Cokesbury Small Group Study Essentials 2021 Fall/Advent

Fall Small Group STUDY ESSENTIALS 2021

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Rediscover the gift of Advent that comes without packages, ribbons, and bows

INSIDE THE C ATA LOG New & Notable for Advent ...................2–5 New & Notable .....................................6–10 Women’s Studies................................11–14 Small Group Studies ..........................15–17

Biblical Studies .............................18–19, 22 Amplify Media ....................................20–21 Financial Well-Being ................................23 Conversation Starters .......................24–32 Family ........................................................33

Advent Studies Comparison Chart ..34–35 Advent Studies ...................................36–37 Advent Devotionals .................................38 Bibles .........................................................39

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about the author Matt Rawle is Lead Pastor at Asbury United Methodist Church in Bossier City, Louisiana. Matt is an international speaker who loves to tell an old story in a new way, especially at the intersection of pop culture and the church. He is the author of several books in The Pop in Culture Series, including The Faith of a Mockingbird, The Grace of Les Misérables, Hollywood Jesus, The Salvation of Doctor Who, The Redemption of Scrooge, What Makes a Hero? and The Gift of the Nutcracker.

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NEW 4 The Heart That Grew Three Sizes Finding Faith in the Story of the Grinch Matt Rawle S

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In his new Advent study, Matt Rawle explores the faith themes in the Christmas classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas. How did the Grinch’s heart grow three sizes come Christmas morning? How did Christmas save the Grinch? Could it be that the very thing we think we hate is the one thing that changes our life?

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Additional components for a four-week Advent study include a DVD featuring Matt Rawle teaching in his friendly, casual, appealing style; a comprehensive Leader Guide with multiple format options; and resources for children and youth.

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We don’t know why the Grinch hated Christmas. We just know he did. If we’re being honest, there’s probably something within the Christmas season celebration that awakens a Grinch within all of us. Maybe the gift we unwrapped was all wrong or memories that were supposed to be joyful never were. When everything seems wrong in the world, even joyful celebrations are much too loud.

Rediscover and reinvigorate your Christian faith this Advent and Christmas season and look at this familiar classic through the lens of faith.

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from the introduction By pondering God’s goodness through the Christmas narrative, readers are invited to reflect upon and participate in Christian practices, or good works, in response to God’s goodness. These practices resemble those encouraged by disciples throughout Christian tradition as well as by the founder of the early Methodist movement, John Wesley.

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NEW All the Good A Wesleyan Way of Christmas Laceye Warner, Amy Valdez Barker, Jung Choi, and Sangwoo Kim

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Go on an Advent journey guided by the practices in John Wesley’s means of grace.

In All the Good: A Wesleyan Way of Christmas, a group of diverse Wesleyan scholars will take you on an Advent journey guided by the practices in John Wesley’s means of grace. In four sessions of study, prayer, and conversation, readers will look at preparing the way for God, the discipline of prayer, the substance of good works, and the recognition of God’s presence with us in communities that are called to serve the world.

This Advent learn and practice works of mercy and works of piety

and examine how God’s love is embodied in communities of faith in the world.

Additional components for a four-week study include a comprehensive Leader Guide for each group meeting, a DVD featuring Wesleyan scholars guiding participants through the study, and seasonal devotions.

Abingdon Press. Coming in September.

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praise for the book This book may be the greatest Christmas present of the year. Adam thoughtfully, movingly walks us through what really happened when God touched this planet. The richness of the full story will touch your life as well.”

—John Ortberg, author of The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God’s Best Version of You

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amazing moment in history will become more real and heart-felt as you walk along this road.

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Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Adam Hamilton’s classic, The Journey. Since 2011, tens of thousands of churches and small groups have turned Adam Hamilton’s best-selling book on the birth of Christ into a classic that’s read each year.

In The Journey, Adam Hamilton travels from Nazareth to Bethlehem in a fascinating look at the birth of Jesus Christ. As he did with Jesus’ crucifixion in 24 Hours That Changed the World, Hamilton once again approaches a world-changing event with thoughtfulness.

Using historical information, archaeological data, and a personal look at some of the stories surrounding the birth, the most

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The Journey can be read as a stand-alone book or, for an in-depth 5-week study, enjoy it with your small group utilizing the Leader Guide with multiple format options, the DVD featuring Adam on location in the Holy Land, and resources for children and youth.

Abingdon Press. Coming in September.

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Book $16.99; $10.99 Large Print Book $19.99; $14.99 Leader Guide $14.99; $9.49 DVD [CC] 5 videos, plus bonus segment in the Holy Land; 10–15 min. each $39.99; $34.99 Devotional A Season of Reflections $11.99; $8.99 Youth Study Download only $11.99 Childrens Leader Guide Download only $18.99

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NEW 10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION The Journey Walking the Road to Bethlehem Adam Hamilton

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about the author Amy-Jill Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies and Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School and College of Arts and Sciences. An internationally renowned scholar and teacher, she is the author of numerous books including Entering the Passion of Jesus: A Beginner’s Guide to Holy Week and Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi.

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NEW The Difficult Words of Jesus A Beginner’s Guide to His Most Perplexing Teachings Amy-Jill Levine

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Examine the most difficult teachings of Jesus with Dr. Amy-Jill Levine.

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Jesus provided his disciples teachings for how to follow Torah, God’s word; he told them parables to help them discern questions of ethics and of human nature; he offered them beatitudes for comfort and encouragement. But sometimes Jesus spoke words that followers then and now have found difficult. He instructs disciples to hate members of their own families (Luke 14:26), to act as if they were slaves (Matthew 20:27), and to sell their belongings and give to the poor (Luke 18:22). He restricts his mission (Matthew 10:6); he speaks of

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damnation (Matthew 8:12); he calls Jews the devil’s children (John 8:44).

In The Difficult Words of Jesus, Amy-Jill Levine shows how these difficult teachings would have sounded to the people who first heard them, how have they been understood over time, and how we might interpret them in the context of the Gospel of love and reconciliation.

Additional components for a six-week study include a DVD featuring Dr. Levine guiding participants through the study and a comprehensive Leader Guide.

Abingdon Press.

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Book $16.99; Leader Guide $14.99; DVD [CC] 6 videos; 10–12 min. each $39.99;

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about this study Racial 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.

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of their forefathers, even in their exile.

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NEW You Were Made for This Moment Courage for Today and Hope for Tomorrow Max Lucado

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In this five-session study, Esther and Mordecai are the 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

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Max’s message for each reader: You don’t have to be undone by turbulent times; you can be unleashed. You were made for this moment.

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In You Were Made for This Moment, pastor and New York Times best-selling author Max Lucado takes a fresh, in-depth look into the story of Esther and uncovers hope for tomorrow and courage for today.

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.

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author insights Think about the happy relief that floods through you when you find a lost cell phone or a misplaced set of keys. This is just the tiniest hint of what it feels like to reach out to the ones in our lives who are spiritually lost…who have not yet discovered the rich love God has for them. Plus, as the parables in Luke 15 show us, to save “the one” is a wonderful way to respond to God’s great love.

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NEW 4 The One Reaching the Lost with the Love of Christ Jim and Jennifer Cowart S

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Learn to see others through God’s eyes.

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In The One, by pastors Jim and Jen Cowart, readers will learn to respond to God’s great love for us by reaching out to the ones in our lives who are lost, not literally but spiritually—those who have not yet discovered the rich love God has for them. God sent his Son to earth on a rescue mission, “to seek and to save the lost” (Luke 19:10)—or as the parables in Luke 15 show us, to save “the one.” And Jesus has entrusted us, his disciples, to carry on this mission until his return.

The book and the corresponding study explore Luke 15 where Jesus tells stories about rejoicing when lost things are found— specifically, a lost sheep, a lost coin, and a lost child. This passage

teaches us that we’re dearly loved and sought after by God, and that we are called to join in Jesus’ mission to seek and to save “the one” with intentionality, perseverance, and joy.

Additional components for a four-week study include a DVD featuring authors Jim and Jennifer Cowart guiding participants through the study and a comprehensive Leader Guide with multiple format options and a free digital download that includes information for incorporating The One as a church campaign, sermon starters, and more.

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about the author Rabbi Evan Moffic is a guide to Jewish wisdom for people of all faiths. A graduate of Stanford University, he is the spiritual leader of Congregation Solel on the North Shore of Chicago. He has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, The Forward, and Christianity Today, and appears regularly as a religious commentator on Fox News and CNN. Through his speaking events, he brings a new understanding of the Jewish heritage to churches of varied denominations and beliefs.

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NEW Reading the Old Testament Through Jewish Eyes A Study of the Scriptures Jesus Read Evan Moffic

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Rabbi Evan Moffic has a passion for sharing Jewish faith and traditions with Christian audiences.

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text and interpretations of it in the way Jewish leaders during the time of Jesus would have studied it while examining different commentaries from thousands of years of Jewish sources.

Additional components for a six-week study include a DVD featuring Rabbi Evan Moffic and a comprehensive Leader Guide.

Abingdon Press.

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Book $16.99; $12.99 Leader Guide $14.99; $10.99 DVD [CC] 6 videos; 10–12 min. each $39.99; $34.99

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In Reading the Old Testament Through Jewish Eyes, Rabbi Moffic explores the first five books of the Hebrew Bible and highlights the key points of interest to Christians. He presents the biblical

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about the author Melissa Spoelstra is a popular women’s conference speaker, Bible teacher, and writer. She is the author of seven women’s Bible studies: The Names of God: His Character Revealed; Romans: Good News that Changes Everything; Elijah: Spiritual Stamina in Every Season; Numbers: Learning Contentment in a Culture of More; First Corinthians: Living Love When We Disagree; Joseph: The Journey to Forgiveness; and Jeremiah: Daring to Hope in an Unstable World, as well as numerous books.

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Learn to awaken to God’s Spirit today and every day.

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Whether it’s because of distractions, busyness, or a case of the blahs, we can experience a drift toward indifference in our spiritual lives. We have a need for an ongoing spiritual awakening if we want to become more aware of God’s presence and activity in our everyday lives.

In Acts: Awakening to God in Everyday Life, a six-week study of the Book of Acts by Melissa Spoelstra, you will journey with the first followers of Jesus and witness the birth and growth of the early church through spiritual awakening to the power of God’s Spirit, message, freedom, grace, mission, and direction.

From their experiences you will learn postures that will help you attune your own spiritual heart to experience God’s presence, hear God’s voice, and see God at work all around.

This study offers a fresh encounter with God to prepare you to face daily battles, be able to discern the messages of our culture, and be ready to share God’s love with others always.

Components for this six-week Bible study, each available separately, include a Participant Workbook, a Leader Guide, and video sessions.

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author insights Jesus doesn’t just save us from hell in the next life; He saves us from our addiction to ‘normal’ lives this side of eternity. Our preference for cautious, ordinary lives is really rooted in a lack of faith and a failure to understand how much better His plan is than ours.

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Stop Walking in Circles and Reach God’s Destination for Your Life Rebecca Bender

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We all carry habits and hang-ups that can sometimes stop us from getting that promotion, hurt our relationships with those closest to us, or stunt our growth toward deeper levels of intimacy. You know who God is calling you to be, but do you sometimes wonder how you’re ever going to get there? This journey for women through Exodus is designed to give you tools to help you break those bad habits and move you into your promised land. Perfect for individual or small group study with end-of chapter questions and places for note-taking. Thomas Nelson. Coming in November.

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Building on her previous books, When God Doesn’t Fix It and I Give Up, So Long, Normal guides us to leave behind the idols of comfort, caution, and routine so we can live strong and well, even when life takes an unwelcome turn. In her confessional, conversational style, she weaves personal stories with examples from Scripture. Leaving, loving, or losing our “normal” is not the end of the world but the beginning of a new adventure with God. The 5-session study includes a DVD and a Study Guide with access to streaming videos.

Thomas Nelson.

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In this in-depth study of the book of 1 John, Wendy Blight shares the unique insights and wisdom of the last disciple to walk with Jesus. She wrote this book for women who long to live out God’s unconditional love.

Her teaching compels you to walk in the fullness of God’s love—because His love truly changes everything.

The study includes biblical and historical background insights, practical application, group discussion questions, and a memory verse for each week. Great for individuals or a small group. Thomas Nelson.

Coming in December.

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Push past the loss of your “normal” with best-selling author and Bible teacher Laura Story and embrace the soaring freedom found in living secure in God’s love. She gets what it’s like to have plans altered and to surrender perceived security when faced with circumstances beyond our control.

But she also understands the blessing of having a Father who loves you enough to take off the training wheels and place his beloved children in the best possible scenario for good and growth.

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Walking in the Fullness of God’s Love Wendy Blight

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Best-selling author, entrepreneur, and speaker Ruth Chou

Best-selling author and recovering people pleaser

Simons calls women to discover how God’s profound gift of

Karen Ehman offers stories and helpful tools from

grace and favor invites them to rest from chasing approval

her own life to equip you with practical and biblical

and earning love, and instead discover the freedom of true

advice on how to break free from the pleasing game

belonging and worth that doesn’t depend on them.

and reclaim your peace and purpose.

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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 like we’re lacking—at home, at work, with friends, with God.

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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, she 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 God. With personal story, biblical insights, practical applications, and original artwork by Ruth, this six-session Bible study includes a Study Guide with access to streaming video and a DVD. Thomas Nelson. Coming in November.

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NEW When Strivings Cease Replacing the Gospel of SelfImprovement with the Gospel of Life-Transforming Grace Ruth Chou Simons

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Feeling overwhelmed, burnt-out, and pulled in too many directions by the needs of others? Wish you had a little more freedom and margin in your daily schedule?

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 Godgiven purpose. With honesty and practical wisdom, she 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.

This six-session video Bible study is filled with vulnerable and humorous stories, biblical insight, and encouragement, and includes a book, Study Guide with access to streaming video, and a DVD. Zondervan.

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Learn to live at peace with others even

My single goal with this book is to lead your thirsty

when you disagree by studying biblical

soul to the only source of lasting fulfillment: Jesus. He

stories of rivalries.

is the living water, a limitless supply that will not only quench your thirst but will fill you and then come pouring out of you into a thirsty world.

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Conflict has always been part of our lives, but these days, disagreements seem ramped up. Whatever the discord may be over, it feels as if we’re constantly having to choose sides.

In Common Ground, a four-week study for women, author Amberly Neese shows us that the Scriptures hold the key to living at peace despite our differences. She combines stories of sibling rivalries from the Bible with personal experience, humor, hope, and her love of God’s Word to illustrate how we can have peace and reconciliation in all of our relationships— all while reassuring us that it’s possible to find common ground with everyone—despite our differences.

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Are you trying your best to measure up—yet you still feel as if you’re losing ground? You are not alone.

Jennie Allen understands the daily struggle so many of us face with the fear that we are not enough. And she invites us into a different experience, one in which our souls overflow with contentment and joy. In Nothing to Prove she calls us to find freedom from self-induced pressure by admitting we’re not enough—but Jesus is.

As you wade into the refreshing truth of the more-thanenough life Jesus offers, you’ll experience the joyous freedom that comes to those who are determined to discover what God can do through a soul completely in love with Him. This 8-session study includes a book, a Study Guide and a DVD with lifetime access to streaming video.

Waterbrook Press.

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A Study Guide with Leader Helps, a DVD, and a devotional, each available separately, complement the study.

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NEW Common Ground Loving Others Despite Our Differences Amberly Neese

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about the study

Let go of feeling like you are not a “good enough”

Discover how God is pursuing you. Although the Bible

Christian and find freedom in Christ by studying

tells many stories, the main theme is God’s relentless

Paul’s letter to the Galatians

love for us. This six-week Bible study explores God great love for us from Genesis to Revelation.

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For some reason, many women feel they must be the perfect wife, the perfect mother, the perfect sister, daughter, employee…the perfect Christian. Why do we feel we must constantly measure up to be good enough for God? In this six-week study of Galatians, Barb Roose shows us that even the believers in the early church struggled to let go of rule-keeping in order to embrace God’s free gift of grace.

We’ll learn that the Galatians had the same performance issues as we do. Learn to stop trying to measure up in God’s eyes and instead accept God’s grace, distinguish between lies and truth, and embrace God’s promise of freedom.

WOMEN’S STUDIES

A Participant Workbook, a Leader Guide, and DVD, each sold separately, complement this six-week study.

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Pursued God’s Relentless Love for You Jennifer Cowart

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Breakthrough Finding Freedom in Christ Barb Roose

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There is something in all of us that longs to be loved, to be desired, to be pursued—whether by a special someone, our friends, or others in our lives. This longing for love and acceptance is the underlying story of our lives, and it’s the overarching story we see throughout the Scriptures.

In this six-week women’s study, Jennifer Cowart explores the main theme that runs throughout the stories in the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation: God’s relentless love for us. Like Cain, Abraham, Sarah, Rebekah, David, the adulterous woman, Peter, and many others, we have broken relationship with God. Yet God runs after us anyway to bring us home. We will see the big picture of God’s love for us, discover that God wants a personal relationship with each one of us, and realize that God will never stop pursuing us.

Components for the study include a Participant Workbook, a Leader Guide, and a DVD. Abingdon Press.

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about the study As a follower of Christ you know—at least deep down—that you were created for more than just loving your family, building your career, or attending weekly church services. We were made to share God’s love with others in ways that can impact their lives and redirect their eternities.

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In this six-week study, best-selling author Adam Hamilton brings modern eyes to the most important set of ethics in history. He considers the commandments in their historical context, considering the meaning of each commandment in Hebrew, unpacking how Jesus reinterpreted them, and showing how every thou-shalt-not was intended to point to a life-giving “thou shalt.” Abingdon Press.

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Hardcover Book Random House $25.00; $14.99 Leader Guide $14.99; $10.99 DVD [CC] 6 videos; 10–12 min. each $39.99; $34.99 Leader Kit One each of above plus 5 card packs (25 cards each) $149.47; $119.79 Youth Study Book $12.99; $9.99 Children’s Leader Guide $18.99; $12.99 Card Pack, Pack of 25 $9.99 Virtual Leader Kit (Download only) $34.99

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This book and study helps readers dive deeper into Enneagram wisdom, providing what we need to deal with the constant change and complexity of our world to achieve lasting transformation in our lives. Expert teacher Suzanne Stabile opens the concept of three centers of intelligence: thinking, feeling, and doing. When we learn to manage these centers, each for its intended purpose, we open a path to reducing fear, improving relationships, and finding wholeness. InterVarsity Press. Coming in January.

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In this new 6-session video-based training course, bestselling author and teacher Mark Mittelberg introduces you to the five contagious faith styles—friendship-building, selflessserving, 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. He also explains in a down-to-earth fashion several key skills that will help you communicate your faith in infectious ways, illustrating his message with real-life accounts of ordinary believers who applied these principles for extraordinary impact.

The study includes a DVD and a Study Guide with built-in Leader Guide with access to streaming videos. Can be used in small groups, classes, student ministries, and churchwide campaigns.

Zondervan. Coming in September.

9780310113287 Book $18.99; $13.79 9780310121909 Study Guide (with Leader Guide) $19.99; $14.29 9780310121923 DVD [CC] 6 videos $29.99; $21.49

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$61.99; $44.29

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from the introduction

Courage is the foundational virtue required to live the vital

The Sermon on the Mount tells us what we need to do

life Jesus offers his disciples. When we look at Luke’s gospel,

in order to have one foot in the kingdom of heaven.

he never uses the word “courage” to describe Jesus, yet we

More than that, it tells us that this kingdom is already

see it in Jesus’ every action. Once we claim our courage, we

available to us, already manifested when we enact

can begin to find the remarkable life Jesus offers us.

God’s will on earth as it is done in heaven.

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As Christians, we do our best to live our lives as Jesus lived, following the examples of his many virtues—including honesty, faithfulness, and generosity. But one virtue that is often overlooked is courage.

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Throughout Jesus’ life, he was called upon to be brave: in the face of his enemies, when being tempted, and certainly at the time of his death. By examining the life of Christ, we can begin to understand what true courage is and how God works in our lives when we exhibit a brave faith.

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In Courage: Jesus and the Call to Brave Faith, pastor and author Tom Berlin challenges us to unlock the courage that we already possess as Christ followers, and in doing so, we can begin to find the remarkable life Jesus offers us.

Although the book is a standalone resource, additional components for a six-week study include a DVD and a comprehensive Leader Guide.

Abingdon Press.

9781791015244 Book 9781791015268 Leader Guide 9781791015282 DVD [CC] 6 videos; 10–12 min. each

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Sermon on the Mount A Beginner’s Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven Amy-Jill Levine

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In this six-week study based on Matthew 5–7, Dr. Amy-Jill Levine introduces the major topics in the Sermon on the Mount, explains historical and theological contexts, and shows how the words of Jesus echo his Jewish tradition and speak forward to reach hearts and minds today.

The book provides a rich and challenging learning experience for the individual reader and makes a wonderful, six-week group study with the additional Leader Guide, DVD, and 40-day devotional readings.

Abingdon Press.

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author insights

praise for the study

We most clearly see who we were created to be in the

I have never read a book that so clearly explains

person and work of Jesus. As you prepare to embark

the plight of the African American male but yet

on the coming challenges, know that in the person

navigates a clear path to fulfillment...in Christ.

and work of Jesus, you have been given the blueprint

—Bruce Morgan, CEO Kids Across America

necessary for the life God intended for you to live.

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The Wesley Covenant Prayer has been used in Methodist services around the world on the first Sunday of the year since John Wesley introduced it in 1755. Wesley expected that people would pray this prayer as a way of remembering, renewing, and surrendering themselves in complete trust to God. The Wesley Prayer Challenge invites readers to consider words from the Wesley Covenant Prayer each day for three weeks. A Scripture, a prayer, and a challenge for daily life are also included each day. Additional components for a three-week study include a comprehensive Leader Guide and a DVD featuring Chris Folmsbee.

Abingdon Press.

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The Wesley Challenge: 21 Days to a More Authentic Faith, Chris Folmsbee

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Learn how to engage with inner city African American young men for Christ.

Sometimes we confuse the idea that we are all equal with the idea that we are all the same. Being equal and being alike are two entirely different concepts.

Chris McNair has worked with at-risk African American boys in the inner city for over thirty years of ministry. Although all youth may be created equal, he learned that we must discern how to address the social, emotional, physical, and spiritual issues facing young black men in order to build a relational ministry.

The seven-session study includes Leader Guide includes discussion questions and a DVD, sold separately.

Abingdon Press.

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Not Forsaken Growing Up Black, Male, and Christian in the Hood Chris McNair

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about the study The Bible Year will help your church come together around a shared journey through Scripture and bring your congregation or small group a deeper understanding and appreciation of the Bible.

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Loaded with charts, graphs, full-color images, and fascinating facts, the Women of the Bible Old Testament Bible Study is easy enough so that the new believer understands, but in-depth enough so that the longtime churchgoer still comes away learning something new. This six-session Bible study explores the impact of incredible women from the Old Testament. With fascinating historical insights and engaging discussion questions. Perfect for small groups, individual use, young adult study, homeschool, church library, to give to a friend, and more! Rose Publishing.

Coming in September.

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The Bible Year will guide your entire congregation through the entire Bible in a single year. Suggested daily Bible readings are laid out in a Genesis to Revelation format and include a short devotional concise enough for any schedule. You will also appreciate the 52 weekly summaries that focus on key themes and ideas to help you better understand your readings.

To help your church read the Bible together bringing you closer to God and to one another, The Bible Year product line a Devotional (one for each member); a Leader Guide with 52 weeks of small group sessions based on each week’s readings; and a Pastor Guide that includes aids for sermon prep and ideas for integrating the program with church seasons and calendar year, as well as tips for gathering study groups, ideas for involving children and youth, and how you can use a shared journey through Scripture to bring your congregation together.

Abingdon Press. Coming in October.

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Savior What the Bible Says about the Cross Magrey R. deVega

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In addition, this easy-to-use format allows you to start at any time during the year and continue from that point.

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Introduces several biblically based ways of understanding Jesus’ death on the cross that may go beyond explanations you’ve heard before. By exploring the mystery of salvation through the cross, you’ll find a deeper love for God and others while strengthening your commitment to follow Jesus. The six-session study includes a book, Leader Guide, and DVD. Abingdon Press.

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about the study Connect to God’s Word through vibrant video teaching, group discussion, and personal study that includes verse-by-verse reading, Scripture memory, coloring pages, and encouragement. A central theme—a beautiful word—threads throughout the study, helping you apply each Bible book to your daily life.

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Part of The 40 Days Through the Book series, this sixsession study by best-selling 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. Zondervan.

Study Guide 9780310127437 $19.99; $14.29 DVD Video Study 9780310127451 $29.99; $21.49 Study Guide with DVD 9780310131144 $49.99; $35.99

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The Study Guide includes access to streaming video and is designed for use with DVD Video Study, sold separately.

Zondervan. Coming in December.

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1 Corinthians is basically a letter Paul wrote to a people who were trying a wild new social experiment known as a Christian community. Centuries later, our churches deal with many of the same issues Paul addresses.

This six-week study explores these topics and the aweinspiring, breathtaking world of the first-century church.

Abingdon Press.

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Part of the Beautiful Word Bible Studies series, this six-session video Bible study of Romans helps you 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.

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1 Corinthians Searching the Depths of God Jaime Clark-Soles

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NEW Romans Love in Action Jada Edwards

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Why My Church Uses Amplify Media

When Amplify launched I was so excited because here was a digital streaming resource of Christian education and discipleship material that was within our Wesleyan scope of doctrine and understanding. We didn’t have to go through and weed out curriculum that doesn’t align with our values of sanctifying and prevenient grace. It was all right here, and still contains a diversity of voices and perspectives, but all within that Wesleyan framework that is so important to us.

—Rev. Jennifer Veres-Schrecengost, Associate Pastor, Memorial Drive United Methodist Church, Houston, Texas

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Amplify Media is a tool that helps people grow in their faith, at any hour of the day, wherever they are— sitting in their living room or sitting around the kitchen table, or waiting for soccer practice in their vehicles. It is a great example of how church can go beyond the walls. It’s where Jesus shows up in the midst of real life, and that’s why I think it’s so important to have a tool like Amplify Media.

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When we first started talking about subscribing to Amplify Media with our spiritual formation team, one of our biggest concerns was about the people that aren’t very tech savvy and were they going to be able to figure this out. What we found was that it has been very easy for people to start browsing and start viewing the content. Everybody’s been able to get on and enjoy the Amplify platform.

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New To Amplify Media—Amplify Originals & Amplify Audio

is a new video line that features exclusive study content. Studies include Navigating Isaiah, a 4-part series by Byron Thomas; the video series White Too Long from Robert P. Jones; and small-group videos for Looking for God in Messy Places by Jake Owensby.

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adds audio offerings to the Amplify Media platform. Discover a new series by leadership authors speaking to pastors, self-care materials from the Abingdon counseling series Out of the Depths, and the complete CEB Audio Bible.

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MORE THAN A BIBLE APP. MORE THAN A DEVOTIONAL.

Offering daily reading and weekly lessons fo Connected Faith is a app that aims to con with your community

Built to teach, inspire, and encourage Christians on their faith journey.

FOR YOUR CONGREGATION Connected Faith was created with congregations in mind. Finding and providing fresh resources for smallgroup studies can be a challenge.

The Connected Faith Bible study app offers daily readings for individuals and weekly lessons for small groups. New units are available every three months.

EASY FOR PARTICIPANTS TO USE—ANYWHERE!

GREAT FOR GROUP STUDY

Group study can happen With Connected Faith, each person on-the-go as well, allowing can have the Bible, their study Visit www.connectedfaith.com for more information. participants to gather in different notes, a daily reading, and their spaces at more convenient times, group study in one convenient providing much-needed place: their pocket. Their daily flexibility built around the same Bible study can happen anywhere formational relationships. they are: on their commute, on their break, or even while standing in line!

HOW IT WORKS You send one access code to every participant in your church. Participants then redeem the code for unlimited access to studies in the app. Our simple pricing model is designed to suit every size church, large or small.

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about the study Learn to create a healthy relationship with your money and possessions. This six-part study is based on Wesleyan values and helps you reach personal financial goals as well as address life concerns.

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The study includes a Participant Workbook; Leader Guide containing session plans, outlines, discussion questions; a Clergy Workbook (this is a special three-week module that addresses financial issues unique to pastors and includes

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Abingdon Press.

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Participant Workbook Leader Guide Clergy Workbook DVD 6 participant videos plus 3 clergy videos & interviews Devotional: Saving Grace: Hope-Filled Devotions Along the Way to Financial Well-Being

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Saving Grace: A Guide to Financial Well-Being, adapted from the best-selling Freed-up Financial Living curriculum from Good Sense, is a six-part study that provides the text and tools you need to address the topics of saving, earning, giving, spending, and debt, along with helpful strategies for achieving a sustainable financial life.

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about the book Drawing on history, public opinion surveys, and personal experience, Robert P. Jones delivers a provocative examination of the unholy relationship between American Christianity and white supremacy, and issues an urgent call for white Christians to reckon with this legacy for the sake of themselves and the nation.

NEW His Truth Is Marching On

NEW The Hill We Climb

This New York Times best-selling portrait of civil rights hero Congressman John Lewis links his life to the quest for equal rights. Historian John Meacham calls Lewis “as important to the founding of a modern and multiethnic twentiethand twenty-first century America as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and Samuel Adams were to the initial creation of the nation-state in the eighteenth century.” Random House.

Coming in September.

This is the debut poetry collection by inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman and includes “The Hill We Climb,” the stirring poem read at the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden. This debut collection of the same name reveals an energizing and unforgettable new voice in America poetry. Penguin Random House. Coming in September.

John Lewis and The Power of Hope John Meacham

Book 9781984855046

And Other Poems Amanda Gorman

Hardcover Book 9780593465066

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As the nation grapples with demographic changes and the legacy of racism in America, Christianity’s role as a cornerstone of white supremacy has been largely overlooked. But white Christians—from evangelicals in the South to mainline Protestants in the Midwest and Catholics in the Northeast— have not just been complacent or complicit; rather, as the dominant cultural power, they have constructed and sustained a project of protecting white supremacy and opposing black equality that has framed the entire American story.

In White Too Long, Robert P. Jones delivers a groundbreaking analysis of the repressed history of the symbiotic relationship between Christianity and white supremacy. He demonstrates how deeply racist attitudes have become embedded in the DNA of white Christian identity over time and calls for an honest reckoning with a complicated, painful, and even shameful past. Jones challenges white Christians to acknowledge that public apologies are not enough—accepting responsibility for the past requires work toward repair in the present.

Simon & Schuster.

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NEW Brave Church

Tackling Tough Topics Together Elizabeth Hagan

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NEW White Too Long The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity Robert P. Jones

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The Black Church This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

In today’s deeply divided world where discussions can quickly become heated and uncivil, churches need to learn the skills for having conversations about sensitive issues. Our society needs brave churches where people can talk honestly without shame or judgment.

This six-week study for individuals or small groups will help congregations begin to talk about controversial topics with sensitivity. Upper Room Books.

From the New York Times best-selling author and one of our most important voices on the Black experience comes a powerful new history of the Black church in America. Gates takes us on a journey spanning over five centuries, from the intersection of Christianity and the transatlantic slave trade to today’s political landscape. At road’s end, we emerge with a new understanding of the importance of the Black church to the American story. Penguin Press.

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about the book ...for anyone who lives and loves imperfectly— in other words, for all of us—forgiveness offers an alternative to an endless cycle of resentment and revenge. It alone can set us free. Christians can and must reveal the forgiveness the world is searching for.

NEW The Sacred Pulse

NEW When Everything’s on Fire

Contemporary life is leaving us frazzled, overwhelmed, and out of sorts. Pastor and author April Fiet invites us to examine the frantic patterns of our lives to reclaim the deeper, sacred pulses that pattern our days. Through stories, Scripture, and practical guidance, she lays out twelve rhythms—everyday acts—that can remind us of the holy movement of God in the world.

Broadleaf Books. Coming in December.

Is it possible to hold on to faith in an age of unbelief? Various solutions exist—some double down on certainty, while others deconstruct their faith until there’s nothing left at all. Zahnd offers a third way: what is needed is not a demolition but instead a renovation of faith. Written with personal and pastoral experience, Zahnd extends an invitation to move beyond the crisis of faith toward the journey of reconstruction.

InterVarsity Press. Coming in October.

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Holy Rhythms for Overwhelmed Souls April Fiet

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Faith Forged from the Ashes Brian Zahnd

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NEW The Scandal of Forgiveness Grace Put to the Test Philip Yancey

NEW Uncovering Violence

Older adults struggle with chronic pain, diminished physical abilities, and loss.

In a culture that values youth more than age, older adults often feel forgotten and without purpose. Though aging is a reality, Missy Buchanan brings spiritual light and nourishment to people in the later years of life who long for spiritual renewal, purpose, hope, and joy. Upper Room Books. Coming in October.

It’s no surprise that the Bible is filled with stories of violence, having come into being during trauma, cultural conflict, and warfare. This book provides a theoretical vocabulary for various forms violence can take, offers a fresh ethical reading on violence in the Bible, and gives reading strategies that help readers better recognize, interpret, and even respond to violence. Westminster John Knox Press. Coming in October.

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Living Hope Embracing God’s Faithfulness in Late Life Missy Buchanan

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Reading Biblical Narratives as an Ethical Project Amy C. Cottrill

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NEW From Dry Bones to

Containing new material written just for this book and adaptations from his classic, What’s So Amazing About Grace, best-selling author Philip Yancey presents a one of a kind look at forgiveness: what it is...why it is so difficult... why we have to choose this unnatural, scandalous act... and why we must approach God again and again, yielding to Him the residue of what we thought we had committed to him long ago. We do so because the Gospel makes clear the connection: God forgives our debts as we forgive our debtors. The reverse is also true: Only by living in the stream of God’s forgiveness will we find the strength to respond with forgiveness toward others. We may speak of forgiveness often, even believing that we are a forgiving person, but do we understand the true depth of it and what it demands of us? Does our life proclaim it as powerfully as our words? We should have no illusions about forgiveness, for it may be the most demanding act in human relationships, the hardest thing we ever do. But Christians can and must reveal the forgiveness the world is searching for. A cease fire between human being starts with forgiveness—the beginning and ending of grace.

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author insights Each of us is due the delight of discovery that in submitting to God’s talk to us—in allowing ourselves to be addressed by the God we’re unable to love without first being loved, welcomed, and found—we have been apprehended. While we were trying so hard to think about God, God was already thinking about us.

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The Friendship Initiative 31 Days of Loving and Connecting Like Jesus Amberly Neese

The Friendship Initiative, a 31-day devotional, will help you build better relationships and connect with others.

You’ll find encouragement and practical help following Jesus’ example. You’ll discover 31 new keys for building relationships every day, like exercising grace, having compassion, and being present. Each daily reading includes Scripture, a reflection, practical application ideas, and suggestions for prayer that focus on loving others as Jesus did. Plus, The Friendship Initiative is the perfect companion to Amberly’s Bible study, Common Ground. (See page 13.) Abingdon Press.

Book 9781791015916

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NEW God Turned Toward Us The ABCs of Christian Faith Will Willimon

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No matter where you are on your Christian journey, to communicate about your faith and beliefs you need words.

God Turned toward Us: The ABCs of Christian Faith is organized by the words the church teaches us to use to talk about ordinary life as one of God’s children. It includes meditative reflections that give fresh meaning to traditional Christian concepts. Written by pastor and esteemed Christian author William H. Willimon, these reflections are particularly inspiring for pastors, church leaders, and seminarians who want to communicate the faith in entertaining ways. Willimon also includes a Notes section in the book, referring readers to the sources that influenced each meditation.

Abingdon Press. Coming in October.

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Looking for God in Messy Places A Book About Hope Jake Owensby

When something breaks, it usually leaves a mess. The same is true with our broken lives. It’s hard to find hope inside the mess of our brokenness. Without hope we lack the courage to face adversity, the strength to tackle everyday problems, and sometimes, the will just to get out of bed in the morning. Looking for God in Messy Places is a book for anyone who has ever been frozen in place by loss or regret or endured suffering, cruelty, or rejection. Quite simply, it is a book about hope. How to find it. How to practice it. How to grow in it. How it makes life worth living. Because when we look for God in the middle of the mess, we find hope. Abingdon Press.

Book 9781791013226

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about the book A new collection of original writings by Rachel Held Evans, whose reflections on faith and life continue to encourage, challenge, and influence.

NEW Prayers for the People

NEW Whom Shall I Fear?

In his debut collection of stirring shortform prayers, Terry Stokes names all the things we didn’t know we could pray for: student loan cancellation; strength when we’re about to make small talk; restraint when we have the opportunity to be petty. The collection features an impressive range of wit, humor, and inspiration, but also spans prayers of lament and solidarity, Convergent Books.

Coming in November.

Churches are not immune to violence.

The challenge is how to respond to potential violence. This book asks congregational leaders to examine whether their operational and security policies are consistent with gospel values. It helps churches thoughtfully wrestle with what it means to be a church of grace, welcome, and love when confronted with acts of cruelty, division, and hate. Upper Room Books.

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Things We Didn’t Know We Could Say to God Terry J. Stokes

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Urgent Questions for Christians in an Age of Violence Rosalind C. Hughes

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NEW Wholehearted Faith Rachel Held Evans Rachel Held Evans is widely recognized for her theologically astute, profoundly honest, and beautifully personal books, which have guided, instructed, edified, and shaped Christians as they seek to live out a just and loving faith.

NEW God and Guns

NEW Brave

Women of the Bible and Their Stories of Grief, Mercy, Folly, Joy, Sex, and Redemption Alice Connor

Using the Bible as the foundational source and guide, along with current sociological data, seven biblical scholars and theologians construct a powerful dialogue about gun violence in America, concluding that guns are incompatible with Christian identity. This is the first book to argue against gun culture from a biblical studies perspective. Westminster John Knox Press. Coming in November.

Women are essential to the biblical story—they bear life, lead communities, and testify to God’s power and presence.

Following the success of her book Fierce, Connor introduces us to a whole new group of biblical women, inviting us to see them not as victims or tempters, nor as solely wives and mothers—but as brave foremothers of the faith.

Broadleaf Books. Coming in November.

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This book is for the doubter and the dreamer, the seeker and the sojourner, those who long for a sense of spiritual wholeness as well as those who have been hurt by the Church but can’t seem to let go of the story of Jesus. Through theological reflection and personal recollection, Rachel wrestles with God’s grace and love, looks unsparingly at what the Church is and does, and explores universal human questions about becoming and belonging. An unforgettable, moving, and intimate book.

HarperOne. Coming in November.

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The Bible against American Gun Culture Christopher B. Hays and C. L. Crouch, editors

At the time of her tragic death in 2019, Rachel was working on a new book about wholeheartedness. With the help of her close friend and author Jeff Chu, that work-in-progress has been woven together with some of her other unpublished writings into a rich collection of essays that ask candid questions about the stories we’ve been told—and the stories we tell—about our faith, our selves, and our world.

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about the book The best-selling author of Everything Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I’ve Loved) asks, how do you move forward with a life you didn’t choose? Frank and funny, dark and wise, Kate’s irreverent, hardwon observations in No Cure For Being Human chart a bold path toward learning new ways to live.

NEW Be the Brave One

NEW How Did I Get Here?

Part personal narrative, part spiritual formation guide, this is the story of Rev. Ann Kansfield leaving the grind of Wall Street and finding her calling at a church in Brooklyn; becoming the first female and openly gay chaplain at the New York Fire Department; and getting voted the inaugural New York Times New Yorker of the Year. Guiding her story are the values that anchor her life in an adventurous faith. Broadleaf Books.

At some point, we all look up from the daily grind and realize we’ve somehow drifted off course. The question we ponder is not only How did I get here? but also What do I do now? Best-selling author, speaker, and activist Christine Caine helps readers identify how they ended up where they are and what they can do to course-correct and anchor themselves in the One who does not shift with the currents. Thomas Nelson.

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Living Your Spiritual Values Out Loud and Nine Other Life Lessons Ann Kansfield

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Finding Your Way Back to God When Everything Is Pulling You Away Christine Caine

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NEW No Cure for Being Human (and Other Truths I Need to Hear) Kate Bowler

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It’s hard to give up on the feeling that the life you want is just out of reach. A beach body by summer. A trip to Disneyland around the corner. A promotion on the horizon. Everyone wants to believe that they are headed toward good, better, best. But what happens when the life you hoped for is put on hold indefinitely?

Kate Bowler believed that life was a series of unlimited choices, only to find that she was stuck in a cancerous body at age 35. In No Cure for Being Human, Kate—a Christian Joan Didion (Glennon Doyle)—faces down her cancer, searching for hope without cheap optimism, and truth with room for mystery. We are as fragile as the day we were born, and we will need each other if we’re going to tell the truth: Life is beautiful and terrible, full of hope and despair and everything in between, but there’s no cure for being human.

Random House. Coming in September.

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NEW Get Your Life Back

NEW A Book Called You

In Get Your Life Back, New York Times best-selling author John Eldredge provides a practical, simple, and refreshing guide to taking your life back.

By practicing a few wonder-fully simple practices—or what John calls “graces”—you can begin to recover your soul, disentangle from the tragedies of this broken world, and discover the restorative power of beauty. Thomas Nelson. Coming in September.

Who am I? Everyone asks that question, no matter their age or life status. If we’re supposed to be real with others, shouldn’t we start by learning to be real with ourselves? This biblically grounded Enneagram book looks at the Enneagram numbers of people in the Bible so readers can discover more about themselves and gain specific wisdom about how and why they’re uniquely made. Thomas Nelson. Coming in October.

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Understanding the Enneagram from a Grace-Filled, Biblical Perspective Matthew Stephen Brown

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about the book Based on her best-selling book Made to Crave, but now distilled down for busy readers, Lysa TerKeurst offers a new perspective to all those stuck in the cycle of losing weight but then gaining it back, equipping readers with the deeper spiritual and emotional motivation they need to make lasting changes.

NEW Our Last Best Act

NEW A More Perfect Union

Many of us long to leave a legacy after death that ensures a sustainable earth for generations to come. This book bridges the gap between environmental action and religious faith by showing that when combined, the two can be a powerful force for the greater good. Full of practical information to equip readers with end-of-life planning decisions.

Broadleaf Books. Coming in December.

A new public narrative is needed to unite Americans around common values and to counter the increasing discord in our politics and culture. Taylor reimagines a contemporary version of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “beloved community” that will inspire and unite Americans across generations, geographic and class divides, racial and gender differences, faith traditions, and ideological leanings.

Augsburg Fortress. Coming in September.

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Planning for the End of Our Lives to Protect the People and Places We Love Mallory McDuff

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A New Vision for Building the Beloved Community Adam Russell Taylor

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NEW I’ll Start Again Monday Break the Cycle of Unhealthy Eating Habits with Lasting Spiritual Satisfaction Lysa TerKeurst So often we characterize our food cravings as bad or guiltinducing. But craving isn’t a bad thing. The reality is we were made to crave. We just need to realize God created us to crave more of Him instead of misplacing that craving by overindulging in physical pleasures and unhealthy food that will always disappoint.

NEW If God Is Love, Don’t Be

Freeing Jesus Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence Diana Butler Bass

Thou Shalt Not Be Horrible. Imagine if people of faith aspired to this mantra and daily challenged ourselves to live a faith that simply made us better humans.

This book explores how we can embody a kinder spirituality where we humbly examine our beliefs to understand how they might compel us to act in less-thanloving ways toward others. Westminster John Knox Press. Coming in September.

Though many believers wrestle with disappointment and disillusionment in their church and its leadership, they cannot leave their faith behind. This book challenges the idea that Jesus can only be understood in one-dimensional ways and invites us to leave the religious wars behind and rediscover Jesus in all his manifestations: Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, Presence. Harper Collins.

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In the midst of her own personal struggle with this, New York Times best-selling author Lysa TerKeurst invites us to find the missing link between a woman’s desire to be healthy and the spiritual empowerment necessary to make that happen.

This is not a “how-to” book. This is not the latest and greatest dieting plan. This is the necessary resource to use alongside whatever healthy lifestyle plan you choose that will help you find your “want to” and lead to a spiritual satisfaction that goes far beyond the physical.

Thomas Nelson. Coming in January.

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a Jerk Finding a Faith That Makes Us Better Humans John Pavlovitz

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about the book Jesus ascended to heaven. End of story. But then how do we explain the many Christians, in nearly every century since, who claimed to have seen, heard, met, and touched Jesus in the flesh?

NEW Church of the Wild

NEWLY REVISED

Humans once lived in intimate relationship with nature. Coping with an unraveling vocation, identity, and planet, Loorz turned to the sanctuary of the natural world, eventually cofounding the Wild Church Network and Seminary of the Wild. She focuses an ecospiritual lens on biblical narratives and gives us a fresh look at a community larger than our own species. Augsburg Fortress.

Coming in October.

Philosopher J. P. Moreland digs into the causes of our cultural crisis of unhappiness and considers how the God revealed in Jesus provides the most rational solution to our deepest needs.

With sensitivity to skeptics, seekers, and Christians who are disenchanted with their faith, he helps us see the Christian story, its reasonableness and its relevance, in fresh ways.

InterVarsity Press. Coming in October.

How Nature Invites Us Into the Sacred Victoria Loorz

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The God Question An Invitation to a Life of Meaning J. P. Moreland

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NEW Seeing Jesus Visionary Encounters from the First Century to the Present Robert Hudson

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In Seeing Jesus, Robert Hudson explores the larger-thanlife characters throughout Christian history who have encountered the actual face or form of the resurrected Christ—from the apostles Thomas and Paul in the first century to Charles Finney in the nineteenth and Sundar Singh in the twentieth.

Hudson combines history, biography, spiritual reflection, skepticism, and humor to unpack awe-inspiring and sometimes seemingly absurd stories, from a surprise sighting of Jesus in a cup of coffee, to Christ appearing to Julian of Norwich during a life-threatening illness to assure her that all manner of thing shall be well. Along the way, he uncovers deeper meaning for us today. Through Hudson’s quirky and lyrical prose we get to know people of unflinching faith, like Francis of Assisi, Teresa of Avila, Silouan the Athonite, and Sojourner Truth—those who claim radical encounters with Jesus. The result is a fascinating journey through Christian history that is at once thoroughly analytical and deeply devotional.

Augsburg Fortress. Coming in November.

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NEW For the Common Good Discovering and Using Your Spiritual Gifts Christine Harman

Scripture and the Skeptic Miracles, Myths, and Doubts of Biblical Proportions Eric Huffman

Examining key passages in Paul’s writings, Harman leads readers through a personal spiritual gift assessment. She names 25 distinct spiritual gifts—such as discernment, hospitality, compassion, evangelism, music—and helps people explore Scripture references on each one. After identifying their particular gifts, clergy and laypeople will learn how to apply them. Great as a small-group study. Discipleship Resources.

If you find reading the Bible a struggle, you’re not alone. Huffman helps readers understand and cope with confusion about the Bible and provides answers to questions by interpreting the entire book through the lens of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. He illustrates how the Bible, even parts some consider ungodly, presents a perfect and seamless story.

Includes chapter questions for group study. Abingdon Press.

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about the book In this deep and scholarly study of the Psalms, Brown asks What is humanity’s place and role in creation? What makes for a credible leader?

What is “law and order”? What is the role of wisdom in the life of faith? What is the shape of justice in a society polarized by power and fear?

NEW You Are Not Your Own

NEW All Who Are Weary

The modern age tells us we belong to ourselves and it’s up to us to make our lives significant. While that sounds empowering, it’s a crushing responsibility that doesn’t deliver on its promise of a free and fulfilled life. The Christian gospel offers a strikingly different vision. Noble explores how this simple truth reframes the way we understand ourselves, our families, society, and God. InterVarsity Press. Coming in September.

In All Who Are Weary, Kegler joins the reader on the long walk of reflection, understanding, and compassion about mental illness, calling Christians back to ancient practices of lament, vulnerability, honesty, community, and hope. Written for a wide community— patients, but also parents and partners, coworkers and friends, pastors and therapists, and the whole church.

Augsburg Fortress. Coming in November.

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Belonging to God in an Inhuman World Alan Noble

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Easing the Burden on the Walk with Mental Illness Emmy Kegler

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NEW Deep Calls to Deep The Psalms in Dialogue amid Disruption William P. Brown Deep Calls to Deep demonstrates a new and generative way of reading the Bible, which looks for differences among texts to engage in dialogue over critical issues that are not only biblical but also are relevant in our time of deep division and disruption.

NEW Feed the Wolf

Throughout its pages, the Bible proclaims justice and abundance for the poor.

In this book, the co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign—a movement against racism, poverty, ecological devastation, militarism, and religious nationalism—is joined by pastors, community organizers, scholars, and low-wage workers to interpret sacred stories about the poor seeking healing, equity, and freedom.

Augsburg Fortress. Coming in October.

Author and Saint Francis scholar Jon M. Sweeney explores fifteen spiritual practices from the essential wisdom of Saint Francis to ease fear and uncertainty in our twenty-first-century lives: touch what is frightening; refuse power; have nothing to lose; spend time in the woods; pray with the moon; turn toward what’s simple, and more, illuminating a peaceful path forward in today’s precarious times.

Augsburg Fortress. Coming in September.

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Reading the Bible with the Poor People’s Campaign Liz Theoharis, editor

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Deep Calls to Deep can be used as the primary text for a class on the Psalms (at any level from a small group to a seminary class) and as a secondary text in a general Old Testament or Hebrew Bible introductory course, since it covers all major parts of the OT through the lens of the Psalms. It also is an ideal text for an intermediate course that is needed after any introduction to the Old Testament.

Abingdon Press. Coming in September.

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NEW We Cry Justice

Bill Brown explores uncharted territory in the Bible with a particular focus on the Psalms, the most diverse book of the Bible. By taking his cue from Martin Luther, Brown explores how the “little bible” (the Psalter) engages the larger Hebrew Bible in dialogue, specifically how the Psalms counter, complement, reconstrue, and transform biblical traditions and themes across the Hebrew canon, from creation and law to justice and wisdom.

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about the author Holly Catterton Allen (PhD, Talbot School of Theology) is professor of family studies and Christian ministries at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. She has previously taught at John Brown University, Biola University, and Abilene Christian University. Her areas of scholarly interest are children’s spirituality and intergenerational issues.

NEW Perhaps

NEW Inkwell

The Christian faith requires faith. That means that believers are sometimes faced with uncertainty. But is all uncertainty bad? Theologian Joshua McNall encourages readers to reclaim the little word “perhaps” as a sacred space of holy speculation between the warring extremes of unchecked doubt and zealous dogmatism. InterVarsity Press. Coming in September.

In Inkwell, writing instructor and professor Anne Whitney shows how writing—informal, low-stakes writing, in just a few minutes a day—can be a powerful tool for your spiritual self-care.

The book offers practical, meaningful writing tools and activities that anyone, regardless of writing experience, education, or training, can use to grow closer to God and heal spiritual wounds.

Augsburg Fortress. Coming in October.

Reclaiming the Space Between Doubt and Dogmatism Joshua M. McNall

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Simple Writing Practices to Restore Your Soul Anne Elrod Whitney

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NEW Forming Resilient Children The Role of Spiritual Formation for Healthy Development Holly Catterton Allen

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Many children today are growing up in the midst of adversity, whether family difficulties or larger societal crises.

All children need to be able to deal with stress, cope with challenges, and persevere through disappointments. While we cannot protect children from all hardships, we can promote healthy development that fosters resilience.

In this interdisciplinary work, Holly Catterton Allen builds a bridge between resilience studies and children’s spiritual formation. Because children are spiritual beings, those who work with them can cultivate spiritual practices that are essential to their thriving in challenging times. This book equips educators, counselors, children’s ministers, and parents with ways of developing children’s spirituality to foster the resilience needed to face the ordinary hardships of childhood and to persevere when facing trauma. It offers particular insight into the spiritual experiences of children who have been hurt by life through chronic illness, disability, abuse, or disasters, with resources for healing and hope.

InterVarsity Press. Coming in September.

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NEW Dimming the Day

NEW The Monastic Heart

These gentle meditations help you direct your gaze away from screens and uncertainties and toward the natural world. Dimming the Day guides you to focus on the wonders of God’s good earth, from the ordinary head of a dandelion to the exquisite beauty of a fractal. Replace anxiety with awe, distraction with focus, and worry with rest. Calm your mind, settle into stillness.

Augsburg Fortress. Coming in October.

The activist, nun, and esteemed spiritual voice calls on us to create a monastery within ourselves—to cultivate wisdom and resilience so that we may join in the work of renewal, restoration, and justice right where we are. This book carries the weight and wisdom of the monastic spiritual tradition into the twenty-first century, inviting readers of all walks to embrace a new beginning of our faith.

Convergent Books. Coming in September.

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Evening Meditations for Quiet Wonder Jennifer Grant

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50 Simple Practices for a Contemplative and Fulfilling Life Joan Chittister

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from the foreword Join me in these pages to discover ancient imagery, history, love, dedication to what’s good, and acceptance of all people. Together, we wonder how we’re simultaneously insignificant and grand in this vast universe. Together, let’s explore the question: What is God like? —Daniel Jonce Evans

NEW

The Bible Book Big Ideas Simply Explained

The award-winning Big Ideas Simply Explained series uses creative design and innovative graphics along with straightforward and engaging writing to make complex subjects easy to understand. The perfect introduction to the Bible, this book combines authoritative, accessible text and bold graphics to the stories, events, and teachings in the Old and New Testament. It’s the perfect introduction for newcomers to the BIble, and a useful guide for those seeking to deepen their understanding.

Packed with biblical quotations, profiles of key figures and locations, flowcharts and infographics.

DK Publishing. Coming in December.

Book 9780744035087

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NEW What Is God Like?

Rachel Held Evans and Matthew Paul Turner; Ying Hui Tan, illustrations The late, beloved Rachel Held Evans answers many children’s first question about God in this gorgeous picture book, fully realized by her friend Matthew Paul Turner, the best-selling author of When God Made You. Children who are introduced to God, through attending church or having loved ones who speak about God, often have a lot of questions, including this ever-popular one: What is God like?

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Change Sings A Children’s Anthem Amanda Gorman; Loren Long, illustrator

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And whenever a child is unsure, What Is God Like? encourages young hearts to think about what makes them feel safe, what makes them feel loved, and what makes them feel brave.

That’s what God is like.

Convergent Books.

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FAMILY

In this stirring, much-anticipated lyrical picture book by inaugural Youth Poet Laureate and activist Amanda Gorman, anything is possible when our voices join together. A young girl leads a cast of characters on a musical journey as they learn they have the power to make changes—big or small—in the world, their communities, and most importantly, themselves.

With illustrations by New York Times best-selling illustrator Loren Long, Change Sings is a triumphant call to action for everyone to use their abilities to make a difference. Viking Books for Young Readers. Coming in September.

Rachel Held Evans loved the Bible and loved showing God’s love through the words and pictures found in that ancient text. Through these pictures from the Bible, children see that God is like a shepherd, God is like a star, God is like a gardener, God is like the wind, and more. God is a comforter and support.

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NEW The Heart That Grew Three Sizes: Finding Faith in the Story of the Grinch Matt Rawle

Participants Churchwide

ADVENT STUDIES

Description

In his new study, Matt Rawle explores faith themes in the Christmas classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Rediscover and reinvigorate your Christian faith this Advent and Christmas season and look at this familiar classic through the lens of faith.

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NEW All the Good: A Wesleyan Way of Christmas Laceye Warner, Amy Valdez Barker, Jung Choi, Sangwoo Kim Small Group/Adult Individual In this study, a group of diverse Wesleyan scholars will take you on an Advent journey guided by the practices in John Wesley’s means of grace.In four sessions of study, prayer, and conversation readers will look at preparing the way for God, the discipline of prayer, the substance of good works, and the recognition of God’s presence in those called to serve.

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NEW 10th Anniversary Edition The Journey: Walking the Road to Bethlehem Adam Hamilton

NEW Advent: Incarnation: A Calendar of Devotions Rediscovering the 2021 Significance of Christmas Joe Kim Adam Hamilton

Churchwide

Churchwide

Churchwide/Small Group/Adult Individual Adam Hamilton Daily devotions for His parents named him travels from Nazareth Christians as they Jesus. But he was also to Bethlehem in prepare to celebrate called by other names: a fascinating look Christ’s birth. Perfect Lord, Messiah, Savior, at the birth of for churches to give Emmanuel, Light of Jesus Christ. Using to families or send in the World, and Word historical information, Advent mailings. Each Made Flesh. Incarnation archaeological data, day’s reading, from Dec. explores the meaning and a personal look 1 to Christmas Day, is of these titles and what at some of the stories based on the Revised they tell us about the surrounding the birth, Common Lectionary child whose birth we the most amazing and includes Scripture, celebrate at Christmas. moment in history will a short devotion, and a Join him and reflect become more real and brief prayer. upon the significance of heartfelt as you walk the Christ Child for our along this road. lives and world today!

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Light of the World: A Beginner’s Guide to Advent Amy-Jill Levine

Small Group/Adult Individual Explores the biblical texts surrounding the story of Jesus’ birth, tracing the Christmas narrative through the stories of Zechariah and Elizabeth, Mary, the journey to Bethlehem, and the visit from the Magi. Opens up dialogue on connections of the Gospel stories to the Old Testament, the role of women in first-century Jewish culture, and more.

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Title

Almost Christmas: A Wesleyan Advent Experience

Author

Magrey R. DeVega, Ingrid McIntyre, April Casperson, Matt Rawle Participants Churchwide/Small Group/Adult Individual Description In 1741, Wesley’s famous sermon “The Almost Christian” encouraged people to follow Christ wholeheartedly. This book and study, perfect for Advent, breaks down the barriers that prevent us from experiencing an “altogether” love, hope, joy, and peace in Christ in our lives and in the world around us.

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Small Group/Adult Individual This book and Advent study explore the warmth of welcome at Christmas following interactions with Mary and Joseph, the shepherds, and the magi. Just as Jesus made room in God’s kingdom for those on the margins of society, we too should be asking ourselves who we can make room for this Christmas.

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The Wonder of Christmas: Once You Believe Anything Is Possible Ed Robb, Rob Renfroe

Churchwide/Small Group/Adult Individual This year discover the true wonder of Christmas by sharing the love of Christ with others. This study centers on looking to the Christmas story and the stories of real people today to find inspiration and ideas for reflecting the light of Jesus at Christmastime and throughout the entire year.

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The Redemption of Scrooge

Because of Bethlehem: Love Is Born, Hope Is Here

Faithful: Christmas Through the Eyes of Joseph

Matt Rawle

Max Lucado

Adam Hamilton

Churchwide/Small Group/Adult Individual This Advent study from The Pop in Culture series shows us how the teachings of Jesus can be found in the Charles Dickens Christmas classic. Reinvigorate your spiritual journey as you look at this familiar story through the lens of faith.

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author insights

praise for the book

What was the purpose of the Incarnation? How are we

There’s no one I’d rather have guide me through Advent

meant to respond to the Incarnation today? In answering

and the first chapters of Matthew and Luke than Amy-Jill

these questions, I hope to fulfill the promise of the

Levine. With her characteristic insight, graciousness, humor,

subtitle of this book—we will rediscover the significance of

and deep respect for these biblical writings she makes the

Christmas, as Christmas is a celebration of the Incarnation.

wonder-filled stories...come alive. —Matthew L. Skinner, Professor of New Testament, Luther Seminary

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Jesus was called many things. His parents gave him the name Jesus.

But the prophets, the shepherds, the wise men, and the angels addressed him by other names. They called him Lord, Messiah, Savior, Emmanuel, Light of the World, and Word Made Flesh.

In Incarnation: Rediscovering the Significance of Christmas, bestselling author Adam Hamilton examines the names of Christ used by the gospel writers, exploring the historical and personal significance of his birth and the significance of the Christ child for our lives and world today!

ADVENT STUDIES

In addition to the book, components for a 4-week Advent study include a comprehensive Leader Guide, a DVD with videos featuring Adam Hamilton, and resources for children and youth.

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Light of the World A Beginner’s Guide to Advent Amy-Jill Levine

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Advent is not only the perfect time to read the story of the birth of Jesus; it’s also a great time to dive deeper into the biblical texts that surround the event.

In Light of the World: A Beginner’s Guide to Advent, author, professor, and biblical scholar Amy-Jill Levine shows how the Gospel narratives connect to the Old Testament; highlights the role of women in first-century Jewish culture; and emphasizes the importance of Mary’s visitation, the census, the stable, the star of Bethlehem, and the flight to Egypt.

A rich and challenging learning experience for the individual reader, the book also makes a wonderful, four-week Advent group study with the additional Leader Guide with multiple format options and a DVD featuring Dr. Levine guiding participants through the study.

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praise for the book

author insights

Deftly playing off Wesley’s assessment that so many of

God so loved the outcast, the marginalized, that he sent

us are “almost Christian,” [the authors] join their voices

his only son on that first Christmas to conduct an all-

in showing us ways to move from “almost Christmas”

out search. As Jesus shined his light into the darkness

to “altogether Peace, Hope, Love and Joy.” ...Highly

of our world, the truth of our human condition was

recommended! —James Howell, Pastor of Myers Park

revealed. All of us are outcasts really, for every single

United Methodist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina

one of us has fallen from God’s grace.

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In John Wesley’s famous sermon, “The Almost Christian,” he encouraged people to follow Christ wholeheartedly. In Almost Christmas: A Wesleyan Advent Experience, author and pastor Magrey deVega leads a group of authors in exploring how we can make the same commitment to Christ during Advent, and connect our Wesleyan heritage with the traditional Advent themes of Love, Hope, Joy, and Peace.

Additional components for a four-week study include a comprehensive Leader Guide, a DVD, a Youth Study Book, and a daily devotional. Nativity hymns by Charles Wesley, litanies for lighting the Advent wreath, and prayers that can be incorporated into both worship and small-group settings are available for download at a URL provided in the book.

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One of the things we love most about Christmas is gathering with dear family members and close friends to celebrate Christ’s birth.

That’s an important part of the season, but Dr. Ed Robb, author of Making Room, says if we look at the Advent story we’ll quickly learn that the focus of the coming of the newborn king is outward.

This four-week study explores the warmth of welcome at Christmas following interactions with the Holy Family, the shepherds, and the magi. The story of Christ’s birth encourages us to widen our borders and increase our sense of community—and make room for others.

Additional components for the study include a comprehensive Leader Guide.

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Making Room Sharing the Love of Christmas Ed Robb

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excerpt from the book Jesus came to be the embodiment of hope, peace, joy, and love because there is pain, because there is hurt, because of the way the world already is. Let’s not run from brokenness but be ready, because redemption of the world is drawing near.

NEW Advent in Plain Sight

NEW Tidings of Comfort & Joy

This daily devotional for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany will give new meaning in the biblical account of Jesus’ coming by drawing readers’ attention to ten ordinary objects—such as gates, trees, cloth, light, and water. Each daily devotional features a Scripture reading, prayer, and reflection, reminding Christians that God still dwells among us, even in the most ordinary places.

Westminster John Knox Press.

The Christmas season easily overwhelms, and meaning can be lost in the busyness. This book reminds us why we celebrate. These 25 short devotions focus December on Jesus through a combination of Scripture reflections, winsome stories, Advent applications, and guided prayers. This is a book that you and your family will turn to annually, as you prepare your heart for the wonder and meaning of Christmas.

Kirkdale Press. Coming in October.

A Devotion Through Ten Objects Jill J. Duffield

Book 9780664267148

25 Devotions Leading to Christmas Mark M. Yarbrough

Book 9781683595656

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NEW Advent A Calendar of Devotions 2021 Joe Kim Providing daily devotions for Christians as they prepare to celebrate Christ’s birth, this annual favorite is a wonderful resource for churches to give to each family to emphasize the importance of the Advent of our Lord.

ADVENT DEVOTIONALS

Each day’s reading, from December 1 to Christmas Day, is based on the Revised Common Lectionary and includes the Scripture, a short devotion, and a brief prayer.

The type is printed in a larger font for ease of reading. Sold in packs of 10, booklets are designed to fit in a #10 envelope, enabling churches to include them in Advent mailings, and making it easy to share with visitors or others the church wishes to reach during the Advent season.

Abingdon Press.

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NEW Good News of Great Joy

NEW Traveling with Our

Discover the music in the biblical story of Christmas. Four canticles (“little songs”) precede, announce, and celebrate the birth of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. Twenty four daily readings explore the context, content, and spirituality of these canticles. Each of the four canticles has six daily readings.

Includes questions for reflection and a built-in leader guide for group study.

Upper Room Books. Coming in September.

In these daily devotions, biblical guides—from Zechariah, to Elizabeth, to Mary—offer wisdom and direction for the weeks leading up to Jesus’ birth.

On Saturdays, a contemporary ancestor such as Rosa Parks and Father Greg Boyle help us reflect on how we can be better ancestors for those who come after us. Each entry includes an Advent Scripture, reflection, and prayer.

Chalice Press. Coming in September.

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Advent Reflections on the Songs of Luke Max O. Vincent

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about the author C. S. Lewis was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most thought-provoking and influential Christian writers of his day. Countless readers have found insight and inspiration from his uniquely articulate view of God’s interaction with the world.

NEW

NIV Beautiful Word Bible Journal

The NIV Beautiful Word Bible Journals include the full text of the biblical book, along with verse art and wide margins for journaling. The colorful, illustrated art and uplifting imagery encourage a deeper and more inspired quiet time. The single-book format and slim paperback size make it easy to carry this Bible journal anywhere. Set in Comfort Print® typeface for smooth reading. Zondervan. Coming in November.

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NEW NRSV The C. S. Lewis Bible For Reading, Reflection, and Inspiration C. S. Lewis The NRSV C. S. Lewis Bible provides readings composed of selections from Lewis’ celebrated spiritual classics, a collection that includes Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Problem of Pain, Miracles, A Grief Observed, The Weight of Glory, and The Abolition of Man, as well as letters, poetry, fiction, and Lewis’ less-familiar works.

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