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Reaching our youth across the digital divide is a struggle for parents, ministers, and other adults who work with Generation Z-today's teenagers. While we work to keep up with digital advances, our...

Returning to the ground of the highly successful first volume in the Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary, Walter Brueggemann's 1 & 2 Kings, scholar, writer, and preacher Tony Cartledge explores the...

Readers who embark on a study of 1, 2, 3 John and Jude will encounter writers with a passion for learning and living the truth. If there is one verse in the Bible that captures the theme of these...

In the 21st century, single parenting continues to grow as a dominant parenting style in the United States. But that does not make the task any easier! One parent must juggle multiple roles in the...

Composed from the distinctive Baptist perspective that no one Baptist can speak with authority for another in matters of faith, A Baptist's Theology offers the thoughts of individual Baptist scholars...

A Christian Educator's Book of Lists is a manual of basic information that every Christian educator and teacher should have on hand. At the heart of this book is the desire to make available to...

The world seems to be nearing a tipping point in relation to Islam. Radical Muslims have captured the world's attention, and their acts virtually define modern Islam for much of the West. To many,...

So many Baptists today have forgotten what it means-beyond the mode of baptism-to be Baptist. They have forgotten their heritage. Countless Baptist forebears bought and wrote that heritage with their...

I cannot believe there is anyone whose life wouldn't be subtly and meaningfully enriched by spending an hour or two in the pages of A Hungry Soul.-John KillingerAuthor of Hidden Mark, The Zacchaeus...

"Elizabeth Newby is seeking to say to all who will read that it is possible to turn challenges into opportunities" - D. Elton TruebloodFor thirteen years, Elizabeth Loza Newby, the daughter of...

The teaching profession is faced with new and more demanding challenges each year. Teachers yearn for quiet moments to enable them to prepare themselves for the stresses of a day. A Moment of Peace...

Here, finally assembled together in one collection, are Bert Montgomery's LGBTQ-related musings, columns, and sermons. Bert uses humor, stories, and the Holy Scriptures to challenge the heresy of...

A Revolutionary Gospel focuses on the centrality of Rauschenbusch's concept of salvation-his view of both personal and social salvation-in its relationship to the Kingdom of God in the teachings of...

The Star Wars films have maintained a tremendous following for almost forty years, attracting successive generations of audiences while sustaining their appeal for lifelong fans. As viewers return to...

In the last twenty years, Americans have witnessed dramatic changes in the wider culture, and yet local churches have hardly changed. We pretend that people want the same things from church in the...

Because it is sometimes challenging for today's Christians to move from the frenetic pace and noisy world of today's society and enter into the silence and stillness of contemplative praying, Jeanie...

Basics of Theology, written by pastor and author Michael McCullar, is a primer on the foundational beliefs of Christian theology. Written for both new and lifelong Christians, this book can be used...

Becoming Fire invites the reader to engage in the age-old practice of listening to stories to activate our creative imagination. Thirty-three meditations arranged for daily reading would enhance the...

Here's the story: a reverend and a rabbi start a blog. In 2008, Baptist minister Michael Smith and Jewish rabbi Rami M. Shapiro began a virtual conversation via blogspot.com. Called "Mount and...

Early in the scriptural record, Adam and Eve find themselves cast out through the gates at the Garden of Eden. In the Book of Revelation, Christians are promised entry through the gates into the New...

Millard Fuller was the author of eleven books and awarded more than a dozen honorary doctorate degrees. He was a millionaire before age thirty and gave away his entire fortune before he was forty. He...

Taking its title from a line of a poem written by Alfred Tennyson, Beyond the Broken Lights is a thoughtful and inviting look at our questions and the need for clarity in the depths of the mystery of...

Author and professor Daniel Bagby's latest book, Beyond The Myths: The Journey To Adulthood, addresses some of the unique challenges confronting today's emerging young adult. Exploring that gray area...

Judson Edwards believes that it is important for Christian writers to strive to be among the best writers in the world. Following the example of the Apostle Paul, we can see ourselves as stewards of...

In "Bugles in the Afternoon," Edwards writes, "My long experience in the church has convinced me that most ministers-both professional and lay-spend time under the juniper tree. Those ministers who...

Building a fulfilling and productive life-much like building a solid, durable house-requires the right materials on a solid foundation. Building Materials for Life, a collection of 40 inspiring...

This collection of forty essays is a continuation of those in Volume 1. Volume 2 continues the series with essays on topics like direction in life, hope, urgency, sorrow, true worth, and simple...

This collection of 40 essays completes the series Building Materials for Life, which includes three volumes and a total of 120 essays. In volumes I and II, Millard Fuller writes about topics such as...

Turning around an old, established church is not an easy task. Waters have to be stirred, people have to be shaken out of their comfort zones, and often there are enormous costs to bear.Change does...

Just a few months after graduating from college, Morgan Bolt was diagnosed with desmoplastic small round cell tumors (DSRCT), a rare pediatric cancer. Over the next four years, together with his...