Rinehart, Stacy & Paula

In Choices, Stacy and Paula Rinehart review many of God's liberating biblical principles on relationships and they show how you can make the right decisions based on these principles.

Do you have questions on: the roles of the man and woman in a dating relationship?  How to really relax on a date?  How to ward off temptation?  How to recognize real love?  Here are some concrete answers.

The Rineharts also review:
*  choosing to have a godly dating life;
*  dating with discernment;
*  remaining celibate before marriage;
*  the engagement period, and other topics.
Each chapter is accompanied by questions for personal study and application, and also questions suitable for a discussion group.

You don't have to be squeezed into society's mold.  Stand up to wrong thinking and actions.  With God's grace you can make the right choices.

Bridges, Jerry

DOES LIVING THE CHRISTIAN LIFE FEEL LIKE AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK?  Remember that your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace, nor are your best days ever so good that you are beyond the need of it.  We know we need grace.  Without it we'd never come to Christ in the first place, but being a Christian is more than just coming to Christ.  It's about growing and becoming more like Jesus—it's about pursuing holiness.  The pursuit of holiness is hard work, and that's where we turn from grace to discipline—and often make a big mistake. 

Grace is every bit as important for growing as a Christian as it is for becoming a Christian.  "The pursuit of holiness," writes Jerry Bridges, "must be anchored in the grace of God; otherwise it is doomed to failure."  Grace is at the heart of the gospel, and without a clear understanding of the gospel and grace we can easily slip into a performance-based lifestyle that bears little resemblance to what the gospel offers us. 

According to Bridges, many Christians don't have a good grasp of what the gospel message is.  In The Discipline of Grace, he offers a clear and thorough explanation of the gospel and what it means to the believer.  Bridges discusses how the same grace that brings us to faith in Christ also disciplines us in Christ, and how we learn to discipline ourselves in the areas of commitment, conviction, choices, watchfulness, and adversity. 

If you've ever struggled with what your role is and what role God takes in your growth as a Christian, this book will comfort and challenge you as you learn to rest in Christ while vigorously pursuing a life of holiness. 

Bridges, Jerry

Whitney, Donald S.

Nearly everyone hopes to end up in heaven one day.  In fact, a whopping 99% of American believe they'll eventually reside there.  Yet the Bible claims that only a few will find the "road that leads to eternal life."  So how can anyone be sure of spending eternity with Jesus Christ?  In How Can I Be Sure I'm a Christian? Donald Whitney explores the issue of assurance and outlines how Christians can experience a satisfying certainty of eternal life. 

If occasional doubts prevent you from fully experiencing the security and peace that Christ offers, you'll enjoy the clear assurances offered here.  By countering a broad range of doubts with a clear, scriptural basis for confidence, Whitney provides encouragement for believers and gentle warnings to those who base their confidence in themselves rather than in God.

Doug Sherman & William Hendricks

If that's how you feel, then this book was written for you.  Your life may seem loke one big deadline at this point, but you'll be happy to know there's a solution.  A way to balance the many demands that hound your every waking hour, and sometimes rob you of your sleep.

In How to Balance Competing Time Demands, Doug Sherman and Bill Hendricks will show you how to balance the five most important areas of your life so that they complement each other, rather than fight for your attention.

Plus, to make this book even more practical, we have added a special study/discussion section to help you apply the concepts to your life.

So if you really want to have some fun with the material, go through the discussion section with a group of "time-conscious" friends.  You'll be amazed at how helpful the group dynamic will be to everyone's progress!

Elliot, Elisabeth

Loneliness is not incurable.  It can make life seem empty, meaningless, and unbearable.  It's not the kind of thing you can shake “once and for all.“  Yet loneliness can be overcome.  So whether you‘ve been ignoring a nagging emptiness or feeling desperately alone, Elisabeth Elliot will show you how to transform your loneliness into expectancy, joy, and peace.  The booklet includes questions for reflection and application as well as Scripture passages for meditation.

Sherman/Hendricks

You know the difference between right and wrong in most situations.  But can you do what's right in a world that looks the other way from convenient lies, immoral practices, and routine deceptions?

A moral mudslide has hit our society.  And Christians are experiencing an "ethical loneliness" that tempts us to bend the rules, dulling the edges of our integrity.  And that's just on the clear-cut questions: new "gray" areas emerge daily!

In Keeping Your Ethical Edge Sharp, Doug Sherman and Bill Hendricks discuss the critical issues that confront us in the workplace--possibly our most strategic sphere of influence today (we spend from a third to half of our time and up to 95% of our emotional energy there!).  They point out the obstacles that often keep our lights from shining in the darkness, and they present six principles we must be mindful of if we're to keep our ethical edges sharp and our witness distinctive.

Keeping Your Ethical Edge Sharp.  A clear challenge to strive for "ruthless, unimpeacahable honesty," a quality that our Lord perfectly modeled and our world so desperately needs.  Especially when no one's looing.

Bridges, Jerry

Godliness is not a spiritual luxury enjoyed only by saints of the past and superstars of today.  It is both the privilege and the duty of every Christian.  God has given to each of us "everything we need for life and godliness."

But what makes a Christian godly?

Godliness, says Jerry Bridges, is devotion to God which results in a life that is pleasing to Him.  Devotion is impotent without action; action is dry and sterile without devotion.  We need an inward foundation of God-centeredness in order to build an outward structure of Godlikeness.

In this sequel to The Pursuit of Holiness, Bridges tells how we can continue working on becoming holy.

Bridges, Jerry

Bridges, Jerry

Whether you're continuing your pursuit of holiness or just beginning, the principles and guidelines in The Pursuit of Holiness will challenge you to live up to God's standard of holiness.

Bridges, Jerry

This guide includes 12 lessons in which you will carefully look at many of the same Scripture passages Jerry Bridges studied to glean the principles he presents in the book. 

Whitney, Donald S.

In the same way, the freedom to grow in godliness—to naturally express Christ's character through your own personality—is in large part dependent on a deliberate cultivation of the spiritual disciplines. 
Far from being legalistic, restrictive, or binding, as they are often perceived, the spiritual disciplines are actually the means to unparalleled spiritual liberty.

So if you'd like to embark on a lifelong quest for godliness, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life will help you on your way.  Based on the rich heritage left us by the early church fathers, the Puritan writers, and Jesus Christ Himself, this book takes you through a carefully selected array of disciplines including Scripture reading, prayer, worship, Scripture meditation, evangelism, serving, stewardship, Scripture application, fasting, silence and solitude, journaling, and learning.

By illustrating why the disciplines are important, showing how each one will help you grow in godliness, and offering practical suggestions for cultivating them on a long-term basis, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life will provide you with a refreshing opportunity to embrace life's greatest pursuit—the pursuit of holiness—through a lifelong delight in the disciplines.

Whitney, Donald S.

Bridges, Jerry

Of course, God continues to deal with us on the basis of His grace, whether or not we understand it.  It's just that when we don't, we forgo the abundant freedoms that come from not having to measure up. 

The product of over 10 years of Bible study, Transforming Grace is a fountainhead of inspiration and renewal that will show you just how inexhaustible and generous God's grace really is—you'll never be able to ask for too much, need too much, hope for too much, or even sin too much. Like a never-ending stream of ocean waves crashing on the shore, His grace "superabounds" toward you without measure.

Bridges, Jerry

But the circumstances we often find ourselves in defy explanation.  When unexpected situations arise that appear unjust, irrational, or even dreadful, we feel confused and frustrated.  And before long we begin to doubt God's concern for us or His control over our lives.

Adversity is hard to endure, and can be harder to understand.  Even when we know God is in control it's difficult to trust Him.  Why would He allow a tragic auto accident or a crucial job loss?  How could He permit cancer in a loved one or the death of a child?

Grappling with His concern for us we ask, "Why is God allowing this?" or "What have I done wrong?"

In an effort to strengthen his own trust in God during a time of adversity, Jerry Bridges began a lengthy Bible study on the topic of God's sovereignty.  What he learned changed his life, and he now shares the fruit of that study with you in Trusting God.

As you begin to explore the scope of God's power over nations, nature and the detailed lives of individuals, you'll begin to acknowledge His loving control.  And as you come to know Him better, you'll find yourself trusting Him more completely.  Even when life hurts.