Search Results
Showing 361 - 370 of 526 results
Ebook1 Chronicles
An Introduction and Commentary
Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries
by Martin J. Selman
The Chronicler wrote as a pastoral theologian. The congregation he addressed was an Israel separated from its former days of blessing by a season of judgment. The books of 1 and 2 Chronicles bring a divine word of healing and reaffirm the hope ofrestoration to a nation that needed to regain its footing in God's promises and to reshape its life before God.
The Chronicler expounds the Bible ...
EbookThe Emotions of God
Making Sense of a God Who Hates, Weeps, and Loves
by David T. Lamb
The God of the Bible is emotional. Many Christians don't want to associate emotions with God. Emotions feel irrational, and the idea of God experiencing hate, anger, and jealousy can be confusing and problematic. And yet the Bibleis full of stories where God expresses deep emotion. Christians are often left wondering how to reconcile the tension of an all-powerful God expressing ...
EbookA Year of Slowing Down
Daily Devotions for Unhurried Living
by Alan Fadling
With the overwhelming pace of life, many of us struggle to stop long enough to be present. Our long to-do lists and full calendars leave little breathing room to hear from God. We know we need to slow down but we don't even know how to begin.
Alan Fadling has spent years coaching leaders and communities on how to live an unhurried life, teaching that productivity and success ...
EbookHopeful Lament
Tending Our Grief Through Spiritual Practices
by Terra McDaniel
ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award
We need to rediscover lament to heal and hope again.
We've lost the practice of lament. Most people don't know how to process personal or communal mourning and insteadstruggle to honor their tears, vulnerability, and the full weight of these disillusioning times. But tending our grief might be exactly what we need to ...
HardbackThe Second Testament
A New Translation
by Scot McKnight
Experience the New Testament Afresh in Scot McKnight's Bold Translation
Typical translations of the New Testament make the biblical text as accessible as possible by using the language of our own day. At times this masks thedistance between the New Testament text and modern readers. Scripture continues to speak to us but it speaks as an ancient text to the modern world.
New ...
EbookA Theology as Big as the City
by Raymond J Bakke
"As we look at the world-class cities around our planet, we face five new urban realities: a crack cocaine epidemic, assault weapons, massive numbers of homeless children, HIV/AIDS and (in the U.S.) what Time magazine has called `the browning of America.' The needs of the urban population are greater than ever. . . . As our cities swell with immigrants, I'm reminded that Jesus was born ...
EbookPowers of Darkness
Principalities & Powers in Paul's Letters
by Clinton E. Arnold
Satan worship. Witches. New Age channelers.
The last two decades of the twentieth century witnessed a vast upsurge in occult activity. Scores of popular books have warned Christians of the dangers and urged them to do battle against these spiritual forces. Few books, however, have developed a careful biblical theology on demons, principalities and powers.
Clinton Arnold seeks to fill ...
EbookMeeting God in Scripture
A Hands-On Guide to Lectio Divina
by Jan Johnson
Dallas Willard Center Book Award Finalist
Jesus is speaking to us here and now.
Lectio divina is a practice of Scripture reading that treats the Bible not only as a text to be examined, but also as theliving Word of God spoken anew to us. Experienced Bible teacher Jan Johnson gives us forty Scripture meditations, organized topically, giving ...
EbookWhen Changing Nothing Changes Everything
The Power of Reframing Your Life
by Laurie Polich Short
Reframing your perspective can transform your life.We often face circumstances that we cannot change—a job we are forced to keep, a relationship that did not work out, a decision we cannot take back. The stress of life can overwhelm us, and we may not see past the obstacles in our path. In the face of unwanted challenges, we may despair over our lack of control and long for an easier ...
EbookRecalibrate Your Life
Navigating Transitions with Purpose and Hope
by Kenneth Boa and Jenny M Abel
As we make our way through life, we find ourselves in times of transition where we need to reassess who we are and what we do.
Living well doesn't happen automatically for followers of Christ—it happens when we have plannedahead by reviewing and recalibrating our lives on a regular basis, and when we transition from one stage of life to the next. Times of transition, especially ...
