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|Hurry Less Worry Less at |Judy Pace Christie |Christie helps busy people learn to |10 Chapters |1 Book |Advent |
|Christmastime: Having the | |celebrate a more joyful and peaceful | | | |
|Holiday Season You Long For | |Christmas season with suggestions on how to | | | |
| | |slow down and enjoy the season. | | | |
|Mary: What the Bible Really |Douglas Connelly |This study provides a true picture of Mary –|13 Chapters |1 Book |Advent |
|Says | |a portrait drawn from Scripture with both | | | |
| | |the overlay of tradition and the dust of | | | |
| | |neglect removed. God is still seeking men | | | |
| | |and women like Mary who will be obedient to | | | |
| | |His call. | | | |
|The Birth Narratives |Mickey Efird |The virginal conception and birth of Jesus |8 Sessions |5 Participant |Advent |
| | |is the story upon which we found our faith | |Workbooks | |
| | |and life as Christians. Efird uses the | | | |
| | |story found in Luke and Matthew as well as | | | |
| | |providing comparative information on all | | | |
| | |four Gospels and teaches specifically the | | | |
| | |background, circumstances and environment of| | | |
| | |Jesus’ birth as told by Luke and Matthew. | | | |
|Not a Silent Night |Adam Hamilton |Imagines Jesus from Mary’s point of view |5 chapters |7 Books |Advent |
| | |beginning at the crucifixion and traveling | |7 Leader Guides | |
| | |back in time to His birth. DVD is 10 | |6 DVDs | |
| | |minutes | | | |
|Christmas Miracles |Edited by: |In this book you will read extraordinary |5 Chapters |1 Book |Advent |
| |Mary Hollingsworth |stories of the ways this season brings us | | | |
| | |closer to each other and to God – from | | | |
| | |exchanging gifts of the heart and receiving | | | |
| | |answers to impossible prayers to discovering| | | |
| | |the wonderful Christmas spirit. | | | |
|Taste and See |Jan Johnson |Experience the Christmas story as if you |4 lessons plus a bonus |3 Books |Advent |
| | |were there yourself. It uses historical and|after-Advent lesson | | |
| | |cultural facts for context to help imagine | | | |
| | |the tangible elements in the stories. | | | |
|The Best Songs Come At Night |J. Ellsworth Kalas |In this book Kalas points out that many of |4 Sessions |8 Books |Advent |
|and Other Christmas Proverbs | |history’s greatest inspirational songs were | | | |
| | |written in the most dire circumstances, | | | |
| | |places, and time of darkness with human | | | |
| | |soul. But Christ the Savior was born into a| | | |
| | |nighttime world to bring the light of | | | |
| | |salvation to all humankind. | | | |
|Under Wraps |Jessica LaGrone, Andy |God sent Jesus gift-wrapped in human flesh |4 Chapters |5 Books |Advent |
| |Nixon, Ed Robb, Rob |to live among us and offer us life. The | | | |
| |Renfroe |study explores four characteristics of God: | | | |
| | |God is Expectant, God is Dangerous, God is | | | |
| | |Jealous, and God is Faithful. | | | |
|Christmas Stories: |Max Lucado |A collection of unique stories which help up|11 Chapters |1 Book |Advent |
|Heartwarming Classics of | |see the joys of Christmas in the busyness of| | | |
|Angels, A Manager, and the | |the season and reflect on the reason for the| | | |
|Birth of Hope | |season. | | | |
|What Do You Want For Christmas|James W. Moore |Moore asks – do you want gifts money can’t |4 Weeks |1 Book |Advent |
| | |buy. The gifts the Christ Child brings? | | | |
|Travel the Highways of Advent |Stan Purdum |Purdum challenges us to slow down and follow|5 weeks |2 Books |Advent |
| | |our journey with care this Advent in hopes | | | |
| | |that we encounter God at every turn instead | | | |
| | |of focusing solely on the destination of | | | |
| | |Christmas. | | | |
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|Advent of the Savior |Cindy Bunch |These lessons will introduce you to the |Six Lessons |4 Books |Advent |
| | |circumstances surrounding the birth of | | | |
| | |Jesus, remind you of God’s faithfulness and | | | |
| | |power to fulfill his promises, and draw you | | | |
| | |more deeply into the love that brought | | | |
| | |Christ to Earth. | | | |
|A Thrill of Hope |Emory Candler School of |This DVD presents the familiar story of | |4 DVD’s |Advent |
|The Christmas Story in Word |Theology |Christmas as told in the Gospels of Luke and| |3 Study Guides | |
|and Art | |Matthew. Each passage of scripture is | | | |
| | |illustrated by artwork. | | | |
|The Journey: |Adam Hamilton |If you think you know the story of Jesus’ |5 Sessions |11 DVD’s with |Advent |
|Walking The Road To Bethlehem | |birth, think again. This wonderful book | |Leader Guides | |
| | |sets us on a journey to the times and | |12 Books | |
| | |characters of Christmas so that we | |2 Season of | |
| | |experience the birth of Christ in our lives | |Reflection | |
| | |in a new way. | |Devotional Books | |
|Rejoice in Hope |James Harnish |The Christmas Story is explored through the |3 Sessions |2 Books |Advent |
| | |experiences of characters from Luke: | | | |
| | |Elizabeth and Zechariah, Mary and Joseph and| | | |
| | |Simeon and Anna. | | | |
|When God Comes Down |James Harnish |Based on Isaiah 64:1, “If only you would |Five Lessons |3 Books |Advent |
| | |tear open the heavens and come down!” We | | | |
| | |have to train our eyes through worship, | | | |
| | |scripture and prayer to see God’s presence | | | |
| | |and celebrate the holy day of when God came | | | |
| | |down among us in human flesh. Each lesson | | | |
| | |includes a reference to Scripture, questions| | | |
| | |for discussion, a prayer and a focus for the| | | |
| | |coming week. | | | |
|The Women of Christmas |Liz Curtis Higgs |Invites you to steal away with our Savior |8 Chapters |1 Book |Advent |
| | |during the busiest seasons of the year. In | | | |
| | |her warm and welcoming voice, Higgs draws us| | | |
| | |into the compelling stories of the women who| | | |
| | |surrounded our Messiah’s birth and | | | |
| | |encourages us to consider our own | | | |
| | |relationship with him. | | | |
|Christmas From the Backside |J. Ellsworth Kalas |Taking a different perspective into the |7 sessions |7 Books |Advent |
| | |events surrounding the birth of Jesus. The | | | |
| | |seven sessions are: | | | |
| | |1. The Scandal of Christmas | | | |
| | |2. Three Votes for an Early Christmas | | | |
| | |3. Christmas Comes to a Back Fence | | | |
| | |4. Celebrating Christmas in a Hotel | | | |
| | |5. How the Government Helped the First | | | |
| | |Christmas Happen | | | |
| | |6. Christmas and the Impossible Dream | | | |
| | |7. Christmas Comes to a Church | | | |
|The Christmas People |J. Ellsworth Kalas |Kalas takes us into a familiar world of |4 Sessions |3 Books |Advent |
| | |Christmas-lonely people, harried workers, | | | |
| | |spendthrift shoppers, and sometimes | | | |
| | |unnoticed saints to remind us that it is for| | | |
| | |such a world that Jesus was born. | | | |
|On the Way to Bethlehem |Hilary McDowell |McDowell challenges the reader to “bring the|6 Sessions |2 Books |Advent |
| | |baby home” spiritually so that those who | | | |
| | |know us can, through grace, see something of| | | |
| | |his love in our lives. | | | |
|Advent Conspiracy |Ryan McKinley, Chris Seay,|-Worship Fully |4 Sessions |16 Books |Advent |
| |Greg Holder |-Spend Less | |2 DVDs | |
| | |-Give More | | | |
| | |-Love All | | | |
|Christmas Gifts that Won’t |James Moore |Reflect on the unbreakable gifts that God |4 Sessions |4 Books |Advent |
|Break | |has given us: hope, love, joy, and peace. | | | |
| | |AND remember God’s greatest gift of all. | | | |
|Finding Bethlehem in the Midst|James Moore |Christmas or confusion, Bethlehem or |5 Lessons |3 Books |Advent |
|of Bedlam | |bedlam....which will you choose this year? | | | |
| | |Take heart, God breaks into our Christmas | | | |
| | |confusion and bedlam and is made known in | | | |
| | |Jesus Christ. Each chapter includes | | | |
| | |questions for discussion, a brief prayer, | | | |
| | |and a focus for the week. There are six | | | |
| | |daily Bible readings that could be shared | | | |
| | |each week for class members’ personal | | | |
| | |devotional times. | | | |
|The Miracle of Christmas |James Moore |This study explores the true miracle of |4 Sessions |3 Books |Advent |
| | |Christmas, “the miracle of God’s seeking, | | | |
| | |saving love for each one of us.” | | | |
|Manger and Mystery |Marilyn Brown Oden |A faithful and fruitful guide for an Advent |5 Sessions |1 Book |Advent |
| | |journey. The chapters are: | | | |
| | |1. Recovering the Stables | | | |
| | |2. Rekindling the Saved | | | |
| | |3. Remembering the Song | | | |
| | |4. Reclaiming the Star | | | |
| | |5. Recalling the Story, Restoring the Call| | | |
|Unplug the Christmas Machine |Jo Robinson Jean Coppock |Create a joyful and stress free holiday |9 Chapters |1 Book |Advent |
| |Staeheli |season with simple spiritual celebrations | | | |
| | |that help families draw closer together. | | | |
|God’s Gift of Love |Donna Schaper |Study is based on the Revised Common |5 Lessons |2 Books |Advent |
| |Nan Duerling |Lectionary. Old and New Testament readings | | | |
| | |for each lesson. | | | |
| | |Leader’s guide is included in the back of | | | |
| | |the book which includes biblical background,| | | |
| | |questions, scriptures, activities and | | | |
| | |prayers. | | | |
|Christmas is Not Your Birthday|Mike Slaughter |This Christmas cut through the hype that |5 Lessons |12 Books |Advent |
| | |leaves you exhausted and broke at the end of| | | |
| | |the year. Instead experience the peace of | | | |
| | |knowing that God is truly with us, the joy | | | |
| | |of sacrificially and the love of a savior | | | |
| | |who gave everything he had for us. | | | |
|A Different Kind of Christmas |Mike Slaughter |Every year, we say we’re going to cut back, |5 Weeks of Daily Reading |2 DVDs |Advent |
| | |simplify, and have a family Christmas that | | | |
| | |focuses on the real reason for the | | | |
| | |season-Jesus. But every year it seems easier| | | |
| | |just to indulge our wants and whims. | | | |
| | |Overspending, overeating, materialism, and | | | |
| | |business rob us of peace and joy, and fob | | | |
| | |Jesus of his rightful role as the center of | | | |
| | |our celebration. This book of devotional | | | |
| | |readings will draw you and your family into | | | |
| | |closer fellowship with God, as you journey | | | |
| | |through this Christmas season and learn to | | | |
| | |live generously all year. | | | |
|A Christmas Snow |Jim Stovall |A young girl has tried to forget her past, |Fiction Chapter Book |1 Book |Advent |
| | |but a blizzard brings her face to face with | |1 DVD | |
| | |her past forcing her to choose one path: | | | |
| | |letting go and grabbing hold of a | | | |
| | |life-changing forgiveness or continuing to | | | |
| | |carry her pain and bitterness with her. | | | |
|The Lamp |Jim Stovall |A couple in a strained marriage is presented|Fiction Chapter Book |1 Book |Advent |
| | |a strange gift from a mysterious person, |96 minute DVD |1 DVD | |
| | |which causes them to search the depths of | | | |
| | |their hearts | | | |
|The Purpose of Christmas |Rick Warren |Teaching from the Gospel of Luke you can |3 Sessions |3 DVDs |Advent |
| | |learn three purposes of Christmas. | |3 Study Guides | |
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|Journey Through the Bible: |Gary L. Ball-Kimbourne, |Genesis means “origin” or “beginning.” |13 Chapters |1 Book |Bible: Books of |
| |Ph.D |Genesis tells us of creation and God’s | | | |
|Genesis | |revelation of God’s self through covenant | | | |
| | |involving promise and commandment. | | | |
|Isaiah |Paul Blackham |The book of Isaiah shows us how the kingdoms|10 Weeks |1 Book |Bible: Books of |
| | |of this world all fall under the judgment of| | | |
| | |Immanuel, as His Church goes out to all the | | | |
| | |peoples of the world. | | | |
|Romans |Lyman Coleman |Romans is Paul’s most complete theological |15 Sessions |2 Books |Bible: Books of |
| | |statement – carefully written, precise, and | | | |
|Discovering God’s Plan | |painstakingly logical. This is Paul’s | | | |
| | |letter to the Romans as his introduction of | | | |
| | |himself. | | | |
|Genesis to Revelations: |James Crenshaw |A verse-by-verse Bible study enabling you to|13 Chapters |1 Book |Bible: Books of |
|Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and | |engage the Scriptures on three levels: What | | | |
|Song of Songs | |does the Bible Say? What does this passage | | | |
| | |mean? How does the Scripture relate to my | | | |
| | |life? | | | |
|Invitation to Romans |Pamela M. Eisenbaum |Paul’s teachings in Romans come to us |8 Sessions |3 Books |Bible: Books of |
| | |mediated through the history of the church’s| | | |
| | |interpretation of his letter. Several key | | | |
| | |themes: Paul’s emphasis on communal | | | |
| | |salvation; the centrality of God’s | | | |
| | |righteousness; and the relationship between | | | |
| | |Jews and Gentiles and the relationship of | | | |
| | |both to God. | | | |
|Revelation 1-12: |Words of Faith |Bible study on the unique book of |13 Sessions |1 Book |Bible: Books of |
| | |Revelation. Revelation is the only | | | |
|The End of Time | |apocalyptic book in the New Testament. This| | | |
| | |study helps us uncover the meaning of events| | | |
| | |to come. | | | |
|The New Testament |Bart D. Ehrman |A detailed study of the New Testament from a|24 Lectures |7 Books |Bible : Books of |
| | |college professor. | | | |
|Lost Christianities: |Bart D. Ehrman |Ehrman, a college professor, helps us |24 Chapters |3 Books |Bible: Books of |
|Christian Scriptures and | |consider the varieties of belief and | | | |
|Battles over Authentication | |practice in the early days of Christianity. | | | |
|Journey Through The Bible: |Dr. Kathleen A. Farmer |The study of these books is like mirrors. |13 Chapters |1 Book |Bible: |
| | |They reflect the reality of human behavior. | | |Books of |
|Joshua | |We learn both the faithful and the | | | |
|Judges | |unfaithful ways human beings have responded | | | |
|Ruth | |to God and each other. | | | |
|For the Love of God |Justo L. and Catherine |This study focuses on loving all humanity, |4 Sessions |1 Book |Bible: Books of |
| |Gunsalus Gonzalez |as well as on revealing who among us are | |1 Study Guide - | |
|The Epistles of John | |false teachers. First John tells us that | |By Mary Kathryn | |
| | |having fellowship with God cannot be | |Pearce | |
| | |separated from having fellowship with one | | | |
| | |another. | | | |
|The Abingdon Introduction To |Joel S. Kaminsky; Joel N. |These authors show how various biblical |56 Chapters |1 Book |Bible: Books of |
|The Bible : Understanding |Lohr and Mark Reasoner |books have influenced and continue to have | | | |
|Jewish and Christian | |an impact upon Western ethics, politics and | | | |
|Scriptures | |religion. | | | |
|Life Lessons with Max Lucado: |Max Lucado |In the book of Romans Paul explores all the |12 Lessons |1 Book |Bible: |
| | |wrong options and takes us to the only | | |Books of |
|Romans | |correct one –Jesus Christ. It concludes | | | |
| | |with practical instruction for a growing | | | |
| | |church, and provides instruction for dealing| | | |
| | |with many issues we have today. | | | |
|On This Rock: A Study of |Joseph S. Wang and Anne B.|Using scriptural references, this study |10 Chapters |1 Book |Bible: Books of |
|Peter’s Life and Ministry |Crumpler |identifies Peter and how his relationship | | | |
| | |with Jesus made him a prominent leader. | | | |
|Matthew for Everyone |Tom Wright |Wright is a biblical scholar who uses useful|First 15 Chapters of |1 Book |Bible: Books of |
| | |explanations and suggestions as to how we |Matthew | | |
| | |can apply scripture to our daily lives. | | | |
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|Journey Through the Bible: |Clifton Black |This study begins as Mark narrates Jesus’ |13 Chapters |1 Leader’s Guide |Bible: Books of |
|Mark |Dr. Mary Jo Osterman – |exorcism of a demon at Capernaum. Why? One| | | |
| |Leader’s Guide |answer has to do with Marks’s view of Jesus | | | |
| | |in relationship to his native religion of | | | |
| | |Judaism and Jesus’ role in the breakthrough | | | |
| | |of God’s new Kingdom. | | | |
|John’s Letters: |Ron Blankley |John’s letters focus on the most important |12 Sessions |6 Books |Bible: Books of |
|Discovering Genuine | |aspects of the Christian life. He helps us | | | |
|Christianity | |focus our attention on what really matters | | | |
| | |now and for eternity. | | | |
|Jesus in the Gospel of |Nancy Carter |Matthew was a skilled storyteller who was |6 Chapters |1 Book |Bible: Books of |
|Matthew: | |privileged to tell the most wonderful story | | | |
|“Who Do You Say that I Am? | |ever told. Matthew is concerned with the | | | |
| | |Christian community’s relationship with God,| | | |
| | |Jesus, and themselves. Throughout the study| | | |
| | |not only will you listen to Matthew’s | | | |
| | |stories, but participants will have an | | | |
| | |opportunity to share their own. | | | |
|What Does Revelation Reveal? |Warren Carter |A clear and fun guide to the most hyped, |11 Chapters |1 Book |Bible: Books of |
| | |hoaxed, and mystifying book of the Bible. | | | |
|Unlocking the Mystery | | | | | |
|Journey Through The Bible: |Dr. Van Bogard Dunn |Dunn gives us the story of Jesus and his |13 Chapters |1 Book |Bible: Books of |
| | |life and the significance of the Jesus’ | | | |
|Matthew | |ministry and how it is just as important | | | |
| | |today as any other time in history. | | | |
|Journey Through The Bible: |Dr. Kathleen A. Farmer |The books of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, |13 Chapters |1 Book |Bible: Books of |
| | |Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon are | | | |
|Job, Psalms, Proverbs, | |written mostly in poetry. Hebrew poetry | | | |
|Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon | |which is based on the rhyming of ideas | | | |
| | |rather than the sounds. This study | | | |
| | |interprets this form of poetry for a better | | | |
| | |understanding of the scripture. | | | |
|Journey Through The Bible: |Dr. Kathleen A. |These books of the bible read more like a |13 Chapters |1 Book |Bible: |
| |Farmer |mirror than a many. They reflect the | | |Books of |
|Joshua, Judges, Ruth | |reality of human behavior, but do not map | | | |
| | |out roadways for us to follow. | | | |
|Journey Through the Bible: |Dr. Justo L. Gonzalez |Luke, the physician, is often thought of as |13 Chapters |1 Book |Bible: Books of |
| | |the most prolific writer of the New | | | |
|Luke | |Testament. We also know that Luke was a | | | |
| | |faithful disciple of Jesus and well | | | |
| | |acquainted with Paul. | | | |
| | | | | | |
|Mark’s Message: |Dr. Justo L. Gonzalez |Instead of going through the Gospel of Mark |6 Chapters |4 Books |Bible: Books of |
| | |from the beginning, Dr. Gonzalez takes a | | | |
|Good News for the New | |thematic approach and allows the reader to | | | |
|Millennium | |look at the gospel through a refreshing new | | | |
| | |lens. | | | |
|Matthew’s Message |Grace Imathiu |The following questions are how the sessions|6 Sessions | 4 Books |Bible: Books of |
| | |are organized. What was Matthew’s World | | | |
| | |Like? What was Matthew’s Gospel about? | | | |
|Good News for the New | |What does Matthew teach us about the human | | | |
|Millennium | |condition? What does Matthew teach us about| | | |
| | |Jesus Christ? How does Matthew teach us to | | | |
| | |understand our times? What does Matthew | | | |
| | |teach us about living in the third | | | |
| | |millennium? | | | |
|A Study of Philippians: |Jerald Jackson |This study calls us to live a life worthy of|4 Sessions |1 Teacher Booklet |Bible: Books of |
| | |the name of Christ. Paul’s words encourage | |1 Student Booklet | |
|Joy in Serving Christ | |us to continue pushing forward, focusing on | | | |
| | |the positives of a relationship with Christ,| | | |
| | |to the fulfillment of God’s perfect will. | | | |
|The Journey to Freedom: |Christine and Bernard |This brief book doesn’t cover the entire |5 Chapters |1 Book |Bible: Books of |
| |Keels |history of Africans in America, but focuses | | | |
|Exodus | |on a current need to understand how African | | | |
| | |American Methodists have dealt with racism | | | |
| | |in the Methodist family. Many white | | | |
| | |forebears faced a spiritual crossroads, and | | | |
| | |like the pharaohs of ancient Egypt took the | | | |
| | |low path leading to the heresy of slavery | | | |
| | |and the idolatry of skin color. | | | |
|Journey Through the Bible: |Gary Ball-Kilbourne |The first book of the Bible is studied in |13 Chapters |1 Book |Bible: Books of |
| | |depth beginning with the Creation and | |1 Leader’s Guide | |
|Genesis | |including Sin, Flood, Sacrifice, Pride and | | | |
| | |Confusion, Covenant and Sojourn, Willfulness| | | |
| | |and, Hospitality and Laughter, Sodom and | | | |
| | |Gomorrah, Dreams, Esau and Jacob, Jacob and | | | |
| | |God, and Restoration. | | | |
|The Old Testament |Professor Amy-Jill Levine |Twenty-four lectures on the old testament |24 Lectures |2 Books |Bible: Books of |
| | |offer an introduction to the history, | | | |
| | |literature and religion of ancient Israel | | | |
| | |and early Judaism as it is presented in the | | | |
| | |collection of texts called the Old | | | |
| | |Testament. | | | |
|Life Lessons with Max Lucado: |Max Lucado |The letter Paul writes to the Corinthians is|12 Lessons |2 Books |Bible: Books of |
| | |more than a list of sins; it is an epistle | | | |
| | |of patience. He patiently teaches them | | | |
|Book of First Corinthians | |about worship, unity, the role of women, and| | | |
| | |the Lord’s Supper. His driving passion is | | | |
| | |love as is found in Chapter Thirteen. | | | |
|Matthew |Alyce M. McKenzie |McKenzie shares Jesus’ most important life |10 Sessions |1 Book |Bible: Books of |
| | |journeys. From birth to the Sermon on the | | | |
| | |Mount, to his Parables, and finally death | | | |
| | |and resurrection. She offers solid biblical | | | |
| | |content in a creative study format. | | | |
|Breaking the Code: |Bruce M. Metzger |The book of Revelation contains passages of |11 Chapters |3 Books |Bible: Books of |
| | |great beauty and comfort, as well as | |1 DVD | |
|Understanding the Book of | |passages that strike the casual reader as | |1 Leader’s Guide | |
|Revelation | |bizarre, bewildering and sometimes | | | |
| | |frightening. Breaking the Code provides a | | | |
| | |trustworthy guide to the rich symbolism of | | | |
| | |this important biblical book. | | | |
|Interpretation Bible Studies: |James Newsome |A wonderful study of three characters: the |10 Sections |1 Book |Bible: Books of |
| | |God of Israel, who rescues a people in | | | |
|Exodus | |captivity, Moses, the leader of Israel who | | | |
| | |leads the people and becomes the giver of | | | |
| | |the law, and the people of Israel who | | | |
| | |struggle to be faithful to God. | | | |
|Beyond Belief: |Elaine Pagels |Using personal tragedy, Pagels investigates |5 Chapters |1 Book |Bible: Books of |
| | |the “secret” Gospel of Thomas and breathes | | | |
|The Secret Gospel of Thomas | |new life into writings once thought | | | |
| | |heretical. | | | |
|Genesis to Revelation |Keith Schoville |This book can be completed individually or |13 Chapters |1 Book |Bible: Books of |
| | |in a small group. Participants will read | | | |
|Exodus and Leviticus | |and answer questions for the books of Exodus| | | |
| | |and Leviticus with strong explanations that | | | |
| | |follow each set of questions. | | | |
|First Corinthians |Serendipity Series |This study takes the entire book of First |12 Week Course |1 Book |Bible: Books of |
| | |Corinthians and breaks it into the tough | | | |
| | |issues that were occurring in Corinth at the| | | |
| | |time and relates these same issues to | | | |
| | |today’s time. | | | |
|Paul and the Galatians: |Paul Stroble |This study explores the difficult |6 Chapters |4 Books |Bible: Books of |
|The Life and Letters Of Paul | |relationship between the Law of the Jews and| | | |
| | |the Christian faith of the Galatians. Using| | | |
| | |historical data about the Galatians’ | | | |
| | |congregation and their origins, Stroble | | | |
| | |explains how Paul understood his audience | | | |
| | |and tailored his argument to address the | | | |
| | |threats to their faith and the | | | |
| | |misunderstandings of the relationship | | | |
| | |between law and freedom. | | | |
|Be Confident |Warren Wiersbe |Hebrews was written at a time when |12 Chapters |1 Book |Bible: Books of |
| | |everything in society seemed to be shaking. | | | |
|(A New Testament | |It was written to Christians who were | | | |
|Study-Hebrews) | |wondering what was going on and their faith | | | |
| | |was wavering. One of the major messages of | | | |
| | |Hebrews is Be Confident! Wiersbe, in his | | | |
| | |book, shows us ways to look to Jesus Christ | | | |
| | |and – Be Confident. | | | |
|Be Wise: |Warren Wiersbe |What a difference it makes in your life when|13 Chapters |1 Book |Bible: Books of |
| | |you decide to follow god’s wisdom instead of| | | |
|A New Testament Study of first| |man’s knowledge! Cornth was not much | | | |
|Corinthians | |different from our world today-populated, | | | |
| | |proud, prosperous, philosophical, and | | | |
| | |polluted. The church in Corinth had its own| | | |
| | |share of problems, but God in his wisdom had| | | |
| | |the answer. Don’t just “get smart” – Be | | | |
| | |Wise | | | |
|Beginning of New Additions to Bible: Intro To |
|Following God: |Wayne Barber |A study of the lives of people in Genesis |13 Chapters |1 Book |Bible: Intro To |
| |Eddie Rasnake |and Exodus while emphasizing the importance | | | |
|Life Principles the Old |Richard Shepherd |of building a relationship with God. | | | |
|Testament | | | | | |
|The Bible From Scratch – The |Donald L. Griggs |This old testament study offers a practical |Part 1: 7 Chapters for |1 Book |Bible: Intro To |
|Old Testament for Beginners | |guide to interpretation of the scripture in |Participants | | |
| | |the Old Testament. |Part 2: 7 Chapters for | | |
| | | |Leaders | | |
|Making Sense of the Bible |Adam Hamilton |A basic guide to Scripture that also |6 Chapters |1 Book |Bible: Intro To |
| | |explores challenging passages. | | | |
|The Beatitudes for Today |James C. Howell |Howell examines each of the phrases of the |14 Chapters |1 Book |Bible: Intro To |
| | |Beatitudes and creatively applies them to | | | |
| | |Christian lives today. | | | |
|The Grand Sweep: 365 Days from|J. Ellsworth Kalas |A daily Bible study for individuals and |365 Daily Readings |4 Books |Bible: Intro To |
|Genesis through Revelation | |groups. | | | |
|Heroes, Rogues, and the Rest –|J. Ellsworth Kalas |Meet the people of the Bible and learn about|12 Chapters |1 Book |Bible: Intro To |
|Lives That Tell The Story Of | |their unique characteristics that shaped the| | | |
|The Bible | |lives of early believers and continue to | | | |
| | |influence Christians today. | | | |
|Parables from the Back Side |J. Ellsworth Kalas |Kalas presents new insight into 12 of Jesus’|12 Chapters |1 DVD |Bible: Intro to |
| | |parables through the eyes of a minor or | |6 Books | |
| | |unsympathetic character giving us new | | | |
| | |meaning and clarifies basic teachings. | | | |
|Parables of Jesus |J. Ellsworth Kalas |Gives new insight to some of the most |9 lessons |1 Book |Bible: Intro to |
| | |troubling or most beloved parables: House on| | | |
| | |the Rock, The Sower, Mustard Seed, Wise and | | | |
| | |Foolish Bridesmaids, Nobleman and the | | | |
| | |Pounds, Father & His Two Sons, Good | | | |
| | |Samaritan, Widow and the Unjust Judge. | | | |
|Biblical Wisdom Literature |Professor Joseph W. |This book contains lectures on an array of |36 Lectures |1 Course Guidebook|Bible: Intro To |
| |Koterski |topics such as suffering, friendship, virtue| | | |
| | |and vice, marriage and the decision making | | | |
| | |process of life issues. | | | |
|In The Footsteps Of Faith |John F. MacArthur |A study of the lives of faithful men and |14 Chapters |2 Books |Bible: Intro To |
| | |women of the bible. Their lives show you | | | |
| | |that faithful living is possible and walking| | | |
| | |with Christ is worth imitating. | | | |
|You Will Be My Witnesses |Timothy Merrill |This study presents themes that are |7 Sessions |1 Book |Bible: Intro To |
| | |universally relevant for the faith of all | | | |
| | |people: community, commitment, covenant and | | | |
| | |faith. This study helps us to understand | | | |
| | |and interpret what it means to live with | | | |
| | |faith in God. | | | |
|The Bible: What’s in It for |Stephen Parolini |Parolini reminds us that the Bible is still |4 Weeks |2 Books |Bible: Intro To |
|Me? | |relevant today. A study for adults who want| | | |
| | |to experience the value of Bible study – not| | | |
| | |just the guilt of “not studying enough." | | | |
|Blessed Are You: The |John C. Purdy |A study of the Beatitudes and how to apply |6 Chapters |2 Resource Books |Bible: Intro To |
|Beatitudes of Jesus in |Dorothy Hill |them to your life. A Kerygma program. | |2 Leader’s Guides | |
|Scripture and in Life | | | | | |
|The Bible: |Charles R. Swindoll |Discover the Bible study that will captivate|18 Chapters |4 Books |Bible: Intro To |
| | |your mind, challenge your heart, and forever| | | |
|Applying God’s Word to Your | |change your relationship with God. | | | |
|Life | | | | | |
|God Saves a People: |James A. Walther, Sr. |A Kerygma program study on the idea that God|7 Chapters |3 Resource Books |Bible: Intro To |
| |Myra B. Nagel |consistently saves His people. | |1 Leader’s Guide | |
|Great Themes of the Bible. |Trish Towle Greeves | | | | |
|The Bible Made Easy |Mark Water |This guide contains key Bible words and |Many facts found in the |1 Book |Bible: Intro To |
| | |doctrines explained. Plus major characters |Bible | | |
|An easy-to-understand pocket | |highlighted and a 7-page time chart of Bible| | | |
|reference guide | |history | | | |
| | | | | | |
|End of New Additions to Bible: Intro To |
|Troublesome Bible Passages: |Randy Cross |Cross has identified twenty-three bible |23 Lessons |4 Books |Bible: Intro to |
| | |passages we may need help in understanding | |2 Leader | |
|Volume 2 | |and helps us relate them to our lives today.| |Guides | |
|Favorite Bible Passages |Brenda DeGraaf |Volume Two contains twenty-six different |26 lessons |2 Books |Bible: Intro to |
| |Jerry Mercer |passages. | |1 Teacher Guide | |
|Volume Two | | | | | |
|The Bible from Scratch |Donald L. Griggs |The author guides the reader through the New|8 sessions |1 Book |Bible: Intro to |
|(The New Testament for | |Testament and introduces basic tools and | | | |
|Beginners) | |skills for Bible Study. | | | |
| | | | | | |
|Beatitudes from the Backside |J. Ellsworth Kalas |The Beatitudes and Sermon on the Mount are |12 Chapters |3 Books |Bible: Intro to |
| | |counter to many of the common assumptions we| |1 Leader Guide | |
| | |live by. Couple that with Kalas’s famous | | | |
| | |“back-side” approach, which starts from some| | | |
| | |unusual angle or a minor character’s | | | |
| | |viewpoint, and is staid, comfortable | | | |
| | |lifestyle is soon put in jeopardy. | | | |
|More Parables from the |J. Ellsworth Kalas |Kalas presents new insight into twelve of |12 Chapters |3 Books |Bible: Intro to |
|Backside | |Jesus’ parables by entering them through a | |1 Leader’s Guide | |
| | |unique starting point, a creative retelling,| | | |
| | |a new “lens” or the eyes of a minor or | | | |
| | |unsympathetic character. | | | |
|New Testament Stories From the|J. Ellsworth Kalas |Kalas takes familiar stories and introduces |12 Week Study |6 Books |Bible: Intro to |
|Backside | |new possible meaning. Scripture is taken | | | |
| | |from the books of Luke, John, Mark, Acts, | | | |
| | |Colossians, and Revelations. | | | |
| | | | | | |
|Old Testament Stories From the|J. Ellsworth Kalas |Kalas brings a new perspective to selected |12 Chapters |11 Books |Bible: Intro to |
|Backside | |Old Testament stories by exploring them from| |1 Leader’s Guide | |
| | |a unique starting point or from a different | | | |
| | |person’s viewpoint. | | | |
|The Ten Commandments from the |J. Ellsworth Kalas |Kalas opens new possibilities of insights |12 Chapters |1 Book |Bible: Intro to |
|Backside | |into the familiar Ten Commandments. | |1 Leader’s Guide | |
| | |Restating them in the positive, Kalas | | | |
| | |explores how these “prohibitive” laws | | | |
| | |actually are our dear friends, intended to | | | |
| | |make life richer and more fulfilling. Kalas| | | |
| | |uses contemporary illustrations and personal| | | |
| | |experience to show how these timeless laws | | | |
| | |give us an appetite for divine excellence. | | | |
|Get Acquainted with Your Bible|Gary Ball -Kilbourne |A great way for adults to get acquainted |8 sessions |15 Books |Bible: Intro to |
| | |with the Bible in a short period of time. | |1 Leader | |
| | |Designed for a group study or self directed | |Guide | |
| | |study. | | | |
|Books of the Bible |John Hayes |A systematic overview of all the books of |26 Sessions |1 Book |Bible: Intro to |
| |Keith Schoville |the Bible. This study is ideal for persons | | | |
| | |who feel “new” to the Christian faith. | | | |
|Favorite Bible Passages: |Brady Whitehead Jr. and |Experience twenty-six Bible passages that |26 Lessons |8 Books |Bible: Intro to |
| |Howard M. Ham |have stood the test of time. Persons who | |2 Leader Guides | |
|Volume One | |complete this study will experience God’s | | | |
| | |love and guidance. | | | |
|Troublesome Bible Massages |Douglas Wingeier |These twenty-three passages deal with |23 Passages |3 Books |Bible: Intro to |
| |David Lowes Watson |theological issues, ethical issues, and | | | |
| | |practical issues, and then relate biblical | | | |
| | |times to contemporary ethics. | | | |
|Beginning of New Additions to Christian Living |
|A Complaint Free World: How |Will Bowen |Complaining is epidemic in our world. This |8 Chapters |1 Book |Christian Living |
|to Stop Complaining and Start | |book will help you learn how to stop | |1 DVD | |
|Enjoying the Life you Always | |complaining and become an overall happier | | | |
|Wanted | |person. | | | |
|Choosing Gratitude: Your |Nancy Leigh DeMoss |DeMoss explores the biblical and practical |9 Chapters |1 Book |Christian Living |
|Journey to Joy | |aspects of what makes gratitude a truly | | | |
| | |Christian quality. Discover how gratitude | | | |
| | |makes life, even with all its bumps and | | | |
| | |bruises, a joy to behold. | | | |
| | | | | | |
|Walking With God |John Eldredge |A remarkable narrative of one man’s journey |6 Sessions |2 Books |Christian Living |
| | |learning to hear the voice of God. To hear | |1 Workbook | |
| | |God’s voice in our every day decisions. | | | |
|Christian Beliefs |Stephen Eyre |This study examines what every Christian |12 Chapters |1 Book |Christian Living |
| | |should know about God, Christ, the Holy | | | |
| | |Spirit, human nature, salvation, the church,| | | |
| | |revelation, and the last things. | | | |
|When Christ Lives in Us |Dr. Justo L. Gonzalez |This study uses the biblical image of Christ|8 Chapters |13 Books |Christian Living |
| | |living within us to explore the relationship| |3 Leader | |
| | |between the presence of Christ in our minds | |Guides | |
| | |and the way we live as disciples of Jesus. | | | |
|Triumphant Living in Turbulent|William H. Hinson |Filled with Scripture and biblical |12 Chapters |2 Books |Christian Living |
|Times | |references, each chapter addresses a | | | |
| | |specific challenge to enable you to live | | | |
| | |with confidence and equip you with strength | | | |
| | |for facing life’s challenges head-on. | | | |
|The Will of God |James C. Howell |Howell says there are two questions |9 Chapters |3 Books |Christian Living |
| | |concerning the will of God; What does God | | | |
|Answering the Hard Questions | |want me to do; and second, Why do bad things| | | |
| | |happen. And these two questions can become | | | |
| | |“What does God want me to do?” As we study | | | |
| | |these questions we can come to a better | | | |
| | |understanding of the will of God for us. | | | |
|A Mile In My Shoes |Trevor Hudson |Hudson has developed an eight-day |7 Chapters |1 Book |Christian Living |
| | |experiential program called The Pilgrimage | | | |
|Cultivating Compassion | |of Pain and Hope that young South Africans |Appendix: Planning a | | |
| | |to reflect upon the meaning of their faith |Pilgrimage for a Local| | |
| | |and discipleship with the harsh and |Congregation | | |
| | |oppressive realities of their nation. He | | | |
| | |helps us consider becoming a pilgrim in our | | | |
| | |daily life. | | | |
|Radical Gratitude |Mary Jo Leddy |Radical Gratitude is an answer to the |6 Sections |1 Book |Christian Living |
| | |perpetual dissatisfaction of our culture. | | | |
|Just Like Jesus |Max Lucado |God loves you just the way you are, but he |12 Sessions plus a |3 Books |Christian Living |
| | |refuses to leave you that way. He wants you|study guide | | |
| | |to have a heart like his. | | | |
|How Can I Forgive?: A Study |Joretta L. Marshall |This study will develop a way of talking |7 Chapters |1 Book |Christian Living |
|of Forgiveness | |about forgiveness that makes sense in our | | | |
| | |world. It will explore practical advice for| | | |
| | |receiving and offering forgiveness through | | | |
| | |the grace of God. | | | |
|Is There Life After Stress? |James W. Moore |Moore shows us how to make stress work for |16 Chapters |2 Books |Christian Living |
| | |us rather than against us by redeeming | | | |
| | |stress – making a victory of it. He | | | |
| | |fortifies our spiritual defenses by helping | | | |
| | |us recognize our fears and entrust our fears| | | |
| | |to God. | | | |
|People of Integrity: |Dr. William B. Morgan, Jr.|Using current events, the best of cinema and|7 Chapters |5 Books |Christian Living |
|Authentic Christian Living | |story, and great theologians, Dr. Morgan | | | |
| | |invites us into the grace of living rightly.| | | |
| | | | | | |
|No More Spectators – |Mark Nysewander |Nysewander explains how Christ’s intention |10 Chapters |1 Book |Christian Living |
| | |for the Church is to live in relationship | | | |
|The 8 Life-Changing Values of | |and to become His disciple – not just a | | | |
|Disciple Makers | |spectator. | | | |
|How Does Anyone Know God |Garry Poole and Judson |A small group guide for discussing the |6 Sessions |1 Book |Christian Living |
|Exists?: Tough Questions |Poling |challenging question of how anyone knows if | | | |
| | |God exist. This guide deals frankly with | | | |
| | |objections commonly discussed about | | | |
| | |Christianity. | | | |
|A Dangerous Dozen: |C. K. Robertson |Meet twelve fascinating Christian Change |12 Chapters |7 Books |Christian Living |
| | |Agents who were unafraid to ask what God | | | |
|12 Christians Who Threatened | |would have them do. Their actions | | | |
|the Status Quo but Taught Us | |challenged the status quo, and in doing so | | | |
|to Live Like Jesus | |they showed the face of Jesus to the church | | | |
| | |and to the world. | | | |
|Attitudes of Gratitude: How |M. J. Ryan |Ryan teaches how to unlock the fullness of |5 Sections |1 Book |Christian Living |
|to give and receive Joy every | |our hearts and lives through the expression | | | |
|day of your life | |of gratitude. | | | |
|Five Practices of Fruitful |Robert Schnase |Experience God’s grace in daily living |6 Chapters |1 Book |Christian Living |
|Living | |through five steps: radical hospitality, | | | |
| | |passionate worship, intentional faith | | | |
| | |development, risk-taking mission and service| | | |
| | |and extravagant generosity. | | | |
|24/6 |Matthew Sleeth, MD |Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy is the|4 Parts |4 Books |Christian Living |
| | |only commandment that begins with the word |12 Chapters | | |
|A prescription for a | |remember. God calls this time rest. | | | |
|healthier, happier life | | | | | |
|Go Green, Save Green |Nancy Sleeth |Filled with thousands of simple, |11 Chapters |12 Books |Christian Living |
| | |easy-to-implement time-and money-saving tips|Energy Audit Work | | |
|A simple guide to saving time,| |for greening your home, car, yard, |Sheet Included | | |
|money, and God’s green earth | |workplace, neighborhood and beyond, Go Green| | | |
| | |will help you put your faith into action and| | | |
| | |start saving. | | | |
|Confronting Casual |Dr. Charles F. Stanley |Dr. Stanley uses bible based principles to |6 Chapters |2 Books |Christian Living |
|Christianity | |urge action in Christian living. He teaches| | | |
| | |us that through commitment and obedience we | | | |
| | |can be free to confront the dangerous trap | | | |
| | |of casual Christianity. | | | |
|One Thousand Gifts |Ann Voskamp |This video-based study will help you learn, |5 Sessions |1 Book |Christian Living |
| | |practice, and begin to live out the secrets | |1 DVD | |
|A Dare to Live Fully Right | |of a joyful heart. You will begin to find | |1 Study Guide | |
|Where You Are | |joy in what really matters. | | | |
|Secrets of The Vine |Dr. Bruce H. Wilkinson |Find out why Jesus is the Vine of life and |9 Chapters |1 Book |Christian Living |
| | |explore the four levels of “fruit bearing.” | | | |
|Breaking Through to Abundance | |Learn three surprising secrets that will | | | |
| | |open your eyes to your unrealized potential | | | |
| | |in Him. | | | |
|End of New Additions to Christian Living |
|Velvet Elvis: |Rob Bell |WE know there’s something more. WE sense it,|7 Weeks |1 Book |Christian Living |
| | |we feel it, and we want it. But how do we | | | |
|Repainting the Christian Faith| |find it? ‘This book is for those who need a| | | |
| | |fresh take on Jesus and what it means for us| | | |
| | |to live the kind of life he teaches us to | | | |
| | |live,’ writes Rob Bell. | | | |
|If Experience is Such a Good |J. Ellsworth Kalas |Everyone attends the school of experience, |12 Weeks |2 Books |Christian Living |
|Teacher, Why Do I Keep | |but some of us learn more than others. In | | | |
|Repeating the Course? | |this book you will find invaluable insights | | | |
| | |to equip yourself for the “course of study” | | | |
| | |ahead. Using teachers such as Friendship, | | | |
| | |Regret, Love, Success, Defeat, and Enemies, | | | |
| | |the author helps the Christian reader | | | |
| | |discover insights and inspiration for daily | | | |
| | |living. | | | |
|A Glimpse of Glory: Studies |Max Lucado |Join Lucado in this outstanding new topical |12 Weeks |1 Book |Christian Living |
|on Christian Character | |study based on his best selling book, “The | | | |
| | |Applause of Heaven”. Learn to see yourself | | | |
| | |as God does, as a sacred delight. | | | |
|More Ready Than You Realize |Brian McLaren |This is not just another book on evangelism.|19 Chapters |3 Books |Christian Living |
| | |It’s the simple idea of evangelism through | | | |
| | |friendship first, and the opportunities to | | | |
| | |share your faith. It will bring friendships | | | |
| | |you already have to a new level. | | | |
|When You’re a Christian, the |James W. Moore |In his warm, conversational style, Moore |15 Chapters |3 Books |Christian Living |
|Whole World is from Missouri: | |explores characteristic that must be visible| | | |
|Living the Life of Faith in a | |in our daily lives if we are to be effective| | | |
|“Show Me” World | |witnesses in this “show me” | | | |
| | |world—forgiveness, dedication, gratitude, | | | |
| | |lover, compassion, a spirit of service, | | | |
| | |perseverance, strength, faith and vision. | | | |
|People of Integrity: |William B. Morgan |William Morgan’s book unpacks the basic |7 Weeks |5 Books |Christian Living |
|Authentic Christian Living | |meanings of ‘right behavior’ within a system| | | |
| | |of Christian discipleship. He examines | | | |
| | |basic concepts of talents, gifts, service, | | | |
| | |ministry, prayer, and how these connect with| | | |
| | |core integrity that he believes is essential| | | |
| | |to Christianity. Morgan uses many anecdotes,| | | |
| | |ranging from Atticus Finch (To Kill a | | | |
| | |Mockingbird) to Jerry Seinfeld. | | | |
|Can You Drink the Cup? |Henri J.M. Nouwen |The cup, a powerful image in the human |9 Chapters |2 Books |Christian Living |
| | |experience, a symbol used to celebrate a | |1 Set of Discussion | |
| | |wide range of human endeavors, becomes for | |Questions | |
| | |Nouwen a doorway opening on the spiritual | | | |
| | |horizon. “Drinking our cup to the bottom is| | | |
| | |seen as the expression of the full freedom | | | |
| | |of the sons and daughters of God. | | | |
|The Life You’ve Always Wanted |John Ortberg |If you have ever been frustrated with the |6 Sessions |3 DVD’s |Christian Living |
| | |state of your spiritual life, if you’ve ever| |2 Leader’s Guides | |
| | |wondered why spiritual growth goes slowly, | |5 Participant Guides | |
| | |if you’ve ever wondered if real change is | |3 Books | |
| | |possible, this study is for you. Afterwards| | | |
| | |you will accept Christ’s invitation to live | | | |
| | |life his way because it truly is the life | | | |
| | |you’ve always wanted. | | | |
|The Will of God |Leslie D. Weatherhead |It was during the tumultuous era of World |6 Weeks |10 Books |Christian Living |
| | |War II that Weatherhead preached five | |1 Workbooks | |
| | |sermons on understanding the will of God for| | | |
| | |the congregation of Cit Temple in London. | | | |
| | |These sermons became the classic book The | | | |
| | |Will of God, which has helped hundreds of | | | |
| | |thousands of Christians explore how God’s | | | |
| | |will is related to God’s character and | | | |
| | |ultimate intentions for us. | | | |
|What’s So Amazing About Grace?|Philip Yancey |We speak of grace often. But do we |14 Chapters |2 Study Guides |Christian Living |
| | |understand it? More importantly, do we | | | |
| | |truly believe in it… and do our lives | | | |
| | |proclaim it as powerfully as our words? | | | |
| | |Through this book you’ll discover how you | | | |
| | |can become Christ’s answer to a world that | | | |
| | |wants to know. | | | |
|Where is God When it Hurts? |Philip Yancey |In this Gold Medallion Award winning book, |5 Weeks |2 Books |Christian Living |
| | |Yancey reveals a God who is neither | | | |
| | |capricious nor unconcerned. Using examples | | | |
| | |from the Bible and from his own experiences,| | | |
| | |Yancey looks at pain—physical, emotional, | | | |
| | |and spiritual—and helps us understand why we| | | |
| | |suffer. | | | |
|Beginning of New Additions to The Church and Mission of Church |
|They Like Jesus But Not the |Dan Kimball |This book shows you positive examples of |13 Chapters |3 Books |The Church and Mission |
|Church: Insights From | |churches that are connecting with emerging | | |of the Church |
|Emerging Generations | |generations without compromising truth. | | | |
|The Once and Future Church: |Loren B. Mead |God is always calling us to be more than we |6 Sessions |5 Books |The Church and Mission |
|Reinventing the Congregation | |have been. This study spells out the | | |of the Church |
|for a New Mission Frontier | |implications of that statement for churches.| | | |
|Money Matters |Michael Slaughter |Discover how to be debt free and get the |7 Chapters |1 Book |The Church and Mission |
| |With Kim Miller |feeling of being in control of your finances| | |of the Church |
|Financial Freedom for All | |by understanding and applying God’s | | | |
|God’s Children | |principles of stewardship and generosity. | | | |
|Money Matters |Michael Slaughter |The book contains the steps for a |5 Chapters |1 Book including a|The Church and Mission |
| |With Kim Miller |congregational stewardship program with | |DVD and samples of|of the Church |
|Financial Freedom for All | |three powerful differences: | |everything needed | |
|God’s Churches | | | |to implement | |
| | |*Starts With Personal Finances | |program | |
| | |*Is Year-Round | | | |
| | |*Is Easy To Implement | | | |
|With God in the Crucible: |Peter Storey |This book draws upon sermons given by Peter |23 Chapters |1 Book |The Church and Mission |
|Preaching Costly Discipleship | |Storey in South Africa during the end of | | |of the Church |
| | |apartheid giving us an example of effective | | | |
| | |discipleship from the church to the here and| | | |
| | |now. | | | |
|Calvin vs Wesley: Bringing |Don Thorsen |Thorsen uses this book to consider both the |8 Chapters |1 Book |The Church and Mission |
|Belief In Line With Practice | |similarities and differences of the | | |of the Church |
| | |theologies of Calvin and Wesley. Wesley | | | |
| | |described Christian life in practice, but | | | |
| | |was not as persuasive at describing it in | | | |
| | |theory. Thorsen points out that God will | | | |
| | |not ask us what we believed but how we | | | |
| | |lived. | | | |
|The Purpose Driven Church |Rick Warren |Warren states that if your church is |5 Parts |1 Book |The Church and Mission |
| | |healthy, growth will occur naturally. | | |of the Church |
|Growth Without Compromising | |Warren believes that in order for a church | | | |
|Your Message and Mission | |to be healthy it must become a | | | |
| | |purpose-driven church, built around the five| | | |
| | |New Testament purposes given to the church | | | |
| | |by Jesus – fellowship, discipleship, | | | |
| | |worship, ministry, and evangelism. | | | |
|End of New Additions to Church and Mission of Church |
|What’s in the Bible About |David Barnhart, Jr. |In this unique and exciting Bible study you |4 Chapters |8 Books |The Church |
|Church the Holy Spirit, | |will read the Bible to discover answers to | |1 DVD |And Mission of the |
|Church, & Life Together? | |the question, “What’s in the Bible?” and | | |Church |
| | |reflect upon what you read in order to | | | |
|What’s in the Bible, and Why | |discover answers to the question, “Why | | | |
|Should I Care? | |Should I Care?” | | | |
|Trinity’s Needlepoint |Trinity Kneelers |Discover the stories behind the twenty-four |1 Lesson |4 Booklets |The Church |
|Kneeling Cushions | |needle point kneeling cushions used in the | | |And Mission of the |
| | |sanctuary. | | |Church |
|An Adventure in Healing and |James Wagner |This study provides a fundamental |7 Sessions |2 Books |The Church and |
|Wholeness | |understanding of a holistic approach to a | | |Mission of Church |
| | |healthy relationship between prayers and | | | |
| | |healing, and resources, materials, and | | | |
| | |information needed to begin a healing | | | |
| | |ministry in the church. | | | |
|Beginning of New Additions to Family and Parenting |
|The Entitlement Trap |Richard and Linda Eyre |Do your children perceive real ownership in |11 lessons |3 Books |Family and Parenting|
| | |money with all the responsibilities? In the| | | |
| | |age of Prince and Princess mania, how do we | | | |
| | |teach our little ones delayed gratification?| | | |
|The Seven Experiments |Jen Hatmaker |Be ready to untangle the clutter in your |9 sessions |1 DVD |Family and Parenting|
| | |life in the areas of food, clothing, | |2 Books | |
| | |possessions, media, water, spending and | | | |
| | |stress. She will help you make simple | | | |
| | |choices to fight the modern-day diseases of | | | |
| | |greed, materialism and over indulgence. | | | |
|The Frazzled Factor- |Karol Ladd and |This book offers guidance and encouragement |12 Sessions |1 Book |Family and Parenting|
| |Jane Jarrell |to help you thrive – not just survive – as a| |1 Workbook | |
|Relief For Working Moms – 7 | |working mom. This twelve-week study focuses| | | |
|Simple steps from guilt to | |on helping you understand yourself better so| | | |
|grace. | |you can move forward with less guilt and | | | |
| | |more peace and purpose. | | | |
|Active Parenting Now: Your |Michael H. Popkin, Ph.D. |In three chapters Dr. Popkin reveals how you|3 Chapters |14 Books |Family and Parenting|
|Three-Part Guide to a Great | |can improve your family life and make the | | | |
|Family | |job of parenting easier. He focuses | | | |
| | |positive discipline and communication | | | |
| | |techniques to develop courage, | | | |
| | |responsibility and character in your | | | |
| | |children. | | | |
|Seamless Faith |Traci Smith |Smith shares dozens of simple practices to |7 Chapters |1 Book |Parenting |
| | |equip families of all kinds with the tools | | | |
|Simple Practices for Daily | |they need for bringing faith into the home. | | | |
|Family Life | | | | | |
|Parental Guidance required |Andy Stanley |This guide is designed to give you the |6 Sessions |2 DVDs |Family and Parenting|
| |& Reggie Joiner |counsel you need to help prepare your | |1 Study Guide | |
| | |children for the future; how to enhance, | | | |
| | |advance and influence your children’s | | | |
| | |relationships. | | | |
|Plugged-In Parenting: |Bob Waliszewski |You don’t have to unplug to find peace. |10 Chapters |1 Book |Family and Parenting|
| | |Plugged-In can help you make media choices | | | |
|How to Raise Media-Savvy Kids | |that bring your family closer together. You| | | |
|with Love,, Not War | |decide where to draw the line and protect | | | |
| | |your kids from to much screen time. | | | |
|End of New Additions to Family and Parenting |
|The Encouraging Parent: |Rod Wallace Kennedy, PH.D.|This warm empathetic and practical guide |11 Sessions |2 Books |Family and Parenting|
|How to Stop Yelling at Your | |will help you nurture your child’s positive | | | |
|Kids and Start Teaching Them | |development and create the loving, | | | |
|Confidence, Self-Discipline, | |supportive atmosphere all children need to | | | |
|and Joy | |thrive. | | | |
|Parenting |Cheryl Reames |This series helps parents find support in |6 Sessions |3 Books |Family and Parenting|
| | |sharing ideas for parenting their children | | | |
| | |and developing principles and skills. | | | |
|Parenting: Not a Stroll in |Serendipity Series |This book is for a small group study and |7 Sessions |1 Book |Family and Parenting|
|the Park | |focuses on seven aspects of parenting. | | | |
|First Things First |Kurt and Brenda Warner |Learning what works for Kurt and Brenda |19 Chapters |1 Book |Family and Parenting|
| | |Warner in their marriage and raising seven | | | |
| | |children. | | | |
|Beginning of New Additions to Favorite Authors |
|In Whose Image? |Jann Aldredge-Clanton |If woman, like man, is made in the image of |7 Sessions |1 Book |Favorite Authors |
| | |God, then God’s image includes the feminine | | | |
|God and Gender | |as well as the masculine. This book helps | | | |
| | |us to see the divine image of God. | | | |
| Tracks of a Fellow Struggler:|John Claypool |Out of his personal struggle, Claypool |4 Chapters |1 Book |Favorite Authors |
|How to Handle Grief | |shares his own feelings of grief as he | | | |
| | |interrupts what God says through tragic | | | |
| | |moments. | | | |
|Winds of Fury |Dale Clem |Clem shares words not only from his own mind|11 Chapters |2 Books |Favorite Authors |
|Circles Of Grace | |and heart, but from the minds and hearts of | | | |
| | |many who have shared the pain, sorrow and | | | |
| | |grief of loosing a loved one. | | | |
|Freedom of Simplicity |Richard J. Foster |Foster shows us that the Christian |10 Chapters |1 Book |Favorite Authors |
| | |Discipline of simplicity is an inward | | | |
| | |reality that liberates our outward lifestyle| | | |
| | |by freeing us from dishonest speech, | | | |
| | |obsessive status-seeking, compulsive | | | |
| | |extravagance, and a loss of perspective on | | | |
| | |the true nature of our involvement with the | | | |
| | |world in which we live. | | | |
|Mere Christianity |C. S. Lewis |Lewis seeks to help us see religion with |4 Part Video Study |4 DVDs |Favorite Authors |
| | |fresh eyes and provide us with a message of | |1 Study Guide | |
| | |hope. He hopes to help believers mature in | |1 Book | |
| | |discipleship and impact our sphere of | | | |
| | |influence for Jesus Christ. | | | |
|Come Thirsty |Max Lucado |God invites you to treat your thirsty soul |4 Sessions |1 Book |Favorite Author |
| | |as you would treat your physical thirst – | | | |
|No Heart Too Dry for His Touch| |just visit the WELL and drink. Lucado | | | |
| | |extends hope to those who need their | | | |
| | |spiritual thirst quenched. | | | |
|Every Day Deserves a Chance |Max Lucado |Lucado challenges you to give every day the |10 lessons |1 Book |Favorite Authors |
| | |chance it truly deserves. Even with | | | |
| | |deadlines, long lines, unemployment, final | | | |
| | |exams and let’s not forget surgery days and | | | |
| | |cemetery days you can use divine power, | | | |
| | |mercy, forgiveness, purpose and peace to | | | |
| | |live a fulfilled life. | | | |
|It’s Not About Me |Max Lucado |We thought self-celebration would make us |14 Chapters |3 Books |Favorite Authors |
| | |happy… But believing that has created chaos|2 Parts |2 DVDs | |
|Rescued from the Life We | |in our lives. Lucado says we need to shift | |1 Guide Book | |
|Thought Would Make Us Happy | |to a God-centered life. | | | |
|Why Did Jesus, Moses, the |Brian D. McLaren |McLaren proposes a new faith alternative, |4 Sessions – |1 Book |Favorite Authors |
|Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the| |one built on “benevolence and solidarity |29 Chapters | | |
|Road? | |rather than rivalry and hostility.” This | | | |
| | |way of being Christian is strong but doesn’t| | | |
| | |strong-arm anyone, going beyond mere | | | |
| | |tolerance to vigorous hospitality toward, | | | |
| | |interest in, and collaboration with “the | | | |
| | |other.” | | | |
|Further Along The Road Less |M. Scott Peck, M.D. |Dr. Peck addresses the most urgent paradoxes|3 Parts |1 Book |Favorite Authors |
|Traveled: The Unending | |of spiritual growth. He takes us from the | | | |
|Journey Toward Spiritual | |first step in the spiritual journey in | | | |
|Growth | |growing up into knowing yourself and finally| | | |
| | |searching for a personal God. | | | |
|The Road Less Traveled & |M. Scott Peck, M.D. |This book is the third in Peck’s trilogy of |8 Parts |1 Book |Favorite Authors |
|Beyond: Spiritual Growth in | |books about Dr. Peck’s philosophy of belief | | | |
|an Age of Anxiety | |and how to live our spiritual lives in a | | | |
| | |world filled with stress and anxiety. | | | |
|Tell It Slant |Eugene H. Peterson |Slant points readers to Jesus’ engaging, |20 Chapters |1 Book |Favorite Authors |
| | |relational way of speaking to us through | | | |
|A Conversation on the Language| |indirect language requiring us to use our | | | |
|of Jesus in his Stories and | |imagination to receive His instruction. | | | |
|Prayers | | | | | |
|The Daniel Plan |Rick Warren |Warren says that God designed your body to |6 Sessions |3 Books |Favorite Authors |
| |The Daniel Plan Team |be healthy and he provided everything you | |3 Study Guides | |
|40 Days to a Healthier Life | |need to thrive and live an abundant life. | |1 DVD | |
| | |This study is centered on five essentials | | | |
| | |that will launch your journey to health: | | | |
| | |faith, food, fitness, focus and friends | | | |
|The Purpose Driven Life |Rick Warren |Warren says we sometime look in the wrong |40 Days |3 Books |Favorite Authors |
| | |place to discover the meaning and purpose of| | | |
|What On earth Am I Here For? | |our life by looking within ourselves. We |Discussion Questions | | |
| | |must begin with God and His reasons for |Included | | |
| | |creating us. | | | |
|End of New Additions to Favorite Authors |
|God Shows No Partiality |Dave Barnhart |If people in the early church had driven |6 Sessions | 7 Books |Favorite Authors |
| | |cars, “God shows no partiality” would have | | | |
| | |been on their bumper stickers. This slogan | | | |
| | |shows up in multiple books of the New | | | |
| | |Testament. This book makes the case for a | | | |
| | |different understanding of what “lordship” | | | |
| | |means when talking about an impartial God, | | | |
| | |and by looking at the conflicts of the past,| | | |
| | |points the way to a hopeful future. | | | |
|Love Wins |Rob Bell |A book about heaven, hell and the fate of |8 Chapters |2 Books |Favorite Authors |
| | |every person whoever lived. | | | |
|Meeting God Again for the |Marcus Borg |This book takes the reader from the distant |7 Chapters | 8 Books |Favorite Authors |
|First Time | |authoritative God of his childhood to an | | | |
| | |equally powerful, dynamic adult | | | |
| | |understanding of God. | | | |
|A Room Called Remember |Rederich Buechner |Buechner’s finest writings on faith, love, |18 Chapters |1 Book |Favorite Authors |
| | |and the power of words in the form of | | | |
| | |essays, addresses, and sermons. | | | |
|The Workbook on Spiritual |Maxie Dunnam |Christian life requires |6 Sessions |1 Book |Favorite Authors |
|Disciplines | |discipline-discipline not as a religious | | | |
| | |practice that has merit within itself but | | | |
| | |discipline as a means to an end. The end | | | |
| | |toward which discipline moves us is | | | |
| | |spiritual growth, a maturation of our | | | |
| | |Christian and life. | | | |
|Finding God in the Questions |Dr. Timothy Johnson |A medical editor for ABC news, Johnson |10 Chapters |4 Books |Favorite Authors |
| | |discloses his deeply personal journey of | | | |
| | |faith. | | | |
|Life From the Upside |J. Ellsworth Kalas |“Because there is God, there is goodness. I |8 Weeks |22 Books |Favorite Authors |
| | |profoundly believe that God is at work in | | | |
| | |our world and that our planet has not yet | | | |
| | |been written off as a lost cause. History | | | |
| | |seems to tell me that though our human race | | | |
| | |appears so often to dedicate itself to its | | | |
| | |own destruction, God is always at work. And| | | |
| | |because of God, faith, love, and goodness | | | |
| | |keep being reborn. So I write about Life | | | |
| | |from the Up Side. “Kalas. | | | |
|The Thirteen Apostles |J. Ellsworth Kalas |Kalas devotes a chapter of study to each of |13 Weeks |24 Books |Favorite Authors |
| | |Jesus’ apostles, including Matthais, | | | |
| | |successor to Judas Iscariot. He uses | | | |
| | |scripture as well as historical writings and| | | |
| | |tradition to paint a portrait of each | | | |
| | |apostle as a servant in ministry, a human | | | |
| | |being, and an individual. | | | |
|To Life |Harold S.Kushner |A celebration of Jewish being and thinking |12 Chapters |6 Books |Favorite Authors |
| | |explores how the Sabbath and holidays are | | | |
| | |not days of obligation but of opportunity, | | | |
| | |how the lives of Israel make us better | | | |
| | |Americans, and how not only Christianity | | | |
| | |needs Judaism but Judaism needs | | | |
| | |Christianity. | | | |
|When Bad Things Happen To Good|Harold S. Kushner |A touching, hart-warming book for those of |8 Chapters |1 Book |Favorite Authors |
|People | |us who must contend with suffering, and | | | |
| | |that, of course, is all of us. | | | |
|The Screwtape Letters |C.S. Lewis |This classic novel portrays human life from |Fiction- 209 pages |8 Books |Favorite Author |
| | |the point of Screwtape, a highly placed | | | |
| | |assistant to “Our Father Below” It is | | | |
| | |correspondence from the wide old devil | | | |
| | |through his nephew, Wormword, a novice | | | |
| | |demon, in charge of securing the damnation | | | |
| | |of an ordinary young man. | | | |
|In the Grip of Grace |Max Lucado |This book will remind you that the God who |17 Chapters-Large Print |1 Book |Favorite Authors |
| | |first made you is strong enough to sustain | | | |
| | |you. | | | |
|No Wonder They Call Him Savior|Max Lucado |Fresh, stimulating encouraging insights on |3 Sections |1 Book | Favorite Authors |
| | |what Christ has accomplished on the cross | | | |
| | |for every believer. | | | |
|Generous Orthodoxy |Brian D. McLaren |A Generous Orthodoxy rediscovers the |20 Chapters |5 Books |Favorite Authors |
| | |mysterious and compelling ways that Jesus | |1 Leader Guide | |
| | |can be embraced across the entire Christian | | | |
| | |horizon. Rather than establishing what is | | | |
| | |and is not ‘orthodox,’ McLaren walks through| | | |
| | |the many traditions of faith, bringing to | | | |
| | |the center a way of life that draws us | | | |
| | |closer to Christ and to each others. | | | |
|Blue Like Jazz |Donald Miller |A fresh and original perspective on life, |20 Chapters –large print |1 Book |Favorite Authors |
| | |love, and redemption. | | | |
|Attitude is Your Paintbrush |James W. Moore |Moore presents an important attitude crucial|13 Chapters |12 Books |Favorite Authors |
| | |for successful Christian living, giving | |1 Study Guide | |
|It Colors Every Situation | |powerful examples from the lives of other | | | |
| | |Christians. | | | |
|Do Your Best. Trust God for |James W. Moore |Moore’s light bulb moment of his life was |12 Chapters |2 Books with |Favorite Authors |
|the Rest. | |realizing God doesn’t expect us to be | |Discussion Guide | |
| | |perfect. He simply asks us to be faithful. | | | |
| | |“God can take our weaknesses, our foibles, | | | |
| | |our feeble efforts and redeem them and use | | | |
| | |them for good”. | | | |
|Come on Home. Healing the |James W. Moore |Whether we realize it or not, we all yearn |12 Chapters |2 Books with |Favorite Authors |
|Homesickness of the Soul | |to come home to God. Each of us have a | |Discussion Guide | |
| | |similar “homing instinct” There is an empty | | | |
| | |spot in our hearts and lives that only God | | | |
| | |can fill. | | | |
|How God Takes Our Little and |James W. Moore |Moore uses key scriptures that distinctly |6 Sessions |4 Books |Favorite Authors |
|Makes it Much | |shape us as United Methodist. There are two| | | |
| | |sessions from the Old Testament and four | | | |
| | |sessions from the New Testament. | | | |
|O Say Can You See? |James W. Moore |Moore provides us with practical and |11 Chapters |1 Book |Favorite Authors |
| | |spiritual encouragement to enable us to see | |1 Study Guide | |
| | |life with the eyes of faith and focus our | | | |
| | |spiritual vision on God and Jesus Christ. | | | |
|Some Folks Feel the Rain, |James W. Moore |Some people smell the roses while others |15 Chapters |1 Book |Favorite Authors |
|Others Just Get Wet | |just complain about the thorns. Moore | | | |
| | |warmly explores the reasons why some people | | | |
| | |are able to see our time on earth as a | | | |
| | |gracious gift from God rather than an | | | |
| | |ongoing endurance test. | | | |
|Some Things are Too Good not |James W. Moore |In this uplifting book, Dr. Moore reminds us|12 Chapters |1 Book |Favorite Authors |
|to be True | |that some things are too good not to be | | | |
| | |true! These qualities exemplified in the | | | |
| | |life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. | | | |
| | |Using scripture and illustrations from | | | |
| | |life’s experiences, he shows us how to | | | |
| | |follow Jesus’ example and make these | | | |
| | |qualities our own. | | | |
|When All Else Fails… |James W. Moore |Moore looks at three key sections of the |3 Sessions |4 Books |Favorite Authors |
| | |Bible which dramatically underscore key | | | |
|Read the Instructions | |instructions for living: | | | |
| | |1. Instructions for Meaningful Living- The | | | |
| | |Beatitudes | | | |
| | |2. Instructions for Moral Living- The Ten | | | |
| | |Commandments | | | |
| | |3. The Bottom Line Instruction – The New | | | |
| | |Commandment of Jesus, Love One Another. | | | |
|When the World Takes the Wind |James W. Moore |The scriptures tell us that God is always |12 Sessions |1 Book |Favorite Authors |
|out of Your Sails | |with us. So we don’t have to run scared | | | |
| | |through life. In our joys and sorrows, from| | | |
| | |the cradle to the grave, the good news is | | | |
| | |that God will be with us giving us the | | | |
| | |strength we need when we need it. | | | |
|Yes, Lord, I have Sinned But I|James W. Moore |This book is not one that condemns, but one |12 Chapters |6 Books |Favorite Authors |
|Have Several Excellent Excuses| |that brings hope and joy. It is about God’s| |2 Study Guides | |
| | |grace. These pages give us insight into our| | | |
| | |failures, but it also paints our paths to | | | |
| | |inner satisfaction and joy. | | | |
|You Can Get Bitter or Better |James W. Moore |Specific scripture readings provide |15 Chapters |1 Book |Favorite Authors |
| | |inspirations examples of the way others have| | | |
| | |dealt positively with life’s challenges. He| | | |
| | |offers uplifting advice to show how, through| | | |
| | |God’s help, we can change our attitude | | | |
| | |toward problems. | | | |
|Here and Now |Henri J.M. Nouwen |This book contains various meditations which|11 Chapters |1 Book |Favorite Authors |
| | |will help you discover many connections with| | | |
| | |your own spiritual journey toward the Light,| | | |
| | |always encouraging each other to keep or | | | |
| | |eyes fixed on the One who is calling us | | | |
| | |home. | | | |
|Living the Message |Eugene Peterson |A book of meditations and scripture for each|Daily |3 Books |Favorite Authors |
| | |day of the year to help live a God-Centered | | | |
| | |life. | | | |
|Practice Resurrection |Eugene Peterson |This book shows the Christian congregation |9 Sessions |1 Book |Favorite Authors |
| | |what it means to fully grow up “to the | |1 Study Guide | |
| | |stature of Christ.” The discussions will | | | |
| | |move readers to be more “Christ” centered. | | | |
|Sinning Like a Christian |William H. Willimon |In this lively book, Willimon brings his |8 Chapters |1 Book |Favorite Authors |
| | |blunt, eloquent, and humorous style to bear | | | |
| | |on the question of sin. His observations | | | |
| | |will be welcomed by readers who are | | | |
| | |dissatisfied with shallow, feel good | | | |
| | |Christianity that does not attempt to | | | |
| | |grapple with our propensity to do evil. | | | |
| | | | | | |
|The Bible Jesus Read |Philip Yancey |The Old Testament is God’s biography, the |7 Chapters |1 Book |Favorite Authors |
| | |story of his passionate encounters with | |1 Leader | |
| | |people. It is a prequel to the story of | |Guide | |
| | |Jesus. Through this book you will come to | | | |
| | |know God more intimately, anticipate Jesus | | | |
| | |more fervently, and find a wonderful wise | | | |
| | |companion for your faith journey. | | | |
|Fruits of the Spirit |Robert Strand |Paul left us through his letter to the |1 Session per book |Available: |Fruits of the Spirit|
| | |Galatians a picture of the complete | |1 Faithfulness | |
| | |Christian. He listed nine characteristics | |2 Gentleness | |
| | |that reap a harvest of nourishing fruit in | |2 Goodness | |
| | |the life of a believer. | |1 Peace | |
| | | | |7 Patience | |
| | | | |1 Self Control | |
| | | | |1 Joy | |
| | | | |1 Kindness | |
|Beginning of New Additions to Jesus Christ |
|Get Acquainted With Jesus |Barbara Bruce Larry Beman|This study offers opportunities to explore |7 Chapters |3 Books |Jesus Christ |
| | |Jesus’ ministry as well as the biblical | |1 Leader | |
| | |background of his teachings. | |Guide | |
|Jesus’ Claims – Our Promises |Maxie Dunnam |This is a seven-week study found in the |7 Chapters |2 Books |Jesus Christ |
| | |Gospel of John and in Revelation. Each | | | |
|A study of the “I Am” Sayings | |chapter focuses on a different “I am” saying| | | |
|of Jesus | |of Jesus. Final section is a study guide | | | |
| | |with questions for each chapter. | | | |
|Twelve Parables of Jesus |Maxie Dunnam |Reflecting on the parables in light of our |12 Chapters |5 Books |Jesus Christ |
| | |own lives helps us understand better the | | | |
|Bible Study for Christian | |parables and brings us closes to Jesus. | | | |
|Living | | | | | |
|The Coming of Jesus |Gayle Carlton Felton |This eight-session study provides new |8 Sessions |5 Books |Jesus Christ |
| | |insights to Jesus’ early life, including | | | |
| | |some of the extra-biblical traditions that | | | |
| | |form the core of our beliefs and gives us a | | | |
| | |look into the environment in which He grew | | | |
| | |up. | | | |
|Moral Teachings of Jesus |Mary Foskett |This seven-session study illuminates the |7 Sessions |1 Book |Jesus Christ |
| | |ethical teachings of Jesus as collected in | | | |
| | |Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount. Each session| | | |
| | |highlights a different moral of Jesus. | | | |
|Parables of Jesus |J. Ellsworth Kalas |Kalas provides a new insight to some of our |9 Sessions |1 Book |Jesus Christ |
| | |most troubling and/or beloved parables. | | | |
| | |Each session is self-contained and includes | | | |
| | |study help and questions for reflection. | | | |
|Great Themes of the Bible – |Harry Kiely |In this study we learn more clearly what it |7 Sessions |3 Books |Jesus Christ |
|Christ | |means to live in God’s kingdom. Kiely draws| | | |
| | |from the Gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke | | | |
|Jesus’ Life, Teachings and | |as guides for exploring Jesus’ life, what he| | | |
|Ministry | |taught and how he cared for others. | | | |
|The Greatest Teachings of |John Killinger |Jesus Christ is regarded as the world’s |12 Sessions |1 Book |Jesus Christ |
|Jesus | |greatest teacher yet never wrote a book, and| | | |
| | |was condemned by the religious leaders of | | | |
| | |his nation. Killinger invites you to | | | |
| | |examine twelve themes of Jesus’ teaching and| | | |
| | |how they relate to each other. | | | |
|The Secret Message of Jesus |Brian D. McLaren |Many readers of this book say that McLaren |24 Chapters and a |1 Book |Jesus Christ |
| | |has helped them find-for the first time in |discussion guide | | |
|Uncovering The Truth That | |their lives- a faith that makes sense and | | | |
|Could Change Everything | |rings true. | | | |
|The Case For Christ |Lee Strobel |Strobel invites you and your group to |6 Sessions |1 Book |Jesus Christ |
| | |investigate the truth about Jesus leading to| |1 DVD | |
|Investigating the Evidence for| |the facts that guided Strobel from atheism | |1 Study Guide | |
|Jesus | |to faith in Christ | | | |
|End of New Additions to Jesus Christ |
|Beginning New of Additions to Lent |
|Hard To Dance With The Devil |Ray Buckley |Appropriate for both group and individual |7 Sessions |1 Book |Lent |
|On Your Back | |use, this study provides one lesson for each| | | |
| | |week of Lent. Each lesson includes a | | | |
| | |Scripture reference, a brief reflection, | | | |
| | |questions for reflection or discussion, and | | | |
| | |a brief prayer. | | | |
|The Passion and Death of Jesus|John P. Gilbert |Gilbert provides charity and understanding |7 Chapters |2 Books |Lent |
| | |of the most difficult period of Jesus’ life:| | | |
| | |what we know as Holy Week. | | | |
|How to Live Through a Bad Day |Jack Hayford |Through the words of Jesus as He was dying |7 chapters |1 Book |Lent |
| | |on the Cross, Jack Hayford challenges you to| | | |
| | |examine the way you handle trials. With | | | |
| | |real life stories, Hayford encourages you to| | | |
| | |focus on the power that frees – the Cross. | | | |
|Genesis of Grace |John Indermark |Genesis of Grace consists of daily |6 Weeks |2 Books |Lent |
| | |reflective readings from Genesis keyed to | |1 Leader Guide | |
|A Lenten Book of Days | |each of days of Lent. Each week of readings| | | |
| | |centers around a common theme and character.| | | |
| | |The main purpose is to moor the gospel’s | | | |
| | |declaration of God’s grace for your life | | | |
| | |within the stories of Genesis. | | | |
|A Walk with Christ to the |Dawson McAllister |The last fourteen hours of Christ’s Earthly |18 Chapters |1 Book |Lent |
|Cross | |mission. God loves you – here’s how he | | | |
| | |proved it! | | | |
|Give Up Something BAD for Lent|James W. Moore |An invitation to seek God’s help on |7 Chapters |1 Book |Lent |
| | |eliminating one destructive habit or | | | |
| | |attitude during the Lenten Season. You can | | | |
| | |give up something bad while preparing to | | | |
| | |fully embrace the good news of Easter. | | | |
|Mosaic |Shane Stanford |Stanford examines how the God of the |6 Weeks |1 Book |Lent |
| | |universe used the broken pieces of our lives| | | |
|When God Uses All the Pieces | |to reframe our purpose, turning our | | | |
| | |discarded hopes and dreams into something | | | |
| | |beautiful and useful. | | | |
|End of New Additions to Lent |
|24 Hours That Changed the |Adam Hamilton |24 Hours That Changed the World is an |7 Sessions |10 Books |Lent |
|World | |inspiring book that takes us step by step | |13 DVDs | |
| | |through the last day of Jesus’ life. | |1 Leader Guides | |
| | |Beginning with The Last Supper all the way | |13- Forty Days of | |
| | |to Christ the Victor, Hamilton takes us to | |Reflection | |
| | |the Holy Land as we travel to the sites | | | |
| | |where these events took place. | | | |
|Final Words From the Cross |Adam Hamilton |Final Words From the Cross is a follow up |7 Sessions | 22 Books |Lent |
| | |book to 24 Hours That Changed the World. | |11 DVDs | |
| | |Hamilton studies the final words Jesus spoke| |1 Leader Guide | |
| | |on the cross heard by those who stood near | | | |
| | |him. Each chapter begins with scripture | | | |
| | |followed by a story from the viewpoint of | | | |
| | |one of the characters at the cross. | | | |
| | |Hamilton also explores the meaning of Jesus’| | | |
| | |dying words for our lives today. | | | |
|Living with the Mind of Christ|James Harnish |Like the 40 days Jesus spent in the |7 Sessions |4 Books |Lent |
| | |wilderness, the forty days of Lent provide | | | |
| | |the opportunity many of us need to wrestle | | | |
| | |with the deep issues of our lives and to | | | |
| | |discover new ways we can begin to live with | | | |
| | |the mind-set of Christ. Each lesson in this| | | |
| | |study includes a scripture reference, a | | | |
| | |brief reflection, and questions for | | | |
| | |discussion, a brief prayer, and a focus for | | | |
| | |the coming week. | | | |
|Easter From the Backside |J. Ellsworth Kalas |Kalas uses a similar approach to his other |7 Sessions |3 Books |Lent |
| | |popular Backside series. Chapter includes a| | | |
| | |study of Genesis, Ecclesiastes, Revelations,| | | |
| | |and other books of the Bible to prove why we| | | |
| | |need Easter. | | | |
|No Wonder They Call Him the |Max Lucado |When they hurled insults at him, he did not |7 Sessions |8 Books |Lent |
|Savior | |retaliate, when he suffered, he made no | | | |
| | |threats, his reply, simply was---“Father, | | | |
| | |forgive them for they know not what they | | | |
| | |do.” No wonder they call him the Savior | | | |
| | |Part One: The Cross: Its Word | | | |
| | |Part Two: The Cross: Its Witnesses | | | |
| | |Part Three: The Cross: Its Wisdom | | | |
|The Cross Walk |James Moore |Moore invites us to take a spiritual journey|7 Sessions |1 Book |Lent |
| | |in the days of Lent as we walk together with| | | |
| | |Jesus on the path to the cross. Along the | | | |
| | |way, we meet such intriguing personalities | | | |
| | |as the man who was paralyzed, Zacchaeus, | | | |
| | |Caiaphas, the High Priest, Judas, the | | | |
| | |Syrophoenician woman, Pontius Pilate, and | | | |
| | |Mary Magdalene | | | |
|Wilderness Wanderings |Marilyn Brown Oden |A Biblically based Lenten Pilgrimage, Oden’s|7 Sessions |1 Book |Lent |
| | |study takes readers on the seven week | | | |
| | |journey of Lent. Discover the inward | | | |
| | |spiritual disciplines, prayer, sanctified | | | |
| | |fasting, silence, scripture reading, | | | |
| | |solitude, and the outward spiritual | | | |
| | |disciples: simplicity, study, and service. | | | |
|Following at a Distance |Kimberly Durham Reisman |As we begin our Lenten journey, we will be |7 Sessions |3 Books |Lent |
| | |faced with the question, How close will we | | | |
| | |get? When God became human in Jesus, it was| | | |
| | |with the promise of abundant life, a life of| | | |
| | |radical transformation and deep meaning. | | | |
| | |This study will challenge you to move toward| | | |
| | |that promised transformation by stepping out| | | |
| | |of the shadows and into the light and heat | | | |
| | |of the fire, by choosing the place right | | | |
| | |next to Jesus. By following him not at a | | | |
| | |distance but by his side. | | | |
|Thank God It’s Friday: |William H. Willimon |Willimon takes each of the last words Jesus |7 Sessions |2 Books |Lent |
|Encountering the Seven Last | |spoke on the cross and explains what it | | | |
|Words From the Cross | |means for us. | | | |
| | |_“Father, forgive them: for they know not | | | |
| | |what they do.” | | | |
| | |_“Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.” | | | |
| | |_“Woman, behold they son! ---[Son], behold | | | |
| | |they mother!” | | | |
| | |_ “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken | | | |
| | |me?” | | | |
| | |_ “I thirst.” | | | |
| | |_ “It is finished.” | | | |
| | |_ “Father, into thy hands I commend my | | | |
| | |spirit.” | | | |
|Beginning of New Additions to Love/Marriage |
|The Love and Respect Marriage |Dr. Emerson & Sarah |Beginning with the “secret” and ending with |5 Sessions |5 DVDs |Love and Marriage |
|Conference |Eggerichs |the “reward” cycle, this dvd series guides | |1 Small Group | |
| | |you to a more rewarding relationship with | |Discussion Guide | |
| | |your spouse through steps to understanding | | | |
| | |what it takes to love and respect each | | | |
| | |other. | | | |
|Love & Respect: The Respect |Dr. Emerson Eggerichs |Love and respect reveals why spouses react |24 Chapters |2 Books |Love and Marriage |
|He Desperately Needs | |negatively to each other and how they can | |1 Study Guide | |
| | |deal with such conflict quickly, easily and | |1 DVD | |
| | |biblically. | | | |
|Love To Stay |Adam Hamilton |Hamilton explores the ups, downs, and |6 Chapters |1 DVD |Love and Marriage |
| | |how-to’s of marriage and how, with God’s | |1 Leader | |
| | |help, make love last. | |Guide | |
| | | | |1 Book | |
|End of New Additions to Love/Marriage |
|10 Great Dates to Revitalize |David and Claudia Arp |Memory making evenings built on key marriage|10 Sessions |1 Book |Love/ |
|Your Marriage | |enriching themes. | | |Marriage |
|The Five Love Languages |Gary Chapman |Here you will find a couple’s guide to help |14 Chapters |2 Books |Love/ |
| | |you work as a team and better understand | |1 DVD |Marriage |
|How to Express Heartfelt | |each other’s love language. | |1 Leader Guide | |
|Commitment to Your Mate | | | |1 Participant Guide | |
|Boundaries in Marriage |Dr. Henry Cloud |Understanding the friction points or serious|16 Chapters |3 Books |Love/ Marriage |
| |Dr. John Townsent |hurts and betrayals in a marriage and moving|(Four Parts) | | |
| | |beyond them to mutual care, respect, | | | |
| | |affirmation, and intimacy. | | | |
|10 Lessons to Transform Your |John M. Gottman, |Through scientific observation and |10 Chapters |1 Book |Love/ |
|Marriage |Ph. D. |mathematical analysis, Gottman and his | | |Marriage |
| | |colleagues could predict – with more than | | | |
| | |90% accuracy – whether a marriage would | | | |
| | |succeed or fail. Gottman teamed up with his | | | |
| | |clinical psychologist wife to put these | | | |
| | |ideas into practice, and this book shares | | | |
| | |their information so couples can develop the| | | |
| | |skills to turn their relationship problems | | | |
| | |around and regain affection and romance lost| | | |
| | |through years of ineffective communication. | | | |
|Making Love Last a Lifetime |Adam Hamilton |“Marriage is not simply the next step after |8 Sessions |1 DVD |Love/ |
| | |falling in love. Marriage is a calling from| |1 Book |Marriage |
| | |God, lifelong missions of service and caring| | | |
| | |and ministry to another human being – | | | |
| | |seeking to be on God’s behalf, a companion | | | |
| | |and helper to another.” Hamilton provides | | | |
| | |help for a successful marriage from | | | |
| | |experiences of other couples as well as his | | | |
| | |own marriage, but most importantly he uses | | | |
| | |the Bible to help love last a lifetime. | | | |
|Marriage Built to Last |Chip Ingram |Whether you are newly married, remarried or |6 Sessions |6 DVDs |Love/ |
| | |wanting to improve on your relationship. | |5 Workbooks |Marriage |
| | |This series provides Biblical and practical | |1 Leader | |
| | |teaching to give you tools to live | |Guide | |
| | |intentionally and live biblically. | | | |
|The Marriage Course: Men and |Tina and Dennis Korte |Learn skills to improve communication at |6 Sessions |1 DVD |Love/ |
|Women | |home and at work with the other gender. | |1 Book |Marriage |
|The Marriage Preparation |Nicky and Sila Lee |Designed to help you develop strong |5 Sessions |1 DVD |Love/ |
|Course | |foundations for a lasting marriage. | |1 Manual |Marriage |
|The Song of Solomon |Tommy Nelson |These sessions address the art of |12 Sessions |1 DVD |Love/ |
|A study of love, sex, | |attraction, dating, courtship, intimacy, | |4 Study Guides |Marriage |
|marriage, and romance | |conflict, romance, and commitment in a | | | |
| | |direct and humorous way. | | | |
| | | | | | |
|Embrace: Seven Powerful |Michael and Amy Smalley |This series will help hurting marriages |7 Sessions |1 Audio CD Series |Love/ |
|Discoveries to Strengthen Any | |become whole again and good marriage become | | |Marriage |
|Marriage | |greater. | | | |
|Staying in Love |Andy Stanley |Falling in love is easy, but is it possible |4 Sessions |1 DVD |Love/ |
| | |to stay there? Absolutely! | |1 Participant Guide |Marriage |
| | |1. Love is a Verb | | | |
| | |2. Re-Modeling | | | |
| | |3. Feelin’ It | | | |
| | |4. Multiple Choice Marriage | | | |
|Beginning of New Additions to Men and Women’s Studies |
|Quiet Strength |Tony Dungy |Dungy, Super Bowl-winning Head Coach of |6 Sessions |1 DVD |Men and Women’s |
| | |Indianapolis Colts takes you on a 6-week | |2 Books |Studies |
|Discovering God’s Game Plan | |journey to help you become a genuine man of | | | |
|for a Winning Life | |God – a way of Quiet Strength | | | |
|Community: Living Faithfully |David M. Easterling and |Easterling reminds us how important it is to|7 Sessions |1 Book |Men and Women’s |
|With Others |Robert Warren |have a sense of support and roots through | | |Studies |
| | |scripture and life examples that delve into | | | |
| | |intimacy, work and family relationships. | | | |
|Captivating |John and Stasi Eldredge |A guide for young women through the |10 Sessions |1 Book |Men and Women’s |
| | |adventure of rediscovering the romance, the | |Participant |Studies |
| | |adventure, and the beauty God sets within | |Guide | |
| | |every woman’s heart. | |1 DVD | |
|Wild at Heart: Discovering |John Eldredge |Eldredge invites men to recover their |12 Chapters |1 Book |Men and Women’s |
|the Secret of a Man’s Soul | |masculine heart, defined in the image of a | |1 Participant Guide |Studies |
| | |passionate God. Eldredge invites women to | | | |
| | |discover the secret of a man’s soul and to | | | |
| | |delight in the strength and wildness men | | | |
| | |were created to offer. | | | |
|The Measure Of A Man |Dr. Gene A. Getz |Measure of A Man provides a wonderful |10 Sessions |1 DVD Set |Men and Women’s |
| | |blueprint for holy living and substantive | |6 Participant Books |Studies |
|20 Attributes of a Godly Man | |success. Getz bases this powerful book and | | | |
| | |video on the life of the Apostle Paul. | | | |
|Part One | |These sessions will help each man begin his | | | |
| | |journey toward Christian maturity. | | | |
|The Measure of A Man |Dr. Gene A. Getz |Measure of a Man is a program that uses a |10 Sessions |1 DVD Set |Men and Women’s |
| | |process whereby we can study the scriptures | |6 Participant Books |Studies |
|20 Attributes of a Godly Man | |and then see real men sharing their | | | |
| | |successes and failures. It shows us what a | | | |
|Part Two | |man of God looks like and how he lives his | | | |
| | |life to be more like Jesus. | | | |
|God and Football |Chad Gibbs |Humorous approach to balancing faith, |16 Chapters |1 Book |Men and Women’s |
| | |football, and fanaticism. You will be | | |Studies |
| | |laughing out loud. | | | |
|The Next Level |David Gregory |Are you searching for your ultimate meaning |15 Chapters |1 Book |Men and Women’s |
| | |in this world, your God-given purpose in | | |Studies |
|A Parable of Finding Your | |life? Gregory takes a creative approach to | | | |
|Place in Life | |life’s most important questions. Discover | | | |
| | |vital insights to help you find your | | | |
| | |answers. | | | |
|Balance: Living With Life’s |Tracey L. Henderson |A Bible study for young adults in their |7 Sessions |1 Book |Men and Women’s |
|Demands | |20/30’s that helps you examine a powerful | | |Studies |
| | |biblical image that defines and shapes your | | | |
| | |live. | | | |
|Slightly Bad Girls of the |Liz Curtis Higgs |Exploration of 6 flawed women of the Bible |8 Sessions |1 Book |Men and Women’s |
|Bible | |loved by a flawless God. | |1 Workbook |Studies |
| | | | |1 DVD | |
|Their Stories, Our Stories |Rose Sallberg Kam |Kam introduces us to women in the bible and |35 Chapters |1 Book |Men and Women’s |
| | |their struggles and how they achieved | | |Studies |
|Women of the Bible | |fulfillment, beauty, and grace much as we | | | |
| | |can today. | | | |
|The Uncommon Woman |Susie Larson |Larson explains the distinction between a |12 Chapters |1 Book |Men and Women’s |
| | |common and uncommon woman as their reactions| | |Studies |
|Making an Ordinary Life | |to circumstances. The biggest difference is| | | |
|Extraordinary | |that the uncommon woman’s responds to God’s | | | |
| | |love and respond to her challenges in faith.| | | |
|Embraced By God – Seven |Babbie Mason |Mason helps women of all ages and walks of |8 Chapters |1 DVD |Men and Women’s |
|Promises for Every Woman | |life to discover the height, depth, and | |1 Book |Studies |
| | |breadth of God’s great love and acceptance. | | | |
| | |She equips women to embrace God’s love as | | | |
| | |they understand and claim seven biblical | | | |
| | |promises. | | | |
|Get Real |Derek Maul |Maul’s book celebrates the emerging |14 Chapters |1 Book |Men and Women’s |
| | |twenty-first-century Christian man. He | |1 Leader Guide |Studies |
|A Spiritual Journey For Men | |shows men how to reject phony values and | | | |
| | |shows them how to find courage to “follow” | | | |
| | |Jesus. | | | |
|From Eve To Esther: |Nell W. Mohney |We have much in common with the women of the|8 Chapters |7 Books |Men and Women’s |
| | |Old Testament: each of these eight women | | |Studies |
|Letting Old Testament Women | |have unique circumstances as we do. Their | | | |
|Speak To Us | |stories offer us practical and spiritual | | | |
| | |lessons to help us in our time and culture | | | |
| | |today. | | | |
|How God Makes Men |Patrick Morley |This book shows you God’s way for you to |10 Chapters |1 Book |Men and Women’s |
| | |become God’s man. You will find help in the | | |Studies |
|10 Epic Stories. | |growth of your relationship with Christ | | | |
|10 Proven Principles | |through clearly demonstrated paths of 10 men| | | |
|1 Huge Promise For Your Life | |in the Bible | | | |
|No Man Left Behind |Patrick Morley |This book helps you plan your “next” steps |3 Parts |2 Books |Men and Women’s |
| |David Delk |according to the needs of your church. This | | |Studies |
|How to Build and Sustain a |Brett Clemmer |book gives a proven template for building a |Including Plans for| | |
|Thriving Disciple-Making | |effective ministry to me. You must start |Success | | |
|Ministry for Every Man in Your| |where you are and move to your walk with | | | |
|Church | |Christ. | | | |
|Sacred Secrets |Beth Moore |Moore explores the power and positives of |5 Sessions |2 DVDs |Men and Women’s |
| | |secrets. Find out what happens when we let | |5 Study Journals |Studies |
|Living Proof Live Experienced | |God teach us “wisdom in the secret heart”. | | | |
|The Couple Checkup |David H. Olson, Ph.D |Explore issues such as communication, |12 Chapters |1 Book |Men and women’s |
| |Amy Olson-Sigg |finances, sexuality, spirituality, and | | |Studies |
|Find Your Relationship |Peter J. Larson, Ph.D |parenting. Compare results with other | | | |
|Strengths | |couples and learn principles for | | | |
| | |strengthening your relationship with each | | | |
| | |other. | | | |
|Man to Man |Serendipity Focus Group |The book contains seven things men are |7 Sessions |1 Book |Men and Women’s |
| |Series |afraid to talk about. This course offers | | |Studies |
|Beyond Football and the | |men an opportunity to discuss common issues | | | |
|Weather | |in their lives in a supportive group | | | |
| | |session. | | | |
|The True Measure of a Man |Richard E. Simmons, III |True Measure of a Man captures the |8 Chapters and |6 Books |Men and Women’s |
| | |importance of character over achievement. |Afterword | |Studies |
|How Perceptions of Success, | |It’s a book for every man of every faith or | | | |
|Achievement & Recognition Fail| |no faith at all. It’s a book for men who | | | |
|Men in Difficult Times | |are looking for something more in their | | | |
| | |lives than mere success. | | | |
|Unglued: |Lysa Terkeurst |Terkeurst has given women tools to help with|6 Sessions |6 Books |Men and Women’s |
| | |the emotions we sometimes have that makes us| |1 DVD |Studies |
|Making Wise Choices In The | |come “unglued” and how to channel those | | | |
|Midst Of Raw Emotions | |emotions to find peace and to resolve | | | |
| | |conflict with confidence. | | | |
|End of New Additions to Men and Women’s Studies |
|The Way of the Wild Heart |John Eldredge |Eldridge explores the six stages of a man’s |6 Lessons |1 Book |Men and Women’s |
| | |life: Beloved Son, Cowboy, Warrior, Lover, | | |Studies |
| | |King, and Sage. | | | |
|The Remarkable Women of the |Elizabeth George |Through the lives of these nineteen |19 Lessons |1 Book |Men and Women’s |
|Bible | |remarkable women we can find wisdom and | | |Studies |
| | |practical help to handle every day and every| | | |
| | |difficulty. | | | |
|Praying with Women of the |Nancy Kennedy |Ten biblical women who practiced the kind of|10 Lessons |1 Book |Men and Women’s |
|Bible | |fervent, honest prayer that reaches the | | |Studies |
| | |heart of God. | | | |
|From Mary to Lydia |Nell Mohney |Mohney presents eight New Testament women |8 Lessons |1 Book |Men and Women’s |
| | |and the lessons they have for women today. | | |Studies |
|A Mile in Her Shoes |Sharon Patterson |This study examines the lives of Old |6 Week Study |1 Book |Men and Women’s |
| | |Testament women such as Deborah, Abigail, | | |Studies |
| | |Hannah, Rehab, Hagar, and the unnamed widow | | | |
| | |with the oil in Second Kings. | | | |
|The Christ-Centered Woman |Kimberly Dunham Reisman |This book identifies barriers to balanced |7 Lessons |1 Book |Men and Women’s |
| | |living and reveals how being centered in the| | |Studies |
| | |Savior can help us contemplate, sort, and | | | |
| | |prioritize our callings. | | | |
|Knowing God-Making God the |Kimberly Dunnam Reisman |Help women deepen their relationship with |6 Lessons |1 DVD |Men and Women’s |
|Main Thing in My Life | |God, apply biblical truths to daily life, | |1 VHS |Studies |
| | |and build and strengthen their faith | |2 Leader Guides | |
| | |communities. | |2 Books | |
|The True Measure of a Man |Richard Simmons III |Uplifting, challenging and most of this |8 Lessons |1 Book |Men and Women’s |
| | |entire book points to a way for a powerful | | |Studies |
| | |and spiritual growth based on the one, true | | | |
| | |measure we were meant to use. | | | |
|Man Code |Dr. Dennis Swanberg |The Man Code is just what is needed to make |6 Sessions |1 Book |Men and Women’s |
| | |a difference in the lives of men. Men are | |1 Participant |Studies |
| | |quick to form a complex web of surface-level| |Guide | |
| | |friendships, a collection of buddies. | | | |
| | |However men find it difficult to establish | | | |
| | |the most important relationship of all, the | | | |
| | |one with God. And that’s where the Man Code| | | |
| | |comes in. | | | |
|Women of the Bible |Jean Syswerda |This book focuses on fifty-two female heroes|52 Lessons |8 Books |Men and Women’s |
| | |in Scripture. Women like Ruth, Anna, | | |Studies |
| | |Esther, Leah, Rachel, Mary, Elizabeth, and | | | |
| | |other women who encountered the living God. | | | |
|Having a Mary Heart in a |Joanna Weaver |Weaver shows how all of us-Mary and Martha’s|12 Lessons |1 Book |Men and Women’s |
|Martha World | |alike-can draw closer to our Lord: deepening| | |Studies |
| | |our devotion, strengthening our service, and| | | |
| | |doing both with less stress and greater joy.| | | |
|Beginning of New Additions to Methodism & Sacraments |
|Social Principles of The |General Board of Church & |This study leads us to a prayerful, studied |5 Sessions | 1 Book |Methodism & |
|United Methodist Church |Society staff members: |dialogue of faith and practice. It addresses| | |Sacraments |
|2009-2012 |Rev. Neal Christie and the|the principles as they are written by the | | | |
| |Rev. Dr. Clayton Childers |Church. This study includes official text | | | |
| | |and teaching exercises, plus Our Social | | | |
| | |Creed. | | | |
|Wesley for Armchair |William J. Abraham |Written by experts but designed for the |9 Chapters |1 Book |Methodism & |
|Theologians | |novice, the Armchair series provides | | |Sacraments |
| | |accurate, concise, and witty overviews of | | | |
| | |some of the most profound moments and | | | |
| | |theologians in Christian history. | | | |
|Opening Ourselves To Grace: |Tom Albin |This DVD explores the basic practices of |4 Chapter DVD |5 DVDs |Methodism & |
| | |Christian faith and life from a Wesleyan | | |Sacraments |
|Basic Christian Practices | |tradition. Compassion, Justice, Worship, | | | |
| | |Devotion. | | | |
|The Apostles’ Creed |William Barclay |Barclay sees the Apostles’ Creed as a way |22 Chapters |1 Book |Methodism & |
| | |for us to rethink and renew our beliefs and | | |Sacraments |
| | |a reminder of what we believe. | | | |
|Recapturing The Wesleys’ |Paul Wesley Chilcote |This book will not only inform but enable |4 Parts |1 Book |Methodism & |
|Vision | |readers themselves to be drawn closer to God| | |Sacraments |
| | |and neighbor and to grow in God’s love. | | | |
|An Introduction to the Faith | | | | | |
|of John and Charles Wesley | | | | | |
|As If The Heart Mattered |Gregory S. Clapper |Insights that help us understand |5 Chapters |1 Book |Methodism & |
| | |spirituality from a Wesleyan tradition and | | |Sacraments |
| | |apply it to our lives. | | | |
|Faith Exploration for Older |John O. Gooch |Youth Tested and Approved, this resource |6 Sessions |2 Books |Methodism & |
|Youth & Young Adults | |gives youth and leaders a wealth of | | |Sacraments |
| | |activities, provocative questions, and | | | |
| | |relevant information to facilitate the | | | |
| | |questioning of youth. | | | |
|John Wesley for the 21st |John O. Gooch |Wesley had concerns about contemporary |15 Chapters |1 Book |Methodism & |
|Century | |issues in the 18th century as we have in the| | |Sacraments |
| | |21st century. Wesley addressed these issues| | | |
| | |in his own time with creative answers that | | | |
| | |may open our eyes to new responses to our | | | |
| | |own concerns. | | | |
|Awaken the Giant – |James W. Holsinger, Jr. |Certain to spark heated debate, Awaken is a |9 Chapters |1 Book |Methodism & |
| |Evelyn Laycock |passionate call by two lay people for | | |Sacraments |
|28 Prescriptions for Reviving | |sweeping changes in the organization and | | | |
|The United Methodist Church | |policies of the UMC. Holsinger and Laycock | | | |
| | |hope that prayerful and thoughtful | | | |
| | |suggestions will help awaken our eyes to | | | |
| | |change. | | | |
|The Life We Claim |James C. Howell |The author examines the Creed phrase by |35 Lessons |1 Book |Methodism & |
| | |phrase in brief sections suitable for | | |Sacraments |
|The Apostles’ Creed For | |congregational study or for emailing to the | | | |
|Preaching Teaching and Worship| |congregation. The study provides us with a | | | |
| | |deeper reflection as to what we really | | | |
| | |believe and why. | | | |
|Being United Methodist: What |J. Ellsworth Kalas |Kalas addresses the questions: Who are |12 Chapters |1 Book including a|Methodism & |
|It Means | |these people called United Methodist; where | |discussion guide |Sacraments |
| | |have they come from; and where are they | | | |
|Why It Matters | |going. And, how is it that so few really | | | |
| | |know what it means to be a United Methodist.| | | |
|You Are What You Believe |John Killinger |Killinger shows us why it is important for |14 Lessons |3 Books |Methodism & |
| | |believers to know the meaning of this | | |Sacraments |
|The Apostles’ Creed for Today | |timeless proclamation. Find new meaning to | | | |
| | |the Apostles’ Creed through examples and | | | |
| | |inspirational stories. | | | |
|The United Methodist Member’s |George E. Koehler |In his book, Koehler provides a |3 Parts: |1 Book |Methodism & |
|Handbook | |comprehensive orientation to the meaning of |Belonging | |Sacraments |
| | |faithful membership in the United Methodist |Remembering | | |
|Revised and Expanded | |Church. He addresses forty topics around |Believing | | |
| | |three themes of belonging, remembering, and | | | |
| | |believing. | | | |
|The Methodist Primer |Charles Claude Selecman |A history and study of Methodist doctrine, |5 Chapters |1 Book |Methodism & |
| | |governance and service. | | |Sacraments |
|You Might Be A United |Robert Martin Walker |A fun book of insider humor offered in a |Lots of chuckles |3 Books |Methodism & |
|Methodist If… | |spirit of goodwill and good faith to help us| | |Sacraments |
| | |discover the truths about United Methodist. | | | |
|John Wesley: Holiness of |Charles Yrigoyen, Jr. |The purpose of this study is to examine the |6 Chapters |1 Book which |Methodism & |
|Heart and Life | |historic roots of United Methodism in the | |includes a Study |Sacraments |
| | |life, thought, and ministry of John Wesley, | |Guide | |
| | |founder of Methodism. | | | |
|End of New Additions to Methodism & Sacraments |
|Credo - Faith Formation |Sarah Arthur |Confirmation format for older youth and |8 Sessions |2 Leader Guide |Methodism & |
|(official resource of UMC) | |young adults | |2 Participant |Sacraments |
| | | | |Journals | |
|Living Our Beliefs” The |Kenneth L. Carder |Carder writes, “plain truth for plain |11 Chapters |1 Book |Methodism & |
|United Methodist Way | |people” and makes clear that what we believe| | |Sacraments |
| | |must be embodied in how we live. | | | |
| | | | | | |
|The Holy Spirit in the |Chester Custer |Throughout the study participants will gain |8 Sessions |2 Guide Books for |Methodism & |
|Wesleyan Heritage |Mack Stokes |a better understanding of the nature of the | |Teacher and Student |Sacraments |
| | |Holy Spirit-how the Spirit works within our | |2 Books | |
| | |lives and our world, the relationship of the| | | |
| | |Holy Spirit to the Trinity, and that the | | | |
| | |Holy Spirit is the divine activity through | | | |
| | |which God’s purposes are fulfilled within | | | |
| | |our lives and our world. | | | |
|By Water and The Spirit |Gayle Felton |The United Methodist Church has an official |6 Sessions |1 Book |Methodism & |
|( A Study of Baptism for | |document explaining the meaning and role of | |1 Study Guide |Sacraments |
|United Methodists) | |baptism. This document interprets baptism | | | |
| | |in relation to God’s grace in | | | |
| | |Christ and examines the vocation, life of | | | |
| | |love, and service that results from | | | |
| | |responding to the call of faith. | | | |
| | |This study includes the full text of the | | | |
| | |statement approved by the General | | | |
| | |Conference. | | | |
|Being a Christian in the |John O. Gooch |Gooch reminds us of our Wesleyan DNA. As we|4 Sections |1 Book |Methodism & |
|Wesleyan Tradition | |reconnect to our roots, we will find that | | |Sacraments |
| | |belonging believing, living and growing the | | | |
| | |Methodist way will help us to follow Jesus | | | |
| | |more closely. | | | |
|The Holy Spirit in the |Mack Jones |Stokes establishes at the beginning the |8 Chapters |1 Book |Methodism & |
|Wesleyan Heritage | |importance of understanding the work of the | | |Sacraments |
| | |Holy Spirit within the context of the | | | |
| | |Trinity. The greatest most precious | | | |
| | |treasure of the church is the gospel of | | | |
| | |salvation in Jesus Christ. According to the| | | |
| | |Wesleyan view it is impossible to separate | | | |
| | |the mission of the Holy Spirit from Jesus’ | | | |
| | |own mission as Lord and Redeemer. | | | |
|Sacraments and Discipleship |Mack Stamm |Stamm speaks of baptism and the Lord’s | |1 Book |Methodism & |
| | |Supper as God’s grace-filled work. He draws| | |Sacraments |
| | |on Scripture, the Christian tradition, and | | | |
| | |personal and pastoral experiences to | | | |
| | |introduce readers to the meaning and | | | |
| | |practice of the sacraments of baptism and | | | |
| | |Holy Communion in a United Methodist | | | |
| | |context. | | | |
|Major United Methodist Beliefs|Mack Stokes |This book discusses the basic beliefs of The|15 Chapters |1 Book |Methodism & |
| | |United Methodist Church in simple language, | | |Sacraments |
| | |how we believe and how we interpret the | | | |
| | |ageless affirmations of the Bible. | | | |
|John Wesley’s Message Today |Lovett H. Weems, Jr. |With its plain, easy-to-understand language,|10 Chapters |1 Book |Methodism & |
| | |this pocket guide will help you understand | | |Sacraments |
| | |the major aspects of John Wesley’s theology.| | | |
|Remember Who You Are: |William H. Willimon | A theologically sound, stimulating |10 Chapters |3 Books |Methodism & |
|Baptism, A Model for Christian| |introduction for persons who want to | | |Sacraments |
|Life | |understand baptism--- The church’s rite of | | | |
| | |initiation—and to make baptism in their | | | |
| | |church more meaningful. | | | |
|United Methodist Beliefs |William Willimon |Former Bishop Willimon provides a wonderful |9 Chapters |3 Books |Methodism & |
| | |source for pastors or membership classes to | | |Sacraments |
| | |offer fresh clear insights into historic | | | |
| | |United Methodist beliefs. | | | |
|Why I Am a United Methodist |William H. Willimon |Willimon examines United Methodism and the |7 Chapters |3 Books |Methodism & |
| | |ways it has made and continues to make a | | |Sacraments |
| | |difference in his life. He writes of his | | | |
| | |pride in being part of a church that has | | | |
| | |grown from one man’s experience to a | | | |
| | |worldwide movement. | | | |
|Beginning of New Additions to Prayer |
|Praying for Our Adult Sons and|John & Therese Boucher |The Boucher’s gives us new strategies for |10 Chapters |4 Books |Prayer |
|Daughters | |praying for our adult children. We lift | | | |
| | |them up to God in prayer as we do ourselves | | | |
|Placing Them in the Heart of | |also. | | | |
|God | | | | | |
|Bedside Prayers |June Cotner |An uplifting collection of readings, |5 Sections: |1 Book |Prayer |
| | |prayers, and poems to make the joy of prayer|Inspiration | | |
|Prayers & Poems for When You | |a simple, natural part of each day |Comfort | | |
|rise and Go to Sleep | | |Reflections | | |
| | | |Nightfall | | |
| | | |Morning | | |
|The 21 Most Effective Prayers |Dave Earley |Using practical and personal examples, |21 Chapters |1 Book |Prayer |
|of the Bible | |Earley makes scriptural prayers come alive –| | | |
| | |making them easy to remember and apply. You| | | |
| | |will gain insight into the prayers that God | | | |
| | |is pleased to answer – the prayers that | | | |
| | |could change your life. | | | |
|The Prayer of Jesus |Hank Hanegraaff |The sweetest part of prayer is offering it |10 Chapters |1 Book |Prayer |
| | |up. We can be grateful for the process and | | | |
|Secrets to real Intimacy with | |privilege of prayer. Your prayer life will | | | |
|God | |be richly enhanced by the reading of this | | | |
| | |book. | | | |
|Let Prayer Change Your Life |Becky Tirabassi |Discover prayer; pray the prayer; and |17 Chapters |1 Book |Prayer |
| | |believe in prayer and your spiritual life | | | |
| | |will be greatly enhanced and your focus will| | | |
| | |be more on God. | | | |
|The Prayer of Jabez |Bruce Wilkinson |Wilkinson invites you to ask God for the |7 Chapters |6 Books |Prayer |
| | |abundant blessings He longs to give you. | | | |
| | |Discover the remarkable prayer of a | | | |
| | |little-known Bible hero. | | | |
|Building A Home Full Of Grace |John & Susan Yates and |The Yates show us how a home that reflects |14 Chapters |1 Book |Prayer |
| |Family |the love of God helps us go beyond ourselves| | | |
| | |and reach out to God and to love one another| | | |
| | |as God loves us. | | | |
|End of New Additions to Prayer |
|To Pray and Love | Roberta C. Bondi |Paul tells us, “Pray without ceasing.” What|6 Lessons |1 Book |Prayer |
| | |does Paul mean by this and how ought we to | | | |
| | |pray? | | | |
|Praying in the Wesleyan Spirit|Paul Wesley Chilcote |A graceful rendering of John Wesley’s |52 prayers |2 Books |Prayer |
| | |fifty-two standard sermons into | | | |
| | |prayers-healing the wounds in our common | | | |
| | |Christian life. | | | |
|Breakthrough Prayer |Jim Cymbala |This book helps you to connect with God’s |13 Lessons |1 Book |Prayer |
| | |heart and obtain answers to your prayers. | | | |
|When God’s People Pray |Jim Cymbala |1. God’s Heart for Us |6 Sessions |1 DVD |Prayer |
| | |2. The Amazing Power of Prayer | |1 Participant Guide | |
| | |3. Obedience in Prayer | |1 Leader Guide | |
| | |4. The Word of God and Prayer | | | |
| | |5. Why Prayer Matters | | | |
| | |6. Creating a Prayer Ministry in Your Church| | | |
|The Workbook of Intercessory |Maxie Dunnam |Dunnam states that we don’t have to |7 Sessions |1 Book |Prayer |
|Prayer | |understand intercessory prayer to practice | | | |
| | |it, but it is hoped that this workbook will | | | |
| | |help with that which we may never | | | |
| | |understand, but is a big part of God’s plan | | | |
| | |for all of us. | | | |
|Prayer |Bill Hybels |If you long for a spiritual life that is |6 Sessions |1 Book |Prayer |
| | |deep, fruitful, and profoundly real, these | | | |
|Opening Your Heart To God | |studies will help you draw heart to heart | | | |
| | |with God. | | | |
|Traveling The Prayer Paths of |John Indermark |Indermark explores the settings of Jesus |6 Sessions |1 Book |Prayer |
|Jesus | |praying out of solitude, by the roadside, on| | | |
| | |the mountainside, in the upper room at the | | | |
| | |garden, and upon the cross. | | | |
|With Open Hands |Henri J.M. Nouwen |A prayerful journey to release our tightly |6 Lessons |5 Books |Prayer |
| | |clenched fists and open our hands to God and| | | |
| | |enter the stillness of his presence. | | | |
|Lord, Teach Us |William Willimon |The prayer taught by Jesus himself that |10 Lessons |9 Books |Prayer |
|The Lord’s Prayer and the |Stanley Hauerwas |unites Christians throughout the world is | | | |
|Christian Life | |dissected phrase by phrase. | | | |
|Prayer |Philip Yancey |Prayer is the most fundamental, challenging,|6 Sessions |1 Book |Prayer |
|Does it Make a Difference? | |perplexing, and deeply rewarding aspect of | |1 DVD | |
| | |our relationship with God. | |4 Participant Guides | |
|Spirit Gifts |Patricia Brown |What are your special gifts and abilities? |6 Sessions |6 Participant Guides |Spiritual Gifts |
| | |What is God’s plan for your life? | | | |
| | |How is God calling you to use your specific | | | |
| | |Gifts? | | | |
|Serving from the Heart |Carol Cartmill |This study will help each participant |6 Sessions |2 Leader Guides |Spiritual Gifts |
| |Yvonne Gentille |consider their own spiritual gifts, talents,| | | |
| | |abilities, resources, individuality, dreams,| | | |
| | |and experiences. | | | |
|Discovering God’s Vision for |Kenneth Haugk |This course is like a fire hydrant gushing |8 Sessions |1 Leader Guide |Spiritual Gifts |
|Your Life | |with information that will help you | |1 Participant Manual | |
| | |understand your spiritual gifts and how | | | |
|You & Your Spiritual Gifts | |those gifts fit with the gifts of others in | | | |
| | |the body of Christ. | | | |
|Spiritual Gifts |Kent Millard |Millard helps adults identify and cultivate |6 Sessions |4 Books |Spiritual Gifts |
| | |their spiritual gifts both individually and | | | |
| | |corporately as members in a small group | | | |
| | |study. | | | |
|Beginning of New Additions to Singles |
|How to Get a Date Worth |Dr. Henry Cloud |Start your journey today that will be fun, |4 Parts – |1 Book |Singles |
|Keeping | |interesting and broaden your experience of |33 Chapters | | |
| | |others and yourself, and lead you toward | | | |
|Be Dating in Six Months or | |that date worth keeping. | | | |
|Your Money Back | | | | | |
|Beginning of New Additions to Senior Adults |
|The Gift of Years |Joan Chittister |Chittister invites us to embrace older age |51 Topics |1 Book |Senior Adults |
| | |as a natural part of life that is active and| | | |
|Growing Older Gracefully | |contemplative, productive and reflective, | | | |
| | |and deeply rewarding. | | | |
|I Love Growing Older but I’ll |J. Ellsworth Kalas |Growing older is a process. The book is |12 lessons |1 Book |Senior |
|Never Grow Old | |about learning how to “make peace with where| | |Adults |
| | |you are right now.” It’s about learning | | | |
| | |from the past and then moving past it. It’s | | | |
| | |about growing and continuing to | | | |
| | |grow-personally, spiritually and in our | | | |
| | |relationship with God and not robbing | | | |
| | |ourselves of some of the best years of | | | |
| | |preparation for the big exit, our eternal | | | |
| | |home. | | | |
|Growing Older Doesn’t have to |J. Ellsworth Kalas |Older is a journey. Old is a destination. |12 Chapters |1 Guide |Senior Adults |
|mean Growing Old | |Don’t settle as old as a destination or you | | | |
| | |will rob yourself of some of the best years | | | |
| | |of preparation for the big exit, the grand | | | |
| | |eternal journey. “Make peace with where you | | | |
| | |are right now”. | | | |
|End of New Additions to Senior Adults |
|Beginning of New Additions to Video Series |
|A Man Called Peter |Featuring Richard Todd and|A compelling story of a Scottish minister | |DVD |Video Series |
| |Jean Peters |Peter Marshall, who traveled to Washington, | | | |
|The True Story of How One | |D.C. and became the minister of the Church | | | |
|Man’s Faith Uplifted a Nation | |of the Presidents. He became known for his | | | |
| | |wisdom and sincerity through his sermons. | | | |
| | |He became chaplain of the Senate and a | | | |
| | |greatly respected man. | | | |
|Embracing The Prophets In |Walter Brueggeman |Through identifying cultural contexts, |6 Sessions |1 DVD |Video Series |
|Contemporary Culture | |putting a framework to Israel’s history, and| |3 Books | |
| | |drawing connections between Biblical Israel | | | |
| | |and America today, Brueggemann helps us | | | |
| | |understand these challenging Hebrew | | | |
| | |scriptures. | | | |
|Crazy Love |Francis Chan |Crazy Love is designed for individuals or |11 Chapters |1 DVD |Video Series |
| | |small groups through a 10-week study that | |2 Book | |
| | |will provide new insight into God’s love and| |2 Companion Workbook – | |
| | |come to a better understanding of how that | |Living Crazy Love | |
| | |love is lived out in our daily lives. | | | |
|Forgotten God: With the |Francis Chan |Chan states that the true source of the |7 Chapters |2 DVD |Video Series |
|companion guide: Remembering | |Church is the Holy Spirit. This series | |4 Books | |
|the Forgotten God | |offers us an invitation to embrace the Holy | |5 Companion Guides | |
| | |Spirit. | | | |
|The Acts of the Apostles |Mickey Efird |The Efird Bible Study Series strives to help|19 Sessions |1 DVD |Video Series |
| | |people understand the Scriptures and those | |1 Leader Guide | |
|Biblical Interpretation and | |principles found with the Bible and how to | |3 Participant | |
|Inspiration from a Master | |apply texts written 2000 years ago to today.| |Guides | |
|Teacher | | | | | |
|The Book of Isaiah |Mickey Efird |Isaiah is a composite work deriving from |14 Sessions |1 DVD |Video Series |
| | |three distinct historical eras in the | |1 Facilitator’s Guide | |
| | |history of Israel. The first originated | |1 Participant Guide | |
| | |with the prophet, Isaiah, during the 8th | | | |
| | |century BC and the disciples who respected | | | |
| | |their leader and passed his teaching and | | | |
| | |stories to later generations. Each section | | | |
| | |has teachings about turning from sin, | | | |
| | |repentance, and redemption. | | | |
|The Gospel of Luke |Mickey Efird |Tradition says that Luke was written by the |14 Sessions |1 DVD |Video Series |
| | |physician called Luke and co-worker of Paul.| |1 Participant Workbook | |
| | |Luke focuses on the outcasts, marginalized, | | | |
| | |and sinners; Women, children shepherds, the | | | |
| | |poor, tax collectors, and Samaritans. He | | | |
| | |also discusses both John the Baptist and | | | |
| | |Jesus and of the early ministry. | | | |
| Beautiful |John Eldredge |Discover who Jesus really is. He was feared|18 Sessions |2 DVDs |Video Series |
|Outlaw | |by some and loved by others. This DVD will | |1 Leader | |
| | |change the way to know Jesus. | |Guide | |
| | | | |1 Book | |
|Enough: |Adam Hamilton |Money, wisely used, helps us meet our goals,|7 Chapters |1 DVD |Video Series |
|Discovering Joy Through | |provide for our needs and fulfill our life | |1 Leader’s guide | |
|Simplicity and Generosity | |purpose. Enough is an invitation to | |1 Book | |
| | |rediscover the Bible’s wisdom on prudent | | | |
| | |financial practices and how to achieve | | | |
| | |contentment and simplicity in our lives. | | | |
|When Christians Get It Wrong |Adam Hamilton |Hamilton brings an understanding of the |6 Lessons |1 DVD |Video Series |
| | |issues that deter people from Christianity | |2 Books | |
| | |while helping Christians live a more | |2 Participant Guides | |
| | |compelling faith. Topics: When Christians | | | |
| | |are Unchristian, Science & Politics, Other | | | |
| | |Religions, When Bad Things Happen, | | | |
| | |Homosexuality and When Christians Get it | | | |
| | |Right. | | | |
|The Bible |Bob Hostetler |Based on the TV miniseries, The Bible, you |5 weeks |1 DVD |Video Series |
|30-Day Experience | |will experience a better understanding and | |1 Daily Guidebook | |
| | |gain more knowledge of God’s word and love | | | |
| | |for you. | | | |
|The Wesleyan Way |Scott J. Jones |Jones has captured the spirit of Wesleyan |8 Sessions |3 DVDs |Video Series |
| | |movement by drawing on Scripture and | |5 Leader | |
|A Faith That Matters | |Christian tradition and shows what it means | |Guides | |
| | |to follow Christ. | |9 Participant Guides | |
|Gospel in Life – |Timothy Keller |Eight sessions of how to live your life – |8 Sessions |2 DVDs |Video Series |
|Grace Changes Everything | |first in your heart, then community, and | |2 Study Guides | |
| | |then in the world. | | | |
|Grace |Max Lucado |Lucado asks – have you been changed by |7 Sessions |2 Books |Video Series |
| | |grace?, shaped by grace?, strengthened by | |1 Leader | |
|More Than We Deserve | |grace?, emboldened by grace?, softened by | |Guide | |
|Greater Than we Imagine | |grace?. Grace is the voice that calls us to| |1 DVD | |
| | |change and then gives us the power to do it.| | | |
|When Your Parent Needs You |Featuring: Beth Witrogen |Caring for an aging parent is an |5 Sessions- |DVD |Video Series |
| |McLeod – |all-encompassing experience that affects |35 minutes |Support Guide | |
|A Guide to Positive Growth |Pulitzer-nominated author |every aspect of our lives. When Your Parent| | | |
|When Caring for Aging Parents |and speaker and Avrene L. |Needs You focuses on the positive aspects of| | | |
| |Brandt, Ph.D. clinical |caregiving and on what caregivers can obtain| | | |
| |pyschologist |from their experience. | | | |
|Soul Keeping |John Ortberg |Ortberg takes you on an exploration of the |6 Sessions |5 DVDs |Video Series |
| | |soul from the perspective of someone who has| |5 Books | |
|Caring for the Most Important | |struggled to understand and care for his own| |5 Study Guides | |
|Part of You | |soul. You receive messages and help from | | | |
| | |professor of the soul Dallas Willard. | | | |
|Saving Jesus redux | |This DVD series is a 12-session small group |12 Sessions |1 DVD |Video Series |
| | |exploration of a credible Jesus for the | | | |
|Ever feel like Jesus has been | |third millennium. A host of experts leads a| | | |
|kidnapped by the Christian | |conversation around the relevance of Jesus | | | |
|Right and discarded by the | |for the 21st century. | | | |
|Secular Left? | | | | | |
|Storytellers: The Life of |Chris Seay |These brief video illustrations communicate |4 Sessions |1 DVD |Video Series |
|Noah | |the Bible to a 21st Century audience through| |Printable Lesson Plans | |
| | |the life of Noah. | |Included on DVD | |
|Change the World: Recovering |Mike Slaughter |Church is a verb. By linking bible study to|6 Sessions |1 DVD |Video Series |
|the Message and Mission of | |global mission and local service projects, | |2 Books | |
|Jesus | |this resource enables congregations to | |1 Leader Guide | |
| | |discuss and act on the imperatives of | | | |
| | |Scripture: Follow, Welcome, Feed, Heal, | | | |
| | |Rescue, Go. | | | |
| | | | | | |
|24/6 |Matthew Sleeth, MD |In his 4-session video study, Sleeth lays |4 Sessions |1 DVD |Video Series |
| | |out a plan for living a healthier, happier | |1 Discussion Guide | |
|A Prescription for a | |more God-centered life by simply and | |1 Book | |
|healthier, happier life | |faithfully honoring the Sabbath. | | | |
|Discovering God’s Will – How |Andy Stanley |Stanley takes us through important steps of |8 Sessions |2 Books |Video Series |
|do you know when you are | |the decision-making process to help us | |2 DVDs with discussion | |
|heading in the right direction| |discover the personal vision God has for us.| |questions. | |
| | | | |1 Study Guide | |
|Faith lessons: On the Life & |Ray Vander Laan |A video tour of the buried, distant, or |8 Sessions |1 DVD |Video Series |
|Ministry of the Messiah | |otherwise forgotten places where the stories| |1 Study Guide | |
| | |of the Bible actually happened. From the | | | |
| | |cultural prospective, long-held western | | | |
| | |assumptions about scripture passages are | | | |
| | |challenged. | | | |
|Faith Lessons: On The Early |Ray Vander Laan |A video tour that teaches how the insights |5 Sessions |2 VHS Tapes |Video Series |
|Church – Conquering The Gates | |into the history of the scriptures is | | | |
|of Hell | |significant for modern believers. | | | |
|A Charge to Keep: An |Will Willimon |This video can be used to introduce the |1 Session |1 VHS Tape |Video Series |
|Introduction to The United | |Church to new members by the four main | |1 Outline Guide | |
|Methodist Church | |elements of United Methodism: fellowship, | | | |
| | |worship, Christian education and outreach. | | | |
|End of New Additions to Video Series |
|Chase the Lion |Mark Batterson |Based on Mark Batterson’s best selling book,|6 Sessions |1 DVD |Video Series |
| | |In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, Chase | |1 Leader Guide | |
| | |the Lion seeks to challenge the assumption | | | |
| | |that God wants our lives to be safe. | | | |
| | |Batterson will challenge you to identify the| | | |
| | |lions in your life and to engage them | | | |
| | |instead of running away from them. | | | |
|Nooma Series |Rob Bell |When Jesus taught about life’s toughest |1 Session per DVD |We have DVD and |Video Series |
| | |issues, he used short, simple stories. Rob | |Booklet for: | |
| | |Bell’s modern “parables” on film follow his | |1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, | |
| | |lead. Concise, powerful 10-14 minute DVDs | |10, 11, 12, 13, 14, | |
| | |tackle topics like forgiveness, | |16, 17, and 18. | |
| | |discipleship, and unconditional love, making| | | |
| | |biblical truths vivid and relevant for | |We have DVD only for:| |
| | |today’s generation. | |6, 15, 19, 20, 21, | |
| | | | |22, 23, and 24 | |
| | | | | | |
|The Sacred Echo |Margaret Feinberg |A challenge for you to consider how God is |6 Sessions |1 DVD |Video Series |
|Why is Prayer so Mysterious? | |at work in your life as well as in the lives| |1 Leader Guide | |
| | |of those around you. | |1 Book | |
|Soul Detox |Craig Groeschel |Our culture unknowingly ingests regular |5 Sessions |3 DVDs |Video Series |
| | |doses of spiritual toxins that assault our | |2 Books | |
| | |relationships with God. This study shines | |3 Participant Guides | |
| | |light on the dark influences, emotions and | | | |
| | |behaviors to empower Christians to live pure| | | |
| | |lives and grow closer to God. | | | |
|Christianity’s Family Tree |Adam Hamilton |Hamilton, respectfully, examines the |8 Sessions |2 DVDs |Video Series |
| | |traditions of eight mainline Christian | |2 Leader’s Guides | |
|What Other Christians Believe | |denominations. He gives a brief history, | |1 Pastor Guides | |
|and Why | |outlines major beliefs, and describes things| |6 Books | |
| | |we can learn to strengthen our own Christian| | | |
| | |faith. | | | |
|Confronting the Controversies |Adam Hamilton |Hamilton explores controversial and divisive|7 Sessions |2 DVDs |Video Series |
| | |issues such as the death penalty, abortion, | |5 Books | |
|Biblical Perspectives On Tough| |and homosexuality. He guides Christians to | |1 Pastor Guide | |
|Issues | |look at these issues from a Biblical | |2 Leader | |
| | |perspective and to maintain respect for | |Guides | |
| | |person’s on both sides of the issue. | | | |
|Forgiveness: Finding Peace |Adam Hamilton |Hamilton equates our need to forgive and be |4 Chapters (each |2 DVDs |Video Series |
|Through Letting Go | |forgiven with carrying a backpack filled |chapter could take 2 |1 Book | |
| | |with rocks. Over time, the tiny pebbles and |weeks to discuss in | | |
| | |giant boulders weigh us down and break more |Sunday School) | | |
| | |than our spirit. He walks readers through | | | |
| | |the challengers that come with learning to | | | |
| | |forgive and to ask for forgiveness. | | | |
|Seeing Gray in a World of |Adam Hamilton |In his book, Hamilton emphasizes the |5 Sessions |1 DVD |Video Series |
|Black and White | |importance of taking the best components of | |1 Book (23 chapters)| |
| | |fundamentalism and liberalism combining a | | | |
| | |love of scripture and a desire to follow | | | |
| | |Jesus is the best way to “see gray” in a | | | |
| | |world of black and white. | | | |
|The Way: Walking in the |Adam Hamilton |While in the Holy Land, Hamilton explores |6 Sessions |1 DVD |Video Series |
|Footsteps of Jesus | |the life of Jesus. You will be taken to the | |1 Leader Guide | |
| | |Jordan River where He was baptized and the | |1 Book | |
| | |wilderness where He was tempted. At the | | | |
| | |ruins of ancient Capernaum, you’ll see where| | | |
| | |Jesus healed the sick and ascend the | | | |
| | |mountain where He gave his most famous | | | |
| | |sermon. Move across the sea of Galilee where| | | |
| | |he calmed the wind and waves. Lastly, go to | | | |
| | |Jerusalem where Jesus spent his final days. | | | |
|Why? |Adam Hamilton |Christians often struggle with finding the |4 Sessions |2 DVDs |Video Series |
| | |right answers when bad things happen. | |3 Leader Guides | |
|Making Sense of God’s Will | |Hamilton helps us make sense of God’s will | |14 Books | |
| | |in this thoughtful book. He offers us | | | |
| | |wisdom and guidance in these four chapters: | | | |
| | |Why Do the Innocent Suffer? Why Do My | | | |
| | |Prayers Go Unanswered? Why Can’t I see | | | |
| | |God’s Will for My Life? And Why God’s Love | | | |
| | |Prevails. | | | |
|Becoming a Contagious |Bill Hybels & |This landmark book presents a blueprint for |8 Sessions |1 VHS |Video Series |
|Christian |Mark Mittleberg |starting a spiritual epidemic of hope and | |1 Book | |
| | |enthusiasm for spreading the gospel. | |3 Participant Guides | |
| | | | |1 Leader Guide | |
|Three Simple Rules |Bishop Rueben P. Job |-Do No Harm |6 Week Study |2 DVD |Video Series |
| | |-Do Good | |3 Books | |
|A Wesleyan Way of Living | |-Stay in Love with God | |2 Leader Guides | |
| | | | |written by Jeanne | |
| | | | |Torrence Finley | |
|The Prodigal God |Timothy Keller |Learn about each character in The Parable of|6 Sessions |3 DVDs |Video Series |
| | |the Prodigal Son, the irreligious younger | |5 Discussion Guides | |
| | |son, the moralistic elder son, and the | |3 Books | |
| | |father who lavishes his life on both. | | | |
|Deepening Life Together |Life Together Series |Deepening Life Together is an innovative |8 DVDs – 52 sessions |8 DVDs |Video Series |
| | |approach to group Bible study that |(see description for |8 Study Guides | |
| | |seamlessly integrates the ancient truth of |each DVD’s number of | | |
| | |God’s World with a modern DVD format and the|sessions) | | |
| | |five purposes outlined in The Purpose Driven| | | |
| | |Life by Rick Warren. | | | |
|3:16 |Max Lucado |John 3:16 begins with God, ends with life, |6 Weeks |2 DVDs |Video Series |
| | |and urges us to do the same. If you know | |2 Workbooks | |
| | |nothing of the Bible, start here. If you | |1 Study Guide | |
| | |know everything in the Bible return here. | |including leader | |
| | |The heart of the human problem is the heart | |guide | |
| | |of the human, and God’s treatment is | | | |
| | |prescribed in John 3:16. | | | |
|Fearless |Max Lucado |Can you imagine your life without fear? |6 Sessions |2 DVDs |Video Series |
| | |Lucado addresses questions such as layoffs | |4 Discussion Guides | |
| | |at work, slowdowns in the economy, flare-ups| |4 Books | |
| | |in the Middle East and global warming and | |2 Leader Guides | |
| | |takes an honest and hopeful look at what can| | | |
| | |happen when fear meets faith. | | | |
|It’s Not About Me |Max Lucado |We thought self-celebration would make us |14 Chapters – |3 Books |Video Series |
| | |happy… |2 Parts |1 DVD | |
|Rescue from the Life We | |But believing that has created chaos in our | | | |
|Thought Would Make Us Happy | |lives. Lucado says we need to shift to a | | | |
| | |God-centered life. | | | |
|Wide Awake |Erwin Raphael McManus |A challenge to inspire us to live our lives |5 Sessions |1 DVD |Video Series |
| | |to the fullest. “The future is not waiting | | | |
| | |for us. It is waiting within us.” | | | |
|Free Market Jesus: |Donald Miller |The average American encounters more than |2 Sessions |1 DVD |Video Series |
|Has Jesus Become a Product? | |3.000 advertisements each day. The formula | | | |
| | |for most ads is: | | | |
| | |You are not happy. | | | |
| | |You will be happy if your purchase this | | | |
| | |product. | | | |
| | |In Free Market Jesus, Miller illustrates how| | | |
| | |culture always serves as a lens for our | | | |
| | |understanding of Christianity and why | | | |
| | |scripture is still relevant in our modern | | | |
| | |culture. | | | |
|How God Takes Our Little and |James W. Moore |Each session lifts up and uses core terms |6 Sessions |1 DVD |Video Series |
|Makes it Much | |and life application topics taken from the | |1 Book | |
| | |Wesley Study Bible to help you grow as a | | | |
| | |faithful follower of Jesus as you practice | | | |
| | |your faith in everyday life. | | | |
|God is Closer Than You Think |John Ortberg |Discerning God can be a lot like finding |6 Sessions |2 DVD |Video Series |
| | |Waldo. He’s in every picture, but you’ve | |1 Leader | |
| | |got to train yourself to spot him amid the | |Guide | |
| | |clutter. | |5 Participant Guides | |
| | | | | | |
|The Life You’ve Always Wanted |John Ortberg |Cultivate new intimacy and confidence in |6 Sessions |3 Books |Video Series |
| | |prayer. Discover the freedom of secrecy. | |3 DVDs | |
| | |Taste the benefits of slowing life’s frantic| |2 Leader Guides | |
| | |pace. Learn how to be guided by the Holy | |5 Participant | |
| | |Spirit. | |Guides | |
| | | | | | |
|The Me I Want to Be |John Ortberg |Becoming God’s best version of you is both |5 Sessions |3 DVD |Video Series |
| | |God’s desire and the greatest task of your | |3 Books | |
| | |life. Your life is God’s project, not | |3 Participant Guides | |
| | |yours. This study is a powerful way to move| | | |
| | |toward becoming the unique fully alive | | | |
| | |flourishing people God intended. | | | |
|Faith, Hope & Luck |Andy Stanley |This study will spark individual reflection |5 Sessions |4 Books |Video Series |
| | |and small group discussion on the nature and| |1 DVD | |
| | |importance of faith in everyday life. You | |1 Participant Guide | |
| | |will learn the difference between faith and | | | |
| | |hope; you’ll be presented with an accurate | | | |
| | |biblical definition of faith and how to | | | |
| | |trust God in every situation. | | | |
| | | | | | |
|The Life of Nehemiah |Storytellers series with |These brief video illustrations communicate |4 Sessions |1 DVD |Video Series |
| |Marcus Goodloe |the Bible to a 21st Century audience through| |Printable Lesson | |
| | |the life of Nehemiah. | |Plans Included | |
|Faces of Faith |Desmond Tutu |These remarkable interviews feature Desmond |3 Sessions |1 DVD |Video Series |
| |Parker Palmer’Adele |tutu, Parker Palmer, and Adele Gonzales – | |1 VHS | |
| |Gonzales |these twentieth century giants of faith, | | | |
| | |discussing their hopes and beliefs in a | | | |
| | |relaxed, informal setting. Topics include | | | |
| | |life goals and accomplishments, the meaning | | | |
| | |of prayer, the problem of evil, and the role| | | |
| | |of faith in daily living. | | | |
|On the Road with Jesus: Birth|Ben Witherington, III |Travel to the Holy Land with Witherington |4 Sessions |2 Books |Video Series |
|and Ministry | |and experience the birth and ministry of | |2 Leader Guides | |
| | |Jesus and learn about the places and early | |2 DVDs | |
| | |life where Jesus walked and worked. | | | |
|On the Road with Jesus: |Ben Witherington, III |Travel to the Holy Land with New Testament |4 Sessions |1 Book |Video Series |
|Teaching and Healing | |scholar Ben Witherington and experience the | |1 DVD | |
| | |teaching and healing of Jesus. Relax as Dr.| |1 Leader Guide | |
| | |Witherington takes you to the places where | | | |
| | |Jesus walked and ministered. Learn about | | | |
| | |places such as Jerusalem, Capernaum, | | | |
| | |Bethsaida, and Caesarea Philippi. Your | | | |
| | |faith will grow deeper as you follow Jesus. | | | |
|Beginning of New Additions to World Religions |
|World Religions |Lewis M. Hopfe |History, doctrines, and practices of |13 Lessons |1 Book |World Religions |
| | |Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism with | | | |
| | |cross references to Christianity. | | | |
|End of New Additions to World Religions |
|World Religions |Lewis M. Hopfe |A special focus on Hinduism, Buddhism, |13 Sessions |1 Book |World Religions |
| | |Judaism, and Muslims | | | |
|Growing Christian Series | | | | | |
|Christianity and World |Adam Hamilton |In this book, Hamilton examines Christianity|6 Sessions |5 DVDs |World Religions |
|Religions | |and four major world religions: Hinduism, | |13 Books | |
| | |Buddhism, Islam, and Judaism. This study | |2 Leader Guides | |
| | |will leave the participant with even | | | |
| | |stronger convictions and the truth and power| | | |
| | |of the Christian Gospel. | | | |
|The Nine Questions People Ask |Dennis Prager |Find out more about the nature of Judaism, |9 Sessions |3 Books |World Religions |
|About Judaism |Joseph Telushkin |the oldest living religion. | | | |
|God is One: The Way of Islam |R. Marston Speight |Over one fifth of the world’s population is |6 Sessions |2 Books |World Religions |
| | |Muslim. We know very little about them or | | | |
| | |their faith. Speight spent years as a | | | |
| | |missionary living with Muslims and confronts| | | |
| | |barriers to a better understanding. | | | |
|What Do Other Faiths Believe |Paul Stroble |The chapters included in Stroble’s book are:|7 Sessions |9 Books |World Religions |
|A Study of Five World | |1. Understanding Other Faiths | | | |
|Religions | |2. The Lord is One (Judaism) | | | |
| | |3. No God but God (Islam) | | | |
| | |4. Different Streams Toward One River | | | |
| | |(Hinduism) | | | |
| | |5. The Path to Freedom | | | |
| | |6. Knowing One God (Sikhism and Baha’i) | | | |
| | |7. Putting it All Together) | | | |
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