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Popular author Gary Inrig brings you one of the most insightful and complete examinations of the book of Judges. This often-overlooked book of the Bible is full of cultural imagery and unexplained characters, but Inrig helps to bring it up-to-date and make it relevant for today's world. You'll find yourself identifying again and again with these biblical characters as this ancient text comes to life!

In this twelve session LifeGuide® Bible Study, Donald Baker leads you through the story of Israel's up-and-down relationship with God, you'll discover—as the Israelites did—that God's love for you can't be shaken by your mistakes or failures.

Now rapid spiritual growth is possible by applying modern gardening techniques like hydroponics, which emphasize gardening - without dirt, with plenty of water and with exposure to high intensity light. In this easy to read guide and supplementary Bible study you'll learn how spiritual hydroponics can stimulate your own spiritual growth and allow you to achieve the level of Christian maturity that God desires for those who follow Him.

Children's sermons using every day common objects to help kids understand Gpd's Word.

Preaching has fallen on hard times with many questioning its relevance and even its validity as a New Testament practice. This symposium of specially commissioned essays draws together an international team of thirteen scholars and pastors to address the importance of textual preaching in the history and life of the early church, the historic church, and the contemporary church. Contributions include essays on Old Testament preaching, preaching in Hebrews, gender-sensitive preaching, preaching in the theology of Jonathan Edwards, Charles Spurgeon, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and in Eastern Orthodoxy. It also includes essays on a range of homiletical challenges that textual preaching raises for the contemporary preacher, including genre, preaching without notes, inhabiting the text, and preaching without platitudes. A final reflection by Dave Hansen on the state of textual preaching rounds out the collection. The preaching of the gospel stands at the heart of Christian praxis. These essays make a vital contribution to the recovery of the importance of preaching, focused on the text of Scripture. Written with an eye to the pastor and practitioner as well as those in the pews and in the classroom, this is a book that should appeal to a wide range of readers.

Do you long to find freedom from fear? God never assumes that we will live without fear, but there are forms of fear such as anxiety that can ultimately lead to panic attacks, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other things that God does not desire for us. Learn how fear relates to perceived threats to security, significance, and loveand how perception directly affects the degree of fear you experience. What should you do if your fear causes you to avoid any threatening situation? You can face your fear; allow change to happen; resist negative thought patterns; keep your imagination in check and dont let it run away; believe that God has control; counter your fears with facts. Find out how to move from fear to faithfrom panic to peacethrough a deepened understanding of the love and power of Christ in your life. Discover that when you acknowledge you are weak and inadequate, Gods strength and adequacy can prevail within you! Paperback, 96 pages, 4 x 7 inches.

Michael Catt, pastor and executive producer of the film COURAGEOUS, examines the courage shown by biblical characters (Abraham, Nehemiah, Ruth, Paul, etc.) to enliven our faith today.

Many second-generation believers struggle to develop authentic faith. Is it the parenting, the church, the systems? Or could it be that a background in the church provides its own unique set of struggles? Written from a confessed churchaholic—now an author, pastor, and father—REAL pulls open the curtains and offers an introspective look at what the Bible says to those who’ve grown up in the faith, answering the questions we’ve long been afraid to voice. Why do I desire to sin? What’s the secret to lasting intimacy with God? REAL offers second-generation Christians a lifeline to personal intimacy with God, a biblical mandate to take ownership of their faith, and grace-based tips on continuing a legacy of faith.

Using illustrations from his own life and from the movie, FIREPROOF, Catt discusses practical issues such as temptation, marriage and finances, helping us build a faith that resists our corrosive culture. Rather than succumb to the pressure of circumstances, we can stand tall and face our challenges in Christ’s power.