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Raising kids and building families is tough these days. We live in a broken society that celebrates sin and minimizes family relationships. Is it possible for Christian parents in today's society to raise emotionally healthy kids who love God and are equipped to do God's will for their lives? Yes. Emphatically, yes. God has entrusted you, as a parent, to care for and raise your children for him, and he has given you the resources you need for the job.

This is the second book by Pastor Omar Fisher as he details the far-reaching consequences of prison on our society. This writing investigates the lives of those recently released from prison and the corresponding experiences of Pastor Omar as he visited and interacted with those who were incarcerated and their families and their communities.

Going The Other Way addresses how institutionalized religion has fostered a negative attitude towards the human body by promoting beliefs of guilt, shame, and antagonism. This book offers a remedy for the deep-seeded negativity of society as it is. The remedy? Become a true friend to your body. With this simple 180 degree turn you can leave the matrix systems of disempowerment behind, in order to create a beautiful life, full of love, connection, and joy.

Critical theory and its expression in fields such as critical race theory, critical pedagogy, and queer theory are having a profound impact on our culture. Contemporary critical theory's ideas about race, class, gender, identity, and justice have dramatically shaped how people think, act, and view one another—in Christian and secular spheres alike. In Critical Dilemma, authors Neil Shenvi and Pat Sawyer illuminate the origins and influences of contemporary critical theory, considering it in the light of clear reason and biblical orthodoxy.

El tiempo es la prueba del carácter de un hombre. El carácter es la medida de la hombría. La sabiduría llega con los años... Esas frases pueden sonar muy repetidas, pero contienen grandes verdades. La integridad y la sabiduría son esenciales para la vida de un cristiano. En este audio libro, el Dr. Núñez nos conduce a las Escrituras, rescata esos dos valores, y nos guía en maneras prácticas para aplicarlos en cada área de nuestras vidas.

Many Christians today feel overwhelmed as they try to live faithfully in a culture that seems increasingly hostile to their beliefs. Politics, marriage, sexuality, religious freedom - with an ever-growing list of contentious issues, believers find it harder than ever to hold on to their convictions while treating their friends, neighbors, coworkers, and even family members who disagree with respect and compassion.

As a pastor in Silicon Valley, Jay Kim has experienced the digital church in all its splendor. In Analog Church, he grapples with the ramifications of a digital church, from our worship and experience of Christian community to the way we engage Scripture and sacrament. Could it be that in our efforts to stay relevant in our digital age, we've begun to give away the very thing that our age most desperately needs: transcendence? Could it be that the best way to reach new generations is in fact found in a more timeless path?

A treatment of the concepts of "law", "gospel" and the classic "three uses of the law", together with their application to the crucial question of the appropriateness of legislating a "Christian agenda" in a pluralistic society.

The author, Mary Baker Eddy, considered this book her second most important work after Science and Health. In it, she addresses basic differences in theology between Christian Science and traditional Christianity. She explains that God, good, is always present and is all-powerful. From this basis, she shows listeners how to address topics such as evil, sin, and materialism.

Originally a sermon, No and Yes served as Mary Baker Eddy’s response to a local pastor’s denunciation of Christian Science. No and Yes clarifies the metaphysics and teachings of Christian Science and shows how Christian Science differs from other faith traditions.

Originally a sermon Mary Baker Eddy delivered in the late 1800s, this book is based on Paul’s Biblical letter to the Ephesians, “One Lord, one faith, one baptism." It offers her insights on how advancing our view of God brings health and healing.