The night before he died, Jesus told his closest friends what they needed to know to experience a fulfilling, world-changing life. In Secrets of the Vine for Teens, Bruce Wilkinson's powerful teen-focused message passes on the truths Jesus communicated to his disciples: how God uses tough times to set you free from the sin that's keeping you from the… Read more…
“Aquinas,” says Jean Porter, “gets justice right.” In this book she shows that Aquinas offers us a cogent and illuminating account of justice as a personal virtue rather than a virtue of social institutions, as John Rawls and his interlocutors have described it — and as most people think of it today. Porter presents a tho… Read more…
The world keeps spinning. How many have felt the need to keep up? Are you tired? Has the world exhausted you? Let's face it. We have jobs to work, kids to raise, spouses to support, and if we take the time to list every little responsibility, we would probably feel like we’re drowning. If we were to live this life on our own, that feeling wo… Read more…
Christianity Today 2024 Book Awards, Theology (Popular) category, Finalist So often, the Third Person of the Trinity gets the least attention. He is considered confusing or mysterious. Dr. Gregg Allison has spent his life devoted to studying and teaching theology, and this concise and practical book approaches the truth given to us in God's Wor… Read more…
You can tell a lot about a person by the way he dies.In the last week of his life, Jesus deliberately sets his face toward Jerusalem—and certain death. This is no ordinary week. Even the angels are silent as they ponder the final days of Jesus Christ.This is no ordinary walk. Jesus doesn't chatter. He doesn't pause. He is on his final journey.H… Read more…
Youth ministry veteran and bestselling author, Duffy Robbins, offers an updated and revised edition of his book about the important, behind-the-scenes mechaincs of youth ministry. The tasks of budgeting, decision-making, time management, team ministry, staff relationships, conflict resolution, working with parents, and a range of other issues, are the things… Read more…
You can tell a lot about a person by the way he dies.In the last week of his life, Jesus deliberately sets his face toward Jerusalem—and certain death. This is no ordinary week. Even the angels are silent as they ponder the final days of Jesus Christ.This is no ordinary walk. Jesus doesn't chatter. He doesn't pause. He is on his final journey.H… Read more…
Why are some people full of hope, while many of us struggle to get past the snooze alarm?Hope often seems elusive—both to explain and to experience. So we find ourselves instead clinging to lesser substitutes. From self-medication to lazy clichés, we apply these balms to our pain and experience little to no comfort. But we know, in our guts, that these re… Read more…
Men, set a powerful example for the world. Be the person God wants you to be with Man of Strength devotions. Masculinity has come under fire in recent years, but the world needs Christian men like never before. Man of Strength: 100 Devotions for a Life of Power celebrates men, the ones who rely on God for His strength, exercise their spiritu… Read more…
The goal of apologetics is to persuasively answer honest objections that keep people from faith in Jesus Christ. But of several apologetic approaches, which is most effective? Five Views on Apologetics examines the “how-to” of apologetics, putting five prominent views under the microscope: Classical, Evidential, Presuppositional, Reformed Epistemology, a… Read more…