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Story: Recapture the Mystery
by Steven JamesUsing the power of imagery and the drama of narrative, Steven James leads readers through a journey through familiar scenes from the Bible like never before. They will kindle spiritually awakening and will re-inspire your faith journey.
Storybook Romance
by Lissa ManleyBoy Meets Girl...Again It's been more than ten years, but Allison True has never forgotten her high school crush, Sam Franklin. Back in Bygones, her only focus is keeping her new bookstore afloat-yet the single dad of twin toddlers is testing her resolve to be career minded. Getting involved with a man who vowed never to love again is a recipe for disaster in Allison's book. But life with Sam and his twins could give her the happily ever after she's always dreamed of. The Heart of Main Street: They're rebuilding the town one step-and heart-at a time
Storylines
by Mike Pilavachi Andy CroftC'mon, admit it: You haven't been reading your Bible. It's so ... long. Honestly, it's intimidating. What you need is an overview. Something that will pull it all together.Like Storylines.It's like having a chat with your best friend ... who also happens to be a Bible scholar. Or in this case, Mike and Andy.They'll tell you there are six overarching themes in the Bible: Jesus, Covenant, Presence, Kingdom, Salvation, Worship--each revealing a way of understanding Scripture that makes it live and breathe, relevant to your life today. Grasp these Big Ideas, and you'll see this amazing book in a new light. You'll see how each theme develops and how it relates to the whole. Mike and Andy also include a summary of the Bible and discuss of how it came to be in its present form.So pour another cup of joe and get comfortable. Grab your Bible, too. Once you understand the storylines, you won't be able to put it down.
Storylines Participant's Guide: Your Map to Understanding the Bible
by Mike Pilavachi Andy CroftJourney through the Bible along a clear and well-lit path with this new small group curriculum based on Storylines, the bestselling book from Andy Croft & Mike Pilavachi. Guided by these six overarching themes, Andy and Mike lead participants to a clearer understanding of the grand sweep of Scripture. With a DVD and leader’s guide plus a separate participant’s guide, the course features videos of Andy and Mike leading a small group through the material. An excellent resource for small group leaders, youth pastors and church leaders, this small group edition complements the bestselling Storylines book and follows the same six-session structure. FOR USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STORYLINES: SMALL GROUP EDITION DVD & LEADER’S GUIDE. AVAILABLE SEPARATELY.
Storytellers: Bringing Muslims Home
by Bernie PowerIn Storytellers: Bringing Muslims Home, Bernie Power shows how the art of storytelling can be used to answer the questions that Muslims ask about the Christian faith. He does so by telling us a story within a story, which points to the greatest story ever told: the story of God’s Son, Jesus Christ.In Bernie’s novel, we are introduced to a young Christian couple: Tom, a teacher, and his wife Hanna, a doctor, who travel to the Middle East to live and work with the Yemeni people. Together they face challenges, make friends and answer questions about their faith using the method most favoured by both Arabic cultures and Jesus himself – stories.Storytellers: Bringing Muslims Home is packed with references from both the Bible and the Qur’an. It is an invaluable resource for Christians engaging with the followers of Islam, Muslims who are curious and wish to understand more about Christianity, and to anyone with an interest in Christian–Muslim dialogue.
Storytelling in Religious Education
by Susan M. ShawPart I. Foundations of storytelling in religious education Part II. Types of story in religious education Part III. Development and storytelling
Straddling Worlds: The Jewish-American Journey of Professor Richard W. Leopold
by Steven J. HarperRichard W. Leopold was an historian of American foreign policy and professor at Northwestern University. While his books and articles are still relevant, his greatest legacy was as an influence on three generations of students, some of whom, like George McGovern and Richard Gephart, went on to help form foreign policy. One of those students, attorney Steven Harper, has drawn on Leopold's private papers, published works, interviews of Leopold and his own memories, to produce a loving biography of his former professor. More than a tribute, the book is also the story of the last century in America and the experience of a non-practicing Jew caught between total assimilation and anti-semitism. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Straight Down a Crooked Lane
by Francena H. ArnoldA love-at-first-sight meeting between Mary Jo and Jack leads to a rash, young marriage. Reality soon hits the excited newlyweds. Yet from their despair and despondency come the desire and ability to learn how to follow God&’s path instead of their own.
Straight Down a Crooked Lane
by Francena H. ArnoldA love-at-first-sight meeting between Mary Jo and Jack leads to a rash, young marriage. Reality soon hits the excited newlyweds. Yet from their despair and despondency come the desire and ability to learn how to follow God&’s path instead of their own.
Straight Talk On Worry: Overcoming Emotional Battles with the Power of God's Word!
by Joyce MeyerThis life-changing book gives you the answers you need about worry. Whether you're struggling hopelessly or you just need to encourage yourself in God's Word, this book will help you win the battle over negative emotions.
Straight Talk on Depression: Overcoming Emotional Battles with the Power of God's Word!
by Joyce MeyerJoy Stays When It Comes God's Way! Do you consistently experience hopelessness and boredom for no apparent reason? Or have you experienced so many disappointments you can't seem to pull yourself out of despair? Whatever the reason for depression, the source is always the same-Satan is ultimately behind it all. Bestselling author Joyce Meyer brings powerful insight from the Scriptures and from her own experience to help you win over depression! You will discover how to walk by faith and not by feelings, the power of willful rejoicing, and the vital role of forgiveness. As believers, joy is not something we try to manufacture-it is something already within us waiting to be released. The victory over depression is yours through Jesus Christ. Rise up in His power and take back your position of joy and freedom today!
Straight Talk on Fear: Overcoming Emotional Battles with the Power of God's Word!
by Joyce MeyerYou Can Live Your Life Free from All Fear! Many people live their entire lives crippled and bound by fear. Whether it is the fear of dying or the fear of a bad haircut, it makes life miserable! Fear cannot be wished away . . . it must be confronted and dealt with through the Word of God. We have to show fear that it is not going to rule us! In this powerful book, bestselling author Joyce Meyer offers answers from the Scriptures and from her own experience revealing the way out of this particular bondage. You will learn how to face fear head-on with the Word of God and use the "keys of the kingdom" to keep it out of your life. Joyce also explains these life-changing truths: perfect love casts out fear, and prayer plays an important role in combating it. Don¿t let intimidation and fear rule your life one more day! Break the back of fear and be set free today!
Straight Talk on Insecurity: Overcoming Emotional Battles with the Power of God's Word!
by Joyce MeyerSelf-help book about insecurity.
Straight Talk on Loneliness: Overcoming Emotional Battles with the Power of God's Word!
by Joyce MeyerA Biblical approach to managing emotional difficulties.
Straight Talk on Stress: Overcoming Emotional Battles With The Power of God's Word!
by Joyce MeyerA Biblical approach to managing stress.
Straight Talk on: Overcoming Emotional Battles with the Power of God's Word!
by Joyce MeyerJoyce Meyer has been teaching the Word of God since 1976 and in full-time ministry since 1980. She is the bestselling author of more than seventy inspirational books, including Approval Addiction, In Pursuit of Peace, How to Hear from God, and Battlefield of the Mind. She has also released thousands of audio teachings as well as a complete video library. Joyce's Enjoying Everyday Life® radio and television programs are broadcast around the world, and she travels extensively conducting conferences. Joyce and her husband, Dave, are the parents of four grown children and make their home in St. Louis, Missouri.
Straight Talk: Overcoming Emotional Battles with the Power of God's Word
by Joyce MeyerAll seven life-changing books from the Straight Talk series by bestselling author Joyce Meyer are within these pages. Readers will find powerful insights, stories of the author's personal experiences, and practical advice backed up with Scriptures and presented in Joyce's straightforward, incomparable style.
Straight Up
by Lisa SamsonThey are living lives they were never meant to live.Georgia Bishop, a could-be jazz great, has thrown away her life, her marriage, and her talent for her drinking habit. Her cousin, Fairly Godfrey, is living the good life in New York but wonders if deeper meaning exists beyond the superficial world in which she finds herself.It takes a Congo refugee, a soul food chef, a persistent husband, and one desperate night on the brink of freedom for Georgia and Fairly to realize how far they have come from their God-given purposes. When they face the most difficult choices of their lives, only the power of grace can bring them to true healing.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Straight Up: Honest, Unfiltered, As-Real-As-I-Can-Put-It Advice for Life’s Biggest Challenges
by Trent SheltonTrent Shelton is a motivational speaker, former NFL player, and founder of the non-profit RehabTime. Trent reaches millions of followers of all ages each week with his videos and messages about relationships, personal success, life, and faith.Who do you have in your life who&’s not afraid to tell you the honest-to-God truth? Who do you have who&’s a real source of wisdom when life gets real?With his trademark combination of raw honesty and practical next-steps, Trent Shelton will help you navigate through some of the most confusing topics of life, including relationships, friendships, fear, depression and your own past trauma. And while you might not make it out of the storms of life unscathed, the wisdom and lessons in this book can help you can make it out stronger.This book is:imminently honest and practical, helping you take real next steps toward being the best you.easy-to-read. It is organized into 64 different bite-sized chunks of content that you can pick up and read when you have time.real and raw. Trent vulnerably shares his own story, including his own missteps that have resulted in the hard-won lessons he shares.
Straight from the Heart
by Karl Brunnholzl"In the preface to Straight from the Heart: Buddhist Pith Instructions, translator Karl Brunnholzl aptly compares his new anthology to a box of fine chocolates. There is a tremendous variety within the collection, and, as with chocolates, these unique and rich poems, songs, and pithy treatises are best appreciated one or two at a time. . . . For readers who enjoy a book that may be repeatedly dipped into for inspiration, Straight from the Heart is a very deep well indeed. Brunnholzl strives for a balance of precision and clarity in his translations that make these esoteric instructions more accessible, and his commentaries contextualize the verses just enough without burying them in too much explanation. "-Buddhadharma Magazine
Straight to Jesus
by Tanya ErzenEvery year, hundreds of gay men and lesbians join ex-gay ministries in an attempt to convert to non-homosexual Christian lives. In this fascinating study of the transnational ex-gay movement, Tanya Erzen focuses on the everyday lives of men and women at New Hope Ministry, a residential ex-gay program, over the course of several years. Straight to Jesus traces the stories of people who have renounced long-term relationships and moved from other countries out of a conviction that the conservative Christian beliefs of their upbringing and their own same-sex desires are irreconcilable. Rather than definitively changing from homosexual to heterosexual, the participants experience a conversion that is both sexual and religious as born-again evangelical Christians. At New Hope, they maintain a personal relationship with Jesus and build new forms of kinship and belonging. By becoming what they call "new creations," these men and women testify to religious transformation rather than changes in sexual desire or behavior. Straight to Jesus exposes how the Christian Right attempts to repudiate gay identity and political rights by using the ex-gay movement as evidence that "change is possible." Instead, Erzen reveals, the realities of the lives she examines actually undermine this anti-gay strategy.
Straight to the Heart: Communicating the Gospel in an Emotionally Driven Culture
by Daniel Blackaby Mike BlackabyOur approach to apologetics needs to change when the very idea of &“truth&” is controversial. But as authors Daniel Blackaby and Mike Blackaby teach us, we can still reach people if we understand what they value most. This practical guide to our current landscape explores five effective communication pathways: Story: As people wired for narrative, we can speak through the stories we live and tell. Beauty: In an increasingly industrialized world, we can point people to &“pockets of beauty&” that reveal the attractiveness of God. Art: In a society that celebrates the arts, we can cultivate creativity in the church, then send artists out as cultural missionaries. Desire: To a people motivated by love, identity, and purpose, we can show how Jesus is the perfect fulfillment of our deepest longings.Community: As relational creatures where connectivity is disappearing, we can offer a community of unified diversity. Culture may be in flux, but God&’s Word remains true. Straight to the Heart helps us speak to the passions that drive our culture without compromising the life-changing truth of the gospel.
Straight-A Teacher (Holly's Heart #8)
by Beverly LewisFourteen-year-old Holly develops a crush on Mr. Barnett, the new student teacher in drama class.
Straining at the Oars: Case Studies in Pastoral Leadership
by H. Dana Fearon III Gordon S. MikoskiA common complaint of recent seminary graduates is their lack of preparation in practical theology, especially in the tasks of leadership. New pastors encounter a host of challenges that can seem overwhelming.Biblically oriented, wise, and reassuring, Dana Fearon presents twenty-one difficult situations that young ministers are likely to face on the job, including prayer in the hospital room, a request to baptize a dead infant, handling conflict and criticism, entering dangerous areas to reconcile hostile groups, and others. As part of his discussion, Fearon presents and reviews his own response to such situations, using his theological education and long experience in church ministry to instruct others.
Strand of Jewels: My Teachers' Essential Guidance on Dzogchen
by Anne Carolyn Klein Khetsun SangpoThe teachings here are the distillation of a lifetime's commitment to Dzogchen realization and practice. Khetsun Sangpo offers to readers with varying levels of experience the peak of Dzogchen wisdom, largely from hermit masters unknown in the West.