Start a Better Holiday Family Tradition As a Christian parent, you already know how busy and commercialized Christmas has become. Amid the flurry of activity, it's easy to lose sight of the real reason you celebrate this season-the birth of Jesus. The 25 Days of Christmas is a unique advent devotional written to help your family experience richer joy as you discover what the holiday is really about. Each two-page spread features a short story for...

Philippians is saturated with joy. While under house arrest in Rome, Paul wrote to encourage the Philippians to rejoice in the Lord, despite their circumstances-to find Christ-centered, Spirit-empowered joy in living, serving, sharing, and resting. Colossians is addressed to a church suffering from cultural capitulation and spiritual surrender-just like the church of the twenty-first century. Those who deceive others with self-centered philosophies,...

Richard Baxter (12 November 1615 8 December 1691) was an English Puritan church leader, poet, hymn-writer, theologian, and controversialist. Dean Stanley called him "the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen". After some false starts, he made his reputation by his ministry at Kidderminster, and at around the same time began a long and prolific career as theological writer. After the Restoration he refused preferment, while retaining a non-separatist...

In the courtroom, lawyers depend on rules of evidence to make their arguments. A case is made by establishing certain facts from which proof can be determined. But what happens when the truth seems to be a matter of faith? Can the legal mind discern the validity of one's belief or unbelief? Nationally recognized trial lawyer Mark Lanier turns his analytical mind to the arguments for atheism and agnosticism. With critical thinking and precision of...

Looking for a thoughtful gift that will be cherished for many Christmases to come? Socks for Christmas is the little red book that has touched countless lives. In the late 1960s, New York Times bestselling author Andy Andrews thought he was having a very good Christmas… until he got socks from his Aunt Ruth--unarguably a very lousy gift. How could he know that those lousy socks would change Christmas and him forever! Socks for Christmas is great...

Arguing that the Bible cannot serve as a rulebook for sexual morality, examines the text and its historic interpretations and highlights the book's many contradictory messages regarding sex, marriage, adultery, and divorce.

A repackaged edition of the revered author's treasury of essays and stories which examine the value of creative writing and imaginative exploration. C. S. Lewis-the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia, and many other beloved classics-presents a well-reasoned case for the importance of story...

Lo que cada cristiano debe creerDoctrina trata de rastrear los grandes temas teológicos de la Escritura a lo largo de la historia de la Biblia. Este valioso libro está lleno de verdades transcendentales, sin muchas historias de ilustración y entretenimiento; estas omisiones fueron totalmente intencionales.Este sustancioso pero ameno panorama de la doctrina básica ayudará a los cristianos a articular sus creencias de acuerdo a la Biblia de una...

So you want to learn all you can about theology, but find most of the books on the market a bit too technical and rather confusing? Have you been hoping for a resource that can explain complicated theological issues in a way that is thorough yet easy to understand? Then this book is for you! Renowned author Dr. Jay Adams, the father of the contemporary Biblical counseling movement, has created a book that delves into some of the most complex theological...

Now available in softcover with a new, contemporary watercolor design that blends with Jerry Bridge's most popular books. This new edition now includes the study guide (formerly available separately), combining that resource into this book. What Ever Happened to Sin? Jerry Bridges helps us confront the sins we tolerate. The Christian journey is a life of practiced godliness, but too often we overlook or minimize sins that, while corrosive and destructive...