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Coming Golden Age Bible Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$16.99Add to cartMost days, our peace feels elusive and our hope light years away-and it is almost impossible to set our minds on God’s coming reign. But what if the return of Jesus, the King, and His Kingdom is exactly what we need to find our peace and ground our hope today? His coming victorious reign is what gives us the strength that we need for today.
In The Coming Golden Age Bible Study Guide, which accompanies the book of the same name, trusted Bible teacher and pastor Dr. David Jeremiah unfolds the Second Coming of Christ and His millennium reign here on earth with stunning clarity while also showing how the correct interpretation of these pivotal events changes how we live in the here and now. The King is coming, and we have a part to play in this story that promises to set right all that is wrong and usher in a new golden age. The coming reign of Christ truly does impact us today.
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Esther Bible Study Book With Video Access
$32.00Add to cartA beautiful queen, her courageous cousin, a foreign land, and a murderous adversary-the book of Esther has all the elements of an epic drama. The story unfolds at a time when the people of God are split between nations with an uncertain future. While the name of God may not be mentioned in the book of Esther, its pages highlight His work among His people and foreshadow Jesus’s very ministry to us-darkness to light, mourning to celebration, death to life.
In this 7-session study, Kelly Minter invites you into the daring faith modeled by Esther and her cousin Mordecai-a faith developed over time, rooted in the goodness of God, lived out through extraordinary circumstances, and used to change the world. Although our time looks different from Esther’s, our God is just as active and faithful today, and He has called you for such a time as this.
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*Verse-by-verse Bible study of the book of Esther
*Content that explores the historical context of Esther’s day
*7 teaching videos from Kelly Minter, approximately 30-40 minutes each, available via redemption code printed in the Bible study book
*7 group sessions and 6 weeks of personal Bible study
*Beautiful full color interior to enhance your experience
Video Sessions:
*Session One: Introduction (22:47)-In this opening video, Kelly teaches on the historical and cultural context of the book of Esther. The book of Esther tells the history of God’s people after the exile, specifically those who stayed in Persia. Through the accounts of this book, we see God’s faithfulness to His people everywhere and at all times.
*Session Two: Welcome to the Empire (35:03)-Teaching through Esther 1, Kelly describes the oppressive life in the Persian empire and draws modern parallels to the spirit of empire in our world today. The realities of life in our broken world stir in us a longing for God’s kingdom, for the humble and kind nature of King Jesus.
*Session Three: God’s People in Faraway Places (39:20)-Kelly’s teaching through Esther 2-3 highlights the profound truth that God does not forget His people. He will bless His people wherever they are and use them to accomplish His will.
*Session Four: For Such a Time as This (32:52)-The events in Esther 4 highlight how God can use us in big ways to impact His kingdom. Kelly challenges us to open our eyes to what He wants to do in and through us for His glory and for the good of others.
*Session Five: In Between Two Banquets (38:49)-In this
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Luke In The Land Teen Girls Bible Study Book With Video Access (Student/Study Gu
$30.75Add to cartIn our Bibles, we have four Gospels describing Jesus’s time on earth: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The land of Israel-the place Jesus walked and taught during His earthly ministry-is often referred to as the “fifth Gospel.”
Follow Kristi McLelland through Israel as we study snapshots from the Gospel of Luke to see where the stories of the Bible took place. Over seven sessions, teen girls will get to join in the journey as Kristi teaches from locations in Israel like Bethlehem, the Sea of Gallilee, Gethsemane, Jerusalem, and the road to Emmaus. Along the way, they’ll see how Jesus, the Messiah, brought His kingdom to earth for everybody.
*7 video teaching sessions shot in Israel with Kristi McLelland, available via redemption code printed in the Bible study workbook
*Beautiful color photography that helps you visualize places where Jesus ministered
*6 weeks of personal study
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Make My Church Safe
$16.99Add to cartA concise guide to the best practices in making your church safe for members and attendees of all ages.
Every church should be a safe space for everyone who comes in. Every church should also be equipping people to confront the powers of darkness and help those in trouble. Unfortunately, far too many churches are unsafe internally, which leaves them unprepared to confront external dangers. An unsafe church creates a toxic environment that works against the gospel. A safe church is battle-ready to combat the worst of the world’s problems. Make My Church Safe by respected pastor, Sam Rainer, is designed to be a brief and general overview of the best practices regarding church safety for a broad audience.
In the book, you’ll learn:
*how to recognize the telltale signs of abuse
*how to set up a system for training volunteers
*how to provide true accountability for leaders and pastors
*how to move forward after a moral failure occurs
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Growing Women In Ministry
$29.99Add to cartWhile many aspects of leadership development are similar for women and men, women face different cultural expectations and have different experiences than their male counterparts. Anna Morgan’s own experiences in pastoral ministry leadership launched her search for a holistic way to grow the skills, influence, and authority of women who are gifted and called as leaders.
This book provides a positive, comprehensive, research-based model for developing women in church and ministry leadership. Morgan identifies seven aspects of leadership development that form a woman over her lifetime. Three work inwardly as a woman grows in leadership: spiritual calling, giftedness, and emotional intelligence. Four work externally to shape her authority and influence: home life supports, ministry leadership contexts, leadership relationships, and communication.
Growing Women in Ministry offers a new way to understand how women leaders are formed and how they rise to become influential leaders in positions of authority in churches and ministries. It is written in a clear, accessible style for both female ministry leaders and men seeking to promote female leaders. It includes policy suggestions, strategies, values for ideal growing conditions, and discussion questions, making it an ideal resource for ministry, practical theology, and leadership courses, church and parachurch leaders, and pastors.
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Made Worthy Teen Girls Bible Study Book (Student/Study Guide)
$22.25Add to cartYou Are Worthy
To truly know our worth, we must first understand that Jesus is the only One who can make us worthy. Nothing we can do on our own will ever measure up. We don’t have to earn Jesus’s love to know that He loves us. In fact, because He is the One who has made us worthy, we can live boldly as an example of what true worth looks like. We can quit trying to check every box and rest in the One who made us and sees us.
In this five-session Bible study, Mary Margaret West teaches teen girls what it means to be made worthy of Christ as she examines the lives of people in the Bible whom God called worthy because of their faith.
Features:
*Five small group sessions?
*Leader Guide in the back of the Bible study book to guide questions and discussion with small groups?
*Biblically rooted and gospel-centered?
*Personal study opportunities for ongoing spiritual growth?
*Free leader resources, including promotional video and social media assets available for download at lifeway.com/madeworthy.?
This book will lead girls to…?
*identify who God is and how He made them??
*understanding they cannot earn love from God??
*know what it means to find their worth in God alone??
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Everyday Evangelism Bible Study Book With Video Access (Student/Study Guide)
$28.00Add to cartSharing your faith is not about winning arguments; it’s about winning hearts. And the way to do that is by engaging others with love, respect, and truth.
In this six-session study, you’ll be equipped with practical, effective ways to share the truth of the gospel with your friends, neighbors, and coworkers. You’ll be inspired by the author’s own story of how he came to know Jesus through a friend who reached out to him in love, invited him into his life, and showed him what it truly means to be a Christian. You’ll also be challenged to respond to God’s call to be bold–because eternity is at stake.
Everyday Evangelism Bible Study Book with Video Access includes printed content for six weeks of study, including group sessions with helpful discussion questions, personal study between group sessions, applicable Scripture, “How to Use This Study,” and tips for leading a group. Also, each Book contains unique codes that enable you to access free teaching videos for each session.
Session topics:
1. Everyday Evangelist
2. Love People Well
3. Show How You Live
4. Win Hearts
5. Know the Truth
6. Be BoldFeatures:
*Six 10- to 15-minute video teaching sessions with Preston Perry
*Six small group sessions
*Helpful guide to lead others towards gospel conversations
*Personal study opportunities for ongoing spiritual growthBenefits:
*Understand the task of the evangelist and help believers see their call to evangelism.
*Move away from specific methods and into a heart that beats for evangelism.
*Trust God to use you in the unique way He’s called you.
*Change the way you think of evangelism by focusing on love.
*Root yourself in a clear understanding of why the gospel should be shared.
*Learn to love people and their stories, over arguments and debates.
*Give away the gospel with gentleness and respect.
*Love people wholistically in order to open the door for evangelism.
*Learn to make a defense for the hope that you have within you.
*Become equipped to see the cultural context around you and how the gospel uniquely ministers to it.
*Share the gospel in a way that it can be embraced and received.
*Allow God to take your story and your conversations and use them for His glory.
*Find the boldness needed to do what God has called you to do.
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House That Jesus Built
$18.99Add to cartAt a time when churches seem far from God’s design, bestselling author Natalie Runion challenges us as Christians to follow the Bible’s blueprint for building holy, healthy churches that disciple holy, healthy followers of Christ.
In recent years, we’ve seen the “great resignation” in Church leadership and attendance, the devastation of spiritual abuse, and the breakdown of faith within our culture. In The House That Jesus Built, Natalie encourages all of us to recognize our role as Jesus’ disciples in rebuilding our churches, brick by brick. With personal stories and practical ideas, she guides us to:
*Be honest about past disappointments while still engaging with our church communities
*Ask how we as Christ followers have contributed to pain in our churches and how we can help heal one another
*Use the book of Acts as the blueprint for empowering the family of God to be the family of God
*Understand how even the apostles wrestled with their places in the early Church but remained committed to love God, love people, and make disciples
*Be unified on the foundation of Jesus Christ
The House That Jesus Built will stir your heart to see God’s churches realigned with the Great Commission and the Great Command. As Natalie reminds us, we are the Church. We are the ones who can partner with Jesus to build something beautiful out of the rubble–and back on the Rock.
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Grace Course Participants Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartEncounter God’s grace like never before in this powerful, 8-session study from internationally respected ministry Freedom in Christ. Complete with DVD, leader’s guide, and participant’s guide, The Grace Course moves believers past behavior modification and into heart transformation. Through biblical teaching, reflection and discussion times, video testimonies, and practical exercises, participants will discover how to:
*deal with the false motivators of guilt, shame, fear, and pride
*overcome striving and performing
*renew their minds
*remain secure in God’s love
*become agents of reconciliation and healing in the worldThe key to a fruitful Christian life lies in the life-changing, heart-changing power of God’s grace. It’s time to experience it for yourself–and bear more fruit than you thought possible!
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Soul Winning Church
$16.99Add to cartYour church’s sermons often include a call to evangelize. You’ve held evangelism training events. You give out invites to your Christmas and Easter services. So… where are all the new Christians? Is your church actually reaching the lost with the gospel?
For many of us, despite having the best intentions, our churches struggle to reach out with the gospel effectively. J.A. Medders and Dr. Doug Logan, Jr. have decades of experience in leading churches and mentoring pastors, and here they outline six principles for cultivating a genuine evangelistic culture throughout your church.
Includes case studies from a variety of different cultures and contexts to give you practical ideas for implementing these six principles.
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What Happens Next Bible Study Guide Plus Streaming Video (Student/Study Guide)
$21.99Add to cartWhat comes to mind when you think about the end times? If you are like many Christians, you might not think about it much at all. You have a carpe diem kind of faith that focuses on the here and now. Why occupy your thoughts with the “not yet” when you have enough to deal with in the “right now”? The answer is simple: because Jesus focused on the end times. A full thirty percent of his teachings in the Gospels have to do with discourses on heaven, hell, and the events that will signal the final age. So, if Jesus made the end times a priority, it only makes sense that his followers would make it a priority as well.
Perhaps one of the reasons why you don’t like to think about the end times is because you know it will involve turmoil and strife. Indeed, Jesus said the final days would be marked by events that include economic turmoil, political conflicts, ethnic tensions, persecution of Christians, famines, wars and rumors of wars, diseases, false prophets, waning faith in Jesus, and other fearful sights. Jesus declared, “All these are the beginning of birth pains” (Matthew 24:9). Labor pains increase in frequency and intensity as the delivery draws near. Jesus was speaking of a day in which the same will happen in the world.
Now, when it comes to considering these events that will signal the end of the age, you have a choice as to how you will respond. You can see these circumstances through the eyes of fear or faith. The eyes of fear see little reason for hope and ample reason for anxiety. However, the eyes of faith see history inching closer and closer to a new era that will usher in a heavenly destiny–a time when you will “reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize” (Philippians 3:14 nlt). God has told you what to expect not to scare you but to prepare you. He is like a pilot on the intercom telling the passengers about impending turbulence. A good pilot keeps his travelers informed. Your good Father does the same!
God wants you to have a deep-seated confidence that he is firmly on his throne and the future is in his hands. He has given prophecy to empower his saints with the reassurance that whatever happens in this life, he is ultimately sovereign.
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Luke In The Land Bible Study Book With Video Access (Student/Study Guide)
$34.75Add to cartIn our Bibles, we have four Gospels describing Jesus’s time on earth: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The land of Israel-the place Jesus walked and taught during His earthly ministry-is often referred to as the “fifth Gospel.”
Follow Kristi McLelland through Israel as we study snapshots from the Gospel of Luke to see where the stories of the Bible took place. Over 7 sessions, challenge the way you read the accounts of Jesus through teaching videos that take you to locations in Israel like Bethlehem, the Sea of Galilee, Gethsemane, Jerusalem, and the road to Emmaus. Along the way, you’ll see how Jesus, the Messiah, brought His kingdom to earth for everybody.
*7 video teaching sessions shot in Israel with Kristi McLelland, available via redemption code printed in the Bible study book
*Beautiful color photography that helps you visualize places where Jesus ministered
*6 weeks of personal study
Video Sessions:
*Session 1: Introduction (25:45)-From the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Kristi McLelland invites women to join her in a journey through the very places Jesus walked. In this introductory session, Kristi demonstrates the snapshot-like structure of the Gospel of Luke and tells of one day in the life of Jesus in the wilderness area along the road to Jericho.
*Session 2: Incarnation (28:42)-In this session, filmed in Bethlehem, Kristi dispels common myths as she teaches the Christmas story from Luke 2.
*Session 3: Inauguration (20:03)-At the beginning of His ministry, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River and then went into the desert for forty days and nights. From those locations, Kristi shows us how this inaugurated Jesus’s ministry on earth.
*Session 4: Invitation (29:39)-Jesus spent most of His time on earth in the region of Galilee. Join Kristi in that region as she describes Jesus calling His disciples and challenges us to follow Him still today.
*Session 5: Partnership (25:51)-In this session, Kristi walks us through snapshots of Jesus’s ministry and teaching in locations around and on the Sea of Galilee.
*Session 6: Crucifixion (30:52)-Beginning in the Garden of Gethsemane, Kristi walks us through Jesus’s last moments before His death in locations like the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Southern Steps of the temple.
*Session 7: Resurrection (31:04)-After Jesus’s resurrection, He spent time teaching, eating, and walking with His disciples. From the road to Emmaus, Kristi sends forth the same challenge Jesus doe
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Saved Personal Bible Study (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Add to cartDive into the Book of Acts with This Companion Bible Study to Nancy Guthrie’s Book Saved
Over 17 lessons, the Saved Personal Bible Study will take you deep into the book of Acts so that you’ll be able to see clearly its connections to the Old Testament, the life and ministry of Jesus, and what is to come in the new creation. Designed to be used by those studying the book of Acts on their own or with a group, these carefully crafted questions on the text will prepare readers to get the most out of reading the corresponding chapter in the Saved book or viewing the corresponding session in the video series.
Each study takes about 30-60 minutes per week and includes 9-12 questions on the text. The questions can be answered as briefly or thoroughly as the reader prefers. After completing the personal Bible study, readers will have a firm grip on the events of the initial spread of the gospel from Jerusalem, to Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
*Thoughtful and Accessible Bible Study: Companion to the book and video series, Saved, which walks through the 28 chapters of the book of Acts in 17 lessons
*Written by Nancy Guthrie: Experienced Bible study curriculum writer, author of the Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament Bible study series and the award-winning book Blessed: Experiencing the Promise of the Book of Revelation
*Part of the Saved Suite of Products: Also includes the book, an extensive leader’s guide, and video series (sold separately)
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Joyful Perseverance : Staying Fresh Through The Ups And Downs Of Ministry
$17.99Add to cartHow to Remain Joyful about Ministry Despite Inevitable Challenges
Life in ministry is not detached from disappointment. Threats to one’s integrity, harmful expectations from celebrity culture, and the tendency toward loneliness, insecurity, and pain can put a strain on ministry leaders. How can they remain faithful to their work for Christ’s kingdom without letting bitterness seep in?
Joyful Perseverance encourages ministry leaders to rely on God’s grace to find joy, energy, and the freshness to serve well, despite inevitable disappointments. It offers practical ways to combat the negative effects of ministry such as embracing God’s joy-giving presence, guarding one’s integrity, leaning into one’s God-given identity, groaning with God, settling sin issues through repentance and forgiveness, cultivating friends, and more. By adopting a life of thanksgiving, readers will experience abundant joy, resulting in an ongoing passion for ministry.
*Written to Pastors, Elders, and Ministry Leaders: Intended to help people joyfully stay in their ministry role despite discouragement and struggle
*Empathetic: Written by veteran ministry leader Ajith Fernando, this book addresses the inevitable difficulties presented to ministry leaders
*Concise: This short format makes this book practical and accessible for busy leaders
*Foreword by Thomas R. Schreiner
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Tracing Gods Story
$29.99Add to cartAn Accessible Guide to Biblical Theology by Pastor Jon Nielson
The Bible is comprised of 66 distinct books by 40 different authors-yet it tells one story. How do the events from the beginning of creation to the foundation of the church weave into one cohesive narrative? Through the study of biblical theology, we can gain a better understanding of how the Bible presents a clear and consistent storyline of the creator God and his redemptive work in the world.
Part of the Theology Basics series, Tracing God’s Story makes biblical theology clear, meaningful, and practical for those looking for a highly accessible guide to studying God’s word. Author and pastor Jon Nielson covers a wide range of stories from Genesis to Revelation, offering a big-picture application, verse-by-verse analysis, and a suggested memory verse for each Scripture passage. Ultimately readers will be encouraged to passionately study God’s great story until the day they join in the final chapter.
*Clear Language and Easy-to-Follow Methods: Ideal for new Christians, students, or anyone wanting a highly accessible guide to biblical theology; perfect for individual or group study
*Applicable: Each Scripture passage is accompanied by a big-picture application, verse-by-verse analysis, and a suggested memory verse
*Part of the Theology Basics Series: A collection of books and study guides to introduce students to systematic theology, biblical theology, and biblical interpretation
*Companion Workbook and Video Series Sold Separately: Invites further interaction with the text to integrate study with application
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Acts Study Guide With Leaders Notes (Student/Study Guide)
$16.99Add to cartThe book of Acts traces the birth of the early church from its small, inauspicious beginnings to Paul’s arrival in Rome. As Jesus predicted, the kingdom of God started small, but the power of God is still transforming and changing broken people and places. Jesus is still with us, still at work, writing a new history that moves the lives of people in every place to bring heaven to earth until that last great day when he returns.
Through a study of the story of the early church, Acts: The Power that Changes the World will encourage, challenge, and empower readers to live out God’s story in their lives and in their world.
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Job Study Guide With Leaders Notes (Student/Study Guide)
$16.99Add to cartThe book of Job is an agonizing journey through the suffering of a godly man. We listen to his heart-wrenching thoughts and prayers and feel his confusion. Each person inevitably reads this story out of their own experience with suffering and disappointment. What is God up to? Why is this happening? Does he even care how we hurt?
Job: Where Is God in My Suffering? creates space for prayers, reflections, and conversations in which Job’s story, your story, and Jesus’s story all come together. All who suffer (and that’s everyone!) will find greater meaning and significance in their own experience as they encounter the God who sent his perfect Son to suffer for us.
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Colossians Study Guide With Leaders Notes (Student/Study Guide)
$16.99Add to cartIn a culture where questions about identity are at the forefront, Christians need to remember the most important thing that defines them is being united to Christ. This truth is a daily reality that brings strength and a confident destiny that brings hope.Colossians: Becoming Who You Are in Christ helps readers better understand their connection to Christ and realize that they are becoming who they have already been declared to be in Christ fully loved and fully alive in him. Transformation is God’s good gift that comes as we cooperate with his redeeming power and learn to respond to His invitation to trust him and live out our connection with Jesus in every area of life.
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Invest In Transformation
$16.00Add to cartThere is no transformation without trust, but trust is not transformation. We must learn how to invest trust for transformation.
Groups that have become skeptical need leadership to refuel a sense of community and continuity if change is going to happen. But trust can be easily hoarded or squandered. This Practicing Change volume from Tod Bolsinger outlines steps to envision trust for the sake of growth.
In this essential Christian leadership resource, you’ll find:
*Wisdom on reviving trust within your community to enable transformative growth
*Practical advice from experienced Christian leader and bestselling author Tod Bolsinger
*Brief and accessible chapters sprinkled with colorful illustrations
*Real-life case studies and balcony time exercises for teamsThe Practicing Change Series from Tod Bolsinger offers an engaging introduction to how we process organizational change and come through with renewed mission and vision. Each of the four illustrated volume opens and closes with a case study and includes balcony time exercises for teams to process together. Also available: How Not to Waste a Crisis, The Mission Always Wins, and Leading Through Resistance.
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How Not To Waste A Crisis
$16.00Add to cartRising to the occasion calls for a new skill set. But when crises hit, we return to our defaults and double down. The upheaval you find yourself in can reframe your leadership and revive your team.
In this volume, an ideal place to begin the Practicing Change Series, Tod Bolsinger explores the opportunity available in a reality shaken by health, financial, social, and political disasters. Crisis is an opportunity to stop trying harder and begin embracing adaptability. Through observation, interpretation, and intervention, we as leaders can explore a way forward. When your church or nonprofit needs fresh vision, take these steps to learn how to lead anew, and then continue on your leadership journey with the next volumes.
In this essential Christian leadership resource, you’ll find:
*Wisdom on leading your organization through a crisis by embracing adaptability
*Practical advice from experienced Christian leader and bestselling author Tod Bolsinger
*Brief and accessible chapters sprinkled with colorful illustrations
*Real-life case studies and balcony time exercises for teamsThe Practicing Change Series from Tod Bolsinger offers an engaging introduction to how we process organizational change and come through with renewed mission and vision. Each of the four illustrated volume opens and closes with a case study and includes balcony time exercises for teams to process together. Also available: The Mission Always Wins, Leading Through Resistance, and Invest in Transformation.
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Fully Devoted Bible Study Book With Video Access (Student/Study Guide)
$28.00Add to cartFully Devoted Bible Study Book with Video Access includes printed content for eight sessions, personal study between group sessions, applicable Scripture, “How to Use This Study,” and tips for leading a group. Also, each Book contains unique codes that enable you to access free teaching videos for each session.
*15-minute video sessions featuring Alex and Stephen Kendrick and others
*8 small group sessions
*Promotional video
*Session previews featuring Alex and Stephen Kendrick
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Exodus : Bible Study – 6 Sessions
$11.99Add to cartExplore events foundational to our faith in this six-session study of the book of Exodus. Israel is enslaved in Egypt, wondering whether God’s covenantal promises to Abraham will be fulfilled. Suffering under oppression and violence, Israel cries out, and God hears, remembers, and acts. Through miraculous signs and wonders, God warns Pharaoh to relent, delivers Israel through the Red Sea, and brings the people into covenant at Mount Sinai. What will be Israel’s response?
The defining events of Exodus shape Israel’s identity throughout the biblical narrative, from Joshua to Jesus. With your Bible in one hand and this study in the other, join us as we take an in-depth look at Exodus, the character of God, and the call of Israel as God’s chosen people. Discover foundational truths with the lessons of Israel: The Hebrew people were not just freed from slavery but also freed for a purpose. As Israel carried God’s presence into the world, they were called to live differently so the world would know there is a God in Israel.
The six sessions include:
1. God Hears: God cares about Israel’s oppression and the oppressed in our world.
2. God Acts: God acts and begins a rescue plan for Israel.
3. God Rescues: Israel is delivered, and God’s rescue plan begins in full.
4. God Reigns: Israel comes to the Red Sea and cries out in despair, yet Miriam is prepared to sing of God’s deliverance.
5. God Covenants: God invites Israel to become his people, betrothed to him alone.
6. God Dwells: It is not just “freedom from” slavery but “freedom for” a purpose.
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Team Family Book 1
$49.99Add to cartTeam Family(TM) Is Your Year-Round Guide for Intentional Family Ministry
It’s finally here–a resource to help you and your church effectively reach and engage families of all shapes and sizes! Team Family gives you a practical year-round strategy for partnering with today’s families to strengthen their faith and their relationships with each other, with other families, with you, and with Jesus.
Team Family Book 1 includes these four seasonal themes:
*Comfort & Joy(Winter/Christmas)
*Amazing Grace (Spring/Easter)
*Rewind. Be Kind. (Summer)
*Take Courage! (Fall)Formatted around the four seasons of the year, you’ll get fresh, innovative, and intentional ideas for engaging families–do them all or pick and choose! Inside each annual book, you’ll get all this for every seasonal theme:
*Family event ideas and experiences designed to grow relationships within families and friendships with other families.
*Scripts for interactive, intergenerational family worship services.
*Creative ways for families to reach out and serve your community inside and outside your church.
*Friendship-focused follow-up ideas to inspire families to return, planning tools, and ways to center your heart on and pray for the families you serve.
*Practical insights for you to understand families and their needs.
In addition, each book includes an online access code for downloadable resources to help you promote every activity such as social media graphics, printable posters, invites, and more!
Team Family is your annual go-to guide for practical, easy-to-implement ideas that help you feel effective at partnering with families!
Team Family delivers…
*Intentionality around building community, nurturing faith, and creating strong relationships.
*Bible exploration for families that invites parents/caregivers to engage and grow alongside their kids.
*Fun! Families play, create, worship, and serve–all while growing closer to Jesus.
*Easy-to-implement ideas with low volunteer needs.
*Simplicity–it’s easy to plug in any of the ideas to what you’re already doing for families–or to start something new.
*Colorfully designed interior pages with additional places to customize with your own ideas, prayers, notes, and reminders.
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Book Of Job
$11.99Add to cartPacked with visuals, reflections, and space for journaling, the 6-session Book of Job Bible study helps you dive deep into key questions about faith and suffering. Perfect for groups and individuals, it includes a FREE leader’s guide, so you don’t need to be an expert to lead a group study!
Who is responsible? How could this happen to me? Why would God allow this? Have you ever asked questions like these? Some of us may never get the answers to these questions, which is why God gave us the Book of Job. While Job’s story may not answer every question we have, studying his story can help us hold on to faith and hope while living through life’s mysteries.
Enjoy Rose Visual Bible Study’s Simple, Easy-to-Use Format
Each of the 6 sessions guides you (and your group) through the following sections:
*Introduction Simple overview to get started.
*Read It Key Bible passages and optional reading.
*Know It Discussion questions with space for writing.
*Explore It Summaries of key information, easy-to-read outlines, charts, full-color illustrations, and more.
*Live It Devotional reading and life application questions, a short prayer, and space for note-taking & journaling.
Job is living the good life. He is a devout man blessed with good health, a large family, and material wealth, until one day it is all taken away. Yet amid his deep sorrow, Job continues to trust in the Lord. While he struggles to make sense of his desperate situation and respond to the explanations his friends offer for his appalling losses, he also grows in faith and humility, personally explores the problems of evil and injustice, re-evaluates traditional ideas around prosperity and suffering, and even finds purpose hiding beneath his pain.
This six-week study covers key themes in the Book of Job that will help you discover the strength of enduring faith and the ability to reach out and help others who are facing life’s toughest challenges. The six sessions include:
*Job’s Pain
*Job’s Friends
*Job’s Redeemer
*Job’s Refinement
*Job’s Reality
*God’s Answer
*PLUS: Free Leader’s GuideKey Features of the Book of Job Rose Visual Bible Study
Rose Visual Bible Studies are packed with full-color visuals that show key information at a glance! With their easy-to-use format–read it, know it, explore it, and live it–these six-week inductive studies are perfect for gaining a deeper insight into God’s Word. Key features include:
*Short, concise lessons for peopl
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Revelation Bible Study Book With Video Access (Student/Study Guide)
$34.75Add to cartPerhaps no other book of the Bible feels as inaccessible and as intimidating to us as the very last one. The book of Revelation overflows with images and ideas that confound our modern ears. But if all Scripture is God-breathed and profitable, we should assume Revelation is as accessible and helpful as any other book of the Bible. Why don’t we see it that way?
Two thousand years ago, John’s Revelation was circulated and read aloud among seven churches in Asia Minor. Those who heard the letter understood it and drew encouragement from its message. The same can be true for you today. Over 10 sessions of verse-by-verse Bible study, Jen Wilkin helps you discover how the last book of the Bible-the culmination of God’s great story-speaks both a steadying word of assurance and a strong call to endure to the church in every age.
Features
*Verse-by-verse study of the book of Revelation
*10 video teaching sessions unpacking truths found throughout the study and offering additional insights, available via redemption code printed in the Bible study book
*9 weeks of personal study featuring illuminating questions to help you focus on and understand Scripture
*Includes the full text of Revelation
*Appendix with helps for interpretation and further study
*Leader helps for group discussion
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All Together Sunday School Book 1
$29.99Add to cartWhen You Have Kids of All Ages in One Room
Introducing a brand-new lesson series for when you have kids from preschool through 5th grade all together in one room! These Bible lessons, geared for ages 4-12, work any time you have kids of all ages all together! They’re so easy to pick up and teach because they have…
Simple supplies–things you likely have on hand at home or at church.
Digital copies! Book includes an access code to online digital lesson files, making it easy to share with other teachers.
All Together Sunday School (TM), Book 1 delivers a fresh way to help kids hear from God through his Word! In each lesson, kids explore a key Bible verse’s meaning (like Genesis 1:1; Psalm 23:1; and Jeremiah 29:11), learn its Bible story context, and practice living its message in their everyday lives. Every lesson is interactive and Bible-rich, guaranteeing that kids walk away with Bible truths that go from their heads to their hearts!
Featuring an intentional mix of Old Testament and New Testament lessons, All Together Sunday School, Book 1 includes lessons on Creation, the Ten Commandments, David and Psalm 23, the Christmas story, Pentecost, and other key Bible content.
During every lesson, kids will do all these things together–each activity is purposefully designed to reinforce the Bible point for lasting impact and to help kids build strong relationships with God and each other:
*Play. Fun games introduce the Bible point and get kids working together.
*Decide. Everyone is important to God, so kids get to decide which special job they want to do during the lesson–it gives them purpose and keeps them engaged.
*Talk. Kids pair up and talk about how they’re feeling as they prepare for prayer time.
*Pray. Now’s their chance to talk to God and tell him how they’re feeling during this interactive and inventive group prayer time.
*Discover Bible truths. Now that kids feel comfortable with one another, it’s time to dig into God’s Word and explore key Bible verses in context.
*Wonder. Kids get to move around and experience activities that help them apply the Bible truths they just learned to their lives.
*Review. Time to wrap things up before everyone leaves. Kids interact with the Bible verse in creative ways that help the Bible point stick for a lifetime.
Every lesson is designed to last about an hour and is flexible enough to work for more or less time. Plus, each All Together Sunday School book includes one lesso
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Organizational Behavior In Christian Perspective
$27.99Add to cartOrganizational behavior is an important and growing field in leadership and management studies, yet it has been largely overlooked by leaders of churches and other Christian ministries. Franklin Markow, who has been teaching leadership and organizational studies for 25 years, believes a comprehensive understanding of organizational behavior is essential for effective leadership. This introduction to the topic accounts for the unique dynamics of Christian organizations, gives theological foundations, and provides key insights and guidance to those studying or practicing leadership in churches and ministries.
Markow proposes and explains organizational behavior using a comprehensive “Five-Level Model,” which encompasses the 1) individual, 2) interpersonal, 3) group, 4) organizational, and 5) interorganizational perspectives of organizations. Readers will gain a better understanding of their organization and how people relate to it and to one another. The goal is to help people and organizations thrive and fulfill their God-given missions. Besides utilizing seminal and current sources from the field of organizational studies, Markow draws on interviews with senior-level leaders in churches and nonprofits for fresh and ministry-focused insights. Each chapter includes review questions, case studies, further reading suggestions, and current issue sidebars, making it a perfect textbook for college or seminary leadership classes. It is also a helpful resource for those in church administration and for all leaders who want to broaden their perspective and improve their practice.
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Navigating Destructive Relationships
$18.99Add to cartAll relationships disappoint us from time to time. But some relationships are destructive, especially those marked by addiction, abuse, and/or life-dominating problems. Navigating Destructive Relationships, a support group curriculum, provides you with a safe and stable place where you can name what’s going on and turn toward God. You are not alone. God sees and cares for your suffering.
Navigating Destructive Relationships is built on a 9-step model that helps you process intense relational suffering with the hope of the gospel. Learning alongside others facing similar challenges allows participants a unique opportunity to grow as they identify choices they can make in response to their loved one’s destructive patterns.
This resource is part of the Church-Based Counseling series, built on the G4 model of subject-specific, lay-led counseling groups, designed to help churches create sustainable lay counseling ministries.
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Overcoming Addiction : 9 Steps Toward Freedom
$18.99Add to cartIf you are willing to admit that alcohol and/or drugs are disrupting your life, Overcoming Addiction will guide you toward healing. Counselor Brad Hambrick provides a 9-step framework to help you reclaim your life and experience the freedom God wants for you. Find hope as you learn to be honest with God, yourself, and others.
Overcoming Addiction is a support group curriculum that seeks to capture the gospel in slow motion and provide a safe environment for participants to grow together as they pursue steps toward lasting change to addictive patterns.
This resource is part of the Church-Based Counseling series, built on the G4 model of subject-specific, lay-led counseling groups, designed to help churches create sustainable lay counseling ministries.
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Honor : Loving Your Church By Building One Another Up
$16.99Add to cartA right understanding of honor is vital to healthy churches. It’s a word that’s mentioned hundreds of times throughout the Bible. But what does honor really look like for us in everyday church life? Who should we honor and how?
Adam Ramsey brings a fresh understanding of true honor in our churches. He paints a vision of an honoring church that captivates your mind and heart–a church that shines brightly in the community because of the way its members value and respect each other and their leaders and, above all else, bring honor to God.
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Discipleship Opportunity : Leading A Great-Commission Church In A Post-Ever
$16.99Add to cartHelp your church thrive in a post-everything world.
The world is a very different place from what it was just a few years ago. Today’s post-everything world is arguably more divisive, political, indifferent, and impatient than ever. While many believe that the best course of action is to find a way back to how things used to be, is that actually the best way forward?
Given the many ways that our world has changed, it’s time for Christian leadership strategies to change, and for churches to approach making disciples, evangelism, and preaching differently than yesterday. The Discipleship Opportunity is a powerful tool for church leaders seeking to navigate the challenges of our rapidly evolving, post-pandemic, post-Christian, and post-everything world. In this helpful resource, Daniel Im equips readers with practical ways to:
*reach those who are spiritually asleep in your church and community,
*disciple your church to know Jesus deeply, and
*preach differently in today’s post-everything world.Discern your church’s path forward by learning how to diagnose which shifts to make. Learn disciple-making principles that are as straightforward as they are timely. Whether you’re a seasoned leader or just starting out, don’t miss this opportunity to emerge as a stronger, healthier, and more evangelistic church.
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Forge Bible Study Book With Video Access (Student/Study Guide)
$25.00Add to cartTHE FORGE Movie Bible Study Book with Video Access includes printed content for five sessions, a leader guide, personal study between group sessions, applicable Scripture, “How to Use This Study,” tips for leading a group, and more. Also, each Book contains unique codes that enable you to access videos for each session.
Jesus focused His time and attention on walking with God and making disciples. Shouldn’t we?
In His wisdom, He chose to invest deeply in the lives of twelve men. He saw them, called them, taught them, saved them, then sent them into the world to bear witness to what He had done for them.
This five-week small group study uses featured clips from the new Kendrick brothers’ movie, THE FORGE, to ignite a passion for knowing Christ personally, following Him sacrificially, obeying Him willingly, and helping others become disciples of Christ.
The world doesn’t need another strategy, it needs men and women who are devoted to Jesus and committed to helping others know and follow Him through lifelong discipleship.
Session Topics:
1. Seeing Like Jesus
2. Giving Like Jesus
3. Leading Like Jesus
4. Investing Like Jesus
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Standard Lesson Commentary NIV 2024-2025 Large Print Edition (Large Type)
$26.99Add to cartAs the world’s most popular annual Bible commentary for more than three decades, Standard Lesson Commentary (SLC) provides 53 weeks of study in a single volume and combines thorough Bible study with relevant examples and questions.
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Key features include:*Verse-by-verse explanation of the Bible text
*Detailed lesson context
*Pronunciation guide for difficult words
*Printed Scripture
*Discussion starters
*A review quiz for each quarterAvailable in the King James Version (KJV) and New International Version(R) (NIV) Bible translations, the SLC is based on the popular Uniform Series. This series, developed by scholars from numerous church fellowships, outlines an in-depth study of the Bible over a multi-year period.
The four main themes of the 2024-2025 study are:
*Worship in the Covenant Community–Genesis, Exodus, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Isaiah, Psalms, John
*A King Forever and Ever–Ruth, 2 Samuel, Psalms, Matthew, Luke
*Costly Sacrifice–Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Matthew, Hebrews, 1 John, Revelation
*Sacred Altars and Holy Gifts–Genesis, Matthew, Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians, Ephesians, Hebrews, 1 Peter
The SLC is perfect as the primary resource for an adult Sunday School class, for personal study, or as a supplemental resource for any curriculum that follows the ISSL/Uniform Series. Nearly two dozen ministers, teachers, and Christian education specialists contribute their expertise to SLC.
The Deluxe Edition features online and downloadable access for the Standard Lesson eCommentary through FaithLife’s Logos Bible Software. This includes the full text of the Standard Lesson Commentary (both KJV and NIV(R) editions) as well as:
*PowerPoint(R) presentations
*Full text of the KJV Bible
*Full-color visual resources
*Student activity reproducible pages
*Quarterly quiz
*More than a dozen additional helps and resources -
Standard Lesson Commentary NIV 2024-2025
$24.99Add to cartAs the world’s most popular annual Bible commentary for more than three decades, Standard Lesson Commentary (SLC) provides 53 weeks of study in a single volume and combines thorough Bible study with relevant examples and questions.
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Key features include:*Verse-by-verse explanation of the Bible text
*Detailed lesson context
*Pronunciation guide for difficult words
*Printed Scripture
*Discussion starters
*A review quiz for each quarterAvailable in the King James Version (KJV) and New International Version(R) (NIV) Bible translations, the SLC is based on the popular Uniform Series. This series, developed by scholars from numerous church fellowships, outlines an in-depth study of the Bible over a multi-year period.
The four main themes of the 2024-2025 study are:
*Worship in the Covenant Community–Genesis, Exodus, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Isaiah, Psalms, John
*A King Forever and Ever–Ruth, 2 Samuel, Psalms, Matthew, Luke
*Costly Sacrifice–Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Matthew, Hebrews, 1 John, Revelation
*Sacred Altars and Holy Gifts–Genesis, Matthew, Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians, Ephesians, Hebrews, 1 Peter
The SLC is perfect as the primary resource for an adult Sunday School class, for personal study, or as a supplemental resource for any curriculum that follows the ISSL/Uniform Series. Nearly two dozen ministers, teachers, and Christian education specialists contribute their expertise to SLC.
The Deluxe Edition features online and downloadable access for the Standard Lesson eCommentary through FaithLife’s Logos Bible Software. This includes the full text of the Standard Lesson Commentary (both KJV and NIV(R) editions) as well as:
*PowerPoint(R) presentations
*Full text of the KJV Bible
*Full-color visual resources
*Student activity reproducible pages
*Quarterly quiz
*More than a dozen additional helps and resources -
Standard Lesson Commentary KJV 2024-2025 Large Print Edition (Large Type)
$26.99Add to cartAs the world’s most popular annual Bible commentary for more than three decades, Standard Lesson Commentary (SLC) provides 53 weeks of study in a single volume and combines thorough Bible study with relevant examples and questions.
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Key features include:*Verse-by-verse explanation of the Bible text
*Detailed lesson context
*Pronunciation guide for difficult words
*Printed Scripture
*Discussion starters
*A review quiz for each quarterAvailable in the King James Version (KJV) and New International Version(R) (NIV) Bible translations, the SLC is based on the popular Uniform Series. This series, developed by scholars from numerous church fellowships, outlines an in-depth study of the Bible over a multi-year period.
The four main themes of the 2024-2025 study are:
*Worship in the Covenant Community–Genesis, Exodus, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Isaiah, Psalms, John
*A King Forever and Ever–Ruth, 2 Samuel, Psalms, Matthew, Luke
*Costly Sacrifice–Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Matthew, Hebrews, 1 John, Revelation
*Sacred Altars and Holy Gifts–Genesis, Matthew, Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians, Ephesians, Hebrews, 1 Peter
The SLC is perfect as the primary resource for an adult Sunday School class, for personal study, or as a supplemental resource for any curriculum that follows the ISSL/Uniform Series. Nearly two dozen ministers, teachers, and Christian education specialists contribute their expertise to SLC.
The Deluxe Edition features online and downloadable access for the Standard Lesson eCommentary through FaithLife’s Logos Bible Software. This includes the full text of the Standard Lesson Commentary (both KJV and NIV(R) editions) as well as:
*PowerPoint(R) presentations
*Full text of the KJV Bible
*Full-color visual resources
*Student activity reproducible pages
*Quarterly quiz
*More than a dozen additional helps and resources -
Standard Lesson Commentary KJV 2024-2025
$24.99Add to cartAs the world’s most popular annual Bible commentary for more than three decades, Standard Lesson Commentary (SLC) provides 53 weeks of study in a single volume and combines thorough Bible study with relevant examples and questions.
Key features include:
*Verse-by-verse explanation of the Bible text
*Detailed lesson context
*Pronunciation guide for difficult words
*Printed Scripture
*Discussion starters
*A review quiz for each quarterAvailable in the King James Version (KJV) and New International Version(R) (NIV) Bible translations, the SLC is based on the popular Uniform Series. This series, developed by scholars from numerous church fellowships, outlines an in-depth study of the Bible over a multi-year period.
The four main themes of the 2024-2025 study are:
*Worship in the Covenant Community-Genesis, Exodus, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Isaiah, Psalms, John
*A King Forever and Ever-Ruth, 2 Samuel, Psalms, Matthew, Luke
*Costly Sacrifice-Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Matthew, Hebrews, 1 John, Revelation
*Sacred Altars and Holy Gifts-Genesis, Matthew, Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians, Ephesians, Hebrews, 1 Peter
The SLC is perfect as the primary resource for an adult Sunday School class, for personal study, or as a supplemental resource for any curriculum that follows the ISSL/Uniform Series. Nearly two dozen ministers, teachers, and Christian education specialists contribute their expertise to SLC.
The Deluxe Edition features online and downloadable access for the Standard Lesson eCommentary through FaithLife’s Logos Bible Software. This includes the full text of the Standard Lesson Commentary (both KJV and NIV(R) editions) as well as:
*PowerPoint(R) presentations
*Full text of the KJV Bible
*Full-color visual resources
*Student activity reproducible pages
*Quarterly quiz
*More than a dozen additional helps and resources -
Unhurried Pastor : Redefining Productivity For A More Sustainable Ministry
$17.99Add to cartBeing a pastor is not a regular 9-to-5 job. There is an unending list of important things to do as you seek to serve others sacrificially. The demands of ministry make it difficult to find a healthy rhythm of life and work, and can leave you running on empty. How can we develop a sustainable pattern of ministry that both honors the Lord and the people we care for and that will also protect us from burnout?
Ronnie Martin and Brian Croft have each spent decades pastoring churches and supporting ministry leaders. Here they encourage fellow shepherds to embrace a more present-focused, unhurried approach to ministry. They show how this starts with accepting their humanity, pursuing humility and remembering the hope they have in Christ. They also exhort pastors to fuel their ministry with self-awareness, prayer and contemplation of Jesus.
After giving a framework for this approach to ministry, the authors offer lots of practical advice regarding prioritisation, managing schedules and cultivating supportive friendships.
Read this book to deepen your joy, help yourself to serve others more effectively and continue serving God in ministry for many years to come.
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More Than A Sermon
$24.99Add to cartPreach with compassion and conviction
In More than a Sermon, Douglas D. Webster highlights the prophetic and pastoral challenge of preaching today. The task is both harder and easier than we imagine, as we are called to proclaim the biblical text in a way that convicts a hostile world while encouraging our congregations to rest in Christ’s love. We need preaching that both swings the hammer that breaks hard hearts yet does not break the bruised reeds in our care.
Offering practical insights and examples, Webster explores what it means to preach the gospel in different seasons such as:
*Advent and Lent
*Memorial services and weddings
*Times of crisis or social impactMore than a Sermon is a valuable resource for both new pastors and veteran preachers who want to proclaim the whole counsel of God with power and wisdom.
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Drink Called Joy
$11.99Add to cartUsing the language and stories of former drug addicts and alcoholics transformed by Jesus Christ, Don Wilkerson makes a contrast between the drinking “high” of drugs and the experience with the Most High God.
Don Writes, “Using Apostle Paul’s admonition to not be drunk with wine wherein is “excess” but be “filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18) I make a similar contrast between joy in the Lord and the false euphoria of the life of the addict on drugs. There is also possible scientific evidence that if the brain waves of someone on cocaine were compared with someone joyful in the Lord the latter would show a “peace that passes all understanding.”
Wilkerson shares 12 chapters based on the real-life experiences of addicts finding supernatural answers to their addiction; these stories are sometimes humorous but nevertheless real. It is hopeful you will finding the reading of this book a joyful experience. There is an important message in this book for those needing freedom from addiction as well an encouragement for those in recovery. Read this then share with some else and spread joy where needed.
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Take Courage Bible Study Book With Video Access (Student/Study Guide)
$30.75Add to cartDo you ever feel like the happy ending of your story is a million miles away?
Then you know how the Jewish people felt when they returned to their wrecked land after exile and began rebuilding the temple. They were distracted, discouraged, and ready to throw in the towel. But the prophet Haggai reminded them they could find courage in the God who had never left them.
Sometimes the landscapes of our lives feel wrecked, with our hope and purpose in shambles. We too get distracted and discouraged. However, God’s presence and promises give us courage to press on and trust Him with our story.
In this 7-session study on the book of Haggai with Jennifer Rothschild, learn to walk confidently in your calling, stay motivated despite opposition, and courageously invest your life in God’s purposes, trusting Him for results you may never see in this lifetime.
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Good Kids Gone Bad
$17.99Add to cartGood Kids Gone Bad: Straight Talk from a Prodigal Who Came Home focuses on themes of addiction prevention and recovery geared towards caregivers, parents or individuals caring for those caught in the struggles of substance abuse. The text ties in practical and anecdotal stories along with how God can do the miraculous in helping to change and redeem lives caught in addiction.
Author Joe Maxim, has firsthand experience dealing with the darkness of addiction. Both he and his wife Chris, have sought to help others recover from their personal battles through their organization Young Overcomers United (YOU).
Maxim sees great benefit from sharing these prevention techniques. He testifies that, “Having witnessed hundreds of situations and from walking with recovering addicts, I believe there are clear warning signs and actionable steps that can be taken long before recovery is necessary.”
For those who may require additional care, steps to recovery are available, and it’s here that Maxim spends more time to better deal with this vital, difficult work. Maxim mentions, “All of the work I do in my ministry is in recovery. While you may not share my calling to help hundreds of young people recover from addictions, you may very well have an addict in your life who you long to see set free from the chains of addiction that bind them.”
This book from Joe Maxim is passion project that will be a great aid in ministering to the souls, minds, and bodies of those dealing with addiction and the people that care for them.
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Good Shepherd : Forty Biblical Insights On Leading And Being Led
$19.99Add to cartLearn from the Good Shepherd how to lead in your home, church, or community. After spending months among Bedouin shepherds in the Middle East, Tim Laniak offers 40 short readings that explore every leader’s responsibility to provide, protect, and guide. Each chapter begins with observations from Tim’s travels, continues with insights into Bible stories about shepherding, and concludes with what this means for you in your own spheres of influence.
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Pastor As Leader
$19.99Add to cartPractical, Biblical Advice for Effective Pastoral Leadership
Many pastors feel torn between preaching and leading, but both responsibilities are essential. Without faithful exposition of Scripture, churches risk straying theologically. Without strong leadership, teaching lacks spiritual zeal. How can pastors find balance and steward their calling effectively?
In The Pastor as Leader, John Currie equips pastors to be men of God who competently carry out their purpose: leading God’s people through the preaching of God’s word. Recognizing a common disconnect between the roles of preaching and leadership, Currie offers foundational principles for pastoring “under Christ’s appointment, conformed to Christ’s character, which exemplifies and implements Christ’s wisdom, preached from Christ’s word.” By integrating two primary roles of the pastorate, readers will learn how to faithfully and confidently proclaim the Scriptures as they communicate biblical vision and strategy for the church’s mission.
*Encouragement and Instruction for Pastors: Biblical advice for leading the church through preaching the gospel
*Biblical and Theological: Explores the role of a pastor by looking at the life of Jesus, the early church in Acts, and leaders throughout church history
*Practical: Takes pastors from principles to practice, with helpful advice and reflection questions
*A Thoughtful Gift for Working and Aspiring Pastors
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Gospel Of John Bible Study Book With Video Access (Student/Study Guide)
$30.75Add to cartLife. It seems to move at a break-neck pace. Days are filled with noise, screens, and appointments. Sometimes worry and fear are constant companions. The chaos can leave you looking for a place to be still, but that resting spot always seems to be an elusive destination. Jesus offers a different kind of life. He offers peace. He is peace.
In this 7-session study on the Gospel of John, Melissa Spoelstra will encourage you to slow down and linger with the living Word. You’ll appreciate the pace of the Savior who never hurried but completed all that the Father called Him to accomplish. As you turn the pages of John’s Gospel, you’ll be challenged to take on the posture of a learner-understanding that the peace Jesus offers is not an ease of circumstances, but a stillness of the soul. As a result, you’ll grow in intimacy with Him and learn to live, serve, and rest in His peace.
Video Sessions:
*Session One: Introduction (23:01)-Melissa begins the video teaching on the Gospel of John by setting the context for the study. She shares about who John was writing to and his purpose for writing the Gospel. She also gives an overview of the six remaining video sessions, noting the themes and memory verses.
*Session Two: Peace in the Plan of Jesus (25:59)-The video teaching for Session 2 centers on savoring peace in the plan of Jesus. Melissa focuses on John 1-3 to show us how God was the orchestrator of the salvation plan set before the beginning of time. This plan was accomplished by His power, evidenced His great love for us, and displayed His glory.
*Session Three: Peace in the Power of Jesus (25:28)-John 4-6 is the focal point of the teaching in Session 3 video as Melissa talks about savoring peace in the power of Jesus. She discusses three of the seven signs (miracles) found in John’s Gospel and points out three important truths for us to remember. She challenges us to rest in the truth that God is powerfully able and willing to help us in our time of need.
*Session Four: Peace in the Patience of Jesus (24:46)-In the Session 4 video teaching, Melissa focuses on savoring peace in the patience of Jesus. She’ll discuss portions of John 7-9 to reveal the big idea that when we look beneath the surface of our longings, we will find Jesus as our only source of satisfaction.
*Session Five: Peace in the Purposes of Jesus (31:11)-Savoring peace in the purposes of Jesus is the theme of the Session 5 video teaching. Melissa looks at portions of John 10-1
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Deconstruction Of Christianity Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$12.99Add to cartA Study Guide that Helps You Respond Wisely to the Deconstruction Trend
Alisa and Tim will help you respond, both with arguments and with love and sensitivity. This is a timely book! — Carl Trueman, author of The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self
A movement called ‘deconstruction’ is sweeping through our churches and it is affecting our loved ones. It has disrupted, dismantled, and destroyed the faith of so many, and this study guide can help you not only understand what’s happening but also stand your ground and respond with clarity and confidence.
*Maybe you have a loved one who is deconstructing their faith, and you are struggling to know how to respond;
*Maybe you are trying to understand the radical spiritual makeover your friend or family member is going through;
*Maybe your relationship with a loved one has been strained or even cut off because of your “toxic” Christian beliefs and you don’t know what to do
*Maybe you’re experiencing doubt yourself and facing hard questions about God, truth, theology, and the gospel
This study guide is designed to be used alongside the book The Deconstruction of Christianity, written by Alisa Childers, bestselling author of Another Gospel?, and Tim Barnett, host of Red Pen Logic. This guide will help you understand what deconstruction is, the roots of the movement, why it is compelling to some, and how it disrupts the lives of so many. In this study, you will be able to think through all of the issues around this trend and explore wise and loving ways to respond from a biblical worldview.
Includes six sessions:
Session 1: What Is Deconstructionism?
Session 2: How Did We Get Here?
Session 3: Why Deconstruction?
Session 4: What Is Deconstructed?
Session 5: Who Are the Deconstructors?
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No Address An Interactive Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$17.99Add to cartA four-session interactive Bible study, based on the documentary Americans with No Address, that examines the biblical response to people experiencing homelessness.
Homelessness is not an “issue”; it’s an opportunity for the church to love our neighbors. In this four-session interactive Bible study, we examine what Scripture has to say on the topic. A companion to the documentary Americans with No Address and the full-length theatrical movie No Address (starring Ashanti, William Baldwin, Beverly D’Angelo, and Xander Berkeley), this study teaches participants:
*The root causes of different types of homelessness.
*How to engage rather than enable.
*The importance of collaboration among existing agencies.
*How to mobilize their church to follow Jesus’ call to serve.Each session includes:
*Facts, true stories, and background about the people who experience homelessness in America.
*QR code for quick link to online videos.
*Discussion questions for churches and small groups.
*Perspective from the Bible.
*”Go and Do” action steps.
*Ideas for further resources.
*Prayer prompts and reflection questions.
The government can’t solve homelessness alone. The nonprofit sector can’t solve it alone. But neighbors loving neighbors, working together, can make a difference for the people who are experiencing homelessness in America. No Address equips Christians to lead the way.
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Sermon On The Mount Bible Study Book Revised And Expanded With Video Access (Stu
$34.75Add to cartIn His sweeping depiction of kingdom citizenship, Jesus utters some of the most familiar passages in all of Scripture. Most of us have only encountered the Sermon on the Mount in fragments, considering its subdivisions as complete teachings in their own right-a study on blessedness; a reflection on the Lord’s Prayer; a discussion of religious devotion, money, ambition, and relationships.
What if we navigated these three chapters in Matthew as they were originally heard? What if we read them as one cohesive, well-ordered message, intended to challenge us to think differently about what it means to be a follower of Jesus?
This 9-session study will give you the opportunity to do just that. Come and learn from Jesus, just as His disciples did. First released in 2014, this study is now updated with new teaching videos from Jen Wilkin.
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Reckoning With Power
$19.99Add to cartHistory is clear: Whenever the church has aligned itself with worldly, coercive power, it ends up on the wrong side of important justice issues.
But when the church cooperates with God’s power through his presence among the least powerful, its witness for Jesus transforms the world into a better place.
In Reckoning with Power, David Fitch unpacks the difference between worldly power, or power over others, and God’s power, which engages not in coercion but in love, reconciliation, grace, forgiveness, and healing.
In a world where we can see the abuses of power everywhere–in our homes, schools, governments, and churches–Fitch teaches readers how to discern power and avoid its abuses and traumas. By learning from the church’s historical pitfalls, Fitch empowers Christians to relinquish worldly power and make space for God to disrupt and transform our culture for his kingdom.
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Preparing Sermons From The Page To The Pulpit
$22.99Add to cartA step-by-step guide to preparing effective expository sermons
Preparing Sermons from the Page to the Pulpit helps pastors move from study to sermon in seven clear steps.
Pastors love studying God’s word. But it can be difficult to take the things they’ve learned from exegesis and apply them to the soul of a congregation. Veteran pastor and seminary professor Wayne Baxter helps pastors move from study to sermon. He guides preachers on how to take their exegetical analysis of a Scripture passage and turn it into an effective expository sermon.
Preachers and seminarians will be helped by Baxter’s expertise as they grow in crafting compelling sermons.
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Faith Beyond Youth Group
$24.99Add to cartMost typical youth ministries today produce nice, obedient kids who behave themselves–and then leave the church and the faith. Even those who remain struggle to extend their own faith beyond youth group. They seem like “good kids,” but their lives and decisions outside youth group aren’t oriented towards Jesus. Clearly that is not our goal. So what are we doing wrong? And how can we better serve the unique needs of the most anxious, adaptive, and diverse generation in history?
If you’re tired of youth ministry that fails to change lives, it’s time to change youth ministry. Building on two decades of the Fuller Youth Institute’s work and incorporating extensive new research and interviews, Faith Beyond Youth Group identifies the reasons youth ministry often fails both short-term and long-term, and offers five ways adult youth leaders can cultivate character for a lifetime of growing closer to Jesus rather than drifting away. It shows leaders how to cultivate trust, model growth, teach for transformation, practice together, and make meaning so that the teenagers can become adults who hold fast to the truth 24/7 and boldly live out a robust faith in a watching world.