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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.
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Rapture And The Second Coming Of Christ
$12.99Add to cartAs humanity steps into a new millennium, thoughts turn easily to questions of what the Bible has to say about our future. Will the Lord return soon? When will the rapture take place? Will the church endure the tribulation? Will the Antichrist rule the world?
For years, believers have relied on Finis Dake to provide simple explanations of sound doctrine-especially in matters of Bible prophecy. Those who hunger for such truth will find solid meat in the pages of The Rapture and the Second Coming of Christ.
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Spiritual Warfare : 9 Studies For Individuals Or Groups (Student/Study Guide)
$12.99Add to cart1. Detecting The Deceiver – 2 Corinthians 11:1-15
2. Facing Temptation – Matthew 4:1-11
3. The Serpent’s Strategy – Genesis 3:1-6
4. The Armor Of God – Ephesians 6:10-20
5. The War Within – James 4:1-10
6. Defeating The Destroyer – Mark 5:1-20
7. Overcoming Our Accuser – Revelation 12:7-12
8. Surviving Satan’s Attacks – Job 1–2
9. Standing Firm – 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17Additional Info
What is spiritual warfare? What does it look life? How does it affect us? The Bible has much to say about the battles we face. These studies will deepen our understanding of our supernatural struggle and direct us to sources of power and hope. 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. -
Journeying Through Lent With Mark
$6.99Add to cartIn this devotional, meditations for each day between Ash Wednesday and Easter focus on passages from the Gospel of Mark. Reflection questions and a prayer with each reading encourage readers to consider the passage’s meaning for their lives. A study guide is included for six weeks of small-group discussion.
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Religion Of The Earliest Churches
$30.00Add to cartPicking up where he left off in The Historical Jesus: A Comprehensive Guide, Theissen discusses religion as “a cultural sign language that promises a gain in life by corresponding to an ultimate reality”; and presents Christianity as a religion with elements of myth, ritual, ethics, and an emergent symbolic system.
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Paul : The Man And The Myth
$29.00Add to cartWe are left to reconstruct a portrait of Paul with only scraps of what was once a large and imposing canvas-a small collection of letters and a historical narrative written a generation after his death. This reconstruction focuses on important parts of the image that usually fall in the shadows, parts dealing with Paul’s sexual asceticism, his preoccupation with holiness-holy Spirit, holy community, and holy ethos-the evolution of his theology, and his emergence as a legendary figure. Although I have tried to follow the strict rules of historical investigation, of necessity much guesswork is involved in any exploration of Paul’s life. All of these efforts are attempts to deal with the gaps in the text, understood in the broadest sense to include not just Paul’s written words but also the culture, social world, and political realities surrounding them.
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Portraits Of Jesus (Student/Study Guide)
$48.00Add to cartTake a close look at the Savior’s life using an inductive, learning-by-doing approach to studying the Gospel texts! Engaging “What do you think” questions, photographs, and maps will guide your journey as you uncover the literary patterns, theological issues, and interpretive quandaries that still prompt lively debate among New Testament scholars.
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Barthian Revolt In Modern Theology
$46.00Add to cartIn this well-researched history of the rise, development, and near-demise of Karl Barth’s theology, Gary Dorrien carefully analyzes the making of the Barthian revolution and the reasons behind its simultaneously dominating and marginal character. Dorrien discusses Barth’s relationship to his predecessors and his contemporaries, as well as to modern theologians. He argues that Barth’s approach to theology was deeply indebted to his liberal past and was not essentially a form of “neoorthodox” positivism.
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Spiritual Guide
$11.95Add to cartThere have been more copies of this book burned than perhaps any other single Christian book ever published.
So powerful was its influence on Europe that within 6 years of its release this book had been translated into every language in Western Europe. In Naples, Italy it was said that 20,000 Christians gathered in small groups to practice inward prayer.
Michael Molinos came closer to reforming the Catholic church than any other single man in history, yet he ended up sealed in a dungeon, his book condemned. A man so controversial that even until today the Vatican will not release the transcript of his (secret) trial. Now, for the first time ever, this book appears in modern English. The first English language release in over a hundred years.
Included in the book is the first biography of Michael Nolinos to appear in English in over 100 years.
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Revelation : A Life Changing Encounter With Gods Word – Apocalyptic Visions (Stu
$9.99Add to cartThe REVELATION Bible study covers subjects such as faith, revelation, satan and suffering. This study will fortify believers who are pressured to deny their faith and help them stand firm through God’s Word. Revelation unveils events between God and Satan in the end and describes the glory that awaits believers who endure suffering. Leader’s guide is included in each book.
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Acts : A Life Changing Encounter With Gods Word From The Book Of Acts (Student/S
$14.99Add to cartFrom tiny beginnings among Jesus’ disciples, the Church exploded into a worldwide force in just a few years. How? Jesus left His followers with a mission, and the Spirit of God moved mightily through them to fulfill it. Luke’s account of how the gospel was carried
from Jerusalem to Rome-despite every conceivable obstacle-challenges us to know and live out our mission in the world. -
Practicing The Presence Of People
$17.00Add to cartLearn to love deeply, powerfully, and intimately! Inspired by Brother Lawrence’s The Practice of the Presence of God, Mason takes a contemplative approach to love, showing you how to be fully present for others here and now, tenderly identify with their weaknesses, and rejoice that they—and you—were affectionately fashioned by the hand of God.
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Matthew : A Life Changing Encounter With Gods Word From The Book Of Matthew (Stu
$14.99Add to cartWith its emphasis on the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies, Matthew’s Gospel forms a natural bridge between the Old and New Testaments. While it is directed toward Jewish readers, it has never been limited in its audience. From the visit of the Magi reported at the beginning of this Gospel to the words of the Great Commission at its conclusion, the larger sphere and interests of the Messiah are clear. Throughout Matthew’s Gospel we learn that Jesus is indeed the promised Messiah, come to redeem His people.
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Proverbs : A Life Changing Encounter With Gods Word From The Book Of Prover (Stu
$14.99Add to cartThe book of Proverbs contains a wealth of practical wisdom for everyday living. Its teachings are timeless, and they provide helpful guidelines on almost every aspect of personal conduct imaginable, including: goodness, folly, sin, wealth and poverty, the tongue, pride and humility, justice, vengeance, strife, gluttony, love, lust, laziness, friendships, the family, life, and death.
Christians have a lifelong goal: To become like Christ. This involves change, and change isn’t always easy. But the more you know of God’s purposes for you, the more you can experience His joy and participate in His plan. THE LIFECHANGE SERIES of Bible studies on books of the Bible can help you grow in Christlikeness through a life-changing encounter with God’s Word. You’ll benefit in these important ways:
You’ll gain a firm understanding of the book-its historical context, purpose, structure, and meaning;
You’ll apply its powerful, relevant wisdom to needs and issues you are currently working through; and
You’ll acquire personal study skills and a thirst to return to the book on your own-so you can keep going deeper into its life-transforming truths. -
Exodus : A Life Changing Encounter With Gods Word From Through Miraculous D (Stu
$14.99Add to cartLIFECHANGE Bible studies allow the Bible to speak for itself. You’ll see for yourself what it says–not what someone else thinks it says–and develop the skills and desire to dig even deeper into God’s Word.
EXODUS.
Exodus-part 2 in the story of humanity’s redemption-tells how God brought Israel up out of slavery to men, and allowed them to become His servants. And through miraculous deliverance and covenant law, the Redeemer is revealed. The book of Exodus contains many valuable insights for us today, including God’s methods for dealing with rebellion, His shaping of Moses into a servant leader, governing principles for the just treatment of others, and guidelines for pure and wholehearted worship. -
Hebrews : Life Changing Encounter With Gods Word From The Book Of Hebrews (Stude
$14.99Add to cartThis is a study of HEBREWS a, which reigns unchallenged as the New Testament’s finest commentary on the relationship between Christ and the Old Testament. It contains a chal lenging message to live wholeheartedly for Christ in every situation. In this Bible study participants will learn historical in- sights and word definitions. Also included are discussion questions, asssignments, and a leader’s guide. Format: Workbook Audience: New Christian Number of Lessons: 19 Average Number of Questions: 18 Prep Time: Medium
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Ephesians : A Life Changing Encounter With Gods Word From The Book Of Ephes (Stu
$12.99Add to cartEPHESIANS. To a young church needing a fuller knowledge of Christ, the Apostle Paul sent a call to Christian maturity. His letter carries priceless truths about your own new identity in Christ, and your special calling in His body.
LIFECHANGE Series. Christians have a lifelong goal- to become like Christ. This involves change, and change isn’t always easy. But the more you know of God’s purposes for you, the more you can experience His joy and participate in His plan.The LIFECHANGE Series of Bible studies on books of the Bible can help you grow in Christlikeness through a life-changing encounter with God’s Word. You’ll benefit in these important ways: 1) You’ll gain a firm understanding of the book-its historical context, purpose, structure, and meaning; 2) You’ll apply its powerful, relevant wisdom to needs and issues you are currently working through; and 3) You’ll acquire personal study skills and a thirst to return to the book on your own-so you can keep going deeper into its life-transforming truths.
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Preaching In The New Creation
$30.00Add to cartMost preachers have little fondness for apocalyptic texts because of their scathing language, surrealistic plots, and enigmatic symbols. David Jacobsen not only helps preachers move past these barriers, but offers a three-part approach for preaching these texts today.
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Genesis : A Life Changing Encounter With Gods Word From The Book Of Genesis (Stu
$14.99Add to cart216 Pages In 19 Chapters
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The first book of God’s revelation to man Is a book of genesis-beginnings. God creates the heavens. The earth. Man and woman. But rebellion breaks out, and God begins the task of mending His relationship with mankind. The events that unfold In this extraordinary, book give form to the entire Bible, right to the end of Revelation and God’s plan for a new beginning.THE LIFECHANGE SERIES of Bible studies on books of the Bible can help you grow in Christlikeness through a life- changing encounter with God’s Word. You’ll benefit in these important ways:
You’ll gain a firm understanding of the book-its historical context, purpose, structure, and meaning;
You’ll apply its powerful, relevant wisdom to needs and issues you are currently working through; and
You’ll acquire personal study skills and a thirst to return to the book on your own-so you can keep going deeper into its life-transforming truths. -
Then Darkness Fled
$28.99Add to cartAt a time when Booker T. Washington is being rediscovered by African Americans today, the author offers a compelling look at the man and the qualities of leadership he embodied in his life and work. The result is a timeless message of hope, empowerment, and responsibility, which Washington himself characterized as the training of head, heart, and hand.
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Experiencing The Depths Of Jesus Christ (Reprinted)
$12.95Add to cart1. From The Shallows To The Depths
2. Launching Out
3. The Depths–Even For The Unlearned
4. The Second Of Dryness
6. Abandonment
7. Abandonment And Suffering
8. Abandonment And Revelation
9. Abandonment And A Holy Life
10. Living Indoors
11. Toward The Center
12. Continual Prayer
13. Abundance
14. Silence
15. A New Look At Confession Of Sin
16. The Scripture
17. Prayer Requests?
18. Distractions
19. Temptation
20. Consumed
21. Silence-In The Depths
22. The Constant State
23. To Christian Workers
24. The Ultimate Christian Attainment
25. From Prison160 Pages
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THE HISTORY OF THIS BOOKOne of the most influential spiritual books ever penned, even secular historians acknowledge the great impact Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ has had in Christian history. Madame Guyon is generally credited, even by her enemies, as being one of best-known women in church history. Will Durant, in his 11-volume Story of Civilization, recounts the impact of Jeanne Guyon’s life and writings on French history.
At one time this book was publicly burned in France, and yet it has also been received by seeking Christians as one of the most helpful and powerful Christian books ever written. Penned by one of Christianity’s most famous saints, Jeanne Guyon, it has played a major part in the lives of more famous Christians than perhaps any other Christian book. Here is the very first edition written in modern English.
Watchman Nee saw that this book was translated into Chinese, and made available to every new convert of The Little Flock. Fenelon, Count Zinzendorf, John Wesley, the early Quakers, Jessie Penn-Lewis and Hudson Taylor all highly recommended it to the believers of their day.
This book will introduce you to a whole new – and deeper – relationship to Jesus Christ.
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Let Me Be A Woman
$7.99Add to cart49 Chapters
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We are called to be women. The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian does make me a different kind of woman. For I have accepted God’s idea of me, and my whole life is an offering back to Him of all that I am and all that He wants me to be.Elisabeth Elliot is one of Christendom’s most able and articulate writers. In this new book, Let Me Be a Woman, she couples her own observations and experiences of life with her careful, lifelong study of the Scripture. The book is subtitled “Thoughts on Womanhood for Valerie,” and is the gift of this talented mother to a daughter on the threshold of her own marriage.
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Let Me Be A Woman
$15.99Add to cart49 Chapters
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Who are you?Many Christian women rarely, if ever, ask themselves that question. But knowing who you are as woman-and as a Christian-can make a real difference in how you see yourself and others.
Elisabeth Elliot can help you find answers that make a difference. She suggests that the place to start is by asking not “Who am I?” but “Whose am I?” In Let Me Be a Woman, she writes candidly about what it means to be a Christian woman, and she unabashedly tackles tough issues, including subordination, the single life, self-discipline, masculinity vs. femininity, the right hand of pride, and what makes a marriage work.
Whether you are young or not so young, single, engaged, married, or widowed, you will better understand how you fit into God’s plan, and you will come away with a wonderful sense of peace about who you really are as a Christian woman.
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Dealing With The Rejection And Praise Of Men
$13.00Add to cartRejection. Ugh! Many of us have been devoured by its ravages, and most of us have also given it out. Praise. Now there’s a happier word! But the sinister tentacles of man’s praise constantly seek to disqualify God’s servants from their highest inheritance. Rejection and Praise are like twin gullies that flank the narrow highway of holiness. Every step counts. For Jesus, man’s opinions were meaningless in light of the exuberant affection and passionate approval of His Father. Learn how to hold your heart before God in a way that pleases Him in the midst of both rejection and praise from people.
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Grace Sufficient : A History Of Women In American Methodism 1760-1968
$38.99Add to cartHistories of women and American religion have tended to focus on women’s religious activities rather than on women’s religious lives. Studies of early American religion and spirituality have usually depended on the journals and sermons of male preachers. In order to understand the religious lives of ordinary Methodist women, Jean Miller Schmidt has looked at their diaries, letters, spiritual autobiographies, and the accounts of their pious lives and holy deaths that appeared as obituaries in publications like the Methodist Magazine. These powerful stories of faith are part of the shared history of Methodist people.
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Hat
$9.99Add to cartHedgie the hedgehog discovers the wisdom of the adage, “Don’t go poking your nose where it doesn’t belong” only after curiosity gets this prickly fellow in a pickle. When Lisa’s red and white woolen stocking blows off the clothesline, Hedgie finds it and sticks his nose inside, only to discover his prickles prevent him from pulling out of it. Soon all the farm animals are coming around to chuckle at silly Hedgie’s stocking hat. But in the end, nimble-witted Hedgie gets the last laugh.
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Founded On The Rock
$15.99Add to cartThe Christian marriage and the Christian home are under a concerted attack by the enemy of our souls all over the world, and we all need God’s help to overcome this attack. This book, a result of years of marriage counseling, special seminars for the family and a world of personal experience, has practical answers to the questions that have plagued many Christian families in recent years.
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Prayers God Always Answers
$15.99Add to cartWhy are some prayers answered in ways we least expect, and some never answered at all? What’s the point of praying if God already knows what we need? With laugh-out-loud humor and true-life anecdotes, Kennedy addresses the hows and whys of prayer. Her lighthearted insights will transform you from a “prayer wimp” to a “prayer warrior.”
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Challenge Of Discipleship A Critical Study Of The Sermon On The Mount As
$59.95Add to cartThis book invites readers to assume responsibility for their own interpretations of the Sermon on the Mount through a practice of “critical study of the Bible as scripture.” Such a practice takes as a starting point the conclusions about “the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount for believers today,” which Christian believers of all walks of life formulate for themselves, which non-Christian ordinary readers readily envision as they observe Christians, and which scholars imply in their sophisticated interpretations.
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How I Have Changed
$34.95Add to cartIn June 1996, to celebrate Jurgen Moltmann’s seventieth birthday, a remarkable group of theologians, both Catholic and Protestant, gathered in Tubingen. They spent the day discussing, before a large audience, how their theology had changed or not changed over the previous thirty years. This book is a record of what they said, together with the text of a subsequent television broadcast and an assessment of the day by a distinguished journalist. The participants include: Jurgen Moltmann, his wife Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel, Eberhard Jungel, Dorothee Solle, Johann Baptist Metz, Norbert Greinacher, Jorg Zink, Philip Potter, and Hans Kung. They cover many areas of theology, from systematic theology to feminist theology to liberation theology. They also show in a striking way how their careers were stamped by the war and the subsequent divisionof Germany, lending an amazing personal touch to their accounts. Jurgen Moltmann is Emeritus Professor of Systematic Theology in the Protestant Theological Faculty at the University of Tubingen.
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Postfoundationalist Task Of Theology A Print On Demand Title
$32.99Add to cartWidely admired for his erudition and considered one of the leading Protestant thinkers in the world, Pannenberg has, at times, been castigated for not being more in touch with postmodern concerns. Shults, on the other hand, shows how Pannenberg’s methodology points to new directions for the 21st century.
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Friendship And Society A Print On Demand Title
$28.99Add to cartWhat can I know? What can I hope for? What should I do? These are three perennial questions of life, and few thinkers have offered such penetrating answers as Augustine. Friendship and Society is a fascinating volume meant for those interested in what one of history’s greatest minds had to say about life in an imperfect world. Bringing expert scholarship and a popular readership, this volume assumes no in-depth knowledge of philosophy or prior acquaitance with Augustine’s writings. Unifying this book is a powerful argument that “friendship” can be the tie that binds us all.
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Thomas Merton And The Monastic Vision A Print On Demand Title
$25.99Add to cartThough the outlines of Thomas Merton’s life are generally known to his many readers, the details of his spiritual development are less familiar. Taking up where Merton’s own Seven Storey Mountain ends, this penetrating biography by Lawrence Cunningham explores Merton’s monastic life and his subsequent growth into a modern-day spiritual master.
Cunningham shows that Merton’s prolific writings and his continuing influence can only be understood against the background of his contemplative experience as a Trappist monk. “If one does not understand Merton as a monk,” writes Cunningham, “one does not understand Merton at all.”
Following the trajectory of Merton’s life, starting from his entrance into the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky, in 1941, Cunningham highlights the development of Merton’s monastic life against the cultural background of the American experience and the vast upheavals in the Roman Catholic Church. This unique approach clearly reveals the paradox of Merton’s life. Here was a person deeply involved in the cultural struggles of his day despite having made a conscious decision to draw away from the world in silence and solitude. With both pen and voice, Merton construed to face the most seething issues of the century, including the antiwar and civil-rights movements. Equally intriguing was Merton’s dialogue with Zen Buddhism, a figurative and literal journey to the East that ended with his death in Bangkok in 1968.
Adding to the interest of this balanced and reliable biography is a foreword by Father Timothy Kelly, the current abbot of the Abbey of Gethsemani, who was himself a novice under Merton.
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Circles Of Dignity
$22.00Add to cartDeeply challenging to the theological status quo, this important and interesting work searches for a new theological paradigm in out time of assive social, geopolitical, and economic change. Circles of Dignity promises to incite debate about the role of religion and theology in global change.
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Fun Activities For Bible Learning
$22.95Add to cartDo you ever have trouble keeping the attention of the children in your Sunday school classroom? Do you find that the young people get restless? Would you like some help in getting kids interested in the Bible? Then use one of the activities in this book!
Stimulate your youngsters’ interest and a spirit of positive competition with these …
Puzzles
Paper and pencil games
Memory work activities
Bible drill games
Board games
Action games that teach Bible truths and spiritual valuesAll this while providing fun ways to use their pent-up energy! These activities are perfect for Sunday school classes, children’s church, Bible clubs, Christian and home schools, Christian camps, or for home family times.
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They Came Together In Bethlehem
$12.95Add to cartThis book provides a complete worship resource for busy pastors …
Sermons for Advent, Christmas Eve, and the Sunday after Christmas
Advent candle readings with scripture verses
Pastoral prayers
Children’s object lessons
Dramatic monologues which can be presented by the pastor or a lay personAssign the materials … schedule the sermon titles … then relax and enjoy the season with your family as you employ these inspiring materials in your congregation.
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Culture Of Disbelief Cycle B
$12.95Add to cartThrough fascinating anecdotes and narrative stories, Donna Schaper relates these ancient texts to contemporary situations. She skillfully applies the Gospel of life and hope to circumstances of suffering and death.
Chapters include:
Letting Death Go — Mark 8:31-38
Paying Attention To The Modern Light — John 3:14-21
Junk Food And Holy Tables — John 18:1-19
Being Spiritually Odd — John 20:19-31
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Out Of The Whirlwind Cycle B
$12.95Add to cartWriting on the lectionary texts from Job, Stroman deals with extremely contemporary issues. We discover in these messages that Job’s struggles are the same as ours. The texts from Ruth and 1 Samuel introduce us to four important Old Testament women: Naomi, Orpah, Ruth, and Hannah. They all play an important role in the biblical narrative, as well as providing insight into vital current issues.
Chapters include:
*Taking The Good With The Bad — (Job 1:1; 2:1-10)
*Making Our Feelings Known — (Job 23:1-9, 16-17)
*The Tale of Three Women — (Ruth 1:1-8)
*God Remembers — (1 Samuel 1:4-20)
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Parables Of Jesus Cycle B
$12.95Add to cartThe parable is the most well-known literary form presented in the Gospels – and since narrative or story sermons are such a prominent element in the contemporary pulpit, pastors are preaching on the parable texts more frequently than ever.
This book provides a thorough and complete examination of each of the parables in Cycle B of the Revised Common Lectionary. Each parable study includes:
discussion of the theme
spiritual food for the journey
application of the parable to contemporary life
openings for preaching
points of challenge and questions to ponder
exegesis and explanation of the parable
context of the parableThese studies will be a classic resource for preaching … or useful for Bible study and inspiration.
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Practical Divinity 2
$34.99Add to cartThis companion to “Practical Divinity, Volume 1: Theology in the Wesleyan Tradition” brings together a unique collection of writings that trace the development of the Methodist theological tradition from Wesley and his immediate successors through the twentieth century. These readings give life to the major themes and postitions, theological continuities and changes and cultural contexts, as well as national and international characteristics that enrich this tradition. These documents follow Methodism from its origins in Great Britian to its movement around the world, and open a new window for the reader on the people and issues which have given character to the movement.
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Gospel Of Mark
$24.99Add to cartIf you’re looking for non-technical, easy-to read commentaries that effectively open up the meaning of Scripture, you’ll appreciate the Interpreting Biblical Texts series. Written for laypeople, as well as scholars, each volume clearly presents the main points of the ancient texts for modern readers. In the newest edition, The Gospel of Mark, Donald Juel explores the remarkable story of what many believe to be the first gospel that was written.
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Ruth : A Bible Commentary For Teaching And Preaching
$40.00Add to cartAddressing the human and divine dimensions of the account of Ruth, this thoughtful commentary discusses all the significant questions of origin and purpose. Sakenfeld’s interpretation is at once sociological and theological, and reflects the profundity of this ancient story. The latest addition to the Interpretation series, which takes a critical-scholarly approach to Scripture.
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Some Folks Feel The Rain Others Just Get Wet (Student/Study Guide)
$16.99Add to cartThis is another way of saying that some people smell the roses, while others just complain about the thorns. In his warm, controversial style, popular author James W. Moore explores the reasons why some people are able to see our time on Earth as a gracious gift from God rather than as an agonizig endurance test; and, simply put, why some people have the ability to celebrate life with an abundance of gratitude.
