Jesus came to bring joy to the world. What happened? In a world full of suffering, the declaration that God wants us to be joyful can sound tone-deaf at best or hypocritical at worst. In An Invitation to Joy, Daniel J. Denk invites readers to cast off hopelessness and rediscover joy. Yet, as Denk reminds us, "we don't find joy by pursuing joy; we ......
Preaching Magazine Book of the Year (2022) Hearts & Minds Best Books List (2022) Christianity Today Award of Merit in Church & Pastoral Leadership (2023) It's time to give pastors permission to read books besides the Bible. Six months into his first senior pastorate, Austin Carty sat in his office reading--not the Bible, not a commentary, ......
Share if you love Jesus. Scroll past if you follow the devil. Most Christians have encountered phony posts on our feeds meant to rile us up. But not everything we see on social media is so obviously absurd. As online spaces increase in importance, we urgently need to consider how to love our neighbors on the internet--and this includes sharing ......
Rediscover a spiritual classic. Since its publication over half a century ago, Studies in the Sermon on the Mount by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones has inspired generations of Christian readers. Now, J. D. Flanagan revisits Lloyd-Jones's classic work of exegesis with this fresh discussion guide. Moving chapter by chapter through Studies in the Sermon on ......
The fascinating life story, told critically but sympathetically, of a paragon of twentieth-century white Christian womanhood--and the wife of evangelist Billy Graham. Ruth Bell Graham's legacy is closely associated with that of her husband, whose career placed her in the public eye throughout her life. But, while it's true that her identity was ......
"I have used The Child's Story Bible for years . . . and can recommend it enthusiastically", says Ruth Bell Graham, wife of evangelist Billy Graham. Norman Vincent Peale says of the Story Bible, "The best summary of the Bible in story form available". First published more than 50 years ago, this much-loved Bible storybook continues to instruct and ......
The pilgrim Christian undertakes the dangerous journey to the Celestial City, experiencing physical and spiritual obstacles along the way. National Book Award finalist and two-time Newbery Honor-winning author Gary D. Schmidt recaptures the classic tale of one man's spiritual journey in this contemporary retelling of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's ......
For at least a century, at special three-hour services on Good Friday, it has been the custom in many churches to reflect on the Seven Last Words of Jesus from the Cross. In this tradition, Fleming Rutledge here presents seven eloquent meditations on these final sayings of Jesus. Rutledge links the sayings from the cross with contemporary events ......
