About the Contributor(s): Dr. Larry R. Helyer is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. He is the author of Revelation for Dummies (2008), The Witness of Jesus, Paul and John (2008) and The Life and Witness of Peter (2012). Ed Cyzewski (MDiv, Biblical Theological Seminary) is the author of Coffeehouse Theology: Reflecting on God in Everyday Life (2008), Hazardous: Committing to the Cost of Following Jesus (2012), and Unfollowers: The Oversights, Distractions, and Misconceptions that Keep Us from Following Jesus (forthcoming). He writes for a variety of...
About the Contributor(s): Dr. Larry R. Helyer is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. He is the author of R...
What enables some to survive as Christians when so many others falter? Without resorting to empty answers, clichEs, relativism, or smug certainty, A Christian Survival Guide provides an accessible and safe place to deal with issues that can give Christians sleepless nights. By focusing on spiritual practices, discussing solutions to faith struggles, and offering perspectives from multiple Christian traditions, this survival guide moves readers into a thriving relationship with God, even if that means not necessarily finding all the answers.
A Christian Survival...
What enables some to survive as Christians when so many others falter? Without resorting to empty answers, clichEs, relativism, or smug certainty, ...
Most Christians can recite John 3:16: "God so loved the world..." but many doubt that God truly loves them. We all think of caveats for God's love, struggle to pray, or fail to experience God's acceptance. Doubting God's love deprives us of what God freely gives: adoption into God's family. I wrote this book for myself. I run away from God's love. It's something I'm ashamed of and something that I needed to understand. I needed to crack my defenses and blinders. I hope that my fellow runaways will start asking what keeps them from God so they can stop running and find the perfect rest of...
Most Christians can recite John 3:16: "God so loved the world..." but many doubt that God truly loves them. We all think of caveats for God's love, st...
If you want to improve your prayer life, try writing. If you want to improve your writing life, try praying. The two require many of the same practices, disciplines, and virtues. If you're already inclined to both write and pray, you may as well figure out how they can help each other. If you're experienced in one, you may find opportunities for personal or spiritual growth by trying out the other. This book offers life-giving practices that will help you grow in both prayer and writing and show how the two can work together to improve your craft as a writer and your spiritual practices as a...
If you want to improve your prayer life, try writing. If you want to improve your writing life, try praying. The two require many of the same practice...
How do you balance the calling to a career and the calling to fatherhood? How do you face a life change that you feel completely inadequate and unprepared for? In Ed Cyzewski's case, he wrote about it-a lot. The only thing author Ed Cyzewski feared more than an editor's rejection email was parenthood. After struggling to establish himself as a full time writer in his 20's, he began his 30's with more questions about his career, more anxiety about parenthood, and a baby on the way. First Draft Father documents the rough draft of a new father balancing parenting and working from home through a...
How do you balance the calling to a career and the calling to fatherhood? How do you face a life change that you feel completely inadequate and unprep...
