God doesn't demand hectic church programs and frenetic schedules: he only wants his people to know him more intimately, says D A Carson. The apostle Paul found that spiritual closeness in his own fellowship with the Father. A Call to Spiritual Reformation investigates the Epistles to see what lessons Paul taught in his 'school of prayer.'
A Few Good Men presents the reader with 10 positive role models from the Bible. From Obedient Noah to Loyal Onesiphorous, these character sketches combine dramatic story-telling with challenging and insightful comment.
If someone came back from the grave, they would be able to answer some big questions:
- What happens when we die?
- Is there anybody out there?
- Which religion, if any, is true?
'The Christian life is victorious, full of joy and triumph.' Well usually. Sometimes. Ever? The Bible is clear that the Christian's hope and faith are forged in the fiery battles of life. Suffering and temptation shape and strengthen us. But in the twenty-first century, many of the crucial difficulties that Christians have always struggled with are treated lightly by some...
'I was a happy teenager, content with my home, my academic success, my sporting achievements and my friendships. And I stumbled across the greatest friend of all, Jesus Christ. He is the treasure I have come to value above all else.'
The Crucifixion of Jesus:
A dreadful mistake? A tragic failure? Irrelevant? Absurd? An Embarrassment?
The cross of Christ is, in fact, at the centre of God's plan for men and women. This book explains why.
The pursuit of pleasure is not optional. It is essential. Scripture reveals that the great business of life is to glorify God by enjoying Him for ever. In this paradigm-shattering work, John Piper reveals that the debate between duty and delight doesn't truly exist: delight is our duty. Join him as he stuns you again and again with life-impacting truths you saw in the Bible, but never dared to believe.
John Piper writes: "I will tell you what a tragedy is. I will show you how to waste your life. Consider this story from the February 1998 Reader's Digest: 'A couple took early retirement from their jobs in the northeast five years ago when he was 59 and she was 51. Now they live in Punta Gorda, Florida, where they cruise on their 30-foot yacht, play softball and collect shells...' Picture them before Christ on the great day of judgement: ' Look, Lord. See my shells.' That is a tragedy.
Reaching non-Christians on the margins of the church with the gospel is an increasingly daunting task. Everyday Church looks at ways of drawing new people in without expecting them to adopt a whole new culture first.
A classic by Charles Spurgeon one of the most gifted pastors the modern world has ever received. The book is all about finding God, what better topic?
FRESH provides bite-sized daily inspirations and challenges for new students covering everything from writing essays to writing home, from making friends to making the grade, from debt to dating.
The feministic tide of opinion, which is changing the landscape of society in deep and drastic ways, was a movement born out of genuine frustrations and legitimate grievances on the part of women. It cannot be denied that many women are treated unfairly, or that there are acute problems which should command sympathy. But is the solution, as many people suggest, to legislate away as far as possible all distinctions between male and female? Is the blurring of gender really progress? Will it actually bring about a better deal in society for women? Or is this all a fallacy?
Sixty-six books written by 40 people over nearly 2000 years, in two languages and several different genres. A worldwide bestseller published in countless sizes and bindings, translations and languages. It has been sworn by in court, fought over by religious people, quoted in arguments. The Bible is clearly no ordinary book. How can we begin to read and understand it as a whole?
While most Christians agree to seek purity and save sex for marriage, few have been given a blueprint for how that should affect their view of dating and love. In I Kissed Dating Goodbye, Joshua Harris sets out to expose the "Seven Habits of Highly Defective Dating", and offers a realistic outline of how to have a biblical vision of marriage.
'Religious people are too intolerant.'
'You can't trust what is in the Bible.'
'Science has disproved Christianity.'
'There's too much suffering in the world.'
'Something 2,000 years ago can't be relevant to me today.'
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