JourneyForth: Inspiration Through Every Page

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Esther, Ezra, and Nehemiah are three books of the Bible not often covered and sometimes misunderstood. However, they contain important lessons about worship, leadership, providence, and much more.

Faith of Our Fathers: Scenes from American Church History, edited by Mark Sidwell, is an overview of events and people from American church history. Study the lives of Anne Bradstreet, Jonathan Edwards, Samuel Morse, and Billy Sunday. Discover the contributions of the men and women who answered the Lord’s call to evangelize the vast and virgin expanse of untamed America.

Faith of Our Fathers is an overview of events and people from Christian church history from the ancient church to the modern church. Why is Easter observed in the spring and what can we learn from the catacombs? Who was Patrick of Ireland? How were John Wycliffe and John Huss forerunners of the Reformation? What impact did Luther, Calvin, and Bunyan, leaders of the Reformation, have on modern Christianity? Let church history awaken you to the richness of our Christian heritage.

False Coin, True Coin by Lois Hoadley Dick is a historical fiction novel set in seventeenth-century London. It is the story of John Bunyan, a prisoner in the jailhouse of Cissy Nidd’s father. His crime is preaching, but in Cissy’s mind this is hardly a crime worthy of imprisonment.

Family: The Making and Remaking of a Christian Home by Ronald Horton examines the model family as ordained by God in the Garden of Eden. Horton presents God’s original plan for the family, Satan’s attempts to destroy the family, and the God-ordained roles of each family member. Through the life examples of Bible personalities, he considers what holds families together, what pulls them part, and how to restore fractured relationships.

Prereaders learn to count numbers in Farmer Dillo Counts His Chickens, a concept picture book by Jesse Adams and illustrated by Julie Speer and David Rogers. On a bright morning in Sundown, Farmer Dillo decides to gather some eggs from his chickens. But to his surprise, the door of the coop is open, and the chickens are gone! Follow Farmer Dillo from fields to woods to his own front porch as he searches for each cleverly camouflaged chicken.

Prereaders learn to count numbers in Farmer Dillo Counts His Chickens, a concept picture book by Jesse Adams and illustrated by Julie Speer and David Rogers. On a bright morning in Sundown, Farmer Dillo decides to gather some eggs from his chickens. But to his surprise, the door of the coop is open, and the chickens are gone! Follow Farmer Dillo from fields to woods to his own front porch as he searches for each cleverly camouflaged chicken.

Pre-readers learn their colors in Farmer Dillo Paints His Barn, a concept picture book by Jesse Adams and illustrated by Julie Speer and Christopher Owen Davis. Farmer Dillo brushes his way across the pages, creating splashes of vibrant color at every turn. Unable to decide what color to paint his barn, he experiments with contrasts that very young readers will easily comprehend.

Pre-readers learn their colors in Farmer Dillo Paints His Barn, a concept picture book by Jesse Adams and illustrated by Julie Speer and Christopher Owen Davis. Farmer Dillo brushes his way across the pages creating splashes of vibrant color at every turn. Unable to decide what color to paint his barn, he experiments with contrasts that very young readers will easily comprehend.

Prereaders learn their shapes in Farmer Dillo Shapes Things Up, a picture book by Jesse Adams and illustrated by Julie Speer and Bruce Polhamus. Farmer Dillo spends the day on his farm putting broken objects back into shape. Broken objects have one shape, but when they are fixed, they become another shape.

Fear Not! by Christian counselor Rand Hummel offers freedom for anyone controlled or hindered by fear. With high-stress lifestyles, unavoidable difficulties, and seemingly hopeless situations, fear can paralyze Christians, damage relationships, and hinder service for God.

From Scripture and personal experience, Beneth Jones takes an insightful look into Filling the Empty Places. Echoes of emptiness. Do you hear them in your own heart? Christian women are often tempted to dismiss or stifle them with the experiences and work they are taught to believe will bring satisfaction.

YA mysteries solved with logic and reasoning.

For God and His People by Merle d’Aubigné is a Christian biography about Ulrich Zwingli (1484–1531) from Switzerland who struggled to reform the church according to the pure precepts of the Word of God. Plots and counterplots, rioting mobs, and the threat of execution confronted Zwingli and his supporters, but through it all he sought to be a faithful shepherd to his flock, knowing that his loyalty must ultimately lie not with kings and princes but was for God and His people.

Meet Frances Ridley Havergal, English hymn writer and child of God. This is not the heart-wrenching account of the life of a martyr. This is the story of a young woman who came to know and love God so deeply that His glory spilled out into the everyday moments of her life. Eileen M. Berry tells her story in free verse as Havergal might have told it, based on the journals and letters she left behind.

Free Indeed by Mark Sidwell is a history of black American church leaders. In addition to the challenges that normally confront heralds of the gospel, African American Christians also faced slavery and racial discrimination. Their deep love for Christ and their fellow believers and their passion for the lost made them dauntless soldiers for the Lord, proclaiming the way of salvation and the equality of all men and women in God’s sight.

From Patmos to Paradise is Stewart Custer’s commentary on Revelation for personal Bible study or sermon preparation. Longtime chairman of the Division of Bible at Bob Jones University, Custer blends expertise and gentleness. Original translation and practical applications accompany his exposition.

The Gadallan trilogy recounts the adventures of Prince Trave as he ascends and occupies the throne of Gadalla. In Medallion, Prince Trave learns the true nature of leadership and braves many dangers including earthquakes, monsters, and sharp betrayal. In Shield, a prequel to Medallion, young Innera discovers a wounded king’s soldier with a puzzling message in the woods.

God’s Prophetic Blueprint by evangelist Bob Shelton presents a clear discussion of Bible prophecies concerning the final days of the earth and God’s judgment of mankind, including the rapture of the church, the Battle of Armageddon, the great white throne judgment, and the destruction of Satan and his forces. Throughout the book Shelton offers answers to many questions concerning the last days.

Betty Henderson shows how to find Grace for Every Trial in her Bible study from the book of Job. From the account of God’s sovereign power manifested in the overwhelming suffering of one man, Henderson unfolds a study for practical Christian living. Learn how to be a godly comforter, to rightly respond to sorrow, and most of all, to trust that God’s sovereign will needs no explanation.

Grandpa’s Gizmos is an easy-to-read picture book written by John Menken and illustrated by Tim Davis. A visit to Grandma and Grandpa Winslow is always exiting since you never know what might be happening in Grandpa’s yard. Grandpa Winslow has all kinds of gizmos in his backyard, including windsocks, bottles, kites, and more that spin and sway in the wind.

In Gratefully Yours, Rand Hummel asks one of life’s essential questions: What do you need to know to live and die happy and fulfilled? The first twelve chapters of the book of Romans give you the secret to a contented life. Romans 1–3 will shake you up—show you how wicked and miserable we humans really are. Chapters 4–11 are all about God’s grace and the deliverance He offers.

World War II is the setting for Gunner’s Run, a historical fiction novel for teens by Rick Barry. Nineteen-year-old Jim Yoder is an ocean away from his childhood home in Elkhart, Indiana, and his pretty friend, Margo Lace. He is serving in the United States Air Corps as a waist gunner flying on a B-24 high above the battlefield.

In Haiku on Your Shoe, a Christian fiction book for young readers by Eileen M. Berry, a new boy named Taka moves to Jeremy’s neighborhood from Japan. At first Jeremy is not successful in befriending Taka at school, but Jeremy’s mother encourages him to keep trying.

Handbook of Christian Education seeks to replace the chaos of an increasingly dangerous world with a clear and biblical discussion of what constitutes a truly Christian education. Using Christ’s own teaching methods to create a biblical model for Christian schools to follow, this book refutes many potential misunderstandings about Christian education and describes its nature, purpose, and goals.

In Handling Earthly Treasure, Alan Patterson presents a biblical view of finances. The familiar warning “The love of money is the root of all evil” is often repeated as Scripture’s definitive word about finances; but God has much more to say about money—its purpose, its pitfalls, and its proper use. Patterson shares biblical truth on issues such as giving, owning property, borrowing and lending, financial planning, profiting from a business, and responding to poverty.

He Is Able points out the reality that as much as we are incapable of doing anything outside of God’s power, God is able to do far more than we can comprehend. God’s law reveals to us that we are incapable of pleasing Him in our own power. But through His will and His ability, all things are possible. While it’s a blessing to know that He is able where we are unable, we should also understand that, although God may be able, He is not always willing. We must trust in His will.

In Historical Theology In-Depth: Themes and Contexts of Doctrinal Development since the First Century, Volume 1 , David Beale explores doctrines, movements, and heresies that have influenced Christianity. Volume 1 examines the Greek apologists, the theological traditions of Alexandria and Carthage, the battlefields of the Ecumenical Councils, and the writings of Irenaeus, Tertullian, Augustine, and others from the first century to the early Reformation.

In Historical Theology In-Depth: Themes and Contexts of Doctrinal Development since the First Century, Volume 2 , David Beale explores doctrines, movements, and heresies that have influenced Christianity. Volume 2 covers the writings of Reformers, such as Luther, Melanchthon, Zwingli, and Calvin; Arminianism and Calvinism; the characteristics of American denominations, with reference to key theological figures in each period; and historical views on specific doctrines and societal issues.