An edited collection of teachings from Vineyard’s National 20s-30s conference, The Cause to Live For. This book offers readers a chance to delve and dwell deeper in the incredible teaching offered at CTLF over the years, inspiring and equipping a young generation in the counter-cultural ministry of the kingdom today.Contents:Foreword – John and Debby WrightTransform Nations - Jen RankineBe a History Maker – Andy SmithGrowth, Health & Forgivenes...

What if Jesus meant that we should love our actual neighbors?When Jesus was asked to sum up everything into one command, he said to love God with everything we have and to love our neighbors as ourselves. Most of us have turned this simple idea of loving our neighbors into a nice saying, putting it on bumper stickers and refrigerator magnets and then going on with our lives without actually putting it into practice.What would happen if every follow...

Once upon a time, people knew their neighbors.They talked to them, had cook-outs with them, and went to church with them. In our time of unprecedented mobility and increasing isolationism, it's hard to make lasting connections with those who live right outside our front door. We have hundreds of "friends" through online social networking, but we often don't even know the full name of the person who lives right next door.This unique and inspiring book asks t...

In life, there is the ideal: fulfilling work, thriving relationships, financial security. Not to mention an orderly and beautiful home and children who never misbehave. And then there's reality: frustrations, illness, feeling overwhelmed and inadequate. We can wait around for our circumstances to change and in the process miss the goodness right in front of us. Or we can choose to love our actual lives, right here and now.In this entertaining and insightful book, Alexandra Kuykenda...

Grace or truth…or both? Truth without grace breeds self-righteousness and crushing legalism. Grace without truth breeds deception and moral compromise. Is it possible to embrace both in balance? Jesus did. Randy Alcorn offers a simple yet profound two-point checklist of Christlikeness. “In the end,” says Alcorn, “we don’t need grace or truth. We need grace and truth. And for people to see Jesus in us, they must see both.”

Do you want to better understand yourself, maximize your strengths, and improve your relationships? Understanding how we are wired can enrich our lives and our relationships, helping to overcome differences that can seem irreconcilable. Instead of terminating jobs, friendships, or marriage on grounds of incompatibility, it is possible to turn these relationships from dying to growing. For more than twenty-five years, Marita Littauer, with her mother, Florence Littauer, has helped thousands...

In our post-Christian, pluralistic society, responding to the perception that Christians are prejudiced, anti-intellectual, and bigoted has become a greater challenge than ever before. The result is often intimidation, withdrawal, and even doubts among God's people about what we really believe. Bestselling author and teaching pastor at Living on the Edge, Chip Ingram, wants to change that. In Why I Believe, he gives compelling answers to questions about - the resurrection of Christ - the e...

Why closing the back door of your church is even more important than opening the front door wider.In Sticky Church, author and pastor Larry Osborne offers a time-tested strategy for doing so: sermon-based small groups that dig deeper into the weekend message and tightly velcro members to the ministry. It's a strategy that enabled Osborne's congregation to grow from a handful of people to one of the larger churches in the nation—without any marketing or spe...

More than ever, Christians are bombarded with tough faith questions from their pluralistic friends and neighbors. Many of these emerge as "anti-truth claims" and slogans we are all familiar with:• Why not just look out for yourself?• Do what you want--just as long as you don't hurt anyone• Miracles violate the laws of nature• Aren't people born gay?Paul Copan has been answering questions like these for many years. In When God Goes to Starbucks, h...

An interactive guide to hearing from God.After centuries of neglect, the Church is re-awakening to the fact that God does still speak today and He desires to have a personal relationship with His people. Journaling is a historically tried and trusted tool used to receive, retain, and properly steward the voice of God.In this Bible-based interactive journal, James Goll writes with clarity and authority. The Scribe includes a step-by-step process des...

How would you live if failure was impossible? All of Heaven is waiting for your answer.When Kevin Zadai died, he met Christ face to face. In this transformative encounter, Jesus revealed a life-changing truth, and sent him back to share it with every believer:“You can’t fail because it is all rigged in your favor!”These simple words will shift your whole perspective on life. When you grasp the depth of all that is being done for you, right ...

Break Free of Generational Curses!Though Jesus’ sacrifice grants you entry to Heaven, it’s still possible to live a life on Earth in bondage.If you are a believer who is experiencing oppression, it may be caused by spiritual legalities granting demonic access to your life through iniquity in your bloodline!Bill Dennington is a respected Bible teacher, with a special emphasis on the New Covenant blessings available through the finished work of Jesus....