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Born to Be a Blessing: A Parent's Guide to Raising Christian Children
By Myrtle Felkner. 2009
Every child is born to be a blessing. Many parents experience overwhelming love when their children are born, and strive…
to raise their children to experience a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. This guide for parents enables them study, learn, and grow together to find answers to shared questions and concerns as they raise their children. Parents will deal with many areas of children's lives such as self-control, truth-telling, sibling rivalry, generosity, and making faithful decisions. Perfect for small groups, each session includes Scripture, plus stories, and questions for meditation and discussion. Parents learn new tools to respond to their children in positive, Christ-like ways, and gives them the courage to face one of the most blessed jobs of all -- raising Christian children.The Best of William H. Willimon: Acting Up in Jesus' Name
By William H. Willimon. 2012
Take the best preacher you've ever heard; add in the teacher who first opened your eyes to the excitement and…
meaning of your favorite subject in school; combine these with that member of the family to whom you could always turn for the best advice; stir them all together, and you'll get a flavor of the writing of Ellsworth Kalas. And now the very best thoughts and reflections of this wise teacher and guide are available together in one volume. Across his career Ellsworth Kalas has worn many hats: pastor, professor, seminary president. Through all of them, however, he has remained first and foremost an interpreter of God's Word. His most potent skill is to open up new insights and meanings in even the most familiar biblical stories. Gathered here are some Kalas's most humorous, touching, and enlightening writings, drawn from his own experience of finding God in Scripture.Undead: Revived, Resuscitated, and Reborn
By Clay Morgan. 2012
The New Testament records seven separate incidents of dead people returning to life through the power of God. In the…
midst of the current cultural fascination with undead creatures, many believers in the church are more familiar with zombies in entertainment than with the amazing stories of new life recorded in the Bible. Undead: Revived, Resuscitated, and Reborn retells these stories in a unique style that will reach a new generation of readers and challenge them to come back from the spiritual dead. Few believers realize that many people - including six specific individuals - are raised from the dead between the Gospels and book of Acts. Undead applies those stories to revitalize the faith of believers while leading seekers to discover the spiritual resuscitation that only comes from God through His Son. By examining each story of resuscitation, readers discover gospel truths that they can apply to their own lies in ways that will elevate hope and challenge faith. Relating to the characters in these accounts helps bring to light areas in our lives that may need revitalization and challenge us to decide whether we will allow God to transform us. Click here to download the FREE Study Guide.The Philosophy of Nonviolence
By Osho, Osho International Foundation. 2012
While nonviolence is a philosophy to Mahatma Gandhi; it is not a philosophy to Osho, but an experience. Osho talks…
about his understanding of reverence for life, he does not use the word non-violence.Christmas Is Not Your Birthday: Experience the Joy of Living and Giving like Jesus
By Mike Slaughter. 2011
Every year, we say we're going to cut back, simplify, and have a family Christmas that focuses on the real…
reason for the season--Jesus. But every year, advertisements beckon, the children plead, and it seems easier just to indulge our wants and whims. Overspending, overeating, materialism, and busyness rob us of our peace and joy and rob Jesus of his rightful role as the center of our celebration. This Christmas, cut through the hype that leaves you exhausted and broke at the end of the year. Instead, experience the peace of knowing that God is truly with us, the joy of giving sacrificially, and the love of a Savior who gave everything he had for us. In five short, engaging chapters, Pastor Mike Slaughter inspires readers to approach Christmas differently, and be transformed in the process.Now That They Are Grown: Successfully Parenting Your Adult Children
By Ronald J. Greer. 2012
We don't stop being parents when our kids are grown...but some things do change. Life is filled with change. As…
our sons and daughters move into young adulthood, our role of what it means to be loving parents changes dramatically. This book aims to help readers miss as many potholes as possible in making the transition from parenting children to being parents of young adults. Here are ways to nurture our adult children while encouraging their independence and maturity. Learn to have balance. Here is how to respond to them in times of struggle. Readers will see how to be supportive, yet not intrusive, caring without enabling dependency. The questions are important. The answers are not obvious. It is a new day in our relationships with our children. The page has been turned, and we are now writing the new chapter in the life of our family. It is important that we get it right.The Best of J. Ellsworth Kalas: Telling the Greatest Story Ever Told Like It's Never Been Told Before
By J. Ellsworth Kalas. 2012
Take the best preacher you've ever heard; add in the teacher who first opened your eyes to the excitement and…
meaning of your favorite subject in school; combine these with that member of the family to whom you could always turn for the best advice; stir them all together, and you'll get a flavor of the writing of Ellsworth Kalas. And now the very best thoughts and reflections of this wise teacher and guide are available together in one volume. Across his career Ellsworth Kalas has worn many hats: pastor, professor, seminary president. Through all of them, however, he has remained first and foremost an interpreter of God's Word. His most potent skill is to open up new insights and meanings in even the most familiar biblical stories. Gathered here are some Kalas's most humorous, touching, and enlightening writings, drawn from his own experience of finding God in Scripture.True When Whispered: Hearing God's Voice in a Noisy World
By Paul L. Escamilla. 2010
Some things are true when whispered, not shouted. Life's finest qualities drain away, Escamilla writes, as intensity, volume, and speed…
increase. When we hear God's whisper to us, we can address life in a fresher, simpler way - a way that will last beyond the everyday worry and noise.Deep Drive
By Mike Lowell. 2008
The nationally bestselling, inspiring memoir from Red Sox hero and MVP of the 2007 World Series, third baseman Mike Lowell-…
now in trade paperback. In 2007, the Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell triumphed over a lifetime of adversity when he led the world's most zealously followed baseball team to their second World Series title in four years. But there was much more to the story than what happened that night in October. From his battle with testicular cancer, to the ups and downs of his baseball career, to the extraordinary journey and struggles of his Cuban family under the Castro regime, this is the story of a man who overcame every challenge thrown at him to become one of the best third basemen in baseball-and a true role model for his millions of fans.Mickey and Willie
By Allen Barra. 2013
Acclaimed sportswriter Allen Barra exposes the uncanny parallels--and lifelong friendship--between two of the greatest baseball players ever to take the…
field. Culturally, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were light-years apart. Yet they were nearly the same age and almost the same size, and they came to New York at the same time. They possessed virtually the same talents and played the same position. They were both products of generations of baseball-playing families, for whom the game was the only escape from a lifetime of brutal manual labor. Both were nearly crushed by the weight of the outsized expectations placed on them, first by their families and later by America. Both lived secret lives far different from those their fans knew. What their fans also didn't know was that the two men shared a close personal friendship--and that each was the only man who could truly understand the other's experience.What are God's qualities, and what effect do they have on us? In this simple, inspiring study, pastor and author…
Tom Berlin introduces us to the living God and urges us to respond. Includes Scripture, helpful quotations, and space for journaling. 1. God Loves You 2. God Understands You 3. God Forgives You 4. God Wants You to Be Free 5. God Wants You to Change 6. God Wants to Be With You ForeverSisters: Bible Study for Women - Finding Balance Leader's Guide (Sisters: Bible Study for Women)
By John Schroeder. 2004
Award-winning gospel singer, songwriter, and teacher Babbie Mason expands her message of God's unconditional love from her spring 2012 devotional…
book to a small group study for women. The seven promises in this small inexpensive book invite women to acknowledge God's love for each of us, our limitless potential and God's plan for our life, regardless of mistakes, missteps and missed opportunities we may have had along the way. For women just starting out or starting over, this message of hope and inspiration will reenergize women.Holy Nomad: The Rugged Road to Joy
By Matt Litton. 2012
We drown ourselves with monotony, possessions, and obligations. However, from Abraham to Jesus, the essence of faith is found in…
the idea that we are moving, changing, progressing as a people, and if we are faithful to this process, then we will be moving the world toward the Kingdom of God--living a dynamic faith. Holy Nomad is a deeply motivational call for readers to live a radical, relentless, and raw life of faith. Author Matt Litton explains how and why God wants to liberate so we can live a life of absolute freedom and fulfillment. Holy Nomad calls for readers to divest themselves from all the things that hold us back in order to go on this nomadic adventure, that will challenge us and reward us on this rugged road to joy.The Baseball ECONOMIST
By Bradbury, J. C.. 2007
Freakonomics meets Moneyball in this provocative exposé of baseball?s most fiercely debated controversies and some of its oldest, most dearly…
held myths Providing far more than a mere collection of numbers, economics professor and popular blogger J. C. Bradbury, shines the light of his economic thinking on baseball, exposing the power of tradeoffs, competition, and incentives. Utilizing his own ?sabernomic? approach, Bradbury dissects baseball topics such as: ? Did steroids have nothing to do with the recent homerun records? Incredibly, Bradbury?s research reveals steroids probably had little impact. ? Which players are ridiculously overvalued? Bradbury lists all players by team with their revenue value to the team listed in dollars?including a dishonor role of those players with negative values?updated in paperback to include the 2007 season. ? Does it help to lobby for balls and strikes? Statistics alone aren?t enough anymore. This is a refreshing, lucid, and powerful read for fans, fantasy buffs, and players?as well as coaches at all levels?who want to know what is really happening on the field. .Mom Seeks God: Practicing Grace in the Chaos
By Julia Roller. 2014
The first months and years of motherhood can be the most challenging and disorienting of your life--and faith. When you're…
surrounded by the happy chaos of children, how do you spend quiet time with God if the only quiet time you get is while you sleep? How can you demonstrate a solid spiritual life to your children if you don't have time to pursue one yourself? When Julia Roller discovered that her spiritual growth had been stunted by the busyness of life with her toddler, she embarked on a yearlong journey through ten spiritual disciplines: prayer, fellowship, submission, study, simplicity, silence, worship, fasting, service, and celebration. As she focused on each discipline, she discovered practical ways to observe them--even in the chaos of her every day. Mom Seeks God offers a highly relatable story and useful advice to help new moms grow in their faith as they address life changes with grace, patience, and prayer. As readers discover ten essential faith practices, they'll learn that motherhood, itself, is a spiritual discipline, and may be God's most effective technique for forming a more Christ-like life.Three Simple Rules for Christian Living Student Book: A Six-Week Study for Adults
By Rueben P. Job, Jeanne Torrence Finley. 2008
Three Simple Rules for Christian Livingby Jeanne Torrence Finley and Rueben P. Job This small-group study by Jeanne Torrence Finley…
is based on Rueben P. Job's book Three Simple Rules: A Wesleyan Way of Living. Six sessions provide extended reflection for adults on three principles of Christian life: do no harm, do good, and stay in love with God. Each rule has a session to help you understand the rule and a session to help you explore ways to practice the rule. Three Simple Rules for Christian Living includes a DVD that contains excerpts from an interview with Bishop Rueben Job and a CD ROM that contains a Leader Guide for the study sessions and other useful information for organizing, leading, and publicizing study groups. Your church can do a church-wide study of three simple rules by using the youth resource, Three Simple Rules 24/7, and the children's resource, Three Simple Rules for Following Jesus, along with this book. Parents who would like to discuss the three simple rules with their children can download a free list of suggested questions at Cokesbury.com (click below). Jeanne Torrence Finley is a clergy member of the Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church, co-chair of the Virginia Conference Board of Church and Society, and director of Collegial Communications. She has worked as a campus minister, pastor, college English teacher, workshop leader, and communications consultant. Finley writes regularly for FaithLink. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Presbyterian History, Worship, The Mennonite, Christian Science Monitor, the Virginia Advocate, and Christian Social Action.For a free online copy of Three Simple Rules A Conversation Guide for Parents click here!Inked: Choosing God's Mark to Transform Your Life
By Janet E. Kusiak, Kim Goad. 2012
A tattoo can tell a lot about a person. Some reflect a rebellious season, like the demons that cover Josh…
Hamilton of the Texas Rangers. Some express religious ties, like actor Mark Wahlberg's once tattooed rosary. Some are symbols of love and loyalty; Some serve as remembrances, like rapper Lil Wayne's teardrops, representing deaths of loved ones. Inked by Janet E. Kusiak and Kimberly D. Goad uses the language of tattoos to explore the question: what has marked your life? Is it a deep well of pain? Is it emotional baggage? Is it depression? In spite of events that are so deeply etched into our hearts, we have the power to change the marks that life makes on us. An estimated quarter of Americans ages 18-50 have a tattoo. What better way to show how one of the most polarizing of cultural icons can, in fact, be a metaphor for what people have in common? Using stories and slang from tattoo culture, the authors look at the new way Christ desires that we be inked by Him, as the authors explore the marks that have been made on our hearts.Attitude is Your Paintbrush: It Colors Every Situation
By James W. Moore. 2012
Jim Moore's warm, conversational style inspires readers to transform negative, pessimistic attitudes into positive, optimistic attitudes centered on the love…
and hope of Jesus Christ. The book includes a study guide designed for both group and individual use, features questions related to each chapter and presents several options for study based on varied numbers of weeks devoted to the study.