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The Defender's Guide For Life's Toughest Questions

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It's tough to be a believer in today's world- especially if you are a student in an academic system intent on destroying your faith. Bestselling author and television co-host, Ray Comfort, has collected some of the toughest questions people will face in defending their faith and offers sound biblical responses. Each issue is one that has been raised by genuine atheists. Don't be without these powerful facts when you face a world trying to twist and confuse biblical truth.

The Defender's Guide for Life's Toughest Questions discusses topics such as:
Humanity: Rights and Suffering The Bible: Biblical and Theological Issues Science: Scientific Thought and Evolution Philosophy: Beliefs and Worldviews Religion: God and Atheism
When an atheist wants an answer, will you have one?
Any Christians out there want to take on why the Bible has such a low opinion of women? What is wrong with using 'filthy language'? Biblically or otherwise? Do you really believe the Holocaust was God's punishment of the Jews?
Ray Comfort tackles these questions and many more in The Defender's Guide for Life's Toughest Questions. Learn how to approach these types of questions with confidence, biblical truth, and loving kindness!

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September 11, 2001, was a tragic introduction for many Americans to Muslims and the religion of Islam. Americans have many questions about Islam but most have not studied the issue in depth. Today, Lions and Rotary clubs invite speakers on Islam, university campuses sponsor lectures on Islam and churches across the nation hold workshops.Is Islam a peaceful nation? Americans are puzzled. George Braswell is a recognized expert on the religion of Islam and on the Muslim beliefs and practices that Americans need to understand. This book will give readers the information they want and answer the questions they are asking. Beyond the media portrayals, Islam & America accurately reports the truth about this religion and its adherents.

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Out of a sinful and pagan world, God called Abraham to leave everything and everyone he knew and travel to a land he had never seen. Abraham stepped out in faith, yet he hesitated and delayed. Throughout his long life, it was only when Abraham full yielded himself to the will of God, that God could fulfill His will through Abraham.

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What do I do when my son learns phrases in school that he's not allowed to say at home?How do I teach my daughter caution but not fear?How do I teach my daughter about gratitude when she believes she is entitled to a cell phone and a laptop and everything else that not only she wants, but that all of the kids around her already have?Melissa Trevathan and Sissy Goff hear these types of questions and many other comments from parents on a daily basis in their counseling office and at ministry events. Today, more than ever before, we live in a culture that is at war against our parenting. Between the internet, the media, the sense of entitlement that kids are living with, the disrespect . . . it is almost too much. We often wish we could move back to Mayberry, where our biggest concern was who had set off the firecrackers in the neighbor's garage. While those aren't the issues most parents are facing today, Melissa and Sissy believe we can still raise children who value, well, values. They provide a clear and possible path back to cultivating children who have a sense of character and groundedness, who may not be as rampant across playgrounds and parks as they once were. They paint the picture of how to raise children with manners and kindness and with a healthy sense of fear and respect both for their world and the adults around them--and to do so without totally disengaging from the realities of today's world. In short, they believe it is still possible to instill vintage values in modern kids.Modern Parents, Vintage Values talks about the specific issues facing kids today, helping parents to more fully understand the challenges being faced. Yet Melissa and Sissy don't stop there. They focus in on nine values that are foundational for the character development of children: kindness, integrity, manners, compassion, forgiveness, responsibility, gratitude, patience and confidence. Each chapter is broken down into a section for children and adolescents, and specific ways to foster the specific value for the particular age. Modern Parents, Vintage Values offers parents timeless truths that can break through the chaos of today's culture and instill these truly vintage and important values in kids.

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Sissy Goff, Melissa Trevathan, Vicki Courtney

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Can terminal cancer, divorce, abuse, miscarriage, bankruptcy and other traumatic events keep you from having your best day? Best-selling author and co-founder of DaySpring, Roy Lessin helps you focus your thoughts on what really matters your relationship with God through Christ Jesus.

Today IS your best day
Because Christ is in you Because of Gods presence Because of Jesus name Because of the Cross And 56 more compelling reasons
Start your day with these encouraging truths. Walk in the assurance of what your heart knows, not the uncertainty of what your eyes see.

Terminal cancer patient, Lawrence Knorr decided to make every day for the rest of his life the best of his life. He and his wife Linda read Today is Your Best Day each day six times through. They were so encouraged by the book they shared it with over 400 families before Jim left this world for heaven. In the foreword of this printing, Linda asks that we honor Jim by sharing this book and letting God use each of us to enrich the lives of others. Click here to read her foreword, view the table of contents and read the first chapter.

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Baptist Leaders Look at Modern Faith Issues

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The Mission of Todays Church is a compelling collection of twelve essays from current Baptist leaders addressing three major questions: (1) What does it mean to be a Christian today on individual, group, and societal levels? (2) How can Southern Baptists best work together? and (3) What is next for the Southern Baptist denomination?Those addressing these key topics in-depth include Stan Norman (Together We Grow: Congregational Polity as a Form of Corporate Sanctification), Ed Stetzer (The Missional Nature of the Church), and Daniel Akin (Ten Mandates for Southern Baptists). Among the many other contributors are Chad Brand, Charles Kelley, and Jim Richards.

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Ed Stetzer, Dr. Daniel L. Akin, R. Stanton Norman

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Heres a daily Bible reading program that anyone can do and that can be taken anywhere. The One Minute Bible Day by Day carefully arranges Scripture text from the Holman Christian Standard Bible translation into 366 one-minute readings that will inspire, encourage, and challenge readers in a daily walk with the Lord. From Genesis to Revelation, each portion of the Bible in this portablesized volume has been carefully selected to keep the meaning and context of the message clear and concise. Scripture and topical indices are also included as well as a list of additional readings for each day.

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What could be good about being broken? Michael Catt, innovtive pastor and executive producer of hit films Facing the Giants and Fireproof, finds treasure at rock bottom in The Power of Desperation, a book for anyone who has ever cried out for Gods strength in lifes moments of absolute weakness:Maybe you are feeling alone, immersed in a time of darkness. Ive got good news: God is on the verge of getting you alone with Him, so He can get the you out of you and fill you with Himself. Through biblical and modern stories of incomplete people whose only path to victory is through total surrender, Catt introduces yet another breakthrough concept worthy of widespread personal application. Discover the power of desperation.

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10 Steps to a Life of Confidence, Poise, and Respect

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Think all teenagers are awkward, immature, and self-involved? Well, of course not, but especially not after etiquette teacher June Hines Moore gets their attention. In Manners Made Easy for Teens, she expertly guides young people through a variety of key social interactions, from dating to job interviews. Included in the student/teacher process of this book are various interactive role playing exercises, quizzes, demonstrations, tips, and Q&A; sessions.

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We need to get to know God as Father and relate to Him as a blessed child. However, our relationship with our earthly father positively or negatively impacts how we relate to Father God. Mary Kassian encourages women to clear barriers hindering them from seeing their loving Heavenly Father, basing their relationship with God on the truth of who He is rather than falsehoods about Him.

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How C.S. Lewis Can Train Us to Wrestle with the Modern and Postmodern World

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The written legacy of C.S. Lewis continues to be a rich mine of Christian thought and perspective. And each work continues to be as relevant today as it was at its original publishing.And now, Lewis scholar Louis Markos has done the community of faith a great service by organizing Lewiss thoughts on a wide scope of subjects pertaining to modernity and postmodernityon science and the natural world, the new age movement, philosophy, evil and suffering, the arts, and heaven and hell. Lewis Agonistes will make readers work in the same way that Lewiss writings made them work, forcing them to rethink and examine ideasto become participants in the agon (or wrestling match) of the twenty-first century.

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Being part of a small group can be a bit like climbing a mountain - it has risks but the payoff is immense. That is why Trent, Cox, and Tooker have styled this second book in the Leading From Your Strengths series like a mountain climbing expedition. Just like climbing Mount Everest, climbing the mountain to intimacy in your small group involves five stages, or camps. You begin at your "base camp" commitment, and then move through the various stages of honesty, acceptance, closeness, and finally the mountain's peak of intimacy. Once again, the Ministry Insights team will be your expedition guide on your climb as you learn to leverage your strengths for effective and successful small group experiences.

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Does the woman in Proverbs 31 make you feel like a sluggard? For years Christian women have struggled to understand what the Proverbs 31 woman was all about. Instead of encouragement or instruction, for most, this passage offered more guilt than eating a one-pound bag of M&Ms.; Is this the ideal woman? Or is the Proverbs 31 woman an outdated fixture of the past?Vicky Courtney believes that this passage is not in the Bible by accident and that a virtuous woman is a rare find in todays world. Join Vicki as she sojourns with you to unravel the mystery behind the Proverbs 31 woman.

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A recent conference at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary featured speakers addressing topics set forth in the article on The Church in the Southern Baptist Conventions Baptist Faith and Message statement. Upon This Rock gathers those presentations and answers such questions as: What is the basis for our denominational distinctives? Are they merely a collection of faded traditions or true doctrinal necessities rooted in the Bible alone? Are they theologically rich cornerstones of faith that easily transcend time, culture, and preference?Contributors include Malcolm B Yarnell III (Upon This Rock I Will Build My Church: A Theological Exposition of Matthew 16:13-20), Paige Patterson (Observing the Two Ordinances of Christ), Thomas and Joy White (Church Officers and Gender: Can Women Be Pastors? Or Deacons?) and Bart Barber (A Denomination of Churches: Biblical and Useful) as well as Jason G. Duesing, David Allen, Emir F. Caner, James Leo Garrett, Jr., and Byron McWilliams.

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Jason G. Duesing, Thomas White, Malcolm B. Yarnell

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Unraveling the Mystery of the Jesus Family Tomb

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In response to recent world news headlines, The Secret of the Talpiot Tomb is a full-color text and visual presentation of the most compelling evidence for Jesus victory over death. Written by research professor Gary Habermas, considered by many to be the worlds leading apologist for the historicity of Jesus resurrection, this case for Christs immortality is placed in the context of new claims made about the alleged bones of Jesus having been discovered in the so-called Talpiot tomb located in southeast Jerusalem.Habermas examines the controversial case with exceptional clarity and precision, showing a preponderance of evidence against the Talpiot Hypothesis and a compelling argument for Christs bodily resurrection.

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A Clear Process for Strategic Youth Discipleship

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Simple Student Ministry fine tunes the proven methods of #1 best seller Simple Church for the unique field of youth discipleship.Coauthor Eric Geiger, who contributed to the latter, takes a step forward here, neatly unpacking the key ideas of Clarity, Movement, Alignment, and Focus that will transform any over-stimulated youth program into a simpler, more results-oriented spiritual development process. Fun is still allowed, by all means, but the ultimate emphasis on maturing faith is simply essential.The anecdotal comparisons are current and on-target (Starbucks well-publicized decision to retrain baristas in coffee making introduces the idea that youth leaders might also be wise to revisit the gospel essence of their ministry). And case study data gleaned from small to mega churches and parachurch ministries will give every youth leader a relatable reference point from which to begin the successful metamorphosis to Simple.

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Most of the Gospel Harmonies use parallel columns to give side-by-side comparisons of the various events in Jesus' life and ministry. But how much easier could His storyline be followed if it were presented in one seamless narrative, streamlined in chronological order? Features:  The four Gospels woven into a single, running narrative  All Scriptures taken from the Holman Christian Standard Bible  Sidebars call attention to major themes and difficult passages in the Gospels  Hundreds of study notes a regular feature of every pageilluminate the text  Useful for both lesson and sermon preparation as well as stand-alone reading  Systematic reading plan for family worship and devotional use

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The Holy Spirit in the Old and New Testaments

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Does the Holy Spirit do the same things now and in the New Testament times that He did in Old Testament times? Volume one in the NEW AMERICAN COMMENTARY STUDIES IN BIBLE AND THEOLOGY series for pastors, advanced Bible students, and other deeply committed laypersons addresses this challenging subject. Gods Indwelling Presence asks and explores to answer: What are the spiritual differences and similarities between Old Testament and New Testament believers? Did God dwell in Old Testament believers as He does in New Testament believers? Were Old Testament believers born again (that is, experience regeneration)? What do the words indwelling and regeneration mean? How is the Holy Spirits ministry similar or different during Old Testament and New Testament times?Users will find this an excellent extension of the long-respected NEW AMERICAN COMMENTARY.

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Christmas 1897. Ellen Pierce and her brother are determined to reach the Alaska gold rush. But when ice stalls their steamship, all seems lost, until Buck Lewis makes a decision: he'll lead all who dare to follow on foot toward Dawson City.Buck is determined to leave behind a heartbreaking past. No amount of ice or weather will stop him. But he never counted on a woman joining a dangerous wilderness trek--or on falling in love with her.As their journey unfolds and Christmas approaches, Ellen and Buck discover that the greatest gift of all can't be wrapped in paper and tied with a bow. It comes from, and is received in, the heart.Come share in a soul-deep romance that gives a joyful reminder of a redeeming God who makes us each unique, yet loves us all the same.Acclaim for The Snowflake author Jamie Carie:"A welcome new voice in the inspirational fiction market."Romantic Times"Carie's talent is to be commended . . . she weaves a beautiful tapestry of historical fact, passion and multi-faceted characters into an engaging plot."FaithfulReader.com"Jamie Carie's characterization is brilliant . . . a depth and authenticity rarely seen in romance novels."Relz Reviewz

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Mark Tabb won't ignore the facts about the hectic pace of modern life that we are, ironically, often too tired to acknowledge and change. In his candid and spiritually insightful Living with Less, he declares, The only way to get more out of life is to choose less. Less stuff. Less activity. Less wanting more. . . . May God give us the courage to choose less stress in order that we might experience more of the life he has planned for us.