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Entering the Passion of Jesus Leader Guide
A Beginner's Guide to Holy Week
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2018
Jesus’ final days were full of risk. Every move he made was filled with anticipation, danger, and the potential for great loss or great reward.
Jesus risked his reputation when he entered Jerusalem in a victory parade. He risked his life when he dared to teach in the Temple. His followers...
The Jazz of Preaching
How to Preach with Great Freedom and Joy
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
What if preachers were as contagiously joyful in their preaching as Louis Armstrong was in his playing and singing? As rich in their sermonic renderings as Sarah Vaughan was in her musical vocals? As honest about heartache as Billie Holiday was every time she sang about the blues of life? As alluringly...
by Donald L. Griggs
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2003
A revision of a standard resource for classes and seminary courses in Christian education.
A revised edition of the best-selling Teaching Teachers to Teach (1974), this book is a basic, comprehensive manual offering practical guidance that helps teachers learn the art and practice of teaching....
Wake Up
Hip-Hop, Christianity, and the Black Church
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
First an expression of black urban youth, Hip Hop music continues to expand as a cultural expression of youth and, now, young adults more generally. As a cultural phenomenon, it has even become integral to the worship experience of a growing number of churches who are reaching out to these groups....
Tolkien
How an Obscure Oxford Professor Wrote The Hobbit and Became the Most Beloved Author of the Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
J.R.R. Tolkien transformed his love for arcane linguistic studies into a fantastic world of Middle Earth, a world of filled with characters that readers the world over have loved and learned from for generations.
Devin Brown focuses on the story behind how Tolkien became one of the best-known...
Inside the Voyage of the Dawn Treader
A Guide to Exploring the Journey beyond Narnia
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Join award-winning author Devin Brown as he takes readers on a fascinating journey to the land of Narnia. Whether you’re a longtime fan of The Chronicles of Narnia or are just discovering them for the first time, you will be amazed and inspired as you undertake your very own chapter-by-chapter guided...
Inside Narnia
A Guide to Exploring The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Join award-winning author Devin Brown as he takes readers on a fascinating journey to the land of Narnia. Whether you’re a longtime fan of The Chronicles of Narnia or are just discovering them for the first time, you will be amazed and inspired as you undertake your very own chapter-by-chapter guided...
Inside Prince Caspian
A Guide to Exploring the Return to Narnia
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Join award-winning author Devin Brown as he takes readers on a fascinating journey to the land of Narnia. Whether you’re a longtime fan of The Chronicles of Narnia or are just discovering them for the first time, you will be amazed and inspired as you undertake your very own chapter-by-chapter guided...
Burning Bush 2.0
How Pop Culture Replaced the Prophet
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Maybe God doesn’t speak through prophets as often these days because he knows people wouldn’t listen. Maybe God speaks to us in different ways—and in the places he knows where we congregate: in our movie theaters, living rooms, iPods, and smartphones. Maybe God still longs to connect with us,...
The Ten Commandments from the Back Side
Bible Stories with a Twist
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
In this study, Kalas opens up new possibilities of insight into the familiar Ten Commandments by restating them in the positive and showing how they were intended to make life richer and more fulfilling. Kalas uses contemporary illustrations and personal experience to show how these timeless laws give us an appetite for divine excellence. Includes study guide, 10 sessions.
The Kiss of God
27 Lessons on the Holy Spirit
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
In 27 brief lessons on the Holy Spirit, James Howell introduces us to the third person of the Trinity, "this personal, elusive, invisible, powerful Spirit."
Who is the Holy Spirit? What is the work of the Spirit? How can I connect with the Holy Spirit in my life? What would that...
Reluctant Prophets and Clueless Disciples
Introducing the Bible by Telling Its Stories
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2005
It was once said that all a person has to do to realize God has a very good sense of humor is to look at a platypus. The same sentiment applies to the Bible. The Bible often seems like foreign territory, not only for students encountering it in introductory classes, but also for those who have spent...
Hollywood Jesus Leader Guide
A Small Group Study Connecting Christ and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
Pastor and author Matt Rawle is on a mission. He sees Christ all around him-in books, movies, TV shows, rock music-and he wants to share what he sees. As Matt says, "God offers the raw ingredients, and 'culture' is whatever we cook up."
Hollywood Jesus is pastor and author Matt Rawle's...
What Makes a Hero? Leader Guide
The Death-Defying Ministry of Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
What Makes a Hero? offers us an image of what it looks like to be victorious over trials and temptations. Looking at pop culture heroes and others through the lens of faith, Matt Rawle shows how Jesus turned the concept of hero on its head. In keeping with his theme “Pop in Culture,” the book...