Richard D. Phillips & Shannon L. Phillips. Holding Hands, Holding Hearts: Recovering a Biblical View of Christian Dating. P&R, 2006. 184 pp.
What does the Bible say about dating? Nothing. And Everything!
This book offers a biblical view of relationships and provides insight on issues of commitment, attraction, and more.
When you date someone, you’re more than just holding another’s hands; you’re holding that person’s heart.
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Michael Horton. Too Good to Be True: Finding Hope in a World of Hype. Zondervan, 2006. 192 pp.
The good news that God’s Word proclaims is a recipe to use in times of disaster. That is to say, it comes as a relevant announcement only to those who are in trouble for one reason or another. This book calls for more realism in facing life’s challenges and a richer view of God and his purposes to match them.
In a world of hype, we may buy into the idea that through Jesus, we’ll be healthier and wealthier as well as wiser. So what happens when we become ill, or depressed, or bankrupt? Did we do something wrong? Has God abandoned us?
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James Emery White. Serious Times: Making Your Life Matter in an Urgent Day. IVP, 2005. 192 pp.
How can we make our lives matter?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson lived in serious times. And, because they chose to live serious lives, they turned the course of history.
As the modern era transitions into postmodern turbulence, we, too, find ourselves in serious times. How can we make a difference in the world around us? How can we be an influence for Christ? Most important, how can we make our lives matter?
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Rick Warren. Rick Warren’s Bible Study Methods: 12 Ways You Can Unlock God’s Word. Zondervan, 2006. 272 pp.
Learn how to study the Bible the way Rick Warren does. With simple, step-by-step instructions, America’s pastor guides you through twelve different approaches to studying God’s Word for yourself. Doing so will help you fulfill the third purpose of The Purpose Driven® Life: becoming more and more like Jesus.
“The Spirit of God uses the Word of God to make us like the Son of God.”—Rick Warren in The Purpose Driven® Life.
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Ray Pritchard. Credo: Believing in Something to Die For. Crossway, 2005. 224 pp.
The Apostles’ Creed is the most widely accepted creed of the church. Brief but powerful, it is so clear and biblical that all branches of Christendom enthusiastically embrace it. When we stand up together and say the creed that begins with, “I believe,” we are expressing many of the core beliefs of the Christian faith.
But have you ever thought about what you’re saying? Whether you recite the Apostles’ Creed every week or hardly ever, all Christians should understand what it means and why it’s important. Pastor Ray Pritchard examines this great creed line-by-line, point-by-point. His explanations are vibrant, thorough, accessible, and firmly rooted in Scripture.
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Brian McLaren. The Voice of Luke: Not Even Sandals. Thomas Nelson, 2007. 224 pp.
Remember when I sent you out with no money, no pack, not even sandals? Did you lack anything?
(Luke 22:35)
From the same writing team of The Dust Off Their Feet comes a fresh exploration of the life of Jesus with retelling of the timeless narrative found in The Gospel of Luke. Not Even Sandals recovers the passion, grit, humor, and beauty have been lost in our translations of Luke. This stands alone among narratives as a supernatural action-adventure.
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Jason Janz. Alone with God: A Practical Plan for Dynamic Devotions. JourneyForth, 2006. 156 pp.
In Alone with God: A Practical Plan for Dynamic Devotions, Janz shares his journey toward understanding
that daily private worship has as its basis the building of an intimate relationship with the Lord. His book combined with the Alone with God Daily Journal offers a practical, interactive approach to this special time, and includes directions for reading, prayer, and praise. Janz’s insights and simple program will help any Christian to engage in daily devotions that are vibrant and rewarding.
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Sinclair Ferguson. A Heart for God. Banner of Truth, 1996. 144 pp.
Ferguson guides us, step by step, to see the greatness of God in his majesty and creative power; to sense the tenderness of his care and the marvel of his love.
Author: Wikipedia Bio | Monergism Bio | WTS Bio
Overview: Amazon | CBD | Banner of Truth
Excerpts: TOC | pp. 1-6 | Ch. 1 Excerpt
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David H. McKinley. The Search for Satisfaction: Looking for Something New Under the Sun. Thomas Nelson, 2006. 176 pp.
We live in constant search mode looking for purpose and meaning, trying to find something, anything, that might satisfy the deep longings of our heart. Yet this search is nothing new. Even the wisest man who ever lived struggled with these same issues finding that everything in life was meaningless, a “chasing after the wind.”
Follow Solomon’s search through a fascinating study of Ecclesiastes as in the depths of his despair he discovers that only the God who made the sun can offer real and lasting results under it. Satisfaction guaranteed.
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Eugene H. Peterson. Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading. Eerdmans, 2006. 186 pp.
Eugene Peterson is convinced that the way we read the Bible is as important as that we read it. Do we read the Bible for information about God and salvation, for principles and “truths” that we can use to live better? Or do we read it in order to listen to God and respond in prayer and obedience?
The second part of Peterson’s momentous five-volume work on spiritual theology, Eat This Book challenges us to read the Scriptures on their own terms, as God’s revelation, and to live them as we read them. With warmth and wisdom Peterson offers greatly needed, down-to-earth counsel on spiritual reading.
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