You’ve made the commitment to follow Christ. A life-changing decision that was extraordinarily inspiring the moment you made it. But what happens when you return to the ’real world’ from your place of prayer-from camp, or that mission trip, or that youth conference...? Life in Christ is a journey-not a one-time, roller-coaster-high feeling. This book will help guide you in understanding common misunderstandings that we often have about our spiritual walk-misunderstandings that can become serious obstacles in our journey. Learn the beautiful simplicity of how a Christian is to grow in his or her faith. Find out how to succeed in a relationship even when you don’t feel like it. You will discover that the God who called you to begin this spiritual journey is the One who promises to always be with you-day after day. You are His and He is yours-an identity worth celebrating! Paper.

So, What Now?: Celebrating My Identity in Christ

Religion & Spirituality

Timothy M. Green

Wesley J. Furlong

Christian Books & Bibles

Barefoot Ministries of Kansas City

Every professor has to wonder, with skepticism, how much of the assigned material the students will actually read. (That is, if they have even purchased the textbook in the first place!) Whether they skim or read all of it, your students will recall the key points of the lesson if you use Discovering the Old Testament.Discovering the Old Testament defines key terms in sidebars and highlights them within the text. Each chapter includes summary statements and review questions to help students focus on what they’ve learned. Discovering the Old Testament combines all the elements you’re looking for in a survey of the Old Testament - thorough, sound Biblical scholarship, combined with an eye-catching format and a writing style that’s easy to understand. Every page is full color, in an attractive format, with maps and pictures to enhance the material.In Discovering the Old Testament, you’ll find:Objectives defined for each lesson.Personal questions to help students relate the Bible to their lives.Sidebars to explain theological points.Keywords identified and defined on each page.Study questions for review of the material.Summary statements at the end of each chapter to help students focus on what they’ve learned.Listing of resources for further study at the end of each chapter.An eye-catching format that’s attractive to the young college student. EVERY page is in full color.Short, readable chapters.

Discovering the Old Testament: Story and Faith

Robert Branson

Jim Edlin

Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City

From the cheers for our first steps to the applause for our greatest achievement, we are bombarded with the never-ending challenge to achieve and accomplish more. Deep within us is the desire to win the prize, attain the promotion, earn someone’s love, or secure a promising future. Without realizing it we come to view ourselves as performers, evaluating our lives by how much we accomplish and what we achieve. Before we know it, life ends up passing us by.While everyone faces this never-ending cycle of performing, it is often more magnified in the life of the single adult. In order to compensate for what might be perceived as something ’missing’ in an otherwise full life, the single adult can easily get caught up in proving to the world (and oneself) that he or she does have value and is a contributing member of society--even without a spouse or children. For some single adults, life in the here and now becomes no more than an endurance test or dress rehearsal for the life that is to come once they’ve found the perfect job, the ideal place to live, or the dream marriage. By falling into the performance-driven trap, they never truly experience life.In Dancing Solo, Tim Green disrupts the performance-driven mindset by asking, ’What if life is something other than a series of disconnected achievements?’ or ’What if what we have come to call ’life’ isn’t really ’life’ at all?’ With thoughtful relevance and inspirational anecdotes, Green imparts the understanding that life cannot be earned or accomplished but is simply the good and pure gift of God. He challenges us to stop for a moment and hear--through the noisy chatter of life--the unique beat that God gives all of us, inviting us to receive, embrace, and release life in a childlike dance of wonder and awe.Dancing Solo is the perfect resource for single adults, young adults leaders

Dancing Solo: Finding Your Own Rhythm in a Performance-Driven World

Self-Help

Personal Transformation

Engaging, perceptive, and academically thorough, the New Beacon Bible Commentary will expand your understanding and deepen your appreciation for the meaning and message of each book of the Bible.Written from the Wesleyan theological perspective, this indispensable commentary provides pastors, professional scholars, teachers, and Bible students with a critical, relevant, and inspiring interpretation of the Word of God in the 21st century.EACH VOLUME FEATURES:Contemporary scholarship from notable experts in the Wesleyan theological traditionConvenient introductory material, including information on authorship, date, history, audience, sociological/ cultural issues, purpose, literary features, theological themes, and hermeneutical issuesClear verse-by-verse explanations, which offer a contemporary, Wesleyan-based understanding derived from the biblical text in its original languageComprehensive annotation divided into three sections, which cover background elements behind the text; verse-by-verse details and meanings found in the text; and significance, relevance, intertextuality, and application from the textHelpful sidebars, which provide deeper insight into theological issues, word meanings, archeological connections, historical relevance, and cultural customsExpanded bibliography for further study of historical elements, additional interpretations, and theological themes

NBBC, Hosea - Micah: A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition (New Beacon Bible Commentary)

Clichés are the colorful remnants of once insightful comments grown empty through overuse. Christ followers have clichés such as ’holiness,’ ’sanctification,’ ’purity,’ ’cleansing,’ and ’Christlikeness.’ We use these phrases so frequently that we often lose touch with what they mean.Through a reflective engagement with Scripture, The God Plot invites you to move beyond these familiar clichés and participate in something much bigger: the narrative of God with its unique setting, divine call, dilemma, heightening dilemma, and resolution. You will be introduced to two dominant voices in the Bible that imaginatively and creatively unfold the plot of God: the prophetic voice and the priestly voice.Throughout The God Plot, you will be invited to leave the spectator’s balcony of familiar clichés and become participants in what God is doing in the world and desires to do in the lives of believers. Inspire your heart, engage your mind, and stir your spirit.

The God Plot: Living with Holy Imagination

Your kingdom come,Your will be done...Every day, in virtually every language, all around the world, believers in Christ pray these words. But do we understand what Jesus meant by his instruction to invoke the kingdom of God on earth? When we ask for God s kingdom to come, what kind of kingdom are we praying into existence?Join Timothy Green, Shawna Songer Gaines, and Timothy Gaines as they travel through the Holy Land, seeking to uncover the context within which Jesus taught about the kingdom of God. Together these biblical scholars explore the historical significance of ancient ruins and key archaeological sites that provide a framework for understanding one of the most important lines we pray routinely: Your Kingdom Come.Participant's Guide Includes:Introduction and 7 lessonsQuestions for individual reflectionNote-taking spaceQuestions for group discussion

Your Kingdom Come, Participant's Guide: A Study from the Holy Land

Timothy R. Gaines

Shawna Songer Gaines

The Foundry Publishing

Among the many competing tasks of pastoral ministry is the primary responsibility of being a faithful steward of the gospel. As the uniting center of all other pastoral responsibilities, fulfilling this theological stewardship is challenging. The Pastor as Theological Steward is designed to help pastors as they embrace and practice this stewardship in their ministries. With a keen grasp of practical theology, the contributors to this resource highlight the many ways of expressing this stewardship in ministry. Included are chapters on Scripture, church history, creeds, sacraments, and prayer. Written by a cadre of scholars and pastors, who are also experts in their chosen topics, this book is an essential addition to every pastor’s library. The Pastor as Theological Steward contributors include: T. Scott Daniels, Dean Flemming, Stephen G. Green, Timothy M. Green, Steven Hoskins, Deirdre Brower-Latz, Diane Leclerc, Jesse C. Middendorf, Mark R. Quanstrom, Jeren Rowell, C. Jeanne Serrão, Sam Vassel.

The Pastor as Theological Steward

Jeren Rowell

T. Scott Daniels

Jesse C. Middendorf

Dean Flemming

Mark R Quanstrom

Diane Leclerc

C. Jeanne Orjala Serrão

Stephen G. Green

Steven Hoskins

Deidre Brower Latz

Sam Vassel

Now that you have accepted Christ’s free gifts of love and salvation, what do you do? You must enter into a journey of courage, sacrifice, and commitment. Vital Beginnings will help you understand the amazing love Christ has for you, and how to respond to that love as you live out your life. Explore topics such as the importance of community, becoming the whole person God intends you to be, and how to experience intimacy with the Creator of the universe.

Vital Beginnings, Pupil

Children's Books

Religions

"Never Alone is an update of the Christian devotional classic The Practice of the Presence of God, by Brother Lawrence. It has been re-written for youth and young adults"--Provided by publisher.

Never Alone: Practicing the Presence of God (Ancient Faith)

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