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Trauma often disrupts a person’s faith in God. At times, it even causes people to feel as though they have lost their faith in God altogether. Making Friends with Darkness joins the ongoing conversation about PTSD and moral injury recovery with an approach from the Scriptures, providing a plan that is non-formulaic, helps people heal from their trauma, and helps remove barriers to God.

Are you missing out on one of the most transforming means to a deeper and more vibrant faith? In Soul Friends, Dr. Leslie Parrott explores the intimate stages of a woman's spiritual journey while showing you how soul friendships can deepen and enlarge your faith. God brings us soul-friends to...

In an openhearted memoir of faith on the fringe, Roger Thompson meditates on the life and premature death of his best friend and business partner, Tim Garrety, cofounder of Skate Street Ventura. Roger and Tim's 25 friendship was forged in the surf and on the streets of 1980s California. Together they hazarded countless waves and every rite of passage - from guitars to girls to God - and influenced the lives of thousands of skateboarders, musicians, surfers, and otherwise disconnected youth in the process.

The Bible calls Jesus the friend of sinners, but it's hard to imagine what friendship with Jesus really looks like. We so often don't even know how to do friendship with the people around us, despite all the options we have to connect. So how are we supposed to feel that close to a holy, perfect, and invisible God? How do we see Jesus as the real person he is? And how do we experience true friendship with him when we struggle to maintain true friendship on earth? Join author Jared C. Wilson as he explores what it means to be a friend of Jesus.

In this short phrase, Elyse Fitzpatrick summarizes the heart of each devotion in Friend of Sinners. Beginning with Ash Wednesday and ending with the empty tomb, you’ll remember daily the love of Jesus, who died so you could have eternal life.

Karol Ladd does it again with the newest book in her popular series. Written with her best friend, Terry Ann Kelly, it is designed to inspire and equip you to build deeper and more meaningful friendships. Through seven biblical principles, Ladd and Kelly's bold insight on subjects, such as "Building on Your Common Interests", "Attitudes and Actions That Divide Relationships", "Encouraging Ways to Enjoy Your Friendships", and "Sacrifice and Trust - a Must", will help you grow positive friendships.

How do you change the world? Dr. John M. Perkins says the answer is friendship. Find out why in He Calls Me Friend.

Mark Meynell articulates a heart pain that most of us simply couldn't express. He connects strongly and immediately with fellow cave-dwellers.

Author Elizabeth Laing Thompson invites you to walk alongside people of the Bible who had to wait on God. Their stories will provide a roadmap for your own story, helping you navigate the painful, lonely territory of waiting, coming out on the other side with your faith, relationships, and sense of humor intact. They might even help you learn to enjoy the ride. This book is about the journey of waiting, the space between answers, and the people we become while we live there.

Cuando nuestro señor jesús ascendió al cielo, dejó entre nosotros la promesa de que enviaría su Espíritu para consolarnos y guiarnos en esto tan complicado que llamamos vida. Sin embargo, con el pasar de los años, da la impresión que algunos en el Cuerpo de Cristo han olvidado el privilegio de tener al Espíritu Santo habitando entre nosotros y subestiman la capacidad para la cual fue enviado.

Perhaps one of the biggest issues all women face is their own insecurity. Beth Moore, one of today's most admired and trusted Christian writers, wants women to be free from the insecurity trap. So Long, Insecurity will strike a chord with women everywhere, as Beth speaks truth into the lives of listeners, showing them how to deal with their innermost fears, rediscover their God-given dignity, and develop a whole new perspective.

Read by the authors with an audiobook-exclusive, crowd-sourced Q&A! The Good Life Is Closer Than You Think You spend your days going after some future “good life”—that place where you’ll have the right house, career, vacations, and relationships that we’re told are the prime...

Descubrirás a un Jesús diferente, uno que cambiará radicalmente tu forma de ver a Dios, a ti mismo y a los demás; un Jesús que nunca se dará por vencido contigo y que jamás dejará de amarte. Él quiere que lo conozcas, que lo ames y que seas amado por Él. Esta es una perspectiva que cambia la vida, lo mucho que Jesús anhela ser tu amigo, y una garantía de que cuando comprendes a fondo el poder de este mensaje, tu vida se verá diferente. Todo cambiará, y entrarás en la experiencia más satisfactoria que puedas imaginar.

Cuando nuestro señor jesús ascendió al cielo, dejó entre nosotros la promesa de que enviaría su Espíritu para consolarnos y guiarnos en esto tan complicado que llamamos vida. Sin embargo, con el pasar de los años, da la impresión que algunos en el Cuerpo de Cristo han olvidado el privilegio de tener al Espíritu Santo habitando entre nosotros y subestiman la capacidad para la cual fue enviado.

They say friends are the family we choose. And that choosing—the joy of loving and being loved by someone who isn't genetically obligated to share life with us—adds priceless worth to our days, but also great risk. Because hurt can happen even in the closest friendships, and sometimes friendships fall apart. The loss can be staggering. As we struggle to digest the pain and confusion, we wonder, How could this happen? And what do I do now? Beloved author Elizabeth Laing Thompson comes alongside listeners as they process their struggling friendships.

Meet Justin and Patrick. Born in the same hospital two days apart, they grew up together, faced life shoulder to shoulder, and were best man in each other's weddings. It was the way things had always been. It was the way things were always going to be. But then the unexpected struck - Justin was diagnosed with a progressive neuromuscular disease that robbed him of the use of his arms and legs. As Justin transitioned to life lived in a wheelchair, Patrick stayed by his side, and together they refused to give in to despair or physical limitations.

The older we get, the less we find ourselves spending time in the company of good friends. Organic friendship becomes nearly impossible―after all, there are all sorts of obligations tugging at our attention. Or we find ourselves getting frustrated with shallow, draining conversations. Or, most painful of all, we feel like no one wants us―and who wants to be rejected? If you have found yourself desperately wanting connection but confused about why you are not experiencing it, you are not alone. And you don’t have to stay there.

In this positive and practical book, Gavin Ortlund looks to the Scriptures to discover a way in which to disagree with others that leads to greater understanding, peace, and love—and that shows a watching world something of Jesus. This is a much-needed book in a society that is losing the ability to disagree well. Whether over politics, religion, or culture, or the more everyday issues of normal life, points of view tend to be held with a polarizing intensity. Often we enter disagreements feeling that we have to win or we avoid them altogether.