Notes from the Valley

notes-from-the-valleyNotes from the Valley
A Spiritual Travelogue Through Cancer
by Andy McQuitty

At 2:58 PM on July 14, 2009, Andy McQuitty entered the valley of the shadow of death. “Andy,” his doctor said, “you have a massive tumor that has broken through the wall of your colon.  It’s cancer. It’s serious.  Get in here now.”

Hearing you have cancer does more than warn you More

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Grace That Breaks The Chains

grace-that-breaks-the-chainsGrace That Breaks The Chains
By Neil T. Anderson, Rich Miller, Paul Travis

Neil Anderson, author of the bestselling The Bondage Breaker™, and his coauthors expose the trauma of legalism to let you see how Christ frees you from your efforts to be “good enough for God.”

Far too many Christians believe that the Christian life is “trying hard to do what God commands.”  But making laws into More

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Making Disciples

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By Ralph Moore

You can’t buy spiritual momentum, and you can’t obtain it through a programmatic approach to ministry.  It must be relational in order to work. According to Ralph Moore, Jesus’ simple plan of disciplemaking is actually a very personal process rooted in face-to-face relationships.  We grow in Christ as we seek Him together.  When you become a disciplemaker, you will:
•  Find personal fulfillment   More

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God Dwells Among Us

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By G. K. Beale and Mitchell Kim

The writers and chief actors of the Old Testament expressed a deep longing for the presence of God. This longing is symbolized through history in the Garden of Eden, the ark of the covenant and the tabernacle that housed it, the temple, and the ruins of the temple.

In response to this longing, God shares his ultimate mission, More

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Misfits Welcome

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By Matthew Barnett

Matthew Barnett knows a thing or two about misfits.

As founder of the Dream Center in Los Angeles, a twenty-four-hour church that ministers to thirty-five thousand hurting people a week, Barnett has seen a little of everything.  Gangsters, addicts, orphans, taggers, cutters, the sick, the suffering, the hopeless – all the misfits of the world come through the Dream Center’s doors in search of hope.   More

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The Best Yes

the-best-yesThe Best Yes
By Lysa Terkeurst

Are you living with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule and aching with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul?

Lysa TerKeurst is learning that there is a big difference between saying yes to everyone and saying yes to God.  In The Best Yes she will help you:

•  Cure the disease to please with a biblical More

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The Mingling Of Souls

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By Matt Chandler

The Song of Solomon offers strikingly candid and timeless insights on romance, dating, marriage, and sex.  We need it.  Because emotions rise and fall with a single glance, touch, kiss, or word.  And we are inundated with songs, movies, and advice that contradicts God’s design for love and intimacy.  Matt Chandler helps navigate these issues for both singles and marrieds by revealing the process Solomon himself followed: Attraction, Courtship, More

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Stealing From God

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By Frank Turek

If you think atheists have reason, evidence, and science on their side, think again! Award-winning author Dr. Frank Turek (I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist) will show you how atheists steal reason, evidence, science, and other arguments from God in trying to make their case for atheism.  If that sounds contradictory, it’s because it is! Atheists can’t make their case without appealing to realities only theism can explain.  In an engaging and More

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Everyday Finances for the Everyday Family

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By Mike Yorkey

We have limited resources but unlimited choices … every day.

The only way to survive financially is to exercise some serious self-control.  We must [1] deny some of our wants, [2] spend less than we earn, and [3] avoid “bad debts,” such as carrying a high balance on a credit card.  The primary motive behind this simple plan, as well as the More

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Intentional Parenting

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[Family Discipleship by Design]
By Tad Thompson

The Big Picture and a Simple Plan: That’s what you need to do family discipleship well.  There are literally thousands of books available on how to live various aspects of the Christian life.  Of these, at least a couple of dozen pertaining to family life and child training are well worth reading.  This is not one of those books.  This book is designed to help you take what More

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Looking Up

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By Beth Moore

No matter what you are facing, God has not abandoned you. You are greatly loved, and the Lord will walk you through every hurt toward a full and rich life.  In this devotional, bestselling author Beth Moore helps you discover God’s promises found in Psalm 40 – promises to hear your cries, to establish your feet on solid ground, and to graciously provide all that you need to look up and sing a new sweet song!

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Living Courageously

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By Joyce Meyer

You have fear. And if you don’t face your fear, it can paralyze you and hold you back from enjoying life to the fullest.  Joyce Meyer, #1 New York Times bestselling author, wants to show you that to break out of fear, you must face it head-on.

The good news is God wants to give you the strength you need to beat fear and live courageously.  That’s why He tells you More

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