Bible readings, selections and meditations Books

Jesus said, "I am The Way, The Truth, and The Life..." The fact that the person who actually is "The Truth" is speaking to us is a very compelling reason to stop and take note of His words but, the fact that when He speaks these words and adds the word...

Being outside in the rain feels like our Creator is touching me as He washes, cleanses, and refreshes the earth. This book celebrates the rain and how we can allow our senses to experience rain from a positive perspective. I hope more rain lovers will...

My mother loved Advent and Christmas. She decorated and baked. An Advent calendar was hung on the refrigerator door with magnets, and we took turns opening the cardboard doors each day. We lit the Advent candles, and we sang the hymns, carols, and songs...

God's University centers on the recorded history of Elijah and follows his journey as God develops the prophet's faith. The lessons and truths learned by Elijah can also teach us, as we apply them to our own trials and difficulties.In God's University,...

The meditations were written for a small church caught in the Covid-19 outbreak in the mid-Hudson region of New York State. The author describes how biblical themes in general, and Christ’s life, in particular, provide resilient hope during the...

The Bible is at the heart of BRF's work, and this special anniversary collection is a celebration of the Bible for BRF's centenary year.Bringing together a fantastically wide-ranging writing team of authors, supporters and well-wishers from all areas of...

Do you yearn for more knowledge about this incredible life and the God who created it? This bestselling inspirational Christian book is the first installment in the Greatest Reality Show series, aimed at those who find the arcane language of scripture...

Love at Its Best When Church Is a Mess is a collection of fifteen meditations, drawn from 1 Corinthians 13, perhaps the most well-known passage about love in Holy Scripture, and certainly one of the most beloved passages found anywhere in the English...

Living the Questions of the Bible presents questioning as a viable and faithful Christian practice. We may think the Bible is only about getting answers, but the Bible is also a question book, revealing how the life of faith is a quest with and for God...

This critical edition makes available for the first time Thomas Merton's novitiate conferences on liturgy. Though dating from the period just before the liturgical reforms of Vatican II, Merton's commentaries remain pertinent for their insights on his...

Using a biblical theology method (explained in SwJT 56:1 [2013] 227-57), this book reflects the content of the text of Isaiah within its Jewish-Christian context.

In the West, many Christians are "deconstructing" and/or "doubting" their faith. As a result, some people seeking to follow Jesus have become disillusioned with prayer--perhaps even skeptical about it. And yet there is still a great desire and longing...

Join the authors on this life-changing, spiritual journey to the top of God's Holy Mountain! If you desire a deeper personal relationship with the Lord, this book is for you. As you climb the mountain, you will encounter the Lord when you stop and rest...

Pauses - they are a part of life. You may know them by other labels: interruptions, nuisances, calamities, or even victories that force us to slow down and think about where we are going and where we have been. Many of the writers of the Psalms...

This book shares my journey in exploring 8 properties of light and how each of these properties describe the nature of God. Building on the inspiration of the apostle John when he wrote “This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to...

Fulton J. Sheen turned his voice and pen to many subjects during the course of a long and remarkable apostolate. But nothing was closer to the heart of his message than bringing the words of Our Lord and Our Blessed Mother to bear on the problems of...

The present volume is a shorter edition of Christ in His Mysteries, Dom Columba Marmion's profound reflection on the Mysteries of Christ's birth, death, Resurrection, and Ascension as presented in the Gospels and the Liturgical Year. In Blessed Marmion's...

The rosary is the school of Mary. Whoever takes the hand of the Mother will be guided step by step, Hail Mary after Hail Mary, and led directly to her Son Jesus Christ. The rosary teaches us how to pray--not only by reciting the Ave Maria, but by...

Fulton J. Sheen was remarkable in his ability to uncover many layers of meaning in the life and words of Jesus of Nazareth. The Seven Beatitudes and The Seven Words from the Cross-both were delivered from a mountain, but the connection runs deeper than...

This is a story about a woman who, by all appearances, had everything but lacked the most important thing of all . . . a faith filled home. After much hardship, including the deaths of loved ones, she was brought to her knees in midlife. It was then that...

Extraídas del libro de Proverbios, aquí tenemos palabras sabias para gente ocupada sobre temas como el contentamiento, el carácter, el trabajo y la adoración.

The Bible is filled with women who did great things and accomplished what seemed at times like insurmountable tasks. Where do you fit in?

Amazing things can come from the most unexpected places. This book is a collection of reflections, analogies, stories, and conversations I have had with God. In 2016, I began to write a blog for believers. I had just come out a depression. I had found...

Flowing from the Cross : Six Facets of God's Forgiveness

Useful and beautiful.' Sara Maitland, author of A Book of SilenceFor Carmelites, prayer is friendship with God in a silent communion of love. By fixing our eyes on the vulnerability of Jesus and on his unrequited love for us, we are transformed. For a...

Embark on a transformative 30-day journey with this meditation therapy and devotional poetry book designed for women carrying echoes of past toxic relationship hurts. Whether from relationships, church, family, or self-inflicted, let this book inspire...

The scriptures invite us into a world of extraordinary adventure and eternal consequence. Rains flood the earth, and seas part. A wandering nation eats from heaven while drinking from a rock. Nations and kings rise and fall for good reason. A prophet...

"Embark on a transformative journey with this enchanting collection of stories from celebrated preachers and speakers. Timeless and captivating, these tales offer enduring wisdom and practical insights for everyday life, featuring relatable situations,...

God is much bigger than our circumstances. His Word is powerful. Declare His Word over your circumstances.

This book is a compilation of inspirational encouragement from the word of God, messages I have preached and taught over the years in ministry from past to present, over thirty something years, inspired by the word and Spirit of God, words of hope and...

Experience Deep Joy!! God provides a way for us to experience real, deep, meaningful joy despite our circumstances, our past, or our future. In this forty-day guide, Beth-Sarah Wright leads you to reflect on various Scriptures and quotes. As you...

The book of James has gotten a bad rap amongst Christians, especially modern protestants. It's often considered not as theologically serious as the writings of Paul, nor as gracious as the gospels. For some it's too works-oriented, for others just a bit...

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...

This short devotional book considers Psalm 23 from a fresh perspective, finding middle ground for those who want more depth of understanding from the biblical text, along with straightforward applicability to the real-life journey of the believer. It...

LEGACY FOR ETERNITY: A Journey from Genesis Through RevelationView God's prophetic timetable as the last days of earth's history are approaching and the return of Jesus draws near.Understand how the Bible fits harmoniously together and is not a random...

If you long to draw nearer to the Creator, crave to feel the Spirit's comfort, or yearn to follow Jesus along the journey of faith, you will treasure the humble wisdom that has crossed your path. Seek, Wait, Trust: Poems for Navigating the Spiritual...

This author goes to the Bible to show the reader what God has to say about Patience and how it is very important in every part of the believer's life in order for the believer to be successful in this life.

What God really wants us to know is a sequence of topics I put together like what faith is, submitting to God, and being the salt of the world, to name a few. When I was finding my way back to the Lord, they came from questions, that arose in my life and...