Gatluk G. Digiew is a little boy cowherd when Civil War erupts in his homeland, South Sudan, and upends his life forever. His memoir, God Threw Me Back: A Child Survives War in Sudan, tells his horrific story through the eyes of a child. Gatluk is wrenched from his family at age nineshot and left for dead at thirteen. During his agonizing, often solitary, four-year journey to recovery and safely in a new homeland, Gatluk draws courage from his fathers early lessons and deep Christian faith. Gatluk emerges, not as a victim, but as a voice for the battered children of war who cannot speak for themselves.

A New York Times Notable Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012 A bold approach to understanding the American evangelical experience from an anthropological and psychological perspective by one of the country's most prominent anthropologists. Through a series of intimate, illuminating interviews with various members of the Vineyard, an evangelical church with hundreds of congregations across the country, Tanya Luhrmann leaps into the heart of evangelical faith. Combined with scientific research that studies the effect that intensely practiced prayer can have on the mind, When God Talks Back examines how normal, sensible people—from college students to accountants to housewives, all functioning perfectly well within our society—can attest to having the signs and wonders of the supernatural become as quotidian and as ordinary as laundry. Astute, sensitive, and extraordinarily measured in its approach to the interface between science and religion, Luhrmann's book is sure to generate as much conversation as it will praise.

What Do You Do When It Seems God Hasn’t Come Through for You? When the miracle-working God whom Pastor Stacy Henagan loved and served did not answer the prayers on behalf of her terminally ill one-year-old daughter as expected, she was left crushed with grief and struggling to understand. How could a loving God allow this to happen? What do you do when it seems God has let you down? Is God trustworthy? Rather than choosing to remain in overwhelming pain and doubt, Stacy emerged with a much greater belief that God is good and trustworthy, even when we don’t think His plans make sense. Links to an in-depth study guide and 5-part video teaching series are available on stacyhenaganbook.com.

A Gospel-Rich, Reproducible Model for Making Disciples as Jesus Intended Biblical discipleship emphasizes encouragement, repentance, and spiritual growth—essential parts of the Christian life. However, well-meaning believers often struggle to follow Jesus, unaware their views are too legalistic, licentious, or individualistic. How can churches and Christians develop a healthy, successful path to disciple-making? In this second edition of Gospel-Centered Discipleship, Jonathan Dodson presents an effective, Spirit-led model for sanctification. Reminding readers that real discipleship is imperfect yet transformational, Dodson encourages Christians to engage more authentically with others as they grow in faith. Drawing from his own failures and successes while following Jesus, Dodson defines discipleship, describes the heart of a disciple, and gives practical guidance for mentor and peer-based discipleship as Jesus intended. Revised and Expanded: Includes three new chapters and new illustrations Applicable: Shows how discipleship can be practical and gospel-centered Theological: Addresses the Holy Spirit's involvement in discipleship Foreword by Matt Chandler: Author of The Explicit Gospel

Nothing was the same after they met him Lord. Parable. Riddle. Savior. Mystery. Jesus. And one thing is certain. When people meet him, they're never the same again. Their lives are changed forever. In this book you'll meet some of those people. Sometimes we know their names: Sometimes we don't. Sometimes we know how their stories ended: sometimes they've disappeared into the sands of time. In every case, though, the stories you're about to read are based on actual, true events. All of these storytellers met the Story himself. Each story includes personal reflections and study questions dealing with topics like: * Questioning your faith * Dealing with temptation * Making choices * Loving Jesus More than just good stories, you'll find opportunities to learn life lessons, grow closer to God, and deepen your faith. Step into the stories of those who walked with Jesus and be changed forever.

Do you need to change your life, but find yourself falling back into the same old habits? Do you yearn to be free from painful memories and deep emotional wounds? Do you desire to find joy and hope even when your surroundings tell you there is no hope? Then you need a heart change! This is the story of one womans search for healing, hope, joy, and lasting change. She met the one and only Heart-Changer, and her life has never been the same. You may be surprised at how much your life resembles hers when you get to the heart of the matter. Even though the details of your life may be very different, your need is the same. Come meet the Heart-Changer!

There are countless people in the world who have been faced with being bullied and who developed a mind of low self-worth because of the use and effects of powerful, life-changing words that they dealt with throughout their life span, and it caused severe separation anxiety.Many people may seem to have it together on the outside; they are smiling and laughing with what seems like no worries at all, but on the inside, there is a raging storm of life. The thoughts of suicide are so overwhelming, and the thought of just being in the world brings on sadness. God Had to Break Me to Fix Me is a book for encouragement and strength during difficult times that you may be faced with in your life. When and if you feel that youaEUR(tm)re at a breaking point, and you feel like youaEUR(tm)re going down for the last time, you feel like all hope is gone; but there is hope because you never go too far or too low that God canaEUR(tm)t pick you up and give you strength and give you joy when there is sadness.I shared my personal experience of me being bullied, rejected, being suicidal, insecurities, lack of self-love, and the loss of my baby girl. I wrote this book in hopes of helping others to realize just because youaEUR(tm)re being bullied, mentally or physically, by someone, it doesnaEUR(tm)t have to define you, and it doesnaEUR(tm)t have to be your ending story.Whosever hands God places this book in, I pray you will come to know God will never leave you in the place where you feel not important or alone. He will give you peace in the midst of a storm. Your life is valuable, and you are loved. Never allow the enemy to make you feel like taking your life is the only answer. God made and created you with purpose. All you have to do is walk into it. Allow God to break you so he can put the broken pieces back in their rightful spot, and you can become whole again.

Cathy Suitor Riley decided to write this book during her treatments for bi-lateral breast cancer. It seemed to help to put her experiences on paper and she was hoping that her story would inspire and strengthen anyone that was going through any type of trial, not just breast cancer. It is obvious throughout this book that God was ever present during her journey and carried her when she couldn't carry herself. The faith that Cathy was taught during her childhood from the two Christian parents she was blessed with is what made all the difference in her life. She knows that without those teachings and lessons in faith she may have given up from the very first day of her diagnosis. Cathy had always said she didn't see how any woman could go through breast cancer because she would have to give up her hair and breasts, the two main things that make a woman feel feminine. It is obvious now that the way a woman gets through this is from the strength given to her by God. Only God can carry any of us through the trials we will face in this life, and there will always be trials as long as we live on this earth. It is this authors hope that this book will give you strength, hope, faith and the knowledge that your God is always with you and He is waiting for you to seek Him and depend on Him for everything. He is as close as our next breath and He is our very best friend. Always draw near to God and He will carry you through all things of this world.... May God bless you as you read and meditate on this book!

GOD WANTS ME HERE -- FOR NOW -- God’s Protection through Psychiatric Medication Adverse Reactions is an account of the psychiatric medication mismanagement I have endured and that difficult journey. Though a college educated, confident and involved, married mother of three, I learned the hard way to give grave respect to psychiatric medications. My travails have taught me to do my own research when accepting prescribed medications and not to trust the advice of doctors regarding the safety of the choice, the quantity prescribed, or the method to stop. I was totally unprepared for the level of suffering from antidepressant mismanagement (which was especially complicated by Gabapentin), the disbelief of doctors, or the judgment by family and friends. I had no idea that doctor training was so inadequate regarding those drugs or of the thousands of people, like me, who report their symptoms and are daily diagnosed as somatically preoccupied or with a conversion disorder. The pain caused by inappropriately prescribed drugs affected my jobs, my children, my finances, my public perception, and my involvement in life. (I have lost precious years of life because of psychiatric drugs.) My experience has awakened me to a desperate need in the medical community. I now advocate for informed consent of consumers, better training for doctors, insurance coverage for tapering, smaller manufactured drug quantities, penalties for doctors who cold turkey or fast taper a dangerous drug, and less flippant prescribing of those drugs.