In A Brighter Witness, Dwight Gustafson recounts memories—moments of art, music, and family—that have impressed upon him a sense of God’s love for all things beautiful. Each chapter explores questions such asA Brighter Witness is a symphony of depth, humor, and beauty that celebrates God’s creativity and His image-stamp upon mankind.Dwight Gustafson (1930–2014) served as the Dean of the School of Fine Arts for Bob Jones University for 43 years.

In a companion Bible study to A Life Surrendered, June Kimmel shows how to continue along the pathway of surrender to living A Life Exalted. Christ’s life, sacrificial death, and resurrection exemplify the miraculous truth that to “take up your cross” is to find the greatest joy of the Christian life.

In A Life Surrendered, June Kimmel takes an in-depth look at the pathway of submission. Christ’s perfect submission to the Father’s plan led Him to the cross and accomplished our redemption. Only in daily taking up His cross can we find purpose and victory in Christian living.

Join Faith Alvis Taylor in an interactive Bible study that takes A Look Within the lives of eleven women of the Bible. In what they thought, did, and said, these women revealed the nature of their characters, directly affecting those around them for good or ill. By learning from their failures and successes, Christian women of all ages find practical biblical principles that apply to the daily Christian life.

In A Pictorial History of Our English Bible, David Beale traces the Bible’s journey from Latin, Greek, and Hebrew manuscripts into English. Beale provides a remarkable time-line perspective of how the Lord preserved and propagated His Word throughout Church history, blessing generations of English speakers, illuminating the darkness of the Middle Ages, and bursting forth with life-giving power.

In her uplifting and practical Bible study, Betty Henderson invites you to live life as A Woman of Prayer. Believers acknowledge that prayer is an integral part of Christian living, but how many of us know what prayer entails? From the basic “Prayer Principles” to the realities of “Prayer Practiced,” Henderson takes Christian women step-by-step through Scripture, demystifying our prayer life with a challenge to simply converse with the God, Who hears.

Alive to the Purpose by Ron Horton encourages laypeople and Bible scholars alike to read the Bible as readers, and not just as students. Not only should we be looking for meaning and inspirational concepts when we read the Bible, but we should also be reading it for the sheer pleasure of reading.

American History in Verse by Burton Stevenson tells again the story of America, in terms of poetry, to highlight the principles upon which the Republic was founded and the ideals that have grown up about it. No nation exists today of which its people have a better right to be proud than these United States of America. This book is an effort to show why this is so.

Basics for Believers: An Introduction to Christian Growth guides new believers as they take their first steps on the Christian journey. It addresses key issues for all followers of Christ, such as regular Bible reading, coming before God in prayer, witnessing to others, and meeting with other believers, and it offers resources that help new believers continue to grow closer to God on a daily basis.

In Be Confident in Your Calling, Nate Thomas focuses on the spiritual doldrums, a place of doubt, discouragement, and apathy in the Christian’s walk with God. Using the book of Hebrews, he explores the factors that can lead you into these dangerous waters and shows how you can sail back into the trade winds of a close relationship with your Savior, renewing the passion and vigor you once had for God.

Behold the City by pastor and New York City church planter Matthew Recker provides a realistic and hard-hitting look at the vast needs of the city and a jubilant celebration of how the gospel of Christ can, and is, meeting those needs and healing the wounded. He pours out his burden for urban ministry, challenging Christians to hear the cries of the lost in large metropolitan areas. He shares his personal testimony of God’s protection and provision in the dark heart of the concrete jungle.

Read through the Bible in 365 daily readings.

Read through the Bible in 365 daily readings.

The Thessalonian believers were contagious. They were real. They were passionate. The gospel spread because their lives were attractive to those around them. The meditations in this little book will help you apply the truth found in 1 Thessalonians in a practical and meaningful way, so that you too can become contagious.

Created for His Glory by Jim Berg presents God’s ultimate plan for the Christian life, His marvelous redemptive work for mankind through Jesus Christ, and how those truths must filter down into our daily lives. Despair is epidemic today and peace and joy seem like an impossible dream. We can build an intimate and completely satisfying relationship with God by understanding God’s purpose for redeeming our life.

Divine Service by Betty Henderson is a timely choice for your personal devotions, your Bible study group, or your Sunday school class. This women’s Bible study explores Mark’s unique perspective on the service of Jesus Christ. Mark’s account is fast-paced, and his enthusiasm for his Lord shines through every chapter.

Essential Virtues by Jim Berg draws from the principles of 2 Peter 1 to explore the marks of the Christian life. Peter lists the virtues of a Christlike believer: knowledge, self-control, endurance, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love. As we understand the meaning and importance of these core virtues, we can learn to cultivate these qualities while avoiding worldliness, rebellion, and spiritual apathy.

Essential Virtues by Jim Berg draws from the principles of 2 Peter 1 to explore the marks of the Christian life. Peter lists the virtues of a Christlike believer: knowledge, self-control, endurance, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love. As we understand the meaning and importance of these core virtues, we can learn to cultivate these qualities while avoiding worldliness, rebellion, and spiritual apathy.

Essential Virtues by Jim Berg draws from the principles of 2 Peter 1 to explore the marks of the Christian life. Peter lists the virtues of a Christlike believer: knowledge, self-control, endurance, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love. As we understand the meaning and importance of these core virtues, we can learn to cultivate these qualities while avoiding worldliness, rebellion, and spiritual apathy.

Faith of Our Fathers: Scenes from American Church History, edited by Mark Sidwell, is an overview of events and people from American church history. Study the lives of Anne Bradstreet, Jonathan Edwards, Samuel Morse, and Billy Sunday. Discover the contributions of the men and women who answered the Lord’s call to evangelize the vast and virgin expanse of untamed America.

Faith of Our Fathers is an overview of events and people from Christian church history from the ancient church to the modern church. Why is Easter observed in the spring and what can we learn from the catacombs? Who was Patrick of Ireland? How were John Wycliffe and John Huss forerunners of the Reformation? What impact did Luther, Calvin, and Bunyan, leaders of the Reformation, have on modern Christianity? Let church history awaken you to the richness of our Christian heritage.

Family: The Making and Remaking of a Christian Home by Ronald Horton examines the model family as ordained by God in the Garden of Eden. Horton presents God’s original plan for the family, Satan’s attempts to destroy the family, and the God-ordained roles of each family member. Through the life examples of Bible personalities, he considers what holds families together, what pulls them part, and how to restore fractured relationships.

Fear Not! by Christian counselor Rand Hummel offers freedom for anyone controlled or hindered by fear. With high-stress lifestyles, unavoidable difficulties, and seemingly hopeless situations, fear can paralyze Christians, damage relationships, and hinder service for God.

From Scripture and personal experience, Beneth Jones takes an insightful look into Filling the Empty Places. Echoes of emptiness. Do you hear them in your own heart? Christian women are often tempted to dismiss or stifle them with the experiences and work they are taught to believe will bring satisfaction.

For God and His People by Merle d’Aubigné is a Christian biography about Ulrich Zwingli (1484–1531) from Switzerland who struggled to reform the church according to the pure precepts of the Word of God. Plots and counterplots, rioting mobs, and the threat of execution confronted Zwingli and his supporters, but through it all he sought to be a faithful shepherd to his flock, knowing that his loyalty must ultimately lie not with kings and princes but was for God and His people.

Free Indeed by Mark Sidwell is a history of black American church leaders. In addition to the challenges that normally confront heralds of the gospel, African American Christians also faced slavery and racial discrimination. Their deep love for Christ and their fellow believers and their passion for the lost made them dauntless soldiers for the Lord, proclaiming the way of salvation and the equality of all men and women in God’s sight.

God’s Prophetic Blueprint by evangelist Bob Shelton presents a clear discussion of Bible prophecies concerning the final days of the earth and God’s judgment of mankind, including the rapture of the church, the Battle of Armageddon, the great white throne judgment, and the destruction of Satan and his forces. Throughout the book Shelton offers answers to many questions concerning the last days.

Betty Henderson shows how to find Grace for Every Trial in her Bible study from the book of Job. From the account of God’s sovereign power manifested in the overwhelming suffering of one man, Henderson unfolds a study for practical Christian living. Learn how to be a godly comforter, to rightly respond to sorrow, and most of all, to trust that God’s sovereign will needs no explanation.

He Is Able points out the reality that as much as we are incapable of doing anything outside of God’s power, God is able to do far more than we can comprehend. God’s law reveals to us that we are incapable of pleasing Him in our own power. But through His will and His ability, all things are possible. While it’s a blessing to know that He is able where we are unable, we should also understand that, although God may be able, He is not always willing. We must trust in His will.

In Historical Theology In-Depth: Themes and Contexts of Doctrinal Development since the First Century, Volume 1 , David Beale explores doctrines, movements, and heresies that have influenced Christianity. Volume 1 examines the Greek apologists, the theological traditions of Alexandria and Carthage, the battlefields of the Ecumenical Councils, and the writings of Irenaeus, Tertullian, Augustine, and others from the first century to the early Reformation.