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Real Change: Becoming More Like Jesus in Everyday Life

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Equipping Churches to Understand the Process of Biblical Change and How to Engage in It By encouraging Christians to adopt a biblical, accessible, and practical approach to change, Christian communities can experience real, spiritual fruit. Every Christian wrestles with the need for change, and all have hearts that go astray. However, it can be challenging to understand and apply a biblical view of change to our everyday thoughts, feelings, actions, and relationships. God promises to change us to become more like Jesus, but what does that look like? How does this transformation make life and relationships truly beautiful, and how do we have honest discussions about our own struggles in light of how Christ brings comfort, help, and change? Real Change: Becoming More Like Jesus in Everyday Life (New Growth Press/October 22, 2018), edited by Andrew Nicholls and Helen Throne through the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF), is a six-week, Bibl...

Helping kids deal with anxiety, anger and failure

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Grace-Based Help and Hope for Issues Every Child Faces Applying biblical truth to specific issues children face today encourages  readers toward a growing relationship with Jesus Young children are just as likely to experience deeply rooted anxiety, fear, anger, and the many effects of failure as the adults in their lives. Living by faith and turning to Jesus in the midst of difficult circumstances is a challenge for adults and children alike, so how do we equip children so they can apply biblical truth to the specific issues in their lives, growing in their individual relationships with Jesus no matter what hardships they face? Good News for Little Hearts (October 8, 2018), a book series edited by David Powlison and Edward T. Welch and illustrated by Joe Hox, aims to provide that grace-based help for young children. The series of hardback, full-color illustrated children’s books are geared toward three- to eight-year-olds, and each story focuses on a...

Start your fall with a bountiful harvest of children's books

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We are excited about our line-up of children's releases this fall and hope you will be too! Learn more about all SIX children's books coming out this fall, then head over to this form to make your review selections. Click here to sign-up! This beautifully illustrated children’s book invites kids to explore God’s design for ethnic diversity and challenges readers—both parents and children—to learn and live out counter-cultural, biblical views, fostering a lifelong celebration of diversity...