Christianity
164 Articles & Excerpts
The Director's Call
 God's Leading Lady
by Bishop T. D. Jakes
T. D. Jakes knows that society demands a great deal from women. They are told that they must do it all, give their all. But the truth is, many women feel that their souls are parched and they have nothing left to give.
The Solution: Discover a Win Partnership with God
 God is My Success: Transforming Adversity into Your Destiny
by Larry S. Julian
Jesus describes our partnership with God: 'All I have is yours, and all you have is mine' (John 17:10). Instead of a business partnership based on performance and conditional love, we have a winwin- win, or win, partnership with God. What is win?
I Will Embrace My Uniqueness
 Accept No Mediocre Life: Living Beyond Labels, Libels, and Limitations
by David Foster
The perfect conditions, perfect timing, perfect skills for achieving excellence will never come. We have to seize today and vow to begin a life-changing, life-affirming journey to reach the awesome possibilities ahead.
Introduction
 Billy Graham
by Vernon McLellan
Billy Graham is a role model. For me he first established this at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Council in May 1945 in Cleveland, Ohio, at Euclid Baptist Church. Billy and our mutual friend, Howard Jones, met for lunch.
It All Starts with God
 The Purpose-driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
by Rick Warren
It's not about you. The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness. It's far greater than your family, your career, or even your wildest dreams and ambitions.
God the Giver
 Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace
by Miroslav Volf, Ph.D.
We are at our human best when we give and forgive. But we live in a world in which it makes little sense to do either one. In our increasingly graceless culture, where can we find the motivation to give? And how do we learn to forgive when forgiving seems
Rebuilding the Temple
 The New Temple and the Second Coming: The Prophecy That Points to Christ's Return in Your Generation
by Grant R. Jeffrey, Ph.D.
Jewish authorities are making preparations to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem. They have recovered lost artifacts from the ancient Temple and have recreated sacred vessels used in worship. The new Sanhedrin, reconvened in Israel, is training Levite priest
Chicago - New Year's Day 2003
 The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Real
by Neta Jackson
The call of nature—Willie Wonka's, not mine—got me out of bed at the bleary hour of seven thirty, even though the New Year's Eve party upstairs had kept me awake till after three.
The Wind
 Loving God Up Close: Rekindling Your Relationship with the Holy Spirit
by Calvin A. Miller, M.Div., D.Min.
In this brilliant and down-to-earth book, Calvin Miller offers an exhilarating experience in Christian thought. Loving God Up Close illuminates a mystery at the center of our lives as Christians and shows how we can let the enormous force of the Holy
It's Never Too Late to Pursue God's Best
 The Promise of the Second Wind
by Bill Butterworth, Dean Merrill
Like about 67 million other people my age and weight, I'm going to get back in shape. I really am. Don't laugh; I'm serious about this. In fact, I've begun a new daily routine. I happen to live near the ocean, and so at some point each day that I'm not
Wimp-Free Christianity
 Hell? Yes! ...and Other Outrageous Truths You Can Still Believe
by Robert Jeffress, Ph.D.
In Hell? Yes! Dr. Robert Jeffress issues a bold wakeup call to all believers-from college students to grandparents-to stop apologizing for and start proclaiming the tough but essential truths that Christians have historically embraced.
Introduction
 Holy Blood, Holy Grail
by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln
Is the traditional, accepted view of the life of Christ in some way incomplete? According to the authors of this extraordinarily provocative, meticulously researched book, not only are these things possible - they are probably true!
'I Am Nothing', Suchness
 Dark Night of the Soul
by Saint John of the Cross, Mirabai Starr
In a Western world busy recovering from a legacy of shame and blame, John's continual declaration that 'I am nothing' (and the implicit suggestion that we, too, are nothing) may set off alarms. But these would be false alarms.
Deciding on the Dream
 Building Your Field of Dreams
by Mary Manin Morrissey
Building Your Field of Dreams is both a compelling personal story and a practical and inspiring guide for anyone who has ever hoped for a better life. Mary Morrissey's own dreams were nearly shattered at age 16, when pregnancy forced her into a reluctant
Introduction, Part 1
 In Silence. Why We Pray
by Donald Spoto
Faith, I suggested in The Hidden Jesus, is primarily an attitude about reality - a refusal to admit that life has no meaning and that everything is doomed to extinction; faith then involves a willingness to wonder, to ask questions rather than simply
Village of Mystery
Holy Blood, Holy Grail
by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln
We believed at first that we were dealing with a strictly local mystery - an intriguing mystery certainly, but a mystery of essentially minor significance, confined to a village in the south of France. We believed at first that the mystery
Miracles: The Mysterious Force of Faith
At some time or another, nearly everyone needs a miracle. Failing health, financial difficulties, deteriorating relationships-all are problems that make people cry out for divine intervention. But while Scripture offers numerous examples of God performing
Saying Yes to God
Dark Night of the Soul
by Saint John of the Cross, Mirabai Starr
Say when you were very young the veil lifted just enough for you to glimpse the underlying Real behind it and then dropped again. Maybe it never recurred, but you could not forget.
My Friendship With The Saint
Dark Night of the Soul
by Saint John of the Cross, Mirabai Starr
When I first encountered the sixteenth-century mystic John of the Cross, he was introduced to me as Spain's favorite poet and most confusing theologian. I loved him immediately. 'I've never had a student who really got John of the Cross,'
Saying 'No' to God, The Journey of Love
Dark Night of the Soul
by Saint John of the Cross, Mirabai Starr
Fr. Matthew describes evil as the saying of an absolute 'no' to God. Sin, then, would be any act that engages the 'no.' Perhaps hell, then, is the consequence of the 'no' in the life of the soul trapped in denial of God.
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