Under Wraps is an all-church Advent experience that explores the character of God described in the Old Testament and then revealed through Jesus Christ. Through small group resources for all ages, teaching video, worship ideas and visuals, sermon lead-in videos, and preaching guides, all areas of church life weave together for an exciting, new Advent celebration. The adult study book is the centerpiece of the program, serving as the adult small group resource and the source of con...

Now airing as the three-part documentary series The Other Mrs Jordan on ITVX.In 2006, Mary Turner Thomson’s world shattered when she discovered her husband Will was a bigamist, con man and convicted sex offender. Unbeknownst to her, this would be the start of a bold new chapter in her life, fighting to protect other women from his heartless gaslighting campaigns—and putting a stop to his endless deception.Mary thought her story would end with the r...

The Holy Spirit desires to be an integral and active part of our lives. He wants to be your friend.The Holy Spirit is the voice of the Trinity in our lives.He has a role that is just as important as the role that Jesus and the Father have. If we just casually acknowledge who He is we will not enter into the fullness of what God has for us. This book is to help teach us who the Holy Spirit is, how to walk with Him, discover who He is as a person, and how to make Him Lord in ...

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 Bible, check-ups to test your grasp of scriptural truths, and usable suggestions for group study.Grow in your knowledge of God through each New Testament book, then go on to study six aspects of Christianity essential for all believers: doctrine, prayer, eternal life, prophecy, Christian chara...

Grow closer to God as you navigate life's challenges with these forty simple prayers to help guide your journey.Do you ever get distracted when you pray? Do your thoughts zig, then zag, then zig again—your head swarming with all the things you need to do that day? If so, there is hope.Max Lucado knows what it feels like to struggle with prayer. If you can relate, never fear! The sign-up sheet for Prayer 101 in the Bible contains some famili...

Stormie Omartian's bestselling The Power of a Praying® series (more than 28 million copies sold) is rereleased with fresh new covers and new material to reach a still-growing market of readers eager to discover the power of prayer for their lives.Stormie shares with you her most-loved prayers from The Power of a Praying® Parent—the book that started her bestselling series.This gathering of short-but-powerful prayers and encouraging scriptures is small enough for qu...

Stormie Omartian's bestselling The Power of a Praying® series (more than 28 million copies sold) is rereleased with fresh new covers and new material to reach a still-growing market of readers eager to discover the power of prayer for their lives.Just because your children are grown up doesn't mean they don't need your prayers. In some ways they need them more than ever.Stormie offers you a gathering of heartfelt prayers from one of her most popular books, The Power of ...

The Old Testament is our "kindergarten" for understanding the pattern of the Holy Spirit's gifting and work. That pattern is this: God gives an assignment to a person; then the Holy Spirit is given to equip him or her for the assignment. The proof of the Spirit's presence is that the person is able to complete the assignment effectively through the supernatural enabling of the Holy Spirit. Truly understood and embraced, the Holy Spirit's gifts allow the Church to be Christ-centered, to mai...

What Are Spiritual Gifts?The subject of spiritual gifts can seem complicated: Who has spiritual gifts--""spiritual people" or everybody? What are spiritual gifts anyway?Understanding Spiritual Gifts takes you straight to God's Word to discover answers from the Gift-Giver Himself. As you dig into Bible passages about God's design for each of us, you'll find out that spiritual gifts aren't complicated--but they are life-changing.Here you will ...

You may think you are a Christian—but are you sure?Jesus' call to follow him is more than an invitation to pray a prayer. It is a summons to lose your life and find new life and ultimate joy in him. In David Platt's book Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live he asks the question, "What did Jesus really mean when he said, 'Follow me'?" What if we really listened to Jesus' words and heard what he is saying? When people truly engage with Jesus' personal in...

You can talk it, but will you walk it?James's letter is a call to action. He challenges those whoclaim to have faith to demonstrate it in their lives. Our faith inJesus Christ is one that goes beyond feelings and emotions tolife-changing action.In these eleven lessons, you'll read through James's letter,beginning to end. A short devotional with each lesson will help youget to the heart of the letter's messages. And thought-provokingquestions will challenge you to examine your...

The Christian life isn't very complicated; but we've made it so through our ignorance of principles central to the Christian walk. There are some basics with which people need to be equipped to live a more victorious Christian life. Tony Evans has heard the people's cry for these sometimes difficult principles to be made simple and explained clearly and succinctly. In his new Tony Evans Speaks Out . . . booklet series, Evans tackles four basic elements of Christianity with a clari...