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Baggage has gotten a bad rap. We think it's all bad. We think it
makes us less likely to have good, healthy relationships today. But
baggage isn't just the bad stuff that happened to us in the past.
It's the lessons we've taken from the pain we carry. It's how what
we've been through has actually made us stronger and more capable
than we imagine. And it's how we're going to make our current
relationships work. Far from minimizing past pain, pastor Ike
Miller shows you how to go through the baggage you carry from a
difficult childhood and pull out the good stuff. The intentionality
you've developed. The empathy you've gained. The trust you value so
highly. Miller shares from his own past in a dysfunctional family
impacted by alcoholism and divorce, and his present as part of a
healthy and loving family, to illustrate how to stop letting your
past sabotage your present. You'll find no platitudes or pat
answers here. Rather, you'll discover untapped riches of experience
and knowledge you already have that can make your relationships
thrive and change the course of your life and legacy.
Abandon dead, dry rule-keeping and embrace the promise of being
truly known and deeply loved. Jefferson Bethke burst into the
cultural conversation in 2012 with a passionate, provocative poem
titled ?Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus.? The 4-minute video
literally became an overnight sensation, with 7 million YouTube
views in its first 48 hours (and 23+ million in a year). In Jesus
> Religion, Bethke unpacks contrasts similar to those he drew in
the poem ? highlighting the difference between teeth gritting and
grace, law and love, performance and peace, despair and hope.
Jeff's book will make you stop and listen to a voice in your heart
that may have been drowned out by the noise of religion. Listen to
that voice, then follow it ? right to the feet of Jesus.? ? Bob
Goff, author of bestselling book Love Does You will find yourself
challenged to look past prejudice, habits, and traditions and
rediscover the person you fell in love with in the first place:
Jesus.? ? Judah Smith, lead pastor of the City Church and author of
bestselling book Jesus Is _____ Be prepared for a trip unlike what
you?d expect. Buckle up It will open the eyes of readers of all
ages and strengthen the faith of those chasing after the greatest
leader this world has ever known.? ? Governor Mike Huckabee,
syndicated TV and radio host, and bestselling author Thinkers and
seekers and questioners ? start here. Wrestle it out. You can't
walk away from these provocative pages unmoved.? ? Ann Voskamp,
author of bestselling book One Thousand Gifts
Praying the Scriptures for Your Marriage equips you with powerful
and life-changing prayers that will strengthen your marriage and
help you discover the peace, provision, and joy that comes from
trusting God with your most important relationship. God has good
things planned for your marriage. He wants to fill you with joy in
his presence. And he invites you to partner with him, through your
prayers, to experience his richest blessings. Whether you're newly
engaged or celebrating a golden anniversary, navigating an exciting
new season or just barely hanging on, brand new to prayer or have
been talking to God your whole life, Praying the Scriptures for
Your Marriage helps you find ways to pray for every part of your
most important relationship. From praying through a health crisis,
parenting issues, job loss, a move, or simply daily love and
communication, bestselling author Jodie Berndt covers some of the
most common marriage struggles in this helpful, powerful, and
thoughtful guide. Jodie vulnerably shares stories from her own
marriage of almost forty years, as well as wisdom gleaned from
teaching marriage courses and mentoring other couples, to guide you
to: Pray specifically and powerfully for the top struggles married
couples face Approach crisis situations with God's promises and
perspective Discover simple and natural ways to support and pray
with your spouse Develop a more loving, joyful, and deeply
connected marriage through scriptural prayers personalized for your
own relationship  Praying the Scriptures for Your
Marriage is the latest addition to the
bestselling Praying the Scriptures series. With short,
easy-to-read chapters, this book invites you to read,
reflect, and respond as you pray the Scriptures
over every part of your marriage--whether you choose to do it
individually or together with your spouse. Discover the provision
and peace of God as you pray his Word over your marriage.
There's a shadow that's settled over the hearts of men today.
Masculinity is in crisis. Critiques about the dangers of toxic
masculinity and the abuses of patriarchal systems have grown louder
than ever. The very notions of masculinity and manhood are under
attack. In response to cultural shifts, some have doubled down on old
stereotypes in ways that just add to the conflict and confusion.
The result? Many men simply feel paralyzed--worried about saying the
wrong thing, unsure what to do with their ambitions or strengths,
simultaneously tempted and shamed by a hypersexualized and pornified
culture. Our models and mentors have failed us. Based on their years of
working in men's ministry, Bethke and Tyson have good news for men
looking for clarity and courage in this age of quiet desperation.
In Fighting Shadows: Overcoming 7 Lies That Keep Men From Becoming
Fully Alive, they help men:
• Overcome the temptations of escapism, passivity, or overcompensation
• Combat the most harmful shadows that men battle today, including
loneliness, apathy, distraction, lust, and shame
• Embrace masculinity as a God-given gift, not a curse to be avoided,
suppressed, or battled
An entire generation of men is being told they should abdicate the
responsibility and joy of living into God's calling on their
lives—don't be one of them. If you're a man who's wondering what to do
with your strength, your longings, and your gifts, it's time to step
out of the shadows. Jesus has a vision for you.
This is your wake-up call to resist the Hustle culture and embrace the
slowness of Jesus.
Our culture makes constant demands of us: Do more. Accomplish more. Buy
more. Post more. Be more.
In following these demands, we have indeed become more: More anxious.
More tired. More hurt. More depressed. More frantic.
What we are doing isn't working!
In a society where hustle is the expectation, busyness is the norm and
information is king, we have forgotten the fundamentals that make us
human, anchor our lives, and provide meaning.
Jefferson Bethke, New York Times bestselling author and popular
YouTuber, has lived the hustle and knows we need to stop doing and
start becoming.
After reading this book, you will discover:
- How to proactively set boundaries in your life
- How to get comfortable with obscurity
- The best way to push back against the demands of contemporary life
- The importance of embracing silence and solitude
- How to handle the stressors that life throws at us
To Hell With the Hustle is for anyone who is
- Feeling overwhelmed with the demands of work, family and community
- Wanting to connect and spend time with their family.
- Tired of being anxious, lonely, and burned out
Join Bethke as he discovers that the very things the world teaches us
to avoid at all costs--silence, obscurity, solitude, and
vulnerability--are the very things that can give us the meaning, and
the richness we are truly looking for.
New York Times best-selling author of Jesus > Religion
challenges the accepted thinking of contemporary Christianity with
the world-changing message Jesus actually brought. Jesus was most
upset at people for seeing but not seeing. For missing it. For
succumbing to the danger and idolatry of forcing God into
preconceived ideals. What if there were a better way? What if Jesus
came not to help people escape the world but rather to restore it?
Best-selling author and spoken word artist Jefferson Bethke says
that "Christians have the greatest story ever told but we aren't
telling it." So in this new book, Bethke tells that story anew,
presenting God's truths from the Old and the New Testaments as the
challenging and compelling story that it is-a grand narrative with
God at the center. And in doing so, Bethke reminds readers of the
life-changing message of Jesus that turned the world upside-down, a
world that God is putting back together.
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAbandon dead, dry, rule-keeping and
embrace the promise of being truly known and deeply loved.
Jefferson Bethke burst into the cultural conversation in 2012 with
a passionate, provocative poem titled "Why I Hate Religion, But
Love Jesus." The 4-minute video literally became an overnight
sensation, with 7 million YouTube views in its first 48 hours (and
23+ million in a year). The message blew up on social-media,
triggering an avalanche of responses running the gamut from
encouraged to enraged.In Jesus > Religion, Bethke unpacks
similar contrasts that he drew in the poem-highlighting the
difference between teeth gritting and grace, law and love,
performance and peace, despair and hope. With refreshing candor he
delves into the motivation behind his message, beginning with the
unvarnished tale of his own plunge from the pinnacle of a
works-based, fake-smile existence that sapped his strength and led
him down a path of destructive behavior.Bethke is quick to
acknowledge that he's not a pastor or theologian, but simply a
regular, twenty-something who cried out for a life greater than the
one for which he had settled. Along his journey, Bethke discovered
the real Jesus, who beckoned him beyond the props of false
religion.
Create a Flourishing Family That Makes an Impact for the Kingdom 52
big ideas that can become family conversation starters 9 "Dig
Deeper" sections to explore How to craft a Family Summit-a multiday
event to infuse vision and life in your family "We are steeped in
cultural forces that are disrupting the healthy, flourishing
families for which we were made. But families who are choosing to
opt in to something so much better are tasting-and sharing!-the
goodness of God." -Jefferson Bethke This handbook is meant to help
you process and apply the ideas found in Take Back Your Family.
What do Katniss Everdeen, Spider-Man, and Huckleberry Finn have
in common? They're heroes--and you can be just like them.
As children, we dream of throwing on a cape and changing the
world. Then we grow up, we learn to see the flaws in our movie
stars and athletes, and we accept that true heroism is not possible
in the real world. You continue to dream, though. Isn't that why
you still love watching heroes on the big screen? It's more than
just wish fulfillment. You resonate with Superman's justice and
Dorothy's courage because you have those same qualities within
yourself.
In these pages, Kristen Parrish looks at the qualities of
fifty-two heroes, and then shows how you can acquire every one of
those qualities. No gamma rays or radioactive spider bites are
needed. You can unleash your inner hero through prayer and
practical action.
Men and women, boys and girls alike, will find role models
within these pages. While others watch and dream on the sidelines,
you can step out in faith, learning from heroic examples and
praying for God's help to make you who you were meant to be.
The Holy Spirit enables us to do great things. Find out how. No
cape required.
In Love That Lasts, New York Times bestselling author of Jesus >
Religion Jefferson Bethke and his wife, Alyssa, expose the
distorted views of love that permeate our culture and damage our
hearts, minds, and souls. Drawing from Jeff's "prodigal son"
personal history and from Alyssa's "True Love Waits" experience,
the Bethkes point to a third and better way. Blending personal
storytelling with biblical teaching, they offer readers an
inspiring, realistic vision of love, dating, marriage, and sex.
Young people today enter adulthood with expectations of blissful
dating followed by a romantic, fulfilling marriage only to discover
they've been duped. They learned about love and sexuality from
social media, their friends, Disney fairy tales, pornography, or
even their own rocky past, and they have no idea what healthy,
lifelong love is supposed to be like. The results are often
disastrous, with this generation becoming one of the most
relationally sick, sexually addicted, and divorce ridden in
history. Looking to God's design while drawing lessons from their
own successes and failures, the Bethkes explode the fictions and
falsehoods of our current moment. One by one, they peel back the
lies, such as the belief that every person has only one soul mate,
that marriage will complete you, or that pornography and hook-ups
are harmless.
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