Patience and Humility


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Lasting happiness through patience & humility. Learn how to develop these virtues without which heroism, self-denial, and martyrdom are worthless. Learn why Jesus said that to save your life, you must lose it, and see how happiness can be found in self-surrender.




Thinking Like Jesus


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How do I handle difficult family members? What do I do if I can’t control my emotions? When do I correct others, and when do I hold my tongue? Too often we are late in realizing that we mishandled a situation, causing both resentment and frustration. But what if you could approach every situation with the mind of Christ? Distilled from his decades of experience as a clinical psychologist and a practicing Catholic, Dr. Ray Guarendi, popular radio and TV host, offers here dozens of bite-sized reflections that combine sound spiritual advice with the best of modern psychology. Dr. Ray will help you address countless daily problems and create a plan of action for your most common troubles. With his trademark frankness and humor, Dr. Ray tackles all the topics that too often bring confusion and heartache, including: What to do when you’re easily offendedCommon excuses parents make for bad behavior in their children—and themselvesThe difference between speaking your mind and losing your emotions.The fine line between being a confident evangelist and being a jerk?What you should do when emotions overwhelm you?How to hold your children to high standards without causing resentmentThe difference between making an excuse and justifying an actionHow to tell people you’re angry without being nasty about it.What true humility is – and isn’t. Thinking Like Jesus is more than a self-help book. It will place you firmly into the mindset of a disciple of Christ so you can focus your attention on God and, ultimately, what it will take to spend eternity with Him in heaven.




The Little Book of Prayers


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I am very impressed with this practical book on the importance and power of prayer. I do hope that this book finds its way into every church in Zion and beyond, and yes, even into our households. Bishop Michael A. Frencher, AME Zion Eastern West Africa Episcopal District I recommend this book to the young in Faith among us, especially student pastors, and will be put to good use in theological centers in Zion Methodism. This book will serve an excellent source of aid for ministry. Bishop Samuel C. Ekemam (Rtd.), AME Zion Dr. Chandler does a masterful job in melding the essence of spirituality, scholarship, and humility toward a vital prayer life. The Reverend Theodore A. Henderson, Pastor; United States Air Force, Chaplain Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Dr. Chandler has laid out the communication channel to which invocation and petition meet the essence of spirituality. The Reverend Dr. Baron N. Hopkins Sr, Pastor; United States Army, Chaplain Major The Little Book of Prayers addresses the process, protocols, and positions of prayer with practical and insightful help that will encourage its readers to pray effectively and consistently. I believe this book will demystify the subject of prayer for some, and intensify the experience for others." The Reverend Anthony W. Wallace, Senior Pastor, Crossroad Christian Church




Humble Orthodoxy


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We don’t get to choose between humility and orthodoxy. We need both. Orthodoxy, for the faithful, evokes what’s cherished and beautiful and eternal. Yet in our day, orthodoxy is too often wielded like a weapon, used to bludgeon others with differing points of view. The word has become associated with behavior like argumentative, annoying, and arrogant. It’s time for God’s people to demonstrate both right thinking and right attitudes. We are called to embrace and defend biblical truth. But that truth includes repeated commands to love our neighbor, love our enemy, and be clothed in gentleness and respect. In Humble Orthodoxy, bestselling author Joshua Harris examines New Testament teachings about the calling of believers to a love-infused courage that ignores foolish controversies, patiently endures evil, and champions truth with generosity of spirit. Without this kind of humility, Harris asserts, we become like the Pharisees—right in our doctrine, but ultimately destroying the cause of truth with our pride.




Patience with God: Faith for People Who Don't Like Religion (or Atheism)


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Frank Schaeffer has a problem with Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris, Dennett, and the rest of the New Atheists - the self-anointed ''Brights.'' He also has a problem with the Rick Warrens and Tim LaHayes of the world. The problem is that he doesn't see much of a difference between the two camps. As Schaeffer puts it, they ''often share the same fallacy: truth claims that reek of false certainties. I believe that there is an alternative that actually matches the way life is lived rather than how we usually talk about belief.'' Sparing no one and nothing, including himself and his fiery evangelical past, and invoking subtleties too easily ignored by the pontificators, Schaeffer adds much-needed nuance to the conversation. ''My writing has smoked out so many individuals who seem to be thinking about the same questions. I hope that this book will provide a meeting place for us, the scattered refugees of what I'll call The Church of Hopeful Uncertainty.''










The Little Book of Courage


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Guides readers through a three-point process for facing, feeling, and transforming fear at any intensity level, explaining how courage comes by learning to work through fear and demonstrating how readers can experience fear as a message. Reprint.




A Small Book about a Big Problem


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A Small Book about a Big Problem by biblical counselor and psychologist Edward T. Welch guides readers to look carefully at how their anger affects them and others through short, daily meditations. In a fifty-day reading plan journey, Welch unpacks anger while encouraging and teaching readers to respond with patience to life's difficulties. This biblically wise resource is a useful tool for pastors, counselors, and lay helpers who are working with people who struggle with a short fuse. In A Small Book about a Big Problem, Welch invites readers to consider how everyone can find anger in their actions and attitudes, but Jesus, the Prince of Peace, is the only one who can empower his people to grow in patience, peace, and wholeness. How many times today have you been irritated? Frustrated? Anger is so common—yet it also hurts. It not only leaves a mark on us, but it also leaves a mark on others. The wounds we inflict on ourselves and others because of anger—loss of intimacy, trust, security, and enjoyment in our closest relationships—give us compelling reasons to look closely at our anger and lift our eyes to Christ.




Little Book of Bathroom Meditations


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Who doesnÆt have a stack of magazines in their bathroom? Now your reading pile can include something more interesting than People has to offer! This collection of short aphorisms, spiritual wisdom, and food for thought is perfect for bathroom reading. The Little Book of Bathroom Meditations is filled with quotes, parables, and wise words from such authors, visionaries, and figures from the past 20 centuries as Matthew Arnold, Kahlil Gibran, Jonathan Swift, Henry Miller, Charles Bukowksi, Liza Minelli, James Joyce, George Santayana, Chaucer, the Dalai Lama, Rabelais, and many, many more. Packaged in a way that makes even the heaviest gurus accessible to the masses, The Little Book of Bathroom Meditations makes for a cute gift book, stocking stuffer, or impulse buy for the spiritually curious.