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Tame Your Thoughts Video Study (DVD)
$29.99Renewing your mind will lead to a transformed life.
Have you been feeling weighed down by worry? Or caught up in a web of self-critical thoughts? The good news is that with God’s help, you can learn to renew your mind, break free from negative patterns, and become a little more like Jesus every day. This six-session Bible study explores three scripture-based tools that will help you take every thought captive and test the messages that replay in your mind against the truth of God’s Word. You will also learn to overcome common thought traps like anxiety, guilt, rejection, dissatisfaction, and more. No matter who you are or where you come from, progress is possible.
Sessions and video run times:
*The Power of Your Thoughts (17:00)
*Three Tools for Thought Management (18:00)
*Getting Unstuck from Anxiety and Guilt (18:30)
*Finding Joy and Avoiding the Lure of Lust (17:00)
*Navigating Overwhelming Situations and Pain (18:00)
*Facing Rejection and Dissatisfaction (16:30)Designed for use with the Tame Your Thoughts Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video, sold separately.
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God You Need To Know Video Study (DVD)
$29.99What if there’s more to my relationship with God than I know?
Step into a life-changing study with The God You Need to Know. You’ll explore the presence of the Holy Spirit in your daily life and all throughout Scripture–even the Old Testament. From a gentle whisper to the powerful wind, you’ll uncover how the Spirit has been present in God’s plan from the very beginning, shaping lives and revealing His divine purpose. Through engaging video teaching, Scripture reflections, and practical applications, you’ll see how the Holy Spirit enlivens the darkest valleys, orchestrates incredible transformation, and infuses your life with divine purpose.
Sessions and video run times:
1. In Step with the Spirit (26:00)
2. The Spirit Who Hovers (24:00)
3. The Spirit Who Makes (25:00)
4. The Beauty of Discernment (26:00)
5. The Spirit’s Delightful Surprises (23:00)
6. When the Spirit Says “Go!” (23:00)Designed for use with The God You Need to Know Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video, sold separately.
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What Happens Next Video Study (DVD)
$29.99What comes to mind when you think about the end times? If you are like many Christians, you might not think about it much at all. You have a carpe diem kind of faith that focuses on the here and now. Why occupy your thoughts with the “not yet” when you have enough to deal with in the “right now”? The answer is simple: because Jesus focused on the end times. A full thirty percent of his teachings in the Gospels have to do with discourses on heaven, hell, and the events that will signal the final age. So, if Jesus made the end times a priority, it only makes sense that his followers would make it a priority as well.
Perhaps one of the reasons why you don’t like to think about the end times is because you know it will involve turmoil and strife. Indeed, Jesus said the final days would be marked by events that include economic turmoil, political conflicts, ethnic tensions, persecution of Christians, famines, wars and rumors of wars, diseases, false prophets, waning faith in Jesus, and other fearful sights. Jesus declared, “All these are the beginning of birth pains” (Matthew 24:9). Labor pains increase in frequency and intensity as the delivery draws near. Jesus was speaking of a day in which the same will happen in the world.
Now, when it comes to considering these events that will signal the end of the age, you have a choice as to how you will respond. You can see these circumstances through the eyes of fear or faith. The eyes of fear see little reason for hope and ample reason for anxiety. However, the eyes of faith see history inching closer and closer to a new era that will usher in a heavenly destiny–a time when you will “reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize” (Philippians 3:14 nlt). God has told you what to expect not to scare you but to prepare you. He is like a pilot on the intercom telling the passengers about impending turbulence. A good pilot keeps his travelers informed. Your good Father does the same!
God wants you to have a deep-seated confidence that he is firmly on his throne and the future is in his hands. He has given prophecy to empower his saints with the reassurance that whatever happens in this life, he is ultimately sovereign.
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Truth In True Crime Video Study (DVD)
$29.99America’s Cold-Case Detective Explores 15 Surprising Rules for Life
In The Truth in True Crime Video Study, detective J. Warner Wallace explores the clues lying behind our human nature as he uncovers fifteen life truths gleaned from both contemporary murder investigations and ancient biblical wisdom.
Every session introduces you to an investigation of a death as Wallace and his partner Rick chase down leads and along the way learn guiding principles to help us to thrive and flourish as human beings created in the image of God.?These fifteen attributes of human beings have been confirmed by modern sociological studies but were first described on the pages of Scripture. Even if you don’t believe in God, these are valuable insights into our human condition, helping you better understand your own identity and the identity of your Creator.
Concrete and compelling in its approach, The Truth in True Crime Video Study will engage you in a deep dive into practical aspects of biblical and sociological truths.
Designed for Use with The Truth in True Crime Investigator’s Guide ISBN 9780310111467
Session Titles and Runtimes:
1 – A Pool of Blood (Under My Feet) (10 min)
2 – Fake IDs and a Stolen Identity (13 min)
3 – A Target, a Bull’s-Eye, and a Circle of Concern (13 min)
4 – Trajectory Decisions (for Better or Worse) (15 min)
5 – Santa Claus and Misplaced Devotion (14 min)
6 – Legends, Liars, and Liabilities (14 min)
7 – Felons, Fugitives, and Financial Freedom (14 min)
8 – Sense and Suffering (16 min)
9 – Prejudice, Injustice, and the Father of All “Isms” (15 min)
10 – Tough Love and a Tale of Two Brothers (13 min)
11 – The Killer Inside (15 min)
12 – A Good Guilt Trip (15 min)
13 – What Gangsters Have in Common (17 min)
14 – Death Sentences and Life without Parole (15 min)
15 – Every Kind of Stupid (15 min)
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Untangle Your Emotions Video Study (DVD)
$29.99What does the Bible tell us about our emotions?
Does the Bible really tell us that our emotions are untrustworthy? God made us to feel our emotions, to examine and share them–not manage or suppress them. We can learn what it means to live emotionally-healthy lives from studying Jesus’ life and how He cared for and responded to the people around Him.
Join bestselling author and Bible teacher Jennie Allen through the discovery of a healthier relationship with your emotions. Delve into a deeper connection with God and others through biblical study of how God made us to feel.
Sessions and video run times:
1. Introduction (17:30)
2. Notice (17:00)
3. Name (17:00)
4. Feel (17:30)
5. Share (17:00)
6. Choose (17:00)Designed for use with the Untangle Your Emotions Bible Study Guide plus Streaming video, sold separately.
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Love Everybody Wants Video Study (DVD)
$29.99Everyone loves love . . . but whose love are we really seeking? We want to be seen, known, and loved. We want to be chosen. Have you ever asked yourself, by whom?
The love we are looking for is found in God.
The Love Everybody Wants is a reality check and practical approach to receiving, offering, and sharing the love we long for. There is a way to experience love in a culture obsessed with shallow ideas of romance and false idealistic relationships. There is a better way. A deeper way. A way forward that sets our hearts in order and helps us learn how to be loved, how to love others well, and how to honor God through it all.
Madi Prewett Troutt will share with honest and vulnerable conviction how to look to God, see yourself, and find deep love beyond our culture’s empty and surface ideas of being chosen, adored, sought, and worthy. In this four-session study, let down your guard and see past the filtered images to the only true love you ever need. The love that will lead you into all the relationships and experiences you desire. Learn how to live in defiance of temptations, shame, envy, and impatience. Be encouraged you are not alone pursuing the kind of love you were created for. You were made for love.
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Hymns We Love (DVD)
$19.99Older adults are the fastest-growing age demographic across the Western world, and yet there are few materials to support churches who want to help this older generation hear about God’s love.
Hymns We Love aims to fill that gap. It is a gentle which uses well-loved hymns to share the good news of Jesus and key truths about God’s character in an accessible way. Many in this generation have grown up singing these hymns at school, church or Sunday school, and they have therefore proved to be a non-threatening and accessible way to connect with seniors and help them to engage with the gospel.
The series comprises five video sessions which are on this DVD. Each one tells the story of the hymn writer, how the hymn came to be, and the Christian message behind it. Across the five sessions, Hymns We Love will help bring the core truths of the Christian story alive in a way that is gentle, warm and clear.
The video sessions also feature beautiful renditions of the hymns, filmed in a historic English village church, along with testimonies and prayers.
There are also three introductory sessions: for Christmas and for Easter and a third which can be used at any time of the year.
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Fighting Your Battles (DVD)
$19.99Every Christian’s Guide to Victory over Life’s Challenges
What does it mean to fight God’s way? In this six-week Bible study, author and speaker Jonathan Evans will help you identify what it looks like to let God lead you through life’s hardships, remain assured in your beliefs, and persevere toward the purpose to which He has called you.
As you learn from Jonathan’s messages, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of how your trials and troubles have developed your faith. Meanwhile, you’ll build new spiritual habits that will prepare you to approach life’s peaks and valleys with a heart of hope, endurance, and confidence in God’s goodness.
Depend on God. All your battles belong to Him. As you journey through this series, you’ll witness how essential this incredible truth is to your daily life. These encouraging, Bible-centered sessions will leave you equipped to stand faithful and empowered in Christ through every circumstance.
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Help Is Here Video Study (DVD)
$29.99The Holy Spirit is a mystery to many of us today. We understand the nature and character of God the Father. We have no problem comprehending Jesus as the Son. But the Holy Spirit? We tend to hem, haw, and search for words when trying to describe him and the work he does in our lives. Perhaps some of the challenge is found in the terms. We understand God as a Father. Jesus as a Son. But God as Spirit? The word itself is mystical.
In this five-session video Bible study (study guide sold separately), bestselling author Max Lucado pulls back the curtain on the third member of Trinity. He shows how Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit to his disciples because they needed to be equipped for the work he had in store for them. As he said to them, “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all of Judea, and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8 NKJV). Jesus knew they needed the Holy Spirit’s power-to make good choices, keep promises, silence voices of fear, and get on with life. Jesus promised to provide this power to his followers. He still promises to provide this power today.
The Bible reveals that the Holy Spirit-far from being an impersonal force-is always close, always active, and always at work within our lives. He is our helper, teacher, empowerer, intercessor, peace-bringer, guider, anointer, convicter, and diviner giver of gifts. God has not left us vulnerable and defenseless. Rather, his vision for us includes a Companion with resilient strength. So no more walking this path alone! No more carrying weight we were not intended to bear! It’s time to enjoy the presence of the Holy Spirit and experience the life he offers. It’s time to tap into his power… and realize that help is here.
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Who Are You Following Video Study (DVD)
$29.99If influencers have power over us, who are you allowing to influence you?
In an online world obsessed with follows and likes, it’s important to consider what you’re really searching for. When you follow someone, it’s typically because you want to be like them or live like they do—but who have you placed as your role models?
In Who Are You Following? bestselling author and social media personality Sadie Robertson Huff dives deep into exploring who we are allowing to influence our daily thoughts and actions. With an excellent grasp of scriptural truths, using current research, surveys, and personal and biblical stories, Sadie draws on her own experience as a social media influencer and addresses topics such as:
*how to go from being liked to being truly loved
*our true motives for fame
*being seen from the outside versus being known
*comparing ourselves to others
*questioning why did I post that?!
*how to respond to cancel culture
*wondering does God still love me?This video study is perfect for young Christians wondering how they can live a vibrant, bold, and uncompromising life of faith in God by following the Messiah–the ultimate influencer. Discover the love, purpose, and fulfillment that is found only in Jesus.
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Abide Bible Course Video Study (DVD)
$29.99Jesus instructed his followers, “Abide in Me . . as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me” (John 14:4 NKJV). We were created to abide with God. Our heavenly Father, through his very nature, is relational. He has designed us to walk with him in an intimate relationship.
Followers of Christ abide with him the way a branch dwells on a vine–in a life-sustaining connection. We consume his Word through Scripture engagement and, as we do so, learn God’s love and his designs for us. But often the difficulty is where to start and how to form this unique connection with our heavenly Father. After all, interacting with God is different than interacting with other humans on earth. Furthermore, one style of experiencing this type of relationship with God does not fit all. We each have unique ways that appeal to us of meeting with God.
The Abide Bible Course is designed to expose participants to different methods of interacting with God that Christ-followers have pursued throughout the ages. Each of these practices is firmly grounded in encountering God through Scripture. This is because the Bible is the authoritative “word” of God–the story that He provided so we can meet, know, love, and obey Him. Scripture gives us access to the very heart and mind of God. Keeping this in mind, participants in the course will explore the following methods of engaging with Scripture:
*Contemplate: Participants learn a practice in the church known as lectio divina, which involves reading, meditating on, and praying through a passage. This practice allows them to reflect more deeply on specific passages, take time to experience God’s presence, and pray according to what they discover.
*Journal: Participants are guided on how to record their thoughts and feelings in response to a passage from the Bible. This practice allows them to open themselves to God’s voice as they ponder the text.
*Identify: Participants follow a method recommended by Ignatius in which they place themselves within a biblical narrative or text. This practice allows them to imagine the sights, sounds, and smells of the event.
*Pray: Participants are encouraged to follow another long-standing tradition in the church by praying back a particular passage of Scripture to God. This practice allows them to personalize the text for their own unique situation and gain language for the thoughts and emotions they want to express to the
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Living Gods Word Video Lectures (DVD)
$79.99Living God’s Word Video Lectures is your pathway to read the Bible as it was meant to be read: as God’s Great Story. Many Christians resolve to study the Bible more fervently, but often struggle to grasp the progression of Scripture as a whole. They encounter various passages each week through unrelated readings, studies, and sermons and it all feels disconnected. But once they see the Bible as God’s Great Story, they begin to understand how it all fits together and they start see how their own lives fit into what God has done and is doing in the world.In Living God’s Word Video Lectures, New Testament scholar J. Scott Duvall and Old Testament expert J. Daniel Hays help Christians consider how their lives can be integrated into the story of the Bible, thus enabling them to live faithfully in deep and important ways. Living God’s Word Video Lectures explores the entire Bible through broad themes that trace the progression of God’s redemptive plan.Living God’s Word Video Lectures is ideal for those who want to understand the Bible better, for introductory college courses, Sunday school electives, or small group study. Viewers can further enhance their learning experience with the Living God’s Word textbook and the Living God’s Word workbook (sold separately).
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Undistracted Video Study (DVD)
$29.99Disappointments are a fact of life. Setbacks will happen to us all at some point. It is easy to allow such events to steal our joy and distract us from our true purpose. But we don’t have to fall into that trap. We can choose to keep our focus on Christ even in turmoil and be the kind of people who get busy moving in another direction.
In this five-session video study, bestselling author Bob Goff shares some of the stories from his life that have helped him understand what it truly means to be joyful in every situation. As he notes, the hard truth is that most of us live our lives consumed by worries and fears about things over which we have no control. We struggle to know how we should interact with family or friends. We fret about our finances and our faith. We question our college major and career choice. Add to this that we’re following a God we can’t see, for a lifetime we can’t measure, to a heaven we can’t comprehend, because of grace we didn’t earn.
We’re all trying to figure it out as we go. This leaves more offramps than onramps, more chances for confusion than certainty and more ambiguity than clarity. All of this vagueness plays right into the hands of darkness. The enemy doesn’t seek to destroy us with an obvious all-out assault. No, he wants to distract us, keep us locked up in worries, and prevent us from experiencing those things that will give us true joy in life.
This is the goal of this study–to provide a roadmap to defeat discouragement and regain joy in life by becoming captivated by something better. Joy will provide practical steps to help participants make that journey.
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Bible Doctrine Video Lectures (DVD)
$79.99How do we know the Bible is God’s Word? What is sin and where did it come from? How is Jesus fully God and fully man? What are spiritual gifts? When and how will Christ return?
If you’ve asked questions like these, then “systematic theology” is no abstract term. It’s an approach to finding answers every Christian needs to know. Bible Doctrine Video Lectures takes a highly commended reference on systematic theology and makes it accessible to the average learner. Wayne Grudem covers the essentials of the faith, giving you a firm grasp on seven key topics:
*The Doctrine of the Word of God
*The Doctrine of God
*The Doctrine of Man
*The Doctrine of Christ
*The Doctrine of the Application of Redemption
*The Doctrine of the Church
*The Doctrine of the FutureLessons are marked by clarity, strong scriptural emphasis, thoroughness in scope and detail, and treatment of such timely topics as spiritual warfare and the gifts of the Spirit. But you don’t need to have had several years of Bible school to reap the full benefits of Bible Doctrine Video Lectures–it’s easy to understand and packed with solid, biblical answers to your most important questions. All video lecture content is adapted from Systematic Theology Video Lectures.
Session Titles and Runtimes:
1 – Introduction to Systematic Theology ((6 min)
2 – The Authority and Inerrancy of the Bible (14 min)
3 – The Clarity, Necessity, and Sufficiency of the Bible (18 min)
4 – The Character of God: “Incommunicable” Attributes (8 min)
5 – The “Communicable” Attributes of God (15 min)
6 – The Trinity (10 min)
7 – Creation (12 min)
8 – God’s Providence (8 min)
9 – Prayer (11 min)
10 – Angels, Satan, and Demons (18 min)
11 – The Creation of Man (9 min)
12 – Man as Male and Female (10 min)
13 – Sin (10 min)
14 – The Person of Christ (10 min)
15 – The Atonement (11 min)
16 – Resurrection and Ascension (8 min)
17 – Common Grace (7 min)
18 – Election (11 min)
19 – The Gospel Call (8 min)
20 – Regeneration (7 min)
21 – Conversion (Faith and Repentance) (8 min)
22 – Justification and Adoption ( 12 min)
23 – Sanctification (Growth in Likeness to Christ) (9 min)
24 – The Perseverance of the Saints (Remaining a Christian) (8 min)
25 – Death, the Intermediate State, and Glorification (13 min)
26 – The Nature of the Church (15 min)
27 – Baptism (8 min)
28 – The Lord’s Supper (9 min)
29 – Gifts of the Holy Spirit (I): General Questions (11 min)
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Waymaker Video Study (DVD)
$29.99We can trust that God, the WayMaker, is always at work creating the life of our dreams, through ways we never would have dreamed for ourselves.
In a disorienting world, with obstacle after obstacle, and the landscape of our lives shifting in ways we never expected, we can trust that as we look to our Maker, the WayMaker, our road will lead us to arrive exactly where we always hoped it would, though maybe not at all in the way we imagined. And those dreams for our lives? They can still happen-in ways only He perfectly dreamed of.
It is true: heartache, grief, suffering, obstacles, they all come in waves. There is no controlling life’s storms; there is only learning the way to walk through the waves. In this video Bible study (study guide sold separately), bestselling author Ann Voskamp hands us a map that makes meaning of life, that shows the way through to the places we’ve only dreamed of reaching, by a way we never expected.
Voskamp reveals how God is present in the totality of our lives, making a way:
*for the marriage that seems impossible,
*for the woman who longs for a child of her own,
*for the parents who ache for the return of their prodigal,
*for the sojourner caught between a rock and a hard place, and
*for the wayfarer who feels as though there is no way through to her dreams.We can encounter the WayMaker in surprising ways and begin to see Him not only making poetry out of pain but working in every miraculous detail of our lives. Even now, the Way is making the way to walk through waves and into a life more deeply fulfilling than our wildest dreams.
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Live No Lies Video Study (DVD)
$29.99The late 1930s were a tumultuous time in America. The country was on the verge of war with Germany. The economy was recovering from the Great Depression. Fear and anxiety were rampant. Enter Orson Welles, director of The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a new radio program. The show was the darling of critics but had failed to garner a large audience. Welles had no commercial sponsor, and he knew he had to do something drastic. So he bought the rights to H. G. Wells’s novel The War of the Worlds and had his screenwriter simplify it. He updated the setting from Victorian England to current-day New Jersey.
Most Americans weren’t listening to Welles’s show when it started. They were listening to the more popular The Chase and Sanborn Hour. That week’s episode ended at 8:15 pm. So, around 8:16, thousands of people turned the dial and were shocked by realistic-sounding news alerts. Due to the unrest in Europe, people were used to having their radio shows interrupted with breaking news stories . . . all bad. What people heard that night were reports of aliens invading the Eastern Seaboard, complete with an emergency broadcast from an actor whose voice mimicked President Roosevelt’s with near-perfect accuracy.
The result was pandemonium in the streets. Urbanites fled in terror. People took refuge in churches. Pregnant women went into labor early. People committed suicide. Looting broke out in the streets. It being America, men got out their guns and made ready to make a final stand.
The story reveals that ideas can be powerful. As the Bible reveals, this is something our enemy understands all too well. Satan, “the father of lies,” wields the weapons of deception with perfect precision, striking at when we are most vulnerable. It is for this reason that Paul and other early church leaders liked following Jesus to a war. They encouraged believers in Christ to equip the armor of spiritual warfare, take a stand, and start to fight back against the forces of the world, the flesh, and the devil.
As followers of Jesus, we still called are to fight back against deceptive ideas (the devil) that play to disordered desires (the flesh) that are normalized in a sinful society (the world). This is the purpose of this study–to unmask our enemy and to develop a strategy to fight back by living out the truth we believe.
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Sexual Reformation Video Study (DVD)
$59.99Since the Reformation, Protestants have confessed that the church is reformed and always reforming. But do we really believe this? Why, then, are we so shocked to hear that the church itself needs a sexual reformation? That the church has been fighting to uphold biblical distinction between the sexes against a culture that is rapidly and aggressively challenging this, is certainly one reason. But in trying to be faithful to the beauty of God’s design for man and woman, the church has instead latched onto a pagan, Aristotelian concept of man and woman–that woman is by nature inferior to man–which robs us of the dignity of personhood as man and woman created in the image of God.
Much of the evangelical teaching on the sexes is based on cultural stereotypes and an unbiblical ontology of male authority and female subordination. While some try to correct this, they often flatten the meaningful distinctions in the feminine and masculine gift. We end up missing the beautiful message that our bodies, and our whole selves as men and women, tell: the story of the great joy in which Christ received his gift of his bride, the church. Having taken on flesh, he is bringing her to the holy of holies, ushering her behind the veil, and securing communion with his bridal people in sacred space. He gave himself as the ultimate Gift and he loves us to the end. We see this highlighted in the book placed right in the middle of our Bibles. The Song of Songs enfleshes our hope as it poetically sings the metanarrative of Scripture.
In the Sexual Reformation Video Study, Aimee Byrd invites you to enter into the Song’s treasures as its lyrics reveal a typology in God’s design of man and woman, one that unfolds throughout the canon of Scripture. The meaning of man and woman extends beyond biology, nature, and culture to give us a glimpse of what is to come. Our bodies are theological. They are visible signs that tell us something about our God. This often-ignored biblical book has much to teach us about Christ, his church, man, and woman. It teaches us the whole point of it all. And what it teaches us is not a list of roles and hierarchy, but a love song. We are ripe for a sexual reformation in the church, and recovering a good theological anthropology is imperative to it. We desperately need to peel away the Aristotelian mindset of man and woman that still pervades much of the teaching on gender and sexuality in the church today.?The Holy Spirit is speaking to us in his Wor
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Rembrandt Is In The Wind Video Study (DVD)
$59.99Did you know Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime, and that during the last three months of his life he completed an average of one painting every day?
Did you know that Michelangelo’s David is covered in a dusting of human skin?
Did you know Caravaggio murdered several people while he was painting some of the most glorious paintings of Biblical scenes the world has ever known?
Rembrandt Is in the Wind Video Study is an invitation to discover some of the world’s most celebrated artists and works, while presenting the Gospel of Christ in a way that speaks to the struggles and longings common to the human experience.
This video study is part art history, part Biblical study, part philosophy, and part analysis of the human experience; but it’s all story. These sessions traverse the chronological arc of art history in the West, from the Italian Renaissance on. Some artists are well known, others not as much. But together, the stories of their works raise important questions about humanity’s hunger and capacity for glory, and all of them teach us to love and see beauty.
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Church Plantology Video Study (DVD)
$59.99The Apostle Paul was a veteran church planter who “laid a foundation like a wise and master builder” and there is much we can learn from his example. Paul indicated that there were basic skills and experiences required to successfully plant a church. In Church Plantology Video Study, veteran church planter Peyton Jones examines the wide variety of church planting methods and ideologies in contemporary pastoral practice and outlines a biblical model based on the New Testament.
During his time in prison, Paul spent much of his time writing to Titus, Timothy, and others who’d served alongside him in the trenches to complete their training as church plantings. We can continue to apply these time-tested, proven methods, following the pioneering example of the early church.
Today, the casualty rate in is high. What if we could reduce the odds of failing? Church Plantology Video Study is a robust guide to church planting that will help provide the foundation necessary to survive beyond the initial first years and thrive.
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Last Supper On The Moon Video Study (DVD)
$29.99In the summer of 1969, Buzz Aldrin had a mission. His goal was to fly 240 million miles from earth and, along with fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong, be the first to walk on the moon. But moments before that historic step, Aldrin poured a specially prepared drink into a cup and partook of a sacred celebration that had first occurred two thousand years before.
The lunar Last Supper was full of meaning, just as it had been when Jesus himself took of the elements and acknowledged his calling and purpose. But the significance didn’t end there. Today, as we remember the sacrifice of Christ on the cross, followed by his resurrection, we are reminded that what seemed to be an end became the genesis of everything–including the rescue and restoration of anyone who calls on Jesus’ name.
In this six-session study (study guide sold separately), bestselling author and pastor Levi Lusko journeys back in time and forward in hope, using the 1969 lunar mission as an analogy of the metamorphosis that was unleashed by the man from Galilee. Along the way, he uncovers the remarkable “seven statements” that Jesus made from the cross–words that provide us everything we need in the chaos of our world to conquer judgment, persecution, anxiety, and pain.
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Find Your People Video Study (DVD)
$29.99Never in the history of civilization have we been more connected and felt more alone. We are all so lonely. What if fundamentally the ways we have set up our lives is broken? We’ve withdrawn rather than moved through it. We want supper clubs and friends, instead of war partners. We have a wrong view of community.
This 7-session video Bible study begins with a look at the original community in Genesis, the Trinity, and the creation of people to see what God had planned for us all along. We will also discover throughout the study the five life patterns required to build deep, connected relationships:
*Proximity
*Shared Mission
*Transparency
*Accountability
*ConsistencyThe seven sessions include:
*Week 1: Introduction / God’s Plan It is not good for man to be alone. (Creation)
*Week 2: Shame / The Disruption of Community Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. (Shame)
*Week 3: Sitting Around the Fire / Proximity I will make My dwelling among you. (God’s Presence)
*Week 4: Working Together / Shared Mission Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others. (Jesus and the Disciples)
*Week 5: Open Doors / Transparency And all who believed were together and had all things in common. (Acts)
*Week 6: Tribal Elders / Accountability Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. (The Church Grows)
*Week 7: Meals Together / Consistency Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples. (The Kingdom of God / New Heavens)
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Find Your People Study Guide plus Streaming Video
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1-2 Samuel A Video Study (DVD)
$139.991-2 Samuel, A Video Study features scholar and professor Paul S. Evans teaching through the books of Samuel in 48 engaging and challenging lessons. Based on his 1-2 Samuel commentary in The Story of God Bible Commentary series, these video lessons explain and illuminate each passage of the book in light of the Bible’s overarching grand story. Evans offers an engaging and probing introduction to both books of Samuel, guiding viewers in creatively and faithfully living out its messages in today’s context. Using a story-centric approach, this set of lessons is ideal for formal and informal students alike, and for everyone who wants to better understand the books of 1 and 2 Samuel today.1-2 Samuel, A Video Study is part of the Beyond the Basics Series, which is dedicated to bringing expert teaching from world’s best biblical scholars and theologians directly to interested learners.
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3:16 Video Study Updated Edition (DVD)
$29.99In this updated classic, bestselling author and pastor Max Lucado unpacks the meaning behind John 3:16, one of the best-known and most-beloved passages in the Bible. This simple verse came out of an unusual conversation that Jesus had under the cover of night with a Pharisee named Nicodemus. From the start, Nicodemus made it clear he inhabited a land of good efforts, sincere gestures, and hard work. Give God your best, his philosophy said, and God does the rest. Jesus’ response? Your best won’t do. Your works don’t work. Unless you are born again, you can’t even see what God is doing.
Born again. The word born, by definition, implies a passive act. The enwombed child contributes nothing to the delivery. Postpartum celebrations applaud the work of the mother who does the delivery. And the Greek term that Jesus used for again implies that the one who did the work the first time will repeat it. In other words, the original Creator will re-create his creation! Born: God exerts the effort. Again: God restores the beauty. We don’t try again. We need, not the muscle of self, but a miracle of God.
The thought bewildered Nicodemus. “How can this be?” he asked. Jesus answered by leading him to the Hope diamond of the Bible: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” A twenty-six-word parade of hope: beginning with God, ending with life, and urging us to do the same. A verse brief enough to write on a napkin or memorize in a moment . . . yet solid enough to weather 2,000 years of storms and questions. As this study will reveal, the heart of the human problem is the heart of the human. And God’s treatment for the human heart is prescribed in John 3:16: “He loves. He gave. We believe. We live.”
The five sessions include:
1. The Most Famous Conversation in the Bible
2. Hope for the Hard Heart
3. The Heart He Offers
4. Heaven’s “Whoever” Policy
5. The Last Word on LifeDesigned for use with 3:16 Study Guide plus Streaming Video, Updated Edition. (sold separately).
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How Not To Read The Bible Video Study (DVD)
$29.99For centuries, the Bible was called “the Good Book,” a moral and religious text that guides us into a relationship with God and shows us the right way to live. Today, however, some people argue the Bible is outdated and harmful, with many Christians unaware of some of the odd and disturbing things the Bible says.
Whether you are a Christian, a doubter, or someone exploring the Bible for the first time, in this six-session video study bestselling author Dan Kimball guides you step-by-step in how to make sense of the most misunderstood, difficult, and disturbing Bible passages related to women, science, violence, slavery, and world religions. Filled with stories, visual illustrations, and memes reflecting popular cultural objections, How (Not) to Read the Bible is a lifeline for individuals who are confused or discouraged with questions about the Bible. This study can be done in youth groups, single’s groups, small groups, Sunday classes, and by individuals.
Sessions include:
*Never Read a Bible Verse
*Stranger Things
*Boys’ Club Christianity
*Jesus Riding a Dinosaur
*My God Can Beat Up Your God
*Rated NC-17Designed for use with How (Not) to Read the Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video (sold separately).
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Basics Of Arabic Video Lectures (DVD)
$199.99Basics of Arabic Video Lectures, taught by Ayman Ibrahim and designed for use with the Basics of Arabic textbook and workbook, introduces students and independent learners to Modern Standard Arabic. Designed for students approaching Arabic for the first time, the video series provides them with the tools necessary to develop skills in reading and writing Arabic. Students will learn Arabic grammar and vocabulary and be able to translate key Arabic passages from biblical and qur’anic texts.
Each lesson includes:
A thorough and understandable introduction to a particular grammatical feature in ArabicVerbal and visual presentation of vocabulary to be memorized
Basics of Arabic Video Lectures will help learners
Recite the Arabic alphabet
Read and pronounce Arabic words
Learn the Arabic noun and verbal system
Understand syntax for writing and reading sentences
Additional translation exercises and a complete lexicon can be found in the Basics of Arabic textbook and workbook. Ideal for students, missionaries, independent learners, and homeschoolers this accessible guide give learners a clear and understandable introduction to this important language.
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Proverbs A Video Study (DVD)
$74.99Proverbs, A Video Study features scholar and professor Ryan P. O’Dowd teaching through the book of Proverbs in 37 engaging and challenging lessons. Based on his Proverbs commentary in The Story of God Bible Commentary series, these video lessons explain and illuminate each passage of the book in light of the Bible’s overarching grand story. O’Dowd offers an engaging and probing introduction to the entire book of Proverbs, guiding viewers in creatively and faithfully living out its messages in today’s context. Using a story-centric approach, this set of lessons is ideal for formal and informal students alike, and for everyone who wants to better understand the book of Proverbs today.
Proverbs, A Video Study is part of the Beyond the Basics Series, which is dedicated to bringing expert teaching from world’s best biblical scholars and theologians directly to interested learners. Proverbs, A Video Study breathes life into each passage of the book, examined in its canonical and historical setting, in order to foster discernment in living God’s story faithfully and creatively with and for the church in the 21st century.
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Evidence That Demands A Verdict Video Study (DVD)
$29.99For more than forty years, Evidence That Demands a Verdict has encouraged and strengthened millions of people around the world. It has convinced skeptics of the Bible’s reliability, helped believers articulate their faith, and given them the vital facts they need to defend God’s Word and lead others to faith in Jesus. The book has now been revised and updated to include newly uncovered historical documentation, recent scholarship, and new and expanded chapters to address recent attacks on Christianity.
In this new eight-session video study (guide sold separately), Josh and his son, Sean, help believers in Christ understand how the books of the New Testament came into being, how they differ from “Gnostic” and non-biblical texts, and why they can be sure that the New Testament books are historically reliable. They also examine how believers can know that Jesus existed, why the claims he made about himself are true, how he fulfilled Old Testament prophecies about himself, and how believers can know the resurrection took place.
This study is for anyone who has ever been stumped by someone’s arguments against Christianity or the Bible–or has wondered for themselves if the Bible’s depiction of Jesus is true and not just a made-up fairy tale. It has been specifically created to help Christians know what they believe, why it is true, and how they communicate biblical truth to a skeptical world.
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When Making Others Happy Is Making You Miserable Video Study (DVD)
$29.99Feeling overwhelmed, burnt-out, and pulled in too many directions by the needs of others? If you wish you had a little more freedom and margin in your daily schedule, this is the Bible study is for you.
Author and speaker Karen Ehman knows firsthand how people-pleasing locks us in a prison, trapping us in unhealthy habits which distract us from our true selves and our God-given purpose. With honesty and practical wisdom, Ehman explores why we fall into people-pleasing behaviors and offers advice for how we can break out into the freedom God has called us to. Because the truth is we cannot fulfill our divine purpose if we’re too busy living everyone else’s.
In this six-session video Bible study filled with vulnerable and humorous stories, biblical insight, and encouragement from someone who’s been there, Ehman will help you:
*Discover how to live out your priorities despite the opinions and expectations of others
*Cultivate a strategy for knowing when to say yes and how to say no
*Learn to navigate the tension between following God and loving the people around you
When Making Others Happy Is Making You Miserable Bible study is the key you need to quit the pleasing game, reclaim your life, and walk with God in peace and confidence.
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Hope Explored : What’s The Best Future You Could Ever Imagine (DVD)
$14.99There are few emotions more powerful than hope. But these days, hope often feels hard to come by. Where can we find a hope that won’t disappoint us?
Looking at the life, death and resurrection of Jesus in Luke’s Gospel, this three-session series from Christianity Explored Ministries shows that Christianity is about real hope: a joyful expectation for the future, based on true events in the past, which changes everything about my present.
It sounds good… but is it true? Whatever people do or don’t believe, Hope Explored offers them an opportunity to explore, to discuss and to discover the hope, peace and purpose Jesus offers.
With only three sessions, Hope Explored does not require a huge time commitment from guests, so it is one of the easiest ways to introduce someone to Christianity. It can be run in person or on video-meeting technology, in small groups or . The Christianity Explored series can then be run as a follow-up course for those eager to explore the Christian faith more.
On this DVD, Rico Tice, Founder of Christianity Explored Ministries, introduces the concepts for each session (Hope, Peace, Purpose) and delivers compelling Bible teaching from Luke’s Gospel. The ideas are then discussed as participants look at the Bible passage together.
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God And Race Video Study (DVD)
$29.99A recent Pew Research study discovered that 6 out of 10 adults in America believe racial tension is a major problem in this country–and one that is only growing worse. Today, people across the nation are dealing with tensions between blacks and whites, and often this tension breaks out into violence. People are talking about the issue; but sadly, the church has been reluctant to engage in the discussion.
In God and Race, pastors Wayne Francis and John Siebling seek to provide a non-threatening means for pastors, church leaders, and churchgoers to start to dialogue about this important issue. Wayne Francis, lead pastor of The Life Church in New York, speaks to the “Black Fist” part, showing how the racism that blacks have faced have led to many solidarity movements that have served to increase racial tensions in our country. John Siebling, lead pastor of The Life Church in Memphis, Tennessee, speaks to the “White Knuckles” part, showing how many whites today are “white-knuckling” it to try and hold on to old (and wrong) ways of thinking . . . or are just tensing up when approached with the issue and hoping that it will just go away.
In this study (study guide sold separately), Wayne and John show how neither black fists or white knuckles are the answer to the problem, but that what is needed are open hands, open hearts, and open minds. They do this by discussing seven key statements that they believe the church needs to acknowledge today:
1. Racism is a problem
2. The gospel is the solution
3. It’s more than just a spiritual problem
4. It’s complicated
5. White people must understand and acknowledge the sin of slavery and mistreatment of black people
6. Black people in turn have to forgive white people of previous and present injustices, while also not harboring hatred and racism toward white people
7. Unless we make a solid intentional choice to connect, understand, reach, and love one another, we will remain dividedIn the Gospels, we see how the crowds came to Jesus because he talked about real issues and was not afraid to engage in the important issues of his day. In the church of today, we need to be doing the same, for it is only by recognizing, addressing, and openly dialoguing about the racial tension in America that we can together begin to work toward real solutions. Wayne and John have no presumption in this series that they are going to solve the issue. Rather, their goal is to have churches follow their example and start the
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Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Expanded Edition Video Study (DVD)
$39.99In the Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Workbook, Peter outlines a roadmap for discipleship with Jesus that is powerfully transformative. He unveils what’s wrong with our current definition of “spiritual growth” and offers not only a model of spirituality that actually works, but seven steps to change that will help you experience authentic faith and hunger for God.
Though Peter was an experienced pastor of a growing church, his life and faith remained emotionally unhealthy. Like so many in the church, he routinely:
*avoided healthy conflict in the name of keeping the peace
*ignored and suppressed emotions
*used work for God as an excuse to run from God
*lived without limitsIn this updated and expanded video, Peter helps you unpack core biblical principles to guide you into an experience of lasting, beneath-the-surface transformation in your relationship with Christ. This video is Part One of the Emotionally Healthy Discipleship Course that also includes the bestselling books, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality and Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Day-by-Day. Join us for a powerful journey that will walk you through a door that will change forever the way you love God, others, and yourself.
Designed for use with the Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Workbook Expanded Edition (9780310131731), sold separately. It is part of the Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Course.
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Contagious Faith Video Study (DVD)
$29.99In this new video-based training course, bestselling author and teacher Mark Mittelberg introduces you to the five Contagious Faith Styles-Friendship-Building, Selfless-Serving, Story-Sharing, Reason-Giving, and Truth-Telling-and helps you discover which of these approaches (or combination of them) will enable you to naturally share your faith in Jesus with the people around you.
The Contagious Faith assessment will help you identify your primary style, along with any secondary styles you discover. It will give you next steps for developing and deploying your natural approach in order to reach others for Christ. It will also emphasize the importance of all the skill set areas discussed in the Contagious Faith book, and wherever natural it will prompt them to try out the skills discussed on the video with someone else in the group. In this way their effectiveness and confidence will grow-and with it, their potential for bearing spiritual fruit by impacting the lives of others.
The six sessions (study guide sold separately) in Contagious Faith can be used in small groups, classes, student ministries, and church-wide campaigns. The training videos will also include short interviews in which Mark Mittelberg will interact with five individuals who speak and use each of the 5 faith-sharing styles. Much like Mittelberg’s Becoming a Contagious Christian, we see the Contagious Faith book and course becoming the standard materials churches and Christian ministries will use around the world to help their members more effectively share their faith with others.
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Romans Video Study (DVD)
$29.99In this six-session, video Bible study of Romans, you will get to know truly who God is and, in that knowing, you will know better who you are as a person and who you are as part of your surroundings. Romans presents you with an invitation to both intimacy and inspiration-but it requires that you come with an appetite greater than your current circumstance because God has prepared a God-sized feast of what love in action looks like, feels like, and results in.
The DVD includes lifetime access to streaming video of all sessions.
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Gospel Driven Ministry Video Study (DVD)
$59.99Pastoral Ministry Rooted and Sustained by the Gospel
In the Gospel-Driven Ministry Video Study, Jared Wilson looks at the qualifications for the pastorate and introduces a gospel-centered approach to the core practices of pastoral ministry, including:
*preaching sermons
*developing a vibrant prayer life
*caring and counseling
*family care and self-discipline
*leadership dynamics
*spiritual warfare and fighting sin
*resolving conflict
*passing on the ministry to othersWilson also provides practical resources for baptism and the Lord’s Supper, as well as guidance for wedding and funeral sermons. This is a comprehensive, practical introduction to pastoring that prepares new pastors and equips those currently serving for long-term, healthy ministry.
Session Titles and Runtimes:
0 – Introduction: On This Mysterious Stewardship (6 min)
1 – The Pastor (14 min)
2 – The Power (27 min)
3 – Worshiping (10 min)
4 – Preaching: Part 1 (14 min)
5 – Preaching: Part 2 (22 min)
6 – Caring (18 min)
7 – Leading (20 min)
8 – Fighting (and Making Peace) (20 min)
9 – Living (19 min)
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Theological Ethics Video Lectures (DVD)
$89.99In Theological Ethics Video Lectures, theologian, pastor, and ethicist W. Ross Hastings guides the church to think deeply and theologically about the moral formation of persons in our communities, about ethical inquiry and action, and about the tone and content of our engagement in the public square. Lessons present a biblical perspective and a gospel-centered framework for thinking about complex contemporary issues in ways that are life-giving and that will lead learners into greater flourishing as human persons in community.Hastings’s framework for ethics is robustly theological and Trinitarian. Ethics isolated from the gospel and theology becomes bad news, but when it is informed by and empowered by participation in the triune God of grace, it is part of the good news of the gospel. Theological Ethics Video Lectures is for those who lead churches or ministries (or who someday will) and who urgently need deep theological grounding as they daily encounter ethical and moral issues where they need to provide a gracious, truthful, and gospel-directed response.
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When Strivings Cease Video Study (DVD)
$29.99Bestselling author, entrepreneur, and speaker Ruth Chou Simons calls women to discover how God’s profound gift of grace and favor invites them to rest from chasing approval and earning love, and instead discover the freedom of true belonging and worth that doesn’t depend on them.
In this hustling, image-forward age of opportunity, women are more anxious than ever. Despite all the affirming memes and self-reflections that dominate social media feeds, approval and worth often seem assigned to what we do rather than who we are. And we end up constantly feeling behind, lacking, and like we’re failing-at home, at work, with friends, with God.
Ruth Chou Simons knows something of feeling measured by achievement, performance, and the approval of others. As a Taiwanese immigrant growing up between two cultures, Ruth was always on a mission to prove her worth. Until she came to truly understand the one thing that changes everything: the extravagant, undeserved gift of grace from a merciful God.
In this six-session Bible study (study guide sold separately), Ruth guides us all on a journey to find freedom from the never-ending quest for approval and affirmation. She shows us how to:
*confront the ways we look to superficial means of acceptance and belonging, and find relief in realizing we can’t be so amazing that we won’t need grace
*stop seeing God as someone we perform for and start finding delight in responding to God’s welcome
*find relief from running the hamster wheel of relying on our own strength, our own abilities, and our own savvy-and always coming up short-by truly understanding the freedom Jesus purchased
With personal story, biblical insights, practical applications, and original artwork by Ruth, this transformational new book helps us see the beautiful truth that God’s favor is the only currency we need, because in Christ we are enough.
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Ephesians Video Study (DVD)
$29.99The message of the gospel that Paul brought to Ephesus forever transformed its citizen’s lives. Out of this city-filled with idolatry and Roman temples-rose up a new community that lived to proclaim the grace, mercy, and love of a God who had sent His Son into the world to forgive their sins. But things did not always go smoothly within this new group. Ephesus was a city of great cultural diversity, which meant that the church Paul founded was also a multiethnic group. It wasn’t long before these various groups were finding it difficult to come together as one, put aside their differences, and get along. In other words, the church in Ephesus was having the same problems we face today.
In this six-session study (study guide sold separately), Pastor Derwin Gray of Transformation Church will guide you through Paul’s letter to this group of diverse believers. You will see how Paul presented the revolutionary idea that Jesus came not only to forgive sins but also to create a unified family out of a people with differently-colored skins. Just like a multi-faceted diamond, the different “shapes” in the church actually help to reveal its beauty. It is actually the differences among believers that make them different for the better.
The 40 Days Through the Book series has been designed to help believers more actively engage with God’s Word. Each study encourages participants to read through one book in the New Testament at least once during the course of 40 days (approximately 6 weeks of meetings). During the course, participants will be provided with (1) an understanding of the background and culture in which the book was written, (2) insights into key passages of Scripture, and (3) clear applications and takeaways from the particular book that they can apply to their lives.Designed for use with Ephesians Study Guide (sold separately).
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Esther A Video Study (DVD)
$74.99Esther, A Video Study features scholar and professor Marion Taylor teaching through the book of Esther in 11 engaging and challenging lessons. Based on her Esther commentary in The Story of God Bible Commentary series, these video lessons explain and illuminate each passage of the book in light of the Bible’s overarching grand story. Taylor offers an engaging and probing introduction to the entire book of Esther, guiding viewers in creatively and faithfully living out its messages in today’s context. Using a story-centric approach, this set of lessons is ideal for formal and informal students alike, and for everyone who wants to better understand the book of Esther today.
Esther, A Video Study is part of the Beyond the Basics Series, which is dedicated to bringing expert teaching from world’s best biblical scholars and theologians directly to interested learners. Esther, A Video Study breathes life into each passage of the book, examined in its canonical and historical setting, in order to foster discernment in living God’s story faithfully and creatively with and for the church in the 21st century.
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Ruth A Video Study (DVD)
$74.99Ruth, A Video Study features scholar and professor Marion Taylor teaching through the book of Ruth in 5 engaging and challenging lessons. Based on her Ruth commentary in The Story of God Bible Commentary series, these video lessons explain and illuminate each passage of the book in light of the Bible’s overarching grand story. Taylor offers an engaging and probing introduction to the entire book of Ruth, guiding viewers in creatively and faithfully living out its messages in today’s context. Using a story-centric approach, this set of lessons is ideal for formal and informal students alike, and for everyone who wants to better understand the book of Ruth today.
Ruth, A Video Study is part of the Beyond the Basics Series, which is dedicated to bringing expert teaching from world’s best biblical scholars and theologians directly to interested learners. Ruth, A Video Study breathes life into each passage of the book, examined in its canonical and historical setting, in order to foster discernment in living God’s story faithfully and creatively with and for the church in the 21st century.
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Kingdom Heroes : Building A Strong Faith That Endures (DVD)
$19.99Witness God’s Power at Work in His People
Join Dr. Tony Evans on a twelve-week journey through the Bible’s Hall of Faith: the heroes of the Old Testament whose acts of trusting God are spotlighted in Hebrews 11. As you study the stories of individuals like Noah, Abraham, and Rahab, you’ll discover the life-altering confidence God asks you to have in Him-and how He can use that faith to transform you.
This recorded sermon series-which you can use in companion with Dr. Evans’ Kingdom Heroes Interactive Workbook-will help you:
*understand what it means to give God your very best
*remove any limits you may have placed on God’s power
*live out your faith so that it grows stronger each dayGet ready to radically rely on God-and be amazed by how He changes your life!
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Kingdom Heroes
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Hard Good Video Study (DVD)
$29.99The Hard Good shows why the divine road that leads to God’s perfect plan for our lives is often paved with difficulties.
At our very core is the desire to be God’s woman or man-faithful, having fulfilled the potential God created in us. To reach that point, sometimes we have to endure hard things, things God has designed for good, to supernaturally shape us into the people he wants us to be. When we choose to accept the “hard good,” we discover our life’s purpose, and he promises to give us the joy and passion as our deepest longing is fulfilled.
The hard good is a powerful path to growth, as you learn to:
*accept things you wish were different
*apologize and forgive first
*come clean (repentance)
*give up the now for the best
*stay in the journey
*cheer for someone who has what you want
*open your heart, even when it’s been hurt
*tell yourself noThe Hard Good is a six-session video Bible study (study guide sold separately) based in 1 Samuel. It will help you discover a practical roadmap to help you find God’s true purpose for your life-a study in becoming the person God uniquely created you to be. With counsel from Scripture, which speaks into relevant and universal issues that touch each one of us, The Hard Good inspires and motivates you to discover the growth you have long desired as you search for your purpose in God’s perfect plan.
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You Were Made For This Moment Video Study (DVD)
$29.99Racial divides. Political strife. Uncertain futures. This is the story of our day. But it is also the story of the exiles in Persia. The Jewish people had been taken from their homeland. They were being pressured to conform to foreign customs. They were facing discrimination. Now, an edict was being issued that would stamp out the Jewish race forever. Everything seemed to be falling apart for God’s people. But then two figures emerge on the scene . . . and everything changes.
As Max Lucado relates in this five-session study (study guide sold separately), Esther and Mordecai are these unlikely heroes of the tale. Both had spent their lives trying to fit in and conform. But both experience a turning point-a crucial moment where they choose to step up and stand out for the God they served. As a result of their courageous actions, winter turned to springtime for God’s people. They emerged from the crisis stronger, more unified, and more committed to serving the God of their forefathers, even in their exile.
The promise for God’s people in the book of Esther is the same promise that we have today. Our God triumphs in troubled times. When it seems as if everything is falling into pieces, he is working in our midst, causing everything to fall into place. The very one who seeks to destroy us will be destroyed. Even when it appears that evil has won, and that there is no hope for our future, we can know God’s throne is still occupied. We will triumph in the end.
The question for you today is not whether God will show up on the scene. Rather, it is whether you will choose to be a part of it when he does. Will you, like Mordacai and Esther, realize you are a position “for such a time as this” (Esther 4:14)? God is calling you to rise up in these chaotic times. You were made for this moment.
Sessions include:
1. The Problem of Conformity (Esther 1:1-2:18)
2. A Moment of Decision (Esther 2:19-4:14)
3. Heaven Set in Motion (Esther 4:15-6:14)
4. The God of Great Turnarounds (Esther 7:1-8:17)
5. Remembering God’s Faithfulness (Esther 9:1-10:3)Designed for use with You Were Made for This Study Guide (sold separately).
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Case For Heaven And Hell Video Study (DVD)
$29.99The Case for Heaven (and Hell) is the next logical installment in the Case series of studies that includes The Case for Christ, The Case for Faith, The Case for a Creator, The Case for Christmas, and The Case for Easter. As the American population continues to age, with Baby Boomers (all 76.4 million of them) entering their later years, questions about an afterlife become ever-more relevant. Everyone wants to know what awaits on the other side of death. Is there any convincing evidence that we will live on in eternity? If so, what will our experience be like?
In this five-session small-group study (study guide sold separately), Lee begins with an exploration of the fundamental question as to why so many people today fear death and the end of their lives on this earth. He then considers the view of atheists, which is that we cease to exist when we die and therefore should maximize our time in this world. This is followed by teaching from Lee based on his interviews with leading Christian philosophers, scientists, and theologians to make a strong case for the biblical view of the afterlife. Participants will learn what heaven will be like, get answers to their most pressing questions about it, and also learn about the logic behind hell.
Along the way, group members will encounter explorations of such topics as angels, Satan, demons, reincarnation, the exclusivity claims of Christ, and other issues related to the topic of immortality. In addition, they will receive a unique perspective from Lee based on his own experience of nearly dying several years ago. In the end, they will be drawn to the Christian worldview as they look forward to spending eternity with Christ.
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Confronting Injustice Without Compromising Truth Video Study (DVD)
$49.99God does not suggest, he commands that we do justice.
Social justice is not optional for the Christian. All injustice affects others, so talking about justice that isn’t social is like talking about water that isn’t wet or a square with no right angles. But the Bible’s call to seek justice is not a call to superficial, kneejerk activism. We are not merely commanded to execute justice, but to “truly execute justice.” The God who commands us to seek justice is the same God who commands us to “test everything” and “hold fast to what is good.”
Drawing from a diverse range of theologians, sociologists, artists, and activists, Thaddeus Williams builds a case that we must be discerning if we are to “truly execute justice” as Scripture commands. Not everything called “social justice” today is compatible with a biblical vision of a better world. The Bible offers hopeful and distinctive answers to deep questions of worship, community, salvation, and knowledge that ought to mark a uniquely Christian pursuit of justice.
In the Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth Video Study, Williams confronts our religious and political tribalism and challenges readers to discover what the Bible and the example of Jesus have to teach us about justice. He presents a compelling vision of justice for all God’s image-bearers that offers hopeful answers to life’s biggest questions.
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Understanding Spiritual Gifts Video Study (DVD)
$59.99What are spiritual gifts?
Author and pastor Sam Storms has spent several decades teaching on the topic of the spiritual gifts and equipping believers in the faithful practice of God’s gifts. Yet there remains a great deal of confusion about the nature of the gifts and how they best function in the body of Christ.
In this 18 session video study on the spiritual gifts, Storms addresses the many bizarre and misleading interpretations that abound and confronts the tendency to downplay the urgency of spiritual gifts for Christian living and ministry. He explains how spiritual gifts, both the more miraculous and the somewhat mundane, are given to build up the body of Christ. God has graciously provided these “manifestations of the Spirit” so that believers might encourage, edify, strengthen, instruct, and console one another, all with a view to an ever-increasing, incremental transformation into the image of Jesus Christ.
Storms unpacks the glorious truth that there is a supernatural and divine energy or power that fills and indwells the body and soul of every born-again believer. God does not call upon us to speculate about the nature of this power or to embrace it as a mere idea. His desire is that we avail ourselves of it to partner with him in his purposes on the earth. His desire is that we cry out to him that he might intensify, expand, increase, and deepen the manifestation of this power through us in ever more demonstrative and tangible ways in our lives.
Understanding Spiritual Gifts addresses common questions about the gifts and provides practical training for using and exercising the gifts in ministry. It is perfect for any individual or group who wants to grow in their understanding of the gifts for today.
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Person Of Interest Video Study (DVD)
$34.99Imagine investigating a murder in which there was no crime scene, no physical evidence, and no victim’s body. How would you identify a person of interest in such a case?
Dateline featured cold-case detective and bestselling author, J. Warner Wallace, has investigated a number of these “no body missing person” cases and has successfully identified and convicted the killers, even without the victim’s body or evidence from the crime scene.
Can the historicity of Jesus be investigated in the same way? Can the truth about Jesus be uncovered even without a body or a crime scene? In Person of Interest, Wallace describes his own personal investigative journey from atheism to Christianity, as he employs a unique investigative strategy to confirm the historicity and deity of Jesus–without relying on the New Testament manuscripts
Imagine a scenario in which every New Testament document has been destroyed, Wallace carefully sifts through the evidence from history alone to reconstruct the identity of Jesus as the world’s most important person of interest.
Person of Interest Video Study will:
*Invite viewers into the life of a cold-case detective as he uncovers the truth about Jesus, using the same approach he also employs to solve a real murder case*Teach viewers how to become good detectives, using an innovative and unique “‘fuse’ and ‘fallout'” investigative strategy they can also use to examine other claims of history
*Help viewers explore common objections to Christianity
Concrete and compelling in its approach, Person of Interest Video Study will strengthen the faith of believers and engage those curious about Jesus with evidence for his one-of-a-kind, world-altering significance
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Problem Of God Video Study (DVD)
$59.99The Problem of God Video Study is presented by a skeptic who became a Christian and then a pastor, all while exploring answers to the most difficult questions raised against Christianity. Mark grew up in an atheistic home, and after his father’s death, began a skeptical search for truth through exploring science, philosophy, and history, asking the big questions of life, and eventually finding answers in Christianity. In a disarming, winsome, and persuasive way, The Problem of God Video Study responds to the top ten questions people raise against God, and Christianity, including, among others:
*The Problem of Science
*The Problem of God’s Existence
*The Problem of the Bible
*The Problem of Evil and Suffering
*The Problem of Hell
*The Problem of Sex
*The Problem of HypocrisyEach session answers the specific challenge using a mix of theology, philosophy, and science on the one hand, while also using stories and anecdotes. It’s apologetics for the rest of us, focused on both convincing the skeptic and informing the Christian.
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So Long Normal Video Study (DVD)
$29.99So Long, Normal is a study in Scripture that will help anyone who finds themselves paralyzed by fear in the inevitable changes of life. Though we are tempted to lean on normalcy, predictability and control for security, God calls us to something far better. Laura Story looks at the obstacles of attachment to comfort and sameness we all grip with two hands when our circumstances change. She leads the way to the starting line where we begin to view our changes of plans as opportunities for adventure, rather than pitfalls of anxiety, and together we learn to further trust our unknown future to a faithful God. In life, change is inevitable but there is a way to still thrive. When we say goodbye to normal, our joy and peace are no longer tethered to our circumstances; we can truly experience the abundant life Christ offers his children.
This five-session study (study guide sold separately) helps us recognize that our attachments to so many varied things in our daily lives can be the exact things keeping us from experiencing the kind of life God intends, and actually defines in Scripture. So many characters in Scripture wanted to hold onto something or have assurances, but ultimately, the abundant life comes down to wanting the life God intends and being willing to go after it or step into it with excitement. The adventure begins with the first step of trust.
Designed for use with So Long, Normal Study Guide (sold separately).
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1 And 2 Thessalonians Video Study (DVD)
$29.99The 40 Days Through the Book series has been designed to help believers actively engage with God’s Word. Each study encourages participants to read through selected books in the New Testament at least once during the course of the study. As they do, they will gain an understanding of the background and culture of the book, insights into key passages they might have overlooked before, and clear takeaways they can apply today to their lives.
In this study (study guide sold separately), bestselling author and pastor Levi Lusko guides small-group members through Paul’s letters to the believers in the city of Thessalonica, revealing what the apostle’s words meant to his original readers, and how they apply to us today. Participants will be encouraged as they listen to Levi’s teachings and, through the accompanying study guide, challenged to study the books of 1 & 2 Thessalonians during the forty days of this course.
Designed for use with 1 & 2 Thessalonians Study Guide (sold separately).
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Philippians Video Study (DVD)
$29.99The 40 Days Through the Book series has been designed to help believers more actively engage with God’s Word. Each study encourages participants to read through one book in the New Testament at least once during the course of 40 days (approximately 6 weeks of meetings) and will provide them with (1) a clear understanding of the background and culture in which the book was written, (2) insights into key passages of Scripture, and (3) clear applications and takeaways from the particular book that participants can apply to their lives. Each study will be recorded in the author’s place of residence and will highlight stories and applications that are relevant to his or her ministry in that area.In 40 Days Through the Book: Philippians Video Guide (study guide sold separately), bestselling author and pastor Mark Batterson guides small-group members through Paul’s letter to the believers in the city of Philippi, revealing what the apostle’s words meant to his original readers . . . and how they apply to us today. Participants will be encouraged as they listen to Mark’s teachings and, through the accompanying study guide, challenged to read the book of Philippians on their own during the forty days they spend together in the study.Designed for use with the 40 Days Through the Book: Philippians Study Guide (sold separately).
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