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Most people are familiar with the classics of Western literature, but few have actually read them. Written to equip readers for a lifetime of learning, this beginner's guide to reading the classics by renowned literary scholar Leland Ryken answers basic questions readers often have, including "Why read the classics?" and "How do I read a classic?" Offering a list of some of the best works from the last 2,000 years and time-tested tips for effectively...
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Are you stuck in your life journey and want to move forward? Do you want to learn why you are stuck and how to get out?
Come and explore the following:
The whys of procrastination
The secondary gains for staying in stuck
The forces of darkness thwarting your destiny
The spiritual paralysis binding you
The ungodly mindsets entrapping you
Leaving the Place Called Stuck is a book to awaken the bride of Christ out of her slumber. In this new awakening,...
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The Bible-based insights included in this revised and updated edition will give you the practical tools you need to recover from the trauma of divorce and complete the journey toward wholeness after the painful breakup of a marriage. Questions, self-tests, exercises, and practical information will enable you to: • Find the right lawyer and settle your divorce as fairly and as quickly as possible • Decide whether mediation is right for you •...
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¿Quiénes somos? ¿Qué propósito tiene la vida? Estas son preguntas inquietantes que todos en algún momento nos planteamos. La filosofía ha tratado de dar respuestas -favoreciendo invariablemente las ideas evolucionistas. Pero hay otra respuesta: la bíblica. Les Thompson, apegado rígidamente a la Palabra de Dios, despliega en esta obra su creencia en Dios como Autor y Diseñador de todo lo creado. Plantea en términos sencillos y con fuertes...
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Everything we do, say, and think reflects our fundamental worldview. Whether we realize it or not, basic beliefs about God, man, good and evil, history, and the future inevitably shape how we view and interact with the world. In this accessible student's guide, Phil Ryken, author and current president of Wheaton College, explains the distinguishing marks of a distinctly Christian worldview-exploring the existence of God, the nature of creation, the...
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Best-selling Names of God Pamphlet is a Chart of God's Names Found in the Bible, Plus the Meaning of Each Name
This is the best-selling Names of God chart sold through Christian bookstores. It explains God's character and attributes through his holy names. The many names of God found in the Old and New Testament, will build your faith and enrich the time you spend in God's presence through prayer and worship.
This full-color glossy, 12-panel pamphlet...
27) Learning Styles
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Learning Styles is full of practical, helpful, and eye-opening information about the different ways kids perceive information and then use that knowledge, as well as how their behavior is often tied to their particular learning style. When we understand learning styles-imaginative, analytic, common sense, and dynamic-and adjust our teaching or parenting to those styles, we begin reaching everyone God gives us to teach. When we understand learning...
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Una guía completa para enseñar la formación cristiana
Necesitamos revitalizar la tarea de enseñarles a las próximas generaciones, pero no con el enfoque estándar de "la forma en que lo hemos hecho siempre" o con la imprudencia pragmática de "cualquier forma es suficiente" que no alcanza la meta de ayudar a los estudiantes a crecer hacia la madurez. La próxima generación necesita maestros comprometidos, maestros sabios, maestros alegres y...
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This workbook is a collection of 31 stories from THE NEW TESTAMENT. It is designed to make the New Testament easier to read and understand, and the message is practical and very interesting for 9 to 12 year old students. It is certain to delight them and encourage them to make Bible Reading a part of their lives. Students will gain valuable background information about the life and teaching of Jesus Christ and the work of His Apostles. After students...
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En este libro, Roger Olson expone la teología arminiana clásica y trata las numerosas equivocaciones y deturpaciones que ha sufrido el arminianismo a lo largo de los tiempos. Conciliador, pero penetrante, Olson argumenta que la teología arminiana clásica tiene un lugar de derecho en la iglesia evangélica, ya que posee profundas raíces dentro de la teología reformada, aunque presenta importantes diferencias del calvinismo.
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Se da a luz este libro con la esperanza de que sea de valor inestimable para los miles de docentes que no tuvieron antes el privilegio de leer estas instrucciones. Además, para que también despierte un renovado interés y estudio en quienes sí leyeron porciones de él en su versión en inglés o en traducciones aisladas de ciertos párrafos, y así todos seamos conmovidos profundamente para seguir con más fidelidad, en la práctica diaria, los...
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Whether you are a new believer or have been a Christian for many years, mytwocents is designed to assist you in your walk with Christ. One of the indispensable keys to spiritual growth is time spent studying the Bible. Scripture gives us sound instruction on how to live our lives as well as how to enjoy the love, joy, and peace that come from a personal relationship with Jesus.
Section 1. The Christian life is the Spirit-filled life! When we are saved,...
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Godly Play, la práctica de ayudar a los niños a interiorizar el lenguaje cristiano a través del juego basada en el método Montessori, es un regalo de enorme valor para niños y adultos. La Guía completa de Godly Play: Método para enriquecer la espiritualidad infantil (vol. 1) es un recurso básico para aquellas personas comprometidas en la práctica de Godly Play. En esta edición, revisada y ampliada, encontrarás nuevos capítulos, contenido...
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• Growing need for resources to help parents engage in faith conversations at home
• Talking points, practices, and resources included
Home (not the congregation) and parents (not clergy, youth ministers, or Sunday School) are the key mechanisms by which religious faith and practice are transmitted intergenerationally. Recent studies indicate that the single most important factor in youth becoming committed and engaged in their religious faith...
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Sought-after resource for baptismal preparation for children and families, baptismal gifts, worship
Shows the diversity of family in a worship setting
An ideal book to read with children to wonder and learn about baptism, with illustrations that reflect the diversity of God's people. Grounded in the Episcopal liturgical tradition, it is an accessible and inviting introduction to baptism for children and families of many Christian traditions. While...
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The Christian Educator's Handbook on Adult Education represents one of the first comprehensive attempts by evangelicals to apply adult education theory to Christian education in general. In this book, contributors from across the evangelical spectrum present an accessible interpretation, application, and critique from a biblical perspective of the adult education model put forth by Malcolm Knowles. The result is a highly practical volume composed...
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Experience the time after Jesus' death through the eyes of the women who walked with Him: Mary, his mother, Mary Magdalene, Susanna, and Joanna, among others. Who were these women? What were they thinking, doing, and feeling in the months after the Crucifixion? What kept them going despite the efforts to stamp out Jesus' followers? Women of the Passion offers a tantalizing insight into the lives of these women and tells their story in all of its excitement...
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Many people believe that hearing God is about receiving right direction or right information from God for good decisions in life. Hearing God is much more intimate and real. If hearing God is merely about knowing what to do in life, then knowing what to do can become our god. In this book Ted J. Hanson presents over forty-two years of experience in hearing God as well as Biblical insights into the foundation for hearing God's voice. This book has...
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Stimulate your ability to perceive the plan of God for your life. God wants you to enjoy a life full of benefit, favor, and divine influence that catapults you into your heaven on earth. Learn how to be so in tune that you know, where destiny is guiding you. This divine position transforms your mind to view life's troubles and trials in a new way, because you can now see through the eyes of God. You will be able to embrace the predetermined plans...
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Religion is far too important to be taken seriously all the time--so says author Tom Sheridan, who in The Book of Catholic Jokes invites readers to laugh along with him and remember that faith can be--and should be--fun. Sheridan begins by discussing the importance of laughter and the relationship of humor to religion before launching into hilarious jokes. After all, Jesus said, "Unless you become like children, you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven."...
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