"Basic literacy concepts in engaging read-aloud stories."

"An invitation to love like Jesus and step beyond distraction and division into the joy we long to experience--from the author of The Deeply Formed Life, winner of the Christianity Today Book Award"--

Quaker minister Philip Gulley, author of If Grace Is True and If God Is Love, returns with If the Church Were Christian: a challenging and thought-provoking examination of the author's vision for today's church... if Christians truly followed the core values of Jesus Christ. Fans of Shane Claiborne, Rob Bell, and unChristian will find much to discuss in If the Church Were Christian, as will anyone interested in the future of this institution.

Across forty days of vivid storytelling, It Is Finished offers you a unique and vital road map to trace the power and necessity of the Cross throughout the Bible, from the book of Genesis all the way to your present-day reality. By exploring the accounts from the Gospels chronologically, Bible teacher Charles Martin helps us to understand the significance of the events as he takes us back to the Cross to complete the work He was sent to do, Martin...

God loves you just the way you are, but he refuses to leave you there. He wants you to be just like Jesus. Can you think of a better offer? Jesus felt no guilt; God wants you to feel no guilt. Jesus had no bad habits; God wants to do away with yours. Jesus had no fears; God wants the same for you. Jesus had no anxiety about death; you needn't either. God's desire, his plan, his ultimate goal is to make you into the image of Christ. But how does this...

"Crowds may have gathered around him, but Jesus never chased popularity. Instead, he spent most of his time with a small number of obscure people, giving most of his attention to one person at a time, modeling for us an effective and sustainable way to reach out and build up the body of Christ"--

"Skye Jethani wants you to know that prayer is so much more than a two-way transaction with a heavenly vending machine. Jesus didn't pray like that. And with a pastor's heart, Skye wants to take you deeper into what Jesus had to say about talking with God"--

Evangelical pastor Ed Dobson had a radical idea... "Live one year as Jesus lived. Eat as Jesus ate. Pray as Jesus prayed. Observe the sabbath as Jesus observed. Attend the Jewish festivals as Jesus attended. Read the Gospels every week." Dobson's transition from someone who follows Jesus to someone who lives like Jesus takes him into bars, inspires him to pick up hitchhikers, and deepens his understanding of suffering. Living like Jesus is quite different...

"It's easy to get lost in all the feels. Our emotions drive so much of what we do, say, and think, even if we don't realize it. Our response to our feelings-denying they exist, letting them lead our actions unchecked, distracting ourselves to avoid feeling them-can greatly impact our lives and those around us. Emotions are essential for everyday life, but how we navigate them in the storms of life as the storms will make or break us. In I Cry in Corners,...