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Our favorite pop, rock, hip hop, and country songs echo the wisdom literature of the Bible. Explore what hit songs can teach us about God and ourselves through "Pop Psalms."
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Our favorite pop, rock, hip hop, and country songs echo the wisdom literature of the Bible. Explore what hit songs can teach us about God and ourselves through "Pop Psalms."
Mark Noll’s powerful and insightful book The Civil War as a Theological Crisis resonates with struggles of our day.
Kaitlyn Scheiss' book, The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of our Neighbor, helps us think through how to be formed for living well in the political sphere.
He is our comfort in the storms of life. “Seeking God in Suffering” is 28-day devotional series about God's presence and provision in our struggles.
This book introduces parents and caregivers to four Building Blocks of Faith that will encourage them as they help children to find their place in God’s family, learn God’s story, live in hope, and discover their calling.
In this short piece, I will highlight four books that have been helpful in sermon preparation on the miracles of Jesus, a subject which occupies about 20% of the contents of the Gospels.
Looking for new ways to equip parents and kids to grow in faith at home? Check out Everyday Family Faith.
How do you read the gospels? Here's my book review of Jonathan Pennington's book, Reading the Gospels Wisely.
To Plant a Walnut Tree by Trevor Waldock, as the subtitle states, is a conversation about “how to create a fruitful legacy by using your experience.” Waldock engages with people in all walks of life who are concerned about how they are living life and wondering if all their busyness and activity really makes a difference.
When a child is grieving, we often do not know what to say or do. The best rule of thumb is to spend time with children and see how the grief is impacting them.
This new book helps Christians remember that the everyday things of life are important to God and are filled with his presence.
In Uncomfortable, Brett McCracken analyzes, laments, and offers perspective on the struggle, for as the old saw goes, even if you are fortunate enough to find the perfect church, you will surely ruin it when you join.
A biblical vision of worship that puts God on display through relationships that encourage both introverts and extroverts to go deep into their inner worlds while at the same time moving outward in sacrificial love.
This collection includes a series of articles focusing on each of the five solas — Scripture alone, faith alone, Christ alone, grace alone, and glory to God alone — along with a retrospective by Dr. Karin Maag, “The Reformation: What Did We Gain? What Did We Lose?”
What does “Reformed” mean anyway? This is a compilation of previous Banner articles by award-winning writer and former Banner editor Rev. Len Vander Zee on topics including election, the Trinity, original sin, and more.
Online cultural magazine, Think Christian, recently put out a new ebook, the “Pop Culture Primer,” that aims to help Christians consider what they watch, listen to, read, and play through the lens of their faith in Christ.
Nothing reaches kids like a well-told story with eyeball-grabbing art. If it’s time for a refresh of your personal or church library, check out these beautiful faith-forming books.
Family devotions can be a challenge! The book Teach Us to Pray by Lora Copley and Elizabeth Vander Haagen offers a solution by using short, child-friendly readings that follow the liturgical year.
The new short board book, found (yes, all lowercase letters) by Sally Lloyd-Jones, is a great way to introduce kids to Psalm 23. I can see this book as a great bedtime book for a toddler.
What does forgiveness really look like? Deb and Steven Koster, co-editors of Family Fire, address that question in a FREE new ebook, The Power of Forgiveness: A Guide to Healing.
I was blessed to know 3 of my grandparents growing up and all of them left a faith impression on me. I think one of the coziest places to hear God’s stories must be on the lap of a grandparent.
I want to introduce a resource that I hope will be helpful in describing a gospel-centered understanding of sex and intimacy.
How can an adult help a child enter into worship?
In Seamless Faith: Simple Practices for Daily Family Life, Traci Smith gives many practical ways to make the practices of daily life practices of faith.
This bible study is more challenging than most Small Group bible studies, encouraging others to dig deeper.