Practical Religion

Bury Your Ordinary is a field manual to an entirely different way of life that starts with digging a deep hole, putting the “ordinary you” inside it, covering it with dirt, and walking away as a transformed person. Through intentional changes to your habits, you will discover a deeper love for God and a heart fully alive.

When was the last time you had an honest, heartfelt, yet kind and productive conversation with someone about depression, mental illness, substance abuse, pornography, premarital sex, racism, divorce, abortion, LGBT issues, or politics? If you're tired of avoiding tough conversations, Challenging Conversations is the book you've been waiting for. With straightforward answers to some of the most challenging moral issues disrupting the church, this book will help you build your confidence using three simple steps to becoming a conversant Christian.

Strengthen your marriage and rediscover the power of "us" with this audio Bible study from Rebekah and Gabe Lyons as they introduce you to key practices to help you halt the "dysfunction dance", support your spouse in their calling, and build healthier rhythms.

In Finding The One, Rachel Blacker guides you on a process that will help you fall in love with life, fall in love with yourself, find completeness within, and magnetize the romance of a lifetime. Using inspirational stories as examples, Rachel breaks down the barriers of cultural conditioning and applies compelling spiritual teachings that will lead you on a path to joyful living and powerful manifestation. Not only can these teachings manifest your beloved, through positive suggestion and reshaping your subconscious beliefs, they can improve your life in all areas.

When Christians date, they're not looking for a one-night stand or a hook-up. Instead, they're looking for someone to marry and share their life with, as they try their best to live the gospel of Jesus Christ together. Their standards and expectations are high.

Today's parents are all but completely disconnected from the commonsense parenting wisdom of their parents and grandparents. The self-esteem parenting revolution has erased the practical insights gathered by generations of parents about the best way to raise kids. In this book, family psychologist John Rosemond seeks to recover this wisdom by resurrecting what parents of yesteryear tended to say.

Many desire a life of intimacy with the Lord where they are constantly attuned to His heart, living in vital union with Him at all times. However, this seems to be more of a theory than the reality for many well meaning believers in Christ. To such, intimacy with the Lord is something to be read about in a book or the story of some specially graced people. This should not be so, as the Bible makes it clear that every child of God is meant to live in vital union with the Lord—see John 15, and Psalm 91.

In this classic work on the spiritual life, Ralph Martin gives listeners the tools for entering more fully into a fruitful relationship with God. Prayer is a gift, not a burden. Through it, the Holy Spirit draws us into the trinity, satisfying the hunger for God that lies within every human heart.

Dr. Zach's book, Embracing Your Higher Self: A Practical Guide to Enlightenment, teaches the essential meditation and mindfulness skills required to connect with your higher self and achieve enlightenment. The book provides an oversite on what enlightenment is and how to achieve this previously thought unachievable goal. Listeners will explore each of the five pillars of the higher self, which are love, compassion, joy, inner peace, and intuitive wisdom, and learn how they all work together in concert to form who we really are at our core.

Would you like to be able to choose to be happier? This audiobook busts the modern happiness myths that assert that we can find lasting happiness through having more money, buying more things, or being famous, successful, or powerful. Instead, it provides science-backed, actionable, effective, and simple practices that can make being happier a whole lot easier whoever and wherever you presently are. Choosing Happier will teach you the skills, mind-sets, and habits that will make it easy for you to live with more contentment and joy on a daily basis.

Originally etched on tablets of stone, the 10 Commandments have been the bedrock of righteous living for thousands of years. These commandments, sometimes referred to as the “Ten Words”, can be summarized in two simpler ones, love God, and love your neighbor. In this audiobook, LJ Harry provides us with practical instruction on following these principles today.

For the many people who are interested in learning more about Buddhism, here is a primer on Buddhism and Buddhist practice written in a deceptively simple manner, with an engaging, gentle humor and flavor. Adrienne Howley's purpose is to demystify Buddhism, stripping away the layers of ritual and iconography that have grown up around it over the centuries, and to present the original, basic tenets and practices.

How can Christian men and women live faithfully in a world confused over sexuality and gender? Surely we must be reminded of what Scripture teaches. Yet as God’s design for sexuality is being suppressed and denied in the modern world, we need to hear it articulated in a fresh and accessible way. God’s Good Design presents the historic, biblical view of sexuality in a manner that is appealing even to those who have been conditioned to believe it is scary or oppressive.

Unbound: A Practical Guide to the Astral and Beyond is your down-to-earth companion to one of the most mysterious and misunderstood frontiers of human experience. From lucid dreams and sleep paralysis to near-death experiences and beyond, this book peels back the layers of perception to explore what happens when awareness moves beyond the limits of the physical body. Written with clarity, warmth, and grounded curiosity, it’s not here to convince you—it’s here to give you language, insight, and perspective.

Jesus came to earth with a mission to seek and save the lost. He established the church to carry out this mission he started. This inspiring and practical manual is based on the premise that planting churches is the single most effective way of fulfilling the Great Commission.

In Every Day a Victory he reveals the alarmingly simple, yet incredibly effective, strategies Satan has employed since the garden of Eden. Full of Scripture, inspiring stories, and practical teaching, this book will help you recognize Satan's schemes at work in your life right now, arm you to fight effectively, and strengthen you to destroy any stronghold. More than that, it is a battle plan to live in victory every day. Through Christ you are fully equipped to trample every demon that comes your way. Here are the tools and weapons you need to get free, stay free, and help others do the same.

Author David Chadwick shares 12 ways you can overcome life's fears and worries - all of which come straight from scripture and include: focusing on faith; praying; caring for your health; remembering; developing an eternal perspective; and finding good teammates. Moving Beyond Anxiety will equip you to defeat worry and fear forever by trusting God and exercising your faith daily. As you immerse yourself in God's truth, you will discover the most powerful antidotes to anxiety.

As parents, we long for our kids to have family relationships that last a lifetime. But how do we create an atmosphere for connection on this messy journey of parenting? The Messy Life of Parenting shows you small changes you can make now to build lasting relationships, even when the going gets tough. By applying God's design for interdependence, you'll be able to: strengthen family relationships, encourage leadership skills, distinguish between enabling and helping, discuss without creating division, and so much more.

A comprehensive and practical handbook of stories, counsel, suggestions, and projects covering all the major responsibilities and relationships involved in serving as a staff member in today’s church.

A third eye awakening can do that for you. The third eye holds the key to many natural spiritual gifts. Everybody has intuitive powers that are dormant, but a third eye awakening can make these powers come alive. This book will walk you through the process of opening your third eye, so that you can access all it has to offer.