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If we are going to have a victorious church tomorrow, we must focus on the youth today. In this book, Comiskey lays out the biblical base for youth ministry, highlights the felt needs of today’s youth, and then shows why small groups are the most effective way to make youth disciples today. Comiskey explains the difference between inter-generational cells and student-led groups, the equipping process for youth leaders, how to coach leaders, and how to get started in youth cell ministry. Comiskey also describes common errors in youth ministry and how to avoid them.

How should Christians think and act with respect to guns and gun ownership? God and Guns in America provides a thoughtful, measured, robust, and articulate biblical treatment of an issue that is too often treated with more heat than light. Ethicist Michael Austin ultimately defends the view - from a Christian but non-pacifist perspective - that (1) the right to own and use a gun is a conditional right, (2) using a gun to harm another person is only morally permissible as a last resort, and (3) more legal restrictions are needed in the United States.

The Bible and the Ballot demonstrates the proper use of scripture in contemporary political discussions. Christians regularly invoke the Bible to support their positions on many controversial political topics - gay marriage, poverty, war, religious liberty, immigration, the environment, etc. - and this book will help facilitate those conversations. Tremper Longman provides a hermeneutical approach to using the Bible in this manner, then proceeds topic by topic, citing important scriptures to be taken into consideration in each case and offering an evangelical interpretation.

In the far future. Performers battle it out as Wizards, Magicians, and Warlocks. Using advanced technology to perform amazing feats in order to gain fame and fortune. For Talos June, he is living the life he has wanted the most. Competing, entertaining, working with the dangerous technologies that produce magic. When trouble finds him, he has to decide what he wants to do next and how to solve the new puzzle it creates.

Brady Hope never had a family Christmas, and now he would finally get his chance. His dream girl, Margaret, was taking him home to meet her parents. There, he would be wrapped in her family’s holiday traditions that culminated around a special roast served on Christmas day. If everything went according to plan, Brady also hoped to propose.

Pastor Mike Mather arrived in Indianapolis thinking that he was going to serve the poor. But after his church’s community lost nine young men to violence in a few short months, Mather came to see that the poor didn’t need his help - he needed theirs. This is the story of how one church found abundance in a community of material poverty. Viewing people - not programs, finances, or service models - as their most valuable resource moved church members beyond their own walls and out into the streets, where they discovered folks rich in strength, talents, determination, and love.

How far can you genetically alter someone before she becomes someone else...before she loses her soul? A breakthrough in human cloning leads to unspeakable evil. Psychiatrist Sanantha Mauwad is back, helping a world leading geneticist recover a four-month memory gap in which his wife was killed and his daughter was left in a coma. But, as she unravels the mystery, she finds nothing and no one are as they appear. Cutting-edge science and ancient cults collide in this tale of too much power driven by too much passion.

This audiobook is an investigation about the idea that Thanksgiving is a dark holiday and what that says about American culture.

For more than five decades, Billy Graham (1918 to 2018) ranked as one of the most influential voices in the Christian world. Nearly 215 million people around the world heard him preach in person or through live electronic media, almost certainly more than any other person. For millions, Graham was less a preacher than a Protestant saint. While remaining orthodox at the core, over time, his approach on many issues became more irenic and progressive. And his preaching continued to resonate, propelled by his powerful promise of a second chance.

Derek Fallon gets the opportunity of a lifetime - to be a stunt boy in a major movie featuring a pretty teen starlet. After accepting the job he learns that he is the star's stunt double and must wear a wig! His friends are never going to let him live this down. If that weren't his only problem, his parents are threatening to give away his pet monkey, and his best friend just posted an embarrassing video of him on Youtube. Can life get any worse? Still the irrepressible Derek takes it all in stride and even manages to save the day.

Neil is sick of his boring life. He should be famous by now. Especially since he traveled trillions of light years through space and returned with all of the answers to the universe. Neil’s bad decision has left one of his classmates stranded on another planet. Neil and Marie must rescue their friend before the creature that is stalking him gets their first. Event Horizon continues the adventure from the highly rated Race Through Space Trilogy and introduces creative new worlds and the creatures that inhabit them.

A time line or chronological order of the theologies of man compiled from Wikipedia articles. The compilation has been adapted to share how I believe God intends to improve the lives of all by revealing to us the necessity of caring for all of his creations and following laws as described in the world's theologies and societies.

Go Read is the inside story of a book narrated by the book itself. It is an autobiography in which the book explains to listeners that they don’t need batteries or a charging cord to listen to a physical book. And that if you sit on the hardbound copy of the book, it won’t crack, but you will magically grow taller. The centerpiece is the introduction of the book’s 26 roommates, also known as the alphabets. The roommates are presented in a humorous way, with silly situations to showcase each member of the alphabet in a memorable way.

Andreas Wilderer is no traditional father. An entrepreneur and business leader, Andreas has also spent time in his home, raising his children and supporting his executive wife in her business aspirations. Now, he wants to share his story and inspire other men to do the same. In Lean On: The Five Pillars of Support for Women in Leadership, Andreas recognizes that gender roles today are shifting rapidly and that we need to adapt, for the sake of our families.

Stories are everywhere. They are the common theme shared by all people. They exist in every language, culture, time period, and nation. Stories engage and entertain. They create emotion and empathy. Stories unite and connect. But why? What makes stories so powerful? Why are they so universal? How is a good story able to penetrate the distractions of a busy world? What causes a story to activate the minds of people anywhere? The Original Storyteller seeks to answer those questions through the lens of God's stories.

Neil Webb is a nerdy, brilliant kid from a small town in the heart of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. The only thing that is on Neil’s mind is how is he and his best friend, Marie, are going to spend their summer vacation. His life is upended when he receives a mysterious message from his scientist father. Now, he must decide whether to save his father or change the course of human evolution.

This book is about Paul, the apostle who had an amazing revelation of the love of God the Father expressed through Jesus Christ, his beloved Son. The revelation of the God who was in Christ. How did Paul receive such an incredible revelation? How was this legalistic Jewish pharisee who persecuted the early church transform into the man who has this profound revelation? Who was the man behind the words? What was the back story? Paul’s story unfolds in the pages of the New Testament.

The man who would beat the devil isn’t a hero, but a ruthless madman. Running from his dark past, former Duvalier hit man Charles Redmond is forced to take sides in a battle that has been raging since Exodus: Between a power mad magician named Silas Alverado and Sammael, the Demon Prince of Liars. When Charles’ beloved Voodou is threatened with extinction, he must wager his life between pure evil and the man who could destroy the world.

At the edge of the world, in the boys-only boarding school, at the Pacific coastline, a fallen angel comes to stand between two lovers, challenging their young love. Would the forces of heaven (or hell) be strong enough to keep two young men apart from each other, young men who were friends for years and only now have just begun to discover the feelings their have for one another, feelings that might have been there all along? In this art-house story filled with eroticism, get emerged into the wicked world of demonic temptation and innocence of young love.

Here’s the truth: If you don’t get people engaged with your message at the start, they’ll be distracted as your message moves along. With these stories, you’ll have exactly what you need to master the art of the start! These stories aren’t the “Everyone gather around while I tell you a story” kind of stories. And they aren’t the “Once upon a time” kind of stories either. These stories come from weird news, current events, and interesting moments in history. It’s so much fun when you connect them to the topics of your sermons!