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Read and Share Anywhere!: 75 Bible Stories for Busy Families on the Go (Read and Share)
by Gwen EllisWith 75 beloved Bible stories, Read and Share Anywhere! combines time-honored favorite Bible stories from the Old and New Testaments paired with Scripture verses, questions, and prayers to encourage more engagement with toddlers and preschoolers. More than 1 million families have trusted Read and Share for developing their child's faith.With our busy, on-the-go lives, these short stories can travel with your family anywhere! Each story will capture your little ones' hearts and minds and are perfect for reading aloud. The kid-friendly language and bold, colorful illustrations make this a family favorite that will help your children grow in their faith and love of God.The backpack-size book makes for an easy grab-and-go option and provides a durable, portable way to keep kids entertained. Read and Share Anywhere! is a perfect size for church, car trips, travel, doctor visits—any place for on-the-go families.
Read and Share Bedtime Bible and Devotional
by Gwen EllisEasy-to-understand Bible stories and fun devotionals are the perfect way to send little ones to bed feeling safe and blessed.Perfect for bedtime--or anytime--the Read and Share® Bedtime Bible and Devotional will be parents' go-to source for teaching children the stories of the Bible and sharing the amazing joy and wonder of God's Word. More than 200 Bible stories and 50 devotionals feature memory verses, songs, activities, prayers, and discussion starters. The text and art have been carefully evaluated to attain the highest level of accuracy and age-appropriate topics, and the bold, bright illustrations will capture a child's imagination.With more than one million Read and Share products sold, the Read and Share Bedtime Bible and Devotional is ideal for young families who are looking for tools to help teach their children about sharing God's love and who are want to make the most of the time they spend together.
Read and Share Bible: More Than 200 Best Loved Bible Stories
by Gwen EllisIt is big and bright with lots of page-turning learning about the Word of God.The Read and Share Bible is unique in its format and solid in Bible teaching. Packed with 200 stories that are simple re-tellings, the gigantic message of God's love and care is sure to win the hearts of little ones and give them a strong Bible foundation to guide their lives. With over 400 pieces of art, this Bible Storybook is highly interactive as it encourages Scripture Memory and reinforces comprehension with quick activities for you and your children.Stories include Noah, David, Joseph, Abraham, Paul, and Christ as well as many other timeless Biblical characters and lessons.
Read and Share Bible - Pack 6: The Stories Of Jesus' Death And Resurrection
by Gwen EllisIt is big and bright with lots of page-turning learning about the Word of God.The Read and Share Bible is unique in its format and solid in Bible teaching. Packed with stories that are simple re-tellings, the gigantic message of God's love and care is sure to win the hearts of little ones and give them a strong Bible foundation to guide their lives. This Bible Storybook is highly interactive as it encourages Scripture Memory and reinforces comprehension with quick activities for you and your children.Stories in Pack 6 include Jesus' Death and Resurrection, Acts, & Paul's Letters as well as many other timeless Biblical characters and lessons.
Read and Share Devotional
by Gwen EllisThis perfect companion to the Read and Share Bible® helps parents teach their young children about God's Word!With 52 Bible stories and fun activities, this book provides easy access to age-appropriate topics, prayers, Bible stories, and activities that encourage sharing God's love with others. Stories emphasize such topics as helpfulness, forgiveness, love, and fear. It's perfect for young families who are looking for tools to help them teach their children about God's love and who want to make the most of the times they spend together.Each devotional contains a variety of topic introductions (ranging from songs and poems to recipes and stories), a Bible verse (short enough for a child to memorize), a Bible story, Let's Talk About It questions, a Share God's Love activity, a prayer, plus engaging four-color art.(Formerly titled Our Together-Time Bible.)
Read and Share Look, I'm Reading! Bible Storybook
by Gwen EllisWith more than 1.3 million sold in the Read and Share® brand, this is the perfect next step!Your family will love this Bible storybook in the popular rebus style with pictures sprinkled between words, allowing your little ones to read along with you! Kids will love to engage with the Bible stories by pointing out the pictures among the words to tell the story. This is a proven way to help children learn and retain the stories through interaction. In the rebus format, children see the picture key, learn the word, and then complete the sentence using the correct picture. This gives children positive learning and interactive reading time.Stories include: Adam and Eve and the Sneaky Snake, Noah and the Big Boat, Moses and the Ten Commandments, David and the Giant, Mary&’s Big Surprise, Jesus Stops a Storm, Jesus Goes to Heaven, and A Promise to All God&’s Children.
Read and Share Toddler Bible
by Gwen EllisThis new addition to the Read and ShareTM brand contains 40 stories plus a 60 minute DVD including bonus features just for toddlers. The Read and Share Toddler Bible is a delightful way to introduce little ones ages one to four to God's Word. Gwen Ellis's engaging retelling of Bible stories along with Steve Smallman's colorful art communicate God's Word clearly to small tots with short attention spans. Stories from both the Old and New Testaments include all-time favorites ranging from Creation, Noah, Moses, Abraham, Isaac, Joseph, David, to Jesus' birth, miracles, death, and resurrection. Bonus DVD includes stories and bonus features from the popular Read and ShareTM DVD Bible series. Each story is three minutes long to keep toddlers attention span engaged.
Read The Bible For Life: Your Guide To Understanding And Living God's Word
by George GuthrieThe Bible may be the most-purchased book in the world, but it is often the least read and least applied due to a basic lack of understanding and motivation on the part of readers. Read the Bible for Life aims to improve biblical literacy in the culture and the church by simultaneously moving readers toward greater skill in reading the Bible well and toward a deeper commitment to applying Scripture to everyday life. Through a series of down-to-earth conversations with some of today's brightest scholars, author George Guthrie discusses the basic tools and attitudes needed to read the Bible more effectively. Chapters focus on the various types of literature in Scripture and how to read them well. For instance, how should we read a psalm differently than we read a parable? How should we read a story of the Old Testament differently than we read a letter from Paul? How can we engage these various parts of Scripture in a way that is truly life-changing? The book also discusses issues such as reading the Bible in context, choosing and reading a Bible translation, reading in times of sorrow or suffering, and reading the Bible with your family. As we better understand how to read the Bible skillfully, we begin to see how every person of the Bible, every psalm, and every teaching fits into the Bible's powerful, overarching story, and we begin to realize our place in the story God is still writing in the world.
Read My Thoughts: Finding GOD in my everyday
by Dottie Levin WolfeRead My Thoughts is a collection of feelings, thoughts, and insights that I have experienced from day to day. They are made up of ordinary things in life. For the most part they are thoughts and/or insights that come when I'm least expecting them. They often shape my opinions and attitudes in a significant way. Therefore, I write them down so I will not forget them. A few of them have inspired actual life changes. It is like thinking on paper. If anyone wished to get inside my head to see what makes me “tick” the easiest way would probably be to “Read My Thoughts.” Many times when I'd read an article to someone or a group they would say, “You really need to do something with your writing.” This book is a response to that encouragement.
Read the Bible for a Change: Understanding and Responding to God's Word
by Ray LubeckWhich Bible passages are for us today and which only apply to the first audience ancient readers? Can we just pick and choose for ourselves the verses we think fit our situation? Who gets to decide?
Read This Book or You're Grounded!: A Secret Guide to Surviving at Home
by Wayne RiceDoes This Sound Familiar? “Hey, Gimme a Break!” “Aw… You Just Don’t Understand!” “Try to see it my way for once!” … the lines of every teenager through history, right? Not this time! The dirty little secret is that your parents were actually your age once. Believe it or not, they went through a lot of the same junk you’re going through now (including with their parents!) … and another dirty little secret is that some day you’ll be trying to make sense of your kids and their lives. Read This Book Or You’re Grounded! gives you six chapters with a lot of sound-bites and cool ‘boarding-inspired cartoons, plus wisdom and common sense with an attitude. Read This Book Or You’re Grounded! includes two chapters on understanding, two on getting along one on special needs and concerns; and a final wrap-up of marching orders to put all this wonderful wisdom into practice. God is here, too: author Wayne Rice lays a spiritual foundation for mutual respect, common understanding, and getting along with parents in all ways. This book can change your life… change the life of your family… and change your relationship with those sometimes-weird parental units who hang around the kitchen, hog the TV, and act like it’s their own house.
Read This or Die!: Persuading Yourself to a Better Life
by Ray Edwards Jeff GoinsDiagnosed with a terminal illness, a leading marketing consultant discovers that what he has learned about persuading others might help him save his own life. Ray Edwards was one of the top marketers and copywriters in the business with A-list clients like Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield, and Michael Hyatt when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. The diagnosis brought his life to a screeching halt and propelled Edwards to question everything he thought he knew about his Christian faith, his relationships, what kind of person he was, and how the world worked.Out of options and deeply depressed, Edwards decided he needed to turn his life around or die a failure. He had to let go of false beliefs and find better ones. To his surprise, he found that the principles of persuasion he’d honed for over four decades to move others could work for him. In the vein of The Last Lecture and Tuesdays with Morrie, Read This or Die! Is the tale of one man’s transformation and how he achieved it.Edwards outlines the powerful, time-tested PASTOR process he created that helped him identify and untangle the beliefs that were holding him back and provided a game plan for how to change his life:Pain: start with what hurtsAmplify: determine how it will get worse before it gets betterStory: find the story of a better futureTransformation: choose the evidence worth believingOpportunity: discern where change can happenResponse: set up a system that makes transformation stickFor anyone who wants to turn their life around but does not know how, the PASTOR method teaches how to harness marketing wisdom to get honest about what we really want from life and craft better beliefs and plans to help us start living life on our own terms.
Read Through the Bible in a Year
by John R. Kohlenberger IIITo know the God of the universe, you must know His Word. By investing only thirty minutes a day, you can achieve your goal of reading the entire Bible in one year. John Kohlenberger provides a wonderful resource to help you reach that goal.To aid in your progress, Read Through the Bible in a Year includes:Brief background information on each book Books arranged in general historical and chronological order A complete reading schedule that allows you to start at any time during the year and continue from that point Ten strategies for first-rate Bible reading A proven method for studying the Bible
Read Through the Bible in a Year
by John R. Kohlenberger IIITo know the God of the universe, you must know His Word. By investing only thirty minutes a day, you can achieve your goal of reading the entire Bible in one year. John Kohlenberger provides a wonderful resource to help you reach that goal.To aid in your progress, Read Through the Bible in a Year includes:Brief background information on each book Books arranged in general historical and chronological order A complete reading schedule that allows you to start at any time during the year and continue from that point Ten strategies for first-rate Bible reading A proven method for studying the Bible
Read Up: Book Selections & Questions for Reading Groups
by Lorraine CaultonRead UpRead Updescriptions, discussion questions, author conversations or excerpts for more than 30 thoughtful books.Read UpRead Up
Read Up: Descriptions & Discussion Questions for More Than 30 Thoughtful Books
by Lorraine Caulton C. Christopher SmithRead Up, Volume 2.Read Up, Volume 2descriptions, discussion questions, author conversations or excerpts for more than 30 thoughtful books.Read UpRead Up
Read with Me Bible for Little Ones
by ZondervanThe Read with Me Bible for Little Ones is this perfect way to introduce the Bible to young children. Featuring simple language and vibrant, full-color illustrations by Dennis Jones, this action-packed book is a great way to jump-start literacy and a love of the Bible.
Read with Me Bible for Toddlers
by Dennis Jones Doris RikkersThe Read with Me Bible for Toddlers: Children will love it. Vibrant, action-paced full-color art by Dennis Jones brings 24 of the Bible’s best-loved stories to life. Children will love looking at the pictures as you read the delightful simple words and short sentences. Share the excitement of God’s Word with your little one. Give them the Read with Me Bible for Toddlers!
Read Your Bible One Book at a Time: A Refreshing Way to Read God's Word With New Insight and Meaning
by Woodrow KrollA Refreshing Way to Read God's Word With New Insight and Meaning.
A Reader in Biblical Greek (Eerdmans Language Resources)
by Richard A. WrightA graduated reader of biblical Koine Greek for students, clergy, and scholars who have completed at least one year of Greek studies. This intermediate reader is for students, clergy, and scholars who have completed at least one year of Greek instruction and want to build reading proficiency. Through twenty-nine texts from the New Testament, the Septuagint, and noncanonical early Christian writings, readers will be exposed to a variety of different genres and authors while still being given enough content from each author to become acquainted with that author&’s individual style. Notes within each selection gloss low-frequency words and clarify syntactical intricacies, and each new section of texts gradually increases in its level of difficulty, so that lessons can be worked through sequentially or as stand-alone exercises, as needed. Wright&’s selections are all texts that Christians in the fourth century CE would have read, with intertextual connections between them that will stimulate discussion and reflection on the development of important ideas in the early church. Thus, this useful resource encourages progress both in Koine reading proficiency and in knowledge of Christian tradition.
A Reader in Early Franciscan Theology: The Summa Halensis (Medieval Philosophy: Texts and Studies)
by Lydia Schumacher and Oleg BychkovA Reader in Early Franciscan Theology presents for the first time in English key passages from the Summa Halensis, one of the first major installments in the summa genre for which scholasticism became famous. This systematic work of philosophy and theology was collaboratively written mostly between 1236 and 1245 by the founding members of the Franciscan school, such as Alexander of Hales and John of La Rochelle, who worked at the recently founded University of Paris.Modern scholarship has often dismissed this early Franciscan intellectual tradition as unoriginal, merely systematizing the Augustinian tradition in light of the rediscovery of Aristotle, paving the way for truly revolutionary figures like John Duns Scotus. But as the selections in this reader show, it was this earlier generation that initiated this break with precedent. The compilers of the Summa Halensis first articulated many positions that eventually become closely associated with the Franciscan tradition on issues like the nature of God, the proof for God’s existence, free will, the transcendentals, and Christology. This book is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the ways in which medieval thinkers employed philosophical concepts in a theological context as well as the evolution of Franciscan thought and its legacy to modernity.A Reader in Early Franciscan Theology is available from the publisher on an open-access basis.
A Reader in Ecclesiology (Routledge Contemporary Ecclesiology)
by Bryan P. StoneThis Reader presents a diverse and ecumenical cross-section of ecclesiological statements from across the twenty centuries of the church's existence. It builds on the foundations of early Christian writings, illustrates significant medieval, reformation, and modern developments, and provides a representative look at the robust attention to ecclesiology that characterizes the contemporary period. This collection of readings offers an impressive overview of the multiple ways Christians have understood the church to be both the 'body of Christ' and, at the same time, an imperfect, social and historical institution, constantly subject to change, and reflective of the cultures in which it is found. This comprehensive survey of historical ecclesiologies is helpful in pointing readers to the remarkable number of images and metaphors that Christians have relied upon in describing the church and to the various tensions that have characterized reflection on the church as both united and diverse, community and institution, visible and invisible, triumphant and militant, global and local, one and many. Students, clergy and all interested in Christianity and the church will find this collection an invaluable resource.
A Reader in Latina Feminist Theology: Religion and Justice, 1st Edition
by María Pilar AquinoSpeaking for the growing community of Latina feminist theologians, the editors of this volume write, "With the emergence and growth of the feminist theologies of liberation, we no longer wait for others to define or validate our experience of life and faith.... We want to express in our own words our plural ways of experiencing God and our plural ways of living our faith. And these ways have a liberative tone."<P><P>With twelve original essays by emerging and established Latina feminist theologians, this first-of-its-kind volume adds the perspectives, realities, struggles, and spiritualities of U.S. Latinas to the larger feminist theological discourse. The editors have gathered writings from both Roman Catholics and Protestants and from various Latino/a communities. The writers address a wide array of theological concerns: popular religion, denominational presence and attraction, methodology, lived experience, analysis of nationhood, and interpretations of life lived on a border that is not only geographic but also racial, gendered, linguistic, and religious.
A Reader in Latina Feminist Theology: Religion and Justice
by María Pilar Aquino Daisy L. Machado Jeanette RodríguezThis anthology is one of the first attempt to give a comprehensive account of the emerging field of Latina feminist theology, and the various contributions illustrate how variegated this field promises to be.
A Reader on Classical Islam
by Francis Edward PetersTo enable the reader to shape, or perhaps reshape, an understanding of the Islamic tradition, F. E. Peters skillfully combines extensive passages from Islamic texts with a fascinating commentary of his own. In so doing, he presents a substantial body of literary evidence that will enable the reader to grasp the bases of Muslim faith and, more, to get some sense of the breadth and depth of Islamic religious culture as a whole. The voices recorded here are those of Muslims engaged in discourse with their God and with each other--historians, lawyers, mystics, and theologians, from the earliest Companions of the Prophet Muhammad down to Ibn Rushd or "Averroes" (d. 1198), al-Nawawi (d. 1278), and Ibn Khaldun (d. 1406). These religious seekers lived in what has been called the "classical" period in the development of Islam, the era when the exemplary works of law and spirituality were written, texts of such universally acknowledged importance that subsequent generations of Muslims gratefully understood themselves as heirs to an enormously broad and rich legacy of meditation on God's Word. "Islam" is a word that seems simple to understand. It means "submission," and, more specifically in the context where it first and most familiarly appears, "submission to the will of God." That context is the Quran, the Sacred Book of the Muslims, from which flow the patterns of belief and practice that today claim the spiritual allegiance of hundreds of millions around the globe. By drawing on the works of the great masters--Islam in its own words--Peters enriches our understanding of the community of "those who have submitted" and their imposing religious and political culture, which is becoming ever more important to the West.