Transforming Grace: Living Confidently in God’s Unfailing Love by Jerry Bridges
266 pages, 34 of 36 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
Funny how the exceeding riches of God’s grace seem to run out the moment we’re saved. From then on, we tend to base our relationship with Him on our performance rather than on His grace. Of course, God continues to deal with us on the basis of His grace, whether or not we understand it. It’s just that when we don’t, we forgo the abundant freedoms that come from not having to measure up.
The product of more than ten years of Bible study, Transforming Grace is a fountainhead of inspiration and renewal that will show you just how inexhaustible and generous God’s grace really is. You’ll never be able to ask for too much, need too much, hope for too much, or even sin too much. Like a never-ending stream of ocean waves crashing on the shore, His grace “superabounds” toward you without measure.
Love Amid The Ashes: A Novel by Mesu Andrews
417 pages, 55 of 59 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled, Previously Free
Readers often think of Job sitting on the ash heap, his life in shambles. But how did he get there? What was Job’s life like before tragedy struck? What did he think as his world came crashing down around him? And what was life like after God restored his wealth, health, and family? Through painstaking research and a writer’s creative mind, Mesu Andrews weaves an emotional and stirring account of this well-known story told through the eyes of the women who loved him. Drawing together the account of Job with those of Esau’s tribe and Jacob’s daughter Dinah, Love Amid the Ashes breathes life, romance, and passion into the classic biblical story of suffering and steadfast faith.
Saving Grace: Men of the Texas Rangers #1 by Margaret Daley
335 pages, 43 of 43 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled, Previously Free
When a teenager goes missing from the Beacon of Hope School, Texas Ranger Wyatt Sheridan and school director Kate Winslow are forced into a dangerous struggle against a human trafficking organization. But the battle brings dire consequences as Wyatt’s daughter is terrorized and Kate is kidnapped.
Now it’s personal, and Wyatt finds both his faith and investigative skills challenged as he fights to discover the mastermind behind the ring before evil destroys everyone he loves.
Past Suspicion by Therese Hecenkamp
241 pages, 17 of 21 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled, Previously Free
Look! The Finished Work of Jesus: A Message of God’s Radical Love For You by Mick Mooney
154 pages, 10 of 10 reviews are 5-star
Many books have been written about Jesus Christ that inspire us to want to know him more intimately. While that’s an admirable goal for an author, the book you are about to read does something greater. ‘Look! The Finished Work of Jesus’ doesn’t just cause the reader to hunger to know him more; it fills that very hunger by presenting Jesus in such a way that you actually sense his loving embrace as you read the book.
As I read this book, I found myself delighting again and again in some of the things Mick Mooney has written here. While this book will certainly teach you, it does more than that; it will touch you with a personal awareness of divine agape being expressed to you even as you read. More than once I felt as if my Father’s arms were holding me close while his voice whispered of his love to me through these chapters.
Religion complicates and confuses people by its demands and harsh scrutiny of our behaviour. The grace of God stands in stark contrast to religion by assuring us that because of the finished work of Jesus, we are not only in good standing with God but are actually cherished by him. Grace frees us from trying to prove anything to him, to others or even to ourselves. Mick has a firm grasp on that reality and writes in a way that causes others to understand it too.
The religious climate of the world today promotes the idea that we need to do certain things to earn God’s blessings and to make spiritual progress. This is a book that is counter-cultural to the world of legalism. It points us to Jesus Christ and causes us to see and really believe that what he has done on our behalf is indeed sufficient and that there is nothing left for us to do other than live out of the reality of his finished work.
I predict that ‘Look! The Finished Work of Jesus’ is going to be used by our Father to set many people free from the prison of religious performance and usher them into the rest that only comes by living in his grace.
Noble Pursuits by Chautona Havig
262 pages, 9 of 9 reviews are 5-star, Lending Enabled
Nolan Burke has everything a man could hope for- well, except for a wife. In his search for a genuine relationship, he’s come up empty handed. Desperate for a change of scenery (and desperate for an escape from the attentions of aggressive Rockland women), he’s relocating to Brunswick.
He is not prepared for Grace.
Independent, strong, and decidedly feminine, Grace Buscher is living her childhood dream. While friends and family watch concerned and amazed, she pinches pennies into dollars as the most successful (and only) house-spinster in the greater Rockland area.
When Nolan meets Grace, two worlds collide resulting in accidents, misunderstandings, and one silly serenade to a mouse.
No Other Gods: Confronting Our Modern Day Idols by Kelly Minter
132 pages, 8 of 9 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
Our lives revolve around our deepest needs and greatest treasures. Relationships. Family. Financial security. Private hopes and dreams.
Most of our desires are healthy. Yet these longings can become passions we not only pursue, but worship. And while idol worship may seem like ancient history, we still face the modern-day equivalent [version], as natural needs slowly consume our hearts and minds, competing with God’s rightful place in our lives.
No Other gods offers a revealing look at the heart of a woman. Author Kelly Minter explores what happens when good desires become false gods, robbing us of an intimate relationship with our heavenly father.
So discover the freedom in surrender. The healing in worship. And the joy found in exchanging everyday gods for the one true God.
To Know God As Father by Lisa Cline
150 pages, 3 of 3 reviews are 5-star, Lending Enabled
If you’ve ever wanted to know what it feels like to have a father who is for you, not against you…
If you’ve ever wanted to have a father who is there, present with you, in every moment of the day, who delights greatly in your accomplishments, and who comforts you in your deepest pain. . . if you’ve ever wanted to have a father who will never mock you or push you beyond what you can handle, but who loves you the same yesterday, today, and forever. . . then this book is for you.
It doesn’t matter if you are black or white, rich or poor, if you were raised in an adoptive, single parent, or foster home, or if you are athletic, bookish, or a couch potato by nature. Every person on this planet, no matter what their circumstances, has one thing in common: they are all greatly loved by our Father in heaven!
Whether our earthly fathers have been good to us, or have abandoned, abused, or pushed us, or just failed to love us as they should have, we have a Father who is far greater than any we have ever known. He is waiting. So, what are you waiting for? It’s time To Know God as Father.
How To Hire and Fire in a Thriving Church by Jerome Daley
19 pages, 2 of 2 reviews are 5-star, Lending Enabled
Originally penned as a 4-part article series for the Society for Church Consulting, this pithy message takes aim at the dearth of Human Resource savvy among many churches today and paints a compelling vision for stewarding our staff with wisdom, compassion, and skill. Daley leans on 25+ years of experience as pastor, consultant, corporate trainer, and leadership coach to unlock a handful of essential mindsets and strategies that will help you decide who to hire, how to develop the staff you have, and when and how to fire when necessary. Very little has been written about this crucial topic, and our churches have a trail of “bodies” in their wake to show for it. It’s time to stop the carnage…and this book will show the way.
Jerome Daley, ACC, DPM, is a leadership coach and business consultant, trainer and speaker. The author of six other books and former publisher of Christian Coaching Magazine, Jerome’s passion is simple: helping organizational leaders thrive in their inner lives and their outer leadership. He is married to Kellie and loves having three teenagers; they make their home in Greensboro, NC, where Jerome enjoys hiking, cycling, rock climbing, and most anything that takes him outside. Learn more at www.iThrive9.com.
33 pages, 2 of 2 reviews are 5-star, Lending Enabled
An easy to use book that gives you specific scriptures geared towards different areas of your son’s life (i.e. fear, provision, salvation). These scriptures are put into declaration form, helping you to speak blessing and life over your son.
Also Free God’s Word, Your Voice – How to Speak Blessing and the Promises of God Over Your Daughter’s Life by Becky Van Volkinburg - An easy to use book that gives you specific scriptures geared towards different areas of your daughter’s life (i.e. fear, provision, salvation). These scriptures are put into declaration form, helping you to speak blessing and life over your daughter.
The Carpenter’s Wife by GH Holmes
356 pages, no reviews, Lending Enabled
2003: Europe’s Summer of Madness…
Extreme heat.
It plays tricks on people’s minds and makes them do things
they otherwise would not have done.
It even gets to Tom Stark, who is used to it.
Tom took part in the Gulf War as a mercenary.
Now he is an evangelical missionary in Germany.
He lives outside a gritty town with a crime rate way too high for its size.
Tom’s world is about to unravel when seduction walks into his life in the form of Gina Delors, wife of the village carpenter.
Gina has what Tom misses in Romy, his own wife…Will their love survive?
A powerful story full of surprises that will leave you amazed, appalled, stirred, touched and inspired. It will entertain both men and women.
Joshua and the Totally Ginormous Wall by Susan Minton
31 pages, no reviews, Lending Enabled
Have you ever had to follow directions? Joshua and the Hebrews did! They had to follow God’s special directions in order to claim the city of Jericho! Find out what those special directions were, and discover what happened to the city!This fully illustrated book follows the biblical account in Joshua 6. Children and parents will enjoy experiencing the story over and over again! Questions built in to the story will engage kids and help them to relate well to both the story and the characters.
Obadiah for Small Groups by Keith Pugh
17 pages, no reviews, Lending Enabled
Asking good questions is the key to understanding. The Query the Text Series gives you the ability to teach through whole books of the Bible in the natural rhythm of question and answer. Each lesson is designed to be highly interactive and to fit within a thirty to forty-five minute window of time.
In publishing this material, I hope to give teachers an inexpensive option for adult Sunday School curriculum that both increases the interaction level of their small groups and maintains the focus on biblical exposition. Hopefully, many teachers will also find it a little easier “to be ready in season and out of season” with the convenience of having a ready-to-teach lesson always with them on their Kindle or iPad.
Look for other Old and New Testament books to be released soon in the Query the Text Series.
Uncovering The Pattern: God’s Way for Unity for Disciples Today by Keith Dorricott
61 pages, no reviews, Lending Enabled
In this concise e-booklet, bible teacher Keith Dorricott surveys 2,000 years of Christianity and explains how the important pattern that was set out in the New Testament in the early church as to how God wanted to be served, was gradually lost over the succeeding centuries. He goes on to discuss how the truth was gradually recovered through the Reformation and the emergence of the Brethren movement, culminating in the re-establishment of Churches of God.
Stress-Reduced Pastoral Search: A Process Guide by Tom Ferguson
41 pages, no reviews, Lending Enabled
Our church needed a new pastor in late 2009. After we had successfully completed the process, I decided to document the process that we used. I drew heavily on my experience in the corporate world as a software development manager and also my experience as a school board member and other local political activities. However, nothing replaces prayer and seeking God’s wisdom in an undertaking as important as selecting a pastor. I hope this book will help you as you prayerfully undertake this task.
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