**Over 200,000 copies sold!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 ha...

How did a gym brand go from one club in Minnesota to the world's largest fitness franchise, with nearly 6,000 clubs in 42 countries on every continent (yes, even Antarctica) in just two decades?The 4,000+ people with the Anytime Fitness logo tattooed on their body can tell you: They feel a deeply personal connection to the brand. In other words ...Anytime Fitness isn't just a franchise. It's a Fanchise.In Fanchise Your Franchise, Anytime Fi...

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...

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...

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...

Long maligned as a prostitute or a woman of questionable reputation, Mary Magdalene's murky story seems lost to the sands of time. Now a portrait of this enigmatic woman comes to life in the hands of an imaginative master storyteller. Diana Wallis Taylor's Mary is a woman devastated by circumstances beyond her control and plagued with terrifying dreams--until she has a life-changing confrontation with the Savior.Lovers of historical and biblical fiction will find this creative tell...

You Can Hold the Strategic Advantage in Every Spiritual Battle!We are living in such critical times that it is imperative for every believer to discern the guiding voice of the Holy Spirit. He longs to help you walk with prophetic insight into His good plans--even as He alerts you to hidden schemes of darkness.With expertise born of personal experience and keen biblical insight, prophetic leader Jane Hamon takes a deep dive, biblically and practically, into...

Follow Jesus without checking your brains at the doorResponding 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.Chip Ingram wants to change that. In Why I Believe, he gives compelling answers to questions about● the resurrection of Christ● the e...

According to Wikipedia: "Matthew Henry (18 October 1662 – 22 June 1714), was an English non-conformist clergyman. He was born at Broad Oak, a farmhouse on the borders of Flintshire and Shropshire. His father, Philip Henry, had just been ejected by the Act of Uniformity 1662. Unlike most of his fellow-sufferers, Philip possessed some private means, and was thus able to give his son a good education. Matthew went first to a school at Islington, and then to Gray's Inn. He soon gave up his leg...

"Does it really matter what I say?"Your greatest weapon—for good or evil—is in your mouth.From bestselling author Dr. Tony Evans comes a compelling resource to help you learn to tame your tongue. With life-changing insights shared through engaging lessons and anecdotes, you'll learn what the Bible teaches about talking:Discover the power of the spoken word to bolster your faith when you're doubting.Discern what should or shouldn't be...

**"It is impossible to remain unmoved by Gregory's emotional, open memoir of surviving the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013. . . . This is a truly feel-good book that doesn't stint on the challenges that life throws at us."--**Publishers Weekly, starred review*****On April 15, 2013, Rebekah Gregory and her five-year-old son waited at the finish line of the Boston Marathon to support a friend who was running. When the blasts of terrorists' homemade b...