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Jeremiah - Women's Bible Study Leader Guide
Daring to Hope in an Unstable World
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
When we look around at today’s world, hope usually isn’t the first word that comes to mind. In many ways we live in an unstable world where marriages fail, bank accounts run low, friendships end, and the everyday demands of a fast-paced life get us down. In the Book of Jeremiah, we find God calling...
Family Time with God
Bible Story Activities for Everyday
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
What's the number one gift parents want for their children? Their time! Children don't stay children forever, so time spent with them today will become the memories cherished tomorrow. It is indeed a memorable treasure when families come together to learn about God's Word. Family Time With God is...
Symbols of Faith
Teaching Images of the Christian Faith
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
For centuries, symbols of faith have reminded people of the nature of God and Jesus. Even when people could not read, symbols such as the cross helped people understand God's great love for us through Jesus Christ. Symbols such as the fish, or icthus, identified early Christians to one another, and...
Beyond the Broken Heart: Leader Guide
A Journey Through Grief
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
How does the heart understand grief when it is broken by the death of a loved one? To survive and live forward, those who grieve must find answers. Beyond the Broken Heart is an eight-week support and ministry program for those who are grieving the loss of a loved one. Author Julie Yarbrough chronicles...
Church in Translation
Vibrant Christianity in Your Time and Place
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
Church in Translation shows today’s leaders how to reframe and revitalize ten essential practices of our faith to speak more effectively to the people of our time, in our current culture.
The context of Christianity is ever-changing, but the durability and relevance of the message...
Introducción a la vida y teología de Juan Wesley AETH
Introduction to the Life and Theology of John Wesley Spanish
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2005
The Holy Spirit movement in eighteenth century England gave rise to a religious revival that gave birth to the family of churches we know today as the wesleyans. Thus, by his importance as the genius organizer, it is essential to know the life and thought of one of the pillars within the Wesleyan...
by Ashlee Alley
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Fasting has been called the forgotten spiritual discipline. Although it is found throughout Scripture, it is often neglected by modern Christians. Is there power in fasting? Does it really make a difference? How does fasting relate to prayer? In this study, Ashlee Alley considers the biblical basis...
Doing Good
A Grace-Filled Approach to Holiness
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Christianity in its purest form involves putting God’s love into action. Wesleyans have traditionally understood this embodiment and expression of God’s love as holiness.
• Four-session guide helps individuals and small groups understand and embrace the Wesleyan understanding of holiness
•...
Pray Like Jesus
Rediscovering the Lord's Prayer
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
The Lord’s Prayer is the most famous prayer in the world and is remarkably simple and brief. In only 70 words Jesus covers the breadth of the Christian message and experience. Most Christians already know it by heart and can easily recite it. In fact, that might be part of the problem—it is so...
Leading Causes of Life
Five Fundmentals to Change the Way You Live Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
What do you think about when you talk about life and death?
This is the question that sent Gary Gunderson on a journey toward life, realizing that if death defines our efforts, then it will win every time. Once our imagination turns from death it becomes aparent that death isn't the only...
Are We Really Better Together?
An Evangelical Perspective on the Division in The UMC
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
The authors set out to address the division within The United Methodist Church and contend that remaining united is hurting the church and the proclamation of the gospel. Recognizing that conservative and progressive Methodists are sincere in their beliefs, the authors doubt that one side will convince...
The Future of the United Methodist Church
7 Vision Pathways
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
This book offers a renewed vision and practical steps for United Methodists to work together in mission and ministry. These bishops of The United Methodist Church urge congregations to stand together, under God’s grace, to lead others to vibrant faith, steadfast hope, and joyful living. The authors...
Earn All You Can
Getting Rich for Good
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
Is the gap between rich and poor really the fault of the financially successful? Much of the modern Christian and secular conversation around wealth contends that a widening gap separating the rich and the poor is both a reflection of an unfair economic system and a failure of Christians to sufficiently...
by Scott J. Jones
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Jones argues that several unique factors remain available to The United Methodist Church today from the period of rapid growth between 1800 and 1840. Drawing on the image of Loren Mead’s Once and Future Church and Moises Naim’s analysis in The End of Power, Jones argues that a viable future for...