What if you could live your remaining life feeling completely full? Full of energy, passion, and direction...You have only one chance to find your destined purpose in this life. Time is your most valuable resource and this world is vying for your attention in each and every moment. Professional, personal, and spiritual balance is becoming more difficult to maintain as you are constantly bombarded by the needs and distractions of your unique world. Amidst the surrounding chaos and constant ...

OVER 100,000 COPIES SOLD!Now you can study the Bible with the faculty of the Moody Bible Institute!Imagine having a team of 30 Moody Bible Institute professors helping you study the Bible. Now you can with this in-depth, user-friendly, one-volume commentary.General editors Michael Rydelnik and Michael Vanlaningham have led a team of contributors whose academic training, practical church experience, and teaching competency make this ...

The sixties gave rise to a whole new generation of music. Led by Barry Gordy's Motown Records and Al Bell's Stax Records, soul music was taking the nation by storm. Any rhythm and blues band worth its salt was playing their sounds.When the Incredible Jades formed in Arkansas in 1967, this music was the fuel for their inspiration. A group of talented and energetic young black men full of dreams, the Jades played their hearts out to every local and regional venue within their reach, ...

How To Reach The Masses: Seasoned Pastors Expound on the Seven Pillars is a follow-up to my original book Seven Pillars for Successful Service. This sequel is a further in-depth look at each of the fundamental pillars that church ministries are built on. These pillars are Church Administration, Christian Education, Parishioner Welfare, Stewardship, Temple Maintenance, Christian Fellowship, The Ministry of Worship and, now, because of the impact of the pandemic, Technology as an Effective T...

YOUNG ADULT"RESPECT, don't know what it means to me." Aretha Franklin could have said the same thing about good citizenship. Many of today's youth don't know what good citizenship means to them. Not enough emphasis is being placed on the role of civility in our modern society. Gone are the days when it was just as important to get good grades in citizenship as it was in three R's. Many of the behavior problems that plague our public-school systems can be traced back to lack of knowledge ab...

How To Reach The Masses: Seasoned Pastors Expound on the Seven Pillars is a follow-up to my original book Seven Pillars for Successful Service. This sequel is a further in-depth look at each of the fundamental pillars that church ministries are built on. These pillars are Church Administration, Christian Education, Parishioner Welfare, Stewardship, Temple Maintenance, Christian Fellowship, The Ministry of Worship and, now, because of the impact of the pandemic, Technology as an Effective T...

This book explores many of the theological and religious themes present in the Game of Thrones HBO television series and George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels. Written for academics yet accessible for the layperson, the chapters explore themes of power, religion, and sacred institutions in Westeros; Christian ecclesiology in the Night’s Watch and the religion of the Iron Islands; Augustinian notions of evil in the Night King and anthropology in the Seven; Ori...

In Theology and the Marvel Universe, fourteen contributors examine theological themes and ideas in the comic books, television shows, and films that make up the grand narrative of the Marvel Universe. Engaging in dialogue with theological thinkers such as Willie James Jennings, Franz Rosenzweig, Søren Kierkegaard, René Girard, Kelly Brown Douglas, and many others, the chapters explore a wide variety of topics, including violence, sacrifice, colonialism, Israeli-Palestinian relations, virtu...

Post-Christian Religion in Popular Culture: Theology through Exegesis analyzes several theological exegeses of contemporary popular culture as post-Christian scripture. It includes analyses of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Lion King, and Cloud Atlas, the television shows Lucifer and Shameless, and contemporary pop punk and alternative music. Through an application of three hermeneutical methods (re-enchantment, resourcement, and rescription...

Rated "Most Popular Fiction Magazine 2024" by Chill SubsNamed Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023, 2024" by Chill SubsRated "Top 50 Fiction" by SubstackDelight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues! After Dinner Conversation is a monthly literary magazine publishing short fiction. Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors who contri...

As we face this season of challenge in 2020, we must embrace Paul’s I Am Determined attitude and just like the blade of grass that pushed through the concrete we must be determined to push through this pandemic. Just like the tree that grows up through the giant rock, we too must go through the giant rocks of racial and social injustice. Like the cactus that stands tall in the dry dessert, we must be determined to stand tall as we go through the dry desserts of trial and sacrifice. When we...

Seven Pillars for Successful Service is designed to give first time pastors and developing churches a fundamental perspective on how to identify the essential ministries that are the building blocks of a Christian Church regardless of the denomination.