With the many obstacles to faith that the Christian faces in these current times, it is imperative to build increasingly on the foundation of ones faith in God through the vehicles of knowledge and understanding. As life presents certain challenges, it must be countered with the assurance of copacetic outcomes. This is what faith in God entails. The purpose of my journey presented in this book is to share experiences and insights on how I established a foundation of faith in God and contin...

10th Anniversary Edition Whatever path you're on, God is there to guide you . . .Anyone seeking to deepen his or her relationship with God will greatly benefit from Inner Compass, Margaret Silf's dynamic presentation of the profound insights of St. Ignatius of Loyola's Spiritual Exercises. While reflective, the work exudes a congenial, practical outlook and a thoroughly modern sensibility. As Silf points out, the book "grew out of questions rather than certainty, discovery rather than doct...

Our generation needs a reformation.But a single person won’t lead it.A single event won’t define it.Our reformation will be a movement of reformers living creatively, compassionately, courageously for the cause of Christ.This reformation will not be born of a new discovery. It will be the rediscovery of something old, something ancient.Something primal.*—*Mark Batterson, Primal

Meditate on the Spiritual Significance of MarriageIn the 20th Anniversary Edition of this Gold Medallion Award winner, Mike Mason goes on a poetic search to understand the wondrous dynamics of committed love. In highly readable, first-person style, Mason’s writing stimulates readers’ thoughts and prayers and propels couples to deeper intimacy. “A marriage is not a joining of two worlds,” says the author, “but an abandoning of two worlds in order that one new one mi...

Everybody has one. It’s called a "haunt detector." It’s the little alarm that goes off in our heads whenever we detect that something mysterious or supernatural has occurred. You could be sitting around relaxing one day at home, and for no special reason you start thinking about someone. Maybe you haven’t thought about this person in years. Then the phone rings; you pick it up, and amazingly, it’s that person! Many of us have experienced this phenomenon.What is it?Anthony D...

Bestselling author Andrew Farley takes readers on an imaginative journey through the enemy's plan of attack. This creative, modern-day parable exposes evangelical readers to the reality of the supernatural and equips them to do battle against the hidden--but very real--realm of Satan and his demonic forces. Now in paper.

This extraordinary new understanding of the biblical parable of the loaves and fishes reveals—within the original Greek text—twelve practical methods for living a life of meaning and miracles.In this uplifting work, Dr. Todd Michael meticulously retranslates the parable of the loaves and fishes, and makes an astonishing discovery: Below the surface—deep within the subtleties of the original Greek—lies a carefully hidden layer of information. Here, the actual technique of the miracl...

Expressing your individuality in a world suffocating from sameness. Is your role in the world a matter of destiny or choice? Have you ever thought: Who am I and why do I exist? Do you desire to discover your unique individuality and become the person you are meant to be? If so, this book gives you the permission to: - Be yourself - Dare to be different - Find your authentic life - Express your creativity - Maximize your failures - Break through your constraints and limitations

Thinning hair, failing eyesight, and arthritic hands reveal an inescapable truth: we're only getting older.But that doesn't mean we should simply sit back and take it easy. In Finishing Our Course with Joy, renowned theologian and author J. I. Packer challenges us to embrace old age as an opportunity for continued learning, careful planning, and heartfelt discipleship. Packer's pastoral words and personal stories encourage us to press on toward the upward call of God with ...

The secret and empowering messages contained within Christ’s thirty parables—an astonishing and practical blueprint for the life you are destined for.In The Hidden Parables, Dr. Todd Michael unveils a hidden layer of meaning within the thirty enigmatic parables spoken by Christ that shows that the parables are not a random collection of stories but a unified system of knowledge.This integrated system of knowledge describes how to use the sp...

Rediscover the space you need in between your work, your schedule, and your limits by eliminating unneeded frustrations and reflecting on how you spend your time. From Richard Swenson, author of the bestselling book Margin, this devotional's 180 daily readings offer encouragement, healing, and rest as you deal with time management, stress, and busyness.

Drawing on the work of Bowen, Friedman, and his own many years' counseling experience, Peter Steinke shows how to recognize and deal with the emotional roots of such issues as church conflict, leadership roles, congregational change, irresponsible behavior, and the effect of family of origin on current relationships. Discover why working relationships may be "stuck" in certain behaviors. Psychologically sound, theologically grounded, and practically illustrated with case studies, How Your ...