Kendall looks at wrongdoing and the judgment of ministry leaders and laypeople, assuring those who've fallen that they can be used again--and warning those who condemn them. Exploring his own vulnerabilities, he presents a compassionate, biblically balanced case for a God of second chances.

The main purpose of the book is to provide solid arguments for Catholics who have left their faith to think again about their current positions and better know the arguments behind Church's teaching, particularly those related to controversial contemporary issues. It also provides arguments for practicing Catholics to speak about God with their friends and colleagues. The book is mainly addressed to college and young professionals, but other readers with intellectual interests should also benefit from it. Following the First Letter of Saint Peter, we Christians should always be ready to provide answers: "... for people who ask you the reason for the hope that you have... with courtesy and respect" (1 Peter 3:14-16).

More than 880,000 books from Kay Arthur's life-changing New Inductive Study Series have been sold! This exciting series brings individual readers and groups face-to-face with the truth of God's precepts, promises, and purposes—in just minutes a day. Beloved Bible teacher Kay Arthur highlights the striking similarities between the twenty-first century and the times of Joel, Amos, Obadiah, and Jonah. In the midst of the crumbling moral foundations of society, the attacks of foreign nations, and the need for a revival among the people of God, the message of God then and now is this: The day of the Lord is coming. Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be delivered. Seek the Lord and live!

Marcia Nelson reveals the U-turns and turning points on the path toward peace, freedom, and happiness. She helps us recognize GodOs saving grace by offering intimate glimpses into the lives of people whose faith has transformed their outlook and circumstances. Having traveled around the country to gather these stories, Nelson introduces us to women and men who have fought drug and alcohol addiction, traded crime for caring, converted loss and illness into compassion, and turned despair into joy. In meeting these people, and in sharing in NelsonOs own journey of faith, we encounter what is best about us and also most human: the ability to make mistakes, make amends, and make good. Along the way, we encounter the God who never gives up on us.

Let Go of the Past--Embrace Your Second Chance You have a destiny. You may have lost sight of it, opened a wrong door, taken a misleading path, but it's there--you haven't missed your chance! Yet it can be hard to see, hard to find, when the only things in front of you are challenging circumstances, lost opportunities, or overwhelming obstacles. But there is hope! With warmth and insight, Pat Smith shares the truths she and other women have learned on their own journeys from heartache to hope. She encourages and empowers you to recommit to the destiny God has for you in life, love, work, and faith. She also shows how to let go of what's holding you back, reinvent yourself, and rediscover your purpose and joy. There is a second chance waiting for you--it's time to celebrate your new life!

A modern classic--revised with more than 70 percent new material--is based on seven Scriptural realities that teach Christians how to develop a true relationship with the Creator.

In this book, the author encourages readers to have faith and look to the God of second chances in everything they do. She takes readers through the journey of her own life and shows that with faith in God one can triumph over great adversities. She shares her shameful conception and challenging childhood. Her two near death experiences and an unexplained event that to this day still plays on her mind. She shares her highs as a young married woman in love and her lows as a single mother raising two children in a foreign land with no relatives to look to. She also highlighted strongly that is not where one starts in life but where they finish that will feature strongly in the story of their lives and the legacy that they will leave for the next generation. The author reassures readers that no matter how long they have to wait God have a plan for their lives and no matter how bad things get He will deliver them. He is a God that keeps His promises for a thousand generation.

A line upon line precept upon precept study workbook that will catapult you to the next level of maturity.The majority of Christians today have gaps in their biblical knowledge base. What you glean from Sunday to Sunday doesnt always lead you from point A Z. Our New Life in Christ will help connect the dots as it is a comprehensive excellent tool designed for your discipleship and Christian growth.Emory Goodmans finely crafted work will take you through a methodical yet dynamic journey of practical Christian living supported by Scripture every step of the way. This workbook will be beneficial to the new believer as well as someone who has been a Christian for a lengthy period of time.Some of the topics include Living a new life in Christ with boldness effectiveness and confidence Studying the Bible and using the Strongs Concordance Comprehending what Jesus did for you and what promises you have today and tomorrow Tapping into the power of Jesus name and His blood Understanding how to pray journal and fast effectively Learning stepbystep instructions on how to communicate with God and develop a hearing ear Encountering the presence of God at all timesOur New Life in Christ contains a selftest with each lesson and an answer key that will enable you to gauge your progress. This workbook may be used on an individual small group or largescale basis.

There are Second Chances by Miguel Ortiz At 63, Miguel Ortiz had been the picture of health until he suffered two near-consecutive strokes. He flat-lined twice and, facing certain death, he received the last rites twice. With God’s help, he survived to become a born-again Christian. There are Second Chances is the story of Miguel’s recovery, his experiences with the supernatural, and his spiritual journey. Defying medical odds, Miguel survived to share this story.

This book examines the iconic presence of second chances in everyday life. David Newman explores its various iterations in popular culture, commercial marketplaces, religion, intimate relationships, education, criminal justice, and human bodies. He analyzes how this concept—as a cultural aspiration, driver of policy, and lived personal experience—has become part and parcel of our individual sense of self and our collective national identity. While the rhetoric of redemption is familiar and ubiquitous, Newman uncovers the costs and constraints of second chances, paying particular attention to the factors that affect judgments of deservedness. Informed by an array of data sources including personal interviews, mission statements of nonprofit recovery agencies, images in popular culture, stories from the news, plot summaries of novels, and scriptural texts, Newman frames the second chance experience as the quintessential cultural paradox: a concept that simultaneously represents the pinnacle of our shared hopes for renewal and our deepest suspicions about the intransigence of human nature.