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Students who know what it means to live on a university campus offer practical advice for day-to-day living. Experience the challenges and joys of college life as young Christians share their ideas for living and thriving on campus - Know Before You Go - Move-in Day - Dorm Life - Dating and Relationships - The Social Scene - Caring for Yourself - Finances - Academics and Technology - International Studies - Time Management - Being a Christian on Campus - Staying Connected - Safety

The people of Zion are at it again.Two of their very own are getting married, and everyone is pleased as punch to be hosting Bradbury's wedding of the century. Their collective joy is short lived, however, as busted air-conditioners, melting cakes, and a trip to the emergency room intrude upon the celebration.Yet the congregation rallies. Led by Pastor Fletcher and the stalwart Mrs. Scheinberg, they turn in faith to God's promises of life and salvation to see one another through trying days that demand patience, prayer, and perhaps another batch of cinnamon rolls.Emily Duke, Pastor Fletcher, and the rest of Zion's quirky flock return in this compelling sequel to House of Living Stones, proving that life in a small town is anything but small.

Have you ever finished reading a Bible passage, only to be left scratching your head and wondering why no study notes, devotionals, or commentaries answer your questions? The Big Book of New Testament Questions and Answers is an easy-to-follow Q&A handbook with vast insight into the entire New Testament. Rev. Dr. Michael Eschelbach draws from thirty years of experience counseling and teaching in parish and university settings to create a handy resource for students, Bible studies, and personal devotions. With countless references to parallel biblical texts, discover again and again how all of Scripture is connected.

Christians encounter hostility and subtle persecution in the U.S. and face open persecution in other parts of the world. We are called to turn the other cheek, but in what other ways would God have us respond? This book provides biblical perspectives to help understand the challenge of persecution and how God promises to guide, use, and sustain us. Features: The biblical perspective on hostility and persecutionHow God would have us respondRecent trends of hostility and persecution toward Christians in the U.S. and worldwidePositive options for a response reflecting the Gospel and life under God's graceLearn the answers to questions like these:What kinds of hostility do Christians encounter?When does hostility spill over into persecution?What are the underlying roots found in sin, spiritual warfare, and opposition to Christ?How can examples from Scripture improve our understanding of persecution?What are God's priorities, and how does that motivate Christians?How does God support and encourage us during times of difficulty?How can we respond?

A collection of 45 devotions for women, intended to uplight, encourage, and inspire. Written by past presidents of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League, the writers have known the same joy and blessing, pain and loss and readers. In Hope Notes, they share the hope that is ours in Jesus.

The Pastor At Prayer is a devotional resource designed to assist pastors in their prayer life, strengthen them in their ministry, and provide basic readings and a framework for daily prayer and meditation on God's Word. Features:A Lutheran, pastoral, devotional prayer guide, centered in the Scriptures and the Lutheran Confessions.A comprehensive reading of the Scriptures and the Confessions forms the heart of the resource.This revision presents all the prayers in contemporary style, and updates all referenced texts to those currently available.

People remain thankful for science, but they also recognize that science does not hold all the answers. In fact, they see that science can raise more questions than it answers, driving people on further quests for understanding truth, and contentment. Faith and Science in a Skeptical Age shows Christians how to respond to a world focused on finding answers to life's mysteries by exploring current topics and their impacts on our culture.Topics covered include:Heaven and hellNear-death experiencesAngelsDemonsMiraclesAlien explorationStem cell researchCloning, and moreFaith and Science in a Skeptical Age is a companion to our Faith on the Edge Bible study series.

Do you ever wonder what your next step should be? If there is more to life? Do you crave something better? More than security or wealth success or popularity, what we really need is to be loved, to matter. But with all our inner strength and the world's create-your-own destiny attitude, with all our technology and know-how and savvy, we are helpless to truly satisfy that craving on our own. God's intention was never for us to have a dissatisfied, self-critical spirit. In His eyes, each of us is irreplaceable, carefully crafted, designed for a unique and noble purpose. And He is determined to reach us. Throughout the ages, amid all of the world's selfish rebellion, unthinkable corruption, ugly swirl of violence, and abject godlessness, the Lord God has shown that He works in a consistent and beautiful way. He draws close to us. He enters our existence. God reaches into our lives, turns us around, and fulfills every desperate, yearning, miserable need. God offers us grace. Pure, lavish, unending grace. Discover the life you crave.Features:Discussion questions for each chapterAccessible to all people of all faithsAnecdotes from contemporary everyday life, history, and the BibleDirects reader to apply Scripture to his or her life

Discover Biblical encouragement and guidance for parents. For parents of all ages with children of all ages, Blessings & Prayers for Parents points readers to God as the only perfect parent and speaks to parents' need to hear God's specific words of forgiveness and grace. Convenient pocket size.

The first aspect of this guide is a resource that provides a basic understanding of mental health from both psychological and spiritual perspectives. It offers readers a deep understanding of the value of both perspectives and shows how they work together for the care of souls. Also included are guidelines to help the congregational community become a center for wellness. Christian Concepts for Care gives readers a unique understanding of the spiritual basis to mental health and to the development of mental and emotional disorders. The second aspect of this book is a detailed guide of mental and emotional disorders. It offers explanations on how one can work with such disorders in a healing community, on when referrals should be made to professionals, and on how pastors and congregations can work in positive ways to support members during and after treatment. This book equips pastors and congregations to become a part of the member's wellness. While Christian Concepts for Care offers descriptions of mental health issues and disorders, it is not of a textbook on various illnesses and clinical prognoses. Rather, it is a unique resource that shows the spiritual nature of these disorders. As a result, readers gain a new perspective that gives hope and a practical way to apply faith. Christian Concepts for Care engages pastors, parish nurses, and professional church workers who are called upon to offer care and counseling, as well as lay congregational leaders who support the "professional" staff of the congregation. It equips workers (and those preparing to work in these fields) with the tools they need not only to better understand mental and emotional disorders but also to offer effective spiritual care. Features:Provides basic understanding of mental health from both a psychological and spiritual perspective.Gives valuable insight into the development of mental and emotional disorders.Shows how psychology and spiritual perspectives can work together for the care of souls.Supports pastoral care as an essential part of supporting members with mental and emotional disorders.Offers strategies for referral to mental health professionals in the community.Assists pastors and church professionals in understanding the role of pastoral care and congregational support in the care and life of those with mental and emotional disorders.

About this VolumeWalther's sermons reflect not only the importance of Walther as leading theologian of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in the first decades of its existence but also his extraordinary gifts as a preacher. Now in English, Walther's sermons will give you today a peek into the powerful preaching of the first president of the LCMS.The sermons are printed unchanged in content and form. They originate from the Walther's almost 30 years as pastor of the first German Evangelical Lutheran (Joint) congregation of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession in this country, which for some time past consists of four areas with four churches: Trinity, Immanuel, Zion, and Cross Churches. Gospel Sermons Volume 2 covers The Time of the Church (The Season after Pentecost, including sermons for several feast days).Experience this explanation of God's Word by C. F. W. Walther and know that Christians are "a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His [God's] own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light" (1 Peter 2:9). This was the Bible verse Walther put on one of the first pages of the German edition of his Gospel sermons.

This new isagogics textbooks examines and explores each book of the Old Testament, preparing students of the Bible to read Israels texts with understanding and insight. It helps answer questions such as What is helpful and what is detrimental to evangelical faith? And How do conservative scholars respond to critical views of the Old Testament? The book interacts with scholars in a respectful way while providing evangelical assessments that foster historical and theological confidence in the Old Testament.

About This VolumeYour salvation rests on Jesus Christ alone. While the foundation is sure, how will you build your life upon that foundation? Scripture is full of encouragement for living holy Christian lives full of the joys (and the crosses) that come with living a life of service toward God and neighbor.This volume will equip you to:¿ Find Jesus where He has chosen to reveal Himself-in Church and in His Word¿ Learn with the disciples how to pray-the Lord's Prayer¿ Live out the Jesus-centered life through your vocation¿ Live out the Jesus-centered life in your familyAbout The SeriesThe You Can Do It Series encourages and equips believers to live out life as a disciple of Jesus Christ, being formed and shaped by God's Word. Written in a clear and encouraging style, each of these topical books gives Christians achievable goals for strengthening their faith and relationships. Each book features a consistent presentation of a topic in five parts with each part consisting of a presentation, summary, discussion questions, and several action steps.Books In The SeriesUnderstand the Bible BetterWitness ChristMake Your Marriage StrongerRead the Bible PrayerfullyHave a Faithful Prayer LifeAppreciate Science and Love the BibleHave a Stronger FamilyLive a Jesus-Centered LifeMake Your Congregation a Caring Church

Our salvation is not dependent on how we feel, but certainly our relationships with one another very often are. Fostering and nurturing good relationships, removing stumbling blocks of perception and communication, and sweating the details, both inside and to the outside of the congregation, are key to having a caring congregation. This volume will equip you to:Establish a pattern of caring that flows out of the Means of GraceValue taking care of the details as a means of showing careFind ideas and ways to care for the community around the churchCare for the called, elected, and volunteer workers in the congregationNurture and support the members of the congregationAbout The SeriesThe You Can Do It Series encourages and equips believers to live out life as a disciple of Jesus Christ, being formed and shaped by God's Word. Written in a clear and encouraging style, each of these topical books gives Christians achievable goals for strengthening their faith and relationships. Each book features a consistent presentation of a topic in five parts with each part consisting of a presentation, summary, discussion questions, and several action steps.

We want to be faithful in our prayers, but even if we know how to pray, how can we make time to pray? How can we be faithful in our prayers? How often should we pray? For whom should we pray? This volume will equip you to:See regular church attendance as the best foundation for a faithful prayer lifeMake time to prayPrepare to prayUse God's own Word to shape your prayersMeet the struggle that leads to a faithful and regular prayer lifeAbout The SeriesThe You Can Do It Series encourages and equips believers to live out life as a disciple of Jesus Christ, being formed and shaped by God's Word. Written in a clear and encouraging style, each of these topical books gives Christians achievable goals for strengthening their faith and relationships. Each book features a consistent presentation of a topic in five parts with each part consisting of a presentation, summary, discussion questions, and several action steps.

The debate between those who hold to the theorems and models of science and those who hold that the Bible is the Word of God and must be true influences greatly how we think about things. Does your belief in God and His Word mean you need to reject all of science? Is there a faithful way to integrate science and faith? This volume will equip you to:Take a Christian worldview out into the world of scientific studyKnow how to live with a Christian worldview in our mental environmentUnderstand how a Christian worldview shapes our interpretation of factsKnow how to interpret scientific facts in light of ScriptureHave an informed Christian worldview that anticipates being challengedAbout The SeriesThe You Can Do It Series encourages and equips believers to live out life as a disciple of Jesus Christ, being formed and shaped by God's Word. Written in a clear and encouraging style, each of these topical books gives Christians achievable goals for strengthening their faith and relationships. Each book features a consistent presentation of a topic in five parts with each part consisting of a presentation, summary, discussion questions, and several action steps.

About The SeriesThe You Can Do It Series encourages and equips believers to live out life as a disciple of Jesus Christ, being formed and shaped by God's Word. Written in a clear and encouraging style, each of these topical books gives Christians achievable goals for strengthening their faith and relationships. Each book features a consistent presentation of a topic in five parts with each part consisting of a presentation, summary, discussion questions, and several action steps.About This VolumeThere are no perfect families, and we all want to have stronger, faithful families. Even while the pressures of real-life issues press on every side, there are opportunities to support your spouse, your children, even your extended family. God has mercifully surrounded us with the means to support as we strive to have a stronger family and Christian household.This volume will equip you to:Develop the skills and motivation to strengthen your familyRecognize and accept the variety and differences found in individual family membersEstablish the family as a safe place for repentance and forgivenessUnderstand vocation and use it to give your family purpose and directionCreate times of rest as a family and as individualsBooks In The SeriesUnderstand the Bible BetterWitness ChristMake Your Marriage StrongerRead the Bible PrayerfullyHave a Faithful Prayer LifeAppreciate Science and Love the BibleHave a Stronger FamilyLive a Jesus-Centered LifeMake Your Congregation a Caring Church

About the VolumeThe Bible may be the best-selling book of all time, but for all its sales, its content remains widely unknown. According to polls only about half of adults in the United States can name one of the fourGospels, or knew that Genesis was the first book of the Bible. Many people feel intimidated by the idea of reading the Bible with understanding that feeds and strengthens faith. Zach McIntosh provides basic knowledge of the purposes and themes of the Bible, and reminds us that the easiest way to understand the Bible better is to read it. This volume will equip you to:See Jesus as the star of ScriptureExplore the structure and message of the Old TestamentAppreciate the revelation of Christ and the Church in the New TestamentReceive the power of God in His WordIntersect with those who can help you grow in your Bible studyAbout the SeriesThe You Can Do It Series encourages and equips believers to live out life as a disciple of Jesus Christ, being formed and shaped by God's Word. Written in a clear and encouraging style, each of these topical books gives Christians achievable goals for strengthening their faith and relationships. Each book features a consistent presentation of a topic in five parts with each part consisting of a presentation, summary, discussion questions, and several action steps.