The bad news of Satan, while serious, is overshadowed by the good news of Jesus. Here are the plain teachings of Scripture regarding Satan, demons, and spiritual warfare from a perspective that makes paramount the sovereignty of God and the finished work of Christ. Containing none of the unfruitful speculations so common to this topic, we believe it differs … Read more…
From any non-Christian point of view, the gospel does not make sense. Grace doesn't make sense. Grace doesn't add up. Why would Jesus come to be one of us, to pay a debt He did not owe, because we owed a debt we could not pay? Why would He do that? Free? No strings? What was in it for Him? Since the church first began, Christians have had trouble a… Read more…
FROM AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR OF FOLLOW METhe only thing holding back the spread of the gospel is the church. This book will teach me how to go deeper in my relationship with God so that I may become a more fully developed disciple of Jesus to help bring the gospel to the world around me. The Bible tells us there is one true God who sits… Read more…
Are you ever ashamed of the conflict in your story? Does your pride keep you from admitting when conflict is there? Conflict is a part of every story, and in fact, it is one of the ways God communicates with us through our stories. This short piece, taken from the book: Tell Me a Story by Scott McClellan, will talk through the conflicts we often face and… Read more…
When life falls apart, where is God? Does he care? Can he fix things? Does he really love us? In an uncertain world, people need to know that God is still in control, that he still cares for us and even suffers with us, and that he has a plan that cannot be defeated.In his compassionate and caring style, Warren W. Wiersbe offers beaten-down readers a positiv… Read more…
How often does fear hold you back from living your life to the fullest? Join New York Times bestselling author, podcast host, and speaker Annie F. Downs as she shares a call to embrace the God-given courage living inside you.Annie is the first to admit that she's not exactly the bravest woman in the world. Even now, she still cries sometim… Read more…
"Most evangelical discussion of the gender issue has been spent in feverish debate over the exegetical intricacies of the traditional prooftexts," writes Rebecca Merrill Groothuis. And though faithful exegesis is certainly crucial, a "myopic fixation on a handful of controversial biblical texts will not ultimately resolve the gender debate.&qu… Read more…
From singer, model and YouTube celebrity Natasha Bure, the daughter of Candace Cameron Bure, comes a real, honest conversational book that doesn’t hold back. Everywhere she goes and every video she posts has one basic message: this is real, this is life, and we all go through it. Whether it’s acne, boyfriends, faith, stress, or having fun, Natash… Read more…
Jesus understands our lives because he was human too. He faced the same hardships and personal struggles that we encounter on a daily basis. He felt our deepest sadness and experienced our darkest solitude. Above all, Jesus gets us. In Jesus' time, communities were deeply divided by bitter differences in religious beliefs, political positions, income ine… Read more…
Life Is Sweet in the SouthFull of small towns and sparkling cities, this welcoming area invites all who visit to put your feet up, have a glass of ice tea in a mason jar and reminisce on some of the most wonderful things in the South. Written by true Southern gentleman H. Jackson Brown Jr., As Southern As It Gets is a charming book of lists—a celebrati… Read more…