Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Christian Living - General

I want to lose weight, but dieting just doesn't seem to work.

I've tried everything, and I'm still three sizes too big.

Help I hate the way my body looks.

Sound familiar? Like many women and men, perhaps you have tried virtually every wtight-loss plan that exists only to give up in disappointment and despair. Have you faithfully counted fat grams and calories? Have you subjected yourself, week after week, to the humiliation of hearing what your current weight should be compared to what it is? Have you exercised excessively, given up your favorite foods, and felt guilty...

Johnny Cash, Harry Potter, the Simpsons, and John Grisham. What do all of these icons in pop culture have to do with faith? Find the answer in Pop Goes Religion; relevant insight into the world of today's entertainment.

In this collection of essays, popular American journalist, Terry Mattingly teaches readers how to identify elements of faith in today's pop culture.

Topics include:

• God & Popular Music
• Faith & the Big Screen
• God on TV
• Ink, Paper, and God
• Politics and Current Events

From music to movies,...

Everything a woman needs to rejuvenate her body, soul, and spirit in just 90 days

You want a healthier lifestyle but aren't sure how and just can't get motivated. You'd also like a better reltaionship with God, but frankly, devotional time seems like one more chore on your to-do list.

Welcome to Total Heart Health for Women.

Now it's easy to keep your physical and spiritual hearts in sync?simply take the 90-Day Total Heart Health Challenge?a revolutionary, easy-to-follow program that teaches you to:

• Understand how hormones, metabolism, and more affect...

Award-winning author and Bible teacher David Jeremiah says this is no time for his Church to panic, to become distracted, to be confused by prophetic rabbit trails, or to miss priceless opportunities. In fact, these may be the best days to proclaim Christ since the first century. Previously titled Until I Come, this book helps readers listen for, and hear, the master's voice even in the midst of chaos.

For every mother who has thought, "I just blew it with my kids," for every wife who thinks she just can't stand to pretend anymore, for every friend who thinks she's reached the end of her patience, for every headline you read about someone who has compromised?there's a story that started from birth and led to the chapter she is currently surviving.

Sandi Patty knows more than a little about such stories. At the height of a spectacular singing career, Sandi found herself in the middle of an affair, a divorce, and a fall from grace that couldn't possibly have been more...

THIS IS THE STORY OF TWO MEN. ONE VERY RICH. ONE VERY POOR. THEY BOTH DIED.

Most people are intrigued by the subject of life after death. Whether in a classroom, at church, or talking with a friend over a cup of coffee, the same questions are asked over and over again...

"What happens the moment you die?"

"Where do we go?"

"Will we see our loved ones in heaven?"

"Do dead people know what's going on here on earth?"

"How can a loving and merciful God send people to hell?"

Author Don Wilton looks at these questions and more in The Absolute Certainty...

Thoroughly researched, this easy-to-use handbook is designed to help parents, teachers, pastors and youth workers guide today's young people through the minefields of adolescence. From simple challenges to major crises, this book will equip adults to help youth cope with situations involving emotional issues, abuse, addictions, family issues, disorders, sexual issues and much more.

Your Marriage Is A Story Only You Can Tell

Your marriage is a story ... a tale as unique as you are. Sometimes the story is beautiful, full of "happily ever after" togetherness. Other times, the story is full of pain, sadness, or deep disappointment. The story changes as time passes. Things happen. People come and go. Everyday pressures begin to build. Unless a couple guards against it, a downward spiral of unexpressed expectations, feelings of failure, negative perceptions, and increasing self-preservation eats away at the fabric of their marriage, tempting many couples to...

In Live 10 Healthy Years Longer, biostatician Dr. Jan Kuzma and prolific writer Cecil Murphey make a startling connection between the spiritual and physical realms of our lives. After an in-depth 25-year study involving more than 27,000 participants, they discovered an amazing medical breakthrough that offers each of us the potential to live longer, healthier and happier lives. The -live longer lifestyle, - based on Kuzma's years of research in longevity, present practical suggestions for reducing heart disease and cancer, losing weight, increasing vitality, enjoying life, and...

Real-life stories often inspire those who listen; serving as timeless models of truth. With "Fireside Stories," author Mary Hollingsworth has compiled such anecdotes-heartwarming stories that share the personal experiences of both classic and contemporary Christian authors, as well as those of everyday people. Humorous and challenging, these stories will instruct and encourage readers for years to come.

Barbara Johnson's approach to life is positive, uplifting, therapeutic and fun. Barbara Johnson is far from being a cock-eyed optimist?blind to life's grief and disappointment. In fact, her entire ministry of joy and encouragement began in the "slimy cesspool" of her own pain. She is a clear-eyed optimist. And that's why her laughter is so infectious and her widom rings so true in this joy-giving book, which offers giggles and guidance to help you:

• shore up a sinking self-esteem
• reach the other side of your grief
• weather your stress and get rid of your...

Can a Christian really be perfect this side of Heaven?

Of course not, but God calls us to be perfect. And against the standards of God's perfections, our imperfections are glaring-yet he does not reduce his standards or lower his expectations. What's a believer to do?

In The Perfect Christian nationally acclaimed speaker and teacher Dr. Tony Evans calls believers back to God's demand for perfection. Evans suggests that the answer lies within the problem: -The God who burdens us with the demand also provides the ability, strength, direction, and support we need to...

No parent wants to admit that their child-even their well-educated, well-grounded, Christian child-could be having consensual sex before graduating middle school. Promise rings, parental contracts and disease warnings provide but meager defense against a culture overrun with weapons of mass seduction.

While many factors contributing to the misguided messages received by children stand outside the realm of parental control-music videos, film, fashion-others, like the meaning of true love, can, and should be fostered at home. Eric and Leslie Ludy, authors of the bestselling When...

Well, wouldn't you like to know? A contemporary and slightly wacky book that draws from the ancient, sometimes unusual wisdom of the 12 Minor Prophets. Filled with humor, clever design elements, and recurring gimmicks (such as the Nabal Awards), each chapter will target one human tendency, action or activity that hurts or disappoints God aka -ticks him off.- The authors show how He responds to our negative actions and attitudes, and suggest remedies to avoid the consequences. Driven by the themes and characters of the Minor Prophets, the book has a solid Biblical foundation.

Drawing on his insightful sermon series, renowned pastor/teacher David Jeremiah shares the comfort and hope of the Psalms and how these truths can guide believers through life's greatest challenges. He includes inspiring real-life stories of people who have struggled with terminal illness, the loss of a child, or the imprisonment of a spouse. Jeremiah interweaves his own journal entries, revealing his battle with cancer and how the Psalms helped to sustain him during the fight of his life. A Bend in the Road is an invaluable source of help and encouragement for people facing major...

With over thirty years of clinical psychiatric experience with children and their parents, Dr. Campbell knows how profoundly a parent can influence a child. By anticipating the needs of a child rather than reacting to his or her behaviors, parents develop a relational rather than adversarial family structure. Mothers and fathers will find tools aimed to help them build a healthy relationship with their child that meets all four basic emotional needs: to be nurtured in unconditional love, to be lovingly disciplined, to be trained in anger management, and to be protected from harmful...