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Calm My Anxious Heart: A Women's Guide to Finding Contentment

Linda Dillow

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Total reviews: 14 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Very helpful book! 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This book is wonderful. When I find myself worrying about something, I read this book, and the Bible passages Dillow refers to, and find great comfort. I have purchased several copies for friends, and they are also finding it very helpful.

Good book! 5 out of 5 stars.
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The message of this book is timeless. It is an easy read and one I would recommend to any woman.

Absolutely Wonderful 5 out of 5 stars.
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Our Women's Bible Study decided to share this book and it has had the most positive results. In a world of such uncertainty we learn through Linda's stories and experience how to allow God to calm our hearts. I would recommend this book to all women if just to hear that you are not alone. That we all have like experiences that cause us to become anxious. To learn through the Word of God how to be satisfied with who you are because you were made wonderfully. There is so much in this little book that it will open your eyes and heart to His plan for you. I also purchased this book for my sisters and friends as gifts.

Editorial Review:

Although many Christian women say they trust God, their lives are filled with worry and anxiety-about their children, their finances, their relationships, their jobs. They know their lives should be characterized by faith in God, but they're unsure of how to get that kind of faith. This book and twelve-week study helps women grow in contentment as they address the barriers to contentment and how to overcome them. Companion Journal available.

Purpose-Driven® Church, The

Rick Warren

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Editorial Review:

Released in 1995, The Purpose-Driven® Church rapidly secured its place as a long-term best-seller. The Gold Medallion Award-winning book by Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church has since offered thousands of pastors, church leaders, and lay persons worldwide a vivid and compelling vision for church growth based on church health. Now in unabridged audio format, Warren's proven, five-part biblical strategy can help you build your church . . . By building its people. What drives your church? Every church is driven by something. Tradition, programs, personalities, events, seekers, and even buildings can each be the controlling force in a church. But Rick Warren believes that in order for a church to be healthy, it must become a purpose-driven church, built around the five New Testament purposes given to the church by Jesus. Drawing on Warren's proven five-part strategy, now you can enable your church to grow . . . - Warmer through fellowship - Deeper through discipleship - Stronger through worship - Broader through ministry - Larger through evangelism The Purpose-Driven Church shifts the focus away from church-building programs to emphasizing a people-building process. As Warren says, "If you will concentrate on building people, God will build the church."

Stepping Up: A Journey Through the Psalms of Ascent, Member Book

Beth Moore

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Excellent study of the Psalms of ascent 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is one of the best Bible studies I have ever done. The Psalms of ascent (Psalms 120-134) were made so special to me seeing them through a thorough study with an excellent teacher, Beth Moore. She made me see things I have never seen, brought out some really good points and she knows God's word! I did this study with a women's Bible study group at our church and we had the weekly video teaching by Mrs. Moore to go with this study book. It might be harder to follow without the video portion, but would still be rewarding. Be prepared to do the homework and get into God's word in this study. God bless!

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Takes a look at the pilgrimage theme found in Psalms 120 134 and explores the major feasts of Israel. For the ancient Israelites, pilgrimage was a three-times-per-year journey to the temple in Jerusalem; for New Testament believers all of life becomes a journey together toward the new Jerusalem. Contains homework for six sessions. Leader Kit, Leader Guide, and Audio CDs available separately. (7 sessions)

The Berenstain Bears Go to Sunday School (Berenstain Bears®)

Michael Berenstain

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Another Great Lesson and Adventure for the Bears 5 out of 5 stars.
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What a wonderful this story is and so true to many a family life. The Berenstain Bears have always been wonderful, but the Go to Sunday School story is a great one to share and explain to family how great going to church and Sunday School can be, even for a bear. :)



I highly recommend this story for families, especially those with kids ages 4-7. This and all the other Berenstain Bear books, especially the newest ones coming from Mike Berenstain, son to the creators Jan and Stan. How busy is your life? Can you find time for church and Sunday School as a family?

A lot of reading 3 out of 5 stars.
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Compared to other Berenstain bears books, the new ones by Mike Berenstain have a lot of words and can get a little boring and mundane. They also don't start with the clever little rhyme like his parents did. They still teach the lesson but it's a little bit over kill and if you are reading these at bedtime (like myself) suddenly your reading time is quite a bit longer, so instead of 2 books you may only have time for 1.

Editorial Review:

When Mama Bear decides its been too long since they’ve attended church at the Chapel in the Woods, the Bear family works to get back in the habit. It isn’t long before the family remembers what a wonderful place the church is and finds that going to church is something they look forward to every week.

Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts: Seven Questions to Ask Before -- and After -- You Marry (Curriculum Kit)

Les and Leslie Parrott

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Total reviews: 13 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Helpful guide 5 out of 5 stars.
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Easy to read and follow, applicable to real life, suitable for individual, couple or small group study. I recommend the companion workbooks, too, in order to get the full benefits of the book.

Great Book 5 out of 5 stars.
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My Girlfriend and I are going through this book and it has helped us think through many issues that we would not have thought of. SYMBIS has tons of good insight and advice

excellent study for ALL couples 5 out of 5 stars.
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We're using this book in a Couples Sunday School Class as a study guide and are working through the chapters and workbook questions together. It's true that more planning goes into the wedding than the marriage. Sooner or later we have to put work into the marriage to make it work and to enjoy the fullness of the union got intended. Well written. Thought provoking.

Editorial Review:

Meeting the needs of a generation overwhelmed by divorce odds, relationship experts Les & Leslie Parrott share seven key questions to help couples identify and overcome stumbling blocks to a building a healthy, lifelong marriage. This is the group curriculum kit. Participant's Guides are sold separately.

Three Simple Rules: A Wesleyan Way of Living

Reuben P. Job

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Three Simple Rules 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is a wonderful little hardcover volume which, if implemented, will revolutionize your life. John Wesley espoused three simple rules: Do No Harm, Do Good, and Stay in Love with God. Though these rules sound amazingly simple - and they are - yet to actually practice them may indeed be the hardest thing you've ever done. This small book shows how difficult the instructions of Jesus (and Wesley) can be in real life, and yet how rewarding they can also be both in this life and in the life to come, if we simply take them to heart.

The main point is to stay in love with God. If we do this, the rest will follow. As Bishop Job says, "Holy living will not be discovered, achieved, continued, and sustained without staying in love with God. And while staying in love with God involves prayer worship, study, and the Lord's Supper, it also involves feeding the lambs, tending the sheep, and providing for the needs of others (John 21:15-16). Feeding the lambs and tending the sheep are the signs of love that we exchange with God. And they are signs of the love that the world can understand. Spiritual disciplines not only include practices that bind us to God every day but they also include actions that heal the pain, injustice, and inequality of our world. It is impossible to stay in love with God and not desire to see God's goodness and grace shared with the entire world." (p. 58).

This inexpensive little volume, taken seriously by the Church of Jesus, could well ignite a holy reality that burns hot with the fire of God in our day.

How Now Shall We Live?

Charles W. Colson, Nancy Pearcey

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This important book explores a wide range of ethical and cultural issues. Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey show how the truth of Christianity can change the world. Internationally known author Charles Colson believes this to be the most significant book of his career. It carries a profound message needed by the church today and by individual Christians. The central theme is that faith in Jesus Christ is more than a private relationship with God; it’s a way of seeing, understanding, and changing the world. Christian faith brings with it basic ideas and beliefs that are the answers and counters to the world's philosophies. Christians often feel a loss of confidence in the face of secular philosophy as expressed in the culture of our age. The claims of scientists, New Age beliefs, shifting morality and so on can confuse. The authors provide the tools to interpret and confront the false, bankrupt ideas of the world and to use the truth of Christianity to make a difference for good. They help their readers to evaluate their own lives and values. Colson and Pearcey offer the challenge -- How Now Shall We Live? This is a message for the church in the new millennium. Change in the world and in culture will not be achieved chiefly through political or social means, but by individual Christians knowing their faith and daring to be agents of God's grace.

Feasting on the Word: Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary, Year B, Vol. 1

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A new approach for preachers' commentaries (RCL) 4 out of 5 stars.
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This is the first volume to be published of a new commentary series for preachers, organized around the readings of the Revised Common Lectionary.

When completed, the twelve volumes of the series will cover all the Sundays in the three-year lectionary cycle, along with moveable feasts & high holy days.

For each lectionary text, Hebrew Bible, Psalm, Gospel, and Epistle, preachers will find four brief essays on the exegetical, theological, pastoral, and homiletical challenges of the text.


Each lectionary year (B 2008-2009, C 2009-2010, A 2010-2011) will be treated in four volumes, one for the Advent and Christmas seasons, one for Lent and Easter, and one for each half of Ordinary Time (the season after Epiphany & the 'long green season' after Pentecost).

While the twelve volumes of the series will follow the pattern of the Revised Common Lectionary, each volume will contain an index of biblical passages so that non-lectionary preachers may make use of its contents.

Editors of the series are Barbara Brown Taylor, Butman Professor of Religion at Piedmont College in Demorest, Georgia, and David L. Bartlett, Professor of New Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia.

The Power of a Praying Woman: Leader Guide for Video Curriculum

Stormie Omartian

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a beautiful inspiration 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is the first Omartian book I have read, and I love it. The breakdown is short easy chapters, so I can read a few minutes and still cover a topic. Great advise and insights are on every page. I also plan to use it as a reference/refresher when I need advice.

Editorial Review:

Stormie Omartian's bestselling books have helped hundreds of thousands of individuals pray more effectively for their spouses, their children, and their nation. Now she has written a book on a subject she knows intimately: being a praying woman.

Stormie's deep knowledge of Scripture and candid examples from her own prayer life provide guidance for women who seek to…

· trust God with deep longings, not just pressing needs

· cover every area of life with prayer

· maintain a right heart before God

Each segment concludes with a prayer women can follow or use as a model for their own prayers.

Women of all ages will find hope and purpose for their lives with The Power of a Praying® Woman.

The child's story Bible

Catherine F Vos

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This is a must have for every christian home! 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book is by far the best Bible story book we have found. I have been a children's minister for 20 years and have reviewed many books and this one tops them all. The stories are biblically accurate and incredibly easy to understand. We have bought this for every family/friend that has had a baby for the last 5 years and will continue to do so because it is so wonderful.

fantastic book for children AND adults 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is a fantastic book. I love reading it to our daughter, not only does it give us both time in the word but I love the stories as well. The book reads just like the bible only in story form. I would even suggest this book to someone "new" to the bible.

"Don't stop! Keep reading!" 5 out of 5 stars.
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That's the cry of my three girls (ages 4,6 and 9) after every Bible reading. I cannot say enough good about this book! I love Vos' insight and the way she explains and connects the Bible stories. The central theme of the entire Bible, Jesus Christ, is clear. The only thing that could be improved is the pictures are few, rather dark, and placed at odd intervals (not close to the stories they illustrate). However, the text is so wonderful and engaging that it doesn't matter. My daughters will sometimes scurry to find a picture of a story in one of their other Bible books, creating their own "interactive" lesson--ha! This isn't for the youngest children, however. They do need an attention span and ability to follow the story. But once they have that, this Bible is the one to buy!