This Week's Specials - Christian Living

What happens when life looks very different from the reality we long for? In It's Not Supposed to Be This Way, Lysa TerKeurst offers a Biblical perspective and hard-won advice to encourage readers facing their own challenges. Find unexpected strength while wrestling between faith and feelings and learn how to stand through uncertainty and trust in God's goodness.

In a world saturated with information, amusement, and recreation, people are starving for hope! Lucado helps you overcome difficult circumstances, gain inner peace, build resolve, and envision a better future as he explores 12 biblical promises and reassures you that "Your Prayers Have Power," "Joy Is Soon Coming," "Justice Will Prevail," and more. Includes reflection questions. 240 pages, hardcover from Nelson. Signature digitally reproduced.

What happens when we stop worrying about difficult people and simply love them? A revolution! In this follow-up to his best-selling Love Does, Goff shares how he learned to accept others without inhibition, insecurity, and restriction---including when he befriended a Ugandan witch doctor. Discover how a no-limits embrace of everybody can transform the world. Paperback.

Rediscover what it means to lift up your voice in praise. In Sing!, modern hymn writers Keith and Kristyn Getty explore why we sing and what that means for individual worshipers and churches. With attention to the Bible's witness on worship, this book will help Christians better understand and more deeply appreciate praising God with music and in song. We sing to proclaim the gospel together in obedience to God and to celebrate the gift of faith. Hardcover.

How did a young Jewish man rise to a place of influence and prominence in a pagan culture---and stay true to God? Exploring the choices Daniel made, Lotz unlocks 20 secrets to a successful, steadfast, and godly life. Discover how to trust, obey, pray, worship, repent, practice humility, live courageously, and more. 160 pages, hardcover from Zondervan.

Are you feeling frustrated, anxious, or fearful? Do you wonder if happiness is merely an elusive hope? Exploring the life of Solomon, Jeremiah shows how the king enjoyed an abundance of riches---but found answers to his biggest questions in a surprising place. Discover how to follow his spiritual path and realize your fondest dreams! 368 pages, softcover from Nelson.

Christians have proclaimed the good news about Jesus for centuries. But the good news isn't sounding so good these days, at least to some. More and more surveys show that people view Christians as bearers of bad news, judgment, and intolerance.

In Vanishing Grace, bestselling author Philip Yancey acknowledges the problem and then explores how we can respond with both grace and truth. He offers a discerning look at what contributes to a hostility toward Christians, and identifies three groups--pilgrims, artists, and activists--who can show us a different way.

With a reporter's eye and a compassionate heart, Yancey suggests practical ways in which we can live as salt and light within a society that is radically changing. What can we learn from those who shun church but consider themselves spiritual? Can the good news, once spoiled, ever sound good again?

As Yancey writes, "Like a sudden thaw in the middle of winter, grace happens at unexpected moments. It stops us short, catches the breath, disarms...Yet not everyone has tasted of that amazing grace, and not everyone believes in it. In a time of division and discord, grace seems in vanishing supply. Why? And what can we do about it?"

In the wake of recent events--Las Vegas, Charlottesville, Charleston, Ferguson, Islamic terrorism--people both inside and outside the church are thirsty for grace. Vanishing Grace calls us to see their thirst, and ours, in a hopeful new light as we listen, love, and offer a grace that is truly good news.

What is truth? This has become the defining question of our time. But while everyone has an opinion, truth, it seems, is getting harder and harder to find. Perhaps that's because we are searching for something when we should be looking for someone.

Truth has a name. Truth is not a river that changes with the cultural currents but a rock and the cornerstone of all we are and ever dream to be. Adamant will be an anchor for your soul in a raging sea of opinions, giving you a clear sense of direction in a wandering world.

• Appendix 1 - Additional Scripture Passages for Chapter 6
• Appendix 2 - Lessons From Proverbs and Ecclesiastes

Sometimes we ask What is God's will for my life? when we should really be asking Who should I be? The Bible has an answer: Be like the very image of God.

By exploring ten characteristics of who God is - holy, loving, just, good, merciful, gracious, faithful, patient, truthful, and wise - this book helps us understand who God intends for us to be. Through Christ, the perfect reflection of the image of God, we will discover how God's own attributes impact how we live, leading to freedom and purpose as we follow his will and are conformed to his image.

Jesus has called us to push back hell's gates, destroy the enemy, and advance God's kingdom. Are you ready to fight? Equipping you with biblical weapons and practical strategies, Ramirez will help you break free of destructive patterns, fortify your soul against Satan's attacks, take back what the devil has stolen, grow in Christ, and more. 352 pages, softcover from Chosen.

What if feelings like anger, sadness, and fear could change your life for the better? In this practical book, Christian counselors Cook and Miller offer a 5-step plan for harnessing these overwhelming emotions and compassionately guiding them toward their proper functions. Soon they will no longer be relationship-disrupters or joy-stealers---but allies! 256 pages, softcover from Nelson.

In 100 heartfelt devotions with stunning photography, you'll learn about overcoming temptation, find out why you should be glad God doesn't answer yes to all of your prayers, and be reminded that you are priceless to God. Unbridled Faith is the perfect gift for every horse lover.

Are you more frustrated with your life than at peace with it? Do responsibilities rob you of happiness? Let Meyer help you rise above your challenges! Encouraging you to relish each moment, she shows how to focus on love, shift your perspective away from outside circumstances, look to the future with joy, and more. 224 pages, hardcover from Faithwords.

Unique of all people, Christians are called to embrace a hopeful outlook on life. Mere Hope offers the core, Christ-centered perspective that all Christians share, and that Christians alone have to offer a world filled with frustration, pain, and disappointment. For those in darkness, despair, and discouragement, for those in the midst of trials, suffering, and injustice, mere hope lives.

What Can You Do When You Feel You're Just Not Good Enough?

Do the voices in your head say you're not good enough, smart enough, pretty enough...or just not enough, period? It's time to stop listening to lies that sabotage your confidence and embrace the truth of who God says you are.

Popular author and speaker Sharon Jaynes exposes the lies that keep you bogged down in shame, insecurity, and feelings of inadequacy. By recognizing the lies and replacing them with truth, you'll be able to

• silence the voice inside that whispers you're just not good enough
• accept God's grace and move past failures that have defined and confined you
• preload your heart with truth to fight your deepest insecurities

Your confidence and faith will grow when you trade self-defeating thoughts for God's truth. Today is the day to embrace your incredible worth as a woman who is uniquely fashioned and spiritually empowered.

Previously titled I'm Not Good Enough.