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Think Ahead : 7 Decisions You Can Make Today For The God-Honoring Life You
$29.99Add to cartWhy do we keep making choices we later regret–sometimes even the same bad choices over and over? Drawing on Scripture, story, and cutting-edge research into human behavior, pastor Craig Groeschel reveals the key to making the choices we want to make and experiencing the joy and freedom God has for us.
We all want to make great decisions. So what happens between our good intentions and the choices we actually make in the moment? If only we could make decisions ahead of time rather than when we’re under stress, overwhelmed, or swayed by fear or emotion. In Think Ahead, we learn how to do just that.
Pastor Craig Groeschel knows from personal experience and as a counselor to others what being trapped in a cycle of poor decision-making is like. In Think Ahead, he shares what he has discovered about the power of “pre-deciding.”
With thought-provoking exercises and questions for reflection, this interactive book teaches us that the quality of our decisions determines the quality of our lives. Think Ahead will help you:
*Understand the science behind your decision-making habits
*Overcome decision fatigue and debilitating fears
*Diminish the role of emotions in decision-making
*See how your small choices shape the kind of person you become
*Define and put into action the seven life-defining pre-decisions you can make today
*Becoming the person you want to be starts before you even make a decision. In Think
Ahead, you’ll discover the power of making decisions today to help you live the life you want to have tomorrow. -
Winning The War In Your Mind For Teens
$19.99Add to cartDo your thoughts and your life feel out of your control? Have you found yourself in a spiral of unhealthy thinking? Let God’s truth become your battle plan to win the war in your mind!
As teens, it can feel difficult to find a way out of our bad habits and unhealthy thought patterns, too often feeling like our thoughts are running out of control and finding ourselves off-track from where we want to be. Pastor and New York Times bestselling author Craig Groeschel deeply understands this daily battle against self-doubt and negative thinking, and in this book adapted from his bestselling Winning the War in Your Mind, Groeschel explains how you too can challenge your thinking and change the course of your life for the better, revealing the strategies he’s found that help.
Drawing upon Scripture and the latest findings of brain science, Groeschel lays out practical strategies that will free you from the grip of harmful, destructive thinking and enable you to live the life of joy and peace that God intends you to live. With all-new stories, science that explores the unique realities of how the teenage brain is wired, and visually-engaging callouts and short sections that appeal to teenage readers, Winning the War in Your Mind for Teens will help you:
*Learn how your brain works and see how to rewire it
*Identify the lies the enemy wants you to believe
*Recognize and short-circuit your mental triggers for negative thinking
*See how prayer and praise will transform your mind
*Develop practices that allow God’s thoughts to become your thoughtsGod has something better for your life. It’s time to change your mind so God can change your life.
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Lo Esencial De Un Buen Lider – (Spanish)
$14.99Add to cartSin importar como te sientas, esperanzado por un cambio o esceptico de que las circunstancias puedan cambiar, Craig Groeschel es consciente de este sentimiento de incertidumbre en cuanto al esfuerzo que implica este cambio.
El autor best seller del New York Times Craig Groeschel es el fundador y pastor principal de Life.Church, una iglesia innovadora y creadora de tendencias conocida por todo el mundo. Sin embargo, esto no ha sido siempre asi. Hace veinticinco aos, unas pocas personas se reunian para adorar en un garaje para dos autos. Hoy, se reunen miles de personas semanalmente entre sus treinta y seis sedes de difusion.
Lo esencial de un buen lider presenta las ideas transformadoras del autor sobre como edificar eficazmente un ministerio prospero y duradero. El libro combina un dialogo franco y humor honesto con principios biblicos y de liderazgo para equiparte con herramientas para:
*Descubrir la poderosa presencia de Dios que el autor llama la esencia e interpolarla en cada aspecto de tu ministerio
*Identificar e implementar siete principios de liderazgo para una iglesia que perdura
*Encender la pasion de tu equipo para dejar lo que siempre hacemos y acoger el ministerio significativo que sabes que es posible realizar
*Descubrir las tres areas que todo lider debe dominar para tener exito
Este libro desvela el secreto para impulsar el ministerio y mantenerlo en mocion.
Lead Like it Matters
Has your passion for ministry been snuffed out by regular, ordinary, everyday tasks? Have you seen attendance decline for multiple years in a row, but aren’t sure what to do about it? Are you a church planter struggling to getting your church off the ground?
Whether you’re hopeful for change or skeptical things will ever get better, Craig Groeschel knows what it’s like to wonder what it will take to turn your ministry around.
New York Times bestselling author Craig Groeschel is the founding and senior pastor of Life.Church, an innovative and pacesetting church known around the world. But it wasn’t always that way. Twenty-five years ago, a handful of congregants worshipped together in a two-car garage. Today, they host thousands of attendees each week across their thirty-six broadcast locations.
Lead Like It Matters presents Groeschel’s transformative insights on how to effectively build a thriving, enduring ministry. He combines straight-talk and wry honesty with biblical and leadership principles to equip you with the tools to:
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Gana La Guerra En Tu Mente – (Spanish)
$16.99Add to cartEstan tus pensamientos fuera de control, como tu vida? Anhelas liberarte de la espiral del pensamiento destructivo? !Deja que la verdad de Dios se convierta en tu plan de batalla para ganar la guerra en tu mente!
Todos hemos tratado de dejar los malos habitos y los patrones de pensamiento poco saludables, solo para encontrarnos atrapados con una mente fuera de control y una vida diaria fuera de lugar. Craig Groeschel, pastor y autor de best sellers del New York Times, comprende profundamente esta batalla diaria contra la duda y el pensamiento negativo, y en este nuevo y poderoso libro revela las estrategias que ha descubierto para cambiar tu mente y tu vida a largo plazo.
Basandose en las Escrituras y los ultimos descubrimientos de la ciencia del cerebro, Groeschel presenta estrategias practicas que te liberaran de las garras del pensamiento daino y destructivo y te permitiran vivir la vida de gozo y paz que Dios quiere que vivas. Gana la guerra en tu mente te ayudara a:
*Aprender como funciona el cerebro y ver como reconfigurarlo
*Identificar las mentiras que tu enemigo quiere que creas
*Reconocer y hacer corto circuito a tus detonantes mentales para el pensamiento destructivo
*Ver como la oracion y la alabanza transformaran tu mente
*Desarrollar practicas que permitan que los pensamientos de Dios se conviertan en tus pensamientos.
Dios tiene algo mejor para tu vida que tu forma de pensar anterior. Es hora de cambiar tus pensamientos para que Dios pueda cambiar tu vida.
Winning the War in Your Mind
Are your thoughts out of control–just like your life? Do you long to break free from the spiral of destructive thinking? Let God’s truth become your battle plan to win the war in your mind!
We’ve all tried to think our way out of bad habits and unhealthy thought patterns, only to find ourselves stuck with an out-of-control mind and off-track daily life. Pastor and New York Times bestselling author Craig Groeschel understands deeply this daily battle against self-doubt and negative thinking, and in this powerful new book he reveals the strategies he’s discovered to change your mind and your life for the long-term.
Drawing upon Scripture and the latest findings of brain science, Groeschel lays out practical strategies that will free you from the grip of harmful, destructive thinking and enable you to live the life of joy and peace that God intends you to live. Winning the War in Your Mind will help you:
*Learn how your bra
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Winning The War In Your Mind Workbook
$18.99Add to cartAre your thoughts out of control–just like your life? Do you long to break free from the spiral of destructive thinking? If so, God’s truth can become your battle plan to win the war in your mind!
In this twelve-lesson workbook, pastor and New York Times bestselling author Craig Groeschel reveals that our lives are always moving in the direction of our strongest thoughts. What we think shapes who we are. Both the Bible and modern science provide evidence that this is true.
For example, in Philippians 4:8-9, the apostle Paul writes, “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me–put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.” In these three sentences, Paul moves from thought (“think about such things”) to action (“put it into practice”) to experience (“the God of peace will be with you”).
In recent years, an entire discipline of modern psychology has developed called cognitive behavioral therapy. This breakthrough teaching reveals that many problems, from eating disorders to relational challenges, addictions, and even some forms of depression and anxiety, are rooted in faulty and negative patterns of thinking. Treating those problems begins with changing that thinking. When the Bible and modern psychology say the same thing, we should all pay attention!
In this workbook, Craig goes deeper into the principles outlined in his book to reveal the strategies he has discovered will change your mind and your life for the long-term. Each lesson includes biblical exploration, reflection and application questions, and practical exercises to help you determine any destructive thought patterns that have and eliminate them from your life.
God has something better for your life than your old ways of thinking. It’s time to change your mind so God can change your life.
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Winning The War In Your Mind
$28.99Add to cartAre your thoughts out of control–just like your life? Do you long to break free from the spiral of destructive thinking? Let God’s truth become your battle plan to win the war in your mind!
We’ve all tried to think our way out of bad habits and unhealthy thought patterns, only to find ourselves stuck with an out-of-control mind and off-track daily life. Pastor and New York Times bestselling author Craig Groeschel understands deeply this daily battle against self-doubt and negative thinking, and in this powerful new book he reveals the strategies he’s discovered to change your mind and your life for the long-term.
Drawing upon Scripture and the latest findings of brain science, Groeschel lays out practical strategies that will free you from the grip of harmful, destructive thinking and enable you to live the life of joy and peace that God intends you to live. Winning the War in Your Mind will help you:
*Learn how your brain works and see how to rewire it
*Identify the lies your enemy wants you to believe
*Recognize and short-circuit your mental triggers for destructive thinking
*See how prayer and praise will transform your mind
*Develop practices that allow God’s thoughts to become your thoughtsGod has something better for your life than your old ways of thinking. It’s time to change your mind so God can change your life.
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Divine Direction : 7 Decisions That Will Change Your Life
$19.99Add to cartMaster the decisions that will make your life everything God wants it to be. Every day we make choices. And those choices accumulate and eventually become our life story. What would your life look like if you became an expert at making those choices?
In this inspiring guidebook, New York Times bestselling author Craig Groeschel shows how the choices that are in your power, if aligned with biblical principles, will lead to a life you’ve never imagined.Divine Direction will help you seek wisdom through seven principles. You’ll consider one thing to stop that’s hindering you; how to start a new habit to re-direct your path; where you should stay committed; and when you should go even if it’s easier to stay. The book also includes criteria that will help you feel confident in the right choice, and encourages you with principles for trusting God with your decisions. What story do you want to tell about yourself? God is dedicated to the wonderful plan he’s laid out for you. The achievable and powerful steps in Divine Direction take you there one step at a time, big, or small.
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Liking Jesus Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$10.99Add to cartWe all love the benefits of technology and social media, but even with the incredible upsides, many of us suspect there are unintended negative consequences beyond our control. The more we compare ourselves with others, the less satisfied we are. The more we interact online, the more we crave face-to-face intimacy. The more filtered our lives become, the more challenging it is for us to be authentic. The more information we receive about the pain and crises in the world, the more difficult it is for us to care.In this timely five-session video-based study (DVD/downloads sold separately), New York Times bestselling author Craig Groeschel taps in to some of the most up-to-date studies on social media to help us understand how it affects our emotions, our relationships, our attitudes, and our beliefs. He offers real-life examples to reveal the depths to which each of us battles with social media, how it masks our real struggles, and how we can reclaim a Christ-centered life. He encourages us to regain control over our lives by rediscovering the principles real life with Jesus brings: contentment, intimacy, authenticity, compassion, and rest.It’s time to refresh and rediscover what it means to be “like Jesus” and find true authenticity, a healthy self-image, and compassion for others in an age when we relate to each other so differently than ever before. It is time to no longer be defined by who follows you but by the One you follow.
Sessions include:
*Recovering Contentment
*Restoring Intimacy
*Revealing Authenticity
*Resurrecting Compassion
*Replenishing RestDesigned for use with the Liking Jesus Video Study (sold separately).
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Direccion Divina – (Spanish)
$14.99Add to cartCada dia trae nuevas decisiones y esas decisiones se acumulan y eventualmente se convierten en la historia de vida. En este manual, el autor best seller del New York Times Craig Groeschel inspira a los lectores a tomar decisiones basadas en la sabiduria de las Escrituras. Este libro fomenta en los lectores la idea de que las decisiones que estan en su poder, si son alineadas con principios biblicos, les conduciran a una vida que nunca han imaginado. Como pastor ha visto a muchas personas vivir con arrepentimiento. Groeschel ayuda a los lectores a buscar sabiduria y determinar el plan de accion correcto mediante siete principios. Los lectores identificaran un elemento que deben detener porque les esta obstaculizando; como iniciar un nuevo habito para cambiar de ruta; cuando deben permanecer comprometidos; y cuando deben marcharse incluso si es la decision mas dificil. Este libro tambien incluye factores que validan las decisiones de los lectores y principios para confiar en Dios en la toma de decisiones. Los pasos poderosos aqui descritos ayudaran a los lectores a elegir la vida maravillosa que Dios ha planeado para ellos un paso a la vez, grande o pequeno.
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Desde Ahora En Adelante Guia D (Student/Study Guide) – (Spanish) (Student/Study
$13.99Add to cartEn esta guia de estudio de cinco sesiones en video para grupos pequeos, el autor de best sellers del New York Times y pastor, Craig Groeschel, nos muestra cinco compromisos, que poniendolos en practica, nos ayudaran a hacer nuestro matrimonio a prueba de fracasos. Usted conoce las estadisticas, y no son alentadoras. El 50% de los matrimonios no logra manterse unida. En que otra area de su vida esta satisfecho con tener un 50% de probabilidades en contra? Las elecciones que usted hace cada dia determinan no solo su relacion con Dios sino tambien la calidad de su matrimonio. Las decisiones que tome hoy determinaran el matrimonio que tendra maana. En este estudio de cinco sesiones, descubrira cinco compromisos que sin duda pondran su matrimonio a prueba de fracasos. Si establece esos compromisos, puede tener, y tendra, el matrimonio que Dios quiere que usted experimente. Las sesiones incluyen: 1. Buscar a Dios 2. Pelear limpio 3. Tener diversion 4. Mantenerse puro 5. Nunca tirar la toalla Si usted y su conyuge deciden sinceramente comprometerse a estos principios, descubriran una relacion mas rica, mas profunda y mas autentica, y una vida amorosa mas satisfactoria y apasionada de lo que podrian haber imaginado nunca. No sea usted una estadistica. No sea parte del promedio. Obtenga ese matrimonio que siempre quiso tener. Comience en este momento, desde ahora en adelante.
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From This Day Forward Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$10.99Add to cartIs it possible to have a great marriage? Yes, but it is not likely if you treat marriage like everybody else does! In this five-session, video-based small group study, New York Times bestselling author and pastor Craig Groeschel gives you five commitments to make in order to fail-proof your marriage. You know the stats, and they are horrifying. 50% of marriages don’t make it. What other area of your life are you satisfied with 50% odds against you? The choices you make each and every day determine not only your relationship with God but also the quality of your marriage. The decisions you make today will determine the marriage you will have tomorrow. In this five-session study, you will discover five commitments that will absolutely fail-proof your marriage. If you make these commitments, you can and will have the marriage God wants you to experience. Sessions include: Seek God Fight Fair Have Fun Stay Pure Never Give Up If you and your spouse will earnestly choose to do all five of these things, you’ll discover a richer, deeper, more authentic relationship and a more rewarding, more passionate love life than you could have ever imagined. Don’t be a statistic. Don’t be average. Let’s get you that marriage that you always wanted. Starting right now—from this day forward.
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From This Day Forward
$15.99Add to cartThe choices you make each and every day determine not only your relationship with God but also the quality of your marriage. The decisions you make today will determine the marriage you will have tomorrow. In this book, you will discover five commitments that will absolutely fail-proof your marriage. If you make these decisions, you can and will have the marriage God wants you to experience. Seek God. Fight fair. Have fun. Stay pure, and Never give up. If you and your spouse will earnestly commit to do all five of these things, you’ll discover a richer, deeper, more authentic relationship and a more rewarding, more passionate love life than the greatest fantasy that you could have ever imagined. Don’t be a statistic. Don’t be average. Let’s get you that marriage that you always wanted. Starting right now—from this day forward.
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Pelea – (Spanish)
$13.99Add to cartEl libro- Pelea: Las claves para ganar las batallas que importan -presenta algunos de los valores y metas del conocido libro para hombres “Salvaje de corazon”, pero este libro tiene la ventaja de estar dirigido a una nueva generacion, y cuenta con el apoyo de una fuerte campaa publicitaria. Esta es una obra que le habla directamente al corazon del hombre. Aqui hallaras la fortaleza necesaria para pelear las batallas que sabes que necesitas pelear; aquellas batallas que van a determinar el estado de tu corazon, la calidad de tu matrimonio y la salud espiritual de tu familia. Craig Groeschel estudia tambien ejemplos tomados de las Escrituras, entre ellos el de nuestro buen amigo Sanson. Si, el personaje de los biceps inmensos y el cabello de hippie que estaba obsesionado con Dalila. Te sorprenderas al ver lo mucho que tenemos en comun con este hombre. Al analizar su vida, aprenderas la manera de derrotar a los demonios que debilitan a los hombres mas fuertes. Pelea te ayudara a convertirte en el hombre que Dios queria que fueras cuando te creo: un hombre que sabe pelear por lo que es correcto. Y no te atrevas a presentarte sin armas a esta batalla. Aprende a pelear con fe, con oracion y con la Palabra de Dios. Ya va siendo hora de que pelees como un hombre. Por el amor de Dios, PELEA.
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Altar Ego : Becoming Who God Says You Are
$18.99Add to cartYou are NOT who you think you are. In fact, according to bestselling author Craig Groeschel in Altar Ego, you need to take your idea of your own identity, lay it down on the altar, and sacrifice it. Give it to God. Offer it up.
Why? Because you are who God says you are. And until you’ve sacrificed your broken concept of your identity, you won’t become who you are meant to be.
When we place our false labels and self-deception on the altar of God’s truth, we discover who we really are as his sons and daughters. Instead of an outward-driven, approval-based ego, we learn to live with an “altar” ego, God’s vision of who we are becoming.
Discover how to trade in your broken ego and unleash your altar ego to become a living sacrifice. Once we know our true identity and are growing in our Christ-like character, then we can behave accordingly, with bold behavior, bold prayers, bold words, and bold obedience.
Altar Ego reveals who God says you are, and then calls you to live up to it.
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Soul Detox : Clean Living In A Contaminated World
$19.99Add to cartAs standards of conduct continue to erode in our shock-proof world, we must fight the soul pollution threatening our health, our faith, and our witness to others. Without even knowing it, people willingly inhale second-hand toxins poisoning their relationship with God and stunting their spiritual growth. Soul Detox examines the toxins that assault us daily including: toxic influences, toxic emotions, and toxic behaviors. By examining the toxins that assault us daily, this book offers the ultimate spiritual intervention with ways to remain clean, pure, and focused on the standard of God’s holiness.
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Fight Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$12.99Add to cartIn Fight, a five-session, video-based small group Bible study, pastor and bestselling author Craig Groeschel explores the life of Samson, helping you uncover who you really are—a man created with a warrior’s heart in the image of God—and how to stand up and fight for what’s right. Find the strength to fight the battles you know you need to fight—the ones that determine the state of your heart, the quality of your marriage, and the spiritual health of your family. The battles that make you dependent on God as the source of your strength. The battles that make you come alive. Craig looks at the life of Samson, showing how much we have in common with this guy. Things didn’t work out so well for him in the end. But by looking at his life, you’ll learn how to defeat the demons that make strong men weak. You’ll become who God made you to be—a man who knows how to fight for what’s right. Learn how to fight with faith, with prayer, and with the Word of God. Then, when your enemy begins to attack, fight for the righteous cause that God gave you. Draw a line in the sand. Make your enemy pay. Make sure he gets the message. Don’t cross a warrior. Don’t mess with this man of God. Come out fighting. And don’t show up for this fight unarmed. Use the weapons God gave you, and you’ll win. Can you feel it? It’s inside you. It’s time to fight like a man. Designed for use with the Fight Study Guide (sold separately).
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Ego En El Altar – (Spanish)
$14.99Add to cartYou are NOT who you think you are. In fact, according to bestselling author Craig Groeschel in Altar Ego, you need to take your idea of your own identity, lay it down on the altar, and sacrifice it. Give it to God. Offer it up. Why? Because you are who GOD says you are. And until you’ve sacrificed your broken concept of your identity, you won’t become who you are meant to be.
When we place our false labels and self-deception on the altar of God’s truth, we discover who we really are as his sons and daughters. Instead of an outward-driven, approval-based ego, we learn to live with an ‘altar’ ego, God’s vision of who we are becoming.
Discover how to trade in your broken ego and unleash your altar ego to become a living sacrifice. Once we know our true identity and are growing in our Christ-like character, then we can behave accordingly, with bold behavior, bold prayers, bold words, and bold obedience. Altar Ego reveals who God says you are, and
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Desintoxicacion Espiritual – (Spanish)
$14.99Add to cartAs standards of conduct continue to erode in our shock-proof world, we must fight the soul pollution threatening our health, our faith, and our witness to others. Without even knowing it, people willingly inhale second-hand toxins poisoning their relationship with God and stunting their spiritual growth.
Soul Detox examines the toxins that assault us daily including: toxic influences, toxic emotions, and toxic behaviors.
By examining the toxins that assault us daily, this book offers the ultimate spiritual intervention with ways to remain clean, pure, and focused on the standard of God’s holiness.
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Altar Ego Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartMany people are obsessed with the approval of others. The problem is that living for what people think of you is the quickest way to forget what God thinks about you. In Altar Ego, author Craig Groeschel shows individuals and small groups how to abandon self-worth based on accomplishments and possessions, turning instead to the eyes of God to define them. Participants will learn to expose false labels and selfish motives as the roadblocks they are, going instead to the altar of God’s truth and pursuing the higher values he sets above the world. You don’t have to get caught up in your self-worth or lack thereof. Your worth is not based on your opinion of yourself. You are valuable because God says you are His. You are not your past. You are not what you did. You are not who others say you are. You are who Christ says you are. This study guide offers discussion questions and other supplemental material to delve further into God’s divine plan, and will ultimately help you sacrifice any old, unhealthy, untrue, and unbiblical thoughts about yourself and introduce you to your altar-ego—who you are in Christ.
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WEIRD : Because Normal Isnt Working
$18.99Add to cartNormal people are stressed, overwhelmed, and exhausted. Many of their relationships are, at best, strained and, in most cases, just surviving. Even though we live in one of the most prosperous places on earth, normal is still living paycheck to paycheck and never getting ahead. In our oversexed world, lust, premarital sex, guilt, and shame are far more common than purity, virginity, and a healthy married sex life. And when it comes to God, the majority believe in him, but the teachings of scripture rarely make it into their everyday lives. Simply put, normal isn’t working.
Groeschel’s WEIRD views will help you break free from the norm to lead a radically abnormal (and endlessly more fulfilling) life.
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Soul Detox Participants Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartWe all know that smoking is unhealthy, but are we aware that there are other second-hand toxins that we bring to our home, workplace, and church, exposing ourselves and loved ones to deadly poison? These are things that we allow ourselves to view, think, and be part of every day without considering the risks to our spiritual health.
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Christian Atheist Participants Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$10.99Add to cartYou believe in God, go to church, and generally treat people with kindness. But, have you surrendered to God completely, living every day depending upon the Holy Spirit? In this six-session DVD group study pastor and author Craig Groeschel teaches you how to be more than just “Christian” in name, how to break free of hypocrisy to live a more authentic, God-honoring life.
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Christian Atheist : Believing In God But Living As If He Doesnt Exist
$19.99Add to cartThe more I looked, the more I found Christian Atheists everywhere.’ Former Christian Atheist Craig Groeschel knows his subject all too well. After over a decade of successful ministry, he had to make a painful self admission: although he believed in God, he was leading his church like God didn’t exist. To Christians and non-Christians alike, to the churched and the unchurched, the journey leading up to Groeschel’s admission and the journey that follows—from his family and his upbringing to the lackluster and even diametrically opposed expressions of faith he encountered—will look and sound like the story of their own lives. Now the founding and senior pastor of the multicampus, pace-setting LifeChurch.tv, Groeschel’s personal journey toward a more authentic God-honoring life is more relevant than ever.
Christians and Christian Atheists everywhere will be nodding their heads as they are challenged to take their own honest moment and ask the question: am I putting my whole faith in God but still living as if everything was up to me?