Psalms: Hymns for God’s People

Author(s): John MacArthur
Publisher: Harper Christian
Price: $1.99       (Oct 3 Only)

Throughout the ages, Psalms has retained its original and primary purpose: to engender the fitting praise and worship of God. The essential idea of Psalms is living real life in the real world. Without denying the pain of life, the people of God are to live joyfully and dependently on the person and promises of God.

In the twelve studies within, join John MacArthur to see the Psalms as a broad array of theology, practically couched in day-to-day reality. The sinfulness of man is documented concretely but also the sovereignty of God is everywhere recognizable. By working through this study, you, like the people of Israel, will learn that though life often seems to be out of control, all events and situations are to be understood in the light of divine providence as being right on course according to God’s timetable.

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The Middle Matters

Author(s): Lisa-Jo Baker
Publisher: Waterbrook
Price: $1.99       (Ends Oct 10)

The best-selling author of Never Unfriended opens up about midlife and what it feels like to have outgrown those teenage jeans—but finally grown into the shape of our souls.

“I want to give Lisa-Jo’s book a standing ovation.”—Aarti Sequeira, chef and TV personality

Do you ever wonder how you woke up one day with all the responsibilities of a grown-up who secretly enjoys buying groceries in bulk, can no longer recognize the tween celebrities on the magazines at checkout, but is still surprised when a Starbucks barista calls you “ma’am”—because your inside self is frozen in time to about twenty years ago?

So does Lisa-Jo Baker.

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Spurgeon the Pastor

Author(s): Geoffrey Chang
Publisher: Lifeway
Price: $4.99       (Oct 10 Only)

**Winner of The Gospel Coalition Book Award 2022 for Biography & History**

How would you get more than 5,000 people to show up at your church?

Almost every pastor feels the pressure to get people in the doors. More people means more success, more stability, and more godly influence, right? Often, in their zeal for fruit and growth, pastors and church leaders adopt worldly mechanisms for church growth that end up undermining the very call God has given them.

Charles Spurgeon, the Prince of Preachers, was a pastor to well over 5,000 people in a day long before “mega-churches” were the norm. But you might be surprised to know that Spurgeon’s vision for ministry was not pragmatic. He did not borrow “best practices” from the business leaders of his day. Rather, his ministry vision was decidedly, staunchly biblical and theological in nature—and it was a ministry vision we ought to adopt more than a century later.

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TODAY ONLY: Two Baker Non-Fiction E-Book Sale Oct 24/24

When Demons Surface
Author(s): Steve Dabbs
Publisher: Baker Books
Price: $3.99       (Oct 24 Only)

Are demons real? Do ghosts exist? Do some medical and mental health issues have a spiritual cause?

In When Demons Surface, former senior military chaplain Steve Dabbs answers these questions and more. Exploring more than 50 true stories of supernatural encounters from personal, historical, and pastoral experiences, this book will enable you to:

· gain insights from advanced biblical research
· discern if some medical or mental health issues are the result of spiritual warfare
· resolve paranormal activities and identify supernatural encounters
· exercise biblically granted power and authority over evil spirits

Whether you’re a student of what the Bible says about spiritual warfare or you’re seeking answers about supernatural experiences, the insights found in this book will intrigue, enlighten, and equip you.

“‘The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons’ (1 Timothy 4:1 NIV). That is presently happening all over the world, and pastors, disciplers, and counselors are waking up to that reality and learning how to set captives free. Steve Dabbs discovered this when he was a chaplain in the military and shares his learning and experiences in this helpful book that you should read and add to your library.”–Dr. Neil T. Anderson, founder and president emeritus of Freedom in Christ Ministries

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Miscarried Hope: Journeying with Jesus through Pregnancy and Infant Loss
Author(s): Rachel Lohman
Publisher: Revell
Price: $3.99       (Oct 24 Only)

Discover unexpected hope in the midst of your loss

No grief is quite like the pain that follows pregnancy and infant loss. For any woman who feels alone, full of doubt, and overwhelmed with sorrow, this book guides you on a journey to experience the transforming hope of the gospel after losing your baby.

Miscarried Hope helps you move through the Five Stages of Hope and leads you along a gentle road to healing. By exploring the profound parallels between pregnancy and infant loss and Holy Week, Rachel invites you to follow in the footsteps of Jesus’s disciples as they grieved his death, waited in the silence, and rediscovered hope in his resurrection.

Includes:
● practical comforts for coping with the day-to-day pain of loss
● new research from interviews with more than four hundred loss moms
● reminders of important and healing biblical truths

Psalms: Hymns for God’s People

Author(s): John MacArthur
Publisher: Harper Christian
Price: $1.99       (Oct 28 Only)

Throughout the ages, Psalms has retained its original and primary purpose: to engender the fitting praise and worship of God. The essential idea of Psalms is living real life in the real world. Without denying the pain of life, the people of God are to live joyfully and dependently on the person and promises of God.

In the twelve studies within, join John MacArthur to see the Psalms as a broad array of theology, practically couched in day-to-day reality. The sinfulness of man is documented concretely but also the sovereignty of God is everywhere recognizable. By working through this study, you, like the people of Israel, will learn that though life often seems to be out of control, all events and situations are to be understood in the light of divine providence as being right on course according to God’s timetable.

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The Lord Bless You and Keep You

This e-book was chosen by our readers to be placed on sale.

Author(s): Michael Glodo
Publisher: Crossway Books
Price: $2.99       (Oct 30-31)

Exploring the Gospel through the Aaronic Blessing

“The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you,” (Numbers 6:24–25). For centuries, Christians have read these words and received them as a blessing. But have they deeply considered the meaning behind them? What does it mean for God’s face to shine upon his people?

Faces are often referred to as the window to the soul, displaying emotion and providing relational clarity between individuals. This theme of faces reverberates throughout Scripture, first appearing with Adam and Eve and notably surfacing in the Aaronic benediction in Numbers 6.

The Lord Bless You and Keep You explores this benediction to discover the important connection between a person’s face and the face of God—finding that through faces, God shines the light of the gospel upon his people and offers his grace, goodness, and blessing to those who believe in him.

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Crossway Non-Fiction – over 50% off: Nov 8/24

Be Thou My Vision: A Liturgy for Daily Worship
Author(s): Jonathan Gibson
Publisher: Crossway
Price: $7.99       (Nov 4-10)

Every Christian knows the importance of a daily quiet time with the Lord. But anyone who’s been a believer long enough has likely experienced seasons that feel more mundane or routine, leading to aimlessly skimming a couple of Bible verses or praying the same prayer over and over.

In Be Thou My Vision, Jonathan Gibson has created a 31-day liturgical guide designed to provide structure to the daily worship of individuals and families. Each daily reading includes a call to worship, adoration, confession, assurance, creed and catechism, the Gloria Patri, a prayer of illumination, Bible reading, intercessory prayer, and the Lord’s Prayer. Designed to be read in 15–20 minutes a day, this beautifully produced liturgy will give readers focus and purpose to their daily quiet time while teaching them historical prayers, creeds, and catechisms that point them to Christ.

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Expository Exultation: Christian Preaching as Worship
Author(s): John Piper
Publisher: Crossway
Price: $9.99       (Nov 4-10)

“God has appointed preaching in worship as one great means of accomplishing his ultimate goal in the world.” —John Piper

John Piper makes a compelling claim in these pages about the purpose of preaching: it is intended not merely as an explanation of the text but also as a means of awakening worship by being worship in and of itself. Christian preaching is a God-appointed miracle aiming to awaken the supernatural seeing, savoring, and showing of the glory of Christ.

Distilling over forty years of experience in preaching and teaching, Piper shows preachers how and what to communicate from God’s Word, so that God’s purpose on earth will advance through Biblesaturated, Christ-exalting, God-centered preaching—in other words, expository exultation.