Recommended Books

Unshakable: Standing on the Rock When Life Quakes

At some point, our life is shaken by suffering, heartache, or loss. Donna Snow's video Bible study, UNSHAKABLE, looks at eight remarkable men and women from the Bible that God shook to the core and then used them to point people to the hope of salvation. Somewhere in this cast of characters you will find yourself. The Lord provides that same strength and grace to us today. Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, ...
Unshakable: Standing on the Rock When Life Quakes Hard

Five Traits of a Healthy Family

Is your family all that it could be? Many feel bombarded by images and experiences of broken families, but this is not how God intended families to be! So often we examine the traits of unhealthy families, but Gary Chapman paints a biblical portrait of what a loving, stable family looks like. He details five timeless characteristics that create a healthy family environment: A heart for service Husbands and wives who relate intimately Parents who guide their children Children who ...
5 Traits of a Healthy Family

Ten Questions to Ask Every Time You Read the Bible

The Bible can sometimes feel intimidating. It can be both a history book and an encyclopedia as it can teach about the cultures and attitudes of the people living during Biblical times, but it also can answer questions you may have about faith, life, and wisdom. The Bible is so much more than these two things. It is the very Word of God and directs us toward life everlasting with Christ Jesus. Ten Questions to Ask Every Time You Read ...
Ten Questions to Ask Every Time You Read the Bible

Screen Kids: 5 Skills Every Child Needs in a Tech-Driven World

Has Technology Taken Over Your Home? In this digital age, children spend more time interacting with screens and less time playing outside, reading a book, or interacting with family. Though technology has its benefits, it also has its harms. In Screen Kids Gary Chapman and Arlene Pellicane will empower you with the tools you need to make positive changes. Through stories, science, and wisdom, you’ll discover how to take back your home from an overdependence on screens. Plus, you’ll learn to teach ...
Screen Kids: 5 Skills Every Child Needs in a Tech-Driven World by Gary Chapman and Arlene Pellicane

Promised Rest: Finding Peace in God’s Presence

Living in a broken, unfixable world weighs heavy on every individual’s heart. How can you find rest in a world that’s overwhelmingly restless? Where do you begin to find God’s peace in a world bombarded with strife and the devil’s suffering? Find your beginning in the simplest form: God’s names and characteristics. Time and time again, God has given His children His name to call upon in times of suffering. The many names He uses are lifeboats in the dangerous, ...
Promised Rest: Finding Peace in God's Presence

Jesus Said WHAT?

Author Christopher Kennedy tackles some of words of Jesus that people may struggle to understand. It may seem easier to avoid some of Jesus' tough sayings, but instead of shying away from these passages, Kennedy urges readers to look to Scripture to understand Scripture. As the Ten Commandments are connected with the words of Jesus, Kennedy demonstrates the Law, but reminds Christians to stay firmly focused on the forgiveness and grace that comes through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Jesus ...
Jesus Said WHAT?

5-Minute Bible Studies for Couples

Whether they’re caught in a whirlwind of wedding plans or celebrating their anniversary, engaged and married couples need time to sit down and think about what marriage looks like when it is centered on Christ. Designed to help couples grow closer to each other and the Lord, 5-Minute Bible Studies: For Couples offers three insightful devotions each week for a full year with simple application exercises and prayer prompts. As husband and wife grow closer to God, they will become more comfortable ...
5-Minute Bible Studies for Couples

Limping with God

Jacob seems to be anything but a model disciple. He's a trickster, liar, and selfishly ambitious man who fathers children with four women and leads a dysfunctional family rife with jealousy and backstabbing. But Jacob is also Israel, the namesake of the Old Testament community of God, chosen and blessed. As such, this sinner-saint, who limps along with the Lord, burdened by weakness and beset by problems, is the mirror image of all of us who follow Jesus. In his ...
Limping with God

Meaningful Outreach: An Essential Guide for Churches

Outreach is more than hosting community events and hoping they stick! Getting unchurched people through your doors is one thing, but engaging them over time is another. Effective outreach helps people move from congregational visitors to committed members and disciples of Jesus. This book addresses what makes for effective, Word and Sacrament based outreach that can help you reach the unchurched people in your community. Rev. Mark Wood walks readers through a four-part process for congregations wishing to strengthen or ...
Meaningful Outreach: An Essential Guide for Churches

Unwrapping the Names of Jesus for Kids

Based on the best-selling Advent devotional that’s helped over 100,000 families recapture the joy of Christmas! “Tell us the story again, Mama!” Unwrapping the Names of Jesus for Kids begins with this enthusiastic plea. What follows is the captivating story of how the mother encountered Jesus—and His beautiful names— as a little girl. As you travel with this girl, you and your children will experience Jesus as a real person who meets our real needs. Author Asheritah Ciuciu shows readers the Bread ...
Unwrapping the Names of Jesus for Kids

5-Minute Bible Studies for Couples

Whether they’re caught in a whirlwind of wedding plans or celebrating their anniversary, engaged and married couples need time to sit down and think about what marriage looks like when it is centered on Christ. Designed to help couples grow closer to each other and the Lord, 5-Minute Bible Studies: For Couples offers three insightful devotions each week for a full year with simple application exercises and prayer prompts. As husband and wife grow closer to God, they will become more comfortable ...
5-Minute Bible Studies for Couples

5-Minute Bible Studies: For Families

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 Studies: For Families is designed with busy families in mind. This second book of the 5-Minute Bible Studies series offers three short messages a week for a full year. Whether everyone has time only in the mornings or you finally see each other at dinner, this book will help you face ...
5-Minute Bible Studies for Families

8 Simple Tools for Raising Great Kids

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 and father Todd Cartmell walks you through the nuts and bolts of healthy, effective parenting. Using examples from his home and 20 years of professional practice, Todd gives eight essential and practical tools to help you: Listen well and respond wisely Use affirmation to influence your child Develop a nurturing ...
8 Simple Tools for Raising Great Kids

A Heart at Peace: Biblical Strategies for Christians in Conflict

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 book teaches you God s method for conflict resolution as given in his Word. It will help break down the hostility that can divide believers, while also aiding in the reconciliation process. Discover the spiritual relief that comes naturally when your heart is at peace. by Kenneth Kremer
A Heart at Peace

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

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 struggle to understand it. This is especially true when it is a fellow believer who takes his or her own life. And She Was a Christian provides answers straight from God's Word, with a strong emphasis on the saving grace of Jesus Christ. Ideal for Christian counselors or anyone who has ...
And She was a Christian: Why Do Believers Commit Suicide?

Answering the Objections of Atheists, Agnostics, & Skeptics

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 the Watchtower Society. What will you say? What should you say? Should you engage your visitors in conversation at all? And if so, how? Trusted Bible teacher Ron Rhodes guides you through several realistic dialogues with Jehovah’s Witnesses, demonstrating helpful techniques for listening, asking questions, avoiding offense, and more. He includes the ...
Answering the Objections of Atheists, Agnostics, & Skeptics

Behold, I am Coming Soon!

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, these devotions will help you pause to recall Jesus' birth in Bethlehem and also encourage you to look forward to the Savior's return in the final days. by Rev. Bruce McKenney
Behold I Am Coming Soon!

Breaking the Patterns of Depression

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 the current episode of depression must be examined. In Breaking the Patterns of Depression, he presents skills that enable readers to understand and ultimately avert depression's recurring cycles. Focusing on future prevention as well as initial treatment, the book includes over one hundred structured activities to help sufferers learn the skills necessary ...
Breaking the Patterns of Depression

Connected to Christ: Witnessing in Everyday Life

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 be given through belief in Christ. But evangelism and witnessing sometimes feels as if it’s a put together person, filled to the brim with Christ’s love, talking to broken people. But it’s not. It’s regular, everyday people, broken by sin, talking about God’s love and Christ’s forgiveness of sins to ...
Connected to Christ: Witnessing in Everyday Life

Conversations with Jehovah’s Witnesses

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 the Watchtower Society. What will you say? What should you say? Should you engage your visitors in conversation at all? And if so, how? Trusted Bible teacher Ron Rhodes guides you through several realistic dialogues with Jehovah’s Witnesses, demonstrating helpful techniques for listening, asking questions, avoiding offense, and more. He includes the ...
Conversations with Jehovah's Witnesses