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| In a world where we don't know whether we're dating, courting, hanging out, living together, or just having sex, Jason Illian exposes the naked truth about relationships. There is magnificent middle ground between "kissing dating good-bye" and "kissing everyone good night," says Jason Illian, who made waves on 2005's The Bachelorette for his outspoken position on sexual integrity. In UNDRESSED, Illian brings a fresh voice and much-needed perspective to the discussion of sex among single adults as he helps readers apply uncompromising moral principles to their dating relationships. Can single adults embrace their sexuality without sleeping around? Yes, says this national speaker, budding TV personality, and former corporate executive who tackles the controversial issues that make dating so difficult. UNDRESSED helps single adults uncover their hearts and unleash their passions—without compromising their convictions. |
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| Women of Faith speaker Sheila Walsh shares the lessons of love and grace she learned while caring for and learning to love her dying mother-in-law. Some experiences change your life. Some relationships do too. As Sheila Walsh walked with her mother-in-law through her last moments, the two women learned lessons of life-ones that had previously eluded them. These memories have changed Sheila's relationship with Christ and her perspective forever. And they become a blessed chronicle that will change readers' lives as they too are plunged into God's river of mercy.Previously published as Stories from the River of Mercy. |
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| Jesus divides history, your birthday is determined by his! But why should that be? This is a man who evokes the widest polarisation of opinion of any historical figure: devotion from some, vitriolic abuse by others and astonishing indifference from many. Today most people just don't know who he really was, or is, or don't care.People still put forward all kinds of ideas about who he was. Books like 'The Da Vinci Code' propose that he was only a man (in which case why are his descendants so important?). Many religions have other ideas - everyone has an opinion whether based on fact or fiction. Those for and against have often resorted to name-calling, but in the Bible Jesus was both called by, and gave himself, unusual names. Noted theologian, R. C. Sproul, seeks to enlighten us by investigating what those names actually mean. From there he determines what Jesus set out to do.Jesus is no mere historical figure, he is as important in the 21st century as he was when he walked the earth. |
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| A narrative interview story of how a dozen people moved from various forms of spirituality to come to Christ as Lord. Listen in on the interviews of individuals who had been part of Mormonism, Judaism, Hinduism, atheism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Wicca, agnosticism, Buddhism, Islam, Unitarianism, new ageism, and Satanism. |
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| J. Philip Wogaman offers candid reflections on his service as Senior Minister at Foundry United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C.- an unexpected journey that he began at the age of sixty - following a career as an ethics professor. Wogaman chronicles the task he faced as a new pastor, tasks with which every pastor deals-effective and faithful preaching, balancing pastoral and prophetic roles, presenting the church to the public media, dealing with prominent church members, and addressing stewardship. He also discusses the challenges of succeeding a long-loved pastor who departed under a cloud, the responsibilities of pasturing to a president, and his efforts to balance the roles of a pastor against such a dramatic backdrop. Identifying his own successes and mistakes, Wogaman provides fresh insights on parish ministry that are sure to become guideposts for all pastors. |
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| While in the midst of confusion and the personal anguish of infidelity in a marriage, there is something couples need to know—there is hope; marriages can heal; the authors of this book are living proof. More than ten years ago, Gary Shriver confessed to his wife, Mona, about a three-year affair, as well as a one-night stand. Though the impact of that confession was devastating, it wasn’t the end of their marriage. In their deepest despair, Gary and Mona wanted to know a real couple whose marriage had survived infidelity. They wanted desperately for someone—someone who had been in that situation—to say to them, “You can get through this and learn to trust again!” But they could find no couple willing to be that vulnerable. This is why the Shrivers have opened the pages of their lives and hearts to hurting couples everywhere. In Unfaithful: Rebuilding Trust After Infidelity Gary and Mona each share, from their own perspectives, the impact of adultery on their family, the strength they found in their faith, what it takes to endure, the importance of communication and forgiveness, and so much more. With the Shrivers’ help, couples can learn to move beyond crisis to a place where they can renew their hope, rebuild their trust, and ultimately, restore their marriages! |
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| It's time for God's people to wake up, shake off our traditions, and enter a new day of unquestionable and authentic belief in God-because in this hour only Unfeigned Faith will equip us to overcome every evil circumstance! |
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| In this prophetic call to faithful Christian living, Marva Dawn identifies the epidemic socio-cultural attitudes that destroy hope in our modern lives. Because affluent persons don't know what to value, we remain dissatisfied with what we have and are compelled to want more at the expense of the world's less fortunate. Dawn demonstrates, however, how Christians can organize their lives to live in ways that allow them to love God and neighbor and, in the process, alleviate the despair in their lives and in the lives of others in the world. |
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| In the best-selling footsteps of Would You Rather . . . ?, What If . . . ?, and Have You Ever . . . ? comes Unfinished Sentences - another collection of sometimes lighthearted, sometimes poignant, and always provocative discussion starters guaranteed to get teenagers talking, thinking, debating. Get the discussion ball rolling with 450 incomplete sentences that can be used anytime, anywhere for breaking the ice, stimulating discussions, building community, getting kids to wrestle with spiritual issues -- or use them just for fun! The convenient size makes Unfinished sentences easy to stick in your pocket or in the glove box -- a resource you won't want your library or your youth ministry team to be without! |
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| Calvin Miller is a writer's writer--a renaissance man of letters. His insightful devotional musings have blessed countless souls along their faith journeys for decades. He has quietly and steadily practiced his craft of wordsmithing, with every stroke of his metaphorical pen delving into the depth of the mystery of God's incarnational work in this world. This book represents another facet of Calvin Miller's writing--more artistic, more introspective. Calvin mines his own inner being bro the jewels of faith that are to be discovered there--some full formed and shining like onyx while others are still forming--grace under pressure. The reader becomes a companion, observing the shaping of faithfulness in an unfinished soul. |
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| Culminating more than fifty years of comprehensive study, The Unfolding Drama of Redemption is the internationally-recognized masterpiece of scholarship by the late Dr. W. Graham Scroggie. Using the organizing scheme of a dramatic play, Scroggie traces the theme of redemption through each book of the Bible with care scholarship and a thorough analysis of the Bible's content and history. Originally published in three volumes, this complete-in-one-volume edition presents the unparalleled production of the greatest universal drama-God's unified and undeterred plan of salvation for humankind.Students of the Bible have found The Unfolding Drama of Redemption to be an excellent sourcebook for personal or ministry study. Included are:230 charts and illustrations37 maps and diagrams176 study outlines |
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| The Apostle Paul wrote in Greek, therefore his writings have been regarded as Greek literature. In the Greek culture, to be a writer you conformed to one of the many Greek forms of writing. Scholars have had difficulty saying that any one of Paul's writing is written in any one of these forms. Not knowing the form means that we do not know how parts relate to one another. This results in many unanswered questions, for example:1. Is Romans nine through eleven parenthetical or are they a part of Paul's intended presentation?2. Is the good of Romans 8:28 a general good or one particular good?3. When Paul struggled with sin in chapter seven, was it as a believer or as an unbeliever?4. Who was Paul referring to, when in chapter two he speaks of Gentiles who by nature keep the law?The Unfolding of Romans maintains that Romans is written in chiasmus, a literary form that is common in the Old Testament. Previously a few examples of chiasmus have been found in Romans. In The Unfolding of Romans it is demonstrated that the whole of Romans is written in this format. Large chiastic systems are sometimes found in the Old Testament, but these have been difficult to demonstrate in the New Testament. In The Unfolding of Romans three types of large systems are defined, and then it is demonstrated that Paul uses them repeatedly in Romans. For those not familiar with chiasmus an introductory text is incorporated into the introduction. This text starts with the smallest and most basic examples and works gradually up to the largest and most complex. A person does not need to know anything concerning chiasmus to read this book. |
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