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A life-changing path to mental and emotional wellness. Do you ever wonder: Why am I so anxious? Why can't I shake this anger or depression? Maybe you've even cried out to God, Aren't Christians supposed to feel better than this? You're not alone--and you don't have to stay stuck. In Heal Your Hurting Mind, pastor and New York Times bestselling author Craig Groeschel opens up about his most personal journey yet--one shaped by deep emotional pain and raw honesty. With vulnerability and hope, Craig shares his story while guiding readers through a transformative path of healing, growth, and lasting change. Along the way, you'll meet Dr. Wayne Chappelle, known as "Dr. C," a respected clinical psychologist who has helped everyone from elite military leaders to professional athletes overcome intense mental health challenges. Craig's candor and biblical wisdom, combined with Dr. C's psychological insight and expertise, offer a powerful and practical path forward, providing the tools you need to start healing today. Together, they will help you:
You don't have to keep living under the weight of mental and emotional pain. God longs to bring healing and relief to your life. Break free from what's been holding you back, and let Heal Your Hurting Mind show you how.
Dr. Gary Chapman has helped more than 150 million people discover their love language. But discovering it is just the beginning. Love isn’t one-size-fits-all. What says “I love you” to one person might not mean a thing to another. Each love language has dialects—personal and powerful ways love is uniquely expressed and received. Miss them, and even the right language can fall flat. In this long-awaited follow-up, Dr. Chapman and Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott take the world-changing concept of the 5 Love Languages® one step further. They reveal why love often gets lost in translation—and how learning to speak the right dialect at the right time is the key to deeper connection. Whether you’re dating, decades into marriage, raising children, caring for aging parents, or deepening lifelong friendships, this book provides you with the tools to make love personal and truly felt.
Find financial freedom and know your worth. Maybe you’ve grown up with an unspoken message that you aren’t enough, aren’t called to lead, and aren’t capable of handling your finances. Before her journey to becoming a professional financial advisor began, this is how author Bethany Frymire felt. But then she discovered that God had so much more for her. And He has more for your life too! Women of Worth is about discovering the tools and confidence to say yes to whatever God has planned for you―in your finances and beyond. Bethany equips you with everything you need to tackle your finances with confidence. As you are guided through key concepts such as budgeting, managing debt, investing, and more, you’ll also learn how to steward everything God brings into your life in a way that honors Him. Full of relatable stories, practical wisdom, and heartfelt encouragement, this empowering guide will equip you to step into the spaces God calls you to with courage and grace.
Sometimes our faith needs to be revived. You started your spiritual life with a burst of joy, feeling deep gratitude to Christ for saving you. You rejoiced with a sense of belonging in the family of God. And likely, you couldn’t wait to open your Bible, to worship, to share your faith with others. But somewhere along the way, your passion for the Lord faded. Your spiritual journey became a slog. The Rekindled Heart was written for you. Bible teacher and seminary president with a shepherd's heart, Mark Yarbrough helps you rekindle the joy of your salvation by guiding you back to six core essentials for reviving your faith.
Devotion—Bold Trust in God’s Word Biblically rich, theologically sound, and with real-life applications that connect to all ages, this book delivers a compelling reminder of the seriousness of following Jesus and the limitless experience of God’s power and provision for anyone who believes His Word.
The current meta crisis--hastening authoritarianism, regional wars, the cost of living crisis, climate collapse, and the Sixth Extinction--confronts Christ followers with trenchant injustice throughout the world. Our context is a moment of prophetic invitation. How can Christians, especially generationally privileged disciples, live out Christ's radical invitation to act justly, love mercifully, and live into authentic wholeness among the marginalized and oppressed, rather than subscribing to faith in Christ from a position of power? In South Africa, for example our story is one of longed-for reparation, to restore what has been stolen and repair what has been broken by apartheid. In our opportunity to heal our wounded history, there is a role for winsome stories, of successes and failures among Christians, who are finding ways into deeper faith--stories of engagement with injustice, trauma, and grief, and discovering with Christ pathways into authentic wholeness. Here, five South African writers integrate autobiography, theology, philosophy, and spirituality, in the hope that our stories may resource faith communities worldwide, and especially the young, who are radically integrating their lives to the pattern of Jesus's justice, grief, and wholeness, to bear peace in a disintegrating world.
Kaiings wil sê: Waarheid en wysheid is twee karperde wat weet dat dit in die ritme van lewe nie altyd klopdisselboom gaan nie. Mens word ontnugter deur die feit dat waarheid dikwels verpak is in kaiings van twyfel, sinisme, valsheid en oppervlakkigheid. Selfs Pilatus het gesukkel terwyl die Sanhedrin hom woedend aangluur: Wat is waarheid? Die media beweeg dikwels tussen feit en sensasie. Waarheid word omhul deur skyn en die teendeel van feitelikheid, naamlik bedrog en leuens. Die media laat mens twyfel. So ook is wysheid meestal ‘n masker vir dwaasheid en eie gewin. Veral in publieke kommunikasie en politieke debatte. Ook die waarheid van die Christelike geloof word maklik verpak in kerspapier van kerklike formules en sinodeverslae oor hoe om geloof suiwer te hou en van dwaling te bevry. Ongelukkig kan geloofsbelydenisse ook met behulp van die kulkuns van interpretasie en kultuurparadigmas, met hermeneutiese ‘spekskiet’ verpak word. Die titel wil sê: Die waarheid van kaiings braai uit en kierankies vorm harde kastaiings wat niemand weet hoe om uit die vuur te krap nie. Selfs die harde neut van hoe om oor God op outentieke wyse na te dink proe, na baie eeue van ortodoksie, effe galsterig. Hierdie boek waag nie met definisies oor die wat van geloof en die sin van die lewe nie, maar karring voort oor die hoe van geloof: Om met blomkoolore te skrum (volharding), met derms te geniet (God se vrolike ruil) en empatie te luister (barmhartigheid). Om weer sinvol te lees en te leef, in bliksemgedagtes met dood te moet worstel en te voorkom dat ek as pastor bloot as ‘n hoëpriester met aparte pyn gebrandmerk word, moet ek soms van Weskus bokkom-spraak, asook van tinktinkietaal en mossiegetjirp gebruikmaak!
A retired judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal and an ordained, nonstipendiary minister in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, Nigel Willis is an assistant priest at St George’s Church, Parktown, Johannesburg. This anthology of the sermons of Nigel Willis has been published to mark and celebrate the 120th anniversary of the founding of St George’s Church in October 2024. It is also the tenth anniversary of Nigel preaching from the pulpit. The book is an anthology of Nigel’s sermons, delivered over this period, following the liturgical calendar of the church according to the readings set out in the lectionary.
Are you afraid to die for your faith?” She answered, “No! Let the persecutors come and do their worst. After all, it is better to die on a higher ground than to die in the valley.” As a missionary to the Kamuku people in Northwestern Nigeria in the ‘90s, I thought I was bringing the gospel to villages in the darkness of sin and idolatry. But the new believers’ faith challenged me! I witnessed God’s power to transform lives: women burned their idols, demons were cast out, and sick people were healed. Poisoned, under spiritual attack, and disowned by their families, they boldly exposed the falsehood of their former ancestral worship. And God gave them miraculous victory! Even today, as they suffer kidnapping and terrorism that has put their remote region in the global news, these believers stand strong in their faith. As you read the short stories of these ordinary believers and the accompanying biblical reflections in I’d Rather Die on the High Ground, you’ll be blown away by our extraordinary God. Be inspired to pray with daring faith in our almighty God and to proclaim his deeds among the nations.
Don’t give up―you can still break free... You've prayed. You've surrendered your sin to God. You've been more zealous about reading the Bible. But what do you do when you still can't shake your bad habits? After discouragement and defeat set in, you need a dose of genuine hope and some biblical, time-tested guidance on breaking free for good. More than just offering simple suggestions for behavioral change, How to Say No to a Stubborn Habit will help you overcome the struggles in your life through a lasting transformation of attitude and heart. Dr. Erwin Lutzer shows you
You've resolved to break a stubborn habit. With the help of biblical insights and reflection questions in every chapter, you will discover the grace, courage, and wisdom to step out of the past and into a more hope-filled future.
The spiritual vision of Trobisch's classic answers to love's questions is reproduced here in a new edition.
Experience the power of God’s promises every day of the year! Imagine starting each morning with a promise from God and a practical next step, then walking through your day with expectation and confidence in His faithfulness! The Plans I Have for You contains 365 promises from God, each paired with a real-life topic to help you explore God’s faithfulness through such themes as: acceptance, brokenness, comfort, decisions, doubt, healing, loss, love, purpose, stress, wisdom, and more. Each entry in this daily devotional includes:
No matter what challenges or adventures lay ahead, The Plans I Have for You will help you feel God’s presence in your daily life and rest in the assurance of his promise of hope for the future.
You've never seen the Gospel of Luke quite like this! You may have read the gospel of Luke. But you might have missed a few things. Maybe more than a few. Like:
In Dear Theophilus: A 40 Day Devotional Exploring the Life of Jesus through the Gospel of Luke, you'll discover new insights from passages you thought were familiar, find fresh truths as you come to a deeper understanding of Luke's gospel, and get a revitalized perspective on your faith and your life.
He passed the gruelling training to join the SAS, crossed the North Atlantic in an open inflatable boat, and held the highest ever open-air formal dinner party, in a balloon at 25,000 feet. But the hardest thing he has ever had to face, he says, is the death of his father. It was then, age 25, that he found what he describes in an interview with the Telegraph as 'a really lovely quiet faith that has been a powerful thing in our lives'. As he wrote in GQ magazine, 'Faith doesn't mean you have to be especially "religious". But, in a nutshell, my faith tells me that I am known, that I am secure and that I am loved - regardless of the storms I may find myself in from time to time, regardless of how often I fall and fail.' For the first time, in this open, brave and honest book, Bear reveals the inspiration that helps him to stand strong and find peace each day. These daily readings - exploring themes of friendships, failure, courage, risk, and much more - show us all how to face each day with purpose and power.
Habits form us more than we form them. The modern world is a machine of invisible habits, forming us into anxious, busy people. We yearn for the freedom of the gospel but remain shackled by our screens and exhausted by our routines. How can we truly break free, find rest, and form a life that aligns our habits with our foundational beliefs? According to Justin Earley, the answer is a rule of life. The Common Rule's four daily and four weekly habits transform frazzled days into lives of love for God and neighbor. In The Common Rule, you'll find
Take the first step toward a life of intentionality and discover how simple, meaningful habits can transform your everyday moments into a rhythm of peace and purpose.
Is there really any hope for a spiritual way of living that actually works? Admiration, comfort, love, power, success, pleasure, escape, control: we’re all addicted to something, whether we realize it or not. In this deeply heartfelt book, author John Ortberg offers a guide for transformation when we know something needs to change but we can’t do it on our own. Rooted in the teachings of Jesus and using the framework of AAs 12 steps as a guide, Ortberg offers all of us a freeing roadmap for:
In Steps, find what’s needed to experience a new freedom, a new fellowship and a new happiness no matter our circumstances.
Have you ever wondered if God is real, and if He actually answers prayer? This book provides triumphant affirmation on both counts. The author had an unexplained desire to write about God’s gracious kindness to her. She prayed about it, asking if it was God’s will that she write about these things. In church the following Sunday, the pastor raised his hand and pointed directly at her and said: ‘God has told me that He will bless your book.’ This signal was enough for Mary-Ann Coetzee. She set about writing her own story. It is a story of her tragedy, when at 24 she was diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, a disease of the body’s immune system often described as incurable. But it is also the triumphant story of God’s ability to answer prayer and to heal those who ask for miracles. Through this moving book, the message is conveyed that there are no circumstances or difficulties beyond the scope of God’s amazing grace. This book will be a blessing to all who turn its pages, and it will help people in distress to find their miracle.
Wanneer gebed iets is wat jy elke dag moet doen, ’n gesprek met die plafon of die vervelige herhaling van dieselfde woorde het die wonder van gebed vir jou verlore geraak. In hierdie heruitgawe van Ferdinand Deist se klassieke topverkoper boek oor gebed gesels hy met mense wat wil bid, maar nie kán nie. Hierdie is geen kitskursus in die kuns van gebed nie, maar 'n toeganklike sagte begeleiding vir elkeen om die geheim van gebed terug te vind.
Die Psalms is ongetwyfeld een van die mees geliefde boeke in die Bybel. Dit daag uit, aanbid en bevestig God se bemoeienis met die mens. Elias P Nel deel in 'n outentieke stem tekste uit die Psalms en ander Bybelboeke in die taal van sy kinderjare, Boesmanlandse Afrikaans. Hy bevestig God se herderskap in ons lewe. Hierdie herskryfde tekste is hartgebeure wat op papier gesit word. Tekste wat oorgeskryf is sluit die Psalms, Spreuke, Lukas, Johannes, Handelinge, Romeine en Openbaring in.
Do you feel as if you’re drowning? As if between waves of doubt, despair, and grief, you’re struggling to stay afloat? Perhaps it’s a crisis in your marriage, the loss of a loved one, or financial problems that threaten to sink you. Maybe you’re facing shame or a scary illness. You’re clinging to life in desperation and tempted to ask: where is God in this? You’re not alone. When Peter started to sink in deep waters, he called out to Jesus. Jesus’s strong hand held him fast. He was in control of the storm all along. With pastoral compassion, Michael Cassidy comforts people facing deep waters of many kinds. He has lived through over 85 years of life’s ups and downs, including battling Leukemia. He shares stories of colleagues and people he has counselled who testify to God walking them through unimaginable trials. Michael provides insight into specific types of suffering, including:
When everything is shaken, you can ground yourself in the biblical wisdom of Deep Waters of the Disciple. Not only will this volume help you with your own challenges, but it will equip you to understand and help others with theirs.
Founder of the Midnight Dad community, Mark Pitts knows firsthand the unique challenges fathers face as they try to keep pace with the daily demands of work and family life. In Called to Be Dad, he addresses the questions he most often gets from dads about family and fatherhood, like:
With biblical wisdom and comforting examples from Scripture, Mark shows how each question a dad has points to God's good design for fatherhood, offering powerful support and reassurance for the days where everything seems to be going wrong, and for the ones where dad feels like he's firing on all cylinders. Because God is there for dads on the good days and the bad, and He is busy equipping you in the role He called you to.
Give the moms in your life a beautiful gift of encouragement, reassurance, and peace amidst uncertainty. Jesus Calling for Moms features 50 relevant devotions from Sarah Young's New York Times bestseller Jesus Calling®, to celebrate mothers and their love, comfort, and strength, offering timely, biblical truth. With 50 selections, you'll find devotions that speak to:
Whether a gift for your own mom or for a mom who means so much to you, this is ideal for Mother's Day, birthdays, Valentine's Day, and more. Jesus Callingfor Moms will be a cherished favorite for years to come.
A commemorative edition of the work that inspired Martin Luther King Jr. and helped shape the civil rights movement. In this beautiful gift edition of the classic theological treatise, complete with a place-marker ribbon and silver gilded edges, celebrated theologian and religious leader Howard Thurman (1899–1981) revolutionizes the way we read the gospel. Thurman lifts Jesus up as a partner in the pain of the oppressed and reveals the gospel as a manual of resistance for the poor and disenfranchised. In this view, the example of Jesus’s life shows us that hatred does not empower—it decays. Only by recognizing fear, deception, contempt, and love of one another can God’s justice prevail. With a new foreword by acclaimed womanist theologian Kelly Brown Douglas, this edition of Jesus and the Disinherited is a timeless testimony of faith that demonstrates how to thrive and flourish in a world that attempts to destroy one’s humanity from the inside out. Having witnessed firsthand the depths of white supremacy and the heights of human civility, Thurman reiterates the inherent dignity of all of God’s children.
If there was a core lie sabotaging your life, wouldn’t you want to know what it is? And wouldn’t you want to find the way to be free? Most of us have been living inside a lie so long it feels like the truth. It has quietly shaped our identity, our relationships, and even how we see God. Until we see it, we’ll keep circling the same frustrations, the same shame, the same thoughts of I’ll never change. But freedom is possible. In The Lie You Don’t Know You Believe, Jennie Allen pulls back the curtain on the enemy’s oldest trick—and shows us how to dismantle it with the spiritual authority we already have in Christ. She guides us through how to:
This isn’t about behavior modification. This is about transferring your life out of the enemy’s kingdom of lies and into the kingdom of light—where joy, peace, and strength aren’t fleeting feelings but your everyday reality. Freedom starts here. Take hold of it.
Millions of people around the world have reported a near-death experience. Do they prove the existence of a loving God? Never in history, until now, have we been able to hear from so many people around the world who have been brought back from clinical death. Modern medical resuscitation and digital communication have revealed a goldmine of intriguing near-death experiences (NDEs) that show us the character of God. John Burke has spent the last three decades studying the commonalities of more than 1000 NDEs. His investigative journey started as a skeptical agnostic, when his own father was dying from cancer. When he first read these eyewitness accounts, he couldn’t help asking himself: “Could this be real evidence--even possible proof of God’s existence?” In this book, you will discover:
John Burke unveils the love story and characteristics of this God of all nations, revealed throughout history and in Scripture, now illustrated by these thrilling encounters. You will realize God’s love, power, compassion, friendship, and guidance are closer than you could ever imagine. And for such a time as this, people need to know a loving God is within their reach.
Truth is under attack. The gospel is under attack. We must be aware and equipped if we are going to respond. Voddie Baucham has a message for Christians in today’s culture—it’s time to take a stand for the truth. In The Ever-Loving Truth, this powerful preacher and teacher addresses the cost of being a twenty-first-century Christian and helps readers apply the unchanging truth of God’s Word to contemporary life issues. The book draws parallels between committed Christians in our society and the New Testament writers, Peter and John, as followers of Christ who proclaimed and stood for truth in their non-Christian environment. You will find this compelling study leads you to evaluate what it means to be a Christian today and how to apply God’s unchanging truth to a variety of circumstances. |
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