Spiritual/Religion

"This is the third volume of the Standard Sermons of John Wesley, transcribed into today's English. These volumes accurately transcribe their eighteenth-century language into a form suitable for today's reader. This volume will contain the last twenty sermons, in which Wesley deals with questions and concerns facing the Methodist movement in its early days: the balance of faith and works; the charge that the Methodists were enthusiasts; tolerance (catholic spirit) among believers; Christian perf... more info>>

Have you ever tried to read the original sermons? This volume contains the sermons Wesley preached on the Sermon on the Mount in language for today's readers.

Adapted from Albert Outler's 4 volume work The Works of John Wesley, this anthology of 50 of Wesley's finest sermons are presented in an affordable, convenient eBook. Arranged chronologically with introductory commentary by Richard Heitzenrater.

The twenty-two lessons in this Bible study guide on the Gospel of John present the life, the passion, the ministry, and the great love of Jesus Christ.

This book is a companion to Webber's Journey to Jesus seminars, held in over 100 American cities from 2000-2003. The "seeker" model of worship presupposes a split between what goes on during the worship service and how the church evangelizes its members into full discipleship in Jesus Christ. The basic idea is to draw the unchurched in through lively, uplifting services, and then move them into small group ministries that will lead them to a deeper understanding of the Christian life. While this... more info>>

The writer has attempted in this volume to take up a few of the most characteristic points in Jewish doctrine and practice, and to explain some of the various phases through which they have passed, since the first centuries of the Christian era.

The fourteen lessons in this Bible study guide give a glimpse of the cycle of sin, captivity, repentance, and deliverance that occurred between the nation of Israel and God.

Captured from her home and forced to marry Prince Louis, a barbaric warlord, Bella enters a world of medieval knights, unexpected romance, intrigue and danger. She learns that her new husband has stolen the burial shroud of Jesus, (the Shroud of Truth) from the Christians, who value it with their lives. Now concealed within the royal fortress of Valtearea, strange occurrences begin to tke place in the castle; miracles of healings after the hearts and religious beliefs of the ruling family of Val... more info>>

From the heart of a teacher and grandparent comes this vividly illustrated book that families can read together to experience the wonder of the Incarnation and come to know the "Founder of Holiday." Young Dylan's adventures also provide a charming way for children to discover how God brings a person to faith.

An upgrade to the ground-breaking book that has shown thousands of congregations how to overcome the destructive attitudes and systems that prevent them from focusing on their true mission: making disciples of Jesus Christ. In this upgraded edition, Bandy continues to explore the meaning of "walking with Jesus" in the 21st century. Drawing on the stories of exciting new congregations that have arisen within the last few years, he sharpens his portrayal of the thriving church syste... more info>>

The horrors of the Tribulation are over, and Jesus Christ has set up his perfect kingdom on earth. Believers all around the world enjoy a newly perfected relationship with their Lord, and the earth itself is transformed. Yet evil still lurks in the hearts of the unbelieving. As the Millennium draws to a close, the final generation of the unrepentant prepares to mount a new offensive against the Lord Himself--sparking the final and ultimate conflict from which only one side will emerge the eterna... more info>>

With his three-pronged approach to leadership development, a veteran pastor presents a biblical model of multiplication that continuously raises up leaders and strategically deploys them in ever-increasing waves into the church and the culture. An important addition to any church's training strategy.

The purpose of this book is simple--to reclaim a vision for church leadership from the great spiritual awakening known as the Wesleyan movement. Yet the way one goes about this work, contends Lovett H. Weems, Jr., is anything but simple. It involves walking a tightrope between continuity and change. The task is neither to repeat the past, nor to ignore it. Rather the need is to locate the genius behind the achievements of the past from which we can learn for our day. It is to choose selectively ... more info>>

Good pastoral leadership is not a "by the numbers" proposition. It is a matter of heart and soul, of devoting the whole self to the vision God gives for the congregation in which one serves. Yet neither is it purely intuitive; it requires hard, careful thinking about the directions and details of the path down which God calls. When Adam Hamilton became pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, its membership consisted of himself and his family. Ten years later the church average... more info>>

Meet Salena Brown, an African-American soldier in WW II ... Salena's father was a WW I veteran. Both her parents are deceased, by the time she ships overseas, but the faith they taught her is strong. Sometimes God calls us to BE and Do beyond ourselves. Salena treasures her mother's letters and keeps them in a little brass casket, always near at hand. When she is especially sad, or especially angry, Selena still writes to her mother.

"I confess that I am an unreconstructed optimist. Not a naive one; I've lived too long for that, long enough to have experienced a resounding case for pessimism. I have vivid memories of the Great Depression, and I've lived through several wars and those international anomalies that we call police actions. I've watched what has seemed to me to be a rather steady decline in both public and private morals, and a growing confusion about ethics. And of course, I've watched the increasing prevalence ... more info>>

This little book invites us to study with some ancient experts in prayer, the persons who wrote the Book of Psalms. We haven't read long in the psalms before we realize that the authors were altogether human, with a massive catalog of troubles, inconsistencies, and questions. Their lives were marked by breathtaking highs and lows, with sometimes only a few paragraphs between. But with all of that, they were saints. They left us with the greatest collection of prayers in the possession of our hum... more info>>

Many believers don't realize that the Bible contains principles that equip them to have a Christian world-and-life view. This book explores the world-and-life view by considering the main spheres of influence that Christians should be working to strengthen: the world, humanity, the nation, the school, the church, and the family.

Two eminent theologians,William H. Willimon and Stanley Hauerwas, dissect the Lord's Prayer phrase by phrase, from "Our Father" to "Amen," providing a fuller understanding of the Prayer's relationship with Christain life.

Prayer occurs when God's people, individually or collectively, enter into God's presence. Simple as that sounds, it is rarely simple for authentic prayer to occur in the context of Christian worship. Surrounded by distracting sights and sounds from without, and distracting thoughts and emotions from within, we enter too infrequently into the genuine spirit of prayer in corporate worship. The worship leader, therefore, has a set task. It is to usher us as close as possible to the vortex of genuin... more info>>

On February 4, 2008, Forrest Church sent a letter to the members of his congregation, informing them that he had terminal cancer but promising to sum up his thoughts on the topics that had been so pervasive in his work-love and death. The goal of life, Church tells us, "is to live in such a way that our lives will prove worth dying for." This moving book is imbued with ideas and exemplars for achieving that goal.

This valuable book--written for married or engaged couples or those in anticipation of marriage--is a biblical exposition of how to make the truth and principles of a godly marriage not just come alive, but last. Together, husband and wife discuss what the Bible has to say about marital roles, the why and how of communication, conflict resolution, romance, intimacy, and more.

Everyone longs for healthy relationships, inner contentment, and peace. The journey toward emotional wholeness is hard work. But it's the most significant thing anyone can do for his or her relationships.

Readers are challenged to think biblically and critically through several specific ethical issues, such as war, poverty, ecology, capital punishment, stem cell research, human cloning, and more.

This is the story of eight messages, composed on scraps of office trash by a quirky character named G. "Why are you here?" G asks. His chosen victim is an unsuspecting young engineer on his first day at work. Why am I here? Not to find a spiritual guru--that's for sure! But despite his reservations, the young man finds himself drawn to the hyperactive Guru G, whose every thought revolves around just two words: realigion. Over a summer of lunchtime conversations, they become good friends, sometim... more info>>