Foreword by Greg Boyd 2019 Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year: Theology/Biblical Studies Category Many people have questions about Scripture they are too afraid to ask. Are all the stories of the Bible true? What about all the books that got left out? What do we make of all that violence? What do we do when biblical authors seem to disagree? And what if we encounter situations the Bible doesn’t address? Drawing from the best of contemporary biblical scholarship and the ancient well of Christian tradition, scholar and preacher Meghan Larissa Good helps readers consider why the Bible matters. Known for presenting complex theological ideas in accessible, engaging ways, Good delves into issues like biblical authority, literary genre, and Christ-centered hermeneutics, and calls readers beyond either knee-jerk biblicism, on the one hand, or skeptical disregard on the other. Instead, The Bible Unwrapped invites readers to faithful reading, communal discernment, and deep and transformative wonder about Scripture. Join an honest conversation about the Bible that is spiritually alive and intellectually credible. Read the ancient story of God in the world. You may even learn to love it.

As an internationally gifted speaker and author, David Bennett explains how God uses believers with the Gift of Mercy to benefit the Body of Christ. Using Biblical characters, great historical men of faith, and contemporary real-life people, David opens the heart and soul of Christians spiritually endowed with the Motivational Gift of Mercy. Beginning with Scripture, David defines and demonstrates the Gift of Mercy as it plays out in real life Christianity. Gleaning from the personal lives of past and present saints, David details how the believer with this Gift can be characterized, identified, motivated, and used in the Church of Jesus Christ today. David believes that for the body of Christ to function successfully each member must recognize his divine purpose and function for the health and growth of the body, and carry out his intended objectives and responsibilities in the power of the Spirit.

In this third book in the Gifts of Freedom series, you will find total joy, peace, and abundant life as you discover how to unwrap the gifts of: Increase Where, how, and why is there increase? How do you get the good kind? Your Destiny How do you find your destiny? Relationship How do relationships complete you and your destiny? The God of the Trinity Tapping into His wholeness. The Spirit How do your gifts bring life to your life? How do you find your gifts? Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments (Deuteronomy 7:9).

Endorsed in its time by Francis Scott Key, John Jay, and Theodore Roosevelt, the American Bible Society (ABS) is a seminal institution for American Protestants. The group was founded in 1816 with the goal of distributing free copies of the Bible in local languages throughout the world. Today, the ABS is a Christian ministry based in Philadelphia with a $300 million endowment and a mission to engage 100 million Americans with the Bible by 2025. In The Bible Cause, noted historian of American religion John Fea demonstrates how the ABS's primary mission - to place the Bible in the hands of as many people as possible - has caused the history of the organization to intersect at nearly every point with the history of the United States. For the last two hundred years, the ABS has steadily increased its influence both at home and abroad, working with all Christian denominations in the US and internationally, aligning itself whenever possible with the gatekeepers of American religious culture. Over the years ABS Bibles could be found in hotel rooms, bookstores, and airports; on steam boats, college and university campuses; the Internet; and even behind the Iron Curtain. Its agents, Bibles in hand, could be found on the front lines of every American military conflict from the Mexican-American War to the Iraq War. However and wherever the United States developed, the ABS was there. Throughout the last two centuries ABS has never wavered in its mission, and its commitment to be the guardian of a Christian civilization has been proven many times over.

The Bible continues to be a source people turn to in their hunger for God. Yet, the Bible can be a challenging, confusing book to understand. In Why the Bible is So Hard to Understand...and tips to understanding it, author Steve Langford explores the challenges readers commonly encounter in reading the Bible. The first challenges Steve identifies are those found within how we naturally, unconsciously read the Bible. Then he addresses the Bible’s nature as sixty-six different books written from an ancient, near-Eastern, pre-scientific perspective. He then offers a simple model of interpretation that guides the reader in unwrapping the spiritual truth from the human “wrapper” used to deliver it. The model is followed by guidelines for using it. Two bible studies are included, one of Jesus walking on the water that illustrates how to use the model and one from the life of Peter that outlines the process of spiritual growth that is prompted as we read the Bible. The book also offers guidelines for exercising spiritual discernment and for praying the Bible using the practice of lectio divina. It presents an outline of biblical history that helps the reader put each of the six-six books in its historical context. It ends with theological reflections on God’s eternal redemptive purpose, the kingdom of God, and the church.

Unwrap the supernatural in your life! These teachings and true stories of bodies healed and lives changed reveal how you, too, can participate in God's amazing works.

Author Paul Cox has succeeded in presenting a clear and comprehensive how-to guide for deliverance and prayer ministry. Unwrap the Gifts introduces readers to spiritual warfare by providing them with simple definitions, helpful explanations about how to receive and operate in the spiritual gifts, and multiple modern-day examples that demonstrate scriptural principles in action. Cox demystifies deliverance ministry and the manifestation of spiritual gifts by showing how God equips ordinary people through gifts of prophecy, healing, faith, intercessory prayer, and discernment.

This book explains the Gifts and Talents we each have. DonÕt live a frustrated life. Understand your unique blend of gifts and how to use them, so you will be effective and fulfilled.

How can God be in the mess I'm wrapped up in? Why does he allow this pain? Where is he in this world of sexual abuse, child molestation, addiction, bullying, harassment, disease, and drugs? In Unwrapped At the Edge of Grace, How to Overcome in a World that Overwhelms, Carol shares her story of redemption and transformation and how God was present in the evil and delivered her from a destiny of darkness. She shows the reader how God weaved himself in her tragedies even when there was little light in her life. This is the most courageous and honest Christian book in my library. And frankly, I couldn't put it down. I lost track of the times I said, "What?" or "Wow!" Carol is real, relatable, unfailingly honest "" a breath of fresh air in what is often a stale Christian culture. This is about character development instead of image management! It's about time. -Pastor Ray Johnston, Bayside Church and author of Jesus Called-He Wants His Church Back, The Hope Quotient and, This Changes Everything: Unleashing the Power of the Resurrection in Your Life Carol's story, like the woman at the well, is a true life journey into freedom and wholeness. I know, because I\'ve witnessed it. She doesn't offer lofty platitudes that are unattainable. Instead her story will give you hope and real steps of how to get unwrapped from the things that keep you bound and move forward with the freedom that God offers. Join Carol in drinking from the 'living water' that Jesus promised would make you never thirst again. -Barbara Wilson M.A. Author/Speaker The Invisible Bond; how to break free from your sexual past Kiss Me Again; Restoring Lost Intimacy in Marriage Free: Finding Freedom and Healing from your Past for women and young women. Break Free for Men www.carolbarron.com

Part one of this work thoroughly documents the many instances of Biblical prophecy fulfilled within Scripture as well as in history outside of the Bible. Part two contains discourses on the many miracles in Scripture in both the Old and New Testaments, while challenging the naturalist explanations or atheist refutations. Part three documents the many instances of mercy bestowed upon repentant sinners. The design of the book is to prove the omniscience, omnipotence, and forgiveness of our God.