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  • Grief: God's Help in Times of Sorrow, By Cathy Gardner Maddams and James W. Reapsome
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    Grief

    God's Help in Times of Sorrow

    LifeGuide Bible Studies

    by Cathy Gardner Maddams and James W. Reapsome

    A friend moves away. You get laid off. Cancer takes the life of a family member. We all experience grief and loss in some form. Whether you're supporting a grieving friend or mourning a loss of your own, these nine-session LifeGuide® Bible from Psalms will help you express what you're feeling and lead you to the arms of our compassionate God, who weeps with us, listens to our cries and ...

    Number of Studies: 9

  • Forming Resilient Children: The Role of Spiritual Formation for Healthy Development, By Holly Catterton Allen
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    Forming Resilient Children

    The Role of Spiritual Formation for Healthy Development

    by Holly Catterton Allen
    Foreword by Catherine Stonehouse

    Many children today are growing up in the midst of adversity, whether brought on by family difficulties or larger societal crises. All children need to be able to deal with stress, cope with challenges, and persevere through disappointments. While we cannot protect children from all hardships, we can promote healthy development that fosters resilience.

    In this interdisciplinary ...

  • Brave Souls: Experiencing the Audacious Power of Empathy, By Belinda Bauman
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    Brave Souls

    Experiencing the Audacious Power of Empathy

    by Belinda Bauman
    Foreword by Christine Caine

    What if empathy could save us? Belinda Bauman was living a comfortable life as a wife, mother, and nonprofit leader—but her soul was checked out. Then she met Esperance. An assault survivor living in one of the poorest, most dangerous countries in the world, Esperance and other Congolese women shared their harrowing stories with Belinda. Their vulnerability set Belinda on a path ...

  • Why Do I Feel Like This?: Understand Your Difficult Emotions and Find Grace to Move Through, By Peace Amadi
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    Why Do I Feel Like This?

    Understand Your Difficult Emotions and Find Grace to Move Through

    by Peace Amadi

    "Why do I feel this way?"

    Sometimes life is a mess and we get overwhelmed by all sorts of conflicting, difficult emotions. We might be stressed or weary, anxious or fearful, paralyzed by insecurity or crushed by pain. Worse yet, some well-meaning people invalidate our feelings and tell us to just cheer up and forget our worries.

    Rather than bypass the reality of our ...

  • Working from the Inside Out: A Brief Guide to Inner Work That Transforms Our Outer World, By Jeff Haanen
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    Working from the Inside Out

    A Brief Guide to Inner Work That Transforms Our Outer World

    by Jeff Haanen

    Many today are experiencing social isolation, deep anxieties about the future, and various difficulties in the workplace. For too many of us, work seems tedious, painful, or meaningless. And we don't know what to do about it.

    Working from the Inside Out pulls back the veil on the deep emotional and vocational challenges faced by the majority of workers and shows how ...

  • Know What You Believe, By Paul E. Little
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    Know What You Believe

    by Paul E. Little
    Foreword by James F. Nyquist

    What does Christianity have to do with anything? What does the Christian faith teach about God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit? What do I need to know about angels, Satan and demons? What place should the Bible or a church have in my life? By exploring these and other core questions, bestselling author Paul E. Little leads you into a greater appreciation of a God who has done great things to bring ...

    Number of Studies: 10

  • Christianity versus Fatalistic Religions in the War Against Poverty, By Udo Middelmann
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    Christianity versus Fatalistic Religions in the War Against Poverty

    by Udo Middelmann

    Most literature and many aid efforts concerned with poverty relief and development function on mathematical assumptions. Those who have more should share with those who have less, thus creating equality. Some would add a moral component saying that those having more are morally wrong and must have gained their surplus from outright theft or unfair trade. But on the side of the needy, religious ...

  • Transformation, By Stephen W. Smith and Gordon Dalbey and Howard L. Baker
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    Transformation

    Transformation of a Man's Heart Series

    by Stephen W. Smith, Gordon Dalbey, and Howard L. Baker

    Life is not a flow chart. We weren't meant to master it on our own. We weren't meant to be mastered by it either. The discussion guides in the Transformation of a Man's Heart series put us in conversation with God and with one another to see how God shapes and transforms us in the ordinary experiences of our lives. Am I every going to change? he asks. If we're honest with ourselves, we'll admit ...

  • The Crime of Living Cautiously: Hearing God's Call to Adventure, By Luci Shaw
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    The Crime of Living Cautiously

    Hearing God's Call to Adventure

    by Luci Shaw

    Unexpectedly, the moment of opportunity comes to us--the prospect of entering a reality larger than we'd guess. A spacious option opens up before us, an urgent demand that seems to call for special enterprise, life-threatening perils or summons to action. Suddenly we realize that such a chance might never come again. What do you do when faced with such a moment? Do you sometimes get frozen ...

  • Matthew, By Craig S. Keener
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    Matthew

    The IVP New Testament Commentary Series

    by Craig S. Keener

    Matthew was the most popular Gospel in the early church, widely read for its clear emphasis on Jesus' teaching. Drawing on its use as a teaching or discipleship manual, Craig Keener expounds Matthew as a discipleship manual for believers today. In his skilled hands, this first-century text becomes as relevant and contemporary as information downloaded from the Internet, while it challenges us with ...