Ruth Duck and Maren Tirabassi join together to bring the worship leader, "Touch Holiness: Resources for Worship." Inclusive and progressive, these worship resources are welcoming and inspiring. Whether you follow the liturgical cycle or need special occasion prayers, commissionings, benedictions and more, you and your congregation will be touched by the worship resources in "Touch Holiness."

Jesus never held anything back, including in the words He chose. Always with purpose, always with promise, He said that He will never leave us or forsake us. In the promise alone lies tremendous comfort, but when we experience His presence for ourselves, we have experienced something extraordinary. His holiness exudes what should be abstract, yet He makes Himself known in what feels tangible. He wants to touch us with His perfect holiness and desires that we capture His sacred presence personally, deeply. If we believe Jesus to be untouchable, this book reveals the opposite as we glimpse His birth to His resurrection . . . to the heart of mankind.

Central to God’s character is the quality of holiness. Yet, even so, most people are hard-pressed to define what God’s holiness precisely is. Many preachers today avoid the topic altogether because people today don’t quite know what to do with words like “awe” or “fear.” R. C. Sproul, in this classic work, puts the holiness of God in its proper and central place in the Christian life. He paints an awe-inspiring vision of God that encourages Christian to become holy just as God is holy. Once you encounter the holiness of God, your life will never be the same.

Should Christians give or receive massage therapy? Is holistic healing biblical? Is biblical meditation different from transcendental meditation, if so does the bible have guidelines for meditation, and is starving fasting?.In this book, BIBLICAL MASSAGE AND HOLY SPIRIT TOUCH, the author shares his Christian insights into a health form that is largely thought of as secular only...BIBLICAL MASSAGE, he argues, is a healing technique that trusts Almighty God as the Sovereign Healer of the sick through Christ by the Power of the Holy Spirit.It offers a new perspective on several aspects of holistic health care in relation to Judeo Christian development comments Katrina Vincent, LMT, Instructor, Massage Therapy, Sanford Brown Institute, Tampa...Thorough and researched in great depth..Also included is a helpful guide to the presentation and application of biblical massage.Rhiannon Mendoza, LMT, Massage Therapy Instructor.

Drawing on both primary texts and archaelogy, Wilken traces the Christian conception of a Holy Land from its origins inthe Hebrew Bible to the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem in the seventh century.

Someone once said, "The past is another country-they do things differently there." At times, indeed, the Old Testament resembles another very different country. Maneuvering through levitical laws, bloodshed in Joshua, or Daniel's apocalyptic visions, sincere readers often wonder what the Old Testament means and how it can be the Word of God, For several decades The New International Commentary on the Old Testament has helped countless people traverse this difficult literary terrain. This premier commentary series enjoys a worldwide readership of scholars, pastors, priests, rabbis, and serious Bible students. They eagerly consult its high-quality volumes to inform their preaching, teaching, and academic research, and they warmly welcome each newly published volume as they would an encounter with a stimulating new friend. Through the rigorous yet reverent study contained in these commentary volumes, readers hear afresh the voice of the living God speaking his powerful word. All of the NICOT volumes combine superior scholarship, an evangelical view of Scripture as the Word of God, and concern for the life of faith today. Each volume features an extensive introduction treating the biblical book's authorship, date, purpose, structure, and theology. The author's own translation of the Hebrew text and verse-by-verse commentary follow. The commentary itself carefully balances coverage of technical matters with exposition of the biblical text's theology and implications. Readers who want to hear God's voice anew through Scripture will find The New International Commentary on the Old Testament to be a faithful, trustworthy guide for helping them navigate the strange other country we call the Old Testament. Book jacket.