Prayer is simple communication—humans talking to God. However, at times, we make it complicated and confusing. We learn about effective and fervent prayer (James 5:16), but what does that mean? For some, the effect is in the volume, the drama, or the theatrics. For others, it is the solemnity of calmly read prayers.Some curiosities are:Does it make a difference?Are all prayers created equal?Do they carry the same weight? If not, why not?What about th...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Prayer is simple communication - humans talking to God, but sometimes we make it complicated. The Bible speaks about effectual and fervent prayer James 5:16, but what does that mean? For some people, it is the volume of their prayer, the dramatic and theatric, while some calmly read their prayers.Does it make a difference?Are all prayers created equal?Do they carry the same weight? If not, why not?...

Life rarely falls apart loudly. Sometimes it unravels quietly, through grief, resentment, and the arrival of something unexpected.When a dog enters Ayanna's life, it doesn't bring comfort.It brings a fracture.Beyond the Ugly: Faces of Grief explores what happens when loss goes untreated, and love becomes conditional. As a wife and mother carrying an unbearable emotional burden, Ayanna struggles to hold her family together while grief reshapes every relation...

What do Moses, Job and Solomon have in common? Beside their wisdom and faith, they had very little to say, if anything, about life after death.Moses is revered across the major world religions. Some think of him as a law-give, a courageous leader, a theologian or a deliverer, but more than anything else, he is known as one who is always communicating with God. That is why discussing the prayer of Moses requires a bit of contextualizing. The question most likely to be asked would be...

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A clear explanation of what the online world can be like, helping to navigate life in a world surrounded by technology.Kids today are growing up with social media and life online, which may have differed from how their grownups grew up! Life online isn't a bad thing, and it isn't necessarily a good thing either.This book shows kids aged 5-9 that how you hang out online can tell the whole world about who you are, and that when you show up authentically, crea...

Why are some constitutions amended more frequently than others? Studies of amendment rates have been plentiful but have not generated much theoretical or empirical consensus because the extant literature rests rest on a strong and unwarranted assumption that social capacity to navigate amendment rules is constant across space and time. By contrast, the authors of this Element argue that this social capacity varies by civic connectedness. Drawing upon previous studies that find social capit...

Dr. J. I. Packer offers biblical reflections on life's tough issues. Discussing topics like pleasure, health, disappointment, and holiness, he maps out problematic situations and then superimposes relevant biblical teachings.

Christ's divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness. —2 Peter 1:3Pure Christianity needs no embellishment whatsoever. We find complete sufficiency in Christ and His provision for our needs.But too many Christians have bought in to the notion that all the spiritual resources we gain at the moment of salvation are not adequate to meet the real needs in today's complex world. So they look for something more—an emotionally exciting and s...

"But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear." Matthew 13:16You can hear the voice of your Lord.He is always speaking to you. In fact, every believer is called to have a one-on-one relationship with God because He longs to share sweet times of intimacy with all His children.How to Hear God's Voice will teach you to discern His voice from all the other voices that clamor for your attention.This book:

She’s your oldest friend and you tell each other everything. So you’d know if she’d done something terrible, wouldn’t you? Maddie and Kiara have been best friends since they met on their first day at university. They have always shared everything with each other, everything except one big secret, which Kiara knows would tear them apart…When the police knock on Maddie’s front door as she and husband Nick are getting ready for the morning school...

What would it be like to live without fear? Join renowned philosopher Dallas Willard as he shares the biblically-backed secret to living with true contentment, peace, and security.In Life Without Lack, Dallas Willard revolutionizes our understanding of Psalm 23 by taking this comfortably familiar passage and revealing its extraordinary promises: "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want...Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I wil...