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Its Not Supposed To Be This Way Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99

SKU (ISBN): 9780310094340ISBN10: 0310094348Lysa TerKeurstBinding: Trade PaperPublished: November 2018Publisher: HarperChristian Resources

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When Church Stops Working
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What if the solution for the decline of today’s church isn’t more money, people, programs, innovation, and busyness?

What if the answer is to stop and wait on God?

In When Church Stops Working, ministry leaders Andrew Root and Blair Bertrand show how actively watching and listening for God can bring life out of death for churches in crisis today. Using clear steps and practices, they invite church leaders to stop the endless cycle of doing more and rather to simply “be” in God’s presence. They tell the story of two congregations who did this–and found new life in the process.

When Church Stops Working distills the core themes of Root’s critically acclaimed Ministry in a Secular Age series in a more accessible form. Leaders and churchgoers who are burned out and hopeless will experience affirmation, encouragement, and empowerment as Root and Bertrand turn to the book of Acts as well as examples from contemporary congregational life to show what “active” waiting looks like and the saving grace it can hold.

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Big Book Of Bible Story Coloring Activities For Early Childhood
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No matter which children’s curriculum you use or what type of children’s ministry program you have, Big Books will provide hours of creative Bible learning and fun! You’ll find games, art activities, coloring pages, creative storytelling, object lessons, Bible talks, crafts, puzzles, science experiments, and more! Plus each Big Book is reproducible and comes with perforated pages and a Scripture index.

Big Books are perfect for:
*Sunday School
*Children’s Church
*Evening Programs
*Vacation Bible School
*Christian Schools
*Home Schools
*Camps

Bible Story and Application Coloring Pages Help Children Connect to God’s Word! This reproducible resource features:
*More than 200 fun coloring pictures and 19 Bible memory verse pictures
*A Bible story and an application picture that reinforces each Bible story
*Extra ideas that make it easy to integrate with Bible learning activities
*HeartShaper Children’s Curriculum Preschool, Pre-K & K scope and sequence to correlate coloring pages

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Strengthening The Soul Of Your Leadership (Expanded)
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Foreword By Gary A. Haugen
Introduction
1. When Leaders Lose Their Souls
2. What Lies Beneath
3. The Place Of Our Own Conversion
4. The Practice Of Paying Attention
5. The Conundrum Of Calling
6. Guiding Others On The Spiritual Journey
7. Living Within Limits
8. Spiritual Rhythms In The Life Of The Leader
9. Leadership As Intercession
10. The Loneliness Of Leadership
11. From Isolation To Leadership Community
12. Finding God’s Will Together
13. Re-envisioning The Promised Land
Afterword By Leighton Ford
Discussion Guide
Appendix: How Is It With Your Soul?
Gratitudes

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“I’m tired of helping others enjoy God-I just want to enjoy God for myself.”

With this painful admission, Ruth Haley Barton invites us to an honest exploration of what happens when spiritual leaders lose track of their souls. Weaving together contemporary illustrations with penetrating insight from the life of Moses, Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership explores topics such as

responding to the dynamics of calling
facing the loneliness of leadership
leading from your authentic self
cultivating spiritual community
reenvisioning the promised land
discerning God’s will together

Each chapter includes a spiritual practice to ensure your soul gets the nourishment it needs. Forging and maintaining a life-giving connection with God is the best choice you can make for yourself and for those you lead.

This expanded edition includes a new appendix for self-evaluation, “How Is It with Your Soul?” and a flexible six- or twelve-week discussion guide for groups.

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Lead Like It Matters
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Discover the secret to igniting a life-giving, soul-transforming, people-inspiring movement in your organization, church, or ministry.

New York Times bestselling author Craig Groeschel is the founding and senior pastor of Life.Church, an innovative multisite church known around the world and an organization that Glassdoor has named a #1 U.S. Best Place to Work. But it didn’t happen by accident. In 1996, a handful of congregants worshipped together in a two-car garage. Today, the church welcomes tens of thousands of attendees in multiple states across the country and globally at Life.Church Online.

Lead Like It Matters presents Groeschel’s transformative insights on how to effectively build a thriving, enduring ministry and organization. Using his skills as a top leader, he combines straight-talk and wry honesty with biblical and leadership principles to equip you with the tools to:

*Recognize when your organization or ministry has the indefinable but tangible it that leads to success

*Identify and implement seven leadership principles for a church that lasts

*Ignite a fire in your team to leave behind what we’ve always done for the meaningful ministry you know is possible

*Discover the three areas every leader must master for success

Lead Like It Matters reveals the secret for building ministry momentum and then keeping it going.

*This is a completely revised and updated version of the book previously published as It.

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Deacons : How They Serve And Strengthen The Church
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How Can Deacons Mobilize Service in a Church?

Deacons are essential to church health-yet there is no clear consensus about their biblical job description. In Deacons: How They Serve and Strengthen the Church, Matt Smethurst makes the case that they are model servants called to meet tangible needs, organize and mobilize service, preserve the unity of the flock, support the ministry of the elders, and further the mission of the church. Relying on Scripture to clear the confusion, Smethurst details-in an engaging and practical way-how deacons can be deployed as healthy models of service to help congregations flourish.

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Lest We Drift
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How do we keep from drifting away from what makes us who we are? How do we even know we’re drifting?

In this provocative new book, Jared C. Wilson discusses the potentials and problems with evangelical departures from gospel-centrality. In a variety of ways, on both “the left” and “the right,” Wilson outlines these threats from angles sometimes imperceptible at first glance.

As you read Lest We Drift, you will recognize the signs of drift in the faith and teaching, and learn to navigate the five particular dangers prevalent in the church today:

*persecution complex
*spiritual dryness
*superficial faith
*attractional pragmatism
*cultural legalism

With biblical wisdom and cultural insight, this book will help you identify these potential hazards in your own Christian life and church; becoming better alert to the need to “pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it” (Heb. 2:1).

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Church : A Bible Study Wordbook For Kids
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This series of Children’s Wordbooks features important topics that will hellp kids grow in their faith. Perfect for use in Sunday School, Bible clubs, midweek programs, children’s church, even at home with a parent, these biblically based books are packed with Scripture, activities and ideas for personal application. Students will enjoy mazes, word searches, coloring pages, cryptograms, quizzes, certificates and much more!

The Church wordbook is part of a series that is most beneficial when used in conjunction with the other wordbooks in the series: Salvation, Baptism, Giving and Communion. In Church, the student will learn what church is and why we go. The distinction is made between simply the building that is sometimes called a church, and the real church made up of believers. They will understand what it means to be a living part of the Church that Jesus built. Also illustrated are the activities at church and why they are important. Activities include a crossword puzzle, maze, coloring page and true and false questions.

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Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God And Other Sermons Enlarged And Expande
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“Christ has thrown the door of mercy wide open,” and He stands crying out to all to accept His call. Delivered more than 250 years ago, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards remains the most famous sermon ever preached in American history. He presents a clear picture of the predicament of every sinner and lukewarm Christian, while showing how we can know we have God’s favor, avoid the tricks of the devil, and find our reward in heaven. With compelling words and now-classic imagery, Edwards describes the shaky position of those who do not follow Christ and God’s urgent call to receive His love and forgiveness today. This new, updated edition includes two other sermons that demonstrate the great mercy of God as well as Edwards’ own pastoral heart: “Pardon for the Greatest of Sinners” and “Many Mansions.”

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Remembering The Forgotten God (Workbook)
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In this workbook companion to the book Forgotten God, Chan reminds us of the true source of the church’s power – the Holy Spirit. This workbook is designed to take both individuals and small groups deeper, with multiple options for use including a 7-week small group study, individual study, and retreat weekends. Seven sessions

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Good Boundaries And Goodbyes Study Guide Plus Streaming Video (Student/Study Gui
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Relationships are wonderful . . . until they’re not.

Have you ever thought, I can’t keep doing this-something has to change? Or, I’ve tried everything to fix this relationship but nothing is working-I fear I’m becoming someone I don’t even like? Or even, I love this person, but this is starting to feel impossible?

Lysa TerKeurst understands this dance with dysfunction and wants to be your insightful, compassionate friend who will teach you that it isn’t unloving to set a boundary, and it isn’t unchristian to say goodbye. You’ll be relieved to learn that boundaries aren’t just a good idea, they’re a God idea. In this video Bible study, you will discover how to set boundaries you can keep, communicate them, and finally see them working in your life. Good Boundaries and Goodbyes was born out of Lysa’s own personal struggles with boundaries, extensive theological research, and therapeutic experiences that transformed the way she defined and pursued healthy relationships. Lysa is now more committed than ever to loving people well without losing the best of who she is. She wants to help you do the same.
Designed for use with Good Boundaries and Goodbyes Video Study (sold separately).

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Giving : A Bible Study Wordbook For Kids
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This series of Children’s Wordbooks features important topics that will hellp kids grow in their faith. Perfect for use in Sunday School, Bible clubs, midweek programs, children’s church, even at home with a parent, these biblically based books are packed with Scripture, activities and ideas for personal application. Students will enjoy mazes, word searches, coloring pages, cryptograms, quizzes, certificates and much more!

The Giving wordbook is part of a series that is most beneficial when used in conjunction with the other wordbooks in the series: Salvation, Church, Baptism and Communion. The idea of giving is a difficult concept for children to understand. Why do they have to give? Aren’t parents the ones with all the money? This wordbook helps explain to children the importance of giving as an act of obedience to God. Additionally, this book clarifies the specific reasons to give: to help the church pay the bills and bring more people into God’s family. It helps kids understand that their money is going to support the church and bring glory to the Lord. Also explained is how much to give and how to give. Kids are reminded that the most important part of giving is your attitude, because God loves the person who gives happily! Activities include a connect the dots and coloring page. Students will be able to design their own offering envelope, read the story of “Alex and the Lemonade Stand” and count the coin pile.

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Isaiah Bible Study Book With Video Access
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Isaiah served as God’s mouthpiece to the nation of Judah but also to the surrounding nations. His message echoes into our lives today as we read his call to rely on the Lord. Using the genres of poetry, narrative, and prophecy, Isaiah communicated clearly that followers of God could trust in Him.

As you study the chapters Isaiah wrote-from his challenging words to the nation of Israel to his prophecies of the Messiah to come-learn to rest in God’s promises and grow in trust. Unpacking Isaiah’s words will reveal that you can trust God more than your own human effort or the counterfeits the world suggests. You won’t be striving harder, but instead trusting more deeply the Faithful One who is so worthy of our utter dependence. In Him you’ll find the comfort and peace you need to sustain you.

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Smart Stepfamily Participants Guide Revised And Updated (Student/Study Guide)
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Get the Most out of The Smart Stepfamily

Discover the key steps to building a healthy family with stepfamily expert Ron L. Deal. This interactive workbook is guaranteed to help you benefit from The Smart Stepfamily book and DVD. It includes:
– discussion questions for before and after each DVD session
– space to take notes
– bonus question and answer section
– group leader instructions
– guidelines for facilitating effective groups

Through eight engaging sessions, you’ll learn useable solutions for everyday living and glean valuable insight and practical tips for becoming a smart stepfamily.

Ideal for small groups, premarital counseling, or personal study. Use with The Smart Stepfamily book (Revised and Expanded Edition) and Small-Group DVD Resource (Revised and Expanded Edition).

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Church Called Tov
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What is the way forward for the church?

Tragically, in recent years, Christians have gotten used to revelations of abuses of many kinds in our most respected churches-from Willow Creek to Harvest, from Southern Baptist pastors to Sovereign Grace churches. Respected author and theologian Scot McKnight and former Willow Creek member Laura Barringer wrote this book to paint a pathway forward for the church.

We need a better way. The sad truth is that churches of all shapes and sizes are susceptible to abuses of power, sexual abuse, and spiritual abuse. Abuses occur most frequently when Christians neglect to create a culture that resists abuse and promotes healing, safety, and spiritual growth.

How do we keep these devastating events from repeating themselves? We need a map to get us from where we are today to where we ought to be as the body of Christ. That map is in a mysterious and beautiful little Hebrew word in Scripture that we translate “good,” the word tov.

In this book, McKnight and Barringer explore the concept of tov-unpacking its richness and how it can help Christians and churches rise up to fulfill their true calling as imitators of Jesus.

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Before We Gather
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A 52-week devotional for ministry leaders and worship teams to prepare their hearts and minds for the service and make the worship experience of their church more meaningful.

Anyone involved in organized worship has probably seen what worship can be, and they’ve wondered: How can we tap into that transformative spirit more often? How can we overcome the problems of urgency, fatigue, and the temptation to just go through the motions? How can we gather before God, consistently ready to receive his presence?

In Before We Gather, Zac Hicks–author of the best-selling book The Worship Pastor–provides a unique, year-long devotional that focuses the attention of worship teams and individuals on God. This book offers biblical reflection in a simple, engaging style, helping worship teams set the tone of a gathering by developing a rich theology of worship through the practice of prayer.

Full of field-tested devotionals specifically designed for pre-service prayer times, each entry has a simple, three-part format: read a passage, reflect on it, and then spend time in focused prayer that will propel worshipers into the service.

The 52 entries can be used once a week over the course of an entire year and are also indexed according to themes, individual Scripture verses, and the church calendar, allowing you to adapt and use this resource in the way that best fits your context.

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Real Life Discipleship (Student/Study Guide)
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Real-Life Discipleship explains what should happen in the life of every Christian and in every small group so that the church becomes an army of believers dedicated to seeing the world saved. With the overriding goal to train disciples who know how to make more disciples, this book offers proven tools and strategies from Real Life Ministries, one of America’s fastest-growing churches. Discover what the Bible says about true and effective discipleship with these strategies and practices.

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From Beginning To Forever Bible Study Book With Video Access
$36.65

Many Christians today are daunted by the Bible, seeing the size and scope of Scripture as intimidating and overwhelming. The result is often a fragmented understanding of parts of the Bible, which leads us to view it through the lens of our individual stories, primarily looking for different verses or passages to help us live our everyday lives. But, in our search for personal truth, we fail to see how the entirety of Scripture works together to show a bigger story-God’s work to redeem and restore the entire world.

In From Beginning to Forever, Elizabeth Woodson guides you through the story of the Bible, showing how all 66 books combine to form one unified narrative. Weaving together the rich theological truths found in Genesis through Revelation, this 8-session study shows the eternal significance of what God is doing in the world and how he invites us to be a part of it.

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Without Wavering Bible Study Book With Video Access (Student/Study Guide)
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Enduring, resilient, courageous-these are qualities we want to describe our faith in God. But the truth is that faith is hard, especially when trials, setbacks, and failures seem to define us.

The good news is a life of resilient faith is possible.

In this 7-session Bible study with teaching videos, Alexandra Hoover offers encouraging words of hope and examples of unwavering faith from the Bible. Through hope in Christ, you can become the woman who weathers the storms of life with renewed strength and confidence in who God is and who He says you are.

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Healing The Wounded Heart (Reprinted)
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First published in 1989, Dan Allender’s The Wounded Heart has helped hundreds of thousands of people come to terms with sexual abuse in their past. Now, more than twenty-five years later, Allender has written a brand-new book on the subject that takes into account recent discoveries about the lasting physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual ramifications of sexual abuse.

With great compassion Allender offers hope for victims of rape, date rape, incest, molestation, sexting, sexual bullying, unwanted advances, pornography, and more, exposing the raw wounds that are left behind and clearing the path toward wholeness and healing. Never minimizing victims’ pain or offering pat spiritual answers that don’t truly address the problem, he instead calls evil evil and lights the way to renewed joy.

Counselors, pastors, and friends of those who have suffered sexual harm will find in this book the deep spiritual guidance they need to effectively minister to the sexually broken around them. Victims themselves will find here a sympathetic friend to walk alongside them on the road to healing.

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How Not To Waste A Crisis
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Rising to the occasion calls for a new skill set. But when crises hit, we return to our defaults and double down. The upheaval you find yourself in can reframe your leadership and revive your team.

In this volume, an ideal place to begin the Practicing Change Series, Tod Bolsinger explores the opportunity available in a reality shaken by health, financial, social, and political disasters. Crisis is an opportunity to stop trying harder and begin embracing adaptability. Through observation, interpretation, and intervention, we as leaders can explore a way forward. When your church or nonprofit needs fresh vision, take these steps to learn how to lead anew, and then continue on your leadership journey with the next volumes.

In this essential Christian leadership resource, you’ll find:

*Wisdom on leading your organization through a crisis by embracing adaptability
*Practical advice from experienced Christian leader and bestselling author Tod Bolsinger
*Brief and accessible chapters sprinkled with colorful illustrations
*Real-life case studies and balcony time exercises for teams

The Practicing Change Series from Tod Bolsinger offers an engaging introduction to how we process organizational change and come through with renewed mission and vision. Each of the four illustrated volume opens and closes with a case study and includes balcony time exercises for teams to process together. Also available: The Mission Always Wins, Leading Through Resistance, and Invest in Transformation.

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I Want To Trust You But I Dont Bible Study Guide Plus Streaming Video (Student/S
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Trust is the oxygen of all human relationships. But it’s also what trips you up after you’ve been burned. Maybe a friend constantly lets you down. A leader or organization you respect turns out to be different than they portray themselves to be. A spouse cheats on you. A family member betrays you. You’re exhausted by other people’s choices and starting to question your own discernment. And you’re wondering, If God let this happen, can he even be trusted?

How can you live well and step into the future when you keep stumbling over trust issues? Lysa TerKeurst says it’s not simply about finding better people to walk with. It’s about developing the stability you long for within yourself and with God, so you don’t become cynical and carry a broken belief system into every new relationship.

In I Want to Trust You, but I Don’t Bible Study, Lysa digs into the Scriptures and helps you apply how to:

*identify which of the eleven relational red flags are stirring up distrust, so you can pinpoint why you’re feeling uneasy;

*stop having more faith in your fears coming true than God coming through for you by asking crucial what if questions to better process your doubts;

*recognize when a fractured relationship can be repaired by considering a reasonable list of characteristics necessary for rebuilding trust; and

*understand the physical, emotional, and neurological impact of the betrayals you’ve experienced and start healing from the inside out.

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Experiencing God Bible Study Book With Video Access
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Experiencing God Bible Study Book includes revised printed content for 12 sessions, personal study between group sessions, and applicable Scripture. Also, each Book contains unique codes that enable you to access teaching videos for each session.

Over the years, God has used the truths of Experiencing God to awaken believers to a radically God-centered way of life. As a result, millions have come to know God intimately, to recognize His voice, and to understand His will for their lives. This new edition is revised, updated, and ready to help you again-or for the very first time-experience your Creator.

God is inviting you into an intimate love relationship through which He reveals to you His will, His ways, and His work. When you recognize where God is working, you can join Him in what He is doing. Carefully listening to His voice will anchor you in His plan and set you free to live it with boldness and freedom. Then you will experience God doing through you what only He can do.

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Grateful Bible Study Book (Student/Study Guide)
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The Bible shows us that becoming a grateful person begins with acknowledging how the One who owes us nothing has given us everything. This 4-session study will help you develop a thankful heart that can be cultivated into a continual harvest of gratitude, regardless of the circumstances.

Each week you’ll look at a profile of someone in the Bible with a grateful heart, find teaching from Scripture on gratefulness, focus on a psalm of thanksgiving, and be encouraged to practice gratitude. When you’re able to see the biblical basis of living with a grateful heart, you will be more motivated to thank God in all things.

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Helping Without Hurting In Short Term Missions Participants Guide
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When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation and has sold over 225,000 copies. Now, this stand-alone resource applies the principles of “helping without hurting” specifically to short term missions.

Helping Without Hurting: Short Term Missions is aimed at the preparation and debriefing of short-term missionaries. It will take the fully-formed ideas of When Helping Hurts and apply them to short-term missions with theory, application, examples, and reader interaction through questions and journaling. It will be an ideal resource for churches, Christian colleges, missions agencies, and missionaries to use in preparing people to serve in a short term capacity without hurting the poor they are trying to serve.

With eight units, six of which are built around free, online video content, Helping Without Hurting: Short Term Missions Participants Guide is the ideal short-term missions team resource for training, discussion, application in the field, and reflection on the experience after returning.

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Forming Resilient Children
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Many children today are growing up in the midst of adversity, whether family difficulties or larger societal crises.

All children need to be able to deal with stress, cope with challenges, and persevere through disappointments. While we cannot protect children from all hardships, we can promote healthy development that fosters resilience. In this interdisciplinary work, Holly Catterton Allen builds a bridge between resilience studies and children’s spiritual formation. Because children are spiritual beings, those who work with them can cultivate spiritual practices that are essential to their thriving in challenging times. This book equips educators, counselors, children’s ministers, and parents with ways of developing children’s spirituality to foster the resilience needed to face the ordinary hardships of childhood and to persevere when facing trauma. It offers particular insight into the spiritual experiences of children who have been hurt by life through chronic illness, disability, abuse, or disasters, with resources for healing and hope.

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Invest In Transformation
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There is no transformation without trust, but trust is not transformation. We must learn how to invest trust for transformation.

Groups that have become skeptical need leadership to refuel a sense of community and continuity if change is going to happen. But trust can be easily hoarded or squandered. This Practicing Change volume from Tod Bolsinger outlines steps to envision trust for the sake of growth.

In this essential Christian leadership resource, you’ll find:

*Wisdom on reviving trust within your community to enable transformative growth
*Practical advice from experienced Christian leader and bestselling author Tod Bolsinger
*Brief and accessible chapters sprinkled with colorful illustrations
*Real-life case studies and balcony time exercises for teams

The Practicing Change Series from Tod Bolsinger offers an engaging introduction to how we process organizational change and come through with renewed mission and vision. Each of the four illustrated volume opens and closes with a case study and includes balcony time exercises for teams to process together. Also available: How Not to Waste a Crisis, The Mission Always Wins, and Leading Through Resistance.

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Forgiving What You Cant Forget Bible Study Guide Plus Streaming Video
$24.99

If you’ve ever felt stuck in a cycle of unresolved pain, playing offenses over and over in your mind–if you’ve ever been hurt so badly that you don’t know if you’ll ever get past it–discover what the Bible really says about forgiveness and how to find the peace that comes from embracing it.

Forgiveness is a major part of the Christian faith. But how do we actually put it into practice when we’re the ones who’ve been hurt? We know God commands us to forgive each other. But, apart from simply saying the words, I forgive you, many of us have unasked questions about it:

*How does it work? On our minds, souls, circumstances–what’s actually happening when we forgive?

*Why is it so important, and what’s the difference between forgiveness and simply moving on?

*When should I forgive, and are their exceptions?

*How can I find healing for myself, even if my act of forgiveness doesn’t seem to change the person who hurt me?

These are just some of the questions that bestselling author and teacher Lysa TerKeurst explores in this six-session video Bible study (video streaming included) that will walk with you on a step-by-step process–through biblical answers, deep empathy, and the therapeutic insight that comes from Lysa’s personal experiences–toward the grace of forgiveness and the freedom from the pain of past wrongs.

This study guide has everything you need for a full Bible study experience, including:

*The study guide itself–with discussion and reflection questions, video notes, and a leader’s guide.

*An individual access code to stream all six video sessions online (you don’t need to buy a DVD!).

Sessions and video run times:

1. What Am I Supposed to Do with All the Hurt? (25:30)
2. Your Mind, Your Mouth, Your Master (21:30)
3. The Divine Echo (27:00)
4. There’s Always a Meanwhile (24:00)
5. The Compounding Effect of Unforgiveness (15:00)
6. This Isn’t Easy, But It Is Good (21:30)

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Streaming video access code included. Access code subject to expiration after 12/31/2027. Code may be redeemed only by the recipient of this package. Code may not be transferred or sold separately from this package. Internet connection required. Void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by law. Additional offer details inside.

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Comparison Girl Companion Journal
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A thoughtful, helpful workbook to delve even deeper into understanding the dangers of comparison

An ideal companion for readers of Shannon Popkin’s Comparison Girl, this workbook, developed by Shannon herself, is designed to walk women through an even richer experience.

Shannon takes the core message of each chapter in Comparison Girl and expands it here, helping readers not simply read but consider the real ways comparison has entered their lives and impacted their walk with God and those around them. Women will not only discover those hidden pockets of unexpected judgment, but will also learn how they can free themselves from the comparison trap.

The workbook is appropriate for both group and individual Bible study, and includes journaling pages, coloring pages, personal Scripture studies, and extra notes from Shannon for daily blessings.

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Mission Always Wins
$16.00

It’s time to further the mission. Not the boss, not the team, not the stakeholders-the mission.

Change requires tough decisions. But when the focus is blurred, how can we stay on track? We need clarity and agreement on the real task at hand-our genuine mission. This Practicing Change volume from Tod Bolsinger guides us through naming competing values and realigning the driving purpose with missional clarity.

In this essential Christian leadership resource, you’ll find:

*Wisdom on clarifying your organization’s purpose to give your team an aligned mission
*Practical advice from experienced Christian leader and bestselling author Tod Bolsinger
*Brief and accessible chapters sprinkled with colorful illustrations
*Real-life case studies and balcony time exercises for teams

The Practicing Change Series from Tod Bolsinger offers an engaging introduction to how we process organizational change and come through with renewed mission and vision. Each of the four illustrated volume opens and closes with a case study and includes balcony time exercises for teams to process together. Also available: How Not to Waste a Crisis, Leading Through Resistance, and Invest in Transformation.

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Leading Through Resistance
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When facing losses, even the best teammates can start pushing back. As teams wrestle with uncertainty, leaders need to chart a steady course. Join Tod Bolsinger as he teaches unexpected skills for engaging resistance and moving the mission forward.

In this essential Christian leadership resource, you’ll find:

*Wisdom on leading communities past losses with courage and empathy
*Practical advice from experienced Christian leader and bestselling author Tod Bolsinger
*Brief and accessible chapters sprinkled with colorful illustrations
*Real-life case studies and balcony time exercises for teams

The Practicing Change Series from Tod Bolsinger offers an engaging introduction to how we process organizational change and come through with renewed mission and vision. Each of the four illustrated volume opens and closes with a case study and includes balcony time exercises for teams to process together. Also available: How Not to Waste a Crisis, The Mission Always Wins, and Invest in Transformation.

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Suffering And The Heart Of God
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Do Trauma and Abuse Have the Last Word?

When someone suffers through trauma, can healing happen? And, if yes, how does it happen? Dr. Diane Langberg tackles these complex and difficult questions with the insights she has gained through more than forty years of counseling those whose lives have been destroyed by trauma and abuse. Her answer carefully explained in Suffering and the Heart of God is Yes, what trauma destroys, Christ can and does restore.

But it s not a fast process, instead much patience is required from family, friends, and counselors as they wisely and respectfully help victims unpack their traumatic suffering through talking, tears, and time. And it s not a process that can be separated from the work of God in both a counselor and counselee. Dr. Langberg calls all of those who wish to help sufferers to model Jesus s sacrificial love and care in how they listen, love, and guide. The heart of God is revealed to sufferers as they grow to understand the cross of Christ and how their God came to this earth and experienced such severe suffering that he too is well-acquainted with grief. The cross of Christ is the lens that transforms and redeems traumatic suffering and its aftermath, not only for the sufferer, but it also transforms those who walk with the suffering. This book will be a great help to anyone who loves, listens to, and seeks to help someone impacted by trauma and abuse. There is no quick fix, but there is the hope for healing through the love of God in Christ.

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Your First Step To Celebrate Recovery
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You’ve undoubtedly heard the expression “time heals all wounds.” Unfortunately, it isn’t true. As many pastors and counselors know, people still carry hurts from thirty or forty years ago. The truth is, time often makes things worse. Wounds that are left untended fester and spread infection throughout your entire body. Time only extends the pain if the problem isn’t dealt with.

Your First Step to Celebrate Recovery introduces you to a biblical and balanced program that has helped nearly a million people overcome their hurts, hang-ups, and habits. Based on the actual words of Jesus found in the Sermon on the Mount rather than psychological theory, the Celebrate Recovery program has helped people for over 20 years to grow toward full Christ-like maturity. Author and founder John Baker tells the true story of how Celebrate Recovery became one of the largest Christ-centered recovery programs in history. Baker will help you discover how God’s love, truth, grace and forgiveness can bring healing into your life.

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Team Decision Making Inventory
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This inventory will help you identify how each of your church members or business leaders functions best-whether a Doer, Collector, Planner, or Analyzer. Then you can determine if you need additional help due to a lack of input, skills or gifts in your own team. Includes questionnaire; 2-part, self-scoring answer sheet; and instructions.

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Serve Your City Participants Guide (Student/Study Guide)
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An ARC Resources Title

This Participant’s Guide small group curriculum draws people to the heart of God, reveals their unique giftedness, and points them to practical opportunities to reach the people in their neighborhoods and communities.

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Preparing For Baptism
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Introduction
Session 1: A Sign That We Have A New Hope
Session 2: A Sign That We Have A New Family
Session 3: A Sign That We Have A New Life

Additional Info
Like a window, baptism helps us see what a Christian is and what it means to live the Christian life. Baptism expresses a Christian’s new hope, new family and new life. It’s like a funeral, naming ceremony and wedding rolled into one!

This three-session Bible course is designed for:
– people who have recently decided to follow Jesus
– people who want to be baptized
– people who want to understand the significance of their baptism

It will help you understand the gospel and know how to begin the Christian life.

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Apostles : The Fathering Servant
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Bill Scheidler has illuminated the qualifications and function of an apostle today by approaching the subject from a purely biblical point of view. Apostles compares this biblical view with current apostolic trends found in the church today. If you are a leader or pastor, Apostles will serve as your roadmap to understanding the function of an apostle today.

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Emotionally Healthy Relationships Expanded Edition Workbook Plus Streaming (Expa
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As Part 2 of the Emotionally Healthy Discipleship Course, Pete and Geri Scazzero developed Emotionally Healthy (EH) Relationships over a 27-year period to directly address core biblical principles to guide you and others into an experience of discipleship that will deeply change your life. In EH Relationships Expanded Edition, everyone will learn 8 practical relationship skills to develop mature, loving relationships with others such as:

*Stop Mind Reading and Clarify Expectations
*Incarnational Listening
*Climb the Ladder of Integrity
*Clean Fighting

And since loving others and loving God cannot be separated, each person will also grow in their personal, first-hand relationship with Jesus by incorporating stillness, silence, and Scripture as daily life rhythms. Part 2 of the Emotionally Healthy Discipleship Course also includes the newly filmed Emotionally Healthy Relationships video and the Emotionally Healthy Relationships Day by Day devotional.

This workbook includes:

*Individual access to eight streaming video sessions
*Session introductions, group discussion questions, and personal action steps
*Between-sessions personal study
*Leader’s Guide and valuable appendices

Join us for a powerful journey that will walk you through a door that will change forever the way you love God, others, and yourself.

*Streaming video access code included. Access code subject to expiration after 12/31/2028. Code may be redeemed only by the recipient of this package. Code may not be transferred or sold separately from this package. Internet connection required. Void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by law. Additional offer details inside.

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New City Catechism For Kids
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The New City Catechism: Children’s Edition is a modern-day resource aimed at teaching the core doctrines of the Christian faith to children ages 2-11. This 64-page booklet contains each of the 52 easy-to-understand questions and short answers found in The New City Catechism designed to help children understand who God is and what he has done. With answers that are short enough for children to read, understand, and memorize, this low-cost booklet is designed for bulk distribution and is ideally suited for Sunday school classes, Christian schools, and homeschooling families. This resource is sold individually and as part of the curriculum kit.

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Preaching To A Divided Nation
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We live in angry times. No matter where we go, what we watch, or how we communicate, our culture is rife with division and polarization. Unfortunately, Christians appear to be caught up in the same animosity as the culture at large. While our faith calls us to Christian unity, the hard fact remains: our churches are tragically divided across class, ethnic, gender, and political lines. As these social chasms grow–both inside and outside the church–the role of the preacher becomes paramount.

This book issues a prophetic call to pastors to use the influence of their pulpits to promote reconciliation and unity in their churches and communities. Two scholar-practitioners who are experts in homiletics and reconciliation present a practical, 7-step model that empowers faithful leaders to bring healing and peace to their fractured churches and world. The book includes questions for reflection, salient illustrations, and an accountability covenant. It also includes useful appendixes on preaching themes, preaching texts, and sample sermons from three leading preachers: Ralph Douglas West, Rich Villodas, and Sandra Maria Van Opstal.

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How To Prepare Sermons
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Especially valuable if you’re a layperson who is sometimes called upon to preach. Dr. Evans provides you with a clearly written guide for study, selection of sermon texts and themes, and sermon building. He covers the basics in a conversational manner you’ll appreciate. Includes outlines of sermons and Bible readings. Practical for ministers and students, too.

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Mans Question Gods Answer (Revised)
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Filled with discussions on more than 200 topics and issues that separate us from the perfect will of God, Man’s Question, God’s Answer is not just a book for counsellors. It is also a vital and powerful tool for personal evangelism. LuAnn Bransby has designed this book to reveal the consequences of sin as well as the blessings of God to those who overcome. Its easy-to-use format will help you take control over your life and circumstances, and help others who face similar problems and issues. If you are searching for the right answer to a difficult situation or sinful behavior, this is the book to read!

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Teach Us To Pray Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
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Jesus did not teach His disciples how to preach, teach, or grow a church, but He did teach them to pray. In this 13 lesson study guide, Ray Petty shares passionate wisdom that will inspire you to participate with God to boldly advance the kingdom of heaven on the earth. Perfect for individual or group study, each lesson culminates with practical exercises for reflection and activation. Through this life-changing book, you will: learn to pray the Word; practice the very presence of God; be transformed from the inside out; make a difference.

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Learning Biblical Hebrew Workbook
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The Learning Biblical Hebrew Workbook is an essential companion for students using Learning Biblical Hebrew: Reading for Comprehension.The workbook includes guided readings tailored to the growing knowledge of the student using the introductory grammar. After the opening chapters containing grammar exercises to reinforce basic concepts, students begin reading actual Hebrew text based on the Joseph story from Genesis 37a “50. The text has been abridged and modified to present students with a text that they can read with minimal help. The readings are accompanied with three types of annotations: the Hebrew root or lexical form, an English gloss, or grammatical and textual explanations. The notes are provided to facilitate reading comprehension by identifying unfamiliar words and concepts. As familiarity with vocabulary and grammar increases, the readings are modified less and less until students are essentially reading the standard Hebrew text used in most Hebrew Bibles today. After completing the beginning Biblical Hebrew reader based on the Joseph story, students move on to the intermediate Biblical Hebrew reader that includes the books of Ruth, Jonah, and Esther. The continuous practice of reading Biblical Hebrew text is an essential part of truly understanding and experiencing what you read. The Learning Biblical Hebrew Workbook provides that essential reading practice that will make your study of Biblical Hebrew come alive.

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Love Your Church
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God calls us to be devoted to one another in love (Romans 12:10). What does this look like for us today? How can we be the kind of church member who makes a real difference?

This engaging book by Tony Merida explores what church is, why being part of it is exciting, and why it’s worthy of our love and commitment. He sets out eight privileges and responsibilities of a church member: to belong, to welcome, to gather, to care, to serve, to honor, to witness and to send.

As we see how wonderful it is to belong to God’s family and be a part of his amazing witness to both the earthly and the heavenly realms, we’ll grow in our love for and commitment to our local church.

This is a great book for every churchgoer to read, whether they’re new or have been attending for some time but need re-energizing with God’s vision for the local church.

With a discussion guide at the end of the book, Love Your Church is also a great resource for small groups.

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I Still Believe Leaders Guide
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Many small group leaders feel ill-equipped to create natural conversation that leads to a meaningful experience for their group members. This I Still Believe Leader’s Guide works in conjunction with the video series to equip group leaders with helpful tips on leading a group, thoughtful discussion questions for each week, and suggested scripture to read. Create a directed, safe, and open environment to lead your group to trusting and leaning on God and his promises during life’s most difficult times.

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Elijah Bible Study Book (Student/Study Guide)
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Old Testament heroes are best known for their most celebrated, highlight moments: Moses dividing the Red Sea; David slaying Goliath; Gideon routing an insurmountable army; Joshua marching around the defiant walls of Jericho.

And Elijah-calling down fire on Mount Carmel.

Blinded by the remarkable narratives of our biblical heroes, we can forget they each had a backstory-months and years of development, even difficulty, which fortified their spiritual muscle and prepared them for the tasks that made their lives unforgettable.

This 7-session Bible study, on one of the premier ancient prophets, is your invitation to surrender to that process.

Every serious believer longs to summon up the kind of boldness and faith that can stand firm on Mount Carmel and pray down heaven into impossible situations. Yet few are willing to go through the process required to get them there. Strength of faith, character, and boldness can only be shaped in the hidden fires of silence, sameness, solitude, and adversity. Those who patiently wait on God in the darkness emerge with their holy loyalty cemented, their courage emblazoned, and their confident belief in Him set afire.

Join author and Bible teacher Priscilla Shirer on a journey through the life and times of Elijah. Discover how the fire on Mount Carmel was forged in the valley of famine. And how the emboldened, fiery faith you desire is being fashioned by God in your life right now.

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Luke In The Land Teen Girls Bible Study Book With Video Access (Student/Study Gu
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In our Bibles, we have four Gospels describing Jesus’s time on earth: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The land of Israel-the place Jesus walked and taught during His earthly ministry-is often referred to as the “fifth Gospel.”

Follow Kristi McLelland through Israel as we study snapshots from the Gospel of Luke to see where the stories of the Bible took place. Over seven sessions, teen girls will get to join in the journey as Kristi teaches from locations in Israel like Bethlehem, the Sea of Gallilee, Gethsemane, Jerusalem, and the road to Emmaus. Along the way, they’ll see how Jesus, the Messiah, brought His kingdom to earth for everybody.

*7 video teaching sessions shot in Israel with Kristi McLelland, available via redemption code printed in the Bible study workbook

*Beautiful color photography that helps you visualize places where Jesus ministered

*6 weeks of personal study

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Stay The Course
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A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR EFFECTIVELY MAKING DISCIPLES IN YOUR CHURCH

Pastors and church leaders desperately want to make disciples, but they often find themselves veering off the road of discipleship-or even heading toward a cliff. The many challenges of ministry cause churches to stray from effectively making disciples.

Stay the Course keeps leaders on the path, so they can help people follow Jesus until the end.

Church consultant and lead pastor Brandon Guindon uses seven essential practices-or “guardrails”-to guide you along the road of disciple making in your local context. These core practices come from his experience in various church contexts-from church plants to churches in transition-and guard you from danger on your journey.

Embrace these seven practices as Stay the Course challenges and inspires you. This resource helps you apply them to your personal life and implement them in your church, resulting in churches that faithfully make disciples and disciples who stay on track.

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Standard Lesson Commentary KJV 2024-2025
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As the world’s most popular annual Bible commentary for more than three decades, Standard Lesson Commentary (SLC) provides 53 weeks of study in a single volume and combines thorough Bible study with relevant examples and questions.

Key features include:

*Verse-by-verse explanation of the Bible text
*Detailed lesson context
*Pronunciation guide for difficult words
*Printed Scripture
*Discussion starters
*A review quiz for each quarter

Available in the King James Version (KJV) and New International Version(R) (NIV) Bible translations, the SLC is based on the popular Uniform Series. This series, developed by scholars from numerous church fellowships, outlines an in-depth study of the Bible over a multi-year period.

The four main themes of the 2024-2025 study are:

*Worship in the Covenant Community-Genesis, Exodus, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Isaiah, Psalms, John

*A King Forever and Ever-Ruth, 2 Samuel, Psalms, Matthew, Luke

*Costly Sacrifice-Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Matthew, Hebrews, 1 John, Revelation

*Sacred Altars and Holy Gifts-Genesis, Matthew, Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians, Ephesians, Hebrews, 1 Peter

The SLC is perfect as the primary resource for an adult Sunday School class, for personal study, or as a supplemental resource for any curriculum that follows the ISSL/Uniform Series. Nearly two dozen ministers, teachers, and Christian education specialists contribute their expertise to SLC.

The Deluxe Edition features online and downloadable access for the Standard Lesson eCommentary through FaithLife’s Logos Bible Software. This includes the full text of the Standard Lesson Commentary (both KJV and NIV(R) editions) as well as:

*PowerPoint(R) presentations
*Full text of the KJV Bible
*Full-color visual resources
*Student activity reproducible pages
*Quarterly quiz
*More than a dozen additional helps and resources

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