Religion

Disciple I Revised Teacher Helps: Becoming Disciples Through Bible Study

by Various

DISCIPLE is a program of disciplined Bible study aimed at developing strong Christian leaders. The study gives the Old and New Testa­ments equal time, emphasizing the wholeness of the Bible as a revelation...

Jesus in the Gospels Leader Guide: Containing Teacher Helps

by Nellie Moser

The leader guide provides guidance and the suggested schedule for weekly group sessions to enable discussion in small groups of what persons have discovered in their individual reading and study. Two pages of...

Effective Small Churches in the 21st Century

by Carl Dudley

Dudley's work in Making the Small Church Effective (1978) broke new ground in understanding the dynamics of life in the small congregation. In this revised edition, Dudley revisits the small church, posing new...

One Surprising Morning

by Peg Augustine

Emphasized the surprising events that occurred on the morning of the very first Easter, with bilingual text.

I Am the Lord Who Heals You

by Scott Morris

This is a collection of sermons which explores Christian understandings of healing, wholeness, and restoration. Among the contributors are Walter Brueggemann, Barbara Brown Taylor, Maxie Dunnam, Barbara Lundblad,...

One Surprising Night

by Peg Augustine

One Surprising Night retells the story of Christ's birth as the fulfillment of a promise God made to his people long ago. Yet, Jesus' arrival brought -

The Parables

by Paul Duke

Another book on the parables? Why? Because Paul Duke hears possibilities for preaching the parables that the rest of us miss. Duke makes preliminary observations, sketches historical context, pursues literary...

Take Time for Christmas

by Peg Augustine

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Longing to Pray

by J. Ellsworth Kalas

This little book invites us to study with some ancient experts in prayer, the persons who wrote the Book of Psalms. We haven't read long in the psalms before we realize that the authors were altogether human,...

Life from the Up Side

by J. Ellsworth Kalas

Using an approach similar to the one he took in his popular Back Side books, author J. Ellsworth Kalas looks at some familiar Old and New Testament Bible stories through the lens of a time-tested faith and hopes...

Knowing Me Knowing God

by Malcolm Goldsmith

In Knowing Me, Knowing God, Malcolm Goldsmith provides an easy-to-follow introduction to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator as it pertains to the spiritual life. The heart of this book is a spirituality questionnaire...

Moments That Take Your Breath Away

by James W. Moore

As the saying goes, “It’s not the number of breaths we take, it is the number of moments that take our breath away.” Every now and then, and more often than we realize, God breaks into the routine and...

Sharing the Easter Faith with Children: Helping Children Observe Lent and Celebrate Easter

by Carolyn C. Brown

Sharing the Easter Faith with Children is theologically sound, biblically focused, educationally on target, and developmentally appropriate. 

Carolyn Brown writes clearly and helpfully, with conviction and...

Take the Next Step: Leading Lasting Change in the Church

by Lovett Weems

Learn how to work for genuine and effective change in your church without trying to throw out everything that has gone before.

Pastors and other congregational leaders are eager to institute meaningful and effective...

What's in the Bible About the Holy Spirit?

by Alexander B. Joyner

What is the Bible is all about? What's in it? Why is it so important for Christians? Is it really relevant for people in the 21st century? Should I care about what's in the Bible? Why? What difference will it...

Preaching Paul

by Brad R Braxton

Helpful and insightful strategies for preaching from the writings of Paul.

Few biblical figures are more compelling to preachers than the apostle Paul. The story of his dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus...

Jesus' Parables of the Lost And Found

by James W. Moore

This six-session short-term study series from Jim Moore is organized around the general theme of parables. This study serves as a third volume to Jesus’ Parables of Grace (Spring 2004) and Jesus' Parables...

Jesus' Parables About Making Choices

by James W. Moore

This six-session short-term study series from James W. Moore is organized around the general theme of "Making Choices." This study serves as a fourth volume to Jesus’ Parables of Grace (Spring 2004), Jesus'...

Introduction to Christian Worship 3rd Edition: Revised and Enlarged

by James F. White

Introduction to Christian Worship, 3rd Edition traces the development of the major forms of Christian worship, and includes discussion of the newest service books of the principal churches of North America and...

After Christendom?: How the Church Is to Behave If Freedom, Justice, and a Christian Nation Are Bad Ideas

by Stanley Hauerwas

Liberal/conservative and modern/postmodern concepts define contemporary theological debate. Yet what if these categories are grounded in a set of assumptions about what it means to be the church in the world,...