I Don’t Want to Be Baptized!

I Don’t Want to Be Baptized!

By admin / July 27, 2022

July 28, 2022 Rev. David Jander and a child he baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Carver, MN. “I Don’t Want to Be Baptized!” Some years ago I was the … More

Grace Under Pressure

Grace Under Pressure: Responding Faithfully to Stress

By admin / July 27, 2022

The pressures of life can be overwhelming. Stressful circumstances cause us to sin. While feeling stress is not a sin, how we react to it can be. Everyone has been … More

Grace Under Pressure: Responding Faithfully to Stress

Grace Under Pressure: Responding Faithfully to Stress

By admin / July 27, 2022

The pressures of life can be overwhelming. Stressful circumstances cause us to sin. While feeling stress is not a sin, how we react to it can be. Everyone has been … More

8 Simple Tools for Raising Great Kids

8 Simple Tools for Raising Great Kids

By admin / July 25, 2022

Finally, a practical book for busy parents! Whether you find parenting intuitive or impossible, we could all use a hand here and there. And we could use it quick! In 8 Simple Tools, child psychologist … More

Married and Still Loving It: The Joys and Challenges of the Second Half

Married and Still Loving It: The Joys and Challenges of the Second Half

By admin / July 25, 2022

Long marriages are a gift… but they aren’t always easy You know yourselves better. You’ve learned to cherish the small things. You’re past keeping up with the Joneses. And yet, … More

And She was a Christian: Why Do Believers Commit Suicide?

And She was a Christian: Why Do Believers Commit Suicide?

By admin / July 25, 2022

Suicide has been a historically difficult and taboo topic for the church. Christians, perhaps even more so than nonbelievers, are often appalled or distressed by this horrific act and can … More

Speaking of Homosexuality: Discussing the Issues with Kindness and Clarity

Speaking of Homosexuality: Discussing the Issues with Kindness and Clarity

By admin / July 25, 2022

An unfamiliar car parks near your house, and two pleasant-looking folks approach your front door. The doorbell rings, and after exchanging pleasantries, your unexpected guests offer you some literature from … More

Growing Up Social

Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World

By admin / July 25, 2022

Is technology drawing your family together or driving it apart? In this digital age, children are spending more and more time interacting with a screen and less time playing outside, reading … More

Forgiveness

Forgiveness: Received from God Extended to Others

By admin / July 25, 2022

An unfamiliar car parks near your house, and two pleasant-looking folks approach your front door. The doorbell rings, and after exchanging pleasantries, your unexpected guests offer you some literature from … More

A Heart at Peace

A Heart at Peace: Biblical Strategies for Christians in Conflict

By admin / July 25, 2022

Conflict and disagreements happen in all circles, regardless of race, religion, or creed. However, Christians are specifically called by God to reconcile with their neighbor in a Christlike fashion. This … More

Answering the Objections of Atheists, Agnostics, & Skeptics

Answering the Objections of Atheists, Agnostics, & Skeptics

By admin / July 25, 2022

An unfamiliar car parks near your house, and two pleasant-looking folks approach your front door. The doorbell rings, and after exchanging pleasantries, your unexpected guests offer you some literature from … More

Without this Ring: Surviving Divorce

Without this Ring: Surviving Divorce

By admin / July 25, 2022

Does God hate me for getting a divorce? A survival guide for Christians who are navigating the minefield of divorce. Author Donna Pyle has been through it. She knows what … More

Conversations with Jehovah's Witnesses

Conversations with Jehovah’s Witnesses

By admin / July 25, 2022

An unfamiliar car parks near your house, and two pleasant-looking folks approach your front door. The doorbell rings, and after exchanging pleasantries, your unexpected guests offer you some literature from … More

What Happens After Life?

What Happens After Life? 21 Amazing Revelations About Heaven and Hell

By admin / July 25, 2022

Do you wonder what happens when you die? If so, you’ll love these short, inspirational explanations of the Bible’s most encouraging teachings about heaven. Trusted Bible teacher Ron Rhodes combines … More

Behold I Am Coming Soon!

Behold, I am Coming Soon!

By admin / July 25, 2022

This devotional features 28 unique entries based on the book of Revelation to help guide readers through the Advent season. With all the hustle and bustle and preparations for Christmas, … More

Speaking the Truth in Love to Mormons

Speaking the Truth in Love to Mormons

By admin / July 25, 2022

This book offers techniques for witnessing to Mormons in a non-confrontational, Christian way. by Mark J. Cares

Parents Rising

Parents Rising: 8 Strategies for Raising Kids Who Love God, Respect Authority, and Value What’s Right

By admin / July 25, 2022

Do you feel like you’re fighting a losing battle? Against the culture, against the busyness, sometimes even against your spouse and kids… Often it seems like everything is against you … More

Loved and Sent by Rev. Joff Cloeter

Loved & Sent: How Two Words Define Who You Are and Why You Matter

By admin / July 25, 2022

“I’ve come to know who I am in two words. They guide everything that I believe, think, and do. I am loved by God in Jesus. I am sent by … More

Unveiling Grace

Unveiling Grace: The Story of How We Found Our Way Out of the Mormon Church

By admin / July 25, 2022

A gripping story of how an entire family, deeply enmeshed in Mormonism for thirty years, found their way out and found faith in Jesus Christ. For thirty years, Lynn Wilder, … More

From Dirty to Dancing

From Dirty to Dancing: God’s Grace for Those Struggling with Pornography

By admin / July 25, 2022

Has pornography dirtied your mind? Your soul? Your relationships? The way you look at other people? The way you look at God? Has pornography dirtied the life of someone you … More

Tech Savvy Parenting

Tech Savvy Parenting: Navigating Your Child’s Digital Life

By admin / July 25, 2022

Every parent struggles to find a balance with cell phones, social networks, and video games in the lives of their kids. Most parents feel overwhelmed and ill-equipped to set boundaries … More

Breaking the Patterns of Depression

Breaking the Patterns of Depression

By admin / July 25, 2022

Twenty to thirty million Americans suffer from some form of diagnosable depression, and their ranks are growing. Psychologist Michael D. Yapko explains that in order to find relief, more than … More

Hinges: Opening Your Church's Doors to the Community

Hinges: Opening Your Church’s Doors to the Community

By admin / July 25, 2022

In the past, the doors of the church opened inward, but now people are no longer coming in through church doors as they once did. Instead, God is calling the … More

Hope When Your Heart Breaks

Hope When Your Heart Breaks: Navigating Grief and Loss

By admin / July 25, 2022

Grieving occurs in many situations in life; grief is usually associated with death, but it can occur after any loss-divorce, layoffs, the end of a friendship. In this book, author … More

The Five Love Lanugages of Children

The 5 Love Languages of Children: The Secret to Loving Children Effectively

By admin / July 25, 2022

You know you love your child. But how can you make sure your child knows it? The #1 New York Times bestselling The 5 Love Languages® has helped millions of couples learn the secret to building … More

One More Try: What to Do When Your Marriage is Falling Apart

One More Try: What to Do When Your Marriage is Falling Apart

By admin / July 25, 2022

When doors slam and angry words fly, when things just aren’t working out, and even when your spouse has destroyed your trust, there is still hope. If you feel like your marriage … More

Gospel DNA

Gospel DNA: Five Markers of a Flourishing Church

By admin / July 25, 2022

Millions of new believers in Jesus. Thousands of new churches. Communities rallying around the Gospel. Innovative efforts to send workers into the harvest fields. A Gospel movement sweeping a nation. … More

Mormonism 101: Examining the Religon of the Latter-day Saints

Mormonism 101: Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints

By admin / July 25, 2022

Mormonism is one of the fastest growing religions in the world. For those who have wondered in what specific ways Mormonism differs from the Christian faith, Mormonism 101 provides definitive answers, examining … More

God Loves Moms

God Loves Moms: Twelve Lessons About God’s Mercy

By admin / July 25, 2022

The women we read about in God s Word were just regular women like us. And they had the same insecurities and vulnerabilities that we all feel. This study digs … More

First Time Dad

First Time Dad: The Stuff You Really Need to Know

By admin / July 25, 2022

Perhaps the most powerful influence in the world is that of a dad on his child. Baseball gloves, dirty diapers, tiny little hands, first days of school, daddy-daughter dances, and … More

No More Perfect Moms

No More Perfect Moms: Learn to Love Your Real Life

By admin / July 25, 2022

If you have ever forgotten to pick up your kids, accidentally worn two different shoes to the grocery store, or lost your cool over a messy house, YOU ARE NOT … More

Tender Lions

Tender Lions: Building the Vital Relationship between Father and Son

By admin / July 25, 2022

This book encourages fathers to be more bold and courageous men…and more sensitive, empathetic, and kind at the same time. Written by a father and son team, it is raw, … More

The Secret Life of Angels by Ron Rhodes

The Secret Life of Angels

By admin / July 25, 2022

You’ve probably seen depictions of angels in popular TV shows and movies, and you may have read about angel encounters. Curiously, however, these accounts often have little in common with … More

Screens and Teens

Screens and Teens: Connecting with our Kids in a Wireless World

By admin / July 25, 2022

If you feel like you’re losing your teen to technology, you’re not alone. Screen time is rapidly replacing family time, and for teens especially, it is hardwiring the way they … More

Raising Godly Girls

Raising Godly Girls

By admin / July 25, 2022

A thoughtful, personal, and affirming discussion of how Christian mothers can influence and prepare their daughters for confident living in today’s culture. This conversational book for Christian mothers of daughters … More

Perseverance: Praying Through Life's Challenges by Donna Pyle

Perseverance: Praying Through Life’s Challenges

By admin / July 25, 2022

We all have it: That one thing that’s keeping each of us from a fuller life. It could be a habit to break, a goal to accomplish, or a lingering project to … More

Made in the USA: The Sex Trafficking of America's Children

Made in the USA: The Sex Trafficking of America’s Children

By admin / July 25, 2022

The book is a compilation of five true stories of adults (4 woman & 1 man) trafficked as children. Each story is preceded by an overview of the type of … More

Middle School: The Inside Story

Middle School: The Inside Story – What Kids Tell Us, But Don’t Tell You

By admin / July 25, 2022

Remember middle school? Many parents would rather not. It’s often a rough ride, filled with insecurity, peer pressure, awkwardness, and world-rocking change. This book provides practical, hands-on advice for helping … More

Restoring America to the Strength of its Roots

U-Turn: Restoring America to the Strength of its Roots

By admin / July 25, 2022

The United States became a unique, prosperous, and admired nation because of its faith in God and the willingness of the people to abide by God’s standards and principles. Over … More

Getting Through to Jehovah's Witnesses

Getting Through to Jehovah’s Witnesses: Approaching Bible Discussions in Unexpected Ways

By admin / July 25, 2022

Do you want to share the gospel with Jehovah’s Witnesses but don’t know what to say? Have you tried to talk with them only to end up frustrated and going … More

The Challenge of the Cults and New Religions by Dr. Ron Rhodes

The Challenge of the Cults and New Religions

By admin / July 25, 2022

Cults and New Religions Aren’t Hard to FindThey’re in your neighborhood . . . your workplace . . . your school . . . maybe even your family.Cults are flourishing … More

Growing Grateful Kids: Teaching Them to Appreciate an Extraordinary God in Ordinary Places by Suzie Larson

Growing Grateful Kids: Teaching Them to Appreciate an Extraordinary God in Ordinary Places

By admin / July 25, 2022

Even when economic times are tight, our children enjoy an abundance of material possessions. Yet amidst all this wealth, discontentment and competition seem to be on the rise. Instead of … More

How to Rescue Your Loved One from the Watchtower by David A. Reed

How to Rescue your Loved One from the Watchtower

By admin / July 25, 2022

Each year thousands of husbands, wives, sons and daughters are converted by Jehovah’s Witnesses through their so-called free home Bible study. This book tells exactly what to do to rescue … More

The Marriage Whisperer

The Marriage Whisperer: Tips to Improve Your Relationship Overnight

By admin / July 25, 2022

This jargon-free, self-help title is written by an experienced Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and inspired by over 10,000 conversations. It delivers 70 couple stories with humor and includes practical … More

One Nation Under God: Healing Racial Divides

One Nation Under God: Healing Racial Divides in America

By admin / July 25, 2022

Amid divisive rhetoric, violence, riots, and racial tensions, confusion arises—how can Christians tear down the racial walls dividing our country? This division stems from a lack of communication, empathy, and understanding. Author … More

Peacemaking Women

Peacemaking Women: Biblical Hope for Resolving Conflict

By admin / July 25, 2022

Women have a strong desire for relational connections. Relationships between women can be especially enriching, but when conflict arises, they also can be especially damaging. Too many women approach conflict … More

How Long, O Lord, How Long?

How Long, O Lord, How Long?: Devotions for the Unemployed and Those Who Love Them

By admin / July 25, 2022

God allows challenging experiences to strengthen us. Unemployment is no exception. This book will support individuals experiencing a period of unemployment and encourage those who love them along the way … More

Family Wellness: Raising Resilient, Christ-Purposed Children

Family Wellness: Raising Resilient, Christ-Purposed Children

By admin / July 25, 2022

Wellness is important to everything, making sure that you’re keeping yourself healthy and balanced in all aspects of life. But have you considered the wellness of your family? Is your … More

We're Not Blended - We're Pureed

We’re Not Blended, We’re Puréed

By admin / July 25, 2022

Can two families learn to cohabitate? In peace? Ever? Are you terrified that you’ve turned into a version of the fairy-tale wicked stepparent? Do you paste on a smile and … More

Joining Jesus on His Mission

Joining Jesus on His Mission: How to Be an Everyday Missionary

By admin / July 25, 2022

Joining Jesus on His Mission will alter the way you see your life as a follower of Jesus and take you beyond living your life for Jesus to living life … More

Joining Jesus on His Mission

Joining Jesus on His Mission: How to Be an Everyday Missionary

By admin / July 25, 2022

Joining Jesus on His Mission will alter the way you see your life as a follower of Jesus and take you beyond living your life for Jesus to living life … More

The Five Love Languages

The Five Love Languages – The Secret to Love that Lasts

By admin / July 25, 2022

Falling in love is easy. Staying in love—that’s the challenge. How can you keep your relationship fresh and growing amid the demands, conflicts, and just plain boredom of everyday life? … More

There's a Prayer for That by Various Authors, Christopher S. 'Topher' Doerr (Editor)

There’s a Prayer for That

By admin / July 25, 2022

The Word encourages you to pray in every circumstance. Whether life leads you to bring thanks, praise, or troubles before God, he will listen. There’s a Prayer for That guides … More

Prayer: Learning How to Talk to God by Jeanette Groth

Prayer: Learning How to Talk to God

By admin / July 25, 2022

Daily prayer is an important facet of the Christian life. Nurture the habit of regular, confident conversation with God in your children, helping your entire family grow in faith together, … More

iPray: A simple Prayer book for- Ministry, Mercy and Multiplication

iPray: A simple Prayer book for Ministry, Mercy, and Multiplication

By admin / July 25, 2022

God said, “My house will be a House of Prayer for all the nations.” (Isaiah 56:7) When Jesus cleansed the temple, this is the verse that He cited. Why? Jesus … More

5-Minute Bible Studies for Families

5-Minute Bible Studies: For Families

By admin / July 25, 2022

As parents and children race from work and school to extracurricular activities, chores, and more, finding time to stay connected in the Word as a family can be challenging. 5-Minute Bible … More

Stepping Out to a Life on the Edge

Stepping Out to a Life on the Edge

By admin / July 25, 2022

Stepping Out invites readers on a personal exploration of why women have fears and insecurities and how to respond to Christ’s work in us. From the Author: As I connect … More

Faith to Follow: The Journey of Becoming a Pastor's Wife

Faith to Follow: The Journey of Becoming a Pastor’s Wife

By admin / July 25, 2022

While her husband pursued a four-year Master of Divinity degree from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Kate Meadows wondered how she fit into the process of her husband becoming a … More

Faith that Engages the Culture

Faith that Engages the Culture

By admin / July 25, 2022

Talking about Christianity outside of church or your groups is difficult, especially if you’re talking to a non-Christian. Witnessing shouldn’t be as difficult as it seems, and it’s not nearly … More

God is Bigger than your Cancer

God is Bigger than your Cancer

By admin / July 25, 2022

If God is Bigger Than Your Cancer, then where is He? It’s OK to have questions of God; as a matter of fact, He welcomes them. Why did God Make Cancer? … More

Satan's Lies by Michael Newman

Satan’s Lies

By admin / July 25, 2022

Who are you and what is your life all about? Are you aware that there is a force trying to steer your life off course with false outlooks, confused thoughts, … More

Equipped: The Armor of God for Everyday Struggles

Equipped: The Armor of God for Everyday Struggles

By admin / July 25, 2022

Who are you and what is your life all about? Are you aware that there is a force trying to steer your life off course with false outlooks, confused thoughts, … More

Crossing the Chasm

Crossing the Chasm: Helping Mormons Discover the Bridge to God

By admin / July 25, 2022

Crossing the Chasm exposes the differences between the bridge Mormonism proposes and the biblical bridge – differences which are often obscured. Mark and Jon also offer practical tips for talking … More

Our Way Home: A Journey Through the Lord's Prayer by Daniel E. Paavola

Our Way Home: A Journey Through the Lord’s Prayer

By admin / July 25, 2022

When we pray, we’re often hesitant. Hesitant to believe that our small voices will be heard by the sovereign God reigning in heaven. Hesitant to think we even have the … More

The Christ Key - by Chad Bird

The Christ Key: Unlocking the Centrality of Christ in the Old Testament

By admin / July 25, 2022

Reading the Old Testament can seem like exploring an old, mysterious mansion, packed with all sorts of strange rooms. The creation room vast and sublime, the exodus room with hardhearted … More

Connected to Christ: Witnessing in Everyday Life

Connected to Christ: Witnessing in Everyday Life

By admin / July 25, 2022

Evangelism. Witnessing. Sharing God’s Word. It’s all part of a toolkit that you were given the moment you were baptized into Christ’s family. And it’s a toolkit that anyone can … More

Reclaiming the Joy of Ministry

Reclaiming the Joy of Ministry

By admin / July 25, 2022

A life in Christian ministry can be tremendously rewarding and exhilarating. It can also be incredibly demanding and stressful. Professional church workers run the risk of becoming depleted—spiritually, relationally and … More

The Spiritual Abuse Workbook

The Spiritual Abuse Recovery Workbook

By admin / July 25, 2022

The Spiritual Abuse Recovery Workbook represents four decades of research and experience by author David Henke. Within the pages of this workbook the author demonstrates the complexities of spiritual abuse, identifying underlying … More

What Do I Say to a Jehovah's Witness?

What Do I Say to a Jehovah’s Witness?

By admin / July 25, 2022

Whether you have a Jehovah’s Witness friend, acquaintance, co-worker, family member, or loved one, engaging them in meaningful conversation is difficult. The Witnesses are taught to distrust any sources of … More

Overcoming Life's Sorrows

Overcoming Life’s Sorrows: Learning from Jeremiah

By admin / July 25, 2022

God’s creation is strong, pushing through and surviving even the worst of disasters. This has been a common fact for years, dating all the way back to biblical times. The … More

Joining Jesus as a Family: How to Raise Your Children to be Followers of Jesus

Joining Jesus as a Family: How to Raise Your Children to be Followers of Jesus

By admin / July 24, 2022

Joining Jesus as a family is simpler than you think and a lot more fun! Christian parents want to raise their children to be life-long followers of Jesus. But many … More

Family Praying

Joining Jesus As A Family: How to Raise Your Children to be Followers of Jesus: Part Two

By admin / July 19, 2022

Last week I talked to Greg and Susan Finke about their newest book Joining Jesus As A Family: How to Raise Your Children to be Followers of Jesus. We’ll continue … More

Family Praying

Joining Jesus As A Family: How to Raise Your Children to be Followers of Jesus: Part One

By admin / July 12, 2022

How do we join Jesus as a family? Greg and Susan Finke tell us it’s simpler than you think and a lot more fun. Christian parents want to raise their … More

Family Playing Games

Families – Spend Time Together

By admin / July 7, 2022

July 8, 2022 Families – Spend Time Together! I like to use the above picture in our newsletter and on Facebook. Playing games with children of all ages is an excellent way … More

Overcoming Sorrows

Overcoming Life’s Sorrows

By admin / July 5, 2022

How often do you experience sorrow? How often can you experience sorrow and recover? How can you keep your heart from turning to stone when it’s been wounded or broken? … More