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Do you struggle with anxiety or know someone who does? Pierce Taylor Hibbs shows that we've been approaching our anxiety the wrong way. It's not a terror to avoid, but a tool in God's hands. The author draws on his own experience in living with an anxiety disorder to present descriptions, discussion, and concrete resources for fellow anxiety sufferers. It's time for us to focus on the spiritual purposes God has for our anxiety. It's time for us to revel in the amazing truth that the best part of being struck down is realizing that we will never be destroyed, not with God on our side.

The deepest longing for humans is communion with the living, eternal God. But how does it happen? What gets in the way? And how does that communion define who we are, give us purpose, and show us what lies ahead for us? In One with God, award-winning author Pierce Taylor Hibbs leads readers on a conversational, poetic, and prayerful journey into the wonders of Jesus's great prayer for his people: that they may be one with him (John 17). Filled with discussion questions, reader resources, and prayers for group study, One with God inspires readers to chase after the one thing they can't truly...

What every person wants more than anything else is to be fully known and fully loved. This is what it means to be an insider. And the grand story of Scripture is about how the insider God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—has come to outsiders in order to bring us in. How does this happen? And what does this do to shape our understanding of who God is, who we are, and what the world is like? In Insider-Outsider, award-winning author Pierce Taylor Hibbs (Struck Down but Not Destroyed, The Book of Giving, The Great Lie) explores the theology of insiders and outsiders, unpacking the beauty of ...

In this short ebook, the author shows how all of us suffer from communicative malnourishment (CM), and thus feel spiritually distant from God. The remedy for this illness lies in what the author calls "communion behavior," that is, language. We rely on communion behavior to hear from God and speak with him, growing closer to the God who speaks. Though we all sometimes feel distant from God, we are actually in divine company all the time. We just have to learn to listen to and speak with the Trinity.

Giving changes everything. It will change your heart. And then it will change the world. That's not because being generous is "good." It's because God changes the world through giving. God so loved the world that he gave. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit have a giving circle, and they've invited us into it. The more we give, the more we resemble the God who is always giving himself to us. Giving our time, our attention, our resources to others is what life is all about. In this book, you'll learn why and how. You'll be transformed into someone who finds joy in giving, and thus who finds joy...

What does it mean to be a Christian writer? How do we carry out the craft well? These are the questions at the heart of this book. Pierce Taylor Hibbs (Struck Down but Not Destroyed, Finding Hope in Hard Things, The Great Lie, One with God) draws on his extensive writing and publishing experience, in addition to over a decade of teaching writing, to bring readers a theologically rich and yet accessible guide to the craft of writing. Readers will learn not only why they are made to write but also how they can communicate the truth effectively and beautifully. In light of its theological ...

Christmas is a time of wonder, but many of us miss out on this because we're so familiar with the tradition. Award-winning author Pierce Taylor Hibbs helps us reclaim the wonder of Christmas with these Advent readings. Each one helps us see the glory, joy, and mystery of God's coming to earth in Jesus Christ. To open this book is to open yourself to the strange beauty that ushers this season in every year. Take, read, marvel, and worship.