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"Corporate Christianity" is about the spiritual moral decline of American culture and its direct relationship to the lack of focused moral ought Christian Spiritual Leadership in America's Churches. Likewise, Corporate Business Leadership has a tendency to forget that charity begins at home and them spreads abroad. The end results being, Christian Communities go wanting spiritually as well as financially, while Pastoral and Business Leaders reside...
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Mom, I have a question: Does God think boys are more important than girls, because all we ever learn about in church are boys?
This question, from Lauren L. Nelson's 7-year-old daughter, led her to write SHEROES of the Bible. Many have heard of the remarkable men in scripture but lesser known are the dynamic women who trusted God and did astonishingly courageous things when they chose faith over fear. SHEROES of the Bible awakens girls to the reality...
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Heaven Made You communicates personally to the young child and speaks to their deepest need to know their origin and value. It helps them understand that every single person is wonderfully made. With beautiful words, planted like seeds in the garden of young hearts, little ones are told of their priceless value. Kimberly Hazlett believes that understanding their origin and value is an essential foundation for the developing, healthy child. Her beautifully...
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God used common people and tools throughout history to change the world.
The Hammer of Hope reiterates that everyone and everything is significant in God's redemption plan. The hammer was used in the Bible to show the power of Jesus's salvation, in stories from the flood to the Gospel. Educator Katie Jo Hook beautifully displays how even the seemingly smallest parts of God's redemption story are powerful and shows young readers how God wants to use...
5) Pouring In: Tipping the Scales in Favor of a Personal, Passionate, and Permanent Faith in Your Kids
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The world had changed. Families had changed. Values had changed. The meaning of religion had changed. After author Kim Kurtz graduated from high school twenty-five years ago, the world was not what she expected. The moral landscape of college and life thereafter was hostile and foreign. She struggled when the faith of her childhood didn't translate smoothly into adulthood. She was disillusioned when the formulas of faith and church that she had always...
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What does it take to live in heroic faith? Dependence on God's power to lift us, preserve us, go before us, defend us, guard us, teach us. In short, bowing before Him in all aspects of our lives is how we live in heroic faith. The American Dream was never God's goal for us. Knowing Him and His glory and becoming like Him is at the forefront of the plans God has for us. This is our great discovery when we give up our hopes and dreams for Him to fashion...
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Your life matters, not because of what you have done or what you possess. Even when things go wrong or you make mistakes, your life still matters. It matters, because God says it does. There is a tendency for a man to measure his worth with the wrong measurement system, to compare his life with others or not like his place on the team. But when a man knows who he is in the eyes of God, he experiences his significance. Every event and relationship...
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There are many others who are called into many dimensions of Christian service: missionaries, evangelists, Bible teachers, Sunday school teachers, and others; but no one touches two young hands, with God, to join them in a lifetime relationship in the way that a pastor does: No one touches the head of a tiny babe at the moment of christening to ask God to bless and sustain until that later day of accountability: No one touches the feverish hand or...
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Go Fish addresses one of the greatest challenges in the American evangelical church today-APATHY!
Research reveals a very small percentage of the church is actively engaged in the mission of God. This research also points out, many in the church are comfortable with their disobedience to the Great Commission. Go Fish is an actual Doctor of Ministry research project and it offers an answer for the church today. This resource is academic, Biblical,...
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No one suspects foul play when an old recluse dies behind locked doors. The doctor claims the old woman's heart gave out, and Deputy Sheriff Trent Tyson doesn't give the case another thought until the medical examiner finds poison. This death is just one in a series of unusual deaths happening in Tyson's quiet town, which takes the deputy sheriff on the hunt for answers while the rest of the town is cause up in local hysteria, starstruck by visiting...
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People are key in every organization, Christian and commercial-yet so many organizations struggle with substantial turnover, inexperience, disunity and crippling brittleness among their people. For Christian leaders and their communities, these symptoms imply that their mission is being eroded, which could be devastating for an individual disciple's pursuit of Christ. Career CEO Dennis Allen takes a look at how very old business practices are impacting...
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When followers of Jesus view their vocations through the grid of the Great Co-Mission, the result is the transformation of people and societies.
The average worker will spend some 90,000 hours "on the clock" throughout their lifetimes, and among working adults, 75% are looking for a way to live a more meaningful life. Without connecting with one's calling and the Great Co-Mission, their vocation and disciple making, how can they ever disciple people...
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The Christian Leadership Dilemma addresses how Christians can live in newness of life above victimization, judgment, and confusion in a world that seems to be barreling forward on a collision course with the very truth, indeed, the only truth that will make people truly free.
Both freedom and bondage are in the heart, and both are below the surface of the noise of life. The Christian Leadership Dilemma addresses the systemic root causes of this dilemma...
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You Are You-nique is a sweet, rhyming story that celebrates the uniqueness and love given to each child. Did you know that our powerful God, who created the whole world, also created YOU? He spent so much time and attention making you exactly who you are meant to be-someone who is special, gifted, and loved. You Are You-nique is a celebration of the uniqueness of each child as designed by God. It is a wonderful reminder for any child of how much both...
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A Life Worth Living shares gripping stories from a man who loves Jesus, inviting others into the greatest life possible. Chuck Reinhold, a minister and long-time Young Life staff member, offers a grand view of his life and the principles he's learned through his fifty plus years of ministry. Chucks influence on the Kingdom in the lives of adults and leaders cannot be overstated. He started ministries that have helped countless men and women meet Christ...
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Lead Deeper is a resource that greatly increases the effectiveness of youth leaders in order to help young women they work with to move beyond their hindrances and into freedom.
Lead Deeper helps youth leaders identify issues and assist them in getting to the heart of the lies and struggles of the young women they lead. Having been a youth leader herself, Rondi Pogue knows how busy life can be, so she has made Lead Deeper a fast read and included...
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Healthy Christian living doesn't happen without genuine community, growing humility, and Gospel clarity.
The Narrow Trail provides a "Three Tips" paradigm for experiencing God's grace through three important practices. Like those who are amateur hikers and climbers are guided by those three hiking tips, Christians are counseled by God's Word to do the same:
• Don't go alone
• Know your limitations
• Never leave the path
The Narrow Trail aims...
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Unpuzzling Your Life is designed for Christians who are familiar with the Bible but struggling in their walk with Christ.
Unpuzzling Your Life is a unique seven-week Bible study that compares the life of a believer to putting a puzzle together. Each week covers a pertinent subject for today's Christian and includes an introduction and five lessons designed to inform, challenge, encourage, and promote spiritual maturity. Bible verses, personal experiences...
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Harold was a firefighter who passed away in an emergency room. Now he's learning the ropes at his new job as a heavenly ambassador to people on earth. Some of those who Harold is helping include Arnold Glassman, an executive who is diagnosed with terminal cancer, and Bret Davidson, a man whose luck seems to lead from one bad experience after another. It would take a Christmas miracle to lift either of their spirits ...
With a little help from Saint...
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The Color of God is an endearing adventure novel brimming with delightful characters in which a guarded woman, jarred by a chance encounter with a child in peril, dares to choose courage.The lives of Stratford's residents collide when a boy races through town on his bike and crashes through the window of Lillian Rose Blooms, the local flower shop. The injured boy's disappearance stuns the shopkeepers who leap into action, while Lillian is secretly...
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