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Are you looking for an exceptional Lenten study? This study guide may be your answer!

Since its publication, Ultimate Allegiance: The Subversive Nature of the Lord''s Prayer by Robert D. Cornwall has been used frequently for Lenten studies. Now the author presents a short study guide, six or seven weeks in length, to help you get the most out of your study.

This book is useful for a small group or church-wide study.

Do you feel like your prayers are not heard?

Prayer has often been described simply as communicating with God. How many of us talk to God daily? If we did not speak to our spouse daily, how much would we know about her/him?

Dr William Powell Tuck brings not only years of studying the Scripture but perhaps more importantly his own prayer experience and his time as a pastor, counseling and teaching others. "I have often been embarrassed to admit that praying has not come so easily or naturally to me," he confesses in this book.This frank and open attitude gives us all a renewed hope, makes us eager to see what Dr Tuck has to say about prayer, and try his suggestions.

"When I was a boy, I had a really wicked temper. It was short and it was brutal. I would get in fights every recess." With that personal beginning, Dr David Moffett-Moore escorts each student into their own personal study of The Spirit''s Fruit: A Participatory Study Guide.

We are called together as Christians to a fruit-filled life. While God blesses us with one or more gifts as He wills, none of us receive all the gifts. But all of us are encouraged to live a Christ-led life in which all the fruit of the Spirit may grow in abundance. Dr. Moffett-Moore gives us wonderful tools for discussion and prayer to break up any hard ground and pour Christ''s Living Water into our spirits so the study itself aids more fruitful growth. The Participatory Study Series from Energion Publications is designed to invite Bible students to become a part of the community of faith that produced the texts we now have as scripture by studying them empathetically and with an aim to learn and grow spiritually. Each author is free to emphasize different resources in the study, and individual students, group leaders, and teachers are encouraged to enhance their study through the use of additional resources.

When called on to preach, whether you are a pastor or lay preacher, do you sometimes find yourself blocked?

"Writer''s block is a common complaint from many authors. They reach a point sometimes when they simply cannot produce anything worth reading. Preachers often encounter this same kind of roadblock when they attempt to prepare sermons."- William Powell Tuck

With this opening sentence, Dr Tuck brings his many years of experience as professor and pastor and freely gives some "nuts and bolts" of sermon preparation and "pots and pans" essential for effective preaching.

This book is not about the philosophy or theology of preaching but about preparing for, writing, and preaching a sermon. While the reader may quickly find a solution to this week''s sermon, Dr. Tuck also gives ideas and plans for long-term preparation to open a new pathway, moving sermons from a burden to a blessing for the writer as well as the intended listener.

Anyone called to preach can benefit from reading this book.

What does God''s grace mean to you?

This question has often brought confusion and controversy to Christians everywhere. The team at World Prayr want you to understand just how amazing God''s grace is. They want to dispel any confusion. They would like you to understand that you too can walk in God''s grace, but only because it is God''s grace that enables you. In fact, it is all God''s grace, all the way.

This book is divided into 36 questions, including:

In addition, there is a list of resources for further study in the back which can help you in a much deeper study of the meaning of grace.

God''s grace is sufficient, for everything, everywhere, and at every time. This book will help you apply that in your life.

Do the things we believe about God as creator make any difference in the way we act in the world?

Yes, what we believe about God as creator impacts our theology and action in many ways. In this book, Dr. David Moffett-Moore will examine some of these implications by looking at topics as diverse as quantum physics and chaos theory, hermeneutics, ethics, and how we tell stories of faith.

Can one accept the major theories of science, including evolution and still be a faithful believer? What do these findings of science mean for the way we do theology in the 21st century? Dr. Moffett-Moore not only believes that we can accept the findings of science and still be faithful Christians, he believes that discoveries in fields such as physics and biology can help us talk about God in a more relevant and compelling way than we ever have before. When we talk about God in this new way, we will also find a new call to live in a way that is faithful both to the wonders of the physical Creation, and also to scripture.

This study is designed for individual reading and study. Though it does not include questions and other traditional elements of a study guide, it would still be an excellent guide for small group study on these topics.

¿Qué es la iglesia? ¿Cómo se ve? ¿Cómo debería ser?

Para obtener respuestas a estas preguntas David Alan Black mira a la iglesia del primer siglo y nuestros documentos fundacionales en el Nuevo Testamento. ¿Cuáles eran las características de una asamblea cristiana en el primer siglo? En su estudio encuentra siete marcas que definieron a la iglesia: Predicación evangelística, bautismo cristiano, enseñanza apostólica, relaciones genuinas, reuniones centradas en Cristo, oración ferviente, y vida sacrificial.

Según Black, cada una de estas marcas debería caracterizar nuestras iglesias del siglo XXI también. Y ese es el desafío. ¿Cómo podemos aplicar estos principios en nuestras propias vidas y congregaciones?

Este breve libro no responderá a todas sus preguntas. Lo que hará es señalar hacia el camino correcto para encontrar las respuestas. Ultimadamente, Black cree que “cuanto más entendemos las Escrituras, más comprendemos la responsabilidad que tenemos de someter nuestras vidas y nuestros futuros a sus enseñanzas radicales.”

Este es el reto. ¿Listo?

"I turned the corner. The aisle stretched before me as the music escalated. My white slippers brushed over the red roses.

My heart thumped. I had waited so long for this moment. Had I really made it this far? Hundreds of eyes twinkled their approval.

But did they really think I was crazy? I could almost hear the question I had been asked before, ''Do you think it will be worth the wait?'' Here I was at this pinnacle moment. My first kiss."

These are the lessons of a young woman''s life. It may seem an unusual narrative as she saved her heart for love and grew up knowing that being "different" was a gift. From her childhood years in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to the stark poverty and tremendous courage and faith of the Ethiopians, this is a riveting and inspiring story of God''s sovereignty and faithfulness.