If you knew Jesus was coming back at this time next year, would you be doing some things differently today? What if you knew He was coming back next month, next week, tomorrow—or even at the end of this day? Would you be in a real hurry to do some things differently? Dr. Tony EvansWhat is God doing in the world today? What is His plan for the futu… Read more…
What if you could close the "joy gap," that distance between how you feel now and the way you wish you felt? In The Joy Challenge, pastor and bestselling author Randy Frazee shares the secret to experiencing real, lasting joy--and stepping into a life of contentment and purpose.If this sounds familiar, Frazee has good news for you. In The Joy Challenge, he s… Read more…
Experience the Old and New Testament afresh with these bold translations.
In The First Testament: A New Translation, John Goldingay interrupts our sleepy familiarity with the Old Testament. He sets our expectations off balance by inviting us to hear the strange accent of the Hebrew text. We encounter the sinewed cadences of the Hebrew Bibl… Read more…
Experience the New Testament afresh in Scot McKnight's bold translation. Typical translations of the New Testament make the biblical text as accessible as possible by using the language of our own day. At times this masks the distance between the New Testament text and modern readers. Scripture continues to speak to us but it speaks as an ancient text to… Read more…
Awash in a sea of Bible translations, do we need yet another?
Most translations bend the text toward us. They make the rough places smooth, the odd bits more palatable to our modern sensibilities. In every translation something is gained and something lost.
In The First Testament: A New Translation, John Goldingay interr… Read more…
Usted ha sido llamado a la verdad. Jesús vino a cumplir las Escrituras, a buscar y salvar a los perdidos y a testificar de la verdad. Sin embargo, a veces puede tomar un tiempo comprender la verdad, porque nos enfrentamos a ella de diversas maneras y en diferentes circunstancias. Una vez que Jesús nos confronta, incluyendo nuestras neces… Read more…
You are called to Truth. Jesus came to fulfill Scripture, to seek and save the lost, and to testify to the truth. But truth can sometimes take a minute to grasp because we contend with it in a variety of ways under a variety of circumstances. Once Jesus collides with our lives—our deepest needs, cultural biases, personal motivations, even pridef… Read more…
Let God’s Grace Renew Your Heart Here is a delightful women’s devotional that reminds Christian women of all ages that God provides daily grace to His beloved daughters. Thoughtful readings will speak to your heart, and lovely prayers, memorable quotations, and scripture passages add to the rich spiritual depth of the book. It’s the perfect… Read more…
Read by the author.Unleash the superpower of being yourself. Sarah Jakes Roberts, bestselling author of Woman Evolve, will help you craft a language toward your issues with intentionality.Stripping our minds of the expectations that inundate our world has never been more difficult. One quick scroll of our phones and we're consumed by other people… Read more…
Loving others can be so messy. Somewhere along the way, maybe you’ve Experienced pain and trauma that caused you to put up barriers in your heart Felt disappointed that you didn’t get the relationship you once dreamed of Decided it’s too risky to open yourself up to getting hurt. Maybe you’ve even felt this spreading into your rel… Read more…
In a world that expects near perfection from people in ministry, it is hard to be honest about struggles of being a pastor's wife or a woman in ministry--let alone have a sense of humor about it! In their popular podcast, Pastors' Wives Tell All, Jessica Taylor, Stephanie Gilbert, and Jenna Allen create a safe place for pastors' wives and women i… Read more…
God's face is always shining toward us. Our God is not asleep, nor indifferent. But we don't always experience this nearness or the depth of how beloved we truly are--especially if we have experienced neglect, betrayal, or indifference in our formative human relationships.Drawing from the deep well of Scripture, attachment theory, and her own persona… Read more…