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In Restored: Living and Loving after Abuse, Dr. Don Woodard offers hope and healing for the abuse victim, helping them to see a way to victory. With proven life principles to help the abuse victim confront their giants and realize that peace, hope, and victory can be obtained, they can learn to live and love again. This book is also an excellent resource for the counselor and for those who love a victim of abuse.

To some people, saying that David had a godly heart is almost offensive. How do you apply that description to a man whose legacy includes neglecting responsibilities, lust, adultery, murder, deception, hypocrisy, and callous indifference? Saul, David’s predecessor as king of Israel, was guilty of deliberate rebellion, but Scripture gives no account of him ever engaging in the kind of disgusting activity that characterized David’s behavior during his sin with Bathsheba. Yet Saul, when he sought forgiveness, was rejected. What made David different?

Can American Christianity really reconcile itself to the hard sayings of Jesus and the teaching of Scripture, or have we invented a version suitable for mass consumption that agrees with our Western ideas of fairness, our so-called rights, and the all-important American dream? In order to make God approachable, have we left out the parts of the New Testament we don't like?

If you have had an abortion, know someone who has, or desire to make a pro-life impact in your community, Created to Live features resources, hard truths, and practical steps to help end the abortion epidemic.

Does motherhood matter? Have we lost our sense of identity, especially through social media, which can pour both accolades and acid into our hearts and minds? Does our role as a mother have any lasting purpose? What about the hard stuff? Do we self-medicate more than we self-motivate to fight for our families? If we don't have a sense of purpose, how will our children? Chimene Shipley Dupler believes you are created for more. You are created in the image of God. You have value, significance, and purpose. You are chosen!

Many readers of the Bible assume that when Jesus did a miracle it was, fundamentally, to prove that he was God; Jesus was pulling out his God card. What is startling is that Jesus never made the case that this was the primary purpose of his miracles. If we miss what his miracles do reveal, we may be missing out on great insights into the one who loves us and came to rescue us. Brian leads his listeners to a fresh vision of what is conveyed in the gospel accounts of Jesus' miracles. Uncovering what is there in the text, we see the miracles in a reinvigorated, vibrant way.

There is a desperate need for effective leadership today: in our nation, in our churches, in our families, and even in ourselves. The Bible uses the term armorbearer to describe leaders who offer help, support, and strength to those around them. These types of servant-leaders are needed now more than ever. Using Scripture as the guide, Armorbearers takes listeners down a path of self-discovery, pursuing greatness by developing character that is forged on the anvil of self-restraint and tested through the heat of self-discipline.

Lester Stephenson stresses that Christians must recognize the importance of the Bible that Jesus and the apostles used. Each time Jesus and the apostles used the phrase, "it is written" they were using an Old Testament passage to illustrate a New Testament principle. In A Biblicist View of Law and Gospel, Stephenson advocates a biblicist view based on careful Bible study to explain how Christians are to view the law and the way the testaments fit together as an inspired whole.

This audiobook is not a self-help book filed with platitudes from people who think they have life figured out. Instead, Marilyn Nutter and April White link arms with the audience and encourage their listeners through stories of their own hardships in widowhood and chronic illness. Listeners are encouraged to see loss and hardship as part of life’s journey, and are constantly reminded to turn their gaze upwards to the Purveyor of Hope.

We all wonder: Why am I here? Is this all there is? Is there more to my life than what I’m currently seeing? So many common questions and desires, but what is the path to a purposeful existence? We must all answer one question for ourselves: Will I live a life that is focused on me, my dreams, my goals, what I want, the success I deserve, and where I want to go - the wheres, or will I live a life that is focused on others and the message of love and hope that can be found only in Christ - the whats?

Jesus is coming! The marvelously heartwarming theme of Paul’s two electrifying epistles to the Thessalonian believers is a stirring, rejuvenating communiqué of vibrant hope, one they desperately needed to hear. In today’s post nine-11 world, where we seemingly lurch from crisis to crisis, this is a message we'd do well to take on board. In Hope and Glory, Sam Gordon takes the listener verse-by-verse through a careful study of these two epistles and communicates a vibrant message of hope for Christians of all ages.

Life is full of battles and struggles of all kinds. Undefeated by Dr. Don Wilton will lead you to recognize the real enemy and takes you straight to the Cross, where you will find all you need for success in overcoming life’s battles. Worldly success sometimes leaves one feeling empty and defeated, but with God’s strategy for success, you can live an undefeated life! But you do not have to fight your battles alone. In fact, by following God’s strategy, he will fight them for you, and with him, you are always undefeated.

Many of us could finish that sentence in our sleep. John 3:16 is a beautiful scripture that neatly and simply sums up the message of the Gospel. But what do all the other 3:16s in the Bible have to tell us? The words of the Bible weave a tapestry of love, particularly the love that our Heavenly Father has for his children. But a love so deep and so wide cannot be contained in one memorized phrase. It takes multiple authors of sixty-six individual books to begin to explore the mystery of God's care for us.

There are a lot of false ideas out there about Christianity and the Gospel. Join Christine Paxson and Rose Spiller as they explore the answers to these and many other questions about the true Gospel message in No Half-Truths Allowed: Understanding the Complete Gospel Message. Learn what Jesus did for you, why he did it, and how you can articulate the Gospel to others.

Isaiah's Story chronicles Jennifer's emotionally traumatic journey through the personal struggles that she faced, mixed with the beautiful hope that she clings to. Take the journey through this mother’s eyes, heart, and soul as she brings to life a little boy who was here for a short time, but who has touched many lives with the telling of Isaiah’s story.

Evolution and creation are in a spiritual battle. Evolution scientists ignore, dismiss, and unequivocally reject creation out of hand - "It is not science or fact as evolution is," they say. However, Nullifying God shows that random Darwinian evolution does not have the direct evidence required to support the claim. Not only that, but it provides contrary evidence that evolution is biologically impossible.

October 17, 2012, started as any other day for Navy airman and fitness trainer Brett Parks until he heard screams for help. Without hesitation, he ran toward the sound and apprehended the mugger, unaware that the criminal had a gun. Moments later, the attacker fired a devastating shot directly into Brett's body. The bullet shredded Brett's kidney, pierced his intestines, and destroyed several inches of the largest vein in his body.

In UnTrapped, Dr. Nehrbass shows that whenever a relationship has you feeling trapped, you have options. While you may not be able to control another person’s behavior, you can take control of your happiness by determining how you respond. Dr. Nehrbass shares real-life stories of people who’ve tried these options for relational change and he also offers biblical examples.

Paths to Answered Prayer takes listeners on a journey through one woman's deepest and most intimate prayers prayers for satisfaction and longing, prayers for healing and prosperity, prayers for fulfillment and joy. Yet, despite years of faithful pleas for deliverance, God led Heidi Fuller on a path filled with heartache and much loss. Infertility, miscarriage, and adoption failures seemed to be the only results of her daily pleadings with God. With a broken and confused heart, Heidi sought to discover the real purpose of her prayers.

No one book, or even all books together, can tell fully the greatness of Jesus Christ. While that is true, we can still point to the things that God has revealed in His Word. He is far greater than our greatest imaginations. He is fully God but also fully man. He not only created the universe, but He also holds it all together. He is both the sacrifice for our sins and our Great High Priest. He is ever the Pioneer, leading the way.