Today's Most Troubling Trends about Faith and Culture in AmericaWe live in a tumultuous time. Upheavals and reversals in culture, popular opinion, morality, race relations, socioeconomic status, and so much more have entire generations feeling off balance or out of touch. How do we keep pace with the breathtaking rate of change in our society when we can har… Read more…
As a host and guest judge for HGTV and DIY Network (My Big Family Renovation, Brother v.s. Brother, Tiny House Arrest), Brandon Hatmaker understands what it takes to rehab a home. But after twenty-plus years of working with the local church (and as husband to bestselling author Jen Hatmaker), he has an even greater understanding of what it takes to re… Read more…
Most contemporary Americans share the same dilemma: they long for purpose in life, but they’re not sure how to find it . . . or even what it might look like if they did. Yet the little-known truth is that the secret of a person’s true purpose is coded in the desires of his or her own heart.
In The Journey of Desire—newly updated and revised… Read more…
Our deepest need is to live in conversation with God. To hear his voice. To follow him intimately. This is the single most life-changing habit that a human being can adopt, because it brings us back to the source of life. Yet most Christians have never been taught how to have a conversation with the Creator.
In this revised and updated edition of his classic… Read more…
A Clear and Reliable Guide to Each Book of the BibleThe Baker Illustrated Guide to the Bible provides a clear, reliable, and attractive resource to enhance personal Bible study. With a chapter for each book of the Bible, the guide presents the book's central teaching, setting, message, interesting features, and a key memory verse. In addition, each biblical … Read more…
How We Got the Bible and Why It Is ReliableThe Bible is the bestselling, most read, most beloved, most criticized, most neglected, and most antagonizing book in history. It's also the most misunderstood--sometimes even by those who claim to follow its teachings. So what exactly is it? Who wrote it and how did those writings come together into what we now kno… Read more…
We all have days when joy feels out of reach. Maybe it’s because our routines feel mundane or our struggles seem unending, but we end up just trying to get through the day. We forget that Scripture tells us joy—the joy of the Lord—is always within in reach.
Jesus told his disciples to remain in his truth and love so that his joy may be in t… Read more…
Many see the letter of 1 Corinthians as a letter of correction. Indeed, there were many errors that had crept into the Corinthians belief system and into their spiritual walk. Some of the issues that Paul needed to address included:
Their need to live godly even in a corrupt culture.
Their need to be unified as one body without competition.
To maintain th… Read more…
In the Passion Translation, Brian Simmons draws out the heart felt meaning of the original language text to give the readers of today a sense of the passion expressed by the authors of scripture. His translation and notes will contribute to a deeper understanding of God's word.
This 11 Volume Collection pulls together the eleven volumes of the Passion Tra… Read more…
An incredible one-volume Bible reference library, The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is a unique resource for Bible study, teaching, or preaching. This updated edition to the classic Treasury of Scripture Knowledge adds over 100,000 new cross-references, and supplies many more key words to the Bible text, making this the most complete collection of bibl… Read more…
Can a theological case be made from Scripture that Israel still has a claim to the Promised Land?
Christian Zionism is often seen as the offspring of premillennial dispensationalism. But the historical roots of Christian Zionism came long before the rise of the Plymouth Brethren and John Nelson Darby. In fact, the authors of The New Christian Zionism conte… Read more…
The walls between us seem impenetrable.
We live in an age of strife and division. Factors such as race, class, values and lifestyles keep us from connecting with others in meaningful ways. It's easy to avoid or ignore those who make us uncomfortable and those we simply do not like, but God's call to the church is to do just the opposite.
Leroy Barber has s… Read more…
