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The Covenant Woman Journal is a companion to Shayla Gordon's book, The Covenant Woman. This journal provides a space for guided self-reflection as well as tools to measure your spiritual growth. It is designed to help you capture the changes in your...

Marie Smith is married to her supporting husband, Darren Smith, and has two grown daughters, Sabrina Hicks and husband Fredrick Hicks, her son-in-law, Michele Clay, and four grandsons: Kamari Boose, Lucas Boose, Terrance Johnson, and Jonathan Hicks. She...

I recorded these "nuggets" so that they may be an encouragement and blessing to others. When reading the Bible, sometimes a thought or truth has seemed to me to be revealed. I have written down some of these in the hope that others might be blessed as...

Al momento de orar debemos sincerarnos con Dios y pedirle al Espíritu Santo que nos muestre y nos convenza de todo aquello que representa pecado delante Dios. Debemos arrepentirnos, pedir perdón y apartarnos definitivamente del pecado. A...

Pursue your Original Goal at Whatever CostGenesis 29:21-28: Philippians 4:13 Jacob loved Rachel from the beginning, and he was prepared to do everything to get her. He would not allow any obstacle to stand in his way or block him from pursuing...

Bedenkenswerte Worte der Bibel begleiten mich auf meinem Lebensweg und geben mir gerade auf der letzten Strecke erst recht zu denken. Was mir dabei in den Sinn kommt, ist manchmal merkwürdig, mitunter auch witzig und tröstlich.„Petrus, der Rückblick auf...

Prejudiced, petulant, resentful, sulky: Jonah was not just a reluctant spokesman for God, he was also a disobedient one. The story of Jonah shows how God calls and uses those who are far from perfect. As Christians, we are not all called to be prophets...

Even a cursory read of the Gospel of Matthew makes clear that it is concerned with the identity of Jesus Christ. These meditations attempt not to focus on tangential topics that relate to Jesus, even though these are important. Rather, they seek to focus...

Because the sun shines so brightly, we cannot see the stars in the daytime. Because the Apostle Paul shines so brightly in the second part of the New Testament, some of the other great Christians in the early church are obscured.In this book information...

Perhaps we don't always think of our life as having a ""shape."" But the life of Jesus certainly had a shape, and we are called to imitate him. Paul's letter to the Philippians presents us with this call in many ways: encouragements and exhortations...

Never-changing gospel. Ever-changing world. What gives? On the one hand, the gospel message does not change. Jesus Christ was crucified on a cross and raised from the dead to deliver condemned sinners like you and me. That basic message does not change...

Seek to enter more deeply into the perfect reconciliation with God, which is yours by the shed blood of Christ. Live by constantly exercising faith in the assurance that the blood cleanses from all sin and yield yourself to be sanctified and brought near...

In life, we all have had our share of setbacks, but this book is written as a self-help and motivational guide to help you, the reader, to take back your power in order to regain control over setbacks so that you can move forward toward fulfilling your...

With the advent of secularism, atheism, and relativism in this modern world, author Nemsy Gubatan felt the need to bring the simple and universal tenets of the teachings of Jesus. Hoping to bring to others the inner peace and joy that he has found, he...

Nancy has been a devoted follower of Christ for the past 32 years. She is a retired English teacher living with her husband in North Carolina where she is pursuing a new career as a writer of Christian Bible studies for women. She has been a missionary...

In our world filled with unending crime, death, relationship issues, and despair, Jennifer Workman incorporates a plethora of inspirational articles to inspire and spiritually empower every reader that no matter what, they are not alone in their...

The thirteen essays in this volume engage biblical texts from the three books in the Hebrew Bible associated with the wisdom tradition in ancient Israel: Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes. These three books provide deep theological reflection on everyday...

In A Mirror is a thought-provoking introduction to God's salvation, reflecting on the the epic story that has evoked many mythologies about good and evil portrayed in the story of Adam and Eve, and ending with the redemption and resurrection of Jesus...

Picking up a Bible and reading it can be difficult, for many reasons. It is time-consuming, long, and can be somewhat boring. It has been easier for many of us to simply let someone else explain or tell us of the Bible. Yet by doing so, we are acquiring...

The God Who Comforts is a spiritual reading of Jesus' upper room discipleship sermon. What started out as a Passover meal became an inspiring and spiraling manifesto of comfort and challenge. Jesus propels the conversation forward into our hearts and...

Matthew 28:18-20 reads: "Then Jesus came to them and said, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit, and...

My wife and I have been married for fifty-three years. We have two grown children and six grandchildren, all girls. I recently retired from Hospital and First Responder Chaplaincy with Fire and Police. This volume is about my experiences as a crisis...

I started out the year 2022, by rapidly writing books, one after another... But for the past 2 months, I have not been inspired to write...But today, when I awakened from a peaceful night of rest, I was moved to start writing a new book, AMERICA...

Katika kipindi ambacho tunaangalia mipango mipya na mbinu ya kudumisha masilahi na kusababisha makanisa yetu yakue, ni rahisi kukosa urahisi wa kile Mungu anawaambia watu wake katika vifungu hivi. Afya ya makanisa yetu na uzima wa kiroho hautegemei juu...

Have you ever felt “overlooked” by God as an ordinary person? Have you talked to someone and realized their struggles are similar to yours? Overlooked? is a treasury of ordinary people of the Old Testament who had big and little trials, but...

Únase al gran ejército de creyentes que están aprendiendo a relacionarse con Dios sobre la base bíblica de la gracia.   Descubra como la gracia de Dios trasmite el carácter piadoso, constantemente día tras...

"Ken...Ken! Can you hear me?!" I could hear Debbie's voice and feel her hand pushing on my arm, but I could not respond. Nine months after his last political campaign, Ken Summers began an unexpected campaign against life threatening West Nile Virus...

Centering on fixing unhappy marriages, or bringing new slants to already married couples, Loving God The Right Way: Through Your Marriage, is a helpful guide to encourage you to grow your love in God and your partnership. Rubin Canty shares his wisdom as...

Borrowing from the ancient rabbinic use of midrash as a means of opening Scripture to students, James Lowry has chosen six texts from among those in which he believes Mark deliberately left silences. The author is convinced Mark hoped his readers would...

How do you pray? Do you think praying is either a fearful mystery or a dry duty? If you want to get past feelings of futility and change your world through prayer, then Changing Me, Change the World is the answer. This book connects God's Word and your...

Sunday Readings is a book written by William Habbington and published in 1867. The book is a collection of readings that are intended for use on Sundays. The readings cover a variety of topics, including religion, history, and literature. The book is...

This book seeks to take a look at both the Temple throughout the narratives of the Old Testament; looking at its importance and value to the People of the Lord God Almighty, Israel? Thinking about how under the New Covenant through the very sacrifice of...

Parson’s Porch Books is delighted to present to you this series called Sermons Matter.We believe that many of the best writers are pastors who take the role of preacher seriously. Week in, and week out, they exegete scripture, research material,...

Who's who and what's what - or rather, wha's wha and Who's who and what's what - or rather, wha's wha and whit's whit - in this inimitable selection of stories from the Bible, told in Glaswegian rhyming verse.Gaun Yersel Moses! is a quick-witted and...

For many people today, the events of Good Friday and Easter Sunday raise more questions than solutions. Likewise, people are often unmoved or confused by 'atonement theories' seeking to explain the purpose of Christ's death. In this thoughtful and...

Give Us This Day is a unique daily devotional commentary for the entire New Testament based on the ancient method called lectio divina. Lectio divina, or ""divine reading,"" is the method used by the early church and countless Christians through the...

Hagar raises her son across an unwelcoming border. Bathsheba tries to erase her trauma. Another breakup haunts the woman at the well.The poems in Birthmarks contemporize women of the Old and New Testaments and consider who they might be today. Drawing on...

How do you plan to spend the 25 Days of Christmas? Frantic and rushed or filled with peace? Because of our busy lives or current struggles, many might find it difficult to focus on the birth of our Savior during the upcoming holidays. But despite our...

Peter the Rock is a series of studies of basic Christianity based on the New Testament accounts of Peter in the Gospels, Acts, and Letters. Because his stories are in all four Gospels, Acts, in Paul's Letters, and with First and Second Peter in the New...

As a result of the author's own spiritual and intellectual journey he came to believe that there was something missing in our traditional understanding of the nature of God. In the Scriptures God is presented as clothed with real emotions and feelings...

In this groundbreaking study, John Howard Yoder searches for the New Testament vision of ministry. The author examines the vocabulary used by Paul and other New Testament writers in relation to the universal ministry of the church. The theological and...

In seventeenth-century France, Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717) writes about the suffering of the apocalypse followed by the consummation of the second coming. Guyon believed that in our earthly pilgrimage, we may find the way to union with our Savior Jesus...

Esta obra ha sido inspirada y diseñada por el poder del Espíritu Santo de Dios, con el fin y la total certeza de que las personas que puedan tener la oportunidad de leer lo que Dios tiene que decir a su pueblo por medio, o atravez de este libro puedan...

The Bible is the world's most recognized and popular book in existence, as it shares the story of redemption through Jesus Christ. However, several critics and skeptics have questioned the legitimacy of the Bible in people's lives. Author William Glaze...