How to Read the Bible Book by Book

"The Bible is not merely some divine guidebook, nor is it a mine of propositions to be believed or a long list of commands to be obeyed. It is infinitely more than that."
Gordon D. Fee & Douglas Stuart, How to Read the Bible Book by Book

Good $ense Budget Course

"When money is no longer the chief rival god, when money no longer controls the person but the person controls money, and when the deceitfulness of riches is exposed and can no longer choke out God's Word, individuals are freed up to relate to God and to serve God in profoundly new and deeper ways."
Dick Towner & John Tofilon, Good $ense Budget Course

Leadership from the Inside Out

"When God's glory is our joy, when our hearts beat with his, when he rules with no rivals, we grow healthy as leaders."
Kevin G. Harney, Leadership from the Inside Out

How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth

"While we think that everyone should have a primary Bible translation of choice, we hope also, in light of the richness of available options, to encourage the frequent use of more than one translation as an enriching form of Bible study."
Gordon D. Fee & Mark L. Strauss, How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth

The Case for a Creator

"Astronomy leads us to a unique event, a universe which was created out of nothing, one with the very delicate balance needed to provide exactly the conditions required to permit life, and one which has an underlying (one might say 'supernatural') plan."
Nobel laureate Arno Penzias, quoted by Lee Strobel, The Case for a Creator

How to Be Evangelical without Being Conservative

"'Evangelical' means being radically open to the gospel in all of its implications, including challenges to our comfort zones and vested interest in upholding the status quo and reiterating the past."
Roger E. Olson, How to Be Evangelical without Being Conservative

Heaven Is a Place on Earth

"Our purpose for life does not consist only in spiritual activities. There is also value in showing up for work, waxing our car, playing with our children, or taking a trip to the beach -- just a few of the many things we do, not because we are Christian, but primarily because we are human."
Michael E. Wittmer, Heaven Is a Place on Earth

Another Gospel

"The Jehovah's Witnesses, with their emphasis on witnessing and their efforts to win converts from orthodoxy, ought to serve as a challenge to Christians to reevaluate their own faith."
Ruth A. Tucker, Another Gospel

His Brain, Her Brain

"By understanding how God created and designed us, we are more likely to turn our myriad differences, blind spots, and weaknesses into oneness and strength, so that we can more fully live the joy of God's delightful design for marriage."
Walt & Barb Larimore, His Brain, Her Brain

Barrier-Free Friendships

"When it comes to relationships with members of the disabled community, I ask that those of you who are not disabled take the initiative. You need to take the risk of looking past the wheelchair, the sunglasses, and the prostheses to see and engage the person that lies hidden there."
Joni Eareckson Tada, Barrier-Free Friendships

The Case for Faith

"Faith isn't about having perfect and complete answers to every single objection. Faith is about a choice, a step of the will, a decision to want to know God personally."
Lee Strobel, The Case for Faith

The Sacred Way

"The Christian faith is more of a quest than a destination, for Jesus himself was a wanderer, the most famous peripatetic pilgrim ever to strap on a pair of sandals."
Tony Jones, The Sacred Way

Serve God, Save the Planet

"God's earth is only on loan to each generation."
J. Matthew Sleeth MD, Serve God, Save the Planet

The American Church in Crisis

"The goal of moving from decay to restoration is not simply for the church to grow numerically, not simply to have more churches with more people sitting in them. Instead, the goal is to move the church into more fruitful ministry so that the church can transform culture with the love and grace of God."
David T. Olson, The American Church in Crisis

Opening Your Child's Spiritual Windows

"Children have critical spiritual windows of opportunity -- pathways to their hearts during their growing-up years, when their hearts and minds are most open to experiencing the wonder of God's creation, coming to know him and his ways through the Bible, talking and listening to him through prayer, serving him, and participating in the church community."
Cheri Fuller, Opening Your Child's Spiritual Windows

Archaeology and Bible History

"Archaeology illuminates the text of the Scriptures and so makes valuable contributions to the field of biblical interpretation and exegesis."
Joseph Free & Howard Vos, Archaeology and Bible History

The Irresistible Revolution

"Jesus came not just to prepare us to die but to teach us how to live."
Shane Claiborne, The Irresistible Revolution

Sex God

"Jesus had much to say about what happens when a woman, a God image-bearer, a carrier of the divine spark, becomes a 'that' instead of a 'she' in the eyes of men. Jesus teaches that 'anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.' He connects our eyes and our intentions and our thoughts with the state of our hearts."
Rob Bell, Sex God

What Have They Done With Jesus?

"What is it about our culture that makes us prone to listen to sensational claims about Jesus and his earliest followers, even when there is little or no hard evidence to support such conjectures?"
Ben Witherington III, What Have They Done With Jesus?

Sex and the Soul of a Woman

"A man and a woman fall into bed now with no promises made and no expectations to which they can hold each other."
Paula Rinehart, Sex and the Soul of a Woman