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Value Far Above RubiesProverbs 31 is a compelling look at womanhood and all it can be when a woman submits her life to the Lord. However, many women often feel like they fall so short of and are intimidated by the ideal woman described in this chapter of...

The Wardrobe Of A WarriorThe Roman soldier of the First and Second Centuries was surely a sight to behold. With an impressive helmet, glistening shield, and protective shoes, the soldier's armor spoke volumes before he even had to say a word. There...

Christian writer, C.S. Lewis once made the point that people tend to either obsess over demons or deny their existence entirely-and the devil is equally pleased either way. The Bible is clear. Our battle is not with flesh and blood but with spiritual...

Navigating the PropheticMany people claim to be prophets today. Some are, and some are not. How can you tell the difference? A lot of attention has been given to the subject of prophetic ministry on social media and the Internet, and as a result, much of...

Staying Afloat Without FearIt seems we are surrounded by the swirling currents of destruction in a world that has gone astray. Many feel besieged by these tempestuous times and worry about their loved ones, praying that they will somehow survive the...

Take Back Your Life and Walk Peacefully and FreeIs your mind a playground for the devil? Are you harassed and held hostage by thoughts, fears, anxiety, and depression that won't let up? You're not alone. The number of people suffering from mental torment...

This book is the Official Young Adult Ministry Disciplinary Manual of the Churches of God The Bibleway Apostolic Faith.

For years, I struggled with recurring issues. I was having frequent panic attacks, my housing situations were unstable and inconsistent and all of my relationships lacked in some way. Not that I thought I was perfect, but I thought I was a good person...

Like a pandemic virus that has blanketed the whole world, lawlessness has covered the earth like a blanket. We read in the Book of the Revelation, and "all the world" has been deceived and wonders after the Beast. And that Beast is the same serpent...

""For I know the plans I have for--""No doubt, you know that Jeremiah 29:11 is all about a promising future for the believer. But what about Jeremiah 29:14, which tells us God will drive his children into a treacherous exile--the very place he wants to...

This is a book about spirituality for the spiritual but not religious. Those who identify themselves as spiritual but not religious make up one quarter of the population in the United States. This book provides 189 monthly entries based on the national...

The Word of God in the Ethics of Jacques Ellul originated (1979) as one of the first PhD dissertations on the thought of French sociologist and theologian Jacques Ellul (1912-94), author of some sixty volumes on the nature and impact of modern technology...

David Gill's writing of The Opening of the Christian Mind (1989) was prodded by the bestseller The Closing of the American Mind (1987) by cultural critic Allan Bloom. There should be no ""closed minds"" among the followers of Jesus Christ, insisted Gill,...

Is spiritual warfare real? Is it just a metaphor for social justice? Do territorial spirits have a stranglehold on the planet? What does the Christian do with the rising fascination with the supernatural in Western culture? Does any of this matter for...

Is it possible to believe that our life in this world is all there is and be Christian? Karl Peters says yes. We can think about God as the creativity of the world. About our life as beginning when we were hydrogen atoms, so that everything is family...

Why does the universe exist?What is the source of human personality?Why do people suffer and die?Do humans really have free will?Is evil real, and can it be overcome?Does humanity have a future?If God exists, how can he be known?Throughout history,...

How does the Christian faith relate to a world stuck in ideological captivity? What happens when vast numbers of people abandon biblical faith for pre-packaged sets of ideas they received from podcasts, videos, and online personalities? How can we stay...

Like Aaron and Hur who lifted the arms of Moses during battle (Exodus 17), this book highlights the critical work of clergy care providers in America. These individuals and organizations support clergy by providing counseling, coaching, spiritual...

People diagnosed with dementia are still living and deserve the support needed to help them live as well as possible through the trauma and losses they face. To this end, the expressive arts play an important role. Enlightened by his father's artistic...

Can myths be true? Hiding behind their unreality is often deep meaning waiting to be uncovered. This book explores four myths first found on the margins of Israel's faith. Over time these myths became major resources for understanding and articulating...

Why is preaching so often bad? Why is worship so often dull? Why do Sunday mornings so often fail to help the folks in the pews live a faithful life from week to week? And what can be done about it?Many will tell us that there are easy and purchasable...

Charles Wesley and early Methodist women shaped Wesleyan theology and practice just as much as John Wesley. All these pioneers in the renewal of the church engaged together in a quest for love divine. That journey led them to timeless discoveries related...

In this expositional commentary of the Letter to the Ephesians, Paul shares that the universal goodness of the gospel--the news of grace and truth from Jesus Christ--is not just for Jews but is for all people, regardless of birth, tribe, or nationality...

Should a Christian doctrine of salvation be concerned with this life or the life to come? With forgiveness of sins or deliverance of sinners? With the saving of the soul or the healing of the body? Should it focus on the person and work of Jesus Christ...

The horrific text of Judges 19 is puzzling, especially to Chinese Christians who read the Chinese Union Version. This dominant translation of the Bible seems to place the blame for the tragedy on the concubine, which in turns legitimizes violence against...

This collection of essays constitutes an attempt to work faithfully at the generative interface of the Bible and our life in the world. This interface variously yields, in our attentiveness, assurances and summons and often empowerment for the work of...

The Gospel of John's relationship to the Synoptic Gospels is a perennial question. For centuries, the Gospel of Matthew has been considered the least likely of possible written sources of the Fourth Gospel. In an ambitious reappraisal, James Barker...

Amos Yong has stated that Veli-Matti Karkkainen has become ""one of the more important theologians to be reckoned with in our time."" This becoming has developed over the course of many decades with prolific contributions in essays, monographs, lectures,...

Recovering from the trauma of sexual and domestic violence is a process that can lead you to find your own strength. Shaped by a faith identity incongruent with her reality as a survivor of sexual and physical abuse, Ellis Davis became intimately...

Thanks for the memories--well, maybe not. It has been hard work getting over the break up of the fifteen-hundred-year Anglican marriage of church and state--the so-called English Christendom. It is still a work in progress because the marriage left...

The Canaanite woman in both Matthew's and Mark's Gospels asks Jesus to heal her daughter from so-called demon possession, what today we might understand as a psychological, genetic, physical, or emotional disorder. Matthew and Mark give the Canaanite...

The cross has always been portrayed as the means of salvation and forgiveness for sinners, but does it have anything to say to those who have been sinned against? This book shows that the atonement of Christ has powerful potential to speak to those who...

It can be a shock in our culture for a Christian to encounter evolutionary biology and conversely for a Darwinian to encounter biblical Christianity. Can a devout Christian with a high view of scripture accept scientific views of evolution? Some...

Europe has a tremendously important role in the history of Christianity and was the continent with the most Christians from roughly the year 900 to 1980. However, Europe is now home to only 22 percent of all Christians in the world, down from 68 percent...

It has been said that next to the biblical writers, the most quoted person in American pulpits, churches, and educational institutions, hands down, is C. S. Lewis. He has become such a part of the speaking and thinking rhythm of those of us in the West,...

In this book, I analyze why Bishop Aloys Bigirumwami prioritizes the use of the native language and the value of primal religions in spreading the gospel. According to Bigirumwami, the gospel should be taught in the native language, because it is the...

My first public land DIY elk hunt (front cover). Sailfish and Blue Marlin jumping out of the Pacific Ocean in Costa Rica. Me and Grandaddy Mike after a successful turkey hunt in Alabama. My first Rio turkey in Texas. A rainbow trout in the Smokey...

Modernity and the Rise of the Pocket God explores the relationship between modern religion and ancient values. Journey through the bucolic fields of the ancient villager, en route to the concrete jungles and splendid skylines of the modern city-goer. See...

I know that every mother believes that her children are special, and they most definitely are. I am no different. I am quite partial when it concerns my children. But my daughter was unbelievably mature in her spiritual walk with the Lord Jesus from an...

The Reformation put the grace of God in the right place in the salvation of man. Luther's proclamation of ""justification by faith"" brought the concept of grace to the fore and made it the centrality of Christian theology. But the overemphasis on the...

Demystifying an unrealistic idealMaria Mayo questions the contemporary idealization of unconditional forgiveness in three areas of contemporary life: so-called Victim-Offender Mediation involving cases of criminal injury, the work of the Truth and...

The barn is not a clean place. Come and see what you can find in the barn.

In the summer of 2020, gold medalist Simone Biles pulled herself from the Olympic competition because she knew that she wasn't mentally in a good place. She was criticized, belittled, and told to suck it up. Brad Otto, a Lutheran pastor, was in awe of...

For Terese Luikens, a picture-perfect childhood it was not. Frequent moves. An emotionally absent mother and an alcoholic father. Suicide. The sixth of seven children, Terese grew up in an unstable and chaotic household-invisible to her mom yet...

Whether you've spent your life in church or are a curious observer of the Christian faith, you can't help but wonder. Is God good, and can I trust him? Can I trust the Bible? How am I supposed to read this ancient book of confusing stories? Does the God...

A wife's devoted prayers for her husband's healing carries her through an intense cancer journey during the COVID-19 pandemic.   When Rebecca Gilham found out that her husband, Rick, had cancer, she decided to trust God, and they...

Natalie Monk went to Mozambique as a medical missionary with something to give. Through cross-cultural and personal challenges in a rural medical clinic, she discovered she was the learner; she didn't have all the answers. While she had the medical...

In Memoriam, by world-renown poet Alfred Tennyson, is a requiem written for Tennyson’s friend, Arthur, who died suddenly of a brain hemorrhage. While inspired by a tragic event, the work features some of Tennyson’s most popular verse. The...