Sacred Tension by Martin ToeIn a world that often pulls us in opposing directions-faith and doubt, action and stillness, tradition and progress-how do we find balance? Sacred Tension explores the delicate dance between spirituality and the struggles of everyday life, offering profound insights into the power of faith, resilience, and community.With a voice that is both poetic and deeply personal, Martin Toe weaves together reflections, real...

In 1999 life was good for Martin Toe, the son of an affluent family in Ivory Coast. This reality of happiness and certainty was soon devastated when news from BBC spread about rebel forces making their way in town. In a twinkling of an eye, Martin was deprived of his home and family, running to remain alive, and was obligated to undergo a life he on no account wished for. By some means, Martins tremendous toughness and spirit enabled him to persevere even in spite of the fact that every si...

Sacred Tension by Martin ToeIn a world that often pulls us in opposing directions-faith and doubt, action and stillness, tradition and progress-how do we find balance? Sacred Tension explores the delicate dance between spirituality and the struggles of everyday life, offering profound insights into the power of faith, resilience, and community.With a voice that is both poetic and deeply personal, Martin Toe weaves together reflections, real...

Over 100,000 Copies Sold!Christianity Today Book Award – Christian Living/DiscipleshipCreate a Gospel-Centered Rule of LifeHabits form us more than we form them. The modern world is a machine of invisible habits, forming us into anxious, busy people. We yearn for the freedom of the gospel but remain shackled by our screens and exhausted by our routines. How can we truly break free, find rest, and form a lif...

As more wedding invites pour in, veteran Navy SEAL and security specialist Zane Alexander is happy that he and his girlfriend Missy don’t need a legal document to prove their love. Or at least he didn’t think they did. Lately, he’s beginning to wonder if they’re still on the same page regarding their official relationship status or is he going to have to seal the deal? But even if he is ready to commit, the universe--and the bad guys--have other ideas.Look for all the Hot SEALs!

Flourishing people are strong and weak.Two common temptations lure us away from abundant living—withdrawing into safety or grasping for power. True flourishing, says Andy Crouch, travels down an unexpected path—being both strong and weak.We see this unlikely mixture in the best leaders—people who use their authority for the benefit of others, while also showing extraordinary willingness to face and embrace suffering. We see it in Jesus, who wielded tremendous power yet also exposed himself...

From New York Time’s bestselling author of the Neighbor from Hell series comes a heartwarming romantic comedy about the only thing that matters when you’re about to lose everything that you’ve ever wanted.The one person that you can’t live without.She should probably mention that she had no idea what she was doing, but since that would probably result in her new boss, Devyn MacGregor, CEO of Carta Hotels and the incredibly handsome man that didn’t ...

You’ve heard the expression, “Attitude is everything.” But can a positive mental attitude make all that much difference in your personal and professional life? Deborah Smith Pegues, author of the bestselling 30 Days to Taming Your Tongue, believes strongly that it can.In Choose Your Attitude, Change Your Life, Deborah explores the root causes of 30 negative attitudes, their impact on your life and relationships, and how you can learn to think positively instead. A...

In the last few decades sixty-five million Americans who once regular attended a local congregation, no longer do. About thirty-five million of those no longer self-identify as Christian, but over thirty-one million still do. This last group has been tagged “The Dones”, those who still seek to follow Jesus and find real community but have given up hope that the local congregation is still relevant to their journey. What do we make of this phenomenon? As one who has spent twenty years helpi...

Discover what it means to be blessed and challenge the false beliefs many in the church hold about “the good life” and what it means to walk in communion with God.American Christians have developed a long list of expectations about what the life with God will feel like. Many Christians rightly deny the prosperity gospel—the idea that God wants you to be healthy and wealthy— but instead embrace its more subtle spin-off, the emotional prosperity gospel, or t...

These are articles that deal with topics in English grammar. Topics discussed are The Six Persons, Using the Correct Past Participle; The Past Tense; The Troublesome Third Person Singular; The Confusing Double Negative; The Use of OK and You Know; Useless Words; The Incorrect Use of Don't; Personal Pronouns; and more. The objective of this set of articles is to help you speak English better.

Take a casual survey of how people practice their faith, and you might reasonably conclude that Jesus spent his life going door to door offering private lessons, complete with chalkboard and pop quizzes. We think about God in the comfort of our own minds, in isolation from one another; meanwhile the world waits for a people to practice the way of Jesus together.Mark Scandrette contends that Jesus has in mind something more lively for us: not a classroom so much as a kingdom, where our form...