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The Gift of Encouragement
Restoring Heart to Those Who Have Lost It
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Grief and loss are parts of living. None of us escape. How can you console someone when words can never be enough? In The Gift of Encouragement, author Marjorie Thompson offers practical help to give confidence and skill to pastors, Stephen ministers, congregational caregivers, and other persons serving...
Leadership Essentials
Practical Tools for Leading in the Church
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2006
Where will you find your next team of capable, committed leaders for your congregation?
Churches across the country search for committed people with a heart for ministry, people who are ready to use their gifts in the ministries of the church. Your best potential leaders may already...
Embracing the Uncertain
40 Devotions for Unsteady Times
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Just turning on the news lets us know we are living in uncertain times. Economic instabilities, eruption of violence, and natural catastrophes can alter the lives and landscapes of entire communities. Our individual lives are often just as unsteady: relationships can break, plans can falter, and confidence...
All Creation Sings
The Voice of God in Nature
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
J. Ellsworth Kalas, adapted from chapter 1:
There’s an old hymn you may be familiar with that contains these words: “This is my Father’s world, / And to my listening ears, / All nature sings, and round me rings / The music of the spheres. / This is my Father’s world, / He shines in...
The Parables of Paul
The Master of the Metaphor
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
For over 2,000 years, the church has looked to the apostle Paul and his letters in order to understand and follow the Christian life. Paul had his own compelling way of sharing Jesus’ message with others, through the use of the metaphor—a brief, imaginative word picture that shows the same truth...
The Grand Sweep - Large Print
365 Days From Genesis Through Revelation
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
Study the whole Bible in a year with J. Ellsworth Kalas.
The Grand Sweep: 365 Days from Genesis through Revelation guides adults to read through the Bible in a year, reading three to four chapters daily. The Psalms and Proverbs are scattered throughout the reading as devotional elements. Because...
Unlikely Gifts
Devotions for the Holiday Season
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
The Christmas season is one of the busiest times of the year. But it is also a season of reflection and preparation for that special day when we remember the arrival of our eternal God in our own frail humanity. Let the Christ of Christmas prepare your heart for the celebration of his birth through...
by J. Ellsworth Kalas
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
In this engaging book from popular author J. Ellsworth Kalas, a portrait of each apostle as a servant in ministry, a human being, and individual are drawn from Scripture as well as historical writings and tradition. A chapter is also devoted to Mathias, the successor to Judas Iscariot.
Each chapter features a key passage of Scripture. At the end of the book is a 16-page study guide.
Strong Was Her Faith
Women of the New Testament
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
In this follow-up to his book The Thirteen Apostles, popular author J. Ellsworth Kalas focuses on several women of great faith who were crucial, in ways both obvious and understated, to the story of the New Testament. Kalas looks into the life and times of eleven different women. With his signature...
Faith from the Back Side
A Different Take On What It Means To Believe
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
In his popular series of books "From the Back Side," J. Ellsworth Kalas looks at Christian topics through a new lens, takes unique starting points on those subjects, and uses creative re-telling from different points of view.
In Faith from the Back Side, Kalas explores something...
Nature's Witness
How Evolution Can Inspire Faith
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
People of faith insist that God is the God of the world around us. Yet scientific evidence supporting evolution seems to offer an explanation of reality different from the biblical one. In light of this apparent conflict, some choose either to deny the scientific data or separate science and faith...
6 Decisions That Will Change Your Life Participant WorkBook
A Six-Week Small Group Experience
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Our busy lives are filled with decisions, but are they the important decisions? In this simple, inspiring book, pastor and author Tom Berlin helps us discern six key decisions in our walk with Christ. Includes Scripture, helpful quotations, and space for journaling. 1. The Decision to Follow
2. The...
Fail
What to Do When Things Go Wrong
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
We all know the feeling. We take a leap, only to land flat on our face. Just when our plan appears to be perfect, it falls apart. Life’s failures and disappointments can make it difficult to move forward; how do we pick ourselves up and dust ourselves off?
Matt Miofsky examines the life of...
@stickyJesus
How to Live Out Your Faith Online
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
@stickyjesus is a fusion of discipleship, faith sharing, marketing, and a Get Started 101 on Twitter, Facebook and blogging. @stickyjesus lays out the current day reality—the good, the bad, and the ugly—and challenges Christ followers to regain our God-given dominion on earth, which includes...