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Below the surface of every seemingly ordinary Bible verse lies a deeper meaning just waiting to be discovered. And these hidden insights aren't just reserved for scholars, academics, or pastors. Anyone who knows where to look can uncover the surprisingly significant messages that the biblical authors intended for us to hear. In 30 Old Testament Passages with Deeper Meaning, Michael Williams seeks to lead believers to a deeper comprehension and appreciation of biblical truth.

Just who exactly did Jesus love? Author Jessica Thompson intimately engages with the gospel narratives and helps the listener explore who and how Jesus loves. What does Jesus have to say to the doubter or the denier? How does he address the discouraged, the fearful, or the outcast? Have you ever felt forgotten or faint-hearted? Ever needed spiritual or physical healing? He Loved Them shows the interactions of Jesus with real people who have real needs, struggles, and pain.

In The Gift of Jesus, beloved pastor and teacher Dr. Charles Stanley takes a deeply personal and inspiring look at how God gave us Himself through the birth of Christ. Discover that Christmas and Advent can be so much more than a busy season to get through and instead a season of joy and renewal.

The gospel is good news - God's message that He loves you even when you don't deserve it. It's not a story of God searching for one righteous soul, or being willing to meet sinners halfway. The news is so much better than that. God gives grace freely to people who don't deserve it at all - people like you and me. We are recipients of a descending, one-way love that changes everything.

Prayer & Praise is a treasure trove of thought-provoking messages inspired by the lines of Austen's three preserved prayers. Atop a solid foundation of scripture, these 50 devotional segments (each finishing with prayer and praise) enlist familiar characters and situations from Austen novels to illustrate spiritual principles - in creative, often surprising, ways!

When someone is grieving, what should you say? How can you help? How do you comfort without offering shallow platitudes? The Book of Comforts stands in the gap between suffering and hope, offering listeners the abiding comfort found in Scripture and personal experience. Scripture deals plainly and honestly with suffering and simultaneously points people to the rich hope we find in God. The Book of Comforts is a beautiful and comforting gift for those in hard places.

Filled with the characteristic warm humour and biblical clarity that readers and listeners have come to expect, Dale Ralph Davis’ exposition of Psalms 38-51 will help listeners to get to know God’s Word better. Each chapter begins with Davis’ own translation of the Psalm from the Hebrew, before delving into his exposition.

Are you ready for a fresh start? Step into the new beginnings God has promised with faith, hope, and confidence! We serve a God of new beginnings—a God who makes all things new. With His grace, no mistake is too great, no path too far gone. This book offers: 10 powerful affirmations for new beginnings, paired with Bible verses. Daily confessions to align your thoughts with God’s truth. A simple guide to reflecting, declaring, and receiving His promises. Imagine starting each day filled with hope and anticipation for what’s ahead! Embrace second chances and the new mercies God gives ...

When one looks back in ancient history, there are a few great magicians that stand out. Magicians that shook the world so intensely that their influence continues to inform not only the occult, but history in general. We have Apollonius of Tyana, the great wizard and Neopythagorean philosopher, the famed Hermes Trismegistus who has influenced occultism far and wide. From the Old Testament we have the witch of Endor, Balaam and King Solomon to name a few.

When I tell you the Bible is your biography, I am actually saying that you are God, and I mean it. We are told in the 82nd psalm: "I say, 'You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you; nevertheless, you shall die like men, and fall like any prince.'" So I mean exactly what the psalmist said: that you are gods. But man has such a strange concept of the word "God".

Three thousand years ago a bold prophet named Elijah walked the earth. He stalked the wicked and delivered the Word of a Mighty God to a hopeless generation. Elijah’s life can be defined by a series of ten prophecies. Ten times the Almighty spoke through this man of God into our world. His word was like thunder, echoing from that generation to our own. Step back to walk with a man who called off the rain, was fed by ravens, called down fire on Mount Carmel, spoke with God on Mount Horeb, sentenced kings and queens to death, and rode a whirlwind into heaven. A man so beloved by the ...

To our Beloved Children: What do you know about historical books? To know the Judges' era in the Old Testament, we have to know the various historical stages from the standpoint of the salvation of mankind. 1. The creation stage: The book of Genesis talked to us about the creation to realize how God granted man authority and power to learn and explore until the modern man reached outer space. 2. The renewal stage: Since the creation was defiled, there was only one righteous family, which was Noah, his sons and their wives. God asked them to renew the world through the ark and the flood. 3. ...

We have all experienced disappointment in relationships. Sometimes we wonder if it's even possible to have enduring, positive relationships in our homes, our work, and our communities. In The Connection Code, trusted Bible teacher O. S. Hawkins digs deep into the biblical book of Philemon to give us a blueprint for building life-giving relationships in every sphere of our lives.

Disease has attacked you. I don’t know if it’s a prolonged situation or you just found out about it. All I know is that sickness has no claim over you, your body, and your mind! See, what this disease is trying to do is attack is your identity. It’s trying to distract you from claiming the benefits of being the righteousness of God in Christ. Disease has no mercy.

De Jesús se ha dicho de todo. ¿Por qué un libro más?Seguramente, porque nunca se terminará de hablar sobre Jesucristo. El único ser que ha pasado por esta tierra que ha logrado lo que nadie: Dividir la historia en antes y después de él.Este pequeño libro pretende ser un acercamiento a Jesús desde la impronta de textos pequeños que no superen las 100 palabras. Decir lo justo y necesario, como en pequeños retazos que en conjunto sean capaces de configurar un cuadro completo de Jesús.A Jesús no se lo conoce en doctrinas ni en teorías, sino en el encuentro del creyente con él. ...

My Catholic Life! now offers two complete four-volume series of daily Gospel reflections that cover the entire liturgical year. Each four-volume series can be used from year to year, since every Gospel option is covered in each series. Daily Reflections for Ordinary Time: Weeks 18-34 is Volume Four in the second four-volume series. As a devotional it is a great resource for daily meditation and prayer offering reflections on the Gospel of the day in a practical, faithful and down-to-earth way. It is formatted in such a way that it can be used for any liturgical year, offering reflections on...

The Old Testament stands as one of the most significant and influential collections of writings in human history. Comprising a wide array of narratives, laws, wisdom literature, prophecies, and poetry, it offers a profound exploration of the relationship between humanity and the divine. This chapter-by-chapter review aims to guide listeners through the pages of the Old Testament, unpacking its many layers of meaning and historical context.

Doesn't the Bible condone slavery? Isn't the New Testament's teaching on sex outdated? And surely we can't take the Genesis creation story seriously today? These are just three of the seven questions that popular Bible teacher Andrew Ollerton asks of Scripture as he takes an honest look at common issues with God's book.

Are you beginning to think that it's time to date again? But where do you begin? Are you among the many who are living as a single woman, comfortable in your own space? The children are all grown up, and may all be gone. You have long been out of a relationship and have not been giving that part of your life much thought. As a matter of fact, you, the children, and the people around you have gotten used to the idea that you are quite happy and comfortable without a partner.

Ready for peace, connection and union? It’s as close as your breath. Breathing is both wonder and paradox: it is something so simple that we are born knowing how to do it yet a person can train for their entire life in an effort to learn how to do it well. It is something that appears to be a solitary act and yet coordinating our breath with another is a deep act of intimacy. On one level it is a physical act, and yet the spiritual implications of the breath are profound. In the book of Genesis, God reached down and scooped up a handful of dirt. God breathed into that dirt and made the ...