Just as the life of each of the children of God in the Bible was birthed in a dream and destined with a special plan for their life by God, long before he created the heavens and the earth, so is the life of every child born and living today. God wants every child to know he had a dream about them and has a plan for their lives. He wants them to fulfill that dream. The God Had a Dream series of books, which are based on Bible stories, have been written and illustrated to excite and encourage every child to want to know Gods dream and plan for their life, to want to say yes to his dream and plan. The books are written to show that by obeying, obeying now, and obeying willingly, Gods dream and plan for them will be fulfilled in a mighty way.

'Hope is about learning to dream - provided one remembers the dream comes not so much out of one's own unconscious, but out of God's. Hope is first learning God's dream, and then living it.' This striking guide to thoughtful Christian living explores the everyday experience of Christian hope and wisdom. In thirty six short and engaging reflections, Sam Wells explores what influences and shapes how we live, love, think, read Scripture, feel and dream. Helping us grapple with cultural forces and contemporary questions, Learning to Dream Again sets out to shape a theological imagination that is grounded in the reality of being human in a suffering world and yet open to transformation by the life and joy of God.

A collection of Bible stories concerning dreams from both the Old and New Testaments, including "Jacob's Dream, " "King Nebuchadnezzar's Dream, " and "Peter has a Vision."

The Dreams We DreamYou have been created to live a life of wonder and awe -- like the feeling you get when trying to count the stars. This sense of wonder can be encountered as you sleep, when you enter a uniquely crafted world through your dreams, which is personally designed for you by God.In The Dreams We Dream Murray Dueck will move you deeper into this state of wonder by opening the door to the world of the Heavenly Father's dreams. He will show you how God has changed the history of nations, science, and even the lives of everyday people. Amazing stories happen when God speaks and people listen to His voice through the dreams He gives them. You will be inspired to learn how to: Remember your dreams Discover their meaning for you and for others Encounter the nature and character of Abba Father All through The Dreams We Dream. "In writing "The Dreams We Dream," Murray Dueck brings his many years of Christian leadership, knowledge, and experience within your grasp. This encounter will thrill and inspire you as you savor the depth of his research, and the richness of his insights. He reminds us all that our dreams, and the divine insights they bring, are desperately needed in our over secularized, non-spiritual, materialistic world."John ArnottCatch the Fire, Toronto

"A masterpiece of contemporary Bible translation and commentary."—Los Angeles Times Book Review, Best Books of 1999 Acclaimed for its masterful new translation and insightful commentary, The David Story is a fresh, vivid rendition of one of the great works in Western literature. Robert Alter's brilliant translation gives us David, the beautiful, musical hero who slays Goliath and, through his struggles with Saul, advances to the kingship of Israel. But this David is also fully human: an ambitious, calculating man who navigates his life's course with a flawed moral vision. The consequences for him, his family, and his nation are tragic and bloody. Historical personage and full-blooded imagining, David is the creation of a literary artist comparable to the Shakespeare of the history plays.

For too long the Christian community has been told five, ten, fifteen minutes with God is enough, but God wants to stir within us ways to worship him anew. This book will help you accelerate your relationship with Christ, where living in the presence of God is a lifestyle. You will gain a fresh understanding of how to seize every opportunity to be immersed in Gods presence and where the focus is to worship the Creator, not the created. Through dreams and visions, see firsthand how God taught Teresa new ways of spending time with her Lord. Follow her journey as she learns how worshipping anew opens the windows of Heaven into the tangible presence of God, where miracles began. The treasures within the pages of this book will help you appreciate and embrace what it means to worship God and stop the cycle of a stagnant walk with him. As you read, experience what can happen in the physical and spiritual world when we surrender our entire being and are submerged into the beautiful, supernatural presence of God.

A beloved teacher helps modern people live the Bible’s message more fully. Respected teacher and author Verna Dozier explores the ways that humanity and the institutional church have strayed far from Jesus’s original message. To help us get back on track, she examines the Bible: a theological and historical record of hundreds of years in which two communities of faith (Jewish and early Christian) explored their own life experiences. Our task now is not to ask which interpretations are correct, but to ask “what did it mean to them” and “what does it mean for us?” Dozier encourages us to see Christianity not as creed or institution, but as “the vision of a new possibility for human life rooted in an ancient understanding of God and lived out by a Nazarene carpenter.” Through adept storytelling and study, Dozier reawakens our sense of calling and our desire for truth. This new and revised edition includes a new foreword by Sophfronia Scott and a study guide.