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In I’ve Never Been To Vegas, But My Luggage Has, Mandy delivers heart-to-heart, often hilarious stories from a life filled with love and loss, glamour and goose bumps, faith and friendship, big dreams and battle scars. She shares the bittersweet euphoria of her high-school romance, the panic-stricken cluelessness of her first day on a stressful job, and the foot-in-mouth horror of her red-carpet interview with a music legend.

Jesus might not have been the messiah people were expecting, but he was surely the messiah people needed. Yes, this son of a lowly carpenter could preach, heal diseases, and cast out demons. But how could he be the promised king who was to come and redeem his people from oppression? Through this 10-week study, popular author and conference speaker Lydia Brownback helps listeners to see how the Gospel of Luke presents Jesus as the promised king of kings, showcasing how Jesus' earthly ministry is good news to the downtrodden, the hurting, and the outsider.

What is God's perspective regarding women in ministry? Is gender a deciding factor in determining leadership roles in the body of Christ? Should women be silent in the churches? The answer to these questions along with many more regarding women in ministry are adequately addressed in this book.
Without question, the subject of women in ministry continues to draw mixed conclusions across a broad spectrum of people. However, it is the intent of this book to use the Scripture to offer the true perspective concerning this provocative topic.

Explore the Book of James to find out how living faith drives the Christian life. In A Living Faith, Stanley D. Gale helps us cling fervently to our Father in heaven through the trials of life. Each devotion explains a passage in the letter and offers two questions to help you do the word and discuss personal applications with fellow believers.

Joseph Davis — founding pastor of GraceLife Church in Sarasota, Florida, and author of The Grace Life: What Philippians Teaches Us About Loving One Another Relentlessly — has been where you are. Drawing from his own in-depth study of this psalm more than two decades ago, as well as numerous journal entries and personal stories, Pastor Davis shares the redeeming work Psalm 119 did in his own life and the incredible change it can make in yours.

Nehemiah is a fascinating book which relates the revival in Israel under Nehemiah around 500 BC. Nehemiah relates the entire period so well, that it is a classic blueprint for any and every revival since, especially revivals in the Church. This book plots Nehemiah’s progress and shows how it relates to us to today and what we should expect in our next revival. Indeed, the book goes further and details the steps we must take to ensure revival in the Church.

Find fullness of joy during the holidays - especially for the brokenhearted. Divorce. Financial stress. Chronic illness. Losing a loved one. Experiencing any of these situations during the year is already difficult. But the holiday season, once joyful and happy, can heighten this pain even more.

Andy Stanley will invite you to embrace the version of faith that, against all odds, initiated a chain of events resulting in the most significant and extensive cultural transformation the world has ever seen. A version we must embrace if we are to be salt and light in an increasingly savorless and dark world.

This Bible study is easy to understand and enjoyable because it is written by someone like you.

Authors Agostino Von Hassell and Ed Breslin present Sherman as once man and phenomenon. From Bull Run to Shiloh, from Vicksburg to Chattanooga, and from Atlanta to Savannah, Sherman carved the Confederacy with a feral singularity of purpose.

The Commented Bible: Book 54 - 1 Timothy is part of a series of writings on the Apostle Paul's complete writings in 14 parts. This book in the series is Part 10, and it covers the Bible book of 1 Timothy, covering every verse, with commentary, extensive cross-references and study questions for each verse. It will serve as a learning tool and continuing study reference throughout one's life. It is a valuable reference for Christians who want to study deeply the true teachings of the Bible, which writings are the basis of all true faith.

With a heart-stirring message and compelling stories, founder of Jesus Culture and pastor Banning Liebscher will equip you with practical guidance to be and do all that God has called you to. The Three-Mile Walk Bible study draws from the biblical story of Jonathan who, after a treacherous three-mile hike, boldly stepped into battle and watched God work a stunning victory in the midst of impossible odds. Likewise, Liebscher presents the three key attributes you need to fully engage your mission - courage, holiness, and faith.

In this Audio Bible Study, Nothing Wasted overturns the popular, misguided axiom that "our past does not define us" to reveal how a holy, sovereign God lovingly works with the messy scraps of our past to create a beautiful redemption story with our lives.

In this five-session, audio Bible study (guide sold separately), Andy Stanley unpacks the power of faith and the need for maintaining your confidence in Jesus Christ amid the ups and downs of daily life. If you grew up in a religious home, you were probably taught that God answers prayers. Maybe you were even taught that if you just had enough faith, God would say yes to what you were asking him to do.

A purpose of the Eyewitness Bible Series: Acts is to tell some of the information of the book of Acts from different vantage points. Luke said that he made a careful investigation of the facts before writing Luke and Acts. His three primary sources of information probably were his own experiences, written sources, and talking to people who were personally involved. Eyewitness Bible Series: Acts illustrates the stories that he might have heard from a dozen of the characters featured in the book of Acts.

Have you ever felt as you read the Bible that it makes no sense? You understand the words but not the meaning or the point the text is trying to make. The truth is - you are not alone. This book is not intended for someone who is new to the Bible or has never seriously studied it. It is meant for those who took plenty of time but still feel like something is missing. This book is for those who sense that there is more depth to those words and want to go deeper. The book title contains an idiom that implies the absence of several fundamental techniques frequently missing in a typical Bible ...

The first person who officially acknowledged the deity of Jesus by referring to Him as the Son of God wasn't one of the disciples or someone He healed, it was the Roman military officer who presided over His crucifixion. That centurion never got to watch our Redeemer heal a leper or walk on water. The only thing he watched Jesus do was die. And it changed the trajectory of his life because he realized only the King of all kings would choose to lay down His crown and be crushed on behalf of His people.

In What’s Next?, best-selling author and Pastor Chris Hodges offers a practical guide to all those looking for clarity and direction and reveals the four steps to spiritual maturity. Chris demonstrates how each step is part of both a linear path and a cycle leading to deeper levels of faith. No matter where you may be on the spiritual spectrum, What’s Next? is the guide you need to find your next step and discover the joy that comes walking the road of richer faith.

In God and Race, pastors Wayne Francis and John Siebling seek to provide a non-threatening means for pastors, church leaders, and churchgoers to start to dialogue about this important issue. Wayne Francis, lead pastor of The Life Church in New York, speaks to the "Black Fist" part, showing how the racism that Blacks have faced have led to many solidarity movements that have served to increase racial tensions in our country.

This book's combination of radical storytelling techniques and practical examples of how to carry them out in various ministry settings forges an exciting new path for the emerging church.