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paperbackParticipating in Abundant Life
Holistic Salvation for a Secular Age
by Mark R. Teasdale
Foreword by Alan Hirsch and Mark NelsonOur world is hungry for salvation, but we don't always know how to talk about it. Christians agree that God cares about people's lives both in this world and into eternity. But the ways we describe salvation often separate the spiritual from the material. Many groups emphasize one at the expense of the other, limiting the picture of what God has to offer. Mark Teasdale works to ...
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paperbackWelcome, Holy Spirit
A Theological and Experiential Introduction
by Gordon T. Smith
World Guild Award Winner
As the renowned scholar Thomas Oden noted, "No subject of Christian teaching is more prone to fanaticism and novelty and subjectivism than that of the Holy Spirit." The Bible's own metaphors for the Spirit are as elusive as they are evocative—wind, oil, flame, water, dove—making pneumatology a mysterious study. But shying away from ...
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hardcoverC. S. Lewis, My Godfather
Letters, Photos and Recollections
by Laurence Harwood
"With the passage of time fewer and fewer people remain alive who knew him as a living friend, and I therefore think it right and timely to record some of my memories of my relationship with the man and some aspects of his much longer friendship with my own father, with my mother, and his contemporaries throughout his life. It was through this friendship with my parents that C. S. Lewis became my ...
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paperbackThe God Who Hears
by W. Bingham Hunter
To pray is to know God. "If God really cared he would answer my prayer." "I hesitate to ask him anything." "I can't understand why he continues to ignore my deepest needs." Bingham Hunter recognizes that most believers have these thoughts from time to time. He encourages us to look at prayer from the standpoint of who God is. The true aim of prayer is intimacy with God. We pray effectively ...
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paperbackWoman of God
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Cindy Bunch
How can you become a woman of God? Leading you through a series of studies drawn from Old and New Testament passages, Bunch offers Scripture as the best guide to help you develop the traits of a godly woman. She includes sessions on how to be strong, trustworthy, wise, resourceful, forgiving, beautiful, content, confident--and how to claim God's grace when you fall short. This ten-session LifeGuide® ...
Number of Studies: 10
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paperbackMotherhood
Being Grounded in Christ
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Patty Pell
Motherhood is complicated. It can bring about feelings of deep love and joy, frustration, helplessness, tenderness, guilt, contentment and longing—all in an hour! In these ten-session LifeGuide® Bible Study on biblical motherhood, student minister and mother Patty Pell helps you discover the truth about who you are, who God is and how he sees you. As you learn to rest in your identity ...
Number of Studies: 10
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paperbackDistorted Images of God
Restoring Our Vision
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Dale Ryan and Juanita Ryan
Though we say God is loving, trustworthy and all-powerful, our actions and thoughts reveal the subtle and not-so-subtle lies we're believing: that God is impossible to please, manipulative, and likely to abandon us. Written with compassion and conviction, this eight-session LifeGuide® Bible Study brings to light our distorted thinking and points us to the truth of who God is—the ...
Number of Studies: 8
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ebookDepending on Jesus
Discovering the Sufficiency of Christ
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Dale Larsen and Sandy Larsen
As believers know we have to depend on Jesus for many things: for salvation, for guidance, for forgiveness, for daily needs. But to depend on Christ for everything? Excluding nothing? It's a scary—but also a profoundly biblical—idea. In this ten-session LifeGuide® Bible Study, you'll explore instances of biblical people learning that they could rely on Christ to see them through, ...
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paperbackMissions
God's Heart for the World
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Paul Borthwick
Beginning with Genesis, the Bible is the story of God pursuing his people. In this study guide, you'll explore how God reaches out--through Jesus and through human ambassodors like us. You'll discover that the call to "missions" is not for a select group but is a part of God's call to every Christian. And you'll begin to understand your own part in God's plan. This nine session LifeGuide® ...
Number of Studies: 9
