Grace is both liberating and contagious. Once you truly experience it, you become a different person, and the further you journey in your faith, the more you realize the role God's grace has played in your life--even before you came to faith in Christ. In Encountering Grace, you'll examine passages about God's unmerited favor. You'll learn more about receiving God's grace as well as offering that grace to others. Converge Bible Studies is a series of topical Bible studies based on the Common English Bible. Each title in the series consists of four studies on a...
Grace is both liberating and contagious. Once you truly experience it, you become a different person, and the further you journey in your faith, the m...
Christian communities, with a few exceptions, consider the canon of Scripture closed. There's no process for adding or removing books from our Bibles. Even so, we end up creating our own canons, whether intentionally or unintentionally. There are certain texts that come up frequently in worship or in the youth room or in the children's Sunday school wing. And there are certain texts that we never read in worship or Sunday school. Perplexing Scriptures examines some of these passages. This study may raise more questions than it answers; but as you work through each session, you...
Christian communities, with a few exceptions, consider the canon of Scripture closed. There's no process for adding or removing books from our Bibl...
Idols are fairly easy to recognize in Old Testament stories about false gods, golden calves, statues, and Asherah poles. And they're not hard to spot in the lives of other people. But what about our own idols? Is it even possible for 21st-Century Christians to worship gods that aren't real? How do we know if we're doing it? In Idolatry, Curtis Zackery takes a look at an ancient sin that still ensnares God's people today.
Converge Bible Studies is a series of topical Bible studies based on the Common English Bible. Each title in the series consists of four studies...
Idols are fairly easy to recognize in Old Testament stories about false gods, golden calves, statues, and Asherah poles. And they're not hard to spot ...
Proverbs 21:13 says, -Those who close their ears to the cries of the poor will themselves call out but receive no answer.- What does this mean for the average middle class Westerner who's actually part of the wealthiest 1% of the world's population? In Cries of the Poor, you'll discover what the Bible has to say about poverty and how Christians can proclaim good news to the poor. Converge Bible Studies is a series of topical Bible studies based on the Common English Bible. Each title in the series consists of four studies on a common topic or theme. Converge can be...
Proverbs 21:13 says, -Those who close their ears to the cries of the poor will themselves call out but receive no answer.- What does this mean for the...
Fasting has been called the forgotten spiritual discipline. Although it is found throughout Scripture, it is often neglected by modern Christians. Is there power in fasting? Does it really make a difference? How does fasting relate to prayer? In this study, Ashlee Alley considers the biblical basis for fasting and explores ways modern Christians can make this ancient discipline part of their faith walk. Converge Bible Studies is a series of topical Bible studies based on the Common English Bible. Each title in the series consists of four studies on a common topic or...
Fasting has been called the forgotten spiritual discipline. Although it is found throughout Scripture, it is often neglected by modern Christ...
When the Holy Spirit showed up with power in Acts 2, it's unlikely many of the believers present in Jerusalem that day had any idea the magnitude of what was in store. The Spirit began building the church then and is still active in the world today. In these four sessions based on Acts, Carter explores the work of the Holy Spirit in three areas: shaping, guiding, and disrupting. He maintains that the Holy Spirit creates Christian community, shapes and reshapes community, and works through groups of believers to speak to the culture. In Holy Spirit and Community, you'll learn how...
When the Holy Spirit showed up with power in Acts 2, it's unlikely many of the believers present in Jerusalem that day had any idea the magnitude o...
