Learning Religion

Celebrating the life and work of Rabbi Yosef Goldstein ("Uncle Yossi"), this series contains even more carefully selected Jewish tales and parables from the unforgettable recordings of Story Time with Uncle Yossi. Drawn from the midrash, Talmud, and Jewish lore, his beloved stories instill a love of Hashem, love of the Torah, and love of the Jewish people, planting the seeds for fine character development and personal refinement.

A treasury of Jewish tales and parables from the great collection of Story Time with Uncle Yossi. Celebrating the life and work of Rabbi Yosef Goldstein ("Uncle Yossi"), this series contains carefully selected Jewish tales and parables from the unforgettable recordings of Story Time with Uncle Yossi. Drawn from the midrash, Talmud, and Jewish lore, his beloved stories instill a love of God, love of the Torah, and love of the Jewish people, planting the seeds for fine character development and personal refinement.

For meaningful change to take place within us, we must be in conscious relationship with the one power that transforms us - the endless turning of God's Life. In this soul-stirring album you will learn the secrets of breaking through the barriers that have kept you from joining with life's great movement.

Here are the keys that open the doors to living in the Timeless Now! In his extraordinary new series of talks on the nature of consciousness, and what is required for its ultimate liberation, Guy Finley makes clear the higher understanding needed to enter into relationship with the indwelling Source of Creative Life at the heart of true freedom.

Want to pick up conversational Hebrew, and fast? Now you can! The Hebrew Survival Guide contains the essential Hebrew phrases and words needed to converse in modern Hebrew. Pick up Hebrew greetings, Hebrew numbers, Hebrew months and days of the week. Money and food-related words and practice phrases for each subject. This audiobook (one out of a series of three) is unique as it focuses on conversational, modern Hebrew and is designed for people who want to learn practical Hebrew, and fast.

What Is God? is an introduction to the comparative study of major world’s religions. Author Boritzer explores the different teachers and books available for trying to answer one of “the biggest question of all” in a way that teaches respect and acceptance for the diversity and the similarities of views on this difficult topic.

Whether you’re struggling to get started, afraid of making a big decision, or clinging to a path no longer meant for you—this book is the kick in the pants you need to take the next step and go after what you want. Gutsy is your guidebook to uncovering the audacious courage within you and making an impact on this world that only you can make. This book will help you learn to turn off the expectations of others, ask for what you deserve, stick your neck out, and be brave enough to take that next step.

From best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward Humes comes a dramatic story of faith, science, and courage unlike any since the famous Scopes Monkey Trial. Monkey Girl takes you behind the scenes of the recent war on evolution in Dover, Pennsylvania, when the town's school board decision to confront the controversy head-on thrust its students, then the entire community, onto the front lines of America's culture wars.

We say we're free in Christ, but many of us are still living in captivity - to fear, anger, shame, isolation, unforgiveness, and control. We're good at faking it around others, but we're exhausted by the ruse. Andi Andrew wants women to break free of their self-imposed prisons and live the lives that are rightly theirs in Christ. Sharing her own intentional journey of finding true freedom by surrendering control of her heart and life to the God who welcomed her with open arms, Andrew encourages women to give their pain and brokenness to Jesus.

With clear biblical teaching and personal accounts, Tyler Reagin not only demonstrates the necessity of life-giving leadership but also provides the steps you'll need to begin knowing and leading from your truest self. From his experiences in high-impact leadership roles at some of our nation's largest churches and ministries, Reagin has learned firsthand the importance of identity-based leadership. His desire is to help each listener become an empowered, confident leader that brings life and vibrancy to every room they enter.

Praying and waiting for God to answer can be confusing. When something—or everything—feels stuck because God doesn't seem to be answering our prayers, what next? Pastor and Grammy-nominated recording artist Travis Greene issues a challenge and asks us to examine our prayers—Are we praying for the right thing? Are we planning and preparing for what we've asked for? Are we praying for our will to grow closer to His? Or do we sometimes treat him like a genie in a bottle?

Businesswoman, television personality, and survivor Rosie Rivera shares how to lean on God as defender in the midst of life’s hurts and wounds while also grappling with the strong desire for justice and retaliation.

Jesus told us to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. We love the idea of it, but many of us are so busy it can be hard to live out. The past few years our culture has become more polarized with division and disrespect. As tragedies and social issues fill the headlines, the church seems to be nearly absent in the conversation. Love Our City presents our problem, how we can overcome it, and solid ways to fulfill our God-given mission.

Wolltest du immer schon einmal wissen, was Zen Meditation eigentlich ist und was es dir bringen könnte Meditation zu lernen? Denkst du bei dem Wort Meditation sofort an Mönche in Kutten und komplizierte Atemtechniken und hast dich immer gefragt, ob so etwas überhaupt mit deinem Alltag in Einklang zu bringen ist? Die einfache Antwort ist - ja! Zen Meditation ist für alle. Sie kann in jedem Alter gelernt werden und du wirst in unserem Ratgeber lernen, wie du sie einfach in deinen Alltag integrieren kannst.

In Books Jesus Read, Robert "Dr. Bob" Lay takes his listeners on a guided tour of the Apocrypha—Jewish history, stories, and wisdom written in the 400 years between the Old and New Testaments. These are some of the writings Jesus and other first-century Jews would have known. For anyone wanting to better understand Jesus and the New Testament, look no further than the books Jesus himself may have read.

We all encounter problems and challenges on a daily basis, ranging from small things—traffic, losing your keys, or running late—to much bigger issues—job insecurity, health issues, and relationship struggles. What should a believer in Christ do in the face of such adversities? Authors Lewis and Sarah Allen propose that while the world may teach us one way to approach challenges, there is a better way—complete dependence on Christ and pursuit of wise living.

A suburban Boston school unwittingly started a firestorm of controversy over a sixth-grade field trip. The class was visiting a mosque to learn about world religions when a handful of boys, unnoticed by their teachers, joined the line of worshippers and acted out the motions of the Muslim call to prayer. A video of the prayer went viral with the title "Wellesley, Massachusetts Public School Students Learn to Pray to Allah". Charges flew that the school exposed the children to Muslims who intended to convert American schoolchildren.

Whether it's the adventures of Greek gods and goddesses or Norse trickster tales, we all love to hear a good story. Best-selling author Kenneth C. Davis gives readers a taste of these enchanting myths and the diverse people who tell them. In his trademark question-and-answer style peppered with entertaining sidebars and quotes, he also shows how almost every civilization's mythology shares common themes.

Tony and Lauren Dungy have together known the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. They fell in love, built a family, and made sports history when Tony became the first African-American head coach to win the Super Bowl. Yet they've also gone through difficult, relationship-testing setbacks, including job loss and devastating personal tragedy. In a culture where it seems harder and harder to make marriage last, what has kept the Dungys strong through it all?

The Best Gift is a tender and insightful collection of stories chronicling one young doctor's spiritual growth as a physician, husband, father, and community member. Filled with characters colorful and crusty, warmhearted and hotheaded, witty and winsome, these captivating stories glow with drama, heartbreak, warmth, love, and humor. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll learn some of life's greatest lessons. And you'll wish Dr. Larimore was your doctor.