Embrace your time with the Lord, no matter how busy you are! 10 Minutes in the Word: Proverbs offers tangible reminders of God’s wisdom and meaningful reflections in just 10 minutes. For the days when you need help discerning direction, 10 Minutes in the Word: Proverbs is the perfect way to engage with God.

This devotional invites you into Proverbs, the book of wisdom. Realign your heart with God’s as you read through the Scripture and spend just a few minutes with Him. Whether you’re on a quick lunch break, between classes, or relishing some peace and quiet during nap time, 10 Minutes in the Word: Proverbs gives you what you need to keep going. Just 10 minutes a day will bring you closer to God and learning His Word.

Embrace your time with the Lord, no matter how busy you are! 10 Minutes in the Word: Psalms offers encouraging insights and meaningful reflections in just 10 minutes. For the days when you most need the presence of God, 10 Minutes in the Word: Psalms is the perfect way to grow in your faith that fits into your busy schedule.

This devotional invites you into the Psalms, a place of praise and reflection. Realign your heart with God’s as you read through the Scripture and spend just a few minutes with Him. Whether you’re on a quick lunch break, between classes, or relishing some peace and quiet during nap time, 10 Minutes in the Word: Psalms gives you what you need to keep going. Just 10 minutes a day will guide you into Psalms, helping you feel closer to God and His Word.

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The perfect blend of mental health know-how and biblical truths, 100 Devotions for Kids Dealing with Anxiety offers a variety of strategies, peaceful journal prompts, and reflective Scriptures that will help tweens and teens feel Jesus’ love. Written by Certified Daring Way(tm) & Dare to Lead(tm) Facilitator Justine Froelker, these daily devotionals will assist in helping children handle their anxiety.

Life with anxiety is like a rollercoaster, with good days and bad days, but with constant assurance of God’s love your child will be able to manage their anxiety. This devotional meets children where they are by equipping them with the resources to develop a deeper relationship with God and empowering young minds to embrace everything that makes them who they are. With Scripture passages, devotional readings, and journal prompts, children will have access to the tools, tricks, and tips on the best ways to face anxiety issues.

Tweens and teens, ages 8 to 13, will:

• feel empowered by the devotions and the daily Scripture references
• respond to prompts by writing on ruled lines for deeper reflection
• understand that anxiety issues are not something that should be hidden
• identify how to better handle their anxiety on a day-to-day basis
• learn to be mindful with their thoughts and emotions

Even on the most challenging days your child can reflect on these inspirational devotions and find the strength and courage to say they are not broken, they don’t need to be fixed, that they are loved.

Author Justine Froelker is a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 20 years of experience in traditional mental health and personal development and for seven years has been certified in the work of Dr. Brene Brown. She presents to global audiences for organizations like NASA Kennedy Space Center, Boeing, Square, Edward Jones, and Balbec Capital LP on topics such as leadership, courage, resilience, mental health, preventing burnout, and courageous and curious conversation.

Are you a single mom? You are a superhero doing everyone’s job and then some. You need a devotional that understands what you’re experiencing, affirms your value and points you to God’s Word for wisdom and strength.

100 Devotions for the Single Mom invites you on a journey that brings you peace and deepens your faith while speaking to relevant topics such as raising children, self-care, empathy, sympathy, balance, maintaining hope, and getting rest.

Each day includes:

• A relevant Bible verse
• Inspirational devotion
• A personalized prayer

This 100-day devotional will remind single moms that they’re loved by their friends, family and most importantly God..

Check out the other mom-inspired devotionals in the collection–100 Devotions for the Working Mom and 100 Devotions for the Stay-at-Home Mom.

Are you a stay-at-home mom? We know your tireless work serving your children, managing your home and navigating your family schedule often gets underappreciated. You need a devotional that understands what you’re experiencing, affirms your value amidst the chaos and invites you to recharge through God’s Word.

100 Devotions for the Stay-at-Home Mom invites you on a journey that brings you peace and deepens your faith while speaking to relevant topics such as raising children, self-care, empathy, sympathy, balance, maintaining hope, and getting rest.

Each day includes:

• A relevant Bible verse
• Inspirational devotion

Journaling lines to express your thoughts

This 100-day devotional will remind stay-at-home moms that they’re loved by their friends, family and most importantly God.

Check out the other mom-inspired devotionals in the collection–100 Devotions for the Single Mom and 100 Devotions for the Working Mom.

Are you a working mom? You need a devotional that understands what you’re experiencing and all the demands you face–at work and at home. Each devotional speaks to relevant topics such as raising children, self-care, empathy, sympathy, balance, hope, and rest.

100 Devotions for the Working Mom invites you on a journey that brings you peace and deepens your faith while speaking to relevant topics such as raising children, self-care, empathy, sympathy, balance, maintaining hope, and getting rest.

Each day includes:

• A relevant Bible verse
• An inspirational devotion
• A personalized prayer

This 100-day devotional will remind working moms that they’re loved by their friends, family and most importantly God.

Check out the other mom-inspired devotionals in the collection–100 Devotions for the Single Mom and 100 Devotions for the Stay-at-Home Mom.

No matter how difficult life seems, you will find more joy when you choose gratitude. Boost your happiness and deepen your walk with God by becoming aware of all you have to appreciate. 365 Devotions for a Thankful Heart is a daily devotional that will inspire you to slow down, recognize God’s gifts, and be grateful for all His blessings.

This yearlong devotional includes:

• a short daily reading encouraging you to open your heart with gratitude to all the ways God has blessed you
• an inspiring Scripture and a short prayer to help focus your heart on thankfulness as you go about your day

Each devotion is the perfect length to fit into even the busiest schedule, but substantial enough to start your day on just the right note.

This insightful, inspiring devotional examines the lives of specific women in the Bible and how their wants, needs, and feelings relate with those of women today. Each devotion includes a Scripture verse, and a reflection prompt.

This inspirational two-month devotional provides you with guidance and answers by highlighting the stories of women such as Esther, Ruth, Abigail, and many more. Each devotion focuses on relevant issues, such as:

• Anxiety, depression, prioritizing mental health
• Enoughness, equality, self-worth
• Grief, loss, infertility, healing
• Feminism, navigating a career, motherhood

60 Devotions Inspired by Women of the Bible is the perfect go-to daily reader for Christian women wanting to deepen their faith.

The Bible is the inspired Word of God, and over the centuries it has changed people’s lives and led them to God. Yet sometimes it can be a difficult book to understand. The culture in which the Bible was written is so different from our own that at times we struggle to understand what it means or how it is relevant to our modern lives.

In this 14-session audio Bible study, Bible professors John Walton and Mark Strauss give you the background you need to successfully understand even the difficult parts of the Word of God. They provide an overview of the Bible’s key themes, show what the teachings meant to the people at the time, and explain how those teachings apply to your life today. By the end, you will have a greater understanding of Scripture, know how all the books work together, and understand what God has done to make a way for you to come to him.

Sessions include:

1. Introduction (19:30)
2. Genesis-Exodus (20:00)
3. Leviticus-Deuteronomy (17:30)
4. Joshua-1 Samuel (20:30)
5. 2 Samuel-2 Kings (19:00)
6. 1 Chronicles-Nehemiah (18:00)
7. Esther-Psalm 90 (20:00)
8. Psalm 91-Song of Songs (20:30)
9. Isaiah-Lamentations (20:30)
10. Ezekiel-Malachi (20:00)
11. Matthew (19:30)
12. Mark-Acts 8 (24:00)
13. Acts 9-Philemon (21:00)
14. Hebrews-Revelation (24:00)

Coordinating study guide available separately.

The Audio Bible Studies series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook’s direct narration of a book’s text, this audio Bible study includes high-quality, live audio sessions from the author that cover important Bible-based topics. These sessions will reflect the ambiance of the unique recording locations, immersing the listener into the teaching. While not required for the audio experience, these studies are designed to partner with the coordinating study guide, sold separately.

Ever since he became a Christian at the age of forty, it has been Poirot actor David Suchet’s dream to make an audio recording of the complete Bible. In between filming the final episodes of Poirot, David Suchet spent over 200 hours in the recording studio to create the very first full-length audio version of the NIV Bible spoken by a single British actor.

This audio Bible is also available as an app. The app contains the full text of the New International Version (British Text), so you can easily navigate the audio or read and listen at the same time.

Ever since he became a Christian at the age of forty, it has been Poirot actor David Suchet’s dream to make an audio recording of the Bible. In between filming the final episodes of Poirot, David Suchet spent over 200 hours in the recording studio to create the very first full-length audio version of the NIV Bible spoken by a single British actor. This New Testament edition is excerpted from that Bible.

This audio Bible is also available as an app. The app contains the full text of the New International Version (British Text), so you can easily navigate the audio or read and listen at the same time.

Ever since he became a Christian at the age of forty, it has been Poirot actor David Suchet’s dream to make an audio recording of the Bible. In between filming the final episodes of Poirot, David Suchet spent over 200 hours in the recording studio to create the very first full-length audio version of the NIV Bible spoken by a single British actor. This Old Testament edition is excerpted from that Bible.

This audio Bible is also available as an app. The app contains the full text of the New International Version (British Text), so you can easily navigate the audio or read and listen at the same time.

The authors of the New Testament regularly quote and allude to Old Testament passages that point to the presence, person, and work of Jesus. Jesus himself claimed that Moses wrote about him (John 5:46). And on the road to Emmaus, Jesus instructed the disciples from “Moses and all the prophets” regarding himself (Luke 24:27).

Though Christians affirm that the Old Testament bears witness to Christ, how the Old Testament writers did this is a matter of extensive debate. Furthermore, Christian biblical scholars also debate the degree to which contemporary interpreters of the Bible can follow the hermeneutics of the New Testament authors in using the Old Testament to point to the person and work of Jesus Christ.

Five Views on Christ in the Old Testament is the first book to bring together in conversation the major views on how the Old Testament points to Christ. Contributors and views include:

• The First Testament Priority View (John Goldingay)
• The Christotelic View (Tremper Longman III)
• The Redemptive-Historical Christocentric View (Jason DeRouchie)
• The Reception-Centered Intertextual View (Havilah Dharamraj)
• The Premodern View (Craig Carter)

Each contributor presents their preferred methodology, showing readers how their interpretive approach best explains the biblical data. Additionally, authors provide case studies of various Old Testament passages that equip readers to better compare the strengths and weaknesses of each of author’s approaches. This essential resource will help readers learn practical steps to help them read the Old Testament more faithfully as it testifies to Jesus the Messiah.

Evolution–or the broader topic of origins–has enormous relevance to how we understand the Christian faith and how we interpret Scripture.

Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design presents the current “state of the conversation” about origins among evangelicals representing four key positions:

• Young Earth Creationism – Ken Ham (Answers in Genesis)
• Old Earth (Progressive) Creationism – Hugh Ross (Reasons to Believe)
• Evolutionary Creation – Deborah B. Haarsma (BioLogos)
• Intelligent Design – Stephen C. Meyer (The Discovery Institute)

The contributors offer their best defense of their position addressing questions such as:

• What is your position on origins – understood broadly to include the physical universe, life, and human beings in particular?
• What do you take to be the most persuasive arguments in defense of your position?
• How do you demarcate and correlate evidence about origins from current science and from divine revelation?
• What hinges on answering these questions correctly?

This book allows each contributor to not only present the case for his or her view, but also to critique and respond to the critiques of the other contributors, allowing you to compare their beliefs in an open forum setting to see where they overlap and where they differ.

Figures, a book list, and footnotes are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

Discover Different Christian Views on What Heaven Will Be Like

Christians from a variety of denominations and traditions are in middle of an important conversation about the final destiny of the saved. Scholars such as N. T. Wright and J. Richard Middleton have pushed back against the traditional view of heaven, and now some Christians are pushing back against them for fear that talk about the earthiness of our final hope distracts our attention from Jesus.

In the familiar Counterpoints format, Four Views on Heaven brings together a well-rounded discussion and highlights similarities and differences of the current views on heaven. Each author presents their strongest biblical case for their position, followed by responses and a rejoinder that model a respectful and irenic tone toward those with whom they disagree.

Positions and contributors include:

• Heaven: John S. Feinberg. This traditional view says our destiny is to leave earth and live forever in heaven where we will rest, worship, and serve God. We cannot say much about what heaven is like because its pleasures and glory will far surpass anything experienced here. We will be perfect in every way, both morally and in our knowledge. This heavenly vision may seem boring, but only because we are considering heaven from our earthly perspective.
• Earth: J. Richard Middleton. This position counters the popular Platonic notion of heaven by emphasizing that the saved will live forever with Jesus on this restored planet. Worshiping Jesus will be the climax of our experience, but we will also enjoy ordinary human activities in our redeemed state.
• Heavenly Earth: Michael Allen. Increasing number of Protestant theologians disagree with the otherworldly Platonic vision of our final destiny but also suspect that Kuyperians have swung too far in the other direction. His view sounds like a Protestant version of the beatific vision. We will be on earth, but totally locked into Jesus in unceasing praise. This view seeks to highlight both the strengths and weaknesses of the heavenly and earthly views.
• Roman Catholic Beatific Vision: Peter Kreeft. The beatific vision is the ultimate direct self communication of God to the individual. A person possessing the beatific vision reaches, as a member of redeemed humanity in the communion of saints, perfect salvation in its entirety, i.e. heaven. The notion of vision stresses the intellectual component of salvation, though it encompasses the whole of human experience of joy, happiness coming from seeing God finally face-to-face and not imperfectly through faith.

The Counterpoints series provides a forum for comparison and critique of different views on issues important to Christians. Counterpoints books address two categories: Church Life and Bible and Theology. Complete your library with other books in the Counterpoints series.

Women will love this topically arranged devotional for women that includes Scripture and timely devotional thoughts. With contributions from Joni Eareckson Tada, Ruth Bell Graham, Emilie Barnes, Rosa Parks, Elisabeth Elliot, and other godly women (gleaned from the NIV Women’s Devotional Bible), God’s Words of Life gives practical wisdom straight from the Bible. This beautiful book is perfect for personal use or to share with a friend.

What are the beliefs of the new movement known as the emerging church? In thought-provoking debate, prominent emerging leaders John Burke, Mark Driscoll, Dan Kimball, Doug Pagitt, and Karen Ward discuss their sometimes controversial views under the editorship of author and educator Robert Webber. Hear what they say about their views of Scripture, Christ, the atonement, other world religions, and other important doctrines, so you can come to your own conclusions about the emerging church.

Literary Critters is a truly unique book, introducing young readers to classic literary figures and encouraging them to use their imaginations. As William Shakesbear visits his fellow Literary Critter Guild members, he’s greeted with lots of advice from his author friends and has some adventures along the way.

This playful story promotes literacy and storytelling as quirky playwright William Shakesbear sets off to find some inspiration for his new play. Along the way, Will asks his Literary Critter friends about what inspires them to write–including Mole Dahl, Crane Austen, Beatrix Trotter, Edgar Talon Crow, Yak Kerouac, C.S. Shrewis, Langston Mews, and more. He also invites young readers to become part of the Literary Critters Guild and continue growing in their love for all things reading, writing, and books.

Literary Critters includes:

• A playful introduction to iconic authors
• Content for children ages 4-8, perfect for instilling a love of reading and literature

If your child loves?Literary Critters, check out these other titles by Sophie Corrigan:

• Pugtato Finds a Thing
• Pugtato Babysits the Snouts
• And board book–Pugtato Let’s Be Best Spuddies

A Comprehensive Resource for Today’s Christian Communicators.

This extensive encyclopedia is the most complete and practical work ever published on the art and craft of biblical preaching. Its 11 major sections contain nearly 200 articles, comprehensively covering topics on preaching and methodology, including:

• Sermon structure and “the big idea.”
• The art of introductions, transitions, and conclusions.
• Methods for sermon prep, from outlining to exercising.
• Approaches to different types of preaching: topical, expository, evangelistic, and more.
• Best practices for sermon delivery, speaking with authority, and using humor.
• Leveraging effective illustrations and stories.
• Understanding audience.
• and much more.

Entries are characterized by intensely practical and vivid writing designed to help preachers deepen their understanding and sharpen their communication skills. The contributors include a virtual Who’s Who of preaching from a cross section of denominations and traditions, such as Dallas Willard, John Ortberg, Rick Warren, Warren Wiersbe, Alice Mathews, John Piper, Andy Stanley, and many others.

Haddon Robinson and Craig Brian Larson–two of today’s most respected voices in preaching–provide editorial oversight.

Contributor information, an annotated bibliography, and accompanying charts and tables are available in the audiobook companion PDF download.

See your life and purpose in a whole new light–as part of God’s epic story–with this beautiful leather-look devotional. Through 365 daily Scripture readings arranged chronologically, plus bite-sized reflections and a daily takeaway, this unique devotional illuminates how God has been weaving his plan throughout history. Each day, you’ll be blessed with a reminder of God’s unrelenting love and pursuit of his people.

The Story Devotional is also wonderful companion to The Story.

Are you ready to accept a challenge that could dramatically change your life? This yearly prayer journal will help you pray with intention to reflect and connect with God.

The Weekly Prayer Project invites you to journal and pray with God using a 52-week guided prayer journal. You’ll learn to explore the different types of prayers found in the Bible, with journaling prompts that guide you to reflect on God’s work in your life.

In each week of this 12-month journal, you will find:

• A biblical theme to focus on
• A short but impactful Bible verse to help you reflect and meditate
• Inspirational insight to guide your thoughts and jumpstart your prayer project
• Journaling prompts to help you pray, reflect, and connect with God

The Weekly Prayer Project is perfect for beginners in faith and prayer life, and is full of a variety of prayers from gratitude to intercession.

This book comes in a prayer journaling format designed to help you focus and organize time for prayer. also serves as a companion for individual worship, bible studies, and small groups.

When it comes to relating Christianity to modern Western culture, perhaps no topic is more controversial than the relationship between Christianity and science.

Outside the church, the myth of an age-old conflict between science and Christianity is nearly ubiquitous in popular culture and can poison the well before a fruitful dialogue can begin. Within the church, opposing viewpoints on the relation between Christianity and science often lead to division and rancor.

Three Views on Christianity and Science addresses both types of conflict. Featuring leading evangelical representatives, it presents three primary options for the compatibility of Christianity and science and models constructive dialogue on the surrounding controversial issues.

The highlighted contributors and their views are:

• Michael Ruse, Independence View–When functioning correctly, science and Christian theology operate independently of each other, seeking answers to different questions through different means.
• Alister McGrath, Dialogue View–Though the natural sciences and Christian philosophy and theology function differently, they can and should inform each other.
• Bruce L. Gordon, Constrained Integration View–Science, philosophy, and theology all contribute to our understanding of reality. Their interactions constrain each other and together present an optimally coherent and integrated picture of reality.

By engaging with the viewpoints of the contributors, listeners will come away with a deeper understanding of the compatibility of science and Christianity, as well as of the positions of those who disagree with them. Scholars, students, pastors, and interested laypeople will be able to make use of this material in research, assignments, sermons and lessons, evangelism, and apologetics.

Unique among most debates on homosexuality, this book presents a constructive dialogue between people who disagree on significant ethical and theological matters, and yet maintain a respectful and humanizing posture toward one another.

Few topics are more divisive today than homosexuality. Two Views on Homosexuality, the Bible, and the Church brings a fresh perspective to a well-worn debate. While Christian debates about homosexuality are most often dominated by biblical exegesis, this book seeks to give much-needed attention to the rich history of received Christian tradition, bringing the Bible into conversation with historical and systematic theology.

To that end, both theologians and biblical scholars–well accomplished in their fields and conversant in issues of sexuality and gender–articulate and defend each of the two views:

• Affirming – represented by William Loader and Megan K. DeFranza
• Traditional – represented by Wesley Hill and Stephen R. Holmes

The main essays are followed by insightful responses that interact with their fellow essayists with civility. Holding to a high view of Scripture, a commitment to the gospel and the church, and a love for people–especially those most affected by this topic–the contributors wrestle deeply with the Bible and theology, especially the prohibition texts, the role of procreation, gender complementarity, and pastoral accommodation.

The book concludes with reflections from general editor Preston Sprinkle on the future of discussions on faith and sexuality.

Footnotes are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

The Counterpoints series presents a comparison and critique of scholarly views on topics important to Christians that are both fair-minded and respectful of the biblical text. Each volume is a one-stop reference that allows readers to evaluate the different positions on a specific issue and form their own, educated opinion.

The role of women in positions of worship and church leadership is one of the most divisive and inconclusive biblical debates.

Two Views on Women in Ministry furnishes you with a clear and thorough presentation of the two primary exegetical arguments so you can better understand each one’s strengths, weaknesses, and complexities.

• Egalitarian – equal ministry opportunity for both genders (represented by Linda L. Belleville and Craig S. Keener)
• Complementarian – men and women fill distinctive ministry roles (represented by Craig L. Blomberg and Thomas R. Schreiner)

This revised edition brings the exchange of ideas and perspectives into the traditional Counterpoints format. Each author states his or her case and is then critiqued by the other contributors.

The fair-minded, interactive Counterpoints forum allows you to compare and contrast the two different positions and form your own opinion concerning the practical and often deeply personal subject of women in ministry.

The footnotes are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

The Counterpoints series presents a comparison and critique of scholarly views on topics important to Christians that are both fair-minded and respectful of the biblical text. Each volume is a one-stop reference that allows readers to evaluate the different positions on a specific issue and form their own, educated opinion.

Churches have split and denominations have formed over the issue of church government. While many Christians can explain their church’s form of rule or defend it because of its “tried and true” traditions, few people understand their church’s administrative customs from a biblical perspective.

Who Runs the Church? explores questions such as: What model for governing the church does the Bible provide, and is such a model given for practical or spiritual reasons? Is there room for different methods within Christianity? Or is there a right way of “doing church”? And, finally, how (and by whom) should the church be governed?

Four predominant approaches to church government are presented by respected proponents:

• Episcopalianism – represented by Peter Toon
• Presbyterianism – represented by L. Roy Taylor
• Single-Elder Congregationalism – represented by Paige Patterson
• Plural-Elder Congregationalism – represented by Samuel E. Waldron

As in other Counterpoints books, each view is followed by critiques from the other contributors, and its advocate then responds.