In this 9-session study, McDowell takes teens through God’s Word to answer some of their toughest questions about love, gender, and relationships. The Chasing Love Study Book contains introductory page, conversation starter, and questions with notes to go along with the video teaching and Bible passages. Designed to be used with Chasing Love video teaching. For groups and individuals.
From music to movies to social media, sex is everywhere. Many people think it’s the route to happiness. But Jesus tells us true contentment comes from loving God and others. In this nine 10–15 minutes-per-session study, McDowell takes teens through God’s Word to answer some of their toughest questions about love, gender, and relationships. Kit includes one DVD, a leader’s guide, and a study guide.
Romantic love: our culture is perennially obsessed with it . . . but also increasingly confused. Is love about self-fulfillment—or self-sacrifice? McDowell explores the Bible’s “radical upside-down” approach, addressing how Jesus speaks to singleness, LGBTQ issues, and sexual sin, and tackling the question “What if I’m not happy in my marriage?”
The Society of Children’s Spirituality: Christian Perspectives launched in 2003 with its first conference held at Concordia University Chicago, in River Forest, Illinois. An earlier edition of this book, composed of chapters based on presentations from that conference, was published in 2004. In 2018 a decision was made to revise this book from the inaugural conference, updating some chapters and providing a new perspective on the ongoing work of the organization, now called the Children’s Spirituality Summit. What this revised volume provides is a collection of chapters offering theological perspectives, social science research, and insights on ministry practice about the spiritual lives of children: how they relate to God, how this relationship grows, and what helps in promoting the spiritual formation and vitality of children in the home, church, and school.
Christ-Centered Spirituality leads the reader through a comprehensive pattern of catechesis distilled from the early church, the Celtic monastic communities, the medieval monks, the reformers, the Society of Jesus, the Puritans, and many other traditions of the historic Christian church. Throughout history, the Spirit of the living God has used many of these practices and insights to catalyze revivals, awaken souls, incite revolutions, birth joy and bring hope to millions. This is your map to a meaningful existence. Let it spark renewal in your life today!
What does it mean to think and live Christianly in a world of competing worldviews? Christian Contours answers this question by inviting readers to consider the understanding of reality proposed by the Bible. Though it is easy to divide life into separate compartments (religious and secular, theological and practical), faith invites us to view all of life in the light of that Biblical understanding. Presenting a clear, compelling case for unity in essential Christian tenets, the authors of Christian Contours guide the reader through developing, internalizing, and articulating a biblical worldview. This robust worldview enables the Christian to be a critically-thinking participant in culture and to be a faithful disciple of Christ with both heart and mind.
