The constraints of the spiritual life, practiced in community, are what set us free. Practicing spiritual disciplines can seem difficult, especially when we undertake them as isolated individuals. But we were never meant to practice them alone.Jared Patrick Boyd reveals how the constraints practiced in Christian community shape us into the way of Christ. He re-anchors the practices of constraint within the ascetic tradition of monasticism, religious orders, and the...

How do we help our kids connect with God?Most parents want their kids to learn to love God. But most of us struggle to facilitate real spiritual experiences. It's hard enough to have a meaningful conversation with our kids about spiritual things, let alone help them experience true transformation in the presence of God.Jared Patrick Boyd discovered that children's spiritual formation is rooted in the imagination. When we lead our children through guided times of imaginative...

The constraints of the spiritual life, practiced in community, are what set us free. Practicing spiritual disciplines can seem difficult, especially when we undertake them as isolated individuals. But we were never meant to practice them alone.Jared Patrick Boyd reveals how the constraints practiced in Christian community shape us into the way of Christ. He re-anchors the practices of constraint within the ascetic tradition of monasticism, religious orders, and the...

Like a succession of failed diet regimens, the much-touted techniques that are supposed to bring us closer to God "in our hearts" can instead make us feel anxious, frustrated, and overwhelmed. How can we meet and know God with ongoing joy rather than experiencing the Christian life as a series of guilt-inducing disappointments?Phillip Cary explains that knowing God is a gradual, long-term process that comes through the Bible experienced in Christian community, not a to-do...

Good things come to those who believe . . . right?People like to say, “Prayer works.” But what does that mean? Prayer works for what? Getting the answers from God that we want so much?While God certainly cares for your deepest needs, Skye Jethani wants you to know that prayer is so much more than a two-way transaction with a heavenly vending machine. Jesus didn’t pray like that. And with a pastor’s heart, Skye wants to take you deeper into what Jesus, the l...

God made you for resurrection life.Work. Food. Friendship. Does Jesus' Resurrection mean something for them? Eugene Peterson, respected pastor and creator of The Message, answers with a resounding YES.Dive deep with Peterson into the Gospel stories of the Resurrection. Experience the wonder through the eyes of the biblical witnesses. Discover how the practices and perspectives of resurrection life transform your daily job, your daily meals, and you...

Are you longing for life-changing transformation in your relationship with God?Get ready to find fresh illumination for your faith journey in this short and practical guide. Exploring over 60 carefully chosen selections from renowned author Dallas Willard's bestseller Renovation of the Heart, this book offers powerful brief lessons for character formation.With devotional-sized quotes and rigorous daily experiments, this book will challenge and encou...

This set includes Living By the Book and Living By the Book Workbook.In Living By the Book, Howard and Bill Hendricks invite you on one of the greatest adventures of your life--the journey through Scripture. In the Bible you can interact with a living God who wants a personal relationship with you. And no special skills are needed. If you can read, you can glean important insight from Scripture. This book will help you engage God's Word like never before....

One of the most common problems with Christians in our modern secularized world is that they don't feel the reality of Jesus. Sure, they believe in him and love him, but he somehow doesn't seem to enter their daily lives in a real sense. Some might say, "You ought to pray more." Others would advise, "You ought to witness more." While this may be true, we don't get closer to God just because we "ought to."Boyd believes that the way to true spiritual transformation and feeling the pre...

There is a question branded on every human heart. It remains an ever-present part of life, seemingly written into our DNA. But this question wasn't placed there by God, nor was it our own invention.Have you found the world's relentless assault on your self-worth has left you jaded, resolved to living with uncertainty about where you stand with God? When the Question persists, it holds you back from the life you were meant to live. Jesus uses the parable of the Prod...

Logos Bookstores' 2014 Best Book in Spirituality2014 Readers' Choice Award Winner2014 Leadership Journal Best Books for Church Leaders (The Leader's Inner Life)A Special Award of Merit,from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds BookstoreIn these pages Dallas Willard explores what it means to live well now in light of God's kingdom. He reflects on the power of the Trinity in our lives, the meaning of knowledge, the importance of spiritual...

Join Shawn Bolz on a 90 day journey of hearing God's voice for your life and for the world around you. God loves speaking to us! He shares about the past, present and future and is eagerly waiting for your listening ear! In this devotional will you go on a progressive journey of being activated in the prophetic. You will be taught how to identify the differences between prophecy, words of knowledge, words of wisdom, and discernment and how to operate in each of theses unique prophetic gift...