This is the first book to describe and analyze, sequentially and in detail, all the persons, places, times, and events mentioned in the Gospel accounts of Jesus’s last week in Jerusalem.Part reference guide, part theological exploration, Eckhard Schnabel’s Jesus in Jerusalem uses the biblical text and recent archaeological evidence to f… Read more…
Gail Cafferata was heartbroken when the church she pastored voted to close its doors. It may have been the right decision, but it led to a million questions in her mind about her call, leadership, and future. She began to think that other pastors who close churches perhaps go through this same experience. This led her to conduct a sociological study of over … Read more…
Every day we encounter scores of people headed to an eternity without God. What will it take to wake us up to their desperate need for a Savior? While the earth's time clock ticks away, well-meaning Christians go to church, pay their tithes, and pray for foreign missionaries—going through the motions of Christian life as millions face an eternity witho… Read more…
Throughout the Bible, God bears a diverse range of names to reveal himself to his people. The sheer number of descriptors and titles for God show their inability to fully express God’s essential nature, yet even these serve as tools to draw nearer into his character, his purposes, and relationship with him.
The Names of God Dictionary pr… Read more…
With all the doomsday fanatics and psychics predicting the end times, different interpretations of the Bible creating wild speculation, and pop culture spinning a story full of dark drama and fear what do we do and where do we go?In Last Things Revealed Dr. Jim Dixon addresses these issues thoughtfully and carefully from his years of experience teaching on t… Read more…
Author and pastor Jeff Lovingood believes to be successful in youth ministry, pastors need to embrace and understand certain enduring principles that will strengthen and carry them through the tough times when they are tempted to give up. Make It Last outlines these values and provides practical guidelines to encourage youth workers to reflect on why they ar… Read more…
Roaring the message of biblical truths. After receiving a vision from the Lord at age 37, author Betty Liber wrote the twenty-four chapter The Lamb Will Not Be Silenced, filled with divine wisdom and insightful teachings. Each chapter-a new message Liber received from the still, small voice of God-is full of both warnings and redemption. Readers will go beyo… Read more…
In the summer of 1969, Buzz Aldrin had a mission. His goal was to fly 240 million miles from earth and, along with fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong, be the first to walk on the moon. But moments before that historic step, Aldrin poured a specially prepared drink into a cup and partook of a sacred celebration that had first occurred two thousand years before.&… Read more…
“I had a vision of a faith community where people could have a wider understanding of God and our relationship to him/her. I wanted to create a place where people could state what they believe and what they struggle withâ€"freely. I wanted a community of people who know we don't all have to agree on … Read more…