Religion Mature

Perhaps of all the books in the New Testament, James most squarely focuses on results. His pull-no-punches approach to spiritual maturity, his preference for action over words, makes his text the perfect backdrop for a study of how to grow in our faith. Beloved author and teacher Warren Wiersbe leads you through this practical book with advice on how to overcome temptation, controlling the tongue, effective prayer, and how to practice what the Bible teaches.

We often imagine spiritual growth as a journey toward clarity and light. But what if the higher we go, the more likely we are to walk through mystery, questions, and spiritual fog? What if clouds aren’t a sign of failure—but of maturity? In Hiking the Clouds, Joël Malm invites you into a reflective and deeply personal exploration of the spiritual ascent. Drawing from ancient wisdom, modern psychology, and years of mentoring others through seasons of doubt and disillusionment, this book maps out the waypoints of faith—distinct stages in the journey toward divine love.

When the goddess culture was stolen and buried, so too were women's rites of passage into our wild, intuitive femininity and maturity. With Maiden to Mother, Sarah Durham Wilson excavates these ancient rites, guiding us through a sacred and crucial initiation from the immature Maiden into the archetypal Mother—the powerful, safe, compassionate, full-bloom feminine life force that exists within all of us.

The church often lacks maturity and missional impact because discipleship is at its periphery. In order to get discipleship to the center, leaders need a locally rooted, culturally contextual discipleship pathway to tether disciples who are disciplemakers to the neighborhood or network around them. Pastor and discipler E. K. Strawser shows that when discipleship becomes central to your leadership and community, then discipleship becomes central to congregational mission and cultural renewal.

This book will take you on a journey to discover how God, in His sovereignty and grace, uses these difficult times in our lives to develop in us perseverance resulting in the character qualities that He desires for us to possess in increasing measure. Much of our growth depends on the condition of our hearts; as we begin to believe what God says about us and embrace our identity in Christ, as we trust Him and seek Him above all else, and as we learn to release our burdens to Him, He begins to transform us into the men and women He created us to be.

This sixth volume of the Hobbs series shows how a caring, inter-generational community can help everyone make the right connections. After a dark winter of loss and isolation, the summer people are returning, including forty-something Melissa Morgenstern, a trust lawyer from Boston. Melissa has been working remotely since the pandemic began. She has temporarily moved to Maine to comfort her widowed mother. Up to now, Melissa’s devotion to her tight-knit Jewish family and her legal career have made relationships difficult. Town doctor, Liz Stolz introduces her to the new assistant ...

An epidemic of shallow manhood has swept through this land, and the damage has been devastating. Men have been sold a lie that says sacrificial masculinity is a waste of time and perpetual youthfulness and self-centeredness is the road to fulfillment. Whether it be through media, education, or some other outlet, the role of men in the world has become twisted, perverted, and diminished to the point of being unrecognizable. We are in a war, and that war is against the very identity of men.

This book offers a view of our faith that few have seen, fewer have understood and even fewer have experienced. The most incredible awakening a person can have is discovering who he is and what is waiting for the authentic believer in the Son of God.

Why is it that some people show remarkable growth in their relationships with God, but others seem stuck? Is there a secret that some are in on and the rest have missed? Or has God provided wisdom and power for accelerated growth for every believer? In this book, Pastor Bill White answers those questions...and many more.

When we stop being children and enter adult life, we achieve achievements that fill us with satisfaction: a good job, starting a family, economic solvency, a standard of living that gives us material comfort... But life also brings blows that we did not expect. We all have had one or more: the betrayal of a friend, an accident, a serious illness, the loss of a loved one, the loss of a job, financial difficulties, the breakdown of a marriage... When these things happen to us we become vulnerable: Vulnerable to anxiety and anger, which leads us to aHack others, verbally or physically. ...

From dealing with judgment, feelings of inferiority, and unsolicited relationship advice to working through loneliness and your sexuality, a single woman today has many things to handle. What’s worse—she has very few outlets where she can be vulnerable and understood.

This small group series is devoted to mature Christians who want to take their Christian experience to another level of spirituality.