Personal religious testimony and popular inspirational works

In unKingdom, Mark Van Steenwyk takes a hard look at the ways Christianity has become complicit in imperialism and genocide, particularly in North America.

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Jacob Stratman's first collection of poems, What I Have I Offer with Two Hands, offers poems where the typically mundane and forgettable become windows to the divine.

Pastors are privileged to hear questions of faith.

Talking about Jesus' story with others is designed to be a joy-producing experience for his followers, not to mention those hearing his story.

In an age of moral relativity, is there a place for rules?

Have you ever wondered what Jesus saw, heard, and did during his so-called "e;silent years"e; between his birth in Bethlehem, after his trip to Egypt, and before his baptism at the Jordan River?

Cntre Space is a succinct translation of the experiences and revelations of an inward-bound soul.

What is to be the church's response to the immigrant?

Are you struggling with the storms of this life?

In this fallen world, Christians often suffer due to no fault of their own.

Enoch's Journey will shed light on Enoch's walk with God, as well as your own.

Western culture no longer has a broad Christian understanding.

For centuries, Christian denominations have fought over whose practices are most holy or sacred.

The ministry of casting out demons is either entirely dismissed on one hand or misused and abused on the other.

Most of the literature on spirituality has to do with our spiritual disciplines and the things we do to draw near to God.

Confusion abounds regarding what it means to be missional.

Follow the Way is about how the virtues of humility, gratitude, and simplicity impact prayer and a relationship with God.

This is the story of a woman overcoming the odds to minister to a suffering community outside the church.

Unscripted Spirituality: Making Meaning of Leadership and Faith in College provides a contemporary exploration of Christian spirituality and leadership among emerging adults.

Not so long ago it was taken for granted that God exists.

One Greater Than Satan, like God's Unfolding Story of Salvation, is a Bible study based on A Tale of Two Kingdoms.

Messy, raw, and real aren't the words most of us use when we say what's good about our churches.

This book is a collection of short reflections on mentoring and discipleship in honor of Scott M.

If Christians follow the Prince of Peace, why do they often behave so violently?

Jesus said, "e;Blessed are the peacemakers"e;--but in our increasingly polarized communities and nation, where can a person of faith begin?

Bookstores and blogs display stories of people who go from bad days to good days, encouraging people to break out of their slump, pick themselves up, and make something awesome happen.

Conversations with Calvin: Daily Devotions provides extracts from the commentaries of John Calvin.

Journeying with Hope into a New Year: Reflections for Advent and Christmas originated in 1982 when our family lived at Tantur, an ecumenical institute between Jerusalem and Bethlehem.

Are you dreaming of working abroad?

As Christ-followers, we are at war.

When tragedy strikes we want to know:Why did this happen?

We tend to look for God in the grand and spectacular, but most of our lives are filled with ordinary moments and routines: drinking coffee, reading a book, driving to work.

The purpose of Deeper Christian Faith is to form Christians in such a depth of Christian faith, grounded in biblical, historical, and ecumenical insights, that they can state with confidence what they believe and practice in common with other Christians and grow in the self-giving love at the heart of the Christian faith.

The largest missional challenge facing the church of Christ in the West is to equip every member to engage in missionary endeavor in third places.

Given that Thomas a Kempis' Imitation of Christ is one of the most frequently translated and read late medieval books of devotion, it is surprising that there are few studies of the work in English.

As Euro-American culture turns resolutely away from religiosity toward spirituality and becomes increasingly post-Christian, the ordinary, everyday practice of Christian life is ever more questioned and in need of scrutiny.

Keeping the Sabbath is the only commandment God called holy and said to remember.

The extraordinary will come through the regular practice of the ordinary.

"e;Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Your God is too somber if your posture before him lacks a spirit of joy and a commitment to rejoice as much as possible.

The summons to live a radical life for God has led us away from doing the very basic things he has commanded.

The title of this work--A Plain Account of Christian Faithfulness--is a play on John Wesley's famous book, A Plain Account of Christian Perfection.

Knowing when God is speaking to you is sometimes easier said than done.

The book benefits anyone who desires an approach to preaching that gets at listeners' felt needs.

Good stewardship of nature and the earth--those foundations upon which life depends--is our most pressing challenge, requiring a monumental and relentlessly single-minded unity of purpose.

Laughter is important because we cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh, and this is true of our relationship with God.

Reclaim Your Headspace and Find Your One True VoiceAs a hospital chaplain, J.

One Day at a TIme provides an explicit view into my journey from obsession with lust, addiction to pornography use, and adultery to real emotional and spiritual healing.

In our present age in which apostolic Christianity is a foreign notion to many Christians, it is of little wonder that many of the beliefs of our ancient fathers have been deemed outdated, including the importance of fasting.