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When you find yourself loving Jesus but hating life, rest assured you are in good company. Many men and women before you have found themselves in the same position. This life is filled with dark valleys, and most of us are just looking for an immediate way out of the valley we're in. You may have been told the fix to the darkness of depression and sadness is either more prayer or more pills, more church or more counseling, more truth or more therapy. But what if the solution is not an "either-or?"

See the lavish grace of Jesus's love for you.... As Christians, we commonly portray grace as something that comes to us in the form of a paycheck and healthy bodies. By wading into the deep end of suffering, I have learned that God's grace is much more evident in the mire and the dung of life. Amid deep pain and suffering, I found myself at the grace-filled cross where his glory is revealed in the unseen as I struggle with what is transient.

Do you know where you will spend eternity? In the "hustle and bustle" of the world around us, many of us feel angst and trepidation about what we are accomplishing and doing with our lives. We as a people are searching, and seemingly not doing a very good job of finding the meaningful answers we seek! If you are going to heaven, will you be taking anybody with you? Mark will help "kick-start" your effectiveness in witnessing to others about your faith in Christ.

Our society holds a very corrupted view of marriage. At the same time that marriage is glamorized by movies and sitcoms, it is devalued by Hollywood and pop culture. Candice Mummert offers heartfelt conversations with singles in our society about what marriage was really created to look like.

Do you believe you will live for eternity? Or do you believe that life on this earth is all there is? If this life is all there is, what is the meaning of it? Are you sure you know? Many, if not most, of the people in this world never even contemplate these questions. When you do, you must realize that each of us could be wrong in our assumptions about this present life, as well as what is waiting for us after our lives have run their course!

Everyone has a story to tell, with lessons learned, heartaches experienced, and joys cherished. Taking the first step on any journey is always the most difficult, and learning to walk with Christ is no different. Living a life in accordance with God's plan is life-giving, full of adventure and purpose. Surrendering is a very personal and vulnerable account of one woman's journey through the highs and lows of walking with Jesus.

The tears of God are the strength of history. It is this paradox that is the pathway for an honest faith that is both honoring to God and able to be true to every day life. When we understand that God is fully present, and affected, during the deepest times of violation, we are then empowered to vocalize our greatest pains and see that honest faith is not only filled with praise, but can even include pain and doubt. It is this type of biblical faith that allows us to see His merciful presence in all situations.

The dumbing-down and elimination of the father as the spiritual leader of the family is tragic. Many families are broken, splintered, and injured, strewn along the roadside of convenient and easy divorce. We are seeing the tremendously high price paid by all of us within this catastrophic debacle! In fact, some would say that even the Christian family is in meltdown mode....

Cancer is a killer. It stormed onto the scene, showing no remorse. Colin and his family were no match for what they were up against. Face to face with tragedy, they were left with a choice. Would they cower down and "hang on tight", hoping the inevitable passed them by? Or, in the midst of adversity, would they rise up and overcome what was meant to destroy them?

In a culture where those who claim the name of Christ seem to live most of their days in apathy and spiritual boredom, From Plowing to Preaching shares event after event of God’s personal intervention in providing leadership, provision, and blessings.

Over my years as a pastor, I've heard some tough questions asked about the Bible and about God.... If you have questions but are struggling to find the right answers, the second edition of Thanks for Asking is the perfect place to start. This practical, approachable resource will help guide you to find solid biblical answers to your questions.

Jesus did some of his best work on side streets and in back alleys. His everyday journey with his disciples proved to be unexpected twists and turns all the way to the very end. Had they only gone where they were comfortable, they would have missed the best of what Jesus offered. Working with Jesus is a lifelong journey of invitation and destination. Some invitations are easy to accept, while others are more difficult.

Worth the Struggle is designed to help followers of Jesus Christ become more aware of how living life with purpose relates to achieving their destiny. This is an encouraging spiritual handbook based on the author’s journey through personal transformation to live life with purpose. The author shares how she learned that struggle is an integral part of the process of finding purpose and fulfilling each person’s destiny — what it truly means to walk by faith, not by sight.

Overcome by years of anxiety and depression on a fruitless journey to find himself, Casey Cease could not imagine his life getting any darker. On July 5th, 1995, at the age of 17, fueled by desperate anger and alcohol, Casey caused a horrific car accident that resulted in the death of his friend. Guilty and hopeless, Casey lay in a mental hospital on suicide watch, sure that his life was over. He would soon learn that God had a plan to rescue and redeem him through Jesus Christ. For over a decade, Casey has been traveling the country candidly sharing his testimony of God’s power to save others to a life of hope and peace, even when it seems they will be lost forever. With a pastor’s heart, he wrote Tragedy to Truth for the sole purpose of giving you the opportunity to marvel at the limitless love of God toward broken, sinful people. No matter how bad you think you are, you aren’t beyond the reach of Christ.

There is increased pressure when you are queen of the future holding all the power in your two little hands. As someone who suffered from severe anxiety, Katie Smith knows the realities of fear and panic that grip much of the world today. No matter the strength of your faith or fervency of your prayers, anxiety can still grow like weeds in a manicured lawn. Yet, there is hope and healing when you recognize that your control is not within your power but within your purpose.

This is not a fairy tale - but it does have suspense, humor, a quest, and a happy ending. When Jason and Pam Ogden decided to adopt a baby, they had no idea that their adoption process would stretch over a period of two years and that their baby would be a toddler by the time they were able to bring him home. Taken straight from Pam’s personal travel journal, He Made Me Brave chronicles the long-awaited emotional trip she and her husband took to South Korea to meet their new son.

What if we looked at all of life through the lens of the gospel? Imagine the good news of Jesus Christ as a pair of glasses. When you look through the gospel lens everything suddenly takes on a different color, contour, clarity, and consequently, a different meaning. The purpose of this book is to show you how to view all of life through the gospel, the very heart of Jesus.

What is the story of our life? Does our story include painful as well as good moments? Is God a part of our story? Each one of us has a unique story. Evan Lis explores various aspects in our story and shows how each person's story connects with God's story. Walk with Evan as he shares his own story in which he comes face-to-face with suicide and miracles, and see how those experiences have affected his life.

Patty is a licensed mental health professional and a counselor. She was invited to present on Christian Pastoral Counseling for hundreds of indigenous pastors and church leaders. After the unexpected death of their 33-year-old son, both she and her husband, Dennis, invested the next year in mental health counseling from a licensed grief counselor. This time she was the client - not the counselor. As an avid writer, part of her therapy included journal entries as she expressed the emotions of her walk through her grief. Her book is an accumulation of those journal entries.

Divine Context is a world where the word of God is opened and revealed in the context of divinity. Scriptures, situations, and events within the Bible that have been unexplained for generations are revealed with detail and confirmed by the scriptures. Divine Context will introduce you to the truth of the scriptures and to the knowledge of God that will help to reveal the long-hidden mysteries of the Bible. It is a book of understanding that is not based on man’s ideology, cultural opinion, nor traditional religious doctrines.