Christian Life

For three years --- roughly 1,000 days --- Jesus served in public ministry while on earth. He didn’t need to do this ministry, yet he did anyway, and that’s the key for us. This intentionality implies that there is a lot of information in Scripture that we need to grapple with. We need to understand what Jesus said and did during his 1,000-day public ministry, so we can apply his teachings to our lives today.

2 Peter 1:13 refers to certain portions of God’s Word as exceedingly great and precious promises. Great promises reveal hope in the midst of difficult times, and precious promises hold us up enough to get us through. Digging into theology, Pastor James MacDonald points you to promises that are always true.

People have honest doubts about God that deserve solid answers. How do we explain the Gospel in a way we can all understand? AN ANCHOR FOR THE SOUL is written with doubters, seekers and skeptics in mind. By answering important questions through stories and illustrations, Pastor Ray Pritchard gently challenges readers with the Good News of Jesus Christ.

We are all chasing something. Our hearts were made to run hard and fast after things that move us. But as a generation we are all beginning to stir and wake up, identifying that these words don't satisfy for long, especially when compared to God. If God is real, and we are going to live with Him forever, shouldn't He be everything?

Can a country known for its radical brutality become a country known for an even more radical forgiveness? More than a decade after the 1994 genocide, the Rwandan government has released tens of thousands of murderers back into the communities they ravaged. Inspired by the award-winning film, this book explores the pain, the mystery and the hope through seven compelling stories as victims, orphans, widows and perpetrators journey toward reconciliation.

In brief, to-the-point chapters, respected preacher and ethicist Samuel Wells lucidly and compassionately explores topics Christians are often reluctant to face and offers down-to-earth help in overcoming common fears in the life of faith.

Road-tested with over 400 families, BEFORE YOU WERE MINE equips adoptive parents to celebrate and commemorate their adopted children’s birth stories. Parents will benefit from practical worksheets and real-life stories on creating a Lifebook --- a unique tool that offers adopted children the gift of acceptance, peace and security as a part of God’s plan.

Painful relationships violate our trust, causing us to close our hearts. In this breakthrough book, Dr. John Townsend takes you beyond the pain of the past to discover how to re-enter a life of intimate relationships.

In BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT, the first ever disabled finalist on "American Idol," Scott MacIntyre, shares his inspiring story of being a musical and academic prodigy who prevails over life-threatening obstacles to become a pop sensation.

Anger is responsible for broken relationships, sleepless nights, high blood pressure and ulcers, and it destroys friendships, marriages and families. In her latest book, Joyce Meyers delves into the important process of forgiving, explaining its positive impact on the roots, the forms and the results of anger.