Beyond DNA: Inheriting Spiritual Strength from the Women in Your Family Tree

Beyond DNA: Inheriting Spiritual Strength from the Women in Your Family Tree   Who is your hero? Is she a politician? An actress or artist? Is she a spirited evangelist at your church? We all have strong, female role models that we look up to, admire, and respect; however, most of those role models exist outside the framework of our families. What about our own mothers, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, and beyond? What heroic traits exist in our own hereditary lineages, and why aren't we more aware of them?    Author Selena Post spent seven years researching her ancestry; Beyond DNA: Inheriting Spiritual Strength from the Women in Your Family Tree is the culmination of her findings. Post looked at fifteen women in her lineage, and by observing their lives-and the historical events in the background-she was able to understand their spiritual strengths and weaknesses, as well as how both affected their lives and the lives of their offspring.    It's important to gain insight from those we know and love. Although not a guidebook for family tree research, Beyond DNA shows Post's process as she discovered the inspirational lives of her ancestors. Post's newfound knowledge changed her life and taught her how to live as a godly woman. What spiritual gifts exist in your family, and how will your legacy affect the young women to come?

Biographies & Memoirs

Post, Selena

Community & Culture

Cross Books Pub

Beyond DNA: Inheriting Spiritual Strength from the Women in Your Family Tree Who is your hero? Is she a politician? An actress or artist? Is she a spirited evangelist at your church? We all have strong, female role models that we look up to, admire, and respect; however, most of those role models exist outside the framework of our families. What about our own mothers, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, and beyond? What heroic traits exist in our own hereditary lineages, and why aren't we more aware of them? Author Selena Post spent seven years researching her ancestry; Beyond DNA: Inheriting Spiritual Strength from the Women in Your Family Tree is the culmination of her findings. Post looked at fifteen women in her lineage, and by observing their lives-and the historical events in the background-she was able to understand their spiritual strengths and weaknesses, as well as how both affected their lives and the lives of their offspring. It's important to gain insight from those we know and love. Although not a guidebook for family tree research, Beyond DNA shows Post's process as she discovered the inspirational lives of her ancestors. Post's newfound knowledge changed her life and taught her how to live as a godly woman. What spiritual gifts exist in your family, and how will your legacy affect the young women to come?

Why do Christians believe what they believe? What is it about Christianity that makes us believe we have the one and only way to heaven? After all, would a loving and caring God actually send somebody to hell just because they happened to follow a teacher who got a few facts wrong? What about the area of science? How can we claim with confidence that the universe had a beginning and will have an end when renowned scientists and physicists have claimed that the universe is eternal? If there is no God, where do ethics and morality come from, and on what do we base our concept of right and wrong?
 In Why? A Believer's Guide to Defending the Faith, author Doug Taylor helps Christians find the answers to those and other questions. This guide is divided into six main sections: understanding the Apologetics; determining if the Bible supports or prohibits us from looking for evidences of God and His work; basic differences between the occult, cults, and false religions; how the church and atheism are obstacles to Apologetics today; and a look at positive supports for the Christian worldview and Christianity at large. The final section is a recap and challenge to the reader moving forward.
 Written in easy-to-understand, unintimidating language, Why? is designed for new and veteran Christians. It will help prepare all Christians to explain to others the truths of their faith.

Why?: A Believer's Introduction to Defending the Faith

Religion & Spirituality

Taylor, Doug

Christian Books & Bibles

From Appalachia to the White House: My Life in the Secret Service Chronicles of the Life of Joe Dye

Life on the farm in the mid-twentieth century was not one of leisure. It was hard work. And for one young boy, it was preparation for an adult career in law enforcement and government service.
 From Appalachia to the White House tells the story of Joe Dye. Born in rural southwestern Virginia, this is a story of the joys and struggles of daily farm life in the mid-twentieth century: cutting hay, making sorghum molasses, killing hogs, and growing tobacco. It is also a story of hope, as Dye did not allow a leg condition keep him from a career in Washington DC, where he was employed by the FBI, the Metropolitan Police Department, and the US Secret Service White House Police,where he served six presidents. Laugh with Dye as he describes interactions and relationships with the likes of J. Edgar Hoover, John F. Kennedy Jr., Walter Mondale, and George H. W. Bush.
 From Appalachia to the White House is entertaining and inspirational. It is also a true story of how God will provide for a life filled with many blessings.

Dye, Joe

The Journey of Life

Most people believe life to be a linear experience. They see their existence as a slow, often monotonous migration from birth to childhood, blasting through adolescence and college. Then there's the relentless strain of work, family, and the struggles life brings. Ultimately, most people have a sense there is more to come, a life beyond this treadmill-more than an existence: a fulfillment.
 The Journey of Life is a culmination of a project taken on by one church and its staff. Led by Dr. Glen Martin, senior pastor the Journey of Faith Church, the goal is more than a book and more than a series. The goal is to encourage people to see life as a journey and offer a community, known as Journey of Faith Church, an invitation to examine what God wants us to learn along the way.
 We invite you to join us through The Journey of Life. There are lessons to learn and principles to extract. After all, it is the Scriptures that teach us a heart of wisdom awaits those who learn to "number our days." Welcome to The Journey of Life.

Martin, Glen

Is someone you know struggling with drug or alcohol abuse? Perhaps there was a time when many of us could answer this in the negative. These days, however, almost everyone has at least one family member, friend, or coworker whose lives have been affected by addiction. It is a devastating conflict with no apparent victors and a casualty list that grows every day.
 Prodigal Wisdom is a collection of scripture-based devotional meditations gathered from one family's trials and tribulations as they struggled with their youngest son's addictions for fourteen years. Author Yvonne Burrage shares the meaningful lessons learned from her family's heartache, anger, fear, and, most importantly, hope. Burrage's story may bring you to tears with her honest and open portrayal of suffering caused by her family's battle against addiction, but it will also allow you to take to heart those guiding biblical principles that enabled them to persevere.
 Prodigal Wisdom offers encouragement, perspective, and an opportunity to reflect. It addresses questions on the debilitating effects of addiction from a Christian viewpoint, offering a deep and intimate insight into the struggle with self-destruction that has run rampant in our society.

Prodigal Wisdom: Lessons Learned from My Son s Addiction

Burrage, Yvonne

What a Difference a Name Makes: A Practical Guide for a Study of the Name Yahweh

One name above all names makes the greatest difference in our lives. Yahweh is God's name. A name God chose to reveal for the first time to His servant Moses at a burning bush in the Sinai desert. The sacred name Yahweh means "I AM." Through His name God reveals Himself as the One who meets every human need. He is saying to every person, "I AM whatever you need to become all I want you to be."
 The name Yahweh occurs over 6,800 times in the Old Testament. Many of these occurrences are combinations of "Yahweh" with other terms, revealing specific ways in which God reaches out to make a difference in His people. In What a Difference a Name Makes, author Jim Harvey guides readers to understand and make personal application of these special combination names.
 Further insights are offered by discovering that the name Jesus in Hebrew is Yeshua, a name that means "Yahweh is salvation." One interesting chapter of this book is devoted to a study of the claims Jesus made regarding Himself as "I AM the Bread of Life," "I AM the Light of the World," "I AM the Alpha and the Omega," and many others.
 Val Harvey provides a helpful Study Guide with each of the thirteen chapters of the book. Bible students who are interested in individual or group study settings will find these guides of practical value in gaining more understanding of God's nature and His purpose for us.

Harvey, Jim

Harvey, Val

One name above all names makes the greatest difference in our lives. Yahweh is God's name. A name God chose to reveal for the first time to His servant Moses at a burning bush in the Sinai desert. The sacred name Yahweh means "I AM." Through His name God reveals Himself as the One who meets every human need. He is saying to every person, "I AM whatever you need to become all I want you to be." The name Yahweh occurs over 6,800 times in the Old Testament. Many of these occurrences are combinations of "Yahweh" with other terms, revealing specific ways in which God reaches out to make a difference in His people. In What a Difference a Name Makes, author Jim Harvey guides readers to understand and make personal application of these special combination names. Further insights are offered by discovering that the name Jesus in Hebrew is Yeshua, a name that means "Yahweh is salvation." One interesting chapter of this book is devoted to a study of the claims Jesus made regarding Himself as "I AM the Bread of Life," "I AM the Light of the World," "I AM the Alpha and the Omega," and many others. Val Harvey provides a helpful Study Guide with each of the thirteen chapters of the book. Bible students who are interested in individual or group study settings will find these guides of practical value in gaining more understanding of God's nature and His purpose for us.

Fear. It paralyzes us and makes us want to flee from conflicts, problems, responsibilities, life. It makes us want to turn to our "drugs of choice," whatever they may be, since they offer us immediate distraction and relief. When we run in fear, we run as Jonah did-away from the Lord-but as the Lord in His dynamic power, wisdom, and perfect love was ever at Jonah's side, so He is at ours.
 In I Ran, but I Couldn't Hide: Solace, Serenity, and Joy from the Book of Jonah, author and former pastor Bill Favorite traces Jonah's dramatic journey from learning God's intended path for him and his subsequent flight in the opposite direction to his repentance, deliverance, success, and surrender. Written from Jonah's perspective, I Ran, but I Couldn't Hide invites us to relate our own experiences to the trials and victories Jonah faced.
 There is wondrous peace and assurance in learning to lean on the Lord and discovering the bliss of joyous surrender. Like Jonah, we all have longings, and sometimes we stray-God knows this. Even so, every sunrise and sunset marks another day in God's time of grace, and no matter how often and in what ways we stray from His Word and will, He will always watch over us, always guide us, and always answer his door with open, ever-loving arms.

I Ran, but I Couldn't Hide: Solace, Serenity, and Joy from the Book of Jonah

Favorite, Bill

God sometimes says and does scary things, especially in Old Testament scripture. When we come across these stories, too often we either shy away from the challenge they present or allow them to undermine our convictions and faith in a loving God. The ancient love story of Hosea and his wife Gomer is one such account, as it chronicles the Lord's grief and pain as the people of Israel turn their backs on Him. In Chains Falling: A Study of Rebellion and Redemption in Hosea, author and Bible teacher Jamy Fisher brings us a profound, powerful, and life-changing study of the Book of Hosea, showing how by looking deeper we can perceive God's ever-open heart even in the midst of His great sadness and absolute justice. Through Fisher's six-week study, presented in thirty daily lessons, we see that to walk God's path is to hear His truth about our lives, even about our weakness and sin, and know he is never satisfied to leave us unredeemed. He could force us to obey Him, but God does not love us out of obligation and does not want us to love Him out of fear. With insightful questions and journal prompts, Chains Falling takes us through God's grief to the call for redemption and real repentance to our role as readers and leaders and, finally, to understanding that love and contentment lie in simply walking with Him wherever he leads.

Chains Falling: A Study of Rebellion and Redemption in Hosea

Fisher, Jamy

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Beyond DNA: Inheriting Spiritual Strength from the Women in Your Family Tree

Beyond DNA: Inheriting Spiritual Strength from the Women in Your Family Tree

Why?: A Believer's Introduction to Defending the Faith

From Appalachia to the White House: My Life in the Secret Service Chronicles of the Life of Joe Dye

The Journey of Life

Prodigal Wisdom: Lessons Learned from My Son s Addiction

What a Difference a Name Makes: A Practical Guide for a Study of the Name Yahweh

What a Difference a Name Makes: A Practical Guide for a Study of the Name Yahweh

I Ran, but I Couldn't Hide: Solace, Serenity, and Joy from the Book of Jonah

Chains Falling: A Study of Rebellion and Redemption in Hosea