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Attitude is Your Paintbrush: It Colors Every Situation

Type: BOOK
Author: Moore, James W.
( Attitude , General , Grace , Gratitude , Group Study )

Inspires readers to transform negative, pessimistic attitudes into positive, optimistic attitudes centered on the love and hope of Jesus Christ. Includes a study guide for individual or group use and can be adapted for various numbers of weeks.

Barrington Bunny

Type: VHS
Author:
( Children , Children's Literature , Children's Sermons , Christmas , General , Grace , Salvation , Self-Esteem , Values/Ethics )

Claymation. Poor Barrington is a lonely rabbit. He wants to share Christmas with a family of squirrels, but he can't climb the tree, or with the Beavers, but he can't swim. He is sad and feels useless. But he is told he has gifts of hopping and being furry and warm. They are gifts freely given, and some day he will learn how valuable they are. And he does!

Breaking and Mending: Divorce and God's Grace

Type: BOOK
Author: Redding, Mary Lou
( Divorce , General , Grace , Personal Growth , Relationships , Renewal/Revival , Spiritual Growth )

Looks at the spiritual issues and struggles, rather than the sociological ones, that accompany divorce for a Christian. Builds on stories from the Bible (broken dreams, forgiveness, breaking old patterns and learning new ones, forging an identity as a single person) and weaves lessons of grace. Also helpful for family members and friends of those who have divorced.

Christian Way, The: a Wesleyan View of Our Spiritual Journey

Type: BOOK
Author: Dunnam, Maxie
( Basic Concepts , Faith , General , Grace , Salvation , Wesley, John )

Helpful orientation for the new Christian or for anyone simply curious about the Christian faith. Explains the need for salvation and how to come to enjoy it. Explains the Wesleyan understanding of prevenient grace, individual freedom, and entire sanctification.

GodFilms: Robby

Type: DVD
Author:
( Christian Life , Faith , Family , Grace , Life , Personal Growth , Small Groups , Spiritual Growth , Spiritual Life , Young Adult )

Exploration not explanation, that's GodFilms. Each open-ended short film invites us to search, discull and discover Biblical application together. Robby is a coming of age story, and yet a story for us all, in which Robby learns to accept his family and gain strength from his relationship with God. Includes a 32 page discussion guide.

Going on to Salvation: A Study in the Wesleyan Tradition

Type: BOOK
Author: Dunnam, Maxie
( Bible Study , General , Grace , Group Study , Salvation , Theology , Wesley, John )

Rich, challenging tour of what it means to say that we are going on to salvation - saved by grace. A study guide for groups or individuals, exploring the depth, richness and wonder of biblical and Wesleyan doctrine.

Great Stories of Faith (Tape 4) - The Light Way

Type: VHS
Author:
( Blessing , Faith , General , Grace , Inspiration , Personal Growth , Spiritual Growth )

Listen to others share their faith stories. Story Tellers: Martin E. Marty, Will Campbell, Richard Foster, Emanuel Cleaver, Ron Delbene, Janet Wolf. Topics: what you/others believe, how to lighten up, missed blessings, spiritual growth, God's Grace. Includes study guide.

Jesus Christ, Introduction

Type: VHS
Author: Fleming, Dr. James
( Bible Land/Geography , Bible People , Bible/New Testament , General , Grace , Group Study , Jesus )

This series explores the meaning of Jesus Christ for our lives. It is a tool for God's grace in order for relationships with Jesus Christ to be brought to life. Tape 1 provides themes that reflect the church's memory of the life of Jesus. Looks at the movements of Jesus around the land of Palestine as a way of understanding who Jesus is.

Opening Ourselves to Grace: Basic Christian Practices

Type: DVD
Author:
( Bible , Bible Study , General , Grace , Jesus , Small Group Ministry , Spiritual Growth )

The study explores the basic practices of Christian faith and life from a Wesleyan tradition. A four-chapter video presentation on Wesley's understanding of spiritual practice; a six-week bible study based on the video presentations; a discussion guide for group leaders; additional resources for leaders and participants. Through this video and bible study, you will experience the historic spiritual disciplines - perhaps for the first time - and you will grow in your love of God and neighbor.

Prayer, Fear, and Our Powers: Finding Our Healing, Release and Growth in Christ

Type: BOOK
Author: Wuellner, Flora Slosson
( General , Grace , Healing , Love , Meditations , Spiritual Gifts , Spiritual Growth )

Offers ways to encounter and direct one's own inner gifts and ways to help others discern and direct their inner gifts. Explores the fear we share of misused and abused powers. Covers issues of power and powerlessness, and the growth and healing possible through God's power.

Prayer, Stress, and Our Inner Wounds

Type: BOOK
Author: Wuellner, Flora Slosson
( Coping , General , Grace , Healing , Stress , Suffering/Pain )

Reminds us that the passion to heal was central in Jesus. Several types of pain are examined: physical, painful memories, forgotten wounds, uncertainty, stress and anxiety. Offers practical ways by which prayer can help us experience inner healing. Learn how to cooperate with God. Emphasis on the grace of God's love.

Questions of Faith III : What About Grace and Miracles?

Type: VHS
Author:
( General , Grace , Miracles )

Explores the questions: How do you experience grace? What is grace? Does God intervene in creation today? What is a miracle and have you ever experienced one? With study guide.

Reel to Real - The Rookie

Type: PAMPHLET
Author: Christenson, Ryan
( Films/Movies/Video Cameras , General , Grace , Modern/Contemporary , Renewal/Revival , Sports , Youth )

Based on true events, The Rookie is the story of Jim Morris, an over-the-hill rookie who chases his dream of playing major league baseball. This program features three sessions on following one's dreams, becoming heroes, and offering Christian grace.

Scouting the Divine: Searching for God in Wine, Wook, and Wild Honey

Type: KIT
Author: Margaret Feinberg
( Adult Studies , Christian Life , Faith , Grace , Inspiration , Small Group )

Scouting the Divine: Searching for God in Wine, Wool, & Wild Honey - Leader Kit by Margaret Feinberg is a young adult Bible study that explores how ancient livelihoods illuminate meaningful Christian truths that apply to life today! Participants will find the Bible coming alive as they learn about scripture through the eyes of a shepherdess in Oregon, a farmer in Nebraska, a beekeeper in Colorado, and a vintner in California. Leader Kit includes: 1 Member Book Enhanced CD with Leader...

Some Folks Feel the Rain, Others Just Get Wet

Type: BOOK
Author: Moore, James W.
( Attitude , General , Grace , Gratitude , Group Study )

Explores the reasons why some people are able to see our time on earth as a gracious gift from God rather than as an agonizing endurance test; and why some people have the ability to celebrate life with an abundance of gratitude.

The Reason for God

Type: DVD
Author: Timothy Keller
( Adult , Adult Studies , Bible , Christian Life , Christians , Christianty , Faith , God , Grace , Jesus , Life , Small Group , Spiritual Life , World Religions )

Pack containing one softcover guide and one DVD. Captured live and unscripted, pastor and author Timothy Keller meets with a group of skeptics to address their doubts and questions about Christianity. This course will train you on how to deal with six of the most common questions from skeptics as well as give you the resources to meet with your own group. Description: In the New York Times bestselling book The Reason for God, Timothy Keller established himself as a modern-day C. S. Lewis...

Visitor, The

Type: VHS
Author:
( General , God , Grace , Love , Storytelling )

Feeling alone and abandoned by God, Martin is surprised by an unexpected visitor who helps him see and accept God's ever present grace and love amidst the difficulties of life. A contemporary dramatic film adapted fromt eh classic Leo Tolstoy short story: Where Love is, There is God.

What's So Amazing About Grace?

Type: DVD
Author: Yancey, Philip
( Adult , Christian Life , General , Grace , Group Study , Youth )

10 powerful sessions for a group that help you discover why grace is more amazing than you've ever dreamed. Interactive, gut-level encounters with radical, life-changing grace. Kit includes video (with interviews), leader's and participant's guides, and award-winning book by Philip Yancey. We have this resource in both VHS and DVD.