True Identity

True Identity
Author: John C. Majors
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2017-10-03
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 1493412167

Teens' Guide to Identity from FamilyLife All teens wrestle with the question "Who am I?" and wonder, What makes me special? Though these questions linger for life, they are most intense in the teen years, where confusion, awkwardness, and a desperate grab for identity reign. So how does a young person answer these critical questions? Where do young men and women find their significance, worth, and value? True Identity is perfect for parents and youth workers to give to the teenagers (14-16) in their lives to help them in their journey. Drawing on experiences and wisdom from a wide array of experts, the book provides compassionate answers to help teens discover who they really are, emphasizing their identity in Christ above all other ways our culture defines them. As the book walks teens through the steps to make their faith their own, it highlights healthy independence and God-honoring relationships. The Passport2Identity curriculum launched in April 2016, and True Identity is its trade book companion.

How I Came Into My Inheritance

How I Came Into My Inheritance
Author: Dorothy Gallagher
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2002-08-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1400033063

Dorothy Gallagher began her literary career fabricating stories about celebrities for a pulp magazine. Nothing she invented, however, could rival the facts surrounding her own family. In a singular voice–intimate, fierce, hilarious–Gallagher takes you into the heart of her Russian Jewish heritage with stories as elegant and stylish as fiction. From the wrenching last stages of her parents’ lives, Gallagher moves back through time: to her parents’ beginnings, the adventures of her extended family, and the communist ideology to which they cling. Her aunt Lily sells lingerie to prostitutes; a family friend is found murdered in a bathtub; her cousin Meyer returns to the Ukraine to find his village near death from starvation; and a young Gallagher endures sessions in self-criticism at a Workers’ Children’s camp. Together these episodes tell the larger story of a generation living through tumultuous history, and record the acts of loving defiance of a daughter on her path to independence.

Managing God's Money

Managing God's Money
Author: Randy Alcorn
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2011-07-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1414351941

God cares a great deal more about our money than most of us imagine. The sheer enormity of Scripture’s teaching on this subject screams for our attention. In fact, Jesus says more about how we are to view and handle money and possessions than about any other topic—including both heaven and hell. In Managing God's Money, Randy Alcorn breaks down exactly what the Bible has to say about how we are to handle our money and posessions in a simple, easy-to-follow format. Filled with Scripture references, Managing God's Money is the perfect reference tool for anyone who is interested in gaining a solid biblical understanding of money, possessions, and eternity.

The Christmas We Didn't Expect

The Christmas We Didn't Expect
Author: David Mathis
Publisher: The Good Book Company
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2020-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1784985546

Life is full of unexpected twists and turns and this has been particularly so in 2020. But the most unexpected and significant event in the history of the world actually happened over 2000 years ago when God himself became one of us in the person of Jesus Christ. These Advent reflections, written by David Mathis, help us to lift our eyes to wonder of the incarnation and worship the one who came to save us and make our futures certain. Be amazed once more by the unexpected details of Jesus' unique birth and saving work with these short daily devotions and prayers, and renew your worship of our humble, generous and loving Savior.

The Parker Inheritance (Scholastic Gold)

The Parker Inheritance (Scholastic Gold)
Author: Varian Johnson
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2018-03-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545952794

A Coretta Scott King Author Honor and Boston Globe / Horn Book Honor winner!"Powerful.... Johnson writes about the long shadows of the past with such ambition that any reader with a taste for mystery will appreciate the puzzle Candice and Brandon must solve." -- The New York Times Book ReviewWhen Candice finds a letter in an old attic in Lambert, South Carolina, she isn't sure she should read it. It's addressed to her grandmother, who left the town in shame. But the letter describes a young woman. An injustice that happened decades ago. A mystery enfolding its writer. And the fortune that awaits the person who solves the puzzle.So with the help of Brandon, the quiet boy across the street, she begins to decipher the clues. The challenge will lead them deep into Lambert's history, full of ugly deeds, forgotten heroes, and one great love; and deeper into their own families, with their own unspoken secrets. Can they find the fortune and fulfill the letter's promise before the answers slip into the past yet again?

Locked Out of the Kingdom

Locked Out of the Kingdom
Author: Valerie Rogers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2020-04-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781732440449

It is the Father's good pleasure to give us the kingdom (Luke 12:32). Do we fully understand what that means and what it requires for us to attain? Many scriptures bear witness to this claim of the Father's will to give us the kingdom as part of our inheritance. Probably the first reference to His will is in Genesis 1:26-28, where He not only purposed to make man in His image and after His likeness, but He also commanded man to have dominion over all that He created. We define kingdom as an area under the control and authority of a king. Therefore, we can assert that kingdom and dominion are synonymous with ruling authority. Jesus Christ is the King of kings, and the Father gave Him authority over all that's been created. We too are called to have dominion with Him. This promise is a part of the Father's plan for regenerated man and our inheritance. What does the reality of inheriting the Kingdom of God look like? How do we bring forth its actualization, or is it solely the Father's responsibility to bring it to pass? Are there any other requirements beyond salvation which qualify us as inheritors to become recipients of His kingdom, or do we lack understanding regarding how we are to possess this inheritance? Locked Out of the Kingdom-Are You Forfeiting Your Inheritance? focuses on illustrating, from God's perspective, an understanding of covenantal blessings and our inheritance as believers. Galatians 4:1-6 (ESV) states: "I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything, but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world. But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!" So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God."

Power in the Blood

Power in the Blood
Author: Sandie Freed
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2013-01-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441261311

Spiritual Warfare Expert Helps Believers Claim Their Spiritual Inheritance What Christians often forget is that they are royalty--children of the one true King. They are royalty not through works but through Jesus' blood, the blood that bought them, that saved them. And in his blood is their inheritance: eternal life, authority, destiny, wisdom, and more! With a discerning perspective gained from years in spiritual warfare and prophetic ministry, Sandie Freed offers life-transforming advice on how believers can rediscover their spiritual ancestry, awaken to their royal identities, and claim the inheritance God is holding for them.

The Gems of Our Inheritance! Seeking to Attain the Obtained

The Gems of Our Inheritance! Seeking to Attain the Obtained
Author: Acs Bch M. Morris, REV. James
Publisher:
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2013-04-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781625095411

Discovering the Gems of our Inheritance creates an atmosphere that empowers us to make a real shift, from how we live, to how we ought to live in God's kingdom today. For far too long lack, ignorance, and many other extremes have dominated our lives, the high cost of which speaks for itself. Not knowing what we possess and not wanting what we have, remains the root causes to our unfulfilled lives. When the scales fall off our eyes and we begin to comprehend just what it means to be an Heir of God, also with the authority and freedom such knowledge brings, we will no longer settle for less. As the children of God, continue to perish for the lack of knowledge. Growing in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ are essential to us abounding in all things, such as, in love, in faith, in utterance, and in all diligence and knowledge. Success and fulfillment are no more distant dreams, for when grace abounds we can do all things through Christ Jesus. "For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich." Pastor James Morris, a native of the Nature Island Dominica, is a licensed and ordained minister a marriage officer, and counselor, a song writer and recording artist. He is an evangelist who works to establish and develop ministries and has served in the kingdom for twenty three years also pastored several churches. Pastor Morris holds an Associate's Degree and a Bachelor's Degree in Theology and served with Caribbean Partnership Mission and Windward Island Missions. A chef by profession, he now works as a small business consultant by appointment. He and his wife Heather are blessed with their beautiful daughter Abigail and reside in the British West Indies.

Cold-Case Christianity

Cold-Case Christianity
Author: J. Warner Wallace
Publisher: David C Cook
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1434705463

Written by an L. A. County homicide detective and former atheist, Cold-Case Christianity examines the claims of the New Testament using the skills and strategies of a hard-to-convince criminal investigator. Christianity could be defined as a “cold case”: it makes a claim about an event from the distant past for which there is little forensic evidence. In Cold-Case Christianity, J. Warner Wallace uses his nationally recognized skills as a homicide detective to look at the evidence and eyewitnesses behind Christian beliefs. Including gripping stories from his career and the visual techniques he developed in the courtroom, Wallace uses illustration to examine the powerful evidence that validates the claims of Christianity. A unique apologetic that speaks to readers’ intense interest in detective stories, Cold-Case Christianity inspires readers to have confidence in Christ as it prepares them to articulate the case for Christianity.

Romans

Romans
Author: N. T. Wright
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 101
Release: 2011-08-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830869166

With a scholar's mind and a pastor's heart, Tom Wright walks you through Romans in this guide designed especially with everyday readers in mind. Perfect for group use or daily personal reflection, this study uses the popular inductive method combined with Wright's thoughtful insights to bring contemporary application of Scripture to life.