Baker Publishing Group: 4943 books
by Andrew Farley, Bart Millard
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
We all experience fear, shame, loneliness, broken homes, or broken hearts. We all hurt and need true, lasting healing. The trouble, according to bestselling author Andrew Farley and Bart Millard, lead singer of MercyMe, is that we don't know where to find it.
Inspired by MercyMe's #1 hit song...
Just Generosity
A New Vision for Overcoming Poverty in America
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Just Generosity calls Christians to examine their priorities and their pocketbooks in the face of a scandalous tendency to overlook those among us who suffer while we live in practical opulence. This holistic approach to helping the poor goes far beyond donating clothes or money, envisioning a world...
Not All Roads Lead to Heaven
Sharing an Exclusive Jesus in an Inclusive World
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
Almost 60 percent of those in American evangelical churches believe that many religions can lead to eternal life. But if Jesus is to be trusted when he says that no one comes to the Father except through him, the church is failing in its mission. And it's not hard to guess why. An exclusive Jesus...
Unparalleled
How Christianity's Uniqueness Makes It Compelling
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
How Christianity's Unmatched Truth Answers the Deepest Longings of Every Human Heart
To the popular objection Aren't all religions basically the same? pastor and author Jared Wilson answers with an enthusiastic No! Christianity is not merely one among many similar options. It is categorically...
by Anne Marie Miller
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Real Help for the Toughest Talks
Most parents dread talking about sex with their children. Anne Marie Miller loves giving "the talk." As she has shared her personal story and talked about God's gift of sex with almost half a million young people, she's noticed some disturbing patterns:
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Evangelism after Pluralism
The Ethics of Christian Witness
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
What does it mean to evangelize ethically in a multicultural climate? Following his successful Evangelism after Christendom, Bryan Stone addresses reasons evangelism often fails and explains how it can become distorted as a Christian practice. Stone urges us to consider a new approach, arguing for...
Ancient Christian Worship
Early Church Practices in Social, Historical, and Theological Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
An Important Study on the Worship of the Early Church
This introduction to the origins of Christian worship illuminates the importance of ancient liturgical patterns for contemporary Christian practice. Andrew McGowan takes a fresh approach to understanding how Christians came to worship in...
Personal Jesus (Engaging Culture)
How Popular Music Shapes Our Souls
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Pop music is now an ever-present force shaping citizens in the West. Even at funerals, pop music is often requested over hymns. But how does popular music work? And what roles does it play for listeners who engage it? This new addition to the critically acclaimed Engaging Culture series explores the...
by Edith Schaeffer
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1997
All the moving, changing shapes of a family are shown in Edith Schaeffer's imaginative reflections on infancy to grandmotherhood. She gives readers great ideas on how to support their family members and make moments memorable.
Girl Defined
God's Radical Design for Beauty, Femininity, and Identity
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
In a Culture of Distortions, Discover God-Defined Womanhood and Beauty
In a culture where airbrushed models and career-driven women define beauty and success, it's no wonder we have a distorted view of femininity. Our impossible standards place an incredible burden of stress on the backs of...
Liturgy as a Way of Life (The Church and Postmodern Culture)
Embodying the Arts in Christian Worship
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
How do the arts inform and cultivate our service to God? In this addition to an award-winning series, distinguished philosopher Bruce Ellis Benson rethinks what it means to be artistic. Rather than viewing art as practiced by the few, he recovers the ancient Christian idea of presenting ourselves...
Crescendos and Diminuendos
Meditations for Musicians and Music Lovers
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2007
This unique devotional is written expressly with the musically inclined in mind. Each of the fifty-two devotions is titled with a musical term, such as "Allegro" or "D. S. Al Fine," using that term to form the content. After a definition of the term, author Jack Coleman offers...
The New Worship
Straight Talk on Music and the Church
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2001
Shows pastors how to balance new worship ideas with the traditional while focusing on the purpose of praise and fellowship.
Not Who I Imagined
Surprised by a Loving God
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
From our earliest days we long for love and acceptance. First from our parents, then from peers, and eventually from romantic interests. We look into their faces, searching for a smile, a look that says, I love you exactly as you are. Don't change. We long for the same gracious acceptance from God....