Accepted Experience God’s Unconditional Love (The Unshakable Truth Journey growth guide #4) opens up the truth about God s redemption plan. God s becoming human establishes his unconditional acceptance of us, which defines our worth. God values us in spite of our sin. This is the basis on which we gain a high sense of worth.
Can a thoughtful person today seriously believe that God wrote a book? There are an unprecedented number of sophisticated attacks on the origin, credibility, and reliability of the Bible. It can be difficult to know what to say when skepticism and secularism take over so many conversations.
Does the fact that you were “formed from dust” make you insignificant? Not according to God’s Word, which calls you “beloved”! Drawing deeply from Scripture and their own experiences, Goggin and Stroble lead you on a journey toward communion with Jesus. Learn why empty self-help strategies and resolutions will always fail you—but Christ will not.
Broken Experience Victory over Sin (#3 of The Unshakable Truth Journey Growth Guides) examines the truth about humankind s brokenness because of original sin, humankind s ongoing problem with sin, and how instead to make right choices in life.
Community Experience Jesus Alive in His People explores the truth about Christ’s body the church and Christians’ mission in life. It lays the foundation for how to experience true community.
Created Experience Your Unique Purpose (The Unshakable Truth Journey growth guide #1) is devoted to the truth that God is he exists, and he created human beings for a reason. It lays a foundation for who people are because they re God s creation, who God designed them to be, and how they can live a life of fulfillment.
What does a Christian life lived “by the Spirit” look like? Bringing together scholars and practitioners of spiritual formation from across the Protestant spectrum, this volume offers a distinctly evangelical consideration of the benefits of contemplation. The contributors draw on historical examples from the church-including John Calvin, Richard Baxter, Jonathan Edwards, and John Wesley-to consider how contemplative prayer can shape Christian living today. The result is a robust guide to embracing contemplation that will help Christians as they seek to keep in step with the Spirit.
Empowered Experience Living in the Power of the Spirit opens up the truth of God’s being three in one. Because he is a Trinity, his natural is relational; he defines the essence of how any relationship works. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, we can experience the truth of relationships in the way God defines them.
See it. Study it. Do it. Many Christians focus on mechanical application of the Scriptures. In Experience Your Bible the McDowells proclaim God’s original design-the Scriptures are his way to reveal himself so he can enjoy a relationship with people. A key tool for pastors leaders parents and youth workers-anyone wanting to proclaim and experience the life- and culture-changing Christianity the Bible reveals.
Tim Muehlhoff gives us insight into recognizing how God is at work in the world. He unpacks the doctrine of common grace to uncover how God works in ways that we don’t always realize. If we have a limited idea of what divine action looks like—dramatic answers to prayer, healings with no medical explanation, financial needs being met unexpectedly—then we miss seeing how God acts through common grace in ordinary, everyday ways such as antibiotics, financial planners, and thoughtful friends. Muehlhoff offers dozens of illustrations from contemporary culture to help us understand and communicate how God is present and acting in the world today.
Eyewitness: The Visual Bible Experience by Jeff White is a new personal Bible experience that helps readers discover God in fresh and surprising ways. Designed for adults and older teens, Eyewitness features 39 true-to-Scripture Bible stories that bring you face-to-face with the people in the Bible, all designed in a graphic novel style that offers a visual, illustrated approach to Bible storytelling. Each page features imaginative, full-color illustrations from various artists from around the world.
Forgiven-Experience the Surprising Grace of God (The Unshakable Truth Journey growth guide #6) explores the truth about the power of God’s grace. The truth that God can offer us forgiveness in spite of our sin helps us understand how we actually obtain a relationship with him.
Are you struggling with anxiety, unhealthy relationships, unresolved hurt, or other soul-scarring pain? Discover how to overcome brokenness and live in God’s freedom! Offering time-tested, biblically based, and research-supported principles, this dynamic guide blends McDowell’s hard-earned wisdom with Bennett’s youthful passion to help young adults thrive as they strive for spiritual, emotional, and relational wholeness.
Dr. Joanne Jung has done a great service to the church by bringing back to our attention the long-forgotten Puritan spiritual practice of ‘conference’ in all its various forms. Not content merely to explore this practice on an academic level, Dr. Jung takes the next step and shows how this discipline connects with the contemporary church as an antidote to the now moribund small group movement. Godly Conversation: Rediscovering the Puritan Practice of Conference is a welcome and valuable addition to the now-growing literature on spiritual formation.
Growing-Experience the Dynamic Path to Transformation speaks to the truth about our transformed life in Christ. The truth about our transformed life in Christ defines who we are in this world and shows how we can know our purpose in life.
The three-views approach is an effective and succinct means of introducing theological subjects to readers of all levels. How Then Should We Choose? applies this proven format to the vital topic of decision making and the Christian’s search for the will of God. Garry Friesen of Multnomah Bible College, Henry and Richard Blackaby of Blackaby Ministries International, and Gordon T. Smith of Regent College each contribute summaries of their perspectives on God’s will and their approaches to decision making. Book edited by Douglas Huffman.
Inspired Experience the Power of God’s Word (The Unshakable Truth Journey growth guide #2) explores the truth that God has spoken and revealed himself to humanity within the Bible. Further, he gave us his Word for a very clear purpose to provide for us and protect us.
Tackling fifteen of life’s biggest questions relating to God and his relationship to humanity by presenting biblical answers, this is an excellent crash course on Christianity for believers and seekers alike.
Authors J. P. Moreland and Klaus Issler illustrate how we are only happy when we pursue a transcendent purpose–something larger than ourselves. This pursuit involves a deeply meaningful relationship with God through a selfless preoccupation with the spiritual disciplines. The Lost Virtue of Happiness takes a fresh, meaningful look at the spiritual disciplines, offering concrete examples of ways you can make them practical and life-transforming.
Dr. Barry Corey, president of Biola University, believes we tend to devalue the importance of kindness, opting instead for caustic expressions of certainty that push people away. We forget that the essence of what God requires of us is to “love kindness.” In this book, filled with stories from his travels around the globe, Barry shows us the forgotten way of kindness. It is a life that calls us to put ourselves at risk. A life that calls us to hope. A life of a firm center and soft edges. It is the life Christ invites us to follow, no matter what the cost.
