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SPANISH EDITION. Joni Eareckson is possibly one of the most well-known Christian women in the world and bearer of a message of hope, faith and love for God above and beyond any circumstance. This is her complete autobiography, recounting all her childhood and family memories and probing even the most hidden paths of faith that she has pursued. The reader will experience many of the events and sensations shared by the author while reading the captivating story contained in its pages. As Charles Colson aptly summed it up: 'The message of Joni's life, full of hope, allows everyone to be able to see the goodness and mercy of God. It also a beautiful painting that declares the glory of God.'

At the beginning of a new century and a new millennium, it is good that all Christians take a look at the future that awaits us, questions that we have about the world, as well as the challenges of this troubled time. Through the last two decades there have been changes that contributed to different relationships and created a new global society.What should the Christian attitude be towards the process of globalization?How should the Christian behave toward foreigners according to the Word of God?Will we be able to avoid destroying ourselves with nuclear weapons or biochemical warfare during the third millennium?How is the new global family structured?How can we instill the Christian message in today's world, despite living in a changing and pluralistic society?

80 sure-fire scripts and other onstage fun to illustrate your lessons and enliven your events! Just for Fun... Short stunts, funny skits, sight gags, easy prep---we've got 'em all. If you have even one or two students who love hamming it up and making spectacles of themselves, you'll find plenty of funny fodder here. Spontaneous melodramas... Fueled by groans, catcalls, cheers, and boos from your small or large audience. Drama is an ideal medium for grabbing people's attention and priming them for a meeting, a talk, or a Bible study. Whether you're a youth worker or recreation director in a church, school, club, or camp 'Drama, Skits, and Sketches' is your storehouse of proven, youth-group tested ideas.

True Discipleship Integrates Emotional and Spiritual Health New Life Fellowship in Queens, New York, had it all: powerful teaching, dynamic ministries, an impressive growth rate, and a vision to do great works for God. Things looked good---but beneath the surface, circumstances were more than just brewing. They were about to boil over, forcing Peter Scazzero to confront needs in his church and himself that went deeper than he'd ever imagined. What he learned about the vital link between emotional health, relational depth, and spiritual maturity can shed new light on painful problems in your own church. Here are refreshing new insights, and a different and challenging slant on what it takes to lead your congregation to wholeness and maturity in Christ. Our churches are in trouble, says Scazzero. They are filled with people who are - unsure of how to biblically integrate anger, sadness, and other emotions - defensive, incapable of revealing their weaknesses - threatened by or intolerant of different viewpoints - zealous about ministering at church but blind to their spouses' loneliness at home - so involved in 'serving' that they fail to take care of themselves - prone to withdraw from conflict rather than resolve it Sharing from New Life Fellowship's painful but liberating journey, Scazzero reveals exactly how the truth can and does make people free---not just superficially, but deep down. After offering a new vision of discipleship and a revealing, guided self-assessment of your own spiritual and emotional maturity, The Emotionally Healthy Church takes you through six principles that can make a profound difference in your church. You'll acquire knowledge and tools that can help you and others - look beneath the surface of problems - break the power of past wounds, failures, sins, and circumstances - live a life of brokenness and vulnerability - recognize and honor personal limitations and boundaries - embrace grief and loss - make incarnation your model to love others. Written in a personal and passionate style, The Emotionally Healthy Church includes hands-on tools, discussion questions, spotlights on key points, and story after story of people at New Life whose lives have been changed by the concepts in this book. Open these pages, and find out how your church can turn a new corner on the road to spiritual maturity.

SPANISH EDITION. You'll discover what's in store for God's people and the answers to many other important questions in this eye-opening book by Dr. Horton.

Tomando las enseñanzas centrales de una 'Vida con Proposito' del Dr. Rick Warren, los autores conformaron este circulo de discipulados cristiano que conciste en veinticuatro sesiones de estudio teologico y biblico sistematico.

SPANISH EDITION. 'Foundations' is the Gold Medallion, award-winning, complete resource for teaching believers the essential doctrines of Christian faith, providing the theological basis for living a purpose-driven life.

SPANISH EDITION.This is not a book for normal people to learn how to handle difficult people---there is no such thing. This is a book about how imperfect people can pursue community with other imperfect people.

Este manual bíblico conocido mundialmente está revisado y actualizado para proporcionar más claridad, visión y utilidad. ¡Con el texto de la RVR60! ¿Necesita ayuda para entender la Biblia? El compendio manual bíblico, con la RVR60, le trasmite el mensaje y le hace más accesible el conocimiento bíblico. Podrá comprender y afianzarse mucho más en la Palabra de Dios con este manual bíblico. Apreciará mejor las culturas, religiones y la geografía en que se desarrollaron las historias de la Biblia. Verá cómo pudieron entrelazarse sus diferentes temas de manera notable. Asimismo, podrá ver el corazón de Dios y la persona de Jesucristo revelados desde Génesis hasta Apocalipsis. El compendio manual bíblico RV60 mantiene el estilo muy personal de su autor, el Dr. Halley, y ofrece mapas, fotografías, diseño contemporáneo y lectura práctica.This world-renowned Bible handbook is updated and revised to provide even greater clarity, insight, and usefulness. Now with RVR60! Do you need help understanding the Bible? Halley''s Bible Handbook with the RVR60 makes the Bible''s wisdom and message accessible to you. You''ll find insights here that can give you a firm grasp of God''s Word. You''ll develop an appreciation for the cultural, religious, and geographic settings in which the story of the Bible unfolds. You''ll see how its different themes fit together in a remarkable way. And you''ll see the heart of God and the person of Jesus Christ revealed from Genesis to Revelation. Halley''s Bible Handbook reflects Dr. Halley''s highly personal style. It features maps, photographs, contemporary design, and practical Bible reading programs.

What does true spiritual life really look like? What keeps you from living such a life? What can you do to pursue it? If you're tired of the status quo---if you suspect there's more to Christianity than what you've experienced---John Ortberg points you to a road of transformation and spiritual vigor that anyone can take -one that leads to 'The Life You've Always Wanted'.

SPANISH EDITION. How do you explain a love that has no explanation?Reveals the God you've longed to encounter: a Father head-over-heels in love with you and committed to your highest joy.

Harry Potter and his magic adventures in a witch school still amazes people around the world. The market has been saturated with product related to this story: card games, clothes and even furniture. But we have a couple of questions: * Does Harry Potter offer a positive moral story to the kids today? * Is Harry Potter's witchcraft fiction or occultism? * How does the Harry Potter book compared to other kid's fiction books from C.S. Lewis or J.R.R. Tolkien? In this book, which provides great help, Richard Abanes answers those questions, analyzes the society that is drawn to the pagan and examines the reason why God says 'no' to occultism. 'Harry Potter and the Bible' will help you choose wisely about this theme for your family.

Philip Yancey has a way of confronting our most cherished but misguided notions about faith. In 'The Bible Jesus Read', he challenges the perception that the New Testament is all that matters and the Old Testament isn't worth taking the time to read and understand. Yancey admits that, like many Christians, he usually avoided the Old Testament. After all, why bother with writings that can be so baffling, boring, even offensive to the modern mind? But a surprising discovery awaited Yancey when he began to explore how the Old Testament related to his life today. Those seemingly irrelevant Hebrew Scriptures took on a startling immediacy, portraying a passionate relationship between God and people against the broad backdrop of human experience. Like nothing else, the Old Testament depicts the cries, the complaints, the deep, insistent questionings of the heart, the stuff of life we all must contend with. With his candid, signature style, Yancey interacts with the Old Testament from the perspective of his own deeply personal journey. From Moses, the amazing prince of Egypt, to the psalmists' turbulent emotions and the prophets' oddball rantings, Yancey paints a picture of Israel's God--and ours--that fills in the blanks of a solely New Testament vision of the Almighty. Probing some carefully selected Old Testament books--Job, Deuteronomy, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, and the Prophets--Yancey reveals how the Old Testament deals in astonishing depth and detail with the issues that trouble us most. The Old Testament in fact tackles what the New Testament often only skirts. But that shouldn't surprise us. It is, after all, the Bible Jesus read. 'The Bible Jesus Read' will give you abundant new insights into the heart of God the Father. And as you read with a fresh eye the prayers, poems, songs, and bedtime stories that Jesus so revered, you will gain a profound new understanding of Christ. 'The more we comprehend the Old Testament, ' Yancey writes, 'the more we comprehend Jesus.'

Do you want to teach solid Biblical truth to your kids without their eyes glazing over as soon as you say 'open your Bibles'? Now you can, with Creative Bible Lessons on the Life of Christ. Veteran youth worker and Bible teacher Doug Fields has crafted 12 lively, ready-to-use lessons that actually make it fun to dig into Scripture. Fields utilizes creative learning techniques to spark your kids' interest and keep them actively involved in each lesson, including: - Learning games . . . - Hilarious handouts - Art projects anyone can do . . . Challenging simulations - Thought-provoking worksheets . . . - Skits and role-plays. These techniques are built into clear, easy-to-use lessons that keep your kids active as they absorb the Biblical truth of each lesson. Fields also provides you with a brief teaching outline in each lesson that you can present to bring the message home. Best of all, these lessons are so complete, they require very little preparation time. You'll be able to build quality, creative Bible teaching into your busy schedule -- with 'Creative Bible Lessons on the Life of Christ'. 12 lessons.

La vida con Dios no siempre es como nosotros pensamos. Las altas expectativas se vienen abajo ante la realidad de las flaquezas personales y las sorpresas inoportunas.¿Está Dios entretenido? ¿Podemos contar con él? ¿Cómo podemos saberlo? ¿Cómo podemos conocer a Dios?

Are you tired of doing things for other people? Are you overwhelmed with work, guilt and stress? Patricia Sprinkle in 'Women Who do too Much' shows women how to do less, by directly attacking those problems and priorities. Helps you to determine what God created you for and to concentrate on that. It also shares the secret of how to deal with the demands of life.

A helpful and impactful story for all those who are trying to find release from a bad habit and damnation. Salvador Sabino tells us his story - his journey from the lowest of the low to an evangelist. The story shows the mercy of God transforming a lost person into a minister of His evangelism. "Two Ways" is a vibrant testimony that will strengthen your faith in Christ.

This book will challenge the Church to return to the systematic study of the Word of God. We are in need of men, women and children with strong Biblical foundations, but many congregations have pushed Sunday School to the side. The author challenges the Church with hope of a positive response.

In a simple manner, this book discusses the ways in which Christian people should behave based on the letters of Paul to the Corinthians. In it, the author points out that the vital element in developing the behavior stipulated in the Word of God is Jesus Christ.

The author, Dr. Dario Silva, talks about 3 concepts: Law, weapons and keys - important themes that will help us understand the teaching of the Gospel. -The Law is a demand to carry out -The weapon is the ability to develop -The keys are elements to open and close The honest hearts that want to follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit and that have a mind open to the Gospel and listen clearly to the always present voice of Jesus Christ, have to depend on those keys. This book, coming from a servant of God, will show us that the Gospel does not require only faithfulness. 'I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven' Mathew 16:19

The present church debate between the simple and sound principles of Scripture and the strength of tradition compared to the new doctrines and commandments that men have created in this world. There are congregations who strictly follow Biblical principles and others who don't know God's revelation. In this book, Gerardo de Avila comments about some of the mistakes made by Christian churches today. He also shows easy ways to go back to what should be the only source of truth for doctrine, the Bible.

This revised and updated edition of 'Orientation for New Believers' is a very useful tool for pastors, leaders, and anyone else helping newborn Christians, as well as for those who used the previous edition. In its nine chapters, the reader will find reviewing exercises and others to consolidate specific terms and concepts. Even though this work can be read by the new Christian, it is much more effective when used as a study manual for the first week's preparation of new members. The central focus of the book is the newborn, but every Christian can benefit by reading it-- even if you are an active member in your church. This manual will help you review key concepts of basic Biblical principles, and expand your knowledge of Christian-living. All this ... and much more can be achieved through this practical and concise manual, yet vast in spiritual resources.

Would you like true fulfillment in your life? Health in your relationships? Victory over anxiety and conflict? You can have them if you let God's Spirit grow His fruit in your heart. In this book, Tom Trask and Wayde Goodall give you a close look at love, joy, peace, patience, kindness and the rest of the fruit of the Spirit. This is a passionate and illuminating look at what happens to your thoughts, emotions, and actions when you live each day in an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ. Drawing from the storehouse of God's Word, Trask and Goodall sow seeds of insight into your heart that both convict and encourage. They show how you can cooperate with God's work in your life. They offer true-life examples of how you, too, can change when you let the Holy Spirit reproduce the character of Jesus within you. Your witness for Christ is as good as the fruit your relationship with Him produces. The Fruit of the Spirit points you towards a lifestyle that makes the Gospel you proclaim attractive to others because they can see its results.

In 'The Case for Faith', Strobel turns his tenacious investigative skills to the most persistent emotional objections to belief---the eight 'heart' barriers to faith. 'The Case for Faith' is for those who may be feeling attracted to Jesus but who are faced with formidable intellectual barriers standing squarely in their path. For Christians, it will deepen their convictions and give them fresh confidence in discussing Christianity with even their most skeptical friends. In 'The Case for Faith', Lee Strobel probes the most thorny of all questions, what he calls 'The Big Eight', including: If there is a loving God, why does this world groan under so much suffering and evil? If God really created the universe, why does science compel so many to conclude that evolution accounts for life? If God is the ultimate overseer of the church, why has it been riffled with hypocrisy and brutality through the ages? If God truly cares about the people He created, how could He consign so many of them to an eternity of torture in hell just because they didn't believe the right things about Him? As a seasoned journalist with Yale Law background, Strobel methodically tracks down his leads and asks the gritty, gut-wrenching questions you would want to ask--- questions that can make or break the Christian faith. He refuses to patronize or offer cliche, glib answers. Instead, he pieces together hard facts through interviews with nine of the country's top scholars and experts. The result? Solid, persuasive, engrossing, and smart answers to your deepest questions. 'The Case for Faith' will set you on the path to belief, renewed, restored---or discovered for the very first time.