Healing is by David Wilkerson, the late founder of Teen Challenge
and World Challenge, pastor and bestselling author of more than
the Lord." In the Bible, God is called by
many names. In fact, there are 23 com-
pound names of God found in Scripture,
as well as more than 40 compound
names of Jehovah. What do these names
mean? What do they reveal about God?
exploring them?
character." Through his studies of the
Scriptures, he learned that "God revealed
these names to His people only has they
needed them--in their moments of deep-
est crisis." Men and women throughout
the Bible found strength and encouragement in the mighty name of
the Lord, so the author chose to investigate 10 Hebrew names for
God that related to his own times of trial. He writes clearly and au-
thoritatively on an undeniably dense and scholarly subject, support-
can benefit from getting to know God on a heart-to-heart level--
revealing His protection, care, discipline and loving guidance.
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Strom, a professor of relational communications for more than 25
years at Trinity Western University, provides some important an-
swers in The Relationship Project: Moving
from "You and Me" to "We." Strom asks
us to first take a look at ourselves--our
own characters, motives, strengths and
weaknesses, emotional intelligence and
communication skills.
ships, Strom became certain that God
wants us to work less on techniques and
more on character. He explains how, by
working on specific areas of our lives, we
can improve how we interact with others,
and in turn, how they interact with us. The
Relationship Project tackles the role that
virtue and vice play in relating to those
close to use, and the importance of Christlike qualities like self-
control, humility, hard work, commitment, faithfulness and wisdom.
ple and their relationships, like his own marriage.
others. These are sure to help readers better understand them-
selves and their relationships, and become closer to God in order
draw nearer to their spouses, friends and colleagues.
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from Jesus to Inspire Simple, Practi-
cal, Purposeful Living, award-win-
ning author and pastor Bob
changing journey through the "red let-
ter" portions of the New Testament--
the words of Jesus, as recorded in Mat-
thew, Mark, Luke and John. The book
reveals how 17 key words spoken by Je-
sus in the Bible can alter the course of
your spiritual journey: come, repent,
hear, follow, take, trust, pray, forgive,
love, rejoice, shine, beware, give, bring, serve,
abide and go.
plications and supporting research from other writ-
ers illuminate the important message of The Red
Letter Life.
the essence of the chapter and offers
the reader the opportunity to re-
spond or take action in a purposeful
way. For instance, in the particularly
powerful chapter on forgiveness,
Hostetler advises the reader to "At
them' prayer of Jesus for someone
who has hurt you." And in the chap-
ter on the word "follow," he includes
discussion questions on his rules for
following Jesus: "breaking with the
prompt engages the reader in the concepts and in-
sights Hostetler has illustrated in the chapter. The
format of The Red Letter Life makes it a great re-
source for individual study or use in a small group.
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