23 títulos para "Great Writing"

The Twelve Days of Christmas

Ellsworth, Roger

Christmas comes but once a year, so the old song goes. Why is this wonderful holiday celebrated and so loved all these years since the birth of Jesus? Immanuel—meaning God with us—was born in obscurity, a humble birth that would probably have gone almost unnoticed unless angels had appea...

THE DAY THE MILK SPILLED

ELLSWORTH, ROGER

I can?t tell you how this saying came about, but I do recall a day when I saw someone crying over spilled milk. The someone wasn?t a child. It was my dad. And the milk wasn?t the small amount in a glass. It was a lot of milk.?For years my parents tried to scratch a living out of a hardscrabble littl...

Free in Christ

Andrews, Edgar

Paul’s epistle to the Galatians can be summarized by one simple question: What is the gospel? What is the real gospel, as opposed to false gospels or (to use Paul’s own terminology) perverted gospels? One recent commentator has written, “Historically, Galatians has been foundationa...

Beyond Amazing Grace

Murray, J. Todd

No one who knew John Newton as a young lad would ever have dreamed that this teenage rebel, profane sailor, naval deserter and slave-trader would one day write the lyrics to one of the best-known hymns of all time, Amazing Grace. The story of how such a notorious sinner was converted to Christ and w...

Soul Purity

Coats, David A

Christians are crashing and burning on the runways of life. Through?the TV, Internet, cell phones, newspapers, books, and magazines we?are bombarded by the world?s temptations and attractions. The?response of choosing isolation from the world doesn?t work: we fail to?reach the people God has called...

When Your Long-Term Pastor Leaves Your Church

Gilpin, Larry A

The time of transition following the tenure of a long-term pastor is a unique season in the life of a congregation. However, the distinct elements and potential difficulties of these transitions can be overcome—these transitions can work! Churches can navigate this season of ministry with the...

When God Blocks Our Path

Ellsworth, Roger

When disappointments come our way, we?may think that God has failed us and forsaken?us. But Scripture assures us that such things?are never the case. The Lord went with Paul?even though it seemed his pathway was being?blocked. He never sends His people into?difficult circumstances without going with...

The "Thumbs-Up" Man

Ellsworth, Roger

He would be driving to his work in his old pickup truck and I would be driving to my study. I used to tease him about that truck. It had so many holes in it that I dubbed it a ?see-through? truck. What I most remember about those meetings is not the sight of his beat-up pickup. It is rather what Pet...

UNIVERSE

Faithfull, Nigel

We inhabit a divinely created world which has been planned, tested, spoken to and visited by God’s angels—and by God the Son. God designed the universe with the world at its heart; humans are very special, made in his image; our Maker is not silent, but speaks to us by his servants and h...

Applying the Wisdom of the Word

Becher, Dave G.

The wisdom of English minister Matthew Henry (1662-1714) has been gleaned from his masterwork "Commentary On The Whole Bible"?and organized under two general headings?Wisdom and Folly?representing the basic dos and don?ts for the eternal soul. Each general heading is then sub-divided into multiple c...

TEN THINGS ABOUT. . . UNANSWERED PRAYER

WEEMS, REGGIE

We all want to be heard; to be ignored is very painful. This is especially true in our relationship to God. Knowing that he loves us makes unanswered prayer all the more paradoxical. But everyone, even Jesus, has experienced unanswered prayer. This book is intended to fill the silence with wonderful...

It's Apparent ... You're a Parent!

Lehman, John

I?m a parent? Wow! How should I best navigate through the wonderful, new challenges and opportunities that are coming my way? What wisdom may be gleaned from the Bible, God?s living Word? Will God really enable the process to turn out well? In six helpful, easy-to-read chapters, John Lehman, a famil...