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God makes His character clear throughout the Bible: He is a God who saves us, who is faithful, who sends His Comforter, and who has a good and holy purpose for our lives. In short, He keeps His promises. But what does that look like in a broken world? Surrounded by confusion, darkness, violence, and pain, where do we see the promises of God at work in our everyday lives? Max Lucado invites you into a deeper understanding of the peace and security...
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Timeless insights from one of the most important people in church history. Some people value good works so much that they overlook faith in Christ. Faith should be first.… It is faith-without good works and prior to good works-that takes us to heaven. We come to God through faith alone. -Martin Luther Resounding across the centuries, Martin Luther's prolific writings as a pastor, theologian, scholar, Bible translator, father, and more, remain powerful...
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The Word in Season is a quarterly Christian devotional that connects faith and life in a timely reflection for each day. These messages and prayers are, based on scripture readings from Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings. Each day offers a Bible verse, a personal commentary or meditation, a suggested prayer concern, and a unique prayer. Various writers contribute to each issue, offering a variety of perspectives.
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In Inspired Imperfection, Gregory A. Boyd adds another counterintuitive and provocative thesis to his corpus. While conservative scholars and pastors have struggled for years to show that the Bible is without errors, Boyd considers this a fool's errand. Instead, he says, we should embrace the mistakes and contradictions in Scripture, for they show that God chose to use fallible humans to communicate timeless truths. Just as God ultimately came to...
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Our world is chaotic and often feels dark and devoid of hope. And it's not just the headlines we see every day. Our relationships are broken. A loved one's health is failing. We're disoriented and restless and wrestling with fear. These things are the reality of living in a fallen world. But our God is over that world. He is present in the midst of the daily ache of life. He loves us in the midst of that ache. In a series of eleven letters, Rebecca...
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La misericordia es el hilo que encuaderna todos los libros de la Biblia en un solo libro. Seguir ese hilo es el objetivo de este libro, que quiere presentar la misericordia de Dios desde el lenguaje de la Biblia leyendo algunos de sus textos. Tanto en el Antiguo como en el Nuevo Testamento encontramos la misericordia de Dios en momentos de especial dificultad o crisis, y, en esos momentos, el Dios de la Biblia se manifiesta como misericordioso y pide...
10) Stumbling toward Zion: Recovering the Biblical Tradition of Lament in the Era of World Christianity
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In this powerful and challenging book, David W. Smith identifies a crisis at the heart of the church. It is the crisis of triumphalism — the tendency to avoid honest engagement with brokenness and suffering, privileging victory while rejecting the practice of lament. This imbalance, Smith argues, threatens to undermine the credibility of faith for a watching world, alienating those experiencing hardship and oppression; those wrestling with doubt,...
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Donald K. McKim is former Academic Dean and Professor of Theology at Memphis Theological Seminary. He is author or editor of numerous books, including Theological Turning Points: Major Issues in Christian Thought; Dictionary of Major Biblical Interpreters; The Westminster Handbook to Reformed Theology; and the Encyclopedia of the Reformed Faith.
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Take a step-by-step journey through key moments in Jesus' life with this compilation that weaves events, emotions, and thoughts into a moving depiction of the life of Christ.
Moments with the Savior allows you to:
• Travel with Jesus and His disciples through the Galilean countryside
• Press through the throngs at the temple in Jerusalem
• Marvel at the Savior's challenging words, miraculous authority, and tender compassion
• Watch as strength...
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The True Vine-Reflection Journal 1
is designed for parallel use with
The True Vine-90 Day Daily Devotional Book 1.
Although both can be used individually, Author Danena L. Williams wrote the devotional and journal set to be perfect study companions. Using The True Vine-Reflection Journal 1 allows you to create a keepsake of your innermost thoughts and feelings as you take your daily devotional reading to a new level of reflection on God's Word and...
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Contemplation is a spiritual process involving long, thoughtful, steady, serious, and attentive consideration or observation in order to achieve closer unity with God and to discover and understand God's will for the contemplative. Contemplation gives rise to activity, and activity, in turn, gives rise to more contemplation. The result of contemplation is often called discernment, seeing clearly what is at first not very clear or obvious, understanding...
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When someone is grieving, what should we say? How can we help? How do we comfort without offering shallow platitudes? In times of sorrow Scripture beckons us to look up and out, because our help comes from the Lord. The Book of Comforts stands in the gap between suffering and hope, offering readers the abiding comfort found in Scripture.
The Book of Comforts is a beautiful four-color book of readings that offer biblical consolation and encouragement...
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El expositor maestro y comentarista bíblico John MacArthur ha pasado una vida explicando la Palabra de Dios en términos claros y comprensibles. En este libro él ayuda a los cristianos a entender las lecciones esenciales contenidas en las más famosos e influyentes historias cortas que el mundo jamás haya conocido.El pastor y maestro John MacArthur ayuda a los lectores a comprender las parábolas de Jesús y cómo se relacionan con su mensaje completo.Jesús...
19) It's not what you think: why Christianity is about so much more than going to heaven when you die
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Join Jefferson Bethke, New York Times bestselling author of Jesus > Religion, as he challenges the accepted view of contemporary Christianity with the world-changing message that Jesus actually brought.
Jesus was most upset at people for seeing but not seeing. For succumbing to the danger and idolatry of forcing God into preconceived human ideals. But what if there were a better way? What if Jesus came not to
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Christ in Our Home is a quarterly Christian devotional that brings you a daily message of God's amazing grace. Reflections and prayers are based on scripture readings from Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings. Each day offers a Bible verse, a personal commentary or meditation, a suggested prayer concern, and a unique prayer. Enjoyed by readers for more than 60 years, Christ in Our Home is now available electronically.
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