among Us: A Biblical Theology of the Temple, By G. K. Beale and Mitchell Kim
    Paperback

    God Dwells Among Us

    A Biblical Theology of the Temple

    Essential Studies in Biblical Theology

    by G. K. Beale and Mitchell Kim
    Foreword by Mary Dorinda Beale
    Series edited by Benjamin L. Gladd

    The temple has always been a source of rich scholarship and theological reflection, but what does it mean for the church's ongoing mission in the world? G. K. Beale and Mitchell Kim examine temple theology throughout Scripture, exploring how this theme relates to Christian life and witness today. From Eden to the new Jerusalem, they argue, we are God's temple on the earth, the firstfruits ...

  • Opening to God: Lectio Divina and Life as Prayer, By David G. Benner
    Paperback

    Opening to God

    Lectio Divina and Life as Prayer

    by David G. Benner

    Most Christians want to experience spiritual transformation. But many are frustrated by the limited progress of our spiritual self-improvement efforts. We find our praying burdened by a sense of obligation and failure.

    But prayer is not merely something we do; prayer is what God does in us. Prayer is not just communication with God—it is communion with God. As we open ourselves ...

  • Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep, By Tish Harrison Warren
    Hardback

    Prayer in the Night

    For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep

    by Tish Harrison Warren

    ECPA Christian Book of the Year; Christianity Today Book of the Year

    An Honest, Prayerful Approach to the Difficulty of Ordinary Life

    How can we trust God in the dark?

    Tish Harrison Warren, author of Liturgy of the Ordinary, explores themes of human vulnerability, suffering, and God's seeming absence. When she ...

  • God Is Great, God Is Good: Why Believing in God Is Reasonable and Responsible, Edited by William Lane Craig and Chad Meister
    Paperback

    God Is Great, God Is Good

    Why Believing in God Is Reasonable and Responsible

    Edited by William Lane Craig and Chad Meister

    2011 Outreach Magazine Book Award Winner

    2010 Christianity Today Book Award Winner

    The days have passed when the goodness of God--indeed, the reality of God itself--could reasonably be called a consensus opinion. God's reputation has come under considerable review in recent days, with some going so far as to say that it's ...

  • Patron Saints for Postmoderns: Ten from the Past Who Speak to Our Future, By Chris R. Armstrong
    Paperback

    Patron Saints for Postmoderns

    Ten from the Past Who Speak to Our Future

    by Chris R Armstrong

    Are you feeling discouraged in your efforts to reflect Christ each day in our broken world? Does it feel lonely? Too difficult? Too overwhelming?The saints can help you. Especially the ones whose stories Chris Armstrong tells here, because he's chosen them for the ways they've inspired him and deepened his own faith. A professor of church history, Armstrong provides rich portraits of ten people ...

  • Twelve Lies That Hold America Captive: And the Truth That Sets Us Free, By Jonathan P. Walton
    Paperback

    Twelve Lies That Hold America Captive

    And the Truth That Sets Us Free

    by Jonathan P Walton
    Foreword by Greg Jao

    "America is a Christian nation."

    "All men are created equal."

    "We are the land of the free and the home of the brave."

    Except when we're not.

    These commonly held ideas break down in the light of hard realities, the study of Scripture, and faithful Christian witness. The president is not the Messiah, the ...

  • Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0: Moving Communities into Unity, Wholeness and Justice, By Brenda Salter McNeil
    Hardback

    Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0

    Moving Communities into Unity, Wholeness and Justice

    by Brenda Salter McNeil
    Foreword by Eugene Cho
    Contributions by J. Derek McNeil

    We can see the injustice and inequality in our lives and in the world. We are ready to rise up. But how, exactly, do we do this? How does one reconcile? What we need is a clear sense of direction.Based on her extensive consultingexperience with churches, colleges and organizations, Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil has created a roadmap to show us the way. She guides us through the ...