A little girl is meant to be cherished and loved. So what happens if she is abandoned, neglected and abused by those meant to nurture her? This memoir is about such a girl but she has a secret. In the midst of her great despair a Savior comes and takes her to their special place. There, He offers her a love that shes never encountered in life. A love that can resurrect the dead places in her heart if she lets Him.

Talith Koum:: Little Girl I say to you, "Get Up!" are words spoken by Jesus Christ to resurrect a 12 year old girl who was pronounced dead. To the delight and amazement of her parents and spectators, she was immediately resurrected. Author Stephanie Lewis uses this passage of scripture and others as inspirational anecdotes for women. This book is designed to illustrate the power of Jesus Christ in our lives, through faith and obedience to Him. The 30 day devotional addresses many issues that have the potential to hinder the purpose and destiny of young girls and women, but also provides personal and spiritual insight on ways to overcome those barriers. Readers will find themselves motivated to experience a deeper relationship with Christ as well as equipped to successfully triumph through daily adversity

At the heart of this book is a verse-by-verse exposition of the New American Bible text of Mark's Gospel. Interspersed throughout the text are dozens of short essays giving the social, political, economic, and religious background, and questions for reflection.

Traditioned innovation is a habit of being and living that cultivates a certain kind of moral imagination shaped by storytelling and expressed in creative, transformational action. Moral imagination is about character, which depends on ongoing formation that takes place in friendships and communities that embody traditions and that are sustained by institutions. There is no quick-fix or set of techniques that will create a mindset of traditioned innovation. But we do believe that you can learn to cultivate it by Becoming immersed in an imaginative engagement with the story of God told through Scripture Learning from exemplary institutions, communities, and people practicing traditioned innovation. Discovering new skills for integrating character formation and dense networks of friendships, communities and institutions into your leadership and life. Navigating the Future will explore stories and tips for cultivating traditioned innovation that will stimulate your thinking and inspire your imagination for more faithful and fruitful living along with the cultivation of more vibrant, life-giving institutions.

Fr. Deiss helps readers discover the environment of light--Joseph and Mary's tenderness--in which Jesus' humanity developed. This work reflects on the child Jesus, stressing the influence that Joseph and Mary had on Jesus' childhood at the human level--both intellectually and spiritually.

The Life Application Bible Commentary series is the only commentary to offer sermon and lesson applications alongside stirring commentary. Each volume in the series provides in-depth explanation, background, and application for every verse in the text. Perfect for sermon preparation and lesson planning, this one-of-a-kind reference provides excellent quotes and a bibliography for additional commentary. Additional features include Charts, diagrams, and maps on the same page as their related verses Quotes from various versions, such as the NIV, NRSV, and NLT Key information graphically highlighted

Biblical Limits is a new series which brings to the traditional field of Biblical Studies literary criticism, anthropology and gender-based approaches, thus reaching new ways of understanding Biblical texts. Jesus Framed is a collection of essays on reading the gospel of Mark. It uses literary theory, most notably the writings of Roland Barthes, to examine some of the difficulties in the text of Mark. A series of close readings of the gospel of Mark is compared to similar texts, both biblical and otherwise. Drawing on Mark's famous phrase that "to those who are outside all comes through parables" (Mark 4:11-12), Jesus Framed explores the boundaries between insiders and outsiders, those who can and those who cannot find a meaning in the text.