Abingdon Press imprint: 1502 books
by David N. Mosser
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Provides ready-to-use worship and preaching resources for themes related to Stewardship.
Understanding the concept of stewardship in a broader context as management of our God-given gifts, this book provides material for twenty-four services including: suggested liturgies, prayers, Scripture...
Waiting for Wonder Leader Guide
Learning to Live on God's Timeline
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
It’s easy to believe God when a promise is new. It’s hard when the years pass and nothing changes. It’s even harder when desperation strikes, your plans backfire, and still God does not fill the emptiness. But what if, in this waiting, God is calling us to more?
Join author Marlo Schalesky...
Earn. Save. Give. Devotional Readings for Home
Wesley's Simple Rules for Money
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
John Wesley believed money was important as a way of expressing and living out Christian faith. To Wesley, the task was simple: earn all you can, save all you can, give all you can. In this exciting stewardship program, pastor and author James A. Harnish presents Wesley’s concepts and beliefs in...
by Curtis Zackery
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
Idols are fairly easy to recognize in Old Testament stories about false gods, golden calves, statues, and Asherah poles. And they’re not hard to spot in the lives of other people. But what about our own idols? Is it even possible for 21st-Century Christians to worship gods that aren’t real? How...
Under Wraps Devotional
The Gift We Never Expected
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Under Wraps is an all-church Advent experience that explores the character of God described in the Old Testament and then revealed through Jesus Christ. Through small group resources for all ages, teaching video, worship ideas and visuals, sermon lead-in videos, and preaching guides, all areas of...
First Corinthians - Women's Bible Study Participant Book
Living Love When We Disagree
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
Relationships are messy. We're all different and imperfect, and we can struggle to get along--especially with those who disagree with us. Often we find ourselves divided--even as Christians. How can we work out our differences and disagreements with humility and grace, always showing the love of Christ,...
Citizens of Hope Leader Guide
Basics of Christian Identity
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
Hope is central to our identity as Christians. Just as our bodies need food, our souls need hope, and the supreme hope is found in a relationship with Jesus Christ. How does that relationship become real to us? In this book and 4-week study, readers are guided on a formative path of understanding...
Numbers - Women's Bible Study Participant Workbook
Learning Contentment in a Culture of More
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Something in us aches for more—more hope, more joy, more freedom. All around us people are dancing to the steps of bigger, better, and faster, and we can easily join in without even realizing it. Before long complaining and comparing accompany our desire for more, yet we’re not any closer to filling...
by Richard B. Wilke, Susan Wilke Fuquay, Elaine Friedrich
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
This 12-week study will immerse you in the books of Genesis and Exodus.
Disciple Fast Track Into the Word Into the World is an adaptation of the original, bestselling Disciple Bible Study Into the Word Into the World. The study is ideal for busy people who want to fit an in-depth Bible study...
How Is It With Your Soul Class Leader
Class Leader's Manual for Use With This Day
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
How Is It With Your Soul? is a manual that serves as the twenty-first-century Class Leader's bible. The manual containsall the information needed to be an effective Class Leader in the Wesleyan tradition. Sections in the manual are devoted to: establishing andmaintaining the classical Wesleyan Class...
Get in the Game Leader Guide
Basics of Christian Service
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
Living in Christ brings us joy and fulfillment. But true Christian discipleship involves more. Following the example of Jesus, we are called to serve others through Christian service. In this book and 4-week study, readers will discover the joyful service that results when faith is put into action.
This...
Blue Collar Resistance and the Politics of Jesus
Doing Ministry with Working Class Whites
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
To be faithful to the gospel, all ministry must be indigenous; it must participate in the distinctive practices and perspectives of the people among whom ministry is taking place. Because our society tends to ignore or deny the reality of class divisions and prejudice, too many congregational leaders...
Just Us or Justice?
Moving Toward a Pan-Methodist Theology
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Wesleyan theology and African American theology have both become fixtures on the theological landscape in recent years. While developing along parallel tracks both perspectives make claims concerning justice issues such as racism and sexism. Both, however, perceive justice from a particular vantage...
Way Words
A Daily Itinerary for Lent
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Scripturally-based readings to complement your Lenten journey.
The Way this most ancient naming of the Church in the Book of Acts reminds Christians we are a people on a journey of faith. But what signposts might guide us on this way? Way Words provides an itinerary of daily readings based...