Recommended Reading

Authentic Christianity

This classic by Ray Stedman moves you beyond religion, doctrine, rules, and rituals into the life-changing experience of being genuinely and intimately connected with Christ. He shows you how to live a life of faith with integrity - a life that attracts people and compels them to seek its Source.

Birthright: Christian, Do You Know Who You Are?

Who God says we are and how we respond to that knowledge is the greatest struggle of the Christian life. In Birthright, David Needham clears away years of cluttered examinations of theology and Scripture to return us to the basics--a genuine, joyful, Holy Spirit-empowered life in Christ.

The razor-sharp biblical truths in Birthright will cut the shackles and throw open the doors to the glorious life God has intended for you.

Changed into His Likeness

In Changed into His Likeness, Watchman Nee presents an exposition of the experiences of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, demonstrating the sufficiency of God in Christ in the face of human failure. This book, along with others he has written, are highly recommended to everyone who desires a deeper understanding of God's Word.

Watchman Nee's books are not easy reading, as they are translated from the original Chinese language. However, it is well worth the extra effort to read and understand what God has given him to pass on to the rest of us.

A Christian's Secret to a Happy Life

In Changed into His Likeness, Watchman Nee presents an exposition of the experiences of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, demonstrating the sufficiency of God in Christ in the face of human failure. This book, along with others he has written, are highly recommended to everyone who desires a deeper understanding of God's Word.

Watchman Nee's books are not easy reading, as they are translated from the original Chinese language. However, it is well worth the extra effort to read and understand what God has given him to pass on to the rest of us.

Classic Christianity

For every vibrant, fulfilled Christian, there seem to be nine who are "doing all the right things" but still feel bogged down, tied up, or burned out. What's missing?

Like so many Christians, Bob George started his Christian life in love with the Savior only to end up years later disappointed and unfulfilled in his Christian walk. Drawing on his own struggles and years of teaching and counseling experience, Bob cuts right to the heart of the matter in Classic Christianity to confront the question of why so many Christians start out as enthusiastic believers and end up merely "going through the motions" of the Christian life.

In his down-to-earth style, Bob George shows us the way back to authentic Christianity: the kind that Christ had in mind when He set us free. What does it mean to have Christ living in me? How can I experience the joy of the Lord daily? If I'm a new creation, who do I still struggle with sin?

Classic Christianity will help every sincere seeker to get back on track in experiencing true abundant living. Life's too short to miss the real thing!

Confident Woman

Anabel Gillham was trying so hard to be the total Christian woman. Until she found out that's not what God wanted. Like Anabel Gillham, you may have tried hard to make your life work. And you may believe that if you try hard enough to be the total Christian woman, God will honor your efforts. The Confident Woman revels the liberating truth which is that God does not want you to be a total Christian woman, but a confident Christian woman--one who is sure how much God loves and accepts her.

Walk with Anabel through The Confident Woman as she shares how you can experience your own unshakable identity in Christ and find the strength to meet life's circumstances in your corner of the world.

A Divine Invitation: Experiencing the Romance of God's Amazing Love

Divine Invitation:

Have you ever wondered what God wants from you? God's resounding answer is "I want you!"

"In The Divine Invitation, Steve McVey has given us, in a very clear and understandable language, a wonderful, indelible picture of just how beautiful, complete and even startling God's love for us really is."

Exquisite Agony

Exquisite Agony: Learning how to experience the Cross from the Father's point of view! (Something that, tragically, is not experienced by many Christians.)

Pain suffered by a Christian at the hands of another believer is one of the most destructive experiences one will ever know. Few recover completely. Many are destroyed from effective Christian living forever. Yet Romans 8:28 says "all things happen for good..." So, how can that be?

Exquisite Agony by Gene Edwards is a beautifully crafted and wholly unique book which points the wounded Christian to healing and to full restoration, even to triumph and ascension. If you have ever experienced unjust treatment from another believer, or anyone else for that matter, Exquisite Agony is for you. From agony and hurt, even devastation, you can enter into a life resurrection, total healing, and victory!

Grace Amazing (Graceland)

We may feel like there are certain problems that can't be overcome, but such thinking comes from an incomplete understanding of grace.... Steve McVey reminds us that God's grace applies to every area of our lives, even stubborn habits. How different life is when we leave the path of self-sufficiency and yield to God's grace! -- Gary Smalley, Best-selling author and speaker Does consistent victory in the Christian life seem just beyond your grasp? If you've wondered why there seem to be so many ups and downs in the Christian life -- life you've wished you could live more successfully as a Christian, then this book is for you. In Grace Land, author Steve McVey shares the misconceptions that prevent Christians from experiencing real freedom, peace, and joy in their everyday lives. You'll discover... how to rest in God's grace and not worry about performance the key to freedom from guilt the secret to living in God's strength and not your own.

Grace Rules

Are you "living by the rules," or are you letting God's grace rule you? There's a big difference between the two. If you're living for God--living by the rules--you'll always be exhausted. You'll feel as if you're not doing enough for God and that if you don't "measure up," He will be displeased with you. But God never meant for the Christian life to be that way! His love for us isn't based on how we perform for Him. He sent Christ to set us free from rules. He didn't call us to serve Him in our own feeble power, but to let His power flow through us--a power that is without limit! What's more, this power is already available to us right now. He has provided everything we need for a truly meaningful, joy-filled life here on earth...all because of His marvelous grace. Wouldn't you like to rest in God's grace, and let Him live through you? Find out how, in Grace Rules!

Grace Walk: What You've Always Wanted in the Christian Life...But Never Expected

What You've Always Wanted in the Christian Life! Nothing you have ever done, nothing you could ever do, will match the incomparable joy of letting Jesus live His life through you. It is what makes the fire of passion burn so brightly in new believers. And it is what causes the light of contentment to dance in the eyes of mature believers who have learned the secret of the Grace Walk! If you know how to live it, you'll be strengthened by the depth of Steve McVey's insights. If you long for it, you can begin today!

Handbook to Happiness and You

Many believers and churches are floundering in defeat and confusion as the rite of passage is negotiated from a Judeo-Christian society to a pagan culture. Christianity no longer enjoys a "most favored" status among religions as the "faith of our fathers" has been rejected in favor of secular humanism with its many proponents in the private and public sectors. Dr. Solomon provides the thoughtful believer with a tool for self and church evaluation and also charts a way out of the wilderness of emotional, mental, and behavioral conflicts through individual and corporate revival or renewal. While the world system is camping on the word, recovery--a never-ending process, the Holy Spirit majors in transformation of the life by renewing the mind. Based on Handbook to Happiness (Tyndale House) which has sold more than 250,000 copies and has been used in innumerable lives over the last twenty years, God can use this treatment of Scripture to help you and to make you a helper of others. Your church can be a "way station" for those who are searching for love, acceptance and forgiveness.

Hearing God

Does the Bible teach that we can and should hear God speak to us today? How can we hear God's voice? How can we know whether the thoughts are God's, or from the devil? How can we find God's will for most things of life unless He tells us? Peter Lord answers these questions as he underscores the necessity of learning how to listen for the voice of God. He believes that for many Christians prayer life is so difficult because it is basically a one-way conversation. This handbook is an easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide to two-way communication with God. Those who pursue such a relationship will be rewarded with a vigorous prayer life coupled with a dynamic and personal encounter with the God who reveals himself in His Word.

The Indwelling Life of Christ: All of Him in All of Me

Why do we keep failing even in our best efforts to live the Christian life? Because no one other than Jesus Christ can live it, for the simple reason that He is the Christian life! And only He can live it in our lives as well. Major W. Ian Thomas takes a refreshing look at the pure thrill of living victoriously as you embrace the living Savior's presence within you. The more you become genuinely and relentlessly available to Christ, the more He can take over so that your Christian walk becomes vibrant and effective! This inspiring devotional, along with the application questions at the end of each reading, will help you focus consistently on Jesus Himself.

Lifetime Guarantee

Making your Christian life work...and what to do when it doesn't! You've tried fixing your marriage, your kids, your job. Suddenly the light dawns. It's not your problems that need to be fixed--it's your life! The good news is that God doesn't ask you to live your life for Christ, but to let Him live His life through you. With humor, candor, and "plan vanilla talk," author Bill Gillham takes a new and enlightening look at the concept of your identity in Christ. A Christian who walks in this manner is backed by God's lifetime guarantee. "I have seen families put back together and lives changed in the most beautiful way through God's principles in Lifetime Guarantee." --Dr. Charles F. Stanley "I know of no book that so clearly lays out the truth of what it means to be in Christ for modern man. I heartily recommend it." --Dr. Jay Kesler, President, Taylor University "Dr. Bill Gillham...builds our confidence that through Christ we can really be more effective in our day-to-day lives." --Zig Ziglar, author of Confessions of a Happy Christian

Principles of Spiritual Growth

Spiritual growth doesn't happen overnight. It involves days of sunshine and nights of storms. Character, like fruit, takes time to mature. Principles of Spiritual Growth takes you back to the basics of the Christian life--the cross of Christ, faith, purpose, discipleship, and more. This book by Miles J. Stanford will help you build your life on the solid foundation of Jesus Christ.

Sidetracked in the Wilderness

How do believers begin at a place of joy and find themselves once again defeated? Sidetracked In The Wilderness will give you new hope and an understanding of some of the basic definitions of the Christian life that so many people miss.

Turkeys and Eagles

They that wait upon the Lord...shall mount up with wings as eagles--Isaiah 40:31.

Turkeys and Eagles could very well transform your life, for it has profoundly affected the thousands of Christians who have heard Peter Lord tell the story.

In the finest tradition of Christian story telling, which dates back all the way to the Lord's parables, this masterfully told tale contains the very heart, the highest truth, of the gospel as it pertains to living the Christian life. Read Turkeys and Eagles and never be the same again.

Ultimate Intention

The author considers these critical questions: In the beginning, before God created Adam (mankind), what was His original purpose and plan for him? What could have happened in the Garden of Eden if Adam had not sinned and God's redemptive plan had not become necessary? We know that when God created Adam he received natural life, but how did God plan for Adam to receive Divine (uncreated) life? What is the difference between God's creating and begetting work? It is evident that God has given the Cross a central place in His redemptive working; what is the difference between the work of the Cross and the way of the Cross? Since God in the fullness of time, will put on display His Divine masterpiece before all the universe, how can we fully cooperate with Him if we do not understand His Ultimate Intention?

There Were 2 Trees in the Garden

The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and the Tree of Life represent the fundamental conflict between the kingdoms of this world and the kingdom of God. If... you have struggled to understand the difference between flesh and spirit... you have been confused by divisions within the body of Christ... you are seeking a clear and biblical understanding of spiritual authority... you battle the fear of rejection and desire to know the love of God... you are committed to overcoming sin and to glorifying the Lord with your life... you will be helped by this book!