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Holy Habits : A Womans Guide To Intentional Living
$15.99Add to cartIn this book, you’ll examine the character of God to understand how to live each day intentionally and see your life the same way God does. Includes a ten week Bible study for busy women.
“TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYS ARIGHT, THAT WE MAY GAIN A HEART OF WISDOM.” (Ps. 90:12)
WHAT WILL YOUR LIFE MEAN TOMORROW?
On the morning of her thirtieth birthday, Mimi Wilson woke up wondering where the years had gone. Time was passing more quickly than she’d imagined-but what had she accomplished? She lived a good, busy life. Yet even her active spiritual life seemed void of lasting meaning. The future hung directionless before her.The resulting unique, life-changing search for purpose and direction led Mimi to discover that an intimate understanding of God laid the foundation for the changes she desired. Uncover this story in the pages of Holy Habits as Mimi and her friend, Shelly Cook Volkhardt reveal how their examination of the names of God enabled them to begin living intentionally. Encounter God for yourself as they guide you to meet Him face-to-face and give you ways to make His characteristics a part of your daily patterns. Let Mimi and Shelly’s personal experience and in-depth study lead you to an intimate, lasting relationship with God which will give you a life full of purpose and direction.
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Revelation Expounded : Eternal Mysteries Simplified
$24.00Add to cartOf Dake’s many contributions to a clear understanding of Scripture, perhaps his greatest achievement is in simplifying matters of prophecy. Unencumbered by the hype and sensationalism so often associated with Bible prophecy, Dake offers a straightforward exposition of the text, supporting his teaching with hundreds of Scriptures.
Discover for yourself how eternal mysteries really can be simplified!
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Ascension And Ecclesia A Print On Demand Title
$37.99Add to cartRecent theology offers few attempts to come to grips with the meaning and implications of the ascension of Jesus.
Professor Farrow makes his approach through the scriptures, the Eucharistic liturgy, the fathers and the reformers, before tracing his subject into modern times. He not only demonstrates that the doctrine of the ascension has played a much larger role in the history of Christian and western thought than is generally realized, but tackles many of the difficult questions others have been content to ignore.
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Life On The Vine
$24.99Add to cartPhilip Kennson here combines rich, theologically grounded reflection on Christian life and practice with stunning cultural analysis. After a probing introductory chapter on the necessity and complexity of cultural analysis, Kenneson takes up each of the fruits of the Spirit listed in Galations 5:22-23. He explores what each fruit means in its biblical context, then investigates how key traits of late modern Western culture inhibit the development and ripening of each fruit.
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Gods Plan For Man
$47.00Add to cartGOD’S PLAN FOR MAN
Throughout nearly sixty years of ministry, Finis Jennings Dake passionately pursued the literal truth of Scripture. God’s Plan for Man contains the very heart of his life’s work.
Originally designed as a correspondence course, God’s Plan for Man is equivalent to a three-year Bible college program. As such, it is highly interactive, intended for serious study.
In this comprehensive volume, Dake unfolds the plans and purposes of God from the eternal past to the eternal future, exploring the details of biblical prophecy and the privileges of life in Christ. He systematically discusses the nature of the Bible, principles of biblical interpretation, the Trinity, and much more. Yet God’s Plan for Man isn’t filled with a lot of dry information appealing only to the intellect. Rather, Dake writes with a pastor’s heart. His aim is to encourage faith. The result is a balanced diet that satisfies both heart and mind.
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Paul
$51.95Add to cartIn this masterly synthesis, den Heyer, the renowned Dutch theologian, seeks to balance the paradoxes that others have discerned in Paul’s complex personality and writings. In a graceful, “effortless” style he summarizes centuries of thinking, then adds his own original touches.
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Conflicts And Challenges In Early Christianity
$36.95Add to cartHagner has put together two highly influential essays on the question of the relationship of Judaism to early Christianity: Hengel’s “Early Christianity As a Jewish-Messianic Universalist Movement” and Barrett’s “Paul: Councils and Controversies.” Fuller Theological Seminary’s New Testament professors then respond.
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Jesus Controversy
$61.00Add to cartThe current controversy over the historical Jesus and his significance for both scholarship and religious belief continues to rage inside and outside the academy. In this volume, three distinguished New Testament scholars debate the historical, textual, and theological problems at the core of the controversy. The three scholars are: John Dominic Crossan, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at De Paul University, Luke Timothy Johnson, Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Emory University, and Werner H. Kelber, Turner Professor of Biblical Studies at Rice University.
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Reclaiming Our Roots 1
$74.95Add to cartReclaiming Our Roots, the most inclusive church history textbook on the market today, pays special attention to such matters as Christanity in the southern hemisphere, Eastern Orthodoxy, the church among miniority cultures in North America, and the role of women in church history. It includes not just names, dates, and events in church history but also sophisticated theological analyses of the issues that have made history, making it usable both as a text for ” history of Christian thought” as well as ” introduction to church history, courses.
Readers are exposed to a variety of credible, scholarly interpretations of issues, events and major figures, and encouraged to make thier own judgments based on the evidence and with the help of suggested primary source readings. Leading questions that open doors for group discussion and individual reflection on the core issues follow each section.
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Through The Wilderness Of Alzheimers
$19.00Add to cartIn telling the story of their journey into Alzheimer’s, the Simpsons offer families accurate, firsthand information about the disease, as well as support and practical help for patients and caregivers. Their dramatic story, told from both of their perspectives, uses journal entries, conversations, letters, and prayers to trace the onset, diagnosis, and treatment of Robert’s condition.
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Conversion In The New Testament A Print On Demand Title
$39.99Add to cartIn order to be effective in evangelism, one must clearly understand the dynamics of conversion. Richard Peace here examines two very different conversion experiences in the New Testament – Paul’s and the twelve disciples’ – and explores their implications for contemporary evangelism.
The unique feature of this book is Peace’s carefully argued proposal that Mark structures his Gospel around the unfolding conversion of the Twelve. By showing how conversion can take place either suddenly or gradually over time, Peace gives good reasons, and suggests practical ways, to replace one-sided evangelism techniques with more holistic methods.
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Saving And Secular Faith
$20.00Add to cartWhat does it mean to live with faith? Beginning from the term “faith” in the New Testament and Thomas Aquinas, eminent theologian Brian Gerrish shows that saving faith, as Martin Luther and John Calvin understood it, was not so much belief as discernment of God’s good will toward them in the word about Christ and therefore their also in their own lives.
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Rhetoric And Ethic
$23.00Add to cartIn this major study, leading feminist biblical critic Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza continues to explore the paradigm shift underway in biblical studies. Focusing on Paul and his interpreters, she questions the apolitical ethos of biblical scholarship and argues for an alternative rooted in a critical understanding of language as a form of power. Only then, she contends, will biblical studies be “a significant partner in the global struggles seeking justice and well-being for all.”
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Teaching Children Bible Basics
$21.99Add to cartHelp the 8- to 10-year-olds in your Sunday school learn to use the Bible! Children gain a working knowledge of the Bible’s structure, organization, and significance. The interactive 30-minute lessons stimulate creativity and critical thinking; each includes a lesson focus, Scripture text, materials list, learning activities, discussion questions, and closing prayer. A practical guide for teachers!
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Sacred In Music
$40.00Add to cartReligion and music are complementary resources for interpreting our lives. Music serves the sacred in ways that can be specified and articulated, yet the connection between them has been sorely neglected in the scholarly study of religion. In The Sacred in Music, Albert Blackwell brings the two subjects together in a celebration of the rich Western musical tradition, both classical and Christian.
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Trinity And Truth
$70.99Add to cartThis book is about the problem of truth: what truth is, and how we can tell whether what we have said is true. Bruce Marshall approaches this problem from the standpoint of Christian theology, and especially that of the doctrine of the Trinity. The book offers a full-scale theological account of what truth is and whether Christians have adequate grounds for regarding their beliefs as true. Unlike most theological discussions of these issues, the book is also extensively engaged with the modern philosophical debate about truth and belief.
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Left Hand Of God
$19.00Add to cartAdolf Holl’s divine biography examines the life of the Holy Spirit in the context of the history of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Interweaving scholarship with religion, myth, and culture, Holl expertly traces the influence of the Holy Spirit on men and women from all walks of life, over the course of centuries. The result is quite unlike anything written before.
The Holy Spirit inspired a few Galilean fishermen to find the courage to preach a new world religion. The Jews recognized it as the breath of God. Mohammed was inspired by it in the dictation of the Koran. Yet this same spirit has moved individuals to rebel against convention, authority, and even sanity. Through Holl’s freewheeling yet always crystal-clear discourse, we see how the Holy Spirit informs an incredible array of beliefs (including those underlying the rituals of Appalachian snake handlers) and ideas (the works of Freud and James Joyce are among the many discussed).
When the book was published in Germany, Der Spiegel wrote, “Holl has presented a formidable history, linking together the most distant things in a surprising way and leaving the whole as a paradox. He leaves it to the reader to judge the encounter with the Holy Spirit as a manifestation of the divine in the human being–or as a case for the psychiatrist.”
Whatever the reader’s conclusion may be, The Left Hand of God is sure to be hailed as a major religious publishing event.
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Little Maid Of Old Maine
$12.95Add to cartThis is a true story of the brave effort of two girls to bring help to a little settlement on the Maine coast at the time of the War of the Revolution. This event is referred to in history as the “”Lexington of the Seas,”” because it was the first naval battle after the encounter in Lexington, Massachusetts. Readers will be touched by the courage of Rebecca and Anna Weston as they journey through the forest after the powder that was to make possible the conquest of the British.
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Faith The Yes Of The Heart
$18.00Add to cartIn this rich and rewarding theology of spirituality, Grace Brame argues compellingly that “faith is not just a matter of understanding God, but of experiencing the real presence of the holy.” Grounded in Martin Luther’s profound understanding of faith and daring trust, and drawing from the insights of leading spiritual thinkers, Brame boldly maps the terrain of the spiritual journey for modern pilgrims. Here is a book to inspire, to give courage, to open the reader to th possibilities of trusting love.
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Down Up And Over
$29.00Add to cartThe lives of enslaved African Americans, Dwight Hopkins contends, are a foundational source of liberating faith and practice for African Americans today. Down, Up, and Over draws on their religious experience, and the example of their faith and witness, to develop a constructive theology of liberation
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Pilgrim Road
$28.00Add to cartChristian faith and life are not static; in fact, they can be viewed as a journey. Preeminent theologian B.A. Gerrish uses the motif of the journey of Christian life to present the cardinal Christian themes-such as God, faith, sin, forgiveness, evil, and moral action-as well as to address important related contempory questions.
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Between Athens And Jerusalem (Reprinted)
$41.99Add to cartOne of the most creative and consequential collisions in Wester culture involved the encounter of Judaism with Hellenism. In this widely acclaimed study of the Jews who lived in Hellenistic Eqypt, “between Athens and Jerusalem,” John J. Collins examines the literature of Hellenistic Judaism, treating not only the introductory questions of date, authorship, and provenance but also the lager question of Jewish identity in the Greco-Roman world.
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Adam And Eve In 17th Century Thought
$120.00Add to cartThis book offers a fascinating account of the central myth of Western culture – the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Philip Almond examines the way in which the gaps, hints and illusions within this biblical story were filled out in seventeenth-century English thought. At this time, the Bible formed a fundamental basis for studies in all subjects, and influenced greatly the way that people understood the world. Drawing extensively on primary sources he covers subjects as diverse as theology, history, philosophy, botany, language, anthropology, geology, vegetarianism, and women. He demonstrates the way in which the story of Adam and Eve was the fulcrum around which moved lively discussions on topics such as the place and nature of Paradise, the date of creation, the nature of Adamic language, the origins of the American Indians, agrarian communism, and the necessity and meaning of love, labour and marriage.
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Religious Experience Justification And History
$120.00Add to cartRecently, many philosophers of religion have sought to defend the rationality of religious belief by shifting the burden of proof onto the critic of religious belief. Some have appealed to extraordinary religious experience in making their case. Religious Experience, Justification, and History restores neglected explanatory and historical considerations to the debate. Through a study of William James, it contests the accounts of religious experience offered in recent works. Through reflection on the history of philosophy, it also unravels the philosophical use of the term justification. Matthew Bagger argues that the commitment to supernatural explanations implicit in the religious experiences employed to justify religious belief contradicts the modern ideal of human flourishing.
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Trinity And Truth
$117.00Add to cartThis book is about the problem of truth: what truth is, and how we can tell whether what we have said is true. Bruce Marshall approaches this problem from the standpoint of Christian theology, and especially that of the doctrine of the Trinity. The book offers a full-scale theological account of what truth is and whether Christians have adequate grounds for regarding their beliefs as true. Unlike most theological discussions of these issues, the book is also extensively engaged with the modern philosophical debate about truth and belief.
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Passion For Truth
$35.99Add to cartIVP Print On Demand Title
Is the future of evangelical theology in jeopardy? Leading evangelical scholar McGrath says it’s actually making a strong comeback in academic circles. His fresh and exciting evidence shows you the solid intellectual foundations of evangelicalism, how it interacts with other schools of thought, and its promising future. Must reading for pastors, students, and church leaders.
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Jesus And The Restoration Of Israel
$37.99Add to cartIVP Print On Demand Title
Acclaimed as one of the most significant works in the quest for the historical Jesus, Wright’s Jesus and the Victory of God reveals a surprising portrait of Christ. In this critical appraisal of Wright’s book, Alister McGrath, Marcus Borg, and other well-known scholars discuss Wright’s views on Jesus’ identity, acts, and sayings. Includes a response from Wright.
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From Irenaeus To Grotius
$73.99Add to cartA masterpiece! This outstanding collection brings together influential pieces from 65 authors in the days when theology and politics were intermingled: Origen, Augustine, Gregory I, Dante, William of Ockham, Luther, Calvin, and Grotius. Introductions, bibliographies, plus outstanding translations.
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Never Call Them Jerks
$26.00Add to cartNo church is immune to the problems that can arise when parishioners behave in difficult ways. Responding to such situations with self-awareness and in a manner true to one’s faith tradition makes the difference between peace and disaster. In this must-read book, Boers shows how a better understanding of difficult behavior can help congregational leaders avoid the trap of labeling such parishioners and exercise self-care when the going gets rough. Foreword by David W. Augsburger, author of Conflict Mediation across Cultures.
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Knowing Christianity
$25.99Add to cartWhile today’s spiritual fads come and go, Packer points you to the enduring, unchanging truth of God. Beginning with the doctrines of the Trinity and the Bible, this classic work offers solid insights into prayer, the importance of fellowship, reality of an afterlife, and more. A rich overview of Christianity for new and mature believers.
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Becoming Adult Becoming Christian
$25.00Add to cartIn this updated reissue of his 1984 classic, James Fowler applies his groundbreaking research on the development of faith to Christianity. In his revised first chapter Fowler locates his approach to the study of human and faith development in relation to the contemporary conversation about identity and selfhood in postmodernity. Fowler invites readers to explore what it means to find and claim vocation: a purpose for one’s life that is part of the purposes of God. Reclaiming covenant and vocation as ideals for responsible, mature, Christian selfhood, Fowler shows how a dynamic understanding of what vocation involves can both inform and transform lives.
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Gods Way Not Ours
$20.00Add to cart1. God Has Spoken
2. Ignorance
3. Going Backwards
4. The Depth Of The Problem
5. The Desolation Of Sin
6. A Glimpse Of Hope
7. Repentance
8. God’s Way, Not Ours
9. God’s Final Word158 Pages
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D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones was well known for his New Testament expositions, but in this book readers are given the rare opportunity to experience his skillful exploration of an Old Testament prophetic text. His expositions of Isaiah 1 provide a summary of Isaiah’s entire message and of God’s way of salvation. Lloyd-Jones lays out the root cause of human trouble and need, the false ways people try to escape from or meet it, and God’s only way of real deliverance.The book’s rich content, rooted in Scripture, is evangelistic as well as prophetic. Preachers and Bible teachers will use God’s Way, Not Ours to help them prepare messages and lessons. It also makes excellent devotional reading, combining careful biblical exposition with timeless application.
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Heart Of Black Preaching
$45.00Add to cartCleophus LaRue argues that the extraordinary character of black preaching derives from a distinctive biblical hermeneutic that views God as involved in practical ways in the lives of African Americans. This hermeneutic, he believes, has remained constant since the days of slavery.
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Not By Might
$18.99Add to cartNurse Natalie Fallon has brought her ailing mother to Denver for her health and starts a job at Denver’s Mile High Hospital, where she meets fellow nurse Breanna Baylor Brockman. In Natalie’s past is a relationship with Rex Rawlins, a young medical student. Two years prior she had ended the relationship when she learned Rex was planning a rural practice. She is determined not to marry a country doctor like her father, who died at age 43 from overwork. But she has never stopped loving Rex, and now, little does she know that Rex is a rural doctor in the surrounding mountains. A serious accident brings them together, but it will take a miracle to give them the promise of a life together
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Longing For Community
$21.99Add to cartUnderstanding the strength and unity of the ummah- the worldwide Muslim community-and its role in an individual’s identity is essential in comprehending the struggles that Muslims undergo as they turn to faith in Jesus Christ. It has been a place of security, acceptance, protection, and identity; turning away from it entails great sacrifice. Where, then, will Muslims who choose to follow Jesus find their longing for community fulfilled: ummah, church, or somewhere in between?
Longing for Community compiles the research and reflection of twenty missiologists, sociologists, anthropologists, and linguists-among them Muslims who have become believers in Jesus Christ- presented at the second Coming to Faith Consultation in February 2010. The contributors explore the multiple levels and hybrid nature of social identity, pointing to the need to free our discussions from single- dimensional scales, which are far from adequate to describe the complex nature of conversion and lived-out faith. Beyond the issue of identity, the contributors offer important lessons from mission history, explore liturgy as an appropriate vehicle for teaching, discuss appropriate means of communication, and point to both the need and contextually appropriate possibilities of greater involvement of women in training and ministry.
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Jesus The Miracle Worker
$50.99Add to cartWas Jesus the Miracle Worker that generations have believed him to be? Or was he merely a master psychologist, a purveyor of paranormal therapy? And what should we make of his stilling the storm or feeding the five thousand? In this comprehensive textbook study, Graham Twelftree evaluates Jesus’ own understanding of the miracles he performed, the historical reliability of the stories, and the way the modern mind views Christ’s miracles. Fascinating!
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Introduction To The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls (Revised)
$20.00Add to cartThe classic introduction to the 20th century’s most important archaeological discovery—thoroughly revised! A leader in Dead Sea Scrolls studies for decades, Vermes chronicles the past and present research; sheds light on the Qumran community; offers you a bird’s-eye view of the documents; and explains their meaning for biblical studies.
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Peter : Learning To Be More Like Jesus (Student/Study Guide)
$12.99Add to cartSimon Peter was a follower like us-he wanted to be like Jesus, but he struggled wtih doubts, and at times he failed. At other times he was used powerfully by God. These studies on his life challenge and motivate us to continue to grow in Christlikeness. This LifeGuide Bible Study in the new revised format features questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, as well as a new “Now or Later” section in each study. 12 studies for individuals or groups.
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Greco Roman World Of The New Testament Era
$35.99Add to cartJeffers opens the narrative of Scripture and tours everyday Greco-Roman life. Advancing understanding of the New Testament and early Christianity, he treats class and status, family and community, work and leisure, religion and organization, city and country, law and government, death and taxes, and epochal events of Roman history. Includes photos and illustrations.
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Parables : The Greatest Stories Ever Told (Student/Study Guide)
$12.99Add to cartEveryone loves a good story. But the parables of Jesus are a special kind of story. They sneak up on us, catching us off guard. The familiar suddenly takes an unexpected twist, and we find our secret thoughts exposed in the healing light of Jesus. In this guide John White, author of the bestselling book The Fight, helps us explore twelve of the greatest stories ever told.
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Philippians : Jesus Our Joy (Student/Study Guide)
$12.99Add to cartIt is easy to be happy when things go well. But what would it be like to have a sense of joy that continues even in times of trouble? Such was the deep joy that the apostle Paul experienced-even in prison. His contentment was neither dependent on circumstances nor changed by difficulty. In his brief letter to the Philippians, Paul teaches us how to live joyfully in every situation.
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Mark : Follow Me (Student/Study Guide)
$12.99Add to cartIn the book of Mark we meet Jesus, the man who is King. He shatters our expectations. He comes to serve and not to be served. He eats with sinners rather than royalty. And His crown is made of thorns. This is the one who calls us to follow Him. This is a revised LifeGuide Bible Study with new questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, expanded leader’s notes, and a “Now or Later” section with each study
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Quiet Time Companion (Revised)
$30.99Add to cartTurn your daily quiet time into life-changing encounters with God’s Word—in only 20 minutes a day! You’ll gain a fresh perspective and deeper understanding with a 2-year overview of the Bible and in-depth studies based on character, topical lifestyle, and Bible themes. The book is conveniently divided into eight 13-week seasons for group use.