TobyMac Challenges Readers to Take ActionThrough true stories of people who have stepped across lines--lines of discrimination, persecution, prejudice, bitterness, and despair--City on Our Knees challenges readers to take their own steps out of their comfort zones in order to be used by God.

Featuring key selections from Outlive Your Life, this booklet embodies the spirit of making a difference in the church as well as the local community, region, and world. Perfect for giving away to your church community, small group, or neighbors.

Carpools and car crashes, job switches and joint custody, moves and motionlessness. Is there a cohesive storyline to the chaos, confusion, and clutter of your daily life? According to well-loved author Max Lucado, the answer is a resounding yes! So what is the text of your life? With his unequaled warmth and honesty, Lucado plumbs the depths of your storyline and comes up smiling. “Your story indwells God’s,” writes Lucado. “This is the great promise of the Bible and the hope of this book ...

In this thought-provoking look at what's really important in life, John Ortberg uses games as a metaphor to help us recognize and play for life's real prize: being rich toward God.Told with humor and wisdom by this bestselling author, pastor, and game-strategist, When the Game is Over It All Goes Back in the Box reminds us that everything on earth belongs to God, and everything we "win" is just on loan. Being Master of the Board is not the point; playing b...

"Unfinished might just challenge everything you thought you understood about your Christian faith...If every Christian read this book and took it seriously, the world would never be the same again."—Bill Hybels, senior pastor Willow Creek Community Church"Just when I've gotten comfortable with my faith, here comes Rich Stearns, reminding me what matters and who God loves and why...Just when I dare think my work is done, Rich reminds me that we are just getting start...

“Hilarious, honest, and full of the hard-won wisdom...At its core is this truth: real change only happens when we realize God loves us whether we change or not.” —Susan E. Isaacs, author of Angry Conversations With GodFrom a popular pastor and radio host—Three Free Sins teaches that the only people who make any progress toward being better are those who know that God will still love them, regardless of how good they are.Th...

If you're like 70 percent of working adults, you're still looking for your sweet spot. You're struggling to find meaning in your work, use for your talents, and a purpose for your days.Maybe you have settled for this kind of ho-hum existence. Maybe you think it's all that's out there. It's not.New York Times best-selling author, Max Lucado, says that we've each been created for a purpose, and when we discover that purpose, our lives will be radically different. Whe...

CEO of Large Nonprofit Warns that Charity and Christian Service Can Have a Dark SideMost Christians today are interested in more than just preaching the gospel with words; they also want to serve others. But what happens when Christian service and social justice lead to burnout, pride, or worse? Peter Greer gives a firsthand account of how this can happen, leaning on his experiences as CEO of HOPE International, a large Christian nonprofit that serves those in need by helping them ...

This book, You're Fired, God Hired is my own true personal story and Journal full of negative experiences sex, race, religion, finances, health and education. This book also features the positive blueprint and journal of my life from Child-hood to Adult-hood. Growning up with a father who was diagnosed as a paranoid catatonic schizophrenic to shattered dreams of becoming the first female Afican-American Land Surveyor in the State of Michigan. These experiences left scars that would last a ...

When Jesus left the most exclusive gated community in the universe to come live with the people he loved and gave his life for, he turned everything we know and believe about life on its head. Jesus said that he came to bring good news to the poor, but most Western Christians remain disconnected and isolated from the poor and their contexts of injustice. Even our churches echo society’s pressure to isolate ourselves from the margins (e.g. by moving to a better suburb) and instead teach us ...

Ruth Tucker recounts a harrowing story of abuse at the hands of her husband—a well-educated, charming preacher no less—in hope that her story would help other women caught in a cycle of domestic violence and offer a balanced biblical approach to counter such abuse for pastors and counselors.Weaving together her shocking story, stories of other women, and powerful stories of husbands who truly have demonstrated Christ’s love to their wives, with reflection on biblical, theological, ...

The Power of Forgiveness is an e-book that discusses Forgiveness in great detail.  It lays out the plan for anyone who seeks true forgiveness from their fellowman and God. Forgiveness is a form of realism and an aspect of humanity that allows us to see our lives as we really are.  Forgiveness becomes a sign of positive self-esteem that allows us to put the past into proper perspective.  We no longer identify ourselves by the past injustices and offenses committed against us...