Jesus is building his church as his father David rebuilt the nation of Israel - following a five-point plan that will lift it up from chaos to a perfect Kingdom. Once we learn what the mission of the church really is, and the five ways that the Lord Jesus puts together a spiritually strong and effective ministry, we can work with him in making sure our own church rests firmly on those five pillars. ... Paperback

Eight Fundamentals of the Christian Faith covers the basic truths of Christianity that every Christian ought to know Hebrews 5 tells us that many believers don't know the simplest doctrines of their faith - though they've heard the truth from the pulpit and classroom many times. Following the list in Hebrews, Fundamentals carefully examines each basic truth that God expects all of his children to know - and how each one applies to our faith and daily living. ... (Paperback, B&W interior)

A witness tells others what he has seen with his own eyes. We rely on his testimony in many ways - everyday life depends on trusting in what others have experienced. A witness of God testifies that he has seen or heard God himself The Bible - according to the shrewd wisdom of God - is actually a collection of affidavits of eyewitnesses of God. This means that we are obligated to believe their testimony. Unbelievers are forced to believe it or call them liars The Witness explains what a Biblical witness is, why he was qualified to speak about God, and then examines every kind of witness in...

Prayer is a special privilege that God's children can use to get close to him and enjoy his many blessings. But many people don't know how to pray - their prayers don't look much like the prayers of the saints recorded in the Bible This book explores six essential aspects of prayer that will open the doors of Heaven and make your prayers more acceptable to God. The point of prayer, after all, is to get answers - and if we want God to answer us, we must find out what he wants to hear ... (Paperback, B&W interior)

The Bible can be a confusing book to many people - especially when they look at the hundreds of stories and characters strewn throughout the Old and New Testaments. Where the Paths Meet takes a look at just the major themes of the Old Testament - and then looks at how they dovetail right into the two major themes of the New Testament. When we do this, a single picture comes into view - the message of the Bible itself. When we look at the Bible in this way, it's clear that the paths of the Old lead us naturally into the paths of the New. Suddenly we realize that God wrote this book to give us...

If you teach the Bible, you know how serious the task is and how daunting the challenges are. A good Bible teacher needs to be equipped with the right tools if he/she wants to reach the students with the saving knowledge of God's Word. Tools for Bible Teachers will help you discover the tools and techniques for presenting the Bible in an effective way to your students. It's time you become familiar with the right tools that will lay the Bible out before your students in such a clear light that they can't help but see God and hear him speaking to them. When you've taken advantage of the...

A Bible Catechism is designed to teach young and old about the simple truths of the faith. A catechism is a time-proven method of presenting the Christian faith in bite-size nuggets. Using simple, short explanations with some memorization, the family can share and learn these truths together in a way that will linger in the memory for years. The Bible Catechism covers the important lessons of Christianity without confusing the student with details. Each point is explained carefully for young and old. The Apostles' Creed and the Lord's Prayer are also included for memorizing. Use this...

Ten Keys to the Bible describes ten critical principles that you should learn in order to fully profit from your Bible studies. These principles are like keys that open the doors to the Bible. Using these keys will illuminate page after page of the Bible's stories and teachings - in a way that Sunday School never did for you Like any tool, you must first master the Keys themselves. Then you can apply the Keys to even familiar passages to start seeing the depth in God's Word, and the grand design of Salvation that connects the Old and New Testaments. ... (Paperback, B&W interior)

The New Model for Biblical Studies is an attempt to bring the Old and New Testaments together into one book - with one message. Using a new paradigm that the author calls distributed revelation, this study uses the New Testament's plain interpretive principles to see the groundwork for Christianity in the Old Testament. Once we see that foundation, the New fits into the almost complete picture that the OT gives us of Christ with two new concepts - which lifts the Jewish physical religion to a permanent, spiritual level. The New Model gives pastors and teachers a powerful new tool for teaching...

In an age when few believe the Bible anymore, Christians wonder if the Bible needs a little help from us to prove that it really is the Word of God But God wisely made the Bible so that it needs no proof from us. No Proof Needed looks at what God did in the Bible that makes it stand on its own feet, so to speak - the truth is so obvious here that the burden of proof is actually on the unbeliever Christians need to be made aware of just how powerful a tool we have in the Bible - we don't need to back down from any critic, when we're armed with this unassailable truth from Heaven. ......