The God Who Stays


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Have you ever felt adrift and alone after losing a job, a dream, a loved one, or your sense of purpose in life? In The God Who Stays, Matthew West uses stories and Scripture to encourage you that wherever you are and whatever you’re going through, God is right by your side—and nothing can separate you from His love and grace. Through the dramatic events of 2020 and the ensuing uncertainty and anxiety ever since, people’s lives and illusions of security have been turned upside down. Whenever our plans, hopes, and dreams are put on hold—or worse, lost forever—we feel discouraged, lost, and isolated, and desperately praying, “God, where are You?” Matthew West’s newest book, The God Who Stays, is an engaging and thoughtful exploration, balanced with his trademark wit and humor, that helps us reconnect to the biblical truth of Immanuel—“God with us”—a personal Savior who never leaves our side and who always answers when we cry out for help. The God Who Stays contains: An exploration of the character of the God who faithfully travels with us through every season of our life Encouragement in a time of isolation and anxiety that many have been experiencing Personal stories, experiences, and discoveries from Matthew’s own faith journey In his most personal book yet, join Matthew on a spiritual journey of rediscovery and revival inspired by the words of his hit song “The God Who Stays.” Renew your faith and find rest and healing through biblical truth.




God Who Stands and Stays


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Part 6 in a monumental six-volume set that presents an undeniable case for the revealed authority of God to a generation that has forgotten who he is and what he has done.




Forgiveness


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Whether giving or receiving, forgiveness is the key toward true healing and blessing. God says there are no limits to forgiveness toward others or ourselves. And when Matthew West set out on a journey asking people to share their true life stories, Renée shared about how she chose to forgive the drunk driver who hit and killed her daughter. This remarkable story and others like it bring peace and healing to the one needing and the ones giving forgiveness. Fifty powerful stories share forgiveness through divorce, betrayal, addiction, abandonment, death, and more. Each story ties into the promises of God’s faithfulness and healing, and ends with the story of God’s ultimate forgiveness through the message of salvation.




The God Who Is with Us


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The God Who Is with Us takes readers through a twenty-five day Advent journey. Daily reflections on gospel truths drawn from Scripture will stir the imagination of the season while also reminding readers that God never abandons his people, but is present with them even in their most difficult seasons. Complete with beautiful, unique, thought-provoking illustrations and space for daily journaling and reflection, The God Who Is with Us provides readers with a meaningful keepsake to prepare them for the challenges of the New Year in light of the beauty of Advent. This beautiful, contemplative book will be a staple for many individuals and families around Christmastime for years to come!




Saddle up Our Horses


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Eighteen year old Stacy Michaels comes home from school one day to find her horse, Bud is gone. She refuses to believe her granddad would risk her horses in a bank loan. To make matters worse Covid-19 has completely changed her life no school, no high school rodeos, no prom, and no graduation. Mike Masters, her granddad’s partner in producing rodeos around the Ark La Miss has just rented the Michaels’ home and arena. Beth Hogan, a member of her highschool rodeo team has her horse. See what happens when Mike and Stacy have to work together to keep a neighbor from getting Mike’s rodeo stock. What about Bud? How can Stacy prove he belongs to her and bring him home?




Surprised by the Lord's Prayer


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The Lord’s Prayer is much more than a prayer to be recited. The meaning of each phrase of the Prayer is explained through the teaching and ministry of Jesus as found in the gospels. Gary Taber addresses in depth the lessons and principles that Jesus demonstrated when Jesus taught the disciples to pray. The stories and spiritual insights found in this book will change the way you pray, transform your relationship with God, and move you to a new level in your relationship with others. As you learn to pray this prayer, God’s presence in your life will be the reason you passionately pursue Him. The answers regarding God’s will are discovered and learned as a result of that relationship. This book is a great tool for personal and group Bible Study. Every element of prayer, worship and intercession is embedded in its pages. It is personal, practical and applicable. When you read it for yourself, you will want to share it with your friends. It is not an ordinary read It is a life-changing book! —Karen Martell, Prayer Ministry Leader, Southeastern California Conference and the Pacific Union Conference




Sermons for the Everyday Christian


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These sermons attempt in the authors theological point of view try to answer many questions such as: Why do we refer to Jesus as the Good Shepherd? Who according to Corinthians and the Apostle Paul is entitled to take Holy Communion? What does Easter mean to Christians? How do we handle temptation? Why forgiveness is so important, yet so difficult? These Sermons are well researched and provide Biblical references to support the sermons. These Sermons are not meant to replace attending worship but to provide an additional insight to God and his Son Jesus Christ.




When God Remains


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This book is about how God’s faithfulness in keeping His promises sometimes can unleash the most painful experience a Christian parent can endure. This is true when God speaks softly to your heart saying He will take a son from you. Struggling as any adolescent does during puberty and self-discovery, her son Danny entangles himself in the life of homosexuality. As a mom does not accept such deviant behavior and engages in spiritual warfare for the sake of her son. Deep in her sorrows of experiencing loss, after loss in her relationship with her son, the author holds desperately to God for fresh nourishing in His presence along the way. Danny survives suicide attempts. The parents survive the unbearable sight of watching their son hurt himself in their presence while cutting himself in a desperate attempt to “silence” the demons in his head as he said while doing it. God is honored throughout this book. The individuals who are part of this story are respected and admired for their courage and undeniable faith in a Creator and Designer.




Who Are the Jews--And Who Can We Become?


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Who Are the Jews--And Who Can We Become? tackles perhaps the most urgent question facing the Jewish people today: Given unprecedented denominational tribalism, how can we Jews speak of ourselves in collective terms? Crucially, the way each of us tells our "shared" story is putting our collective identity at risk, Donniel Hartman argues. We need a new story, built on Judaism's foundations and poised to inspire a majority of Jews to listen, discuss, and retell it. This book is that story. Since our beginnings, Hartman explains, the Jewish identity meta-narrative has been a living synthesis of two competing religious covenants: Genesis Judaism, which defines Jewishness in terms of who one is and the group to which one belongs, independent of what one does or believes; and Exodus Judaism, which grounds identity in terms of one's relationship with an aspirational system of values, ideals, beliefs, commandments, and behaviors. When one narrative becomes too dominant, Jewish collective identity becomes distorted. Conversely, when Genesis and Exodus interplay, the sparks of a rich, compelling identity are found. Hartman deftly applies this Genesis-Exodus meta-narrative as a roadmap to addressing contemporary challenges, including Diaspora Jewry's eroding relationship with Israel, the "othering" of Israeli Palestinians, interfaith marriage, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and--collectively--who we Jews can become.




Pastor and Professor


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Pastor and Professor is one pastor's story of a rich life filled with experiences that tested his faith and demanded growth that was both exhilarating and painful. It is the personal story of moving from faith as right doctrinal belief to faith as a liberating response to a loving God--a God who is always with us, continually drawing us into the future. This dynamic understanding of faith is based on the belief that the kingdom of God is a present reality where followers of Jesus are to be pastoral in spirit while prophetic in living. Don Blosser weaves personal experience with public expression of an emerging faith that wrestles candidly with the realities of life and deals with the pastor/professor tension of integrating academic scholarship in the classroom with pastoral proclamation in the pulpit. Pastor and Professor invites the reader to share a journey where faith is often challenged, sometimes doubted, yet lived with enthusiasm as it is shared from the pulpit and in the college classroom. It invites the reader to find fresh insights in the Scriptures, and to live with new hope, to embrace life more fully, and to share more gently one's own story with others.