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In a world dominated by technology and efficiency, we speak of ourselves as computers: we process things, we recharge. But theologian and podcaster Joy Marie Clarkson suggests that people are more tree than computer. Pushing back against the impersonal way of viewing ourselves and the world, this book examines how metaphorical descriptions of our life and experiences shape the way we think, pray, and live. Weaving together personal stories, Scripture,...
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Is your life ruled by checklists or obligations? Do you define a godly life by service to others, accomplishments, or even a constant pursuit to please God? Bad news: these well-intentioned efforts make you weaker, not stronger, actually fueling your battles with anger, addiction, anxiety, depression, insecurity, or shame.
But here's the good news: God designed the abundant, victorious life to happen far more effortlessly than you imagined! In these...
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In a world experiencing turbulent change, we need people who are resilient, kind, open, generous, and brave. How do we become those people?
In Fully Alive, scholar and popular podcaster Elizabeth Oldfield uses the seven deadly sins as a framework to explore questions such as:
· How can I move from sloth to attention in order to make the most of my short life and stop getting distracted by trivialities?
· Is it possible to move from wrath...
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We live in an unprecedented era of distraction and temptation. You can't pick up your phone, turn on your television, or walk out your door without being bombarded with images and messages of worldly pleasures and pursuits.
In this never-before-published compilation of teachings, A.W. Tozer offers piercing insight and practical application to help you make God-honoring, life-giving decisions in a culture that prizes what is evil. You will learn how...
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Torn. Isn't this how many moms feel? Torn between serving God and serving family. We love Jesus and our role as a wife and mom, but fulfilling our God-given dreams doesn't seem humanly possible. Amid the chaos of meal prep, diaper changes, and grocery runs, there isn't much time or energy to spare. But what if the limits on our lives are all in our heads?
With humor, vulnerability, and stories of her own limited life as mom of five-two of whom struggle...
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The first Christians were weird. Just how weird is often lost on today's believers.
Within Roman society, the earliest Christians stood out for the oddness of their beliefs and practices. They believed unusual things, worshiped God in strange ways, and lived a unique lifestyle. They practiced a whole new way of thinking about and doing religion that would have been seen as bizarre and dangerous when compared to Roman religion and most other religions...
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Living in a broken world gives us plenty of reasons to armor up, shut down, and numb out. But God wants more for us than just getting by. When we harden ourselves to the world, we not only close ourselves off from the good things God intends for us but close off avenues God wants to work through in others' lives as well.
With deep empathy and encouragement, writer Charaia Rush invites us to experience the countercultural path of staying open and...
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Usher Your Children into Their Highest Calling
Has your daughter come to you about a dream she's had or a feeling of a future happening? Does your son see angels or blurt out messages that could only come from God?
Having raised four spiritually gifted sons activated into prophetic ministry, prophetic mentor and teacher Debra Giles helps you identify and develop your children's unique spiritual giftings. Packed with biblically based teaching,...
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At 18 years old, Wai Jia Tam met girls who, despite horrific abuse and abandonment, lived with incredible joy and audacious hope to pursue their dreams. Inspired by their lives, she, too, dared to dream brave-and raised $100,000 to build them a home.
Now a globally recognized humanitarian, physician, and nonprofit founder, Dr. Tam addresses the self-doubt, fear, and uncertainty we all have, unlocking the hope and faith you need to trust God to fulfill...
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In The Wisdom of Your Body, clinical psychologist and award-winning researcher Hillary McBride explored the ways many of us inherit a broken understanding of the body and offered a more compassionate, healthy, and holistic perspective on embodied life. In this follow-up book, McBride takes the principles of The Wisdom of Your Body and puts them into action in practical, tangible ways.
Practices for Embodied Living offers an experiential guide-centered...
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Change in our lives is inevitable whether it is a change we desire, like a new job or a new city, or one thrust upon us, like the loss of a loved one or a challenge to our health. Either way, we get to choose who we become as a result of these changes in our lives. Change is a powerful teacher, shaping and molding us more into the likeness of Christ as we let it do its work.
Combining biblical wisdom with inspiring personal stories, Braving Change...
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"Walk in the woods with me."
That's the invitation award-winning author Lore Ferguson Wilbert extends to readers in The Understory.
On this journey, Wilbert shares her story of alienation and disorientation after years of religious and political unrest in the evangelical church. In doing so, she looks to an unlikely place--the forest--to learn how to live and even thrive when everything seems to be falling apart. What can we learn from eroding...
13) Trust the Whisper: How Answering Quiet Callings Inspires Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary Grace
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Ever feel like it's easier to believe we'll meet God in the afterlife than it is to feel God at work in this life, with its chores and schedules and messes and unrealized dreams? The truth is, God is at work every day of our lives, but because this work is quieter than we expect, we so often dismiss it as coincidence or chance. What if we could clearly understand those divine whispers? What if listening to them is the beginning of living out our truest...
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A Straightforward Overview of the Entire New Testament
Studying the Bible can be overwhelming, and many resources overcomplicate the process. Author and Bible teacher Zach Windahl offers a simple, streamlined approach that takes you through every book of the New Testament in 60 days. With handy overviews and daily entries that contain a breakdown of passages to read, thoughtful teaching points, and personal application questions--all organized...
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You make over 30,000 decisions a day. Some decisions are just natural reactions, like swatting away a fly. You make decisions about what to wear, eat, do, say, think-and the list goes on. But what if you could make intentional decisions to bring you closer to the wisdom of God?
Join Bible teacher Nicki Koziarz for a 40-day devotional journey into God's Word. Each day you will discover encouragement and a new decision to help you
seek God's wisdom...
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If you're a woman, chances are you know the cycle: You start the day already exhausted and end it defeated, all the while telling yourself things will get better if you can just power through this week. But then the weeks turn into months, and you start to believe you'll never be able to stop, slow down, or catch your breath. You wouldn't even know how if you tried. And yet God has made you for a life of abundance, not a life of exhaustion. It's time...
17) Not All Roads Lead to Heaven Devotional: 100 Daily Readings about Our Only Hope for Eternal Life
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Jesus said no one comes to the Father except through him. But in our inclusive world, such an exclusive claim isn't popular. Believers today face persistent pressure to abandon this belief, which the world sees as antiquated at best and hateful at worst. What we need is godly encouragement to stay the course and courage to share the gospel compassionately with those around us.
Based on his popular book Not All Roads Lead to Heaven, this new devotional...
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On the forefront of every move of God have been women--empowered to advance the kingdom. These women found their muchness--their ability to be brave, dream big, take risks, and rise to their calling. And it's time for a new generation to find their muchness, too.
With fresh prophetic insight and practical wisdom, Kim Maas calls you away from the competing voices in culture by reminding you of the brave women in Scripture. Battling struggles, loss,...
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Most Christian parents want to pass their faith on to their children. But what, exactly, do we pass on? And how, in the busy activity of life, can we do this? Having worked through these questions while raising their kids, bestselling author and podcaster Ruth Schwenk and her husband, fellow podcaster and pastor, Patrick, offer you a helpful and hopeful family resource.
Designed for families with children 6 to 12 years old, every entry in this 90-day...
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What is gratitude? Where does it come from? Why do we need it? How does it change us?
In Gratitude, award-winning author Cornelius Plantinga explores these questions and more. Celebrating the role of gratitude in our lives, Plantinga makes the case that it is the very key to understanding our relationships with one another, the world around us, and God.
Going deeper than mindfulness and positive psychology, Plantinga explores gratitude in a theologically...
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