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  • Savoring Scripture: A Six-Step Guide to Studying the Bible, By Andrew Abernethy
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    Savoring Scripture

    A Six-Step Guide to Studying the Bible

    by Andrew Abernethy
    Foreword by Charlie Dates

    Some books on how to read the Bible are academically informative, but their rationality can make God seem distant. Other books are spiritually vibrant but provide few tools that truly help God's people read the Bible better. Readers need a guide that combines the academic with the spiritual—that integrates textual analysis with the illuminating and transformational work of the Holy ...

  • The Message of Matthew: The Kingdom of Heaven, By E. Michael Green
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    The Message of Matthew

    The Kingdom of Heaven

    The Bible Speaks Today Series

    by E. Michael Green

    Matthew's Gospel is the first—and perhaps the most important—single document of the New Testament. In it you will find the fullest and most systematic account of the birth, life, teaching, death, and resurrection of the founder of Christianity, Jesus the Messiah. In this Bible Speaks Today volume, Michael Green shows how this very Jewish Gospel portrays the power and purpose of ...

  • The Message of Mark, By Donald English
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    The Message of Mark

    The Bible Speaks Today Series

    by Donald English

    The fast-paced vitality of Mark's narrative wins the hearts of today's readers on its own terms. Yet while at first glance Mark appears to be a simple account of Jesus' ministry, a serious study raises all kinds of questions: Why doesn't Jesus make his true identity more obvious to the crowds? Why do his disciples find it so difficult to understand? Why is Jesus' work met with such ...

  • Saint Valentine the Kindhearted: The History and Legends of God's Brave and Loving Servant, By Ned Bustard
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    Saint Valentine the Kindhearted

    The History and Legends of God's Brave and Loving Servant

    by Ned Bustard

    We celebrate Valentine’s Day with flowers, candy, and cards for the people we love. But have you ever wondered why we do this on February 14? Learn all about Saint Valentine, a man whose life of kindness and love inspires us each year to let others know how much they mean to us.

    Told as a charming poem, this beautifully illustrated book will be enjoyed by children ...

  • Zion Learns to See: Opening Our Eyes to Homelessness, By Terence Lester and Zion Lester
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    Zion Learns to See

    Opening Our Eyes to Homelessness

    by Terence Lester and Zion Lester
    Illustrated by Subi Bosa

    Every person matters to God. And that means every person should matter to us.

    Zion has no idea what she's getting into when she decides to join her dad at his work on Saturday. But she quickly discovers that a day at the community center brings new and wonderful people into her life. Join Zion as she learns about people experiencing homelessness, and see ...

  • Looking Up: A Birder's Guide to Hope Through Grief, By Courtney Ellis
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    Looking Up

    A Birder's Guide to Hope Through Grief

    by Courtney Ellis
    Foreword by Kay Warren

    "Look at the birds"

    Through the painful days of the pandemic stuck in her home, Courtney Ellis found herself looking down in despair. Soon after, her beloved grandfather died unexpectedly.

    It was around this same time that Ellis took up watching birds. "Took up" might not be exactly right—as she puts it, "the switch flipped," and she’s been borderline obsessed with birds ...

  • Demystifying Evil: A Biblical and Personal Exploration, By Ingrid Faro
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    Demystifying Evil

    A Biblical and Personal Exploration

    by Ingrid Faro
    Foreword by Heather Davediuk Gingrich

    The evil that afflicts our lives often leaves us confused and directionless, wounded and powerless. How should we respond to evil's power to assault us? How can we understand God's work in a world that seems all too often to be permeated with evil?

    Narrating her own wrestling with evil as well as engaging in biblical and philosophical analysis, biblical scholar Ingrid Faro ...

  • Sensible Shoes Study Guide, By Sharon Garlough Brown and Sharron Carrns
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    Sensible Shoes Study Guide

    Sensible Shoes Series

    by Sharon Garlough Brown and Sharron Carrns

    Have you enjoyed the journey with Meg, Mara, Charissa, and Hannah? This companion guide will take you deeper into their world and give you an opportunity to try out the spiritual practices that you've seen them engage at New Hope Retreat Center.

    Sensible Shoes Study Guide includes twelve weeks of daily Scripture reading, prayer, and reflection questions (five days ...

    Number of Studies: 12

  • Hearing God Through the Year: A 365-Day Devotional, By Dallas Willard
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    Hearing God Through the Year

    A 365-Day Devotional

    Through the Year Devotionals

    by Dallas Willard
    Edited by Jan Johnson

    A Guide for Drawing Close to God

    Being close to God means communicating with him. It requires both telling him what is on our hearts in prayer and understanding what he is saying to us. The second half of this conversation is so important—and so difficult. How do we hear God?

    In these daily devotionals, Dallas Willard helps us understand how we can know the voice of ...

  • Faith Like a Child: Embracing Our Lives as Children of God, By Lacy Finn Borgo
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    Faith Like a Child

    Embracing Our Lives as Children of God

    by Lacy Finn Borgo

    Embrace the invitation of childlike faith. A well-known challenge of Jesus to his followers is to become like little children. But it's often difficult to remember the natural patterns of our childhood selves that enabled us to live freely in God's wonder-filled presence. Is childlike faith simply an unquestioning faith, or is it being present with ourselves in a way that invites ...