In this 365-day devotional, trusted pastor Dr. Charles F. Stanley offers us assurance, comfort, and boldness in our relationship with Christ. How can we rest in the truth that God has a purpose for us--a purpose He promises to fulfill? How can we know we are following God's good and perfect will? In God's Purpose for Your Life, Dr. Charles F. Stanley shows us that God's plans for each of us are even more wonderful than we can imagine. Throughout this yearlong devotional, you will feel empowered to make godly goals and joyfully obey God's Word in all circumstances. Each day offers a Scripture reading, a thoughtful application from Dr. Stanley, and a brief prayer. Whether in a season of fruitfulness or a season of drought, you will love Dr. Stanley's wise, inspiring teaching as you discover day by day what it means to live a life of purpose.

The Training of the Twelve tells us in detail how Jesus chose and trained the twelve apostles, imbuing each with the knowledge and instruction that would become the founding wisdom of Christianity. We find in this book a detailed and intensive Biblical biography, with chapters dedicated to each of the twelve. The methods which Jesus Christ uses in selecting his disciples is examined, as we witness the various episodes in his existence. Bruce's narrative is chronological, and it is useful for the reader to have a Bible to hand to better understand and comprehend the lessons present in the text. A. B. Bruce also includes soundly reasoned passages on the identity of three unnamed apostles. Alexander Balmain Bruce worked for decades in the Free Church of Scotland, preaching and studying Bible lore. His commentaries were popular during his lifetime, with translations made to other languages - notably, he was among the few Scottish Biblical theologians to gain the approval and respect of German scholars.

In his new book, the author likens True Self to a diamond, buried deep within us, formed under the intense pressure of our lives and needing to be searched for, uncovered, and separated from all the debris of ego that surrounds it. In a sense True Self must, like Jesus, be resurrected, and that process involves not resuscitation but transformation.