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What does it take for lasting change to take root in your life? If you've ever tried, failed, and wondered what you could do differently, you need to read How People Change . In the book, biblical counseling experts Timothy S. Lane and Paul David Tripp explain the biblical pattern for change in a clear, practical way you can apply to the challenges of daily life. But change involves much more than just a biblical formula: you will see how God is at...
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Dangerous prayers happen when we turn our all over to God and offer ourselves as living sacrifices (Romans 12:1). They don't take us to a comfortable, easy place. They test us, stretch us, and take us where we wouldn't have chosen. They change not only our lives but the lives of other people. Join gifted speaker and award-winning author, Cheri Fuller, as she illustrates-from Bible times to today-what happens when God's people pray dangerous prayers....
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LSC-NewGrowthPress
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2010.
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Change doesn't happen overnight for the Christian. Growth is a lifelong journey. In the How People Change Facilitator's Guide , Paul Tripp and Tim Lane help group leaders guide participants in understanding the underlying motivations for their actions, giving them specific, practical help in changing long-standing patterns of behavior in order to grow in love for God and others. Each of the twelve lessons includes directions on how to guide a small...
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My name is Jaquelle, and I'm a teenager.I like football movies, sushi, and dark chocolate. But the biggest, most crucial, most significant thing about me is that my life's task is to follow Jesus. He is the One who changed my life.That's what this book is about.It's for teenagers eager to reject the status quo and low standards our culture sets for us. It's for those of us who don't want to spend the adolescent years slacking off, but rather standing...
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In A Geography of God, popular author and preacher Michael Lindvall describes the life of a Christian as a journey with three parts: "Leaving for Home," "The Way," and "Life on the Road." The first part of the journey struggles with the question, why go anywhere at all, spiritually speaking? The second part names the road, the way found in the ancient map of God called the Trinity. The third part describes life on the road as many others have known...
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Zondervan
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[2010]
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English
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What is the Christian life all about? Studying the Bible, attending church, cultivating a prayer life, witnessing to others those are all good. But is that really what Jesus has in mind? The answer, says Scot McKnight in One.Life, lies in Jesus words, Follow me. What does it look like to follow Jesus, and how will doing so change the way we live our life our love.life, our justice.life, our peace.life, our community.life, our sex.life everything about...
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Crossway
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[2008]
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English
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This resource uncovers the presence of worldliness and helps believers learn to relate to the world while resisting its influence in their lives. People today are saturated in technology and prosperity. They are bombarded with endless luxuries: clothes to wear, cars to buy, vacations to take, entertainment to enjoy. Yet this world, which offers so many pleasures, is actively opposed to God and the truth of His Word. How, then, is the believer to relate...
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Zondervan
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[2009]
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English
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In a groundbreaking book that rethinks spiritual formation, Gary Thomas argues that the contemporary church is in danger of accepting Christianity as a historical reality but not as a present power. Is the grace that pardons powerful enough to transform? Answering with a resounding yes, Thomas presents a compelling picture of what it means to be a "God oasis" in a God-forgetting world."The first chapter alone is worth reading many times. This is beauty...
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Zondervan
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The New York Times #1 bestselling book by Pastor Rick Warren that helps you understand the purpose of your life. As one of the best-selling nonfiction books in history, with more than 34 million copies sold, and more than 70 translations available, The Purpose Driven Life is far more than just a book; it's the roadmap for your spiritual journey. A journey that will transform your life. Movie stars and political leaders aren't the only ones turning...
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Stop being a poser. Start being a Christian. Is your faith for real? How about your walk? If everyone who claimed to love Jesus actually did, this world would be pretty close to paradise. Yet we live in a time when being a poser is not only easy, it's rewarded -- especially where Jesus is concerned. But claiming to love Jesus without following him is bogus, fraudulent, and -- frankly -- it's not you . God has called you to be set apart, to live authentically,...
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New Growth Press
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2007.
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Paul David Tripp expertly traverses the deepest recesses of the human heart and compassionately invites fellow Christian travelers to journey with him into God's bigger kingdom. Readers will be encouraged, excited, and motivated by hope as they learn how to set aside their "little kingdom" attachments--which can expertly masquerade within the church as Christian activism, legalism, emotionalism, formalism, creedalism, and externalism--in favor of...
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Thomas Nelson
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[2012]
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English
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Are you feeling a little dry? Edgy and rigid? Ineffective? What would it take to be more useful in the hands of the One who made you? Just come to the well, says bestselling author Max Lucado. In this renewing and life-giving book Max leads us to the four essential nutrients every soul needs. Experience Christ's work on the cross and know that your sins are pardoned and your death is defeated. Receive Christ's energy and believe that you can do all...
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Crossway
Pub. Date
[2003]
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English
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Now in paperback, this helpful volume by pastor and best-selling author John MacArthur guides readers in cultivating a biblical worldview on a wide range of issues. What we think shapes who we are. That's why the Bible tells us, Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind" (Romans 12:2a). In a world of differing voices competing for our allegiance, we must learn to "think biblically" so we can distinguish good...
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InterVarsity Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Throughout the Bible, we see that God entrusts each of us with authority as his image bearers, even as we remain vulnerable to loss and pain. In these six easy-to-use studies written by spiritual formation author Jan Johnson, you will encounter what Scripture says about power, vulnerability, humble leadership, and flourishing communities. Strong and Weak.
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Times Books
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c1997
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Presents fifty-two Bible meditations selected by former President Jimmy Carter from those he has prepared for his weekly Sunday school class, based on passages from both the Old and New Testaments, and reflecting themes that include family love, loss, grief, forgiveness, and the power of God's love.
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