There are a few questions that lie just below the surface for many Christians.
 
Does God really love me despite my failures?  
 
Can God use me for good in this world despite all my sin and shortcomings? 
 
Do my doubts and questions about faith make God think less of me?  
 
Do I have a future in the family of God despite my past? 
 
In the biblical story of...

When Scarlet Hiltibidal was a teenager, plastic butterfly clips were all the rage. She couldn’t understand why they didn’t look the same in her “frizzy, bulbous hair” as they did on the blonde whose mom was a professional hair stylist. Back then, she would have sanctioned the destruction of scores of actual butterflies just to own the label "pretty...

How do you forgive when the wound is still open?
People often ask Sarah, "How did you forgive your alcoholic mother?”

How do you forgive someone who carelessly brushed aside your pain, who caused such destruction, and who doesn’t show remorse? How do you know when to stay and when to go?

In The Complicated Heart, you will travel through Sarah's story ...

National bestselling book from Louie Giglio, author of Goliath Must Fall and co-founder of Passion City Church and the Passion Conference…

What do you think about when you think about God?

Some would say he’s a ruler that expects absolute loyalty and tribute. Others say God is their coach who’s only satisfied when they’ve pushed hard enough and performed...

Through the inspiring stories of eleven faithful women, Empowered will show girls that God is the true source of their power, strength, and purpose in life. In the pages of this book, girls will encounter women they may never have heard of and will learn some of the character traits that go along with the Christian walk. But they will also encounter a God...

Este estudio bíblico se centra en la vida de ocho mujeres de la Biblia, cómo sus decisiones cambiaron sus vidas para bien o para mal, y lo que podemos aprender de ellas en su propio viaje. A lo largo de seis semanas de estudio personal y discusión grupal, las mujeres aprenderán a aplicar las enseñanzas de este estudio bíblico a sus propias vidas y podrán...

Hard times come for all in life, with no real explanation. When we walk through suffering, it has the potential to devastate and destroy, or to be the gateway to gratitude and joy.

Elisabeth Elliot was no stranger to suffering. Her first husband, Jim, was murdered by the Waoroni people in Ecuador moments after he arrived in hopes of sharing the gospel. Her...

Our world is filled with fake facades, from the unrealistic filters used on social media to the “holier than thou” personas seen in certain hypocritical believers.

To combat the fake trends, a new trend has emerged—one that fights the facade with transparency and vulnerability. Instead of being filtered or super-spiritual, we’re told to be real and honest...

It’s in the movies we see. It’s in the news we hear. It's in the stories we tell. Every man is stirred by the heroic.

From boyhood, we search for heroes, starting with our fathers. But somewhere along the way, all our heroes disappoint us. And our attempts to be a hero fair no better, leaving us confused and unsure. Yet the heroic longing never leaves...

The Christian life was so much more than just a one-time decision to secure a place in heaven.

What if you could experience heaven on earth today? Not flying angels singing on clouds, but the fulfilled, abundant life Jesus promised in the Bible—a life that, regardless of your circumstances or your present context, experiences joy, happiness, and peace that...

For many, the college experience is defined by drinking, sex, impulsive decision-making, and a journey of self discovery. It's packaged as a consequence-free zone to have the "best time of your life." But the reality is that what happens in college doesn't stay in college. There are real, lasting consequences to your decisions.

Student ministry...

We all know Jesus commands us to disciple others.

But how are we supposed to do this in everyday life? How can women, no matter what stage of life they are in, be a disciple who makes disciples? How can we find time to invest ourselves into others when it feels like our schedules are already full? What is our place in carrying out the Great Commission?

In...

What does the gospel say about your fears? What does it say about the irrational ones, like sinkholes in the Target parking lot? How does it speak to the rational ones, like pet scan predictions? And does the gospel have a word for the fears you feel you'll have for life, like the possibility of losing the one you love most?

Growing up in the green room...

Everybody talks about the worship, but nobody does anything about it.

The well-known quote associated with Mark Twain actually goes like this—Everybody talks
about the weather ... But changing it to "worship" seems appropriate. With Worship Essentials,
Dove Award-winning worship leader Mike Harland helps leaders do something about it.

Perhaps no subject...

Do you enter every holiday wanting it to be meaningful, only to find that it feels chaotic with no direction? We set New Year’s goals we can’t keep, struggle to love or be loved on Valentine’s Day, and find it hard to celebrate the risen Jesus when we are searching for the perfect Easter dress. Our summer and back-to-school seasons are whirlwinds, even as...

Life is a gift from God.

Living Fit: Make Your Life Count by Pursuing a Healthy You, was written to equip you for living a healthy life, in all areas of your life. Author and pastor Ronnie Floyd will help you pursue a healthy tomorrow... spiritually, physically, relationally, financially, and emotionally.

People often take life for granted, rather than...

Timothy Keller, pastor fundador de la Iglesia Presbiteriana Redeemer en la Ciudad de Nueva York, aborda las frecuentes dudas que escépticos e incrédulos plantean al mundo de la fe. Mediante literatura, filosofía, antropología, cultura popular y razonamiento intelectual, Keller explica cómo la creencia en un Dios cristiano es, de hecho, una creencia racional...

Timothy Keller, pastor y autor de títulos exitosos del New York Times, comparte su sabiduría sobre cómo comunicar la fe cristiana desde el púlpito y también en una cafetería.
Casi todos los cristianos —incluyendo a los pastores— tienen dificultad para comunicar su fe de una manera que aplique el poder del evangelio para cambiar la vida de las personas...

Este libro se basa en una reconocida serie de sermones de Timothy Keller, autor de varios libros exitosos. Revela a toda persona —cristianos, escépticos, solteros, matrimonios veteranos y quienes apenas están por comprometerse— la visión de lo que debe ser el matrimonio según la Biblia.

La cultura moderna preferiría que todos creyeran que cada uno tiene su...

“I used to be a lesbian.”
 
In Gay Girl, Good God, author Jackie Hill Perry shares her own story, offering practical tools that helped her in the process of finding wholeness. Jackie grew up fatherless and experienced gender confusion. She embraced masculinity and homosexuality with every fiber of her being. She knew that Christians had a lot to say about...

How are Christians to live in such difficult times?

Unique of all people, Christians are called to embrace a hopeful outlook on life. Mere Hope offers the core, Christ-centered perspective that all Christians share, and that Christians alone have to offer a world filled with frustration, pain, and disappointment. For those in darkness, despair, and...

I know God is loving; I know He is good; I believe He is big and powerful. But sometimes I wonder if He is really kind— really deeply always kind.

Is He?

Christians love to talk about how God is in control, but that’s harder to grasp when things aren’t going like you thought they would, when your life looks quite different than you imagined.

For centuries...

Their paths to God’s purpose led them together.

Many know the heroic story of Jim Elliot’s violent death in 1956, killed along with four other missionaries by a primitive Ecuadorian tribe they were seeking to reach. Many also know the prolific legacy of Elisabeth Elliot, whose inspiring influence on generations of believers through print, broadcast, and...

Change a generation with something as simple as an invitation.

For many of us, inviting people into our lives and homes feels more like inviting judgment on our entertaining skills and stress on our already maxed-out schedules. But what if you knew that opening your front door had the power to radically change the world? To make an impact and leave a legacy...

Should you take the job? Quit the job? Begin a relationship? End a relationship? Move? Plant roots? 

How do we find God’s will for life's big decisions?

What if you had total freedom?

Emerson Eggerichs believes there is a clear answer to finding God’s will. The Bible itself reveals the clue--a secret hidden in plain sight.

Before launching his Love &...

Most church members don't see their churches clearly.

In almost all of Thom S. Rainer's consultations, church members perceive their church to be friendly. But as he surveyed guests, he found that the guests typically saw church members as unfriendly. The perception chasm existed because the members were indeed friendly . . . to one another. 

The...

VIVIMOS EN UNA ÉPOCA en que se valora la razón empírica, la evolución del progreso humano y el derecho de todos a elegir su más auténtica expresión del sentido de la vida, de propósito y de gozo. Entonces, ¿tiene sentido la noción de un Dios o de un poder superior? ¿La fe y la religión ofrecen algo de valor?
En este nuevo libro intelectualmente estimulante...