With thousands of health and diet books hitting the shelves each year, why are people--especially believers--still overweight, unhealthy and sick? It’s rather simple, really: we keep treating symptoms and never deal with the root of the problem. The only way to obtain true victory over any destructive habit is to first deal with the real issue, the heart.&… Read more…
What will you do when the unthinkable happens in your life?Her parents called her Lenya Lion because of her ferocious personality and hair that had been wild and mane-like since birth. But they never expected that, five days before Christmas, their five-year-old daughter would suddenly go to heaven after an asthma attack. How do you walk out of an emergency … Read more…
When the prodigal returns home, the real relational work between father and son begins. Learning My Name is the harrowing chronicle of a fearful prodigal putting family relationships on the line as he learns to trust the love of both his dad and his heavenly Father for the sake of putting neurotic, addictive thinking to rest.But this book is more than the a… Read more…
Pastor Laura Truax, originator of the 'reverse tithe' at LaSalle Street Church in Chicago, wasn't always in this same place of faith. In Undone she shares her journey of seeing Scripture with new eyes.
Whether a big crisis shakes us or little things wear away at us, these are moments where we are confronted with ourselves. This is not th… Read more…
Más que nunca, hay algo que falta en nuestras iglesias, en nuestra adoración, en nuestras oraciones. Pero sobretodo, en nuestras vidas personales. Es el ingrediente que abre las puertas a la intimidad y la pasión en nuestra relación con Dios. Es lo que mantiene nuestras vidas puras, reales; lo que nos transforma en genui… Read more…
Learn the secret of living with contentment, peace, and security.Pause for a moment and ask yourself what your life would be like if it were completely without fear? If you did not fear death. If you did not fear life and what it might bring. If you did not fear any man, or woman, or any living creature. Would you live differently?In this unique work of neve… Read more…
Walking in the Spirit is a journey into what the Bible teaches about life in the Holy Spirit. Author Kenneth Berding uses the apostle Paul and his words in Romans 8 to model what it looks like to live both empowered and set free by the Spirit.Written at an accessible level, Berding speaks to a wide audience as he seeks to connect readers to the life of the S… Read more…
What is a true Christian? What is the church? Though these are fundamental questions they often go unanswered in our current evangelical context. Far too many pastors and thinkers celebrate the trappings of faith and the mere benefits of Christianity, ignoring the biblical testimony on true conversion that shouts from countless texts from Scripture.This … Read more…
Can you imagine hearing a newly elected official taking the following oath of office: “Do you solemnly swear that if you are not here to help us you at least won't hurt us?” That may sound far-fetched, but it isn’t. For the strength of any nation is directly related to the overall well-being of its citizens. In God’s eyes, how wel… Read more…
Much in this life contends to master us--sin, the flesh, the devil, even mere distractions. But Christ promised and the apostles confirmed that believers would live lives characterized by overcoming. Yet many Christians miss out on the victorious life Christ won for them because they are trapped in guilt and shame, immobilized by fear, or stuck in old patter… Read more…
God's presence permeates our lives and activities. His song of delight reverberates throughout all he has created. As we open our ears to that song, we hear the truth of the gospel spoken to our hearts: the kingdom of God has come to us. Chris Webb, an Anglican priest and retreat house director, wants us all to enter into that kingdom and to experience i… Read more…
Deep down we know it: There has to be more than singing songs on Sunday morning, handing out tracts at work, or helping out at the soup kitchen. How do we integrate worship, evangelism, and justice into our lives as a whole, rather than compartmentalizing all three? Mike Pilavachi wants to see all three elements come together! With humorous prose and fascina… Read more…
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