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Life Without Lack : Living In The Fullness Of Psalm 23
By Dallas Willard

Learn the secret of living with contentment, peace, and security.

Pause for a moment and ask yourself what your life would be like if it were completely without fear?  If you did not fear death.  If you did not fear life and what it might bring.  If you did not fear any man, or woman, or any living creature.  Would you live differently?  (more…)

The DIY Guide To Building A Family That Lasts
12 Tools For Improving Your Home Life
By Gary Chapman and Shannon Warden

Is it really possible to have the home life you want with the people you love?

The most exciting part of any home improvement show is the big reveal — that moment when a drab, run-down house becomes a breathtaking new home.  What if you could have that with your home life?  (more…)

7 Myths About Singleness
By Sam Allberry

If marriage shows us the shape of the gospel, singleness shows us its sufficiency.

Much of what we commonly assume about singleness — that it is primarily about the absence of good things like intimacy, family, or meaningful ministry — is either flat-out untrue or, at the very least, shouldn’t be true.  To be single, we often think, is to be alone and spiritually hindered.  (more…)

Christians In The Age Of Outrage
How To Bring Our Best When The World Is At Its Worst
By Ed Stetzer

Are you tired of reading another news story about Christians supposedly acting at their worst?

Today there are too many examples of those claiming to follow Christ being caustic, divisive, and irrational, contributing to dismissals of the Christian faith as hypocritical, self-interested, and politically co-opted.  (more…)

Holy Noticing : The Bible, Your Brain, And The Mindful Space Between Moments
By Charles Stone

Does your life ever feel like one series of rushed moments after another?

Do you want to feel more present and connected to those you love?  Do you want to be able to listen without thinking the whole time of what you’re going to say next?  Do you want to feel less distracted, less busy, and more whole?  Most of us spend our distracted lives longing to get to the next, better moment and fail to notice the present one.  We lack space between one task and the next, (more…)

Wretched Saints : Transformed By The Relentless Grace Of God
By Noel Jesse Heikkinen

“The truth of the gospel of Jesus,” Heikkinen writes, “is that I am nothing more than a wretch and so much more than a saint.”  Have you ever wondered if God could really save you?  Have you ever thought grace might not be enough?  In Wretched Saints, Heikkinen reveals the rough and beautiful side of grace so clearly that readers face up to the scars of sin – and have a renewed, startling realization that God’s incredible gospel is true.  (more…)