The parables of Jesus appear to be simple, and yet they can become difficult for preachers to understand and apply. This book wrestles with the unique challenges of preaching the parables. It provides in–depth and practical tools for studying, interpreting, and applying the parables within the reader’s own setting, while remaining true to the intentions of Scripture. Offering a four–step approach, preachers are invited to consider how a parable operates as a picture, then a mirror, then a ...

Most Christians, whether preachers or not, are familiar with the Lord’s Prayer; maybe too familiar. In this excellent devotional, Geoff New urges us to encounter the Lord’s Prayer again – to encounter it as a text that is urgent and powerful, speaking directly to the needs and longings of the human heart. Written primarily with preachers in mind, this book addresses common ministry challenges, such as discouragement and isolation, and demonstrates how the Lord’s Prayer can meet us in every...

Live, Listen, Tell: The Art of Preaching will guide readers through the process of sermon preparation and hearing God through the Scriptures. By drawing on life and Scripture, especially the road to Emmaus narrative in Luke 24, the author illustrates that preachers are living a story, listening to a story and telling a story. This book encourages you to pay particular attention, through prayer, to the story to which you are listening. Geoff New shows how to prayerfully listen to the Script...

From bestselling and beloved author Stormie Omartian comes a unique collection of prayer insight accompanied by carefully chosen Scripture.Praying the Bible into Your Life gives readers the help they need to draw from God's power, truth, wisdom, and comfort for everyday guidance and decision making. These short but significant prayer starters and verses from each book of the Bible...Genesis to Revelation...encourage readers to seek inspiration from God's Word to enhance and expand their co...

With readings taken directly from Scripture, The Easter Story from The Family Reading Bible provides you with a family-friendly resource that will equip you to lead your children from the scriptural promises of the Old Testament to the fulfillment of the Easter story. This unique seasonal eBook is the perfect tool to help kids of all ages to understand and embrace the story of Christ's death and glorious resurrection. The Easter Story also provides a sample of one of the three reading trac...

Christ's love, power, and joy can flow through you to others, just as they did through Smith Wigglesworth, bringing salvation, healing, and miracles. If your heart's desire is to see great things happen in your life, God will work mightily in you through His Spirit so that you can personally experience His miracle-working power. Learn how the fullness of the Holy Spirit can be yours.

Prayer and Anticipation are Now in Season: 25 Devotions for AdventBeginning on December 1, this Once-A-Day Christmastime devotional booklet takes you through the entire Advent season with thoughts on the person of Jesus: his involvement at the creation of the world, his life in the Gospel accounts, and who he is today. Along the way you will meet and examine the lives of various individuals involved in the incarnation, and during the week of Christmas examine the response to this m...

Discover biblical wisdom and encouragement for whatever life throws at you.Life doesn't always work according to plan. So how do we keep moving forward with a positive attitude, hope, and a spirit of joy in spite of the bumps along the way? The NLT Bible Promise Book for Men is filled with God's promises, helping you make sense of today's challenges, giving you a confident peace, and offering security amidst confusing and chaotic circumstances. When you ha...

Smith Wigglesworth unfolds the secret of God's anointing that brings healing and wholeness to others through the power of the Holy Spirit. When you are baptized in the Holy Spirit, you enter a new realm of existence where you are filled with God's presence and His power is aflame in your very being.

More formal than most of Paul's letters, Romans systematically sets forth the doctrine of justification by faith, expanding and explaining Paul's theme statement in 1:17: "The righteous shall live by faith." Jump into the New Testament's most substantial book of Christian doctrine!The Teach Yourself the Bible Series is one of the best New Testament studies you will find anywhere. Each book in the series is packed full of valuable questions on individual chapters of the Bib...

Two things are the key to the real experience of [the divine] life: our flesh and our spirit. On the negative side, we have to know the flesh. On the positive side, we have to experience our human spirit, which has been mingled with the divine Spirit (Rom. 8:16; 1 Cor. 6:17).

Enrich Your Understanding of the Book of Psalms with Rose ' s Psalms ebook. Explore this most beloved book, by learning the who, what, when and where about these favorite Bible passages. Discover the 10 different types of Psalms from Psalms of Lament to Psalms of Thanksgiving, and learn how to effectively read these beautiful scriptures. This Psalms Bible study covers the basics everyone should know in order to fully unlock, appreciate, an...