Who am I?
Where do I fit in?
How can I get off the treadmill of trying so hard to achieve success and
win approval so I can feel good about myself?
All of us are looking for security and significance, but most of us are
searching in the wrong places. In this book, Dr. Ken Nichols opens the
doors to a new way to live. We can find the stability, confidence, joy,
and meaning we've always longed for . . . in our new identity as God's
beloved children. With clear principles and gripping stories, he challenges
our current thinking, melts our hearts by pointing us to the grace of God,
and inspires us to reflect the glory of God to everyone who's watching.
Grasping our new identity in Christ changes everything
Dr. Ken Nichols graduated from Cedarville University,
earned a master's degree from Wright State
University, and a second master's and a doctorate
from Rosemead Graduate School of Psychology at
Biola University. Dr. Nichols' career path includes
serving with Dr. David Jeremiah for 25 years as
Pastor of Family Ministries, college professor
and counselor. He is the founder and president
of ALIVE Ministries, a counseling, conference and
consulting ministry. He also teaches graduate level
classes at the Center for Counseling and Family
Studies at Liberty University.
For over a decade, Ken and his wife Marlene have
participated in missionary training and enrichment
conferences for the Association of Baptists
for World Evangelism. They enjoy traveling together
and spending time with family. They are
blessed with three children and six grandchildren.

In Leading Healthy, Growing, Multiplying Small Groups, Rod Dempsey and Dave Earley make the process of forming your own small group attainable. They demonstrate the necessity of small groups, and then teach their readers how to structure a new group. Dempsey and Earley share their passion for discipleship and Christ-centered community, and show others how they can further the Great Commission in their own lives. From local churches to neighbors and extended families, Dempsey and Earley encourage their readers to reach out to those around them. Leading Healthy, Growing, Multiplying Small Groups provides the wisdom and tools to transform your community.

How open is our culture to recreation and sports? The popular culture today is saturated with recreation and sports. The Olympics, Super Bowl, World Series, X-Games, Iron Man events, the Final Four in college basketball, and the playoff series in professional basketball capture the imaginations of millions of people in America each time they are held. The questions are, according to general editor John Garner, where is the church and how is the church using these tools to reach people, and will the church see the opportunity to use recreation and sports as ministry tools?

The fact is, most churches are not reaching the postmodern culture and are being ignored by an increasingly non-Christian American culture because people see no relevance to their lives. What they do see relevance in is re-creative leisure; they pursue it at break-neck speed and often at great costs. Somehow the church must learn to capture the imagination of a world that is passing it by. If the church can capture the imaginations of people, it can get their attention, can gain access to their minds, and can reach the heart with the message of the love of God.

1 Corinthians 9:21 states, I have become all things to all people. That is what we have to do as teachers.... Teachers are challenged every day to educate students with vastly different learning capabilities, preferences, and interests. How does a teacher cater to all these unique learning needs while achieving school administrative goals and helping students pass standardized tests? The answer is differentiated instruction: adapting teaching methods to each individual student. GUIDE to Differentiated Instruction for Christian Educators addresses how the Great Commission and teaching are unified through differentiated instruction. Teachers need to reach all students, including the diverse and struggling learners. Beth Ackerman uses her experiences as a grade-school teacher, principal, professor, and associate dean to encourage teachers and provide strategies for implementing differentiated instruction in their classroom.

Fear-generating events, whether the concrete kind that dramatically disrupt your life, or the more subtle, abstract, often imaginary ones that can become a chronic life-style, will accompany us all our lives. The good news and the primary message of this book is that we can cultivate personal courage, spiritual faith and practical strategies to transform the Fear Knots of our hearts into the Fear Not's found in God's promises.

A Legacy of Religious Educators examines individuals who shaped the educational foundations of the church. These chapters, on well-known patristic and medieval scholars such as Augustine, Anselm, and Aquinas; renowned theologian-educators such as Luther, Calvin, Edwards and Wesley; and modern-day educators such as Henrietta Mears, C.S. Lewis, and Frank Gaebelein, reflect the contextualized theology of education of significant educators who have profoundly influenced religious education, in both the church and society.

Hard times and suffering affect everyone, but the way we handle it will change our lives forever. Is this indiscriminate pain fair and just? Does it have a point? Enduring Your Season of Suffering serves as a resource for everyone struggling with questions about suffering, pain and trial. This book, crafted by John Thomas and Gary Habermas, presents important biblical insight on why suffering impacts us and how we should respond to it. These two men tap into their decades of experience in counseling and ministry so you can emerge from suffering stronger, wiser and more complete than before. Inside You'll Find: - Answers to your Why Questions: Why Me? Why This? Why Now? - Universal Truths about Suffering - Real Stories of People Coping with Suffering - and How they Managed - Steps for Helping Yourself and others Through Suffering - Comfort and Direction for Anyone Experiencing Trials

We Will Not Bow to Babylon's Table is a revealing commentary about four godly teenagers that defied the Great Babylonian Empire. Written by Dr. Michael Rackley, this challenging book will help you to discover the truths about virginity, celibacy teenage obesity, celibacy, sports, teenage-centered paradigms, fasting, music, talents and gifts, etc. You will also learn to take a holy stand against the ways of this world, experience God's favor and tender love, and gain God-given knowledge and skills to publicly display in Jesus name. This book is the ULTIMATE SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR TEENS, YOUNG ADULTS AND THE YOUNG AT HEART in dangerous times

Through Christ's death, believers have been credited with Christ's righteousness in the courtroom of heaven and have a new identity. Yet as long as we tread planet earth we are all bound by some level of sin - none of us in this life can fully escape our fallen nature inherited from Adam which dwells in our unredeemed flesh. Although we will not be fully released from the presence of sin until Jesus returns, we do not have to remain incarcerated by sin. Paul reassures believers that in fact we can have progressive deliverance from the power of sin to live out our new identity in Christ on earth. Portraits of Righteousness draws from the Apostle Paul's writings in Romans 5-8 of the Bible to elucidate this life-changing opportunity.

Hardworking journalist Sean Wallace cannot believe his good fortune when he lands a high-profile story about a bank vice-president who embezzled money. Randomly selected to write positive public relations columns about the accused's family, Sean sees his career as a reporter skyrocket with the chance for exclusive material. His life finally seems to be going his way. Enter Esmerelda Van Heeder. Her life appears to have spiraled out of control. As the daughter of the guilty vice-president, Esmerelda is now being followed constantly by a journalist who is using her tragedy for his personal gain. However, Esmerelda believes that God designed this situation for a purpose, and she uses Sean's captive attention to be a witness for Jesus Christ and the God that created the universe. Sean thought his job would be easy. He soon finds that at every turn, Esmerelda is challenging his humanistic theories with her staunch faith in a loving and logical God. Sean only has a week to cover the story; Esmerelda has six days to win Sean to the Lord. He think he needs to change the mind of the city, but it is his heart that needs transformed.

I am so glad the time has come for Gracie and Peter to share this amazing story with the world. You will carry it with you always. -Jeff Foxworthy Thank you, Peter and Gracie, for lifting our own burdens as you bear your hearts in this remarkable book. -Joni Eareckson-Tada. I have met many brave, inspirational people through the years but Gracie Rosenberger has to be the most extraordinarily courageous individual I have ever known. - Kathy Lee Gifford An extraordinary, magical memoir of bravery, perseverance, faith, and love. -Senator Bill Frist, MD former Majority Leader, United States Senate Eventually, we must face losing control of our bodies, causing many to live in fear and despair. Sometimes, this loss of control happens in a violent and tragic way, birthing a discovery of greater truths to individuals through suffering ...who in turn become beacons of hope to millions.

ENHANCE YOUR SPEED READING SKILLS THROUGH TWO EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUES: SKIMMING AND SCANNING. Skimming and scanning have very different goals, reached by very different methods. The skimming section of this book will allow you to practice reading quickly and digesting information at a rapid pace. This section contains a broad range of reading materials with historic, patriotic, or Christian themes. The scanning section of this book will teach you to rapidly cover a great deal of material in order to locate specific information. Scanning is helpful for locating specific items, such as a date or a statistic. This section contains reading materials often viewed in everyday life, such as a Web page or a phone directory. Speed reading skills are beneficial for all fields and can be mastered by anyone with practice and the proper tools. Skimming and Scanning Techniques includes: - Excerpts from historical speeches and documents - Reading materials from everyday life: a train schedule, health care directory, etc... - Practical workbook exercises - Answer keys at the end of each section

The success of military chaplaincy depends on the freedoms of its members to fulfill their calling from God. Matters of Conscience proposes that a chaplain's ultimate allegiance must be to Jesus Christ. Otherwise, his commitment to the Constitution - and to those he ministers to - is disingenuous. Matters of Conscience explores the biblical foundation of servant leadership and Christ-centered worship within the chapel walls, then dives deeply into how theology can be applied during both peacetime and war to help those spiritually wounded by the effects of battle.

This book is designed to help parents of those on the Autism Spectrum build better connections and stronger relationships with their young people. It provides a helpful foundation for understanding high functioning Autism and offers parents easy steps to achieve closer relationships and better communication with their children - including ways to handle difficult situations like consequences and discipline. A must-have guidebook for all parents and guardians of those with Autism.

Poor Listening is a pandemic social virus that seeks to erode and destroy relationships at work, at home, between friends and within the family. It Only Hurts When I Listen identifies the surprising causes of this subtle but pervasive virus and offers a radical cure. With inspirational contributions by Ken Blanchard, Richard Blackaby and others, It Only Hurts When I Listen delivers both a wakeup call and customized treatment plan for transforming lives and relationships.

This book may change your life Play Your Hand Well is not a diet book; it is a lifestyle book written in a non-threatening, positive and uplifting way, in which Dr. Mix (certified nutrition specialist, professor, practicing dentist, researcher) draws upon years of teaching and clinical experience to empower you and enable you to live a healthier life now. In it, you will learn about vitamin and mineral supplements, herbal medicinals, the glycemic index, the Mediterranean Diet, food quality, weight loss, cholesterol, heart disease, and much more The recipient of both Who's Who Among America's Teachers and Who's Who in America, Dr. Mix is conversant in 7 foreign languages and is a communicator, teacher, nutritional consultant, clinician, and scientific researcher who possesses the skills to provide you with the tools you need to live a healthier life now. He concludes his passion for communicating nutritional information with a never before revealed assessment index that he created to objectively determine the nutritional quality of food and uses it to reveal his list of the top 10 foods. Finally, a nutrition book that is both very informative, yet easy to read and apply. Best of all, the Mix Food Index actually gives us a way to compare apples and oranges. - Dr. Jim Schoffstall, RCEP Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist What sets this book apart from others is the manner in which the author has taken concepts that often seem confusing and complicated and presents them in a way that is not only easy to understand, but also applicable to everyday life. - Mike Sandlin, Ph.D. Clinical Associate Professor Department of Health and Kinesiology Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas This is a great nutrition primer with a personal touch for the layperson, student, or health educator alike - Jeffrey L. Lennon, Ph.D., M.D., M.P.H., CHES Associate Professor of Health Sciences Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia Play Your Hand Well reminds us that we are not just subject to the cards we are dealt; instead, you can play your hand well and positively influence, perhaps even 'stack the deck, ' toward better health, and a long, vibrant life. - Gretchen K. Vannice, MS, RD Executive Board Member, International Omega-3 Learning and Education Consortium for Health and Medicine Managing Director, Nutrition Services Portland, Oregon This book covers the essentials of healthy eating and provides a unique tool for choosing healthy foods. - Michelle Martinez, RD Health Department Virginia Beach, Virginia

This beautifully-written rhyming picture book, illustrated with brilliantly colored paintings, celebrates the unique talents, gifts, and potential possessed by each child. Children of all ethnicities, cultures, and physical abilities will find encouragement to learn and excel within these pages. Written by a mom and educator, Every Child Is Gifted contains affirmation and inspiration for fellow educators and parents who seek to identify and cultivate children's interests, gifts, and abilities, which promise to eventually blossom into their purpose and enable them to help others. Most importantly, Every Child Is Gifted is an invitation to see beyond children's exteriors and backgrounds to discover the treasure within. After all, one can never judge a book by its cover...

Whatever happened to the Christian Reformation which began under Martin Luther? When did it end? Or better yet, where did it end? Some would say in Puritan England. Others would argue that its terminus ad quem was in the failed Puritan experiment in Colonial New England. But the actual answer lies in the aftermath of the Great Awakening when the Congregational system gave up thousands of people to genuine conversion and a search for a biblical church and, ultimately, the exponential growth of the Baptist denomination. If the separation of Church and State has provided the healthy environment out of which American Evangelicalism has developed and thrived, then this volume provides essential reading as to an important part of the story. - John Briggs, Senior Research Fellow in Church History at Regent's Park College, Oxford University.

IT IS ALWAYS AN EXCITING moment when the players enter the tunnel right before a soccer match. An almost eerie quiet settles over everyone. Few words are exchanged. The hustle and bustle of the dressing room - with all the last-minute instructions being given by the coaches, the jocular banter among the players, and the uniforms being donned - has given way to a moment of serious focus. It was a time of quiet reflection for me. I would retreat into my own thoughts and plans for the player I would be facing that day. I would then offer up a short prayer for protection. The clickety-click of soccer boots on the concrete was like music to my ears. I was exactly where I wanted to be - entering the great arena where the skills I had honed for years would be used, and where the chants of the fans would echo around the stadium. This was all part of my 21 years in the English Football League. Gradually, I allowed myself to become so programmed to the game that I became obsessed with it. My mind constantly dwelt on football. I thought of nothing else. My life was controlled by a sport demanding my all. We all travel through a tunnel of sorts, continually aiming for something intangible - perfection. I was searching for a better life. I played in exotic places, met many famous people, played for the most successful team of that era in Britain, but never found the elusive happiness I so desperately sought. Not until I was 40 years of age did I find the peace and happiness I was so hungry to capture. That's when I discovered what that light at the end of the tunnel really was.