Personal religious testimony and popular inspirational works

Ants are diligent when they undertake a task.

"e;For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.

Face to Face is about personal relationships.

What does geography have to do with the incarnation of God and with our spiritual lives as Christians?

Drawing on their experiences as fathers, eleven men share what they have learned about parenting, living a Christian life, and the relationship between the two.

Iron Sharpens Iron is grounded in the conviction that humans have the capacity to transcend conventional spirituality to a genuine and wholesome faith that is dynamic rather than static, future-oriented rather than past-oriented, and owned rather than passively acquired.

Transforming Faith Communities argues for a model of being church that combines congregationalism with a constructive approach to church-state relationships.

Do you know what will happen a week from next Tuesday?

Who doesn't want a liberated life?

Struck from Behind is a memoir--but not the usual narrative of events.

America stands in the throes of an anxiety epidemic, yet Americans live in one of the most religious countries in the world?

What modern church doesn't call itself a "e;community"e;?

Uncommon Friendships explores the often-overlooked dynamic of interreligious friendships, considering their significance for how we think about contemporary religious thought.

Praying--with the Saints--to God Our Mother celebrates the feminine characteristics of God by uncovering a treasury of texts that have been overlooked for centuries.

From London to New York to Ann Arbor, people are gathering in pubs and bars to communicate, connect, and learn from one another over the topic of religion, of all things.

Americans live their lives through institutions: government, businesses, schools, clubs, and houses of worship.

Is faith a search for security?

Young men undergo significant changes during their years in college.

Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church in Seattle discovered that by forming the faith of new Christians and leading them to the waters of baptism, they as a parish were renewed and revitalized for mission in the world.

What practices might a community of faith take up that will bear witness to the alternative world Jesus envisions and calls us towards?

Jesus used parables to teach his disciples certain truths about the gospel.

James Atwood contends that the thirty thousand gun deaths America suffers every year cannot be understood apart from our national myth that God has appointed America as "e;the trustee of the civilization of the world"e; and even "e;Christ's light to the nations.

If prophets are called to unveil and expose the illegitimacy of those principalities masquerading as "e;the right"e; and purportedly using their powers for "e;the good,"e; then Will D.

Born with cerebral palsy, Diana Ventura has known brokenness her entire life.

"e;We tend to use words like miracle and mystery in the context of serendipity.

Here's a different angle on humor--it can be a spiritual practice, an expression of a theology of joy, hope, and grace.

By bringing four contemporary companioning narratives into dialogue with gospel descriptions of Jesus' encounters with people, this book demonstrates how wonderfully diverse interpersonal ministry--pastoral care, counselling, chaplaincy, mentoring, spiritual companioning, and spiritual direction--is active participation in his shepherding, healing, restorative, and guiding purposes.

If the Bible teaches that the Lord is sovereign over all and that mankind is naturally hostile towards God, then it stands to reason that we would never choose the Lord apart from the Holy Spirit working within us to change our hearts.

Cultural changes and social conditions today give evidence of a growing disregard of traditional authority and an increasing distrust of institutions.

We know guilt, if at all, by the message of badness that it seems to communicate to us.

Path of the Purified Heart traces the classic Christian spiritual journey toward transformation into the likeness of Christ in a unique, fascinating way.

Christianity is in crisis.

In this book, Vivian Houk acknowledges that parenting is really hard work.

Have you ever tried to understand what real love is in your life?

"e;If I could only have been there .

"e;I should not be writing this.

What drives you?

This collection of essays provides samplings of a theological engagement of culture that Paul Louis Metzger has been developing over the years in his work as founder and director of The Institute for the Theology of Culture: New Wine, New Wineskins at Multnomah Biblical Seminary of Multnomah University.

Too often the biblical passages governing sexual morality are interpreted in simplistic, proof texting ways that take no account of the cultural gap between ancient Israel and the modern world.

Lost Causes: The Romantic Attraction of Defeated yet Unvanquished Men and Movements, by George and Karen Grant, is a thoughtful look at several causes that captured the hearts of people, survived defeat, and ultimately out-lived their foes.

Lessons of the Wild creates an awareness of the essential lessons that Nature teaches us, and provides a guidebook for men and women--particularly those in their forties, fifties, and sixties--who are seeking greater significance in their lives.

The notion and phrase of "e;entering the stream"e; has long been an image for merger and union.

Gold has always symbolized material riches.

There are a lot of books about leadership out there.

Award-winning author Maria Morera Johnson follows up her bestselling book, My Badass Book of Saints, with a unique and daring exploration of the cardinal virtues through the saints and heroines of science fiction, fantasy, and comic books.

Join popular speaker and author Barbara Crafton as she explores forgiveness in this small group program.

This journal is for you-your map to the faith journey you've started by beginning the confirmation program I will, with God's help.

Providing a concise overview of 40 Hadiths?