Now he leads a crusade to rescue children in Brooklyn's "war zone"--and beyond. His dramatic story is more than a life-and-death struggle in the midst of crime, drugs and poverty. It is a vision of hope and promise for America's children. "Lately in the news they've been talking about how likely it is for a black male teenager to get shot and killed--especially in my neighborhood. They say it's even more likely that in a couple of years I'll be carrying a gun. But what they don't know is what a difference God's made in my life. Ever since I was three I've been going to Sunday school, and I've learned about God and His ways. And I made up my mind to follow Jesus. No, you'll never see me with a gun shooting anyone. Ever! Because no matter what's going on around me, I am standing for Jesus."--Vincent, age 12

    In learning more about grace, you also will learn about God's character, His forgiveness, and the Holy Spirit.

    A simple but powerful book that helps readers develop the faith to see these trials as blessings, rather than curses, ministered by God.

    Using the powerful image of a 5-foot cross bolted in front of the platform of a small Conneticut church, Fischer explores the centrality of the cross to a Christian's faith for all time, as well as the tragedy of the cross's apparent abscence in contemporary Christianity.

    These are selected chapters from the "Three Battlegrounds" book which will give the reader a focused study guide on the gift of spiritual discernment.

    In The Life God Blesses, author and pastor Gordon MacDonald asks the question, are we prepared to weather the storms of life? In this book, MacDonald steers us toward the disciplines, convictions, silence, beauty, and spirit that feed and prepare the soul to recognize and recieve God's blessing.MacDonald reaches into the Bible and into the experiences of godly men and women of history to discover what can be done to lead a blessed life, then leads you through the steps that are necessary to develop a mature soul.

    Augustine, Martin Luther, and John Wesley all pointed to a reading of Romans as the beginning of their spiritual renewal. Indeed, of all Paul's letters, this one, sent to the citizens of the most powerful empire of ancient days, is the most compact, sophisticated, and all-encompassing in its summary of the Christian faith. It is the apostle's divinely inspired admonition that Christ held the answers to all of life's crucial questions.With its dynamic new paraphrase of Romans and the inspiring thoughts and prayers that accompany each passage, A Passion for God translates the truths of this epistle into personal worship. Through this book you will clearly come to see how a thoughtful reading of the biblical message, when applied to your devotional life, can blossom into a living affection for your Creator.As Christians, we need to be empowered by the gospel above all. If you hunger to be rekindled by the holy flames of revival, A Passion for God can created such a fire in your life and ministry."A Passion for God certainly exudes its purpose in stimulating personal worship. It achieves a unique and thoughtful blend of doctrine and devotion which should prove both helpful and encouraging to the diligent believer." --John F. MacArthur, Jr., pastor and teacher, Grace Community Church, Sun Valley, CA"This thoughtful paraphrase of Romans, coupled to appropriate heart-felt prayers of response and suitable quotations from Christian leaders of the past, is a fresh, helpful and stimulating approach to the greatest of Paul's letters. A Passion for God is a book not to be rushed through, but to be read carefully and with prayer. Your own prayers of praise and a fuller measure of devotion to God will be an inevitable response." --Dr. James Montgomery Boice, minister, Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA"Too often, study of the Letter of Romans is focused exclusively on academic and theological issues that are not brought home to Christian life and devotion. By bringing together a marvelous selection of comments and prayers, Dr. Ortlund forces us to view the Letter to the Romans with the kind of devotional application that our reading of Scripture should always have. The prayers and devotional readings are reflective of accurate exegesis of the text." --Doug Moo, chairman, New Testament Department, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School"Read this book slowly. It is warm with one man's affair with God, and if you read it too fast, you will speed past the Temple and never see it. Above all, thank the Father that here and there, in a world over-concerned with popular Christianity, comes a man who cares more for Christ than Christianity. Read this book and, as you read, you will again see the glorious Christ high and lifted up." --Calvin Miller, author

    Book 3 of Before the Face Of God provides a systematic overview of the Old Testament, stressing that the God of creation and providence who gave the law is the same God who gave the Savior of those dead under the law.

    This study booklet consists of selected chapters from Francis Frangipane's book "The

    "In every age, " writes Myers, "disciples despair that the story has ended, only to discover that the stone 'has been rolled away, ' reopening the possibility - and imperative - of following the Way of Jesus." As a sequel to Binding the Strong Man, Who Will Roll Away the Stone? brings Myers' study of the gospel of Mark full circle. The first book provided a compelling reading of Mark's gospel as a manual of radical discipleship in the ancient Roman empire. Who Will Roll Away the Stone? picks up and extends the gospel's challenge specifically to those living in the contemporary imperial context. Each chapter opens with classic questions from within the gospel itself. Beginning with Peter's denial of Jesus, Who Will Roll Away the Stone? shows how and why first-world Christians - politically free, socially mobile, and resource-rich - seem typically unable or unwilling to struggle for social change. Myers uses three of the most troubling and problematic of recent events - the Los Angeles riots, the Gulf War, the Columbus quincentennial - to demonstrate how the subtle complexities of a culture of technological wizardy, information overload, and short-term memory can be recognized as blocking the first step on the journey of discipleship. Myers then turns to the second stage of discipleship which is conversion, literally a call to change direction both as individuals and as a society. He continues with a "deconstruction" of the modus vivendi of U.S. culture, using experiments in other ways of living, including social relocation andnonviolent politics. He then moves into the third stage of the call to discipleship, to reconstruct the church and the world through positive action: building solidarity with one another and with the poor, accepting and celebrating diversity and its gifts, and reclaiming the disco

    Here is a theologically and psychologically informed treatment of two grand essentials of the Christian life.