Spiritual Growth

One woman's journey to victory. Jenna, the older sister, was beautiful. Talented. Popular. Neat. Confident. Sara was the next born - the ordinary one. For years she was simply known as "Jenna's sister," without an identity of her own. Falling into the trap of comparison, Sara became all too familiar with inferiority, the gut-wrenching pain of believing she was worthless. But she found victory and wants others to...

Prayer is a force like the power of earth's mightiest dynamite. So why don't we see more of that dynamite exploding in our world today? Maybe we're not praying enough. Maybe we're not praying as we should. In Reaching the Ear of God, Wayne Mack motivates us to pray more than we have before."I have yet to meet people who would say that they pray as much as they think they should," Mack writes. And he shows us how to...

Slaying the Giant takes you on an imaginary journey to the world of the depressed. Through Dr. O'Shields training and personal experience with depression, he tells you how you get there, what it is like, and best of all - how to return. Overcoming depression is a formidable task. So is slaying a giant. Yet, David, the shepherd boy, did it using simple weapons God provided. Using God's weapons, you can overcome...

Electronic technology is taking our culture by storm. This is having a profound effect, not just on society at large, but on our occupations, our families, and our personal lives. It is also having a tremendous impact on our churches, as the author discovered in his interviews with youth and ministers across the conservative Anabaptist spectrum. This behind-the-scenes glimpse at the cultural upheaval caused by...

Christians are commanded to grow. Once we are saved, spiritual fruit should be a natural byproduct. If the fruit isn’t there, the growth we are supposed to display is not happening. Yet many Christians find it difficult to bear fruit because their branches are weak – the old patterns of sin and bad habits creep back in and choke off the growth that should be taking place. So what do you do when your spiritual...